It indeed was a figure of the Mythical Era.
Normally, very few mortals can reach the power level of a six-star mark. A five-star legend is already the ceiling; in World One, one must become a heroic spirit after death to have a chance.
A half-elf?
The elves that the lich Konggs spoke of have many branches, but the more well-known ones are the light elves and the dark elves, and the elves here are more akin to the system of Nordic Mythology.
In the Mythical Era, those born in the shadows were dark elves. Light elves were fully radiant, shining brilliantly, and very beautiful. They were usually gentle, cheerful, and could communicate with trees, flowers, fish, and birds. Thus, the gods considered them friends of the divine.
Dark elves, on the other hand, had dark skin and silver-white hair, often viewed as symbols of evil.
"Could other pantheons have been here too?"
With slight surprise, Duncan looked down at the lich before him and slowly asked, "Where did the dwarf gods go? Were their real-world beliefs severed?"
He had once exiled divine spirits.
The Celtic pantheon’s Gwanu, severed from his real-world foundation by Duncan, was exiled back to the otherworld, the homeland of Danu’s children.
The lich Konggs recalled, "Yes, Your Majesty."
"It was probably the Second Era, at the end of the Mythical Era."
"Humankind rose, and a new era began."
"Dwarves and elves gradually vanished, and the human pantheon dominated the world. The surviving mythical races gradually left, and the faith in other gods slowly faded away."
The pantheons that didn’t vanish were mostly integrated into the human pantheon.
Duncan curiously asked, "Then why didn’t you leave?"
The lich showed a hint of bitterness, "They went to the realm of the gods, not the material world."
"I am a faithless lich."
"Nowhere to go."
"I can only stay in the real world."
When speaking of being faithless, it carefully observed Duncan’s expression, but Duncan’s face remained unchanged.
It’s not a big deal to dislike faith in divine spirits.
Duncan didn’t care about these things.
After the Mythical Era, the world entered the Mystical Era of the Third Era, roughly akin to the period from the Middle Ages to the Artistic Enlightenment, as mysticism was quite prevalent then.
Duncan roughly knew the subsequent historical evolution: the First Industrial Revolution emerged, and the human God of Craftsmanship became the first-generation God of Steam and Mechanics.
"So,"
"When the Mythical Era ended, was it the human pantheon that won?"
"But then they lost to the God of Machinery?"
At this point, Duncan had mostly figured out the historical context of this world. Having understood everything, he realized that the God of Machinery was truly ruthless, severing the real-world foundations of so many divine spirits.
Now Duncan had a clearer understanding of the real realm.
The so-called reality, actually, is the primary material world; every material world is the real realm, and beyond reality is the homeland of those dimension creatures.
What mortals call the divine country is really created out of thin air and does not belong to the material realm’s level.
If a comparison must be made, the divine country isn’t much different from subspace.
Duncan gazed at the lich before him and slowly said, "I intend to take you away from here; would you be willing?"
Having finally tamed a powerful henchman, he naturally wanted to find a way to take it with him.
Upon hearing Duncan’s words, the lich before him showed a trace of excitement, but soon it hesitated and slowly said, "Your Majesty."
"I fear I cannot follow you."
"If I enter the human world, the monks of the Mechanical Divine Sect can easily discover me."
"Especially the angels of the Insight Sect."
"They can perceive the supernatural existence; no matter what transformation magic I use, I will be detected by the Eye of Insight."
The Eye of Insight?
Last time, it seemed it did not detect anything unusual about Duncan either.
Duncan thought for a moment and slowly said, "Do you know of the Mechanical Divine Sect’s servo skulls?"
The lich Konggs had been asleep for too long.
It thought for a moment and shook its head, "No, is it a curiosity created in this era?"
Duncan responded, "The servo skull is one of the tools of the Mechanical Divine Sect."
"It’s a device made from a human skull, a servant, a drone, a technical assistant."
"The interior of the skull is equipped with a mechanical soul."
"It has an abundance of mechanical equipment and an anti-gravity engine, which is the anti-gravity rune, installed inside the skull."
"Only the shell is a human skull."
At this, Duncan couldn’t help but glance at the smooth and pale skull of Konggs, thinking it would feel good to hold and stroke it.
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