Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 173 The Nine-Faced Dragon God

Upon hearing the name, Agreed became immediately intrigued and asked, "Tiamat lives with you?! How many souls would it take to hear her story?"

Mammon opened his arms and shouted, "Free, my darling. Anyway, her story is basically common knowledge among demons, so since you're interested, I'll tell you for free."

Mammon then gave a relatively brief overview of Tiamat's past.

"You should know that in the ancient times, all the gods perished, and Tiamat and the remaining creations of the nature gods became the supreme beings in the multiverse. At that time, Tiamat only had one head. However, later they suddenly had the idea to imitate their father god and began to create life. It was at that time that the first gods of faith in the universe were created, most of whom were created by Tiamat and Apsu. Therefore, they are called 'creator gods' in the legends of many low-level beings. Of course, this is just a misunderstanding caused by the subjective conjecture of those ignorant people."

However, Tiamat and Apsu soon began to loathe their creations, because those 'new gods' perfectly inherited their greed and cruelty, and began to incite their followers to wage endless wars between universes for faith and power. Some even went so far as to personally engage in battles, turning the multiverse into a chaotic mess.

So Tiamat and Apsu, for their own benefit and to restore peace to the multiverse, turned their swords against their own creations.

Unfortunately, the two of them underestimated the growth and power of these 'new gods'. Although most of the new gods were destroyed, Apsu and Tiamat were also killed by their creations. However, because Tiamat's godhood had the characteristic of immortality, the surviving 'new gods' could only dismember and seal her away. In the end, this great battle only resulted in mutual destruction.

However, Tiamat did not die. As the offspring of the strongest nature god, Io, she possessed two extraordinary and wondrous divine powers, one of which was the power of life. In order to resurrect herself, Tiamat sacrificed the power of life to strengthen the dragon god power she inherited from Io. Thus, her soul was resurrected and reborn from the River Styx, escaping. However, as a result, she was banished by the River Styx to the rift between the universe, the Void, becoming an "unregistered person" unrecognized by the material universe, just like us demons. But in the end, Tiamat benefited from this misfortune by discovering our Soul Sea, and then took root and survived in the Soul Sea with a new way of life.

It's a bit of a pity that Tiamat arrived a little too late; otherwise, she might have been able to unify the Sea of ​​Souls and become the strongest demon I've always wanted to see! Unfortunately, fate played a cruel trick on her. By the time she arrived in Hell, the Sea of ​​Souls had already developed into a considerable force, and the Seven Deadly Sins had been established. Tiamat, who was merely trying to survive, was no match for us, so she had no choice but to compromise and share the Sea of ​​Souls with us.

However, it must be said that she truly lives up to her title as the Mother of Dragons. After losing half of her power, Tiamat, in her quest for revenge, turned her attention to her own kind. Although some details are unclear, she later used her unique methods to kill her four brothers and sisters, devoured them, and became the current Mother of the Five Colored Dragons. After regaining her power, even surpassing her former strength, Tiamat immediately sought to send her avatars back to the Prime Material Plane to kill the gods who had sealed her away and retrieve her body.

After regaining her body, Tiamat's power reached its peak. At this time, she began to conquer the material universe, attempting to devour her other brothers and sisters to gain power comparable to her father, the god Aio. In order to fight against her, the platinum dragon god Bahamut also devoured his three brothers and sisters to fight against her. After a protracted war, both sides found that neither could defeat the other and eventually had to give up, but the grudge was still formed. From then on, the two dragon gods secretly competed with each other, and the dragon race declined to the extreme. Now, only the two of them remain as the only dragon gods who can be respected.

Okay, that's basically the whole story from Tiamat's birth to now. The rest are just some minor details. In the last few million years, she's become obsessed with the power of gods. Anyway, right now, that old dragon Tiamat is busy spreading her 'evil' doctrines throughout the various prime material universes. I haven't seen her in a long time."

Agreed, still eager for more, asked, "Do you have any other gossip about the gods? Name your price. I'm really getting hooked now, can you tell me a few more? I haven't had enough."

Mammon shook his head helplessly and said, "I'm sorry, my friend, all I know about the dragon race is this trivial matter. The stories of other gods are either stupid legends made up by inferior beings that you can tell at a glance, or broken historical records that are illogical and incoherent."

Agreed could only say disappointedly, "Alright then, how much are you asking for for the location of Io's universe?"

Mammon held up one finger and said, "I'll tell you the location of the soul of a million basic units, otherwise forget it. After all, I need to eat too, and I can't keep taking care of you like this forever."

Agreed generously paid for his soul, then extended his hand and said, "It's a pleasure doing business with you."

The two shook hands with smiles on their faces, and then Mammon told Agreed the location of that universe before returning to Hell.

Agreed looked at the cosmic information in his hand and muttered to himself, "Prepare for extinction, you weak gods!"

After saying this, Agreed slowly disappeared into the darkness. The gears of fate finally began to turn wildly from this perfect moment. This time... dusk was approaching.

Argreed sped across the void at top speed to the universe where Io was. Then, Argreed once again used the same trick to merge into the River Styx of this universe. With the help of the soul power that Argreed brought from his own universe, this time Argreed only took two years to completely dominate the River Styx here.

After taking control of the Styx, Agreed immediately began to rewind time, hoping to steal power from Io in the past.

As time went by, Agreed witnessed the vicissitudes of the universe and the evolution of stars. He seemed to become the creator, and everything before him became infinitely small and changeable. After an unknown amount of time, Agreed arrived at the beginning of the universe, but he did not see Io at all. This made Agreed somewhat discouraged. He never expected that even Mammon's information could be wrong.

But just as Agreed was about to leave the River Styx, a giant white dragon appeared beside him. When Agreed realized what was happening and became aware of its presence, fear instantly overwhelmed him.

The fact that such a terrifying creature existed in the River Styx, and that he could stand silently beside him, proved that his strength far surpassed that of Agreed. Moreover, he must have been standing there for a long time, because when Agreed looked at him, he was there admiring the beautiful scenery of the River Styx with great interest.

Agreed carefully observed this creature of unknown origin. At first glance, Agreed only saw a weak pseudo-dragon. Then, as time passed, the pseudo-dragon underwent countless transformations, gradually evolving from a weak pseudo-dragon into a massive ancient dragon. Subsequently, the ancient dragon grew nine more dragon heads, encompassing everything as if it were a long history itself. From its body, one could see the characteristics and forms of all dragons. And its name was now about to emerge in Agreed's mind.