Ranking of Kings - Ch. 250

[MangaDex]

 

[Brackass]

the thot plickens

 

[xyzzy]

Dang why does the one Liquid Metal have to be super poisonous

 

[LSpark]

I need longer chapters..

 

[darkblade210]

Dang why does the one Liquid Metal have to be super poisonous

Mercury has poisoned gold miners in real life!

 

[keatsta]

Man this arc is getting crazy. I thought it'd be a typical "the scary-looking bugs are actually trying to help, and the guy who claims to be a doctor is actually evil" moral fable, but it's a lot more complex than that. And in a worldbuilding move I absolutely love, we're starting to see some deep cuts into the core lore of the series around Gods, their relationships with Kings, and the ultimate driving forces of everything that's happened.

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[Redsaint]

Dang why does the one Liquid Metal have to be super poisonous

There’s 5 Liquid Metals at room temperature(depending on location), just be glad it ain’t caesium that stuff is toxic and explosive in air.

 

[fight2live]

ooh, we finally see the big boss of this arc

 

[NotALewdGuy]

Man this arc is getting crazy. I thought it'd be a typical "the scary-looking bugs are actually trying to help, and the guy who claims to be a doctor is actually evil" moral fable, but it's a lot more complex than that. And in a worldbuilding move I absolutely love, we're starting to see some deep cuts into the core lore of the series around Gods, their relationships with Kings, and the ultimate driving forces of everything that's happened.

That's why Ousama Rankings is the GOAT
It blinds you with the simplicity of the artsyle then bomb you with lore and characters that feels real

 

[Notker]

So this confirms that the gods are powered by the egg crystal things made by the space lady, which then seems to imply that the children that the space lady was talking about were actually the gods and that she is the mother of gods. it also introduces a note of ambiguity to her saying that she "ate her children" since most - though not all - gods have been evil.

Gods are really interesting since they seem very animalistic and less human and even when they want to do good (like Mesher seems to want to do in this chapter) they still end up causing harm. It's almost like they're natural phenomena passing through and just interacting with them is generally fatal to average humans.

Lastly, and this might be seriously overthinking it, but the shiny crosses when the gods say "it's the land of the gods" in this chapter (page 6, panel 2) are identical to shiny crosses meant to represent space lady presumably creating the egg in chapter 205, page 3, panels 3 and 4. it very well could just be meant to represent "shiny, unspoiled town ready for easy pickings by the gods" or it could mean that there's an underlying reason behind their interest, like an ore or metal or something that made them want to attack the town.