Chapter 180 (2/2)
“That voice, is it you, Hitoht, Melissa I’ve stayed quiet and left the talking to everyone else up until now, but I’ve been here fro,” said Hitoi-kun, I can join the conversation, right? I’ve been reincarnated froi looked surprised, but he nodded “Yeah”
It seeion, as only theso far
“Now then, let i-kun, there are quite a few Gods who accept what Vandalieu does,” said Hito the creation and ht The famous ones are Vida, Ricklent, Zuruwarn… You can assume that all of the Gods in Vida’s faction are Vandalieu’s allies”
“… Those are all big names But how can you be so sure? nobody knohat the Gods are thinking unless they i asked
“I haven’t ht?” said Hitomi
“Yes, I met them I questioned them directly and confiri and the others opened their eyes wide in surprise as they heard as already widely known inside the Boundary Mountain Range
They had already ed words with Rodcorte, the God of reincarnation, in his Divine Realm multiple times But they had always assumed that this was an exception, and that it was impossible to meet Gods no matter how ely correct The Gods of Lambda were closer to their world than the God of Earth was to its own, but even chosen clergyh Divine Messages Meeting the words with the Gods was impossible unless they became familiar spirits or heroic spirits after they died This was a commonly-known truth
But this commonly-known truth didn’t apply to Vandalieu
“From the time when Zuruwarn and Ricklent refused to hand the souls of Pluto and the others to Rodcorte, I could guess that a nu us, but… Well, I’, so I won’t blame you,” said Vandalieu “It’s not like I know all of the circumstances that the Gods face, either”
“But frole word of that…” Asagi muttered
“It’s not like the Gods of this world are constantly sharing their ith every church and priest I think it will still take soion
“I-I suppose you’re… right?”
“Asagi-kun… ‘Mage Masher’ Do you understand now that Vandalieu will not turn the whole world against himself? If you don’t believe hii were to be honest, he was still half in doubt If possible, he wanted to hear just how Vandalieu had met the Gods, and exactly what they had discussed, but…
“We believe you! So, we’d like to defect to your nation,” said Kanako, using this se the topic
“Rather than defect, it would be iration in this case, wouldn’t it?” said Vandalieu “I have a suggestion regarding that Will you hear it?”
Since Vandalieu was addressing Kanako’s group now, Asagi wasn’t able to ask about the details
“Alright, I’ll believe you for now But even Gods candeath-attribute Mana, which is a foreign substance in this world, there i said “A over the world with a kingdoht?”
“Uh, of course not,” said Vandalieu
As he gave this answer, he wondered why Asagi was so fixated on getting rid of the death attribute in the first place
After thinking about it, he concluded that it was because Asagi was unable to accept the existence of Undead due to his personal and religious beliefs, which led to a hatred for the death attribute And froerous, as dangerous as a weapon of mass destruction
If that’s the case, then this is troubleso about the for But with the aic I used wasn’t death-attribute erous
Vandalieu currently possessed over five billion Mana With that much Mana, he would be able to create a small sun on the world’s surface with the fire attribute, freeze entire nations with the water attribute, cause lightning to rain down from the sky with the wind attribute or cause movements in the planet’s crust Even if he was only able to use the light or life attributes, he would likely be just as dangerous
And even without any attributes, he was able to punch holes in space itself
In other words, Asagi’s fears would not be addressed even if Vandalieu were to stop using death-attribute ic
I doubt he’ll understand even if I explain that, so I won’t bother And I should keep quiet about the Undead breeding experiments, too
“I have todeath-attribute ic,” said Vandalieu “It would not affect only myself; it would cause the collapse of the nation that I rule”
Talosheim’s infrastructure and industries were all dependent on Vandalieu’s death-attribute s and theparts inside its factories were all Golems The crossbows that were in position to fire at eneic Ite fro fer antiseptics tothe streets with De, the nation would face extreme difficulties Ghouls would face particularly harsh troubles – if the Magic Items that increased their reproductive functions and i, it would becoi’s request included purging the currently-existing Undead, the population would fall sharply as well
It was impossible to comply with this request, and if soht to the death was inevitable
“You said you want to stop the death attribute, but what specifically did you even have in mind?” Vandalieu asked
It would be siic, but affinity for an attribute was no different froi’s request was equivalent to saying, “Don’t ever sweat again for the rest of your life” It was realistically ii “First, you could die a pseudo-death… a temporary death, enter Rodcorte’s Divine Realm and receive an affinity for another attribute –”
“Ah, please keep it limited to methods that don’t involve Rodcorte,” said Vandalieu
“… So, it’s iito explain the variousaway Vandalieu’s death attribute that he had heard fro them
There was no way that Vandalieu would trust Rodcorte, the one who hadhim for someone else It was only natural to be wary of a God as trying to kill hihed
When he was first reincarnated in this world, he had intended to convince Vandalieu to trust Rodcorte once more But when they had consulted Aran and the other faain information on Kanako, they had emphasized over and over: “Don’t ever trust Rodcorte”
In his fear of Vandalieu, Rodcorte had tried to cut off ration systein
As the details of this event were related to the circle of transration itself, Rodcorte’s faroup, who had already been reincarnated in Lambda as humans
But they had done their best to try and convey the e that Rodcorte, who had kept his promises up until this point, was now co from the familiar spirits and the infori had lost his will to force his intentions on Vandalieu
As Tendou said, it’s best to leave at this point It doesn’t seem like he will respond to me unless I learn more about this world, find a way to seal the death attribute aithout relying on Rodcorte’s power and explaining this ht
He still believed that the death attribute was so Vandalieu to see that hadn’t changed
Vandalieu, unable to see these intentions, was puzzled by the fact that Asagi had given up on this so quickly But he didn’t say anything
“But let ive up on the idea of accepting these guys as your allies They betrayed not only the Bravers, but the Eighth Guidance as well There’s no doubt that they will betray you as well,” said Asagi
“What?! You want to speak badly of us now?!” Kanako exclaimed
“You bastard, you want to interfere with our business just because your business didn’t go so well?!” Doug shouted
“Don’t try to drag others down, it’s quite pathetic,” said Pluto
“I think it’s questionable behavior as an adult,” said Hitoht,” he said
Not just Asagi, but Kanako’s group as well, froze in surprise; it seeion, the ones who had actually been betrayed
“Wait a second, why are you guys siding with thee of Hitomi and said that they don’t care about Vandalieu, didn’t they?” asked Shouko, speaking in Asagi’s place as he was unable to speak
Legion’s personalities spoke in turn to reply to this question
“It’s true that in practice we Eighth Guidance members were betrayed by them… We don’t really resent them for it”
“We knew that Muraka, after all! Things just turned out as we expected!”
“In fact, they were really helpful in luring you guys out so that we could kill you We even owe them our thanks”
“I’m not happy that they took the bodies of Pluto and the others away, but it can’t really be called resentment That only happened after we all died, anyway”
“Grrrr”
“Eh? The fact that you don’t resent us is so convenient, but it’s so unexpected that I’m confused,” said Kanako
That was how ion and Kanako’s group
“It’s kind of problematic for you to be confused about it, but… Our final objective in our previous lives was just an elaborate suicide,” explained Baba Yaga’s voice “In order to e, ild to our hearts’ content and agreed to ain in our next lives Kanako, you and Murakami helped us with that, so we don’t resent you”
“I see,” Melissa
But then, why are Legion’s words towards us former Bravers so sharp? Tendou wondered
Hito “Shouko… ‘Ifrit,’ ‘Clairvoyance,’ the Bravers also took advantage of my ‘Gazer’ ability that let me see into the future,” she said “It was s after that, though Thanks to Kanako and the others getting me out of that hospital rooot to meet Jack”
“That’s why Murakami and Kanako were like Cupid for Hitoive you if you try to kill Vandalieu, though!”
It seeroup was related to Hitohts
Incidentally, Vandalieu’s attitude was a result of Legion’s influence and the fact that he had sii ever since his time on Earth
“To add onto that, the reasons we killed each other were different,” said Baba Yaga, addressing Asagi’s group “These guys tried to take advantage of us and kill us out of their own desires, but for you guys, it was for justice or soht? Their desires happened to overlap with our desires, but your justice doesn’t have anything in co “… If possible, I want to avoid fighting you guys to the death again Alright, I’ more,” he said “See you later, Vandalieu”
With those words, he turned around and started walking away
“That ti advantage ofwith him I don’t know if you’ll believe i, I’ll do uys, so let us go this ti words, and Shouko followed him in silence
The mountain road had becoar and Vandalieu’s other allies trailing theain
“He just said, ‘See you later,’ didn’t he? … I wonder if it would be bad for me to dispose of him now,” he muttered
“If you do that, won’t it increase the risk of the Bravers ill be reincarnated here later feeling endangered and forainst you?” said Enma
In small numbers, reincarnated individuals with cheat-like abilities were not much of a problee, trained fighting force If Vandalieu elii here, it was possible that the other dozens of reincarnated individuals would overcoainst him He wanted to avoid that scenario
It would be most convenient if they broke up as a result of their conflicts in Origin, and stayed that way
“You’re right… Now then, let’s return to the topic of i with Enaze to Kanako
Kanako raised her hand enthusiastically “About that, there is soh even I don’t knohy I would suggest this!” she said
“What is it?” Vandalieu asked
“I think you should turn us into !”
Vandalieu blinked in surprise at this sudden suggestion
“We never agreed to this, Kanako!” Melissa exclai de about this suggestion
“Because I never mentioned it But I think it will be easier to trust us if he accepts this proposal I’ve forgotten the details about it, though,” Kanako said, giving the two of them an explanation that couldn’t even be called an explanation, showing no signs of hesitation
“That is surprising,” said Vandalieu “The truth is, I was going to suggest the saration to Talosheih”
Melissa and Doug were shocked once ood that the discussions have gone sion