The fragment

With his head full of numerous questions and doubts that kept increasing by the second, Aureus looked at the massacre that was taking place right in front of him.

The goblins were massacring the adventurers and being flocked with an unstoppable drive unbecoming of lesser creatures such as goblins.

Baron Emilio had long since escaped, he threw his supposed friend Maron, the fire mage, forward as he ran with all his might.

Worst of all, the level 2 female goblin didn't even move, she was simply enjoying the pain and suffering of the disgusting human invaders while her warriors feasted on the tender and delicious meat humans have.

From what Aureus could see, there were less than 20 people left, more than 100 humans were killed while the goblins, who are supposed to be the weakest at the same level, only had about 20 casualties, a shocking result that should never occur. .

Every second more people died, crushed by the inexplicable force displayed by the fined goblins.

Aureus did not pay attention to these people, he looked at the goblins, before he wondered why the goblins were so strong, now it seems that the answer is obvious.

His soul fragment, they somehow controlled him to evolve the desired creatures without becoming his servants.

"Artemis", a single word was enough for Artemis to understand what he had to do.

In an instant, hundreds of flame needles shot out at supernatural speed, piercing through the heads of all goblins in a small instant!

Silence suddenly reigned over the dark forest.

Zact, John and Sam were instantly paralyzed, staring at Artemis with an incredible expression, but they couldn't say anything, as a second later they fell unconscious.

The noisy battlefield fell into deathly silence, the 3 humans were the only ones alive, the rest were either dead or had long since fled.

"Charge all 3, Artemis," Aureus ordered, a moment later he spread his wings and began to slowly fly in the indicated direction.

"Now start to explain, Critus", Aureus spoke in a tone that didn't allow no for an answer.

[...]

[Sigh, where do I start?]

The origin artifact continued its long-awaited monologue a second later.

[Well, we started from the reason of the gods' actions, it wasn't there at the time, but it's painfully obvious, pride and fear]

"Pride and fear?"

[The gods are interesting creatures, they are the most cowardly creatures that exist, but at the same time they are 10 times prouder than a demon of pride, their pride does not allow anything to be above them, so at the moment when they felt you, most likely they devised that plan to kill you]

"But why not kill me outright?" Aureus asked in confusion, it made no sense that they didn't kill him and instead they devised this creepy ruse.

[For the same reason, fear, if the world found out that they have cut off the birth of an eternal race, they would be purged and annihilated by their actions, those who are so lucky to survive would end up as mortals, destined to be like the beings they those who have always looked from above, again, their pride does not allow it]

Aureus got it more or less, "The gods are basically a bunch of hypocritical bastards who can't accept that anyone is superior to them"

[Basically]

"Why not tell me before? He could have told Reus to send people to search"

[When we weren't going, I contacted him telepathically and pretended to be you, now he will have sent people to search all over the world]

Aureus skipped over the impersonating part while asking a question that had been bothering him for a long time, "What about being an adventurer, did you want me to take a vacation or something?"

[Do you think I'm stupid? This is for you to infiltrate the higher human forces]

Aureus, I don't speak, I wait for the origin artifact to continue.

[If I had a hand I'd bet human gods have 1 or 2 of your shards in their hands, considering how much they like to conspire, and that won't be as easy as this, I doubt they're like this monster god, that leave something so valuable in the hands of any monster]

"Hmm ... so have I been lucky?"

[Too much, this makes things much easier, you will have more questions, but we are here]

Right in front of the duo appeared a magnificently large mountain several kilometers high, in the center of the rocky and steep mountain was a cave with a circular entrance more than 20 meters in diameter, a dangerous aura escaped from the cave, signaling the extreme danger in the depths of the dark passage and driving away the ignorant fools who harbor in their heads the suicidal idea of ​​exploring its depths.

Aureus did not stop for a mere moment and entered the cave, the feeling of emptiness growing stronger by the second, like a growing black hole that devours everything in its path, if this continues, it will end up falling to the craziness.

The interior of the cave was a simple rocky passageway that grew wider and wider by the second, after descending a kilometer or two, they found themselves in a large underground expanse of around 500 meters.

It is worth noting that the energy inside was much denser ... and it smelled very bad, as if the most disgusting and smelly garbage possible had been thrown here on purpose.

On the periphery of the extension dozens of houses carved directly in the stone were signed, in the center was a small stone hill of about 20 meters, at the top of that hill was a rustic stone throne in which a 4-horned female goblin.

Well, I say goblin, but aside from her green skin and sharp ears, she is exactly the same as a human, an unexpectedly beautiful human, indeed.

[Hoho, this is interesting]