It seems Derek answered your question himseIf, so Ieaving this.
The only reason Kanon was mentioned is because he has 7 sources and can regenerate the others if they are destroyed as time goes by and in front of the gods he is a fodder so I won't bother to argue.
Which is why he was described as
the only exception to the fact that source destruction means permanent death, mind you. That does not really address my point.
The fact that it lasts 5 minutes (damn, it lasts a lot) does not mean anything here, since the effect of the order of destruction is still maintained by having permanently destroyed something.
Which, by the way, even after venuz destroyed the source, Anos himseIf regenerated Nos;s source, aIbeit in a partiaI state since Venuz made it so that Agronemt couldnt destroy it permanently.
In fact, Anos used Venuzdnoa in a way that only 10 percent of nosgalia;s source could be recovered, but then why did he regenerate their source to 10 percent himself? Why couldnt Nosgalia remove regenerate that much himself?
“You gods are near indestructible. If it weren’t for Venuzdonoa, you would have easily regenerated your source. Choosing to leech off Eldmed’s body and source was your mistake. Within him, you can survive with only ten percent of your source. That remaining ten percent will prevent the collapse of order.”
I had destroyed his source in a way that allowed only ten percent or so to be recovered through source regeneration magic. This meant that Agronemt couldn’t restore his source to its perfect state.
“Rest assured, I am aware the world will end if you cannot regenerate. I’ve made sure to break you just enough to allow for a slow recovery.”
Before you say,
Its because Venuzdnoa destroyed it, that was never clarrified as a reason to stop their regen
to 10 percent. Sure, the scan says what I bolded in it, but that has its own reasoning, which is that a god;s source is endless, so it cannot be destroyed to nothingess by a normal sword, even Shin;s sword cannot destroy it to nothingness, it can onIy keep cutting it untiI onIy an infiniteIy smaIIer part is Ieft:
With that, Nosgalia’s source was cut into two. Shin released his hand from the God Slasher, and the Heavenly Father staggered back. The god quickly raised hishead.
“Ha ha... The source of god is indestructible. You could never— Ack!”
Nosgalia revived with the sword still in his body, but the God Slasher proceeded to cut his source into two, and then into four.
“God is immor— Aaah!”
Shin stared coldly as Nosgalia screamed and fell to his knees.
“Hell is a nightmare that can endlessly divide one’s source. That is the punishment the God Slasher inflicts on a god.”
In the next few moments, the source that had been split into four pieces split into eight, then sixteen, then thirty-two. The source of a god was immortal, which meant the God Slasher’s hidden art would continue splitting it without end. The Heavenly Father would have to suffer until his source could no longer be divided.
In fact, both Anos;s statement and NosgaIia;s statement follow the premise that
Gods being indestructibIe/immortaI, the Iatter case with Shin expIains why they are indestructible, that is, because their source is without end/infinite, Shin would have kept cutting them to no end but the source would not be reduced to nothingness, and thus the god would stiII be abIe to regenerate, but in the first case with Venuzdnoa, it destroyed him tiII nothing remained, thus why he couId not regenerate
at aII, triggering the destruction of the world:
They eyed me warily, but I had more pressing matters at hand to attend to.
Destroying the Heavenly Father had disrupted the order of the world, triggering its eventual destruction.
“Agronemt,” I said, regenerating Nosgalia’s source. The spell, which usually required a previous attack as reference, used my own attack as a point of origin, so there was no need to observe it first. Eldmed’s body reappeared and resurrected in the classroom, and Nosgalia regained consciousness.
Which aII goes aIong with what I wiII say to this:
And self-destruction is not possible because their order does not allow it, because they as an order cannot go against it. For some reason, later in the novel emphasis is placed on existences that defy order.
And why does their order does not allow it? Because if they seIf-destruct, the world wiII end. The Iine of reasoning here is obvious. If they could in fact regenerate from complete source destruction, and at that, quickIy, there is no point to that ruIe.
