"How was the meal?"
Huo Yuhao asked casually as he lay back in his chair, looking at Amon and Roman across from him.
"You wicked brat, Amon!"
"I took this piece of earthworm tendon first!"
Roman pressed his chopsticks firmly against the honey-glazed earthworm tendon on the plate in front of him.
Amon pushed up his monocle with one hand, revealing a smile, and said,
"Oh?"
"So you're playing the first-come, first-served game?"
"When it comes to food, ownership is only determined when you've tasted it."
"Dr. Roman, I'm not giving up this earthworm tendon."
"Food disputes are always like this."
Huo Yuhao looked helplessly at the two who had been fighting from the beginning to the end of the meal and said,
"Hey, hey, hey, you two don't have to be like this, do you?"
"Not enough? I'll order another table."
"We're not short of money."
Roman shook his head seriously and said,
"No way!"
"This is the last piece of earthworm tendon, and the last one always has special significance."
"If I give it up, wouldn't that be the same as me admitting defeat to this wicked brat, Amon?!"
"I'll bet my reputation as Meryl's number one fan! I can't lose!"
Amon said softly with a smile on his lips:
"It's not wise to steal food from a despicable thief."
"Then I'll accept your title as number one fan."
Amon didn't use his stealing ability; his fingers moved with incredible agility, like fluttering flowers.
His chopsticks, like swimming dragons, easily bypassed Roman's defenses, directly snatching the earth dragon tendon from between Roman's chopsticks.
Then he decisively swallowed it, leaving Roman with a defiant look.
Roman slumped onto the table as if he'd lost his dream, muttering,
"Damn it! I can't even protect the title of Meryl's number one fan?!"
"I can't do anything!"
Huo Yuhao slapped his forehead, rolled his eyes, and said,
"Stop trying to log in to your account."
"You're not part of their system; the server doesn't even have this account."
"Although we collaborated once before, it has nothing to do with you."
"And that damn Mei Li's number one fan, might as well get rid of him."
"A person should act like a human being! That look in your eyes, with Lu Mingfei hidden in them, makes you look pathetic, especially considering you're my top employee."
Then, Huo Yuhao looked at the well-fed Amon and asked,
"Are you going back to the sea?"
Amon nodded and said,
"The sea is more interesting than the land."
"The people there are so pleasant to talk to, and so warm and friendly. I love it there."
"There are too many rules on land; it's not suitable for me."
"You know, in Xilu City, I instinctively look for loopholes in the rules and exploit them."
"Compared to the peaceful life of Xilu City, the turbulent sea suits me better."
"And I'm very interested in the Sea God family."
"If possible, I'd like to be the patriarch of the Sea God family."
"It would be very interesting if that Sea God knew all his underlings had become traitors."
Huo Yuhao nodded. As long as Amon's actions weren't too outrageous, he would support him, especially since it was directed at Tang San.
"Then it's up to you."
"By the way, if possible, try to keep an eye on the Deep Sea Demon Whale King for me on the high seas."
"That thing is a crazy woman, she could sit at the same table as Ye Xishui."
"When she goes crazy, she doesn't care about the consequences."
Amon adjusted his monocle and said,
"A while ago, a few fish-men discovered a very interesting fellow in the East China Sea."
"The second Deep Sea Demon Whale."
"Judging from its cultivation level, it's a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast."
"This Deep Sea Demon Whale kept trying to get close to that crazy Deep Sea Demon Whale King."
"Unfortunately, it was knocked away every time; its cultivation level is too weak to get close at all."
"And I noticed that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King kept trying to avoid this smaller Deep Sea Demon Whale."
"They should be related by blood."
Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered as he said,
"That deep-sea demon whale is indeed the child of the Demon Emperor and the deep-sea demon whale king from ten thousand years ago."
"Where is it?"
Amon pushed up his glasses and smiled, saying,
"During the last siege of the deep-sea demon whale king by the Sea God family..." "
That guy overestimated himself and tried to interfere in the battle, only to be blasted away by the aftershocks of the fight."
"His internal organs were displaced, but I saved him."
Huo Yuhao continued,
"Keep an eye on that deep-sea demon whale."
"It still has considerable value."
"Oh, right, here, this is for you. I haven't given you anything yet. Your three siblings' birthday is in a month."
"Consider this your birthday present."
Colorful ripples appeared in the space beside him, and Huo Yuhao pulled out a delicate, small monocle.
This monocle appeared ordinary on the outside, no different from a normal monocle.
However, upon closer inspection, one could sense the strange power it contained, and its incongruity with the world.
"This monocle is something I conceived."
"It's a key related to the authority of 'Error.'
Comprehend it carefully; perhaps you can recreate the erroneous godhood in this world."
Amon took the monocle, his movements slightly cautious, sensing the special power contained within it.
That power was constantly connected to some kind of rule; just as Huo Yuhao said, it was a key to authority.
If handled properly, Amon could create his own erroneous godhood.
"A very nice gift, I like it very much."
"Thank you, Father."
Amon put away the monocle, without any intention of wearing it.
This body was a split Amon, not the original; such a thing should naturally be worn by the original.
Huo Yuhao shrugged and said,
"If you like it, that's fine."
"Let me explain beforehand, erroneous godhoods aren't so easy to condense, based on my research on the Thunder God's godhood."
"To condense a godhood, one must have a sufficient understanding of the rules, and a conceptual vessel that conforms to those rules."
"Faith is the easiest conceptual vessel to acquire."
"However, erroneous godhoods probably won't easily acquire faith; the essence of error is finding loopholes in the rules."
"Not everyone can understand this concept; without understanding, faith cannot be formed." "
The Sea God and the Angel God, the main reason they can become gods through faith is that their rules are easily tangible."
"The sea, light, and holiness are not unattainable."
"They used natural phenomena to interpret the rules and had countless beings integrate this interpretation into their faith, passing it on to their two converging godhoods."
"The broader the interpretation of the rules, the higher the level of the godhood at its creation."
"The Angel God is nominally an angel, but essentially incorporates holiness and light into its conceptual scope, so it's a first-level god." "
The Sea God's concept seems to be the sea, but the concept of the sea alone cannot place him on par with the Water God as a first-level god."
"The first Sea God incorporated change into his interpretation of the Sea God, a change called the transformation of the sea into mulberry fields, which is embodied in the Thirteen Golden Halberds."
"That's why the Sea God's position can become a first-level god."
"The likes of the God of Speed, because their interpretation of the rules is too superficial, can only be second-level gods."
"The concept of an erroneous godhood is already vast enough."
"What you need to do now is figure out how to interpret it, making this concept easy to understand."
"Or simply do something that perfectly aligns with the erroneous rules, making the rules automatically recognize you. Combined with that monocle, it would be enough to allow you to skip the collection of faith, like the God of Destruction, whose godhood is automatically generated by the universe."
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Amon fell into thought. Roman, standing beside him, looked up, frowning, and said,
"Something that conforms to the erroneous rules."
"According to the boss, that definitely means finding a loophole in something."
"What kind of loophole can shake the erroneous rules?"
Amon seemed to have thought of something, pushed up his monocle, and smiled, saying,
"Of course, it's a loophole in another rule."
"When another god ascended to godhood, I quietly took his place, causing contradictions in the rules behind the divine position.
Isn't that the greatest mistake of this world?"
(End of Chapter)
Read 15+ chapters ahead at Patreon
patreon.com/TaroYamato
patreon.com/TaroYamato