Chat Group: Anime Girls are Moist-Chapter 494: Heretic God, Melqart

Campione! World.

On the island of Sardinia.

"Damn it, is it too late?"

Standing on the street, Erica's expression was grim and her face extremely unpleasant.

Since she knew a Heretic God might descend, her first priority was to evacuate the populace of Sardinia under the pretense of a massive natural disaster.

However, just when the evacuation was underway, an unexpected incident occurred.

"Boom!!!"

A deafening thunderclap awakened the sleeping island of Sardinia.

A cataclysm had begun.

At first, only a few dark clouds appeared in the sky.

They slowly gathered together, forming a colossal cloud layer over Sardinia.

As time passed, the clouds grew thicker and darker in color, as if a black ocean were hanging upside down in the sky.

A sense of depression and heaviness enveloped the island.

Then, torrential rain poured down from above.

On the sea's surface, huge waves began to surge.

The waves grew higher and higher, crashing relentlessly against the island's coastline with thunderous roars.

Howling winds rose as well, toppling trees, destroying houses, and blowing cars away, plunging Sardinia into utter chaos.

It was a storm, exactly matching what Erica and the island's authorities had warned the public about—a colossal natural disaster.

But in truth, it wasn't natural at all.

Erica knew it was a man-made catastrophe.

Or rather, this storm had been triggered by a Heretic God.

At the heart of the storm, the air pressure plummeted, forming a powerful low-pressure zone.

This zone drew in surrounding air, creating a gigantic vortex.

Winds within the vortex grew ever faster, surpassing hundreds of kilometers per hour, sucking seawater up into the sky and producing a spectacular water spout.

As the storm intensified, it began spreading into the surrounding sea, wherever it passed, it raised monstrous waves, trying to obliterate anything that dared stand in its path.

This once-peaceful island now stood on the verge of collapse, at risk of being completely destroyed by the storm at any moment.

Erica used magic to maintain her footing amid the storm, her gaze fixed upon its center.

Lightning split the sky.

Illuminated by the flashes, one could see a towering figure standing at the storm's core—

the Heretic God who brought with him an overpowering aura of divine might.

That Heretic God was Melqart!

He is the King of Gods!

A mighty warrior!

The most fearsome dragon-slaying hunter!

Melqart is the ancient Phoenician king of gods (the Ugaritic pantheon led by Baal).

He is originally named Baal.

His mythological image was often passed into Greek tradition, becoming the prototype for the hero Heracles.

In Christian culture, he is also the Demon Lord of Gluttony, one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

John Milton's Paradise Lost portrays him as a devil comparable to God.

He is also the Demon King Beelzebub, the first among the seventy-two demons, the Dark Emperor Baal.

"Baal."

This name in Greek means "land." The legend of his dragon-slaying is, in fact, the origin of Saint George's tale.

Those who worshiped Baal (i.e., Melqart) included the Phoenicians, Canaanites, and Hebrews.

As Baal, Melqart's true form is a deity not easily defined in temperate, four-season lands.

He was born from deserts and wastelands,

a god of scorching sunlight and downpour—of dual powers forming a "Storm God."

Just as now, he has brought Sardinia a storm capable of destroying everything, a declaration of Melqart's power.

He is the Storm God, the Sea God, the Sun God, and also the god governing life, harvest, and desolation.

He commands winds strong enough to blow away entire cities, summons legions of the dead from the underworld, unleashes tidal waves like a great flood, and hurls down thousands of thunderbolts like spears from the heavens.

Now he has arrived, and Sardinia has begun its countdown to destruction.

"So this is a Heretic God?"

Erica murmured to herself.

It was her first time directly confronting one.

Even though this power is not as immeasurable as using a dragon body to ignite a planet, it still made her feel despair.

She could not save Sardinia.

That was the exact conclusion forming in Erica's mind after witnessing Melqart.

Unless there was someone extremely powerful—

For instance, a "Campione."

However, she had received no word of a Campione coming, and she doubted someone capable of subjugating gods would suddenly appear.

Therefore, with no alternative at hand, Erica chose to use her trump card: the "chat group."

She opened the chat group.

[Ding! Group member Erica has initiated a trade request with you!] freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

[Trade content]: Repel the Heretic God on Sardinia!

[Ding! Please select your trading conditions!]

Rei Ao, who was in the middle of being fed by Eriri, received Erica's request.

"Huh?"

He was a bit surprised.

A Heretic God on Sardinia?

His first thought was that it might be the Storm God Melqart or the War God Verethragna.

Of course, that was just guesswork based on his knowledge of the "Campione" world.

He needed confirmation.

Right now, the main concern was what condition to set for this trade.

[Name]: Erica Blandelli

[Level]: 14

[Abilities]: "Golgatha", "Spell of Smiting", ...

All of her abilities were incantations similar to magic, lacking anything particularly special.

Rei Ao wasn't all that interested in them.

But even without these, he didn't mind traveling to the "Campione" world once.

After all, there were still things in that world that intrigued him.

So he chose a different trade condition.

[Ding! Your trade request has been accepted!]

[Trade Condition]: "The right to use your body once."

[Ding! Confirm the trade?]

"..."

Erica looked at the prompt, her earlobes reddening slightly, though her expression didn't betray any intense emotional reaction.

She was perfectly aware of her own weakness.

She understood that a being stronger than a Demon King like Rei Ao had no need for her powers.

All she could offer was her body to grant him some pleasure.

She had already steeled herself for that outcome.

Gazing one more time at the storm—which had formed and was about to ravage everything—

Erica made her choice without hesitation.

[Ding! Trade initiated!]

[Trade Recipient]: Erica

[Trade Content]: Repel the Heretic God on Sardinia!

[Trade Condition]: "The right to use your body once."

[Duration]: 24 hours

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