A war, most likely. [ That's what it took to save her world from someone who would have conquered it, and she can't imagine this was any different. A god, chained beneath a temple, and left there? It surely had such a cost.
The incense wafts toward her and Wen Qing digs out a handkerchief to cover her nose and mouth; although it's not very effective and the scent still lingers in her nose. ]
People are foolish and obey these sorts of people without question or thought. Perhaps there is a prophecy or something. Or no one actually believes he will bring about the end of the world. [ By now, she's encountered enough beings that such a claim seems ridiculous. ]
Even worse, maybe they want the world to end. [ Thinking they would be saved, that the god they worshipped wouldn't touch them. Many of her uncle's followers had been like that, at the beginning, before it became clear he would not win the war. ]
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The incense wafts toward her and Wen Qing digs out a handkerchief to cover her nose and mouth; although it's not very effective and the scent still lingers in her nose. ]
People are foolish and obey these sorts of people without question or thought. Perhaps there is a prophecy or something. Or no one actually believes he will bring about the end of the world. [ By now, she's encountered enough beings that such a claim seems ridiculous. ]
Even worse, maybe they want the world to end. [ Thinking they would be saved, that the god they worshipped wouldn't touch them. Many of her uncle's followers had been like that, at the beginning, before it became clear he would not win the war. ]