Deity Simulator

Tiese stood atop the city wall, charcoal pencil in hand, putting the final touches on his canvas.

He sighed, a mix of relief and reluctance in his breath.

The sheepskin canvas bore the image of Crystal City from a slanted bird's-eye view.

The city was guarded by towering walls on all sides, each adorned with a tall, straight obelisk. These were totems left by the old gods, which God Yao chose not to destroy but instead entrusted with the continued protection of the city.

Whenever the murderous locusts approached the walls, they would be scorched by the flames spewed from the totems.@@novelbin@@

The roads extended from the city gates, splitting left and right to form the first circular main thoroughfare that encircled Crystal City.

From the west, the main road branched into countless smaller paths, spreading out like a spider's web around the ancient and magnificent city, all originating from this point.

After the empire's fall, the villages along the road were completely abandoned. With the locust swarms ravaging the land, wooden houses and fields were destroyed in an instant. Now, only remnants of stone walls and houses remained, along with sand and stones scattered everywhere.

The wind whipped up the dust, making these ruined villages appear and disappear like illusions.

The local ghosts said it wasn't always like this; war had changed everything. The empire's ghosts cursed the murderous locusts, blaming these monsters for the complete destruction of their homes.

Tiese was initially puzzled.

Wasn't the real reason the war started by God Bo?

War was the fuel and fire that drove the Fifth Fearless Empire forward; its history was a process of engaging in one war after another.

It's just that the empire lost this time, and everything vanished like smoke.

It seemed the ghosts didn't hate war; they just hated losing.

That's what Tiese thought.