Chapter 177 (1/2)
Gufadgarn remembered the very moment he came into existence
He was born as a result of the instinctual behaviors of the beings that were equivalent to ‘parents,’ and as he continued living on while following the saht hiarn’s life
Gufadgarn was born as a race that could be compared to Earth’s spiders or perhaps its antlions The difference between his race and these Earth species was that his race could instinctivelyspace to create traps for members of other species that they would then feed upon
They were a primitive race that possessed al their instincts Gufadgarn was the first of his race to become a God But the moment he became a God, he lost his instincts
Because his was a race that simply set traps and waited for their prey, he had weak instincts for battle or hunting, and as they reproduced by binary fission, he had no sexual desires And by beco a God, he even lost his need to eat and sleep
What he gained in return was abilities that his original species did not possess – the ability to think and rearn could not make use of these His servants, those of the species that he had once belonged to, were unable to understand his desires He found nowith the beco else to do with thes that he had done before beco a God The only difference was that his traps beca, Guduranis becaan the invasion into other worlds Not even understanding the concept of disobeying, Gufadgarn naturally obeyed the De and joined the invasion of Lambda
In Lambda, with the circle of reincarnation systeeneration that utilized that systearn functioned effectively as Dungeons
But there were already others who possessed such power, far arn, such as the evil God of deained the ability to create Dungeons due to the Dearn si the other Gods
That hen the chaarn, acknowledging hiarn remembered that moment as thedirectly at Vandalieu He realized that Vandalieu was the soul created by coments of Zakkart and the other creation-oriented champions
“This is the place that is the equivalent of this Dungeon’s treasure chaht here in the exact sa caluided his new master and his companions
But his master’s party stopped in front of the treasure chaathered around this place, letting out groans of anguish?” asked Vandalieu
Indeed, the reason they had stopped was because for souish as they drifted about the treasure chaarn had led theuish perforuely reseinal appearances Ghosts were merely Rank 2 monsters, but their presence was dreadful
“These are what remains of those that believed in the Gods of Alda’s faction and perished in the trial,” said Gufadgarn
This was an even more dreadful truth to Alda and his believers
“In order to prevent the the Trial of Zakkart to the Gods of Alda’s faction, and in order to prevent the a part of the enemy’s forces as fa thearn explained
The power of Gods caious belief as well Gods would gain less power from this than prayers, but every little bit counted
This swararn to eon whose difficulty was matched by no other
But now, they had already served their purpose
“My apologies I will banish theht away,” said Gufadgarn, with the air of souests that they would quickly clean their dirty roo the Ghosts
The Ghosts treht be able to use those Ghosts Please leave them as they are,” said Vandalieu
“Very well,” said Gufadgarn, canceling his space-distorting spell
The Ghosts let out sighs of relief and, under the influence of the Dark Deathered around Vandalieu
They had no hair, but it was just barely possible to tell that they were human souls by the black holes where their eyes and rouped with Vandalieu, grimaced as they watched the scene… Do you think you can tell them apart?” asked Eleanora
Eleanora and Iris were accustomed to the presence of Undead, but the Ghosts Tamed by Vandalieu appeared the same as they had while they were alive apart from the fact that their bodies weren’t physical They had never seen Ghosts whose forms had weakened to this extent
“Hmm… It’s almost impossible,” said Vandalieu as he stroked the neck of one of the Ghosts, causing it to let out a moan of pleasure
He wasn’t sure that he could even ender was, let alone their individual features
The Ghost of Martina, the fee who had once been Heinz’s co them, however
“Is an Elf by the na theroaned, unable to ansords that could be understood
No, there was one Ghost who had died relatively recently who answered
“I don’t knoooow…” it said
“… Thank you,” said Vandalieu
It looked hopeless
“Is there a Ghost that you are searching for? I apologize for this,” said Gufadgarn
He had noticed what Vandalieu and his co, but he still didn’t seem to know the details He had been sure that they had been looking at the stone statues and ice statues earlier in the Dungeon because Vandalieu wanted to choose corpses to use as materials for Undead
Of course, he knew that Ghosts such as Princess Levia were ah-Rank Ghosts the likes of which Gufadgarn had never seen before He had never thought that Vandalieu would need these Ghosts Some of them had been class adventurers when they were alive, but they were nothing more than Rank 2 Ghosts now
“Could it be that even Gufadgarn cannot tell theion within the Boundary Mountain Range
Gufadgarn heard her and his shoulders tre his head to Gizania to beg for her forgiveness “They blinded therew Being in contact with my Mana, they beca unnecessary… that they did not try to destroy the relics or give advice to the other challengers Thus, I induced them to quickly lose their personalities andthe naer able to tell which of these is her This is all because I lacked the ability to e them properly Gizanidono, please punish me as you see fit”
“P-punish?! Th-that’s unthinkable; please raise your head! Even now, all races within the Boundary Mountain Range, including those of Zanalpadna, are receiving your blessings! It is I who should apologize for htless re her head so violently that it looked like her head would be torn off
But Gufadgarn rerateful for your words, but the things that I accomplished in the past are unrelated”
“Why?! You have perforreat deeds over the course of history!” Gizania exclaimed
Gizania was not the only one; the Ehter of the King Godwin by becoesture
“That is right!” said Myuze “You are the one who created the Dungeons around the Kijin nation, the Drakonid nation and the Majin nation to pree it in a state that can beGrounds!’”
“Father has told me that Zantark is our father, that Xerxes is our uncle and you, Gufadgarn, are our master! Please raise your head!” Iris insisted
Their flustered behavior made it clear just howwithin the Boundary Mountain Range felt towards Gufadgarn
But it seearn himself did not intend to take that into consideration “No, before I am a God, I ae for me, the newcomer, to bow to you? Everyone, please think of me as a newcomer servant or attendant” He raised his face for a ion in addition to the other three who had been protesting, and quickly looked down again
“Wait aabout us as well?!” Eleanora exclaimed
“No, that does not bode well at all…” Zadirisnervously, but their faces stiffened now as they realized that Gufadgarn was talking about them as well
“Of course, Eleanorsa -sama to our names?!” Eleanora demanded
“It is only natural for Vandalieu’s servant to show respect for those ill becoh Vandalieu’s coarn truly considered theher in the hierarchy than himself The only ones eren’t were the Ghosts of the previous challengers
He was a newcomer who had only been accepted as Vandalieu’s subordinate a fewhim since before they faced the trial of Zakkart It didn’t need to be said which of the a God or a ht have disagreed
“E-even if I aed to a faction orshi+pped an evil God, a close aide of the Pure-breed Vampire Ternecia who betrayed you?!” said Bellarn replied
This applied to not only those of Vida’s races, but the ion, the humans as well as Bell to a faction worshi+pping an evil God
Vandalieu had acknowledged them as allies and had thearn’s eyes, the only being in this world with any value was Zakkart, and right now, that was Vandalieu With that being the case, his way of thinking, his basis of good and evil, his philosophies and his preferences needed to match Vandalieu’s
“Ah, I think al toto add -sama to all of their names?” said Borkus
“Is that so? Gizanisaive arn
“I would prefer if you did not say unnecessary things, Borkus-dono!” said Gizania
It was a chaotic situation; the ion were troubled by this development as well
“… What do we do if he calls us with -saet rid of all of his obstacles A recently, isn’t it easier for us to just go with the flow?”
Meanwhile, Darcia was appealing to Gufadgarn “Gufadgarn-san, I am different,” she told hiarn said
Vandalieu reht have conflicts with Eleanora and Bells to turn out like this What should I do?
To think that Gufadgarn would be even on God of five sins… Vandalieu would have never i to be intimate
“U -sama; please use -san, -kun or no honorific at all Also, don’t kneel,” Vandalieu said finally, knowing that he couldn’t just stand there and say nothing
He intended to repeat this request until Gufadgarn accepted it
But Gufadgarn accepted it immediately
“Very well I shall do that fro up “Now then, what shall we do with these Ghosts? They have already served the purpose that I intended for them, so I will leave the decision in your hands”
His stance towards the Ghosts seemed to have softened as well As the Ghosts had been chared them not as enemies to be made use of, but as junior servants of the same master
“… For now, let’s take them with us They don’t need to be fed since they’re Ghosts, and I don’tthem with us even if we don’t knohich one of them is Martina,” said Vandalieu “But you can identify her corpse, right?”
“Yes,” said Gufadgarn “I nificant ones that died iotten those who progressed a certain a for was a part of the party of Alda’s believers that eon, so I remember her clearly”
“Then there are no problems,” said Vandalieu
An UndeadHeinz and his companions They wouldn’t be able to tell whether the spirit inside the Undead was really Martina or not, anyway
And since she had already become a Ghost, she could Possess the corpse, but it wouldn’t be possible for her to become a Zombie
Vandalieu decided that he would pick a suitable spirit and have it pretend to be Martina
“Now then, I shall guide you to Zakkart’s workshop,” said Gufadgarn
Vandalieu nodded, and Gufadgarn resu the party to their destination
Zakkart’s workshop was a place with a strange atmosphere, a combination of a craftse or alcheraraic Iteots, clay and wood
And in an open space was a pile of countless treasure chests, overfloith gold and silver treasures and Magic Items
“Are those Zakkart’s relics, too?” asked the Ghoul war-chief Vigaro, casting a doubtful look over these treasures
It see used to the co completely reserved to polite and a little friendly
“Those are the treasures naturally generated by the Trial of Zakkart after I created the Dungeon They are entirely unrelated to Zakkart,” said Gufadgarn
It was a fixed law of Dungeons that each floor would generate treasure chests, and that treasures would be generated in their deepest chaeon creation, could not change that
But knowing that they would interfere with the trials if he left theathered them all in one place and siarn whatsoever, but it was possible that they would be of some value to the new Zakkart And the previous Zakkart had always eo to waste
“They are the traditional rewards for conquering the labyrinth Like those who have been turned into stone and ice statues, please use thearn
“That can come later, so please show me the relic that could resurrect Mo at the hundred years’ worth of treasures of the Trial of Zakkart, riches that could not be spent even if one bought a castle, furniture, servants, a castle toith fields and a life of enjoyment and luxuries up until their seventies
Vandalieu would certainly be able to earn this amount of treasure within a hundred years But Darcia’s resurrection was not guaranteed to happen within a century
“Yes, this way,” said Gufadgarn
He gave a wave of his ar a concealed space This space was filled with science-fiction-like objects – raved on theuns that were presumably prototypes and numerous other pieces of equipuess
Aroup of transparent, cylindrical capsules, large enough for people to fit inside