Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 1518 The Path Above the Gods

Although the crow was the first deity Lin Yu had ever met, he did not show any particular respect to the deity during their first encounter. After all, the riddles that the crow had prepared for him were mostly novel and interesting, and some of them could be described as ingenious and clever, but they were not entirely "unsolvable".

Once you understand the other party's nature of being keen on deceiving others, you only need to be wary of and repeatedly consider every word and action of His/Her, and you can largely avoid the various tricks designed by this deity.

It's like a highly challenging game filled with various traps and even malicious designs—though it might seem difficult to beginners or those unfamiliar with this type of game.

But in reality, players familiar with this type of game won't find it too difficult.

After all, once you get used to thinking "there might be a trap here," you'll often avoid being harmed by traps.

Even... these traps could be used to their advantage.

This is why Lin Yu initially lacked respect for this "god of truth, falsehood, and change."

Now, although only a few months have passed, Lin Yu's understanding of the "Death Game," the Ten Realms, gods, and authority has already progressed through many stages.

Lin Yu now has a relatively good understanding of the gods—he knows that the gods are not omnipotent, but merely high-ranking beings who hold power.

However, after learning more about it, Lin Yu began to value the gods even more.

Especially regarding the "God of Reality and Illusion and Change"... Although Lin Yu still doesn't hold Him in any particular reverence, he is already clear that this guy is a particularly powerful deity, even at the level of "gods".

There are not many gods who possess three powers and who can return to their original world. For gods, the number of powers and their influence on the world are not the only standards for measuring strength, but they are two extremely important indicators.

The raven directly possessed three powers, seemingly reaching the "upper limit" of the number of powers that a deity could directly possess or accommodate and integrate.

Moreover, the "God of Truth and Illusion and Change" made Lin Yu realize that He was different from other gods, and that was not all.

Of all the deities Lin Yu has encountered so far, this crow has caused the greatest interference to the 'Death Game' itself.

He directly replaced his second [copy], and even planned to give himself a special prompt and replace it again in the [copy] where he was promoted to 'second tier'.

Moreover, this guy even had a way to give him one of his "professional tools" in advance—the "tooth of prophecy" and the "tongue of deception"—both of which were originally given to him by the crow, and were essentially part of "eloquent flattery".

The gray mark on his arm, which he used to summon Him here, also speaks volumes.

Therefore, Lin Yu only recently realized that this crow seemed to be a rather powerful type among the gods.

therefore……

Even though he had never seen the crow make a direct move, and Lin Yu had hardly ever seen the guy wield the power of his authority, Lin Yu was quite certain.

The "God of Truth and Illusion and Change" absolutely possesses the ability to hold his own against any other deity.

especially……

The gods who come from the same world as Him.

After the tentacles formed from the mist dissipated into bubbles less than half a centimeter away from Lin Yu's body, the fluttering raven feathers landed on Lin Yu's body.

Then...

"Caw! Caw! Caw! Caw!"

The hoarse cries rang out continuously and were extremely noisy. A flock of gray-black crows flapped their wings from behind Lin Yu, tearing through the thick fog and descending on the place like a storm.

A flock of crows circled around Lin Yu. Then Lin Yu saw one of the larger crows swoop down, hovering just before it was about to hit him, and land steadily on his left shoulder.

The crow tilted its head, exchanged a glance with Lin Yu, who was standing in profile, and opened its sharp beak.

"Gah gah—friend, it seems you've run into some trouble that requires my help... Although I don't know how you managed to summon me here directly through that expired mark, I still have to ask... what can I do for you?"

Lin Yu looked at this raven incarnation. Although he did not trust this deity, at this moment Lin Yu knew that the hostility the other party was towards him and the harm it would cause him were far less than that of the "God of Forgetting and Memory" who was trying to assimilate him with the power of "Forgetting".

However, upon hearing the question posed to him, Lin Yu replied somewhat irritably, "You really don't know?"

The crow said sincerely, "Caw, I really don't know."

“I haven’t forgotten this ‘ancient rule,’ so ‘ga’ means you’re lying,” Lin Yu said helplessly. “Anyway… this is a good thing. The fact that you’re still willing to lie to me here proves that resolving this divine choice is relatively easy and leisurely for you.”

The raven laughed: "Hehe, it's not easy to deal with the 'God of Oblivion's' chosen one. After all, his chosen one is quite special—he has lost his own will and his soul has been completely assimilated by authority, which makes his chosen one almost indistinguishable from his original self in terms of will. Therefore, he is far more difficult to deal with than half of the chosen ones."

"Gulp, if you want to get rid of Him, in my current incomplete state as someone you summoned... it's going to be very difficult."

"Although you seem to have changed the limitations of these marks and allowed me to exert a lot of power, my 'projection' which can't even be considered a 'clone'... would be completely crushed even when dealing with ordinary chosen gods."

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow: "Don't try to fool me, I can tell... you're really not that nervous."

“But if you say that you don’t care about my life or death at all, or whether I will become a new vessel for the power of ‘forgetting’, I don’t believe it—even if you really are indifferent to my death, I don’t believe you would just watch me fall here and become a pawn of ‘forgetting’.”

The crow laughed: "See, I'm quite accurate... However, I wasn't just saying 'falsehoods,' but the absolute truth."

“My projection is indeed no match for this chosen one, but the reason I’m not too nervous is… if all I want to do is escape with you and save you from his clutches, it’s too easy for me.”

“After all, He is a god of the same origin as me, and He only holds one ‘authority’,” the raven chuckled softly. “Although the quality and quantity of authority are equally important, three against one… caw caw, I can only say that the advantage is mine!”

Looking at the crow's confident demeanor, Lin Yu reminded it, "That's not a good omen... and besides, it's not an 'authority'."

“When He dealt with me just now, He revealed the fact that He possesses a second authority—He may also have the authority of ‘memory’.”

"This might be His hidden secret and trump card; you'd better be careful."

The raven raised an eyebrow: "You haven't had much contact with the chosen incarnation of the 'God of Oblivion,' have you? How could you tell that?"

"However... don't worry, He is still just the 'God of Forgetting' right now—although He can borrow and call upon some of the power of 'Memory' authority, He is still several steps away from becoming the 'God of Forgetting and Memory' and fully embracing the 'Memory' authority."

“The way to use the power of ‘authority’ is not just to contain authority or become the corresponding god… You should understand this well, after all, you yourself are borrowing the power of various authorities in various ways.”

"Of course, it's normal for you to misunderstand, after all, when gods 'borrow authority,' it can sometimes look just like they've truly merged with authority."

Lin Yu was surprised: "So you knew about this too... Then I'm relieved, but are you sure?"

"What if He has already secretly seized control of 'memory'?"

The raven projection of the "god of truth and falsehood and change" revealed a smug expression on the bird's face.

"That's absolutely impossible, because the reason He didn't become the 'God of Memory' and didn't obtain the authority of 'Memory'... is because I'm the one interfering!"

“I noticed the ‘memory’ authority of the Kirishima Realm when it was born—and when it began to contain this authority, I forcibly interrupted the process just as it was about to succeed, and then I took the ‘memory’ authority away,” the God of Change said, his voice trembling with glee as he flapped his wings twice. “Hehe… After that, I hid the ‘memory authority’ in a place where it would be absolutely impossible for it to find.”

Upon hearing the crow's words, Lin Yu instantly understood why, when chatting with the "God of Oblivion" earlier, he could vaguely sense that the guy seemed to harbor some kind of hostility and hatred towards the crow.

Putting everything else aside, just this one thing the crow did... has already created an irreconcilable feud with that "God of Oblivion".

"You really are... quite mean."

“Hey, there’s no way around it—after all, He and I are both gods born in the Kirishima Realm… If possible, I would even like to completely erase His existence.”

The crow said it casually.

Lin Yu was somewhat puzzled: "Are gods born in the same world inherently opposed from a natural standpoint?"

“That’s not entirely true, but if becoming a god still isn’t enough… then the answer is different,” the raven said in a low voice. “After all, once you’ve mastered three powers, if you want to go further, then your goal will be… how to control the ‘world’s will’.”

"And the world will of one's own world is naturally the easiest to scheme against and control."