Chapter 163: From Investigating to Contemplating (2/2)

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah. Don’t know exactly who though – just know that they’re there. Best to be careful.”

“What good does this ‘be careful’ do when facing someone of your kind?”

The three Evil Gods Loren had encountered so far were Gluttony, Sloth, and Lust. All were such powerful beings that they greatly affect all those in their vicinity, and they also possessed great abilities. Gula was restraining her Evil God power as much as possible while travelling with them, so Loren and Lapis sometimes forgot that she was one of such beings. But the truth was, if she was to wield her power to its utmost, no human would be able to stand against her. Loren knew that very well, so her warning sounded shameless to his ears.

“I think there’s nothing better than being careful though?”

Gula looked at Loren and replied. She appeared somewhat hurt, but in Loren’s opinion, if being careful or not being careful resulted in the same thing, then there was no use in being careful.

“Do you know which Evil God that is?”

“I don’t know that much yet. But if it was Lust, I’d have known it right away.”

That reminded Loren of the being called the Evil God of Lust. Just the memory gave him mental damage and slight nausea, but it was nothing strange. It made sense if the only Evil God with a distinguishable aura was Lust.

“I think they’re related, these bandits and the Evil God.”

“All right. It’s probably either Greed or Pride.”

From Gula’s guess, if they manipulated the bandits to collect wealth, then it was Greed. But if it was simply to stand above those bandits and used them at will, then it would be Pride.

“Both are equally troublesome.”

“What are they like?”

Believing that it was best to have as much info as possible beforehand, Loren asked. But Gula’s answer was ambiguous:

“No… It’s no good to have preconception, I think. Also, we were sealed hundreds of years ago. Something won’t be the same anymore, so I would feel sorry if I give you the wrong info.”

“Is that so…”

If the Evil God turned out to be different from the image Loren had instilled in his head beforehand, the shock might be quite big. Gula was of the opinion that in case the difference was severe enough to be fatal, it was better to not have too much information. And Loren did agree.

“Rather than that, about a plan to attack that base. How about I use a bit of my power to drink up the moat and eat the fence?”

Loren looked at the bandits’ base again. Water filled the moat to the brim with water; it was not a normal amount. And the fence behind the moat was tall and sturdy. Loren wondered where the hell Gula’s stomach was and how big it must be to be able to store such things.

“It’s a nice idea, but only if Tizona is not with us.”

“Then, how about telling Tizona-chan to sneak into the ruin by herself?”

“That is…”

“We’ll cause a distraction at the front while Tizona-chan uses the opportunity to cross the moat and secretly enter the ruin.”

“What do we do then?”

“After Tizona-chan has gotten in, we’ll go at them in one go.”

Gula said that once they met up, they could just lie to Tizona about how they had broken through the defense.

“The enemies are bandits, so it won’t be strange if the damage is a bit more severe and all of them are obliterated, right? In that case, I’ll stuff the runaways into my stomach too. Won’t make much of a difference.”

Some bandits on their way back to base might flee once they saw the defense broken. With this proposal, they wouldn’t be a problem.

This plan might be a bit too aggressive, but if there were no survivors, even if Tizona doubted their explanation, she wouldn’t be able to confirm what had actually happened when she wasn’t present. Therefore, they wouldn’t need to worry about being exposed or so was what Gula’s plan.

“Tizona will say that she should come out if it’s a group battle, won’t she?”

“When it comes to fighting alone, Tizona-chan is the most powerful, isn’t she? If she causes disturbance within the ruin, the bandits’ attention will be split between us and her, right? Isn’t that a good reason to split up?”

Loren believed that this was not a bad plan. The only problem remained, if there could be one, was how Tizona was going to cross the moat without a bridge. But if she could swim, she could swim across while their group caused a big uproar.

“Let’s propose it to them then.”

If there were no other good plans, they might just follow through with this.

For now, they would wait for Lapis and Tizona to return. If they had no good ideas, Loren and Gula would propose this plan.