Ultraman: This Belial only wants to make money.

Chapter 58. Illusion and Reality: The First Follower of the Evil God.

Gatanothor the Titan—returns like lightning.

The demons of light from Orion fought amongst themselves over the unequal distribution of spoils, causing the followers of Gatanothor to weep. The giant god could no longer contain his rage, and endless darkness rose from the depths of the South Pacific. God's angels, Zokkalis, multiplied like grains of sand—

The demons of light were ultimately defeated by the majesty of Gatanothor and slunk back to the constellation Orion.

God will enjoy eternal bliss with His believers in eternal darkness...

【END】.

Boss Jin covered his face. He thought only people with the surname Jin would write such gratitude essays. He never expected that the Dark Ruler had already done this in ancient times.

How did a dark ruler end up doing the work of the sun?

Jin Yi and Mavis exchanged a silent glance. Both of them were experts at manipulating religion. Who could they fool with such a little trick except for fanatical believers who had handed over their brains?

Earth is no longer the Earth of the ancient people; a new human species has multiplied and thrived here.

Where is the eternity that God Gatanjee promised to believers?

No matter how real or magnificent the carvings on the murals may be, they only reflect something false.

Having seen the murals and obtained what I wanted, there's no point in staying here any longer.

Jin Yi said, "That's enough... Let's go, Zack."

Zach hesitated, then asked, "Is it over, boss?"

Yes, the moment Jin Yi stepped into the temple, he got what he wanted.

That is—the coordinates of Gatanothor.

The temple is the place closest to the gods, and Gatanothor lies slumbering directly beneath it.

To be precise, it is a rather subtle spatial slit located in the phase space directly below the temple, which exists both on Earth and not on Earth.

This is why Jin Yi had been delaying things.

The darkness embodied by Belial is no less than that of Gatanothor, but if he were to dive into the South Pacific in his true form, it would surely disturb the master slumbering there. A great battle would be inevitable if the two kings did not meet.

Therefore, he planned to open a small path from another dimension, passing through the Rainbow Magic Realm, so that even if the worst outcome occurred, it would not have too much of an impact on Earthlings.

"Let's go, Zack. There's no point in staying here any longer."

"OK."

Zack nodded and began to maneuver Reilos away from the mural. At that moment, his hand paused, and he hesitated.

"Boss...did you...hear anything?"

Mavis said, "This is the deepest abyss, where only deep-sea fish and other tiny creatures can survive. You didn't hear me wrong, did you?"

"No, no, no... Reilos's senses are highly specialized. I can hear it clearly. This isn't the sound of fish swimming; it sounds like... the chanting of human scriptures?"

Zach said uncertainly.

"And the sound seems to be coming from... the altar?"

The altar was only a stone's throw away from the mural, and Reilos easily crossed that distance. Although the glow emanating from his skin was faint, Reilos's specialized vision allowed him to easily see what was on the altar.

That was... a head?

"Could I be seeing things? How could there be a human head here?"

The thing that made the sound was so tiny, smaller than a fingernail. Reilos slid his feet, and the water carried the tiny object to his palm. Zack's eyes widened; he was now certain he hadn't misread it—

That was indeed a human head.

At the center of this magnificent altar, which is hundreds of meters in diameter, lies the head of a modern human. The skin and flesh are almost dried and waxy, and the pale bones beneath the skin can even be clearly seen.

No human can survive with only a head remaining, but the thing in Reilos's hand opened and closed its mouth, uttering obscure and incomprehensible language endlessly.

Zack curiously brought the object in his palm close to his ear, and then, for some reason, the scriptures being recited by the head seemed to have a magical power, constantly drilling into his ear, making his gaze become hazy, and the image projected onto the screen began to blur.

Taking refuge...

Conversion to the giant Gatanja...

"Wake up, Zack!"

How could Boss Jin, standing to the side, notice that something was wrong with his subordinate? He directly mobilized the Belial power within his body. Belial's dark energy pierced Zack's nerves like a sharp sword, and he suddenly regained consciousness.

Zach's body trembled violently, and he gasped for breath. His back was soaked with sweat. He looked at the object in his palm with lingering fear.

"Boss... what... what is this thing?!"

Jin Yi frowned, looking at the head, and said uncertainly.

"You are...Katsumi?!"

Could it really be that unlucky guy, Katsumi?! The most tragic protagonist in the Ultraman Tiga spin-off novel.

Katsumi was originally just an ordinary researcher in the Earth Defense Force, but by some strange twist of fate, he was involved in the salvage operation of relics from an ancient civilization.

What's worse, the ancient artifacts he was studying were defective pieces that had been washed out of the R'lyeh ruins by ocean currents.

So he began to have nightmares day and night, constantly hallucinating, dreaming of huge temples, and unable to sleep at night.

So he found Tetsuo Uchihara, the initiator of the salvage operation, and then something even worse happened: this initiator was an aggressor lurking among humans, a Kirieloid with prophetic abilities.

The Kirieloid, carrying the unfortunate protagonist Katsumi, traversed a tunnel beyond time and space, delving deep into the ruins of R'lyeh. There, he finally understood what had kept him awake all night—

Huge, extremely huge, carrying a shell of a mollusk and having a body like that of a reptile.

Because of its enormous size, its ugly eyes are located below its upper jaw. This must be a gaze down upon all things destined for destruction.

Countless flesh-colored tentacles sprouted from the shell of the Great Old One, each writhing arbitrarily like a living creature.

Countless crimson monsters with insect wings swirled like slime through the dark sky at incredible speeds. Orbs of blood they spat forth incinerated this unknown culture and this unknown city.

Even though he felt fear and wanted to retreat, he couldn't. Katsumi's body had disappeared; his body had been devoured by countless yellow ribbonfish, leaving only his head in the ruins of R'lyeh.

Uncontrollably, he recited poems praising Gatanjah, without ceasing for a thousand days and a thousand nights.

Chronologically speaking, he should be the first visitor to the ruins of R'lyeh after the destruction of the ancient civilization, and also the first Gatanothor believer in 3000 million years.

"You are...Katsumi?"

Even though this place is thousands of miles away from the R'lyeh Ruins, it's absolutely impossible for a head to hear sounds from 500 meters underground.

But as soon as Boss Jin finished speaking, the head in Reilos's palm suddenly stopped chanting, and its eyes, which had shrunk to the size of a date pit, rolled around awkwardly.

"Kill...me..."

Boss Jin's gaze fell on the towering mural of praise, then on the insignificant human head lying in Reilos's palm, smaller than a punctuation mark in the poem.

It's ironic that Gatanothor in the mural bestows favors and blessings upon believers, appearing as an omnipotent god and savior.

But in the deepest part of the temple, the place closest to the gods, the soul of an ordinary human being is imprisoned there, endlessly praising the existence that torments him, day and night.

The so-called savior is nothing more than a capricious and cruel tyrant, and the so-called believers are probably just toys in the tyrant's hands.

The fate of the followers of that ancient civilization is therefore predictable.

"Press it, Zack."

Jin Yi gave Zack instructions with mixed feelings.

The chanting stopped abruptly, and one or two tiny bubbles rose from Reilos's palm. As the bubbles burst, a barely audible "thank you" could be heard.

Apart from being a little quieter, the temple remained unchanged. Gatanothor seemed to have forgotten about this whimsical plaything; perhaps this was the evil god's contempt for humanity.

Reilos began to rise.

PS: "Abyss Walker" is a spin-off novel written by Xiao Zhong, the screenwriter of Ultraman Tiga. The protagonist, Shengjian, has a very tragic ending, so Boss Jin gave him a merciful death.