Chapter 283: Ch 283 : Powerful Civilians

The Pearl of Calamity flashed in Kairos hands. The four Gods phased through the space, slipping past the departing War and diving straight into the God space of Sunny.

Their motive was simple, find Cosmos, assasinate him, take control over Veridia and the Gods under Sunny.

As soon as the squad crossed the threshold, their vision was flooded with brilliance. Their eyes went wide, and their jaws dropped.

They were no longer in the space. They were inside a megastructure that defied their imagination.

The City of Gods stretched out before them, though for them calling it a city was an understatement, as it looked like a world of its own.

From their vantage point high above, they could see the sheer scale of the empire they had invaded.

Below them lay the Southern District. It was a sea of greenery and luxury. Millions of floating mansions drifted like lily pads in the God space. Each mansion had gardens bigger than mortal cities, filled with trees and all kind of exotic animals.

From this height, the district looked like a tide of glittering emeralds and diamonds, a sanctuary of peace and unimaginable wealth.

To their left lay the Eastern District.

“By the Void…” one subordinate gasped.

The Western District was the commercial heart of the empire. It was a market that seemed to have no end.

The streets were paved with gold and packed with a dense, moving river of people.

Even from miles up, the roar of the market was a physical force. Merchants shouted from stalls, advertising items that would start wars in other universes.

“Fresh Phoenix Feathers! Harvested this morning, a Phoenix accidentally dropped them!”

“The Body of A Demon God! It’s fresh and can be used for necromancy and alchemy!”

“SS-Grade Golem, capable of doing hard labour, maintanence cost is minimal, it repair and reacharge itself without any help”

“Investment opportunities! My lifeforms have discovered steam power! It’s only a matter of time the population starts to increase, invest now and maybe you will become the third richest God after The emperor and me ofcourse!”

“I have bought three worlds, and have successfully sent my lifeforms there, it is only a matter of time when these lifeforms populate these worlds to the brim, invest now”

It was a chaotic explosion of commerce.

To the right lay the Eastern District.

This area was dominated by a single structure; stadium so colossal it could have swallowed a hundred Earth-sized planets whole.

The roar from this district was filled with violence and cheers.

Shockwaves rippled through the stadium as combatants clashed. The ground shook with impacts that would have shattered if not for the barrier.

And in the far North were the docks.

Three SSS-Grade spaceships was silently parked there.

They were sleek, predatory, and bristling with technology that looked capable of erasing star systems.

Around them, thousands of smaller vessels parked near them like bees tending to a hive.

Apart from all this they also noticed the movie theatre and amusement park, which were big enough to entertain trillions of people at the same time.

These were the only things they under stood from the city of Gods, as all the others things were buildings that they don’t know the function of.

But Just from the name written on the boards outside of these building, they knew they were extraordinary; The Mental Forge? Talent Fusion tower? And many more.

“What… what is this?” the God behind Kairos stammered, he opened his mouth in sheer amazement making an ’O’ with it. “Did we mistakenly enter an advanced civilization of mortals? Is this a sci-fi world?”

It was a logical assumption. The number of people in the markets, the noise of the arena, the busy sky which was filled with numerous people flying. It felt like a bustling mortal metropolis, just scaled up by many times.

“I think so too,” another subordinate replied, staring hungrily at the three massive ships. “Those vessels… they are magnificent. If we conquer this place, those ships will be ours.”

“But wait,” the third God frowned, as he sensed something amiss, “If this is a mortal city… why isn’t our Faith being deducted? Direct interaction with a mortal population of this size, should trigger the penalty from the multiverse immediately. Why are we not being fined?”

The question hung in the air, questioning the laws that Adam had told them earlier.

Kairos stood at the front of the group, looking down at the city. But he wasn’t looking at the buildings. He wasn’t looking at the ships.

He was looking at the civilians of this city.

His face, usually twisted in arrogance, was now pale. His hands, clutching the Pearl, began to shake violently.

“Y-You all are… F-Fools,” Kairos stuttered, fear strangling his voice.

He pointed a trembling finger at the ’mortal’ crowd in the market below.

“Look closer. Use your Divine Sense.”

The subordinates focused. They pushed their senses past the visual grandeur and focused at the distant aura of the crowd.

Their blood ran cold.

That merchant selling feathers? Demigod.

That customer haggling over the price? Demigod.

The people cheering in the stands? Gods.

The people asking for investment? Gods.

“They…” Kairos whispered, realizing the nightmare he had walked into. “They are all Gods and Demigods.”

There were no mortals here. Not a single one.

The billions of people bustling in the streets, filling the mansions, and fighting in the arena; every single one of them was a being capable of destroying a planet.

Kairos finally understood why Lom had given him the artifact. He understood why the Demon God hadn’t attacked this place himself.

This wasn’t a city. It was a fortress. It was a beehive of Gods and Demigods.

“The security here…” Kairos murmured, his eyes darting to the civilians below, “It’s too tight. If even a single God down there possesses a detection talent that can bypass this artifact… or if that monster comes back…”

He looked at the Pearl of Calamity. It felt heavy now. Useless.

This pearl could hide them from sensors. It could hide them from sight. But could it hide them from six billion gods if they made a single mistake?

’Should we return back?’

The thought screamed in Kairos’s mind. He felt like a fool who had brought a knife to a nuclear war.

He had come to assassinate a Emperor, only to realize he had broken into a barracks filled with an entire army.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep