The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

gods and demons themselves really know just why that was.

Maybe it was because of an unresolvable conflict, or maybe one just disliked the other and wanted sole control of the world.

The real reason behind all of that had long since been buried in history, unknown to all.

It could be seen from that just how long the history of war between the gods and demons were.

“With such a long history of war, no wonder there would be people within the demons who don’t wish for peace.”

Shien thought that to himself as he continued reading on.

Only…

“Omnis…”

“Claudis…”

Unquestionable, the ones bearing those names and their identities were revealed.

“Omnis is the highest goddess.
The top of the gods, known as the Highest God.”

“Claudis is the Demon King who brings chaos.
The peak of the demons, whose power is such that even the Highest God must avoid.
She is the strongest being in the world.”

Thus, the gods had no choice but to summon an existence capable of defeating the Demon King from another world – the Hero.

However, even so, the Heroes throughout history fell before the Demon King one after another.
Not a single one of them manged to defeat the Demon King.

Until a thousand years ago…

“History’s strongest Hero, Mitra.”

That Hero was stronger than any who had come before.
Not even the other Heroes in history could compare to him.
And in the end, he finally managed to defeat the Demon King with the aid of the Highest God Omnis and the various races, and thus saved the world.

“The later contents were the same as what Vivian told me before.”

The Demon King was defeated.
Highest God Omnis had exhausted too much power.
She split the world into three portions and then led the gods to the divine realm.
Then she stayed in the deepest part of the divine realm and has not shown herself again since.
The three races also thus managed to welcome a thousand years of peace.

“Highest God…”

Shien thought it over and shifted his gaze at his special skill – [Blessing of the Highest God].

Even now, Shien still didn’t know just what that skill did.

“Speaking of, I don’t even know exactly just what a blessing is.”

Shien begun going through the bookcases to search for other books.
After about 5 minutes later, he finally found a relevant book – [Gods’ Blessings].

“The thing known as blessings are actually a kind of protection that the gods granted the living creatures of the mortal world.”

That was the first sentence shown when Shien opened up that book.

“Based on the differences in their duties, their respective blessing also vary in effect.”

“For example, one who had received the blessing of the god of health could crow up healthy.
They’d be basically immune to sickness and can easily live to a hundred years old.”

“Another example is the blessing from the god of harvest.
One who receives that will have a number of boosts when it comes to agricultural jobs.”

“Basically, normal people will generally get blessings from gods like the ones listed above.
Only those with talents in other areas will gain blessings from other kinds of gods and through that, show effects and talents related to those blessings.”

“Those with talent for merchantry will gain the blessing of the god of merchants.
They would gain various effects for related subjects like safety, operational ability, and management.”

“Those with artistic talents will gain the blessing from the god of art.
And with that, they will similarly gain related abilities.”

“Those with talents related to combat, such as adventurers, will generally gain blessings that raise defenses or immunities against various things, and even effects that will help them survive when their lives are in danger.”

“The blessings of the gods are many.
However many gods there are, that’s the number of kinds of blessings.”

That’s what blessings are.