Chapter 173: Minimum Participation Level is Chief God Tier, Complete Defeat!
Humans and gods each send thirteen representatives. If humans win seven matches, they gain the chance to continue.
Conversely, they would face extinction.
This seems to leave humanity a sliver of hope, but that sliver is far too faint.
"Isn't this just toying with people? Do they have to humiliate humanity before destroying them? This Valkyrie Brunhilde is truly despicable," Serafall couldn't help but express contempt.
"Don't say that. This might actually be a good opportunity for humanity to survive. Match-fixing, understand?"
It's unlikely that all gods with voting rights truly agreed to humanity's extinction.
The reason they cast opposing votes was simply because too many others agreed, and they didn't dare vote against it, making themselves appear out of place.
Therefore, they wanted to try passing such a proposal to plant some of their own people to throw matches.
"Valkyrie Brunhilde was genuinely sincere about letting humanity survive, so she was responsible for selecting thirteen representatives from humanity's millions of years of history."
"Wait a moment."
Azazel interrupted the speaker.
"Finding thirteen from humanity's millions of years of history? Does that mean even deceased people can be resurrected to participate?"
"Yes, historical figures can be resurrected to fight through the Akashic System."
"Are there any limitations to this system's summoning? What's the maximum number of people it can resurrect?"
"Ah? I'm not sure about that, but during the battles, the human side also had relevant era figures as spectators witnessing this final battle."
"Spectators? How many?"
"Probably hundreds of thousands, or more. Each match would rotate some spectators according to the participating characters' era."
"Hundreds of thousands? This system can so casually violate the laws of life and death to resurrect people? Can it resurrect gods too?"
"It seems possible, but in this ultimate battle between humans and gods, death means true death, no resurrection possible. Even if time could be reversed, they would already be bound by unchangeable death causality."
"We also have related theories about Akashic Records here, said to record all information in the world. So, aren't they worried that this Akashic System might be tampered with to give Valkyrie false information?"
"As for this, the Akashic System over there allows people to directly travel back to any era in the past and witness everything firsthand. The only catch is that they cannot interfere with that time period, but I've heard that powerful gods can interfere with the past."
"Then...!"
"Enough, Azazel!"
Sirzechs stopped the fallen angel governor, whose interest in the so-called Akashic System had skyrocketed.
"Incredible, that Akashic System over there. How was such a cheat-like thing created?"
Because of this, Azazel was starting to believe that the other side was even stronger than their own.
On their side, reviving a single dead person came at an enormous cost, let alone casually summoning and resurrecting hundreds of thousands of people—even deceased gods were possible.
And to search through millions of years of human history, to uncover the truth, one would have to travel through time a considerable number of times. Wouldn't such a system be under immense strain?
"Miss Safara, judging from your reaction, the battle had already begun when you were about to head to that world, correct? How are things going?"
Michael asked.
"First, both sides selected thirteen representatives each, but the identities of the participants are only revealed when the matches begin."
"Oh, that makes it quite difficult to fix the matches, then."
"There is no match-fixing. Both sides enter the arena with the determination to win."
Safara's tone was serious, as if she were also displeased with Azazel's speculation, feeling that it belittled and looked down upon humanity.
Match-fixing would be nothing short of an insult to the "Final Battle Between Humanity and the Gods."
"And before I escaped, five matches had already taken place. The result was one side suffered a complete defeat, while the other achieved a total victory!"
Her words carried a heavy weight.
To Azazel and the others, it was clear that humanity had suffered the complete defeat.
"Who was in the first match?"
Azazel wanted to know which god had shamelessly killed the human opponent in the first match.
"The Norse God of Thunder, Thor, who is a chief god-level existence over there..."
They sent out such a top-tier god in the very first match?
Feeling a bit thirsty, he took a sip of tea.
"The result—"
"Pfft, cough! What did you say?"
Choking on his tea, Azazel wondered if he had misheard.
"Thor, the God of Thunder, was slain in battle."
The shrine maiden confirmed. Azazel's expression turned serious.
She had just said one side suffered a complete defeat, while the other achieved a total victory.
If the gods were the ones defeated in the first match, did that mean the following four matches also ended with the gods being slain?
"Second match, chief god-level, Beelzebub, slain in battle!"
Huh? What!
The second match was Beelzebub, and he was chief god-level?
"Third match, the Seven Lucky Gods, whose true form is Zerofuku, chief god-level, slain in battle!"
They were familiar with the Seven Lucky Gods—they existed on their side as well—but they had never heard of Zerofuku. And over there, the Seven Lucky Gods were chief god-level?
Were the chief god-level beings over there weaker than their counterparts here?
No, if that were the case, the primordial creator wouldn't have been driven out.
"Fourth match, Hades, super chief god-level, slain in battle!"
"Wait, Hades, super chief god-level, slain in battle?"
This time, it was Serafall who interrupted.
Hades, on their side, was an even more heavyweight figure than Thor. If he held a similar status over there, that would be truly astonishing.
For someone like that to be slain in battle—were they taking match-fixing to such extremes?
"Regarding these so-called super chief god-level and chief god-level rankings, could you provide a concrete comparison of their power?"
The person who posed this question was Sirzechs.
"As for this matter, I did ask. The strength of Hades over there is roughly equivalent to the first seat of Rahu's Seven Luminaries."
These words once again caused everyone's expressions to change.
In other words, that Hades possessed power comparable to the Dragon God on our side?
And such a powerful being also fell in battle?
What kind of humans were their opponents then? They truly wanted to know.
But there was no need to press for answers immediately. They would discuss the human side after the report of the fifth battle's casualties came out.
"Then what about the fifth battle?"
Michael asked, feeling somewhat tense. There should be a so-called God of the Bible over there as well—could they have participated in the fifth battle?
"The fifth battle—Loki, barely considered a chief god-level."
"What? Loki, that God of Trickery?"
Azazel couldn't help but be stunned. Since the gods had lost the first four battles, and even a super-chief god-level had fallen in battle, why would they send someone like Loki to his death?
"However, in terms of danger level among these five battles, the second was the most perilous, followed by the fifth."
"In other words, the humans in those two battles achieved pyrrhic victories, right?"
"The fifth battle: Loki's identity as a Son of Giants was exposed, causing him to be despised and rejected by the gods. He ultimately summoned Fenrir and Jörmungandr, who indiscriminately attacked everyone, nearly wiping out the Roman Pantheon."
This additional explanation left Azazel momentarily stunned. It wasn't the scenario he had imagined—where both sides were relatively evenly matched and engaged in a fierce struggle.
"And the second battle: Beelzebub resurrected Demon King Papiyas, who had once nearly destroyed the Underworld, to join the fight. He intended for Papiyas to kill the other personality within him—Satan—but instead, Satan devoured him. Satan materialized, far surpassing the level of a chief god and reaching the power of the EvisEtourute Three Pillars."
This revelation plunged the entire conference room into a rare, prolonged silence.
This meant that the humans in the second battle had also reached the power of the EvisEtourute Three Pillars.
Wasn't that too exaggerated?
Then, the shrine maiden delivered another shocking piece of information.
"And the so-called Satan personality is suspected to be under the manipulation of the God of the Bible!"