Heroic Death System (BL)

ARC 9 : BECOMING YOUR GOD

Chapter 105

Translator: StaringAtAStar

The city of Cannes, as the capital of the Yi Empire and one of the continent’s most prosperous cities, is home to many gods and believers. To enter, they must receive the permission of the War God and the King of the Yi Empire. For those who don’t have permission, they can hide themselves long-term. But regardless of whether they have the blessing of a god, if they enter the War God’s domain, they can’t escape the War God’s notice.

The War God rarely takes the initiative to expel these alien gods unless they threaten the safety of his children. Most gods under his authority don’t dare to act rashly anyways.

Although the city of Cannes is filled with gods, there are few gods that will actually appear, and gods like Shang Ke who actively look out for the welfare of their believers is even rarer. The gods will only give their blessings when they receive enough offerings and sincere prayers. Most of them have no emotional attachment to their believers, their relationship is more like a business transaction. Especially the lower level gods, who don’t want to waste their diving power—for them to respond to one tenth of their believers prayers is still considered quite good.

So when the War God saw Shang Ke running this way and that for the Shu clansmen, he still felt some inner misgivings. In his mind the Evil God was never the kind of person to selflessly help others. The divinity of a god is predestined at their formation, and won’t change no matter how many years go by.

However, the Evil God of the present is very different from that of a thousand years ago. The biggest change is his mask; originally a mask that embodied evil is now changed into one that alludes to his true feelings. His inner personality appears clearly on the mask: frank, hopeful, happy, easygoing… These are all clearly not the characteristics an Evil God should possess.

As Shang Ke searches for the hidden culprit, the War God continuously observes him. Whether he was sincerely investing himself or merely putting on a show, the War God could clearly tell the difference.

Five days later, Tima’s condition worsened, and Shang Ke found the person who was secretly trying to murder her was indeed as he expected another candidate from the ball, a girl in the Healing God’s Lotus Clan, Kailan.

Originally, Shang Ke was still a bit uncertain, because the Healing God was in charge of health, and had the power to eliminate disease rather than inflict the pain of illness. So Shang Ke had ruled him out in his initial screening. However, after repeated analysis and multiple tips from Saya, he finally honed in on the Healing God.

According to Saya, the Healing God doesn’t directly eliminate his believer’s illnesses, but instead disperses it by spreading it to more people. Most small illnesses only need to be transferred to a dozen people before it can be cured quickly. Major diseases need to be transferred to more people, the time it takes for the disease to be cured depends on the number of people it’s dispersed into. Of course, some diseases like the plague cannot be cured in this manner.

The Healing God’s believers didn’t know that their god’s so-called healing was only the result of dispersing it to others. Not long ago, several people in the Lotus clan fell ill due to difficulties acclimating. Kailan, while praying for the health of her clan, inadvertently said something along the lines of, “If it were Tima who was sick instead, that would be better.”

The Healing God received her prayers and transferred those men’s ailment to Tima, which caused her to develop a sudden illness.