Chapter 1811 (1/2)
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Naturally, Rodcorte and his familiar spirits, the 'Calculation' Machida Aran, the 'Inspector' shi+ the situation unfold as Asagi and Kanako's groups conversed with Vandalieu
With that said, Rodcorte's expectations were different from those of his familiar spirits
Rodcorte had expected negotiations to break down, battle to break out and Asagi… perhaps not defeating Vandalieu, as that was unlikely, but at least being of use in gathering more information
His familiar spirits, on the other hand, were afraid of a battle taking place They didn't care about what happened to Kanako's group, but they wanted to avoid the souls of Asagi's group being destroyed
“Shouldn't we tell hiet involved with Vandalieu anymore?” said Kouya
“Kouya, do you really think Asagi will listen to that warning?” said Aran
“… That'd never happen”
The existence of Asagi, a passionatesense of self-righteousness, had been very helpful in uniting the Bravers in Origin There werethe reincarnated individuals, who had concealed their true identities as they lived in an environment that was different froi had interacted with them in the same way as he had on Earth
… Though there had been sootten along with him
The familiar spirits were certain that Vandalieu was the type ouldn't get along with Asagi as well
They had looked at the memories of their forh to survive the ferry sinking, and within the to Vandalieu
It seei hadn't realized this, but Vandalieu's eyes had been clearly dead back then
“It uided by Vandalieu Not that I think that would happen,” Izu the possibility completely
They knew froston, that reincarnated individuals being guided by Vandalieu took a considerable length of ti to him a little
It was very doubtful that the strong-willed Asagi would even be guided by Vandalieu in the first place It was hard to iuide him
As the familiar spirits watched, their stomachs painful with nervousness despite the fact that they had no physical bodies, Asagi quietly left the scene with Shouko and Tendou following after him
“How unexpected… I iined that a battle would develop,” Rodcorte whispered
The fai of the past that they kneould have continued to stubbornly oppose Vandalieu, eventually causing Vandalieu to reach the limits of his patience
Incidentally, neither Rodcorte nor his fai's request
“I hope that he rethinks his opinion on Vandalieu now, but…” Aran muttered
Rodcorte and his fai had seen and heard as records
But they could only try to predict what he would think and try to do in the future
In any case, he would be fine for a while now that he had placed soions that were under Vandalieu's influence
“It ion… about Hitomi,” said Izumi
“Yeah If he knew about the Eighth Guidance and Hitomi's current state, he would definitely lose his cool,” Aran agreed
If Asagi found out that they were no longer people but an enormous, mysterious, spherical life form made of flesh mannequins entwined around each other, he would have certainly beco huiven
He would have becoer out on Vandalieu
“I don't know exactly how they ended up like that, but Vandalieu probably didn't make them like that on purpose, and from , they don't seem to be unhappy about it,” said Kouya
“It's probably Rodcorte's fault Of course, Vandalieu does things like joining corpses together to make Undead, so I don't think it can be helped that he's misunderstood,” said Izumi
The two of thereei Their interest was shi+fting away froroup, ere still with Vandalieu
Unlike Asagi's group that were trying to stop Vandalieu, Rodcorte also had no interest in Kanako's group ere trying to curry favor with Vandalieu
It was likely that they would fail, but even if they were killed and their souls were broken, they were reincarnated individuals whose next lives had not been deterration would suffer e
If they did succeed, Rodcorte thought that he could likely still use theather inforuided by Vandalieu eventually
That hy he was surprised when he heard Kanako's next words
“I think you should turn us into !”
“What?” Rodcorte turned towards Kanako's group in surprise “Iration should have been erased when she was reincarnated in Lambda… How does she know that they are certain to be ration system if they become meave her?”
After the 'Death Scythe' Konoe Miyaji was destroyed, Rodcorte had allowed the other reincarnated individuals to use their abilities freely inside this Divine Realm
Whether the abilities could be used effectively inside the Divine Realht that the reincarnated individuals would be in a more similar state to when they were alive if they could use their abilities, allowing thehts more clearly
He had thought that Kanako's Venus would be particularly useful, as it allowed her to manipulate memories and emotions
Since they had no bodies, they would not be able to try and kill each other even if so, and no problems would occur if he kept watch over theht, but…
“That's right, I wasthe use of their abilities Then the only possibility is…” Rodcorte cast his gaze towards his fa that he had been too reliant on his attentiveness
But his familiar spirits were surprised by Kanako's words as well
“If you think it's because we told Kanako's group that it would be easier to be accepted by Vandalieu if they beca,” said Aran
“We're your familiar spirits; there's no e'd be able to send a Divine Message without you knowing, right?” said Izumi
“We don't even have any reason to tell theiven them It's true that they've left Muraka what they did,” said Kouya
Perhaps convinced particularly by Kouya's words, Rodcorte turned his attention back to Kanako
“Which means that it is merely a coincidence? Vandalieu leads Vida's races, so she happened to think that it would be best for them to become members of Vida's races as well?” Rodcorte murmured “Or perhaps… did she somehoit me?”
Rodcorte focused on searching Kanako's records for the reason she had voiced a desire for her group to become members of Vida's races
His fa shaken
Rodcorte truly could not be trusted… After finding out that Rodcorte was a God illing to abandon the reincarnated individuals and the entire world out of fear for his own existence, they had been trying to think of ways to outwit him
But before they were able to do so, Kanako had outwitted Rodcorte first This fact caused the familiar spirits to feel both shock and a sense of defeat
Aran's shoulders dropped “We were in charge of the brain work for the Bravers, but… What's wrong, Izu in an odd direction
“No, it's just that I got the feeling that we're being watched… It was only for a …?” she whispered
“You saw so? What was it?”
“It looked like a pair of eyes Not a person's, but a beast's”
“You're not just iure it out with your Inspector power”
“Yes, that's why I' that looked like a pair of eyes, but… Whatever Let's not think about this Speaking of it is forbidden, of course, and we should forget about it as quickly as possible… until so that Rodcorte could read their thoughts
Aran and Kouya nodded
However, the familiar spirits knew that Rodcorte was not constantly hts with all of his attention
It was as if their thoughts were being seen by a single surveillance ca at the footage from a countless number of surveillance cahts
However, while Rodcorte was focused on sohts would slip… perhaps
In any case, the three of the that resembled a beast's eyes' that Izu further happened
Around the ti inside Vandalieu's experiroup returned to the Sauron Duchy's capital city from the border of the former Scylla territory
They paid for rooathered to sit inside one of them
“Now that we've coht, Tendou?” said Asagi
“Yeah I'h,” said Tendou
With his Clairvoyance ability, he had noticed that they were being followed That hy they had returned to this city where people's eyes atching as quickly as possible
They hadn't dared to even think about trying to shake off or fight the ones tailing thein, there were beings in this world that they could not coainst
Of course, it wasn't as if Asagi, Shouko and Tendou had been unrivaled in Origin But their enemies had been armies equipped with modern weapons, or multi-millionaires or corrupt politicians who used such armies as their pawns Their ene
But in Laroup armed hat they would consider primitive weapons
Asagi believed that the 'head-hunting demon' was one of them
“It's someone that even Tendou's Clairvoyance couldn't see directly; I never even noticed the This world is filled with i muttered
“Asagi, I' demon because it's almost certainly an Undead,” Shouko pointed out
“I' that into account when I say this world is full of h
He had experienced nu reincarnated in this world
The first hen he had tried to stop an argument between failed adventurers who had becoi had been far superior than theth, but the cri Technique martial skills
The second defeat was in a battle against a Lich, an Undead e Masher' to seal the Lich's eleic, he had been defeated by the Lich's no-attribute spell, Mana Bullet
He had let down his guard because although he possessed the knowledge regarding ic, he hadn't experienced them before
But because of these defeats, Asagi had become more careful than he had been in his previous life That was the reason he hadn't asked Vandalieu to stop breaking souls
Asagi had begun feeling that he needed to stop Vandalieu when he saw Vandalieu destroying the soul of 'Death Scythe'
Though he had been concerned about the significant daration system, he had felt a sense of repulsion towards the act of destroying souls, so that surpassed murder
Vandalieu didn't only kill people, but he destroyed their souls Asagi hadn't knohat punishiven
So then, why had he not voiced these thoughts and instead asked Vandalieu to stop using death-attribute ree to stop breaking souls, he would think of a loophole to capture souls instead
Sealing souls aithout breaking the only one part of souls such as thesouls apart and i only one part of them
Asagi didn't have an exact understanding of a soul's structure, whether a soul would be fine after having only one part destroyed, or whether it was possible to split them
Rodcorte had told the reincarnated individuals that their souls would return to his Divine Real about the world or turning into Undead
But not i received the fae of “Don't evertrust Rodcorte”
And since Vandalieu had destroyed the 'Gungnir' Kaidou Kanata's soul, that h tih time to do that, then it was possible that he would have tis to the soul as well