Chapter 190 (2/2)

For example, the Sylphid. They worship the God of Water Aklia and the God of Wind Wyrm, but in actuality, many of them receive the God of Wind Wyrm’s divine protection. They are a race that have nimble movements, and naturally live together with the wind.

And then, the Metalio. They worship the God of Fire Agnam and the God of Earth Atlagus, and they probably also strongly receive the divine protection of one of those Gods.

Going even further, in the St. Altlis Kingdom’s Grand Temple, the Humans that receive the God of Life’s divine protection serve as priests.

「This is what I think. Depending on the God-type that they received the influence from, wouldn’t the race end up changing……see.」

「H, however……In that case, that would not explain halves and quarters.」

Vermudol nodded at Gordy’s rebuttal.

「That’s true, you’re exactly right. But that also can be explained with a single deduction. In other words, the time that the Gods made any influence was only during the first creation of that race.」

After that, the various races were left to take their natural courses.

If that were the case, that would also explain halves and quarters being birthed.

And then, above all, that would make it possible to consent to how there were people who received the divine protection from different Gods.

The reason why their origin and thereafter are related to the divine protection of the Gods──that is probably what it was.

It is a very irresponsible story, but since the God of Wind Wyrm had tried to give his divine protection to Nino who was a Mazoku, it didn’t seem like that deduction was wrong.

「However……how does that relate to the earlier story about Ykslaas?」

「Nn……well, don’t be in a rush. The story starts from here. In other words, the races were split by the Gods’ influences. However, with that being the case, don’t you think that there’s too few of them?」

There are a total of seven Gods.

The God of Life Philia, the God of Light Raidolg, the God of Darkness Dagulas, the God of Fire Agnam, the God of Water Aklia, the God of Wind Wyrm, and the God of Earth Atlagus.

And yet, mankind had four races.

Humans, Beastmen, Sylphid, and Metalio.

「H, however, wouldn’t that just mean that the influence of multiple Gods was put into one race?」

「I see, that is also a possibility.」

After Vermudol nodded at Gordy’s comment, he continued with a “but……”.

「A problem comes out with that. For example, let’s say that Humans had the influence of the Gods of Life and Light. Even if the Canal Kingdom worships the God of Light, if we think about how it’s a country with various races, this is by no means an irrational opinion. And then, let’s say that the influences of the Gods of Water and Wind are with the Sylphid, and the influences of the Gods of Fire and Earth are with the Metalio. Well, just for argument’s sake……but you see.」

Coming this far, Gordy also understood.

That’s right, there was something that was lacking.

Seeing the look of understanding dwelling in Gordy’s eyes, Vermudol nodded.

「In that case, where is the influence of the God of Darkness Dagulas? Within the current territory of mankind, it’s said that there is almost no one that worships the God of Darkness. Does that mean that the God of Darkness was the only one that had no influence on any race?」

「Could it be, does that mean it was the Mazoku……?」

Vermudol went silent at Gordy’s mutter……and then, he quietly shook his head sideways.

「I had also thought that way for a time……but, to begin with, we’re of a framework that’s different from mankind.」

Mankind and Mazoku are both large heading categories.

Just like how mankind is subdivided into Humans, Sylphid, and Metalio, Mazoku are also separated into races like Goblins and Beastia.

In terms of form, mankind and Mazoku had similar parts, but they are different.

「In that case, just what……」

「The answer to that, was within Ykslaas.」

Vermudol took a single document out from within his desk and threw it onto the desk.

It was a part of the report he received from a Mazoku named Ein who was one of the intelligence operatives.

「Within here, a monster called an Element was mentioned.」

The Element was the monster that Rokuna met when she headed mankind’s territory before in her research on Summoning Magic.

They appeared only in the Shutaia Continent, were generally made out to be a type of natural phenomenon, and were said to not even have souls.

「Is there something about this Element or whatever……? Could it be, are you saying that this was the thing made with the God of Darkness’s influence?」

The crease in Gordy’s brow became even deeper.

「That’s a bit wrong.」

When Vermudol said that, he started flipping through the document.

「This is a remnant. No, if anything, it would probably be right to express it as the result of a curse.」

As for why──

「It’s because Elements were actually a race that existed in the past after all.」

「……Could it be.」

「It’s exactly that, Ichika.」

Vermudol showed a nod to Ichika.

「That’s right. Ykslaas’s origin, is a certain member of mankind……the extinct race, an Element.」