Chapter 157 (2/2)
“Oniwaksan, please don’tthat Vandalieu is concerned about the most!” Darcia pleaded
“Oh, Bocchan has collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut, and now he is squir at Darcisama’s words,” Sam remarked
“Father, he is just spas!” said Rita
“Kid, don’t feel so down It’d be unnatural if you were all brawny at your age,” said Borkus
“That is right, my lord Bones are the essential parts of people,” said Bone Man
“Kuooohn,” Knochen groaned in agreement
“I’m kinda sorry about Tenmsama and Oniwaksama,” said Kidoumaru
“Oniwaksama has always looked up to macho people,” said another Kijin “That is the reason Oniwaksa…”
Even as everyone tried to coument between parent and child continued
“This is not even an era in which things can be resolved through muscle alone! Powers that are possessed by none other, such as the ability to useTen the previous battle that we could only send out Gankaku on his own!”
The Kijin nation was built into a cliff face on the west side of the Boundary Mountain Range Froes past, its duty had been to hold believers of Alda back if they were to cross the e, as well as to defend the other nations froeons in its surroundings and the Devil’s Skies above
Thus, the Kijin of the Kijin nation valued fighting and strength That was their natural disposition, and they also had the influence of their guardian deity Garess, the God of warriors They had prided theth
To begin with, the Kijin were a race of warriors with exceptional physical strength There were soic-related qualities, but they were few in number overall
Thus, in the Kijin nation, individuals were initially trained as warriors, then the ones with the qualities for using es as well That was the policy that had been in place
And then the recent battle had occurred In order to suppress the tenacious Kijin nation, Ravovifard, the evil God of release, had released the instincts to fight, kill and feed in thea eons at the same time
The Kijin nation was constantly well-ar froeons, but they didn’t have the nu from all of them
King Tenma and the Six Horn Battle-Dehters had fought, barely able to protect their nation… if it were an ordinary hue, it would not have been strange for such a e to wipe out the entire nation, every citizen beco their nation froh feat to be left in history
But King Tenretted the fact that he had only been able to dispatch a single warrior to the battle against Ravovifard, the source of the evil in the land, and his priest Bugitas
And the one who had defeated the evil God while the Kijin were unable to make a move was not Budarion, the one expected to becohly-respected Godwin It was an unidentified Dhampir
Naturally, they had been quite shocked, but King Tenma had taken the opportunity to reflect upon his nation’s policies rather than feel doubt or anger
“Oniwaka, as young as you are, you should already know You should know that the coe Our nation es of better quality That is hoill fulfill our duty of protecting this land… and you are so Tenma
“That’s… It’s true that it was a e who defeated the evil God But that doesn’t lower the value of muscles!” said Vandalieu
“That’s right, that’s right!” Oniwaka agreed
“Curses, you stubborn… Vandalieu-dono?! Why are you agreeing with Oniwaka?!” King Tenma exclaimed
“Wow, Bocchan crawled towards Oniwaksan so excitedly!” Rita exclaimed
“He used the Des, which he didn’t even use in the battles,” said Tarea
Oniwaka let out a small scream and flinched as Vandalieu crawled towards him, but Vandalieu took no notice of it and spoke to the wide-eyed King Ten him
“The wonder of muscles, as well as their value, are not decided by the era Magic is indeed important, but if you value colected,” Vandalieu said, his praise for muscles evident even with his flat tone of voice
Indeed, ic was powerful, but it was cast by living creatures, and they could not ignore th
Whether in Dungeons to defeat es would be of no use if they could not see the battles through to the end due to a lack of stamina
Vandalieu had never believed in the phrase, “A healthy mind resides in a healthy body,” but he had never doubted that it would always be a good thing to have physical strength and stamina in a battle to the death
“H-have you understood hoonderful muscles are, too?” Oniwaka asked
“Of course, my comrade,” Vandalieu said with a nod
Oniwaka’s eyes became moist with emotion “Kuh… I only looked at your exterior aspect, not what is inside And yet you call me a comrade!”
He grabbed and squeezed Vandalieu’s shoulders It see candidate to be the next king of the Kijin nation
“Well, it’s your first tian, but Oniwaka pulled him into a passionate embrace
“Forgive me! My kindred-spirit!”
Onias thinner than Kidoumaru and the others But he was certainly far burlier than a human
The air was squeezed out of Vandalieu’s lungs by this es, he used Out-of-body Experience and Materialization to produce a clone to speak to King Tenma
“And as for a policy to i like me is impossible,” the clone said
He was not just praising otten to be realistic
“Indeed,” King Tenma muttered, taken aback “You are entirely correct Nocountless clones, controlling the the tongue are i It see Gankaku’s stories How could I have possibly thought that such strange techniques and spells could be learned?”
“Th-that’s right! That’s exactly right, Chichi-ue!” Oniwaka exclaimed
The parent and child ca Meanwhile, in the arms of the child, Vandalieu silently felt depressed
“Many of us Kijin are not well-suited forthat characteristic is ill allow us to fulfill our duty, Chichi-ue,” said Oniwaka
“That is exactly right, Oniwaka I rong However, as we are now, I do not knoe should do if sorireement to Oniwaka’s words
He had believed in the strength of his nation’s warriors That was likely why he had received such a great shock fro forced into a one-sided, defensive battle
Perhaps that hy he had thought that things were no good as they were now
Oniwaka, Gankaku and Kidou Tens like Ravovifard did not appear frequently
However, the Kijin nation had fulfilled their duty for about a hundred thousand years And they had to continue fulfilling their duty for tens of thousands of years more, until Vida and Zantark recovered
Kijin were not im lifespans Thus, it was probably alright to postponea decision now
“Umm, if that is the case, could you not invite ic to live here? This nation is not isolated like Taloshei her hand as she floated about in this heavy atmosphere
“No, it is true that races such as Elves have ic than us Kijin, but…” King Tenma murmured
“But there are no citizens in our nation,” said Oniwaka
As the Kijin nation was a nation of defenders, there were no citizens that would need protecting in a tiency All of the nation’s inhabitants were Kijin, and the systeht when needed
That hy training Elves, hues would be difficult
“That’s not what Ithat it would be good if you es and invited Majin, Lamia, noble Orcs and Ghouls froes, but just for limited time periods of perhaps a year or several e, you would send warriors to the nations from which you invite people”
Tenma, Oniwaka and the other Kijin froze for a moment…
“We never thought of that…!” they muttered
Why hadn’t Tenht of what Princess Levia had come up with very quickly? That was because of their old preconceived notions
Each race within the Boundary Mountain Range had its own nation There were various reasons for this, such asa stable population of believers for the Gods and ensuring that each race could continue existing on equal terms This was all needed to protect the inside of the Boundary Mountain Range from the forces of Alda
Also, the Gods had created a system where children born between parents of different races would be born as a member of the main race of the nation in which the child was conceived
For example, if the noble Orc Budarion and the Arachne Princess Kurnelia were to dom, all of their children would be noble Orcs If they were to mate in Zanalpadna, the children would all be Arachne
Incidentally, when neither parent belonged to the main race of a nation in which they conceived their children, the children would be born of both races in equal ratios
But as Budarion was a noble Orc, creating children with Princess Kurnelia in a third nation would result in all of the children being born as noble Orcs
Leaving that aside, due to this systereater than individuals studying abroad orinto other nations’ families This was because a decrease in the population of a nation’s hting strength
And the fighting strength that each nation possessed had been sufficient up until now
That hy nobody had ever thought of this idea Despite thinking that things were no good as they were now, King Tenht of it While one could attribute that to a lack of flexibility, it was likely due to the strong sense of responsibility he felt for his own nation to fulfill its duty alone
But as Princess Levia said, with a systehters between nations for lith In fact, the overall strength of each nation would increase
Of course, there would be more quarrels due to differences between the races, and it would take ti effectively But it wouldn’t take more than a hundred years for every race to become accustomed to this
“Thank you We will implement that brilliant idea i Tenma asked the other Kijin
The Kijin shouted in approval of King Tenma’s decision and raised their fists into the air
“I alad that I could be of use,” Princess Levia said with a shter than usual
With the nation surrounded by reat profits, but there was a great danger as well As the First Princess of the old Talosheim, Princess Levia likely understood how the Kijin felt
And so began Vandalieu and his companions’ visit to the first of the nations in the Boundary Mountain Range