Chapter 521 (1/2)
The only re God of the eleven Gods
Alda, the God of law and fate The only God of creation still re the subordinate Gods The God who possessed thethe evil Gods
The source of that power lay in the followers and servants who respected him and, most importantly, the number of believers who offered him their prayers
He had suffered deep wounds during the battle against the Deainst Vida as supposed to be his ally, but even so, Alda's poas vast
He was depicted as an austere-looking, white-haired olda large sickle of judght, or as a shi+ning moon All of these were Alda's forms, his symbols
Alda had been worried about s in the past few tens of thousands of years What he orried about, of course, was the future of the world of Lambda that he loved
To beHe had conte about how he could keep the world in the light, how to preserve its order, how to bring about and maintain peace, how to spread these ideals to the people andabout these
However, things had not gone favorably in the past few tens of thousands of years
“I suppose this means it is time to revise the policy that has been in place up until now It is truly irritating that I have no choice but to agree with the words of that God of reincarnation However…” Alda whispered to hihts
“Please wait,” said another voice Curatos, the God of Records as a subordinate God of Alda's and his close aide, had appeared at his side
Curatos was one of the servants (Equivalent to angels on Earth) created by Alda shortly after the birth of the world who had risen to become a God He did not possess his own divinity; he was merely Alda's close aide and this was sy in his hand
“My lord, there is no need to pay any heed to the words of one such as Rodcorte,” Curatos advised “The 'development' he speaks of is merely a pretense”
“Cal his servant “It is not that I have acknowledged that there is a need for the 'development' of which Rodcorte speaks”
Rodcorte had told Alda and the other Gods many times that this world was inferior to other worlds and that 'development' was necessary
However, these words did not ring true in the hearts of Alda and his coless complaint
The develop on of culture and art, the stable continuation of a civilization These are very wonderful things
But for Alda and the other Gods, these were not the things that needed to be prioritized the most
For the God of law and fate Alda and his subordinate Gods, the Gods that supported hi and Vida had been defeated, but the evil Gods were stillhidden movements whiletheir nests
The first thing that needed to be prioritized was the battle against the evil Gods, the monsters and the races created by Vida What was the use in prioritizing the world's 'development' over that?
And then Alda had realized the true intentions behind the 'development' that Rodcorte wished for Rodcorte simply desired for the population of this world to increase Because as the nu around in the cycle of reincarnation increased, that God's poould increase with it
But in contrast, Alda did not particularly want for the population of people in this world to increase
If the number of people increased too much, the number of resources required to sustain them would increase, many factions would form and new nations would be established And then there would be conflict between the order more difficult to maintain
It was already difficult to maintain with the current population of less than one hundred million; if Lambda's total population were to increase to the , there was no telling what kind of disorder and chaos would be brought about It was terrifying just to iine
“To begin with, 'development' is not needed for the preservation of the world,” said Alda “It is absurd to use other worlds as an example”
He ady that did not require the use ofthat was necessary in Lambda?
Electricity, autounpowder and dynaht about by these things were surely great, and it would certainly make the lives of the people h the disadvantages brought about by the existence of such things?
In fact, the existence of those things caused the destruction of nature for the sake of generating energy Were they not also the causes of some wars and conflicts?
Automobiles caused tens of thousands of people to die in accidents every year; gunpowder, dynaave rise to new cri caused people to concern the themselves to ruin
The s existed, there was still no complete system established to control the people who used them, and the systems that did exist were not followed
Magic already existed in Lambda There were drawbacks to its existence; people used it to kill one another
So why should the seeds of disaster from other worlds be planted in this one to add to that?
That hy Rodcorte's words made little impression on Alda Alda would simply answer that each world had its own circumstances
That was the consensus of opinion held by the other Gods who supported him as well
“Then what policy would you be revising?” asked Curatos “The Deration system… Without their destruction, this world cannot possibly know peace, my lord”
Alda's objective was to destroy the transing ruin to the evil Gods, monsters and the races created by Vida
The trans over, unlike Rodcorte himself, was perfect However, the other two systems were problematic products
The trans was still continuing to spawn monsters in this world It was even used by the evil Gods to willingly reincarnate themselves and be reborn
It was eons, but that was a e for a hundred… no, a thousand disadvantages And souls were not needed for eons with enerate and arrange soulless puppets… though this would require Alda to wait for the revival of Ricklent, the genie of tiic
TLN: There is a japanese phrase that is soain” that is so features” in English This is a variation of that saying where there is a single gain in exchange for the hundred harms, but then the alteration of “a hundred” to “a thousand” really enificant
And the system created by Vida was a very unstable product As it was inal system, that was to be expected It seeration of every creature in this world to that systeerous an endeavor
Vida had mated with monsters to produce new races in order to stabilize her systeiven birth to Va such an unstable system with the souls of the world's people was unthinkable
“Many brave souls have fought for your ideals,” said Curatos “For their sake…”
He had 'recorded' all of history up until this point Therefore, he was so decisions on things
Alda gave Curatos a bitter smile
“I a an end to Vida's folly,” he said “I a things”
Curatos let out a sigh of relief And then he began trying to record Alda's thoughts
“How are you going to revise your methods?” asked Curatos
The way Alda had done things up until noas to s clear and then leave the specificthem into practice up to the people
Gods were those who guided the people, not rulers This fact was one thing that Alda could agree with the Gods of other worlds upon
Alda's teachings stated that the evil Gods and members of the races created by Vida were to be exterside those who didn't follow his doctrine, and that relying on knowledge that originated in other worlds such as the things left behind by Zakkart was forbidden
He had delivered these teachings through a divinehis believers
However, the contents of his divine e had been twisted as it spread from those who received it, and there were s into practice correctly
A recent example of this had occurred in the main Church of Alda in the Ae that had been brought from other worlds had been prioritized too much over the extermination of the evil Gods and their servants And the E this in their politics too much
Because of this, Hihiryushukaka, the Evil God of Joyful Life, was being allowed to extend his influence from the shadows
“I will tell them precisely what needs to be prioritized,” said Alda “Until now, I have been hoping that the people would make the correct decisions on their own, but it sees fro”
“An unavoidable decision,” Curatos said in agreement “Even you are far from omniscient and omnipotent after all, my lord”
“Precisely Even fros I cannot see That is the reason I had hoped that the people would put e into practice in a way that is suitable for them However…”
“Then ould you have them prioritize?” Curatos questioned Alda once more “Should it be the extermination of the races spawned by Vida after all? Or perhaps you would liets to the filthy creatures with monster blood mixed in their veins?”
The influence of the races created by Vida had decreased greatly over the past one hundred thousand years There were few that possessed their own independent nations, and even those that did exist were on the scale of several thousand citizens There were exceptions such as the Pure-breed Vath Crushi+ng each race individually to exterminate them all would be relatively simple
That was likely why Curatos guessed that Alda would prioritize this
“No, Curatos,” said Alda, however “I aainst the evil Gods should be prioritized”
“My lord! There are stillthe Evil God of Joyful Life Bellwood-dono is still in a slumber after he and the Evil God of Sinful Chains defeated each other Is this acceptable?”
As Curatos said, the evil Gods had preserved their strength better than the races created by Vida had Not only were there those such as the Evil God of Joyful Life who had spread their roots into the depths of society, there were those who had established great hordes of monsters orshi+pped them and even those that had established their own nations of people orshi+pped them on islands separate from the continents
“I aainst the evil Gods will be fierce and harsh,” said Alda “However, if the extermination of Vida's races is prioritized, the evil Gods will utilize that and take advantage of it You have recorded the events that befell the Divine Spear of Ice, Mikhail, have you not?”
Mikhail, the Divine Spear of Ice, was a hero who had drawn Alda's attention in recent ti Alda's doctrine and the chas into practice Alda had been planning to one day welcome him to join hi on his achievements, a heroic God like Bellwood, but…
TLN: I've just realized I've been translating two different words as “hero” “英雄/eiyuu” refers to mortal heroes such as Mikhail and Borkus, and “勇者/yuusha” refers to the ones ere summoned from other worlds like Zakkart and Bellwood From now on, the latter will be translated as “chae retrospectively to previous chapters as well)
“I have indeed,” replied Curatos “That valuable individual was robbed from us by the darkness”
Mikhail's spirit had been stolen by so of the subordinates of the Evil God of Joyful Life or the subordinates of an evil God haunting the region beyond the Boundary Mountain Range
“Whoever it was, those wicked Gods utilized the conflict between Vida and myself in order to benefit fro the case, the extermination of those Gods should be prioritized over exter the weakened races created by Vida Also, there are so those races who have already established a position for the the people”
A the races created by Vida, those such as titans, Beast-men and Dark Elves had already established their existence a the people Commoners, slaves, laborers, miners, prostitutes, adventurers, craftsmen Most of them were in the lower positions of society, but there were also nobles and royalty a them
As they were not evil in nature, there was no small number of countries who had accepted them as a part of their societies
“Even if I instructed for thely, my true ould not be conveyed The people cannot be told about the transration systems, after all”
If Alda were to instruct the people to slay their virtuous neighbors si members of races created by Vida, they would criticize him as an unjust God and many would oppose
Alda expected that his folloould be able to make the other people understand, but it was still not a favorable choice
“Therefore, the spearhead must be pointed towards the evil Gods first,” Alda concluded “During that ti Vida's races”
“I see,” said Curatos “However, would the people understand your intentions immediately, my lord?”
“That is where the problem lies”
Even if Alda used a divine e to convey his will, he could not meet the people and talk to them directly Information needed to be reduced so that the people could understand, and even then, his believers who received it would need to translate it into their oords Only then could the will of a God be conveyed