The Shepherds Are Dense – Chapter 1308

Chapter 1306
The New Seventh Pillar God

As the Knight Heavenly Envoy said… given the current situation, there was indeed no need for Eivass to risk his life anymore.

After the Silver Crown Dragon and the Knight Heavenly Envoy joined the battlefield, Uranus, who had only held a slight advantage, immediately gained an overwhelming victory—

He didn’t even need to make any outstanding sacrifices or contributions; merely attracting attention was enough.

When the seven-headed Red Dragon had to divert some of its attention toward these two Authority Path Heavenly Envoys who possessed “Fusion Summoning” and “Combined Evolution,” it meant Uranus was completely unleashed.

As Uranus raised his hand—the sky of the Dream Realm caved in and rolled up, and the thunderbolts filling the sky unrestrainedly responded to his summon, descending like a torrential rain!

From Eivass’s perspective, the Red Dragon had completely transformed into a brilliant tree of light and flame.

The thunderbolts converging from all directions, all gathered here.

Each thunderbolt was Uranus’s full-power strike. These sharp spears and dazzling blades descending from the sky completely covered the Red Dragon’s body!

In just an instant, all seven heads of the seven-headed dragon were severed!

It completely lost its original body, leaving only a large mass of writhing, strip-like crimson flesh and blood, trying to coil into a new form. But the Silver Crown Dragon rushed forward without hesitation at this moment, and under the guidance and command of the Knight Heavenly Envoy, it began to spew out its extremely ice-cold frost-white cold air, diminishing its remaining life force!

And after delivering such a great strike, Uranus’s body finally reached its limit.

The great King of Winged Ones stood in the air, slowly losing his life.

His flesh had completely overloaded, turning a deep, oily dark red, like some kind of jewelry used as a sacrificial offering. And within this jewelry, countless lightning-like golden fine lines were embedded, shining and gradually merging with each other, growing thicker and brighter.

As the cracks lit up, small golden fragments fell like snow.

Uranus’s body gradually turned into nothingness. Or rather, the uncontrolled void within his shell was gradually leaking out.

As Uranus continued to shatter, he let out a hearty burst of laughter.

“Hahahahahaha!”

Uranus gripped his spear of destiny with one hand and held it high like a banner planted by the first to ascend.

He proudly declared to the sky: “Look! I have defeated another Pillar God—”

Hearing this, Eivass flew over and stood shoulder to shoulder with Uranus.

He hesitated slightly, but looking at the former “Great Philosopher” who probably wouldn’t live for another thirty seconds, he asked the question he cared about the most: “When do you plan to return?”

“…Return?”

Instead, Uranus looked at Eivass with some surprise.

“When I defeat the void and establish the starting point of miracles… the Origin River will flow again.”

Eivass said softly to this respected senior: “By then, you can also return—the Grey Heavenly Envoy and the Geometric Heavenly Envoy are setting their sights on the twelfth Path. After the miracle, what will follow is hope…”

“…Hope?”

Hearing this, Uranus merely smiled silently.

He slowly lowered the spear he was holding high and pointed it at the ground.

“I think, hope and I—at least don’t get along very well.”

The Great Philosopher acted like an aged and kind grandfather, reaching out and patting Eivass’s shoulder. He especially patted the wings on Eivass’s shoulders and said with great洒脱 (san tuo – carefree/unrestrained): “I won’t be coming back. This world is ultimately a world for you young people… besides, I’m already tired.”

As he said this, his hands completely collapsed.

“You’re not coming back, you mean…”

Eivass was moved by his words.

The Great Philosopher had been silent for so many years…

Now, at the first moment of speaking again, he was about to face complete death?

“We are, after all, corrupted beings. As the Silver Crown Dragon said, we are all impure gods.”

The Great Philosopher said calmly: “If we were to be reincarnated into the Material Realm in the form of Phantom Demon Eggs like other phantom demons—that might not be too good. It’s also possible that this is the conspiracy of the void to infiltrate the Material Realm.

“So, I won’t be coming back. And only when I completely die can Odin become the true Great Philosopher, right? Otherwise, he’s just my stand-in. Clearing out the corrupted knowledge is the only thing I can do.”

By the time Uranus finished speaking, only his head, shattered and floating in the air, remained.

He left no last words, just smiled at Eivass with great洒脱 (san tuo – carefree/unrestrained).

These tens of thousands of years of time seemed to freeze in his heart. Eivass didn’t know his thoughts and feelings at this moment… he just felt that Uranus had an exceptionally relaxed sense of liberation.

Immediately after, that head also suddenly exploded!

Leaving only an abstract rune, like a deep blue sun, quietly rotating in front of Eivass.

This was the Heavenly Envoy Fragment of the Great Philosopher.

Eivass reached out his hand, and it spun on its own, coming closer, and then imprinted itself into Eivass’s eyes.

[Heavenly Envoy Fragment – Fragment of Mystery and Magic]

[—The laws of mystery and magic, remnants of the power of the Arcane Heavenly Envoy. Used in the right way, there is a chance to become the Arcane Heavenly Envoy or the Magic Heavenly Envoy.]

Arcane Heavenly Envoy—

That should have been the Great Philosopher’s original, albeit short-lived, title as a Heavenly Envoy.

Since this was not death under the Ouroboros Ring ritual, the Great Philosopher’s death did not affect the ritual’s outcome, nor was there any notification from the Hourglass. It was as if Eivass had received a kickback for himself.

He could show it to Sherlock later, Eivass thought.

And at this moment, the Calamity Red, who was the prey, finally stopped its last struggle.

The Holy Sword that divided the realm cut open the Red Dragon’s “chest,” and the Silver Crown Dragon’s breath completely killed him.

This was not because he possessed great power, but because “he was him.” When the Silver Crown Dragon moved to destroy the Calamity Red, it meant that even the former owner of his body had voluntarily abandoned his last sliver of possibility to live.

As the saying goes, why did His Majesty descend so early—when Authority gives up on war, if War does not defy and seize power, it cannot proceed on its own.

At this moment, the succession of Pillar God positions was completed.

The heavens and earth of the Dream Realm trembled.

And those Dream Traveling Monks were even more astonished.

The Pillar God of the War Path, in office for only a month, was replaced at lightning speed!

The death of the Red Dragon was not surprising—many people already disliked the Red Dragon’s “political stance.” But its death so quickly was truly astonishing.

Even a usurping prince shouldn’t have been overturned so quickly!

At this very moment, Knights, cavalry, soldiers, officers, Law Masters… all over the world seemed to hear a voice from the heavens.

Regardless of their previous professions… whether they were Extraordinary beings from the Silver Crown Dragon era or the Calamity Red era, the new Pillar God recognized their power. Not only did they not deprive or suppress them, but they were instead encouraged and accepted.

More passionate than Authority, more tender than War.

It was the violence based on the Origin River of “Civilization.”

Under Guinevere’s influence, this dual-faced Pillar God possessed unprecedented inclusivity!

People felt the sudden surge of power within them, felt as if they were resonating as one with others, and praised the new Pillar God in unison:

“—I beseech the God of Pure White Robes/Silver White Crown, whose Sacred Number is Seven.”

“The God who sharpens blades and holds shields, the God who gathers the masses—”

At the same time, a voice like a great bell resounded from the clouds:

【The Way of the Swarm Transcends Limits, The Material Realm Is About to Ascend—】