Cthulhu Gonfalon

The God of Justice sent over the weapon that he normally used, a holy battle-axe of higher order, called “Courage.”

The axe was only a normal lumber axe back then, and Yorgaardman was only a common lumberjack in the north countryside back then too.

Lumberjacks did tough work and the income was very low. They would also be exploited by the owner of lumber mill. So many lumberjacks would fell trees illegally in the forest.

It was of course dangerous, as the nobles declared that the entire forest belonged to the feudal lord, chopping any tree and any blade of grass would be a great offense. Plus, the extreme Druids viewed anyone who chopped trees as an enemy of nature and swore to punish such criminals. Not taking those mentioned earlier into consideration, the beasts, snakes and insects in the forest itself were dangerous enough.

Yorgaardman was a brawny man. He had great physical strength and courage, and he was quiet in response. He brought along a few friends with him to fall trees illegally. Regardless of snakes, insect or beasts, nothing could stop them. Every time they chopped a tree, they planted some saplings. That way they gained forgiveness from the Druids. But for feudal lord’s tax officer and patrolling soldiers; they wouldn’t tolerate with that!

Even so, their income weren’t high. The logs wouldn’t be able to sell for much. The bunch of lumberjacks couldn’t pick up any carpenter craftsmanship and the illegal timber could only be sold to smuggler. Although they omitted the exploitation of lumber mill, they were then exploited by the businessmen.

Then, he still managed to earn some money. After a while, he had a friend that fell sick. He and a few friends spent all their savings on a priest from God of Businessmen but didn’t manage to save the friend’s life.

Not long after, he saved two adventurers that were nearly killed by a black bear. He heard from the adventurers that the expenses of the magic “illness removal” only cost half the money that they spent.

He found it unbelievable. But, with the assistance of the adventurers that thanked him for saving their lives, he kidnapped the secretary of a temple and found out that after the priest took their money, the priest didn’t provide any sort of treatment to their friend, but fed their friend with an expired medication to fool them.

Yorgaardman who bristled with anger caused chaos at the temple and killed the temple; then became a wanted man. Since then, he wandered all over the world and became a lonely adventurer. The only thing that kept him company was the old lumber axe that never left his side.

Time flew past like a shuttle. It had been a few centuries, and Yorgaardman took action to uphold justice wherever he went and left many touching legends behind. Later on when he successfully became a God, he became the God of Justice. The lumber axe was then his designated holy weapon and He named it “Courage.”

Courage derived from one’s heart, simple but pure, needless of any modification and assistance. Because it itself was the source of power.

When Sui Xiong picked up the axe, admonition rang in his heart.

With a faint smile, Sui Xiong waxed the awe-inspiring lumber axe. With one light swing, almost all the devils within a few hundred miles were chopped into two pieces.

Although the axe looked crude and ugly, its power was shocking. The blood stain on it was from the God of Businessmen. Ever since Yorgaardman became a God, the first thing He did was find the God of Businessmen’s holy kingdom, barge in, and kill the bastard that encouraged such unscrupulous merchants. There were a few openings from a few strong Gods like the God of War. Those were traces that were left behind from the war between the God of Justice and Them.

His most recent war was that he dashed on the Wheel of Order to challenge the great Master of Gods. No one knew the exact situation of the war but Yorgaardman was upset after the war and admitted his defeat. On the other hand, the Master of Order who was grim and ruthless didn’t kill the betrayer but complimented His courage and looked forward to his next challenge.

One day, I will go to the Wheel of Order again, to make that stubborn old man recognize my logic and make amendments of the world’s order!

The God of Justice roared through the holy weapon and it reverberated in Sui Xiong’s head. Then, it was followed by a powerful strength and gave him an illusion. He felt that as long as he had the axe in his hands, no matter how many devils there were, how many Kings of Devils there were, he could kill them all!

Sui Xiong quickly eliminated the blind confidence that was utterly groundless. He waved the lumber axe all over and put into play some self-taught axe skills twice and the world was in peace again. There were any devil armies but in his world, there was a thunderstorm of devil’s dead bodies that covered the entire sky.

There was a devil’s dead body that was extremely huge, almost the size of half a world. It was the King of Devil from the world before. Sui Xiong didn’t know when he killed it. Maybe the guy kept his strength in secret and hid among the bunch of devils, planned to launch a surprise attack but was swung dead by the axe.

After dealing with these stumbling blocks, Sui Xiong laughed and continued to drag the worlds that got even heavier to fly forward. Then, he noticed that the lumber axe’s shine was dull, especially the back of the axe. It even appeared to be rusty.

“The hell! A holy weapon of higher order can rust too?”

He cried out in shock and quickly rubbed it with his tentacles. But after he rubbed it, not only did the rust not disappear, it worsened.

Sui Xiong was stunned and pondered. He then finally guessed the reason.

A holy weapon is an item of order. Although the attributes are relatively opposed to each other and could bring about huge damage to the devils, against the Abyss that was filled with Chaotic Power, it was like metal left open in moist air without protection. Hence, it was easily corroded.

After understanding that, he was suddenly unwilling to hold the precious holy weapon in his hands but cast magic to make an outer shell of power of order, to wrap up the axe named Courage.

As expected, after the power of order was wrapped up and isolated from the Abyss, the holy weapon that was dull earlier regained its brilliance and the rust vanished. It had resumed its good condition.

Sui Xiong was fidgeting with the holy weapon but he didn’t delay his work. He dragged the world that was extremely heavy while he trekked forward with difficulty.

Then, he suddenly recalled a joke.

There was a couple that bought a miniature red pig from the pet market that was said couldn’t grow in size. The merchant called it the fragrant pig. After bringing the fragrant pig home, it only slept and ate. Within a year, it turned even heavier than the couple combined. They found a vet to check and the vet told them that it wasn’t any fragrant pig, but the famous Duroc pig, that was well known for its ability to grow quickly.

Sui Xiong’s emotion that moment was just like the couple’s. He couldn’t understand how a small lightweight world turned so heavy then!

He was almost there, only one step away, why would he give up! He only needed to clench his teeth and put in some more effort. His face was contorted in agony while he dragged the world that was getting heavier and heavier as he went forward to the surface of the Abyss.

At the final part of the journey, it took him about two months and he finally dragged the world to the surface of the Abyss. By then, he was already broken down and panting for air, as though he was a wild bull that had just run across the African grassland.

“Well done!” The God of Justice who was already waiting for him and greeted him. He waved and threw dozens of light balls towards him.

“What are these? Supplements?” Sui Xiong asked in distress. “I just need to take a break, I don’t need any supplement.”

“This is the World of Order that was found on the positive realm in the Ring of World. It is only sealed.” The God of Justice didn’t expect his thoughts to be so unreasonable and he nearly fell down. He roared in anger, “Not for you to eat, but for you to neutralize the chaotic attributes of the world!”

Sui Xiong laughed in embarrassment and took up one of the medium-sized light balls. He then threw it into the small world that he dragged to the surface of the Abyss with difficulty. After that, he followed the guidance of the God of Justice to get rid of the seal.

That very moment, the light ball exploded vigorously and turned into a small world with a radius of 100 miles. There was no flowers, plants or trees, but vast water that was faintly glistening with white light.

It was a water-world that had no life at all.

Being corroded by the chaotic power, the water world broke down very quickly. The water that filled the world wasn’t dispersed and collapsed with the world that very moment and turned into a part of the world.

Order and chaos conflicted with each other vigorously, the entire world was full of explosions and clashing noises. Not only sound, but everywhere in the world seemed to face explosions. Everything seemed to turn to powder. The entire world was a mess, as though the sky broke and the earth cracked.

After a while, the chaos gradually subsided. The chaotic attributes of the world were obviously lesser and the entire world got bigger.

What was strange was, it got bigger, but Sui Xiong who was dragging it felt the burden get lighter, which didn’t make sense.

“It is most likely because the chaotic attributes have lessened. Its attraction to the Abyss has lessened too.” Just when he told the God of Justice that, the God who was knowledgeable and experienced provided him with a more reliable answer.

Sui Xiong thought so too and nodded in agreement. He then threw all the small sealed worlds altogether and removed the seals.

His bones all over would have been nearly broken by the heavy weight, if a jellyfish had bones. He of course wanted to lighten his burden as soon as possible!

This damn burdensome thing, whoever likes to carry can go ahead!

Dozens of small world of order took shape in the world of chaotic and suddenly triggered an earth-shattering explosion. That very moment, the entire world was shaking vigorously as though it was going to explode into pieces anytime.

Sui Xiong was shocked and he quickly stretched his body into a huge jellyfish that was much bigger than the world. He used one of his tentacles to be a binding rope and tied the world tightly.

He could clearly feel that countless explosion and cracks, countless collisions and eruptions, were happening in the world that he wrapped tightly. Suddenly, he couldn’t help but recalled a line: “at the dawn of civilisation, there were 125,000 different powers that clashed against each other, cultivating a giant that split heaven and earth apart, a most heroic event in human history…”

“Where have I seen this line? From some online novel? Or some trade association’s announcement board in some game?”

The huge jellyfish who was shaken mumbled, as he felt befuddled.