Fantasy Starting from the Stone Age - Chapter 152
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Episode 152. Unification and Side Effects 2
The invincible ones retreated from the east last time and withdrew their troops to the west.
It was an assault on them, because there was an incredibly large army there.
They are the ‘heterogeneous demons’ who built an empire in the far western region and began to come over. It was the worst disaster that descended upon the West, where neither the polar demons nor the underground demons rarely visited.
The Invincible One resolutely leads the Invincible Army to confront the horrifying monsters that look like a twisted fusion of Erin and Borin.
“Drive out all these horrible monsters! We are invincible! For the Empire! For God!”
“Invincible! Invincible! Invincible!”
At that time, no one except the Luca Empire knew about this fact, but the invincible one single-handedly stopped all the alien demons that had come from the far western region.
If there were no invincible people, the West would have become a land of demons. And the heteromorphic demons would have gradually increased in number and moved to the south and east.
However, since there was an invincible being in this world… … . The invincible being was in the middle of the Age of Faith. For nearly 360 years, he defeated all the alien demons that came over the sea and became their god.
He succeeds in reaching the place where the evil spirit, who spews out evil spirits, is.
“I knew that these monsters were once my kind. You are the one who turned my brothers into monsters!”
-Oh. A lowly creature has reached the same level as us. I will sacrifice you and meet my old kin again… … .
“Nonsense! I’m invincible! I’ll never lose to you guys!”
And, the invincible one wins after a bloody battle that lasted for a fortnight. He kills the most horrific and powerful monster created by the Demon God, and shatters the Demon God that resided in it and all the ancient Western gods that the Demon God found.
-I see… … . We were just old beings who had to step down now. I saw your potential… … .
“joy!”
-You were not inferior beings. You were already excellent in your own right. I will return all the monstrosities I have mutated to their original forms.
“!”
-And don’t cross the southern seas. This is not a threat, but an earnest warning.
“No, why?”
-Take care… … !
“Explain and go!”
In this way, the evil spirit is destroyed. And the genetic code of all the Erins who were considered to be aliens returns to their original state, and all the people in the vast territory of the Far West return to ‘normal’.
“What, what is this? Why did I become like this?”
“The demons are becoming human!”
“The invincible one has won!”
“Invincible! Invincible! Invincible!”
The old demons are confused by their sudden release from the mental and genetic bonds that had bound them, but they recognize that the curse has been lifted. The Invincible One embraces all of Erin.
“What else could this be but the revelation of Almighty God?”
“That is right! This is the will of Almighty God! God sent down an invincible man to drive out the false god and save Erin!”
The only races that were in the far western region were Erin and Borin.
By the way, Borin’s genetic modification was so severe that when the code was turned back, they all died. This was also felt as a kind of revelation to the Erins. There was no need to acknowledge the uncomfortable second-class subjects or equal humanity.
“The Far West, which was the land of the alien race, will now be called Vulcon, after the name of Saint Buroka! Our Luca Empire will rule over the entire West!”
This is not just a boast. The Invincible One has gained great power by defeating the Demon God.
Fragments of the gods, absorbed with his own power. Refined. Sublimated into a single faith, he created a magnificent armor that suited him. Similar to the divine sword of the best in the world, but without an ego.
And now that I have the knowledge of Erin’s genetic code that the Dark Lord possessed, I can’t turn Erin’s beautiful, perfect body into a hideous monstrosity, but I think I can ‘improve’ it.
The Invincible Ones slightly modified the Erins’ genes to make them ‘superior’. This measure had both advantages and disadvantages.
Let me start with this: Erins are no longer discriminated against based on their appearance. Erins can change their appearance, from their hair color, eye color, and skin color. And they are all handsome.
And because the genes are similar, medical treatment is relatively easy. The gene pool, which was originally difficult to establish because of the extremely large gene pool, has been narrowed down.
The downside is that a narrow gene pool leaves us terribly vulnerable to disasters like disease.
Basically, the larger the gene pool of an organism, the better. And the greater the species diversity.
However, the Invincible Ones thoughtlessly insert what they consider to be ‘superior’ genes into the Erins, making them similar to them.
But folks, there is no such thing as superior genes all the time.
Genes that make you taller and more muscular. Sounds good, right? In a famine situation? The energy that should be used for survival is invested in unnecessary muscle strength, so you starve to death early.
It’s too far in the future to realize it now. Anyway, the invincible one has become able to strongly modify the legions under his command. Although brainwashing or intellectual ability enhancement through genetic modification is something that is impossible to touch, the ‘invincible legion’ procedure that was previously unavailable to everyone can be received by anyone who tests their willpower and has their genes fixed.
The Invincible Legion is bred to be strong. The Invincibles make their Invincible Legion into almost uniform clones of their respective branches. And they themselves consider it desirable. They have inherited the genes of the best Invincibles.
“You are no longer my subordinates. Even the word ‘brother’ is weak. You are like my children! For Erin! For the Luca Empire! For God! We will conquer the world!!!”
“Invincible! Invincible! Invincible!”
Anyway, it was a bit difficult to start a war right away.
The Far West was so vast. It was probably about 1/3 of the continent of Orsozoic… … It was much larger than the West, considering that the place we call the West is quite small.
Especially since not all the former demons there sided with the Invincibles. The Invincibles waged war in the West for a very long time, and unified the entire West with the Luca Empire and the One Faith, except for some Erin tribes that did not join until the end.
“Invincible. If our Erin is to conquer the world, we must first increase the population.”
“Hmm! That’s definitely true!”
“God said that prosperity is a virtue. Let’s all have children and raise them as much as we can.”
It’s a baby boom. The power of the monotheistic religion was primarily focused on healing and abundance, so the Erins suffered from a lack of genetic diversity and endemic diseases from their vast territory.
In addition, he overcame minor problems and conquered the Far West, increasing his population by almost a factor of 10 during the 400 years of fighting.
And when Datang unified the continent of Olsojora with his religion, and when the relationship with Baekan and Iyakan became good, and pilgrimage groups began to travel around… … The Erins of the Invincible also decided to start sending envoys, trading groups, and missionary work to the world.
“Our faith is not just for Erin. Anyone who believes in our faith should be able to join the Empire.”
“That’s right. I originally thought he was the god of Baekkan… … .”
It may become a bit more tolerant. For now, Erin has been unified, but even if they are of different races, if they believe in the same religion, they can still be second-class citizens.
And the trading group that set out so ambitiously, surprisingly, brought back a terrible truth just a few years later.
Most of the facts in the scriptures are wrong. The heavens and the earth were not created 15,000 years ago. The world is round. Diseases are not caused by evil spirits, but by small creatures or monsters.
Humanity was not created in a day, but evolved from a common ancestor, and the world is many times larger than what is described in their scriptures.
“Your Majesty, what is going on?”
“Were all our scriptures lies?”
“What does God say!”
The saint pondered this question for a long time.
Actually, I’ve been struggling with this for a while after my second molt. When you molt, you become mentally healthier.
Did I really receive a revelation from God? Or did I just bury the painful memories with faith and fanaticism?
The voice of God, which was previously heard clearly, is now heard only as a subtle revelation. I continue to receive inspiration through mysteries, but I am not sure whether it is a religious revelation or an artistic desire to create.
If she had been educated in a safe place with a sound mind and body, she would have been a great philosopher. Or, if not, she would have been a great person. She has the ability to do that.
But the hardships of life and suffering made her delusional, delusion turned into fanaticism, fanaticism turned into mysticism, and brought her to this point.
Now, even if she wanted to step down, she couldn’t. The future of the Luca Empire, countless Erins, her husband, her beloved children. Everything was in her hands.
“The creation of the world… is not a lie. The world that existed before that was a lie.”
“?!”
“Only Erin is the true master of this world. The past slavery and the evil demons of the west were a conspiracy of evil to bring about the downfall of our great Erin.”
She offers a religious interpretation.
“We are the victims. We should be the masters of the world, but they are deceiving us with false beliefs.”
“They are evil and no different from the demons who persecute us good Erins.”
“Do not be deceived by false beliefs and illusions. The divinity of the One God proves our righteousness.”
It’s like you’re talking to yourself. You suddenly become so extreme that you say you have to spread religion for everyone.
In the end, the saint chose to interpret herself as pitiful, weak, and in need of protection, but at the same time great, precious, and in need of respect and cherishing, and this drove the entire empire into fanaticism.
Anyway, the Erins are enthusiastic. They want war with their true faith, their sense of being the chosen people, and at the same time, a strange sense of victimization.
We demand war while the West is still not internally organized or unified. We want to bring down the hammer on those heretics and foreign races who dare to call us ignorant and superstitious and believe in strange beliefs.
If there was truly a great God, there would be no need for believers to prove His greatness on His behalf. Don’t you feel the contradiction?
Yes, I don’t feel any contradiction. That’s what religion is all about.
First of all, you can easily explain the world without unifying the community with the simplest explanation and proving theories with complex hypotheses, but instead… … . you have to bear the full brunt of the backlash when you assert something that is not true.
“The Dimanang region has been invaded! The invincible one has arrived leading his legions!”
“No, why?”
“All Chaun has blasphemed their god. The world should have been created 15,000 years ago, but All Chaun says he is 20,000 years old!”
“What the hell is that???”
“He and the Datons are urging war, saying that the great father of life is the moon, and that they are bringing in a god who has no foundation.”
“?!”
It was really convenient and good when people could easily unite through religion and bury diplomatic disputes. It was really convenient for politics because it could unite various groups.
But once you decide on a religion, you can’t change it. People of other religions… … become a different group that can’t mix.
The Second War of the Mythical Age. Let’s check it out for yourself now.