Chapter 1921 (2/2)

“The Pure-breed Vampire Ternecia, recreated from the records of Heinz and his companions themselves, and the Pure-breed Gubamon and the Vandalieu fro Princess Knight before she fell into darkness,” said Alda, joining Curatos

“Yes The Pure-breed Vaer be a worthy foe to Heinz and his four companions if they faced them one by one… I made them appear on the same floor to emphasize how much of an anomaly Vandalieu is,” said Curatos “Of course, the Vandalieu that I have recreated will fight even more harshly than the real Vandalieu from back then, so Heinz and his companions should not be able to defeat him so easily”

The Vandalieu and the Pure-breed Vainal personalities Unlike the heroic spirits, they had not descended upon the Dungeon directly, so they were little more than puppets in the end

However, because of that, the recreated copy did not have the naivety that the real Vandalieu had It would not hold back in consideration of the allies that fought alongside it, and it would likely utilize poison and disease-creating spells that the real Vandalieu had not used back then

Of course, Dead Spirit Magic had been recreated as well

“Are you not going to recreate the other Pure-breed Vampire, Birkyne?” Alda asked “If I recall, there should be records of him, even if they are from the very distant past”

“He is still alive,” said Curatos “If I recreated him based on information from ancient records, and he was considerably weaker than his present self, Heinz and his coht make incorrect assumptions about him if they were to encounter the real one Thus, I have left him out”

“I see… Your divine authority is a thing to behold,” Alda said in praise “Without you, sti this Dungeon would not have gone so well”

“No,his head “This divine authority is only able to create these elaborate illusions inside a special Dungeon such as this It served no purpose during the battle in the age of the Gods, and it will serve no purpose in the approaching war against the new De as much effort as I can while I may still be of use”

There were no Churches for Curatos himself; there were no specific believers of the God of records He had recorded a great deal of knowledge since the age of the Gods, but he did not possess a single authority related to combat

He kneith certainty that his power had no place to be used other than here

“After this, I shall have the's army once more from the 51st floor, and then from the 60th floor, their enemies will mostly be Vandalieu's servants I will place the Vandalieu that defeated the 'Five-headed Snake' Ervine on the 65th floor Fro's are of the Gods, Vida's faction as well as the Storm of Tyranny and Randolf 'the True'

“… We decided that nothing could be too difficult, after all,” said Alda

Curatos was forcing Heinz and his companions to face the ones that they would have to face once they left this Dungeon The Storm of Tyranny, ere secretly believers of Vida, were a particularly large threat; it was possible that they would becoer threat than Vandalieu himself

Unlike Vandalieu, who utilized Undead and grotesque monsters, the Storm of Tyranny were proper adventurers other than the fact that their actions were unprecedented

Those unprecedented actions… passing iment on corrupt merchants and nobles that were incoeneral public

Even if it became public that they were believers of Vida and there was a Pure-breed Va the them

It wasn't as if every single hu in lands controlled by the Amid Empire was a fanatical Alda believer, after all

Randolf 'the True' wasn't a believer of Vida by any means, but… he was a man who took unpredictable courses of action when incidents occurred In the past, he had been a pro man, but he was now a shadow of his former self

The Gods watching over the area surrounding the Dungeon that Heinz and his coiven a report that Randolf had appeared nearby, but he had apparently si once more

The current Randolf was likely a withered version of his forht, Alda would have Heinz and his co with Schneider

And considering Vandalieu's develop his abnormality, Alda needed Heinz and his coh to defeat Randolf 'the True,' the Storm of Tyranny and a Vandalieu recreated from the latest records

“More importantly, what about the other hero candidates? I am worried about them, as they are not able to complete trials like Heinz and his companions,” said Curatos

Zaress, the God of soldiers who had converted to Alda's faction, a other Gods that were a part of Alda's forces, had chosen and given their divine protections to a nu forces to face Vandalieu alongside Heinz and his companions in the future

However, there were so iven trials in special Dungeons like Heinz and his coreat God, but there were limits to his power

“It see s battle is upon us, h the hero of Zaress, the God of soldiers, is a little behind,” he added

“The youngster who sealed away a ra? In a way, that was rather unfortunate,” said Curatos

If that soldier had simply died, Zaress would have dispatched his spirit clone and his Artifact directly The soldier had the right properties, but he was still just an average soldier in terms of ability, inferior even to a D-class adventurer Thus, he had been unable to withstand Zaress's spirit clone descending upon hi muscle pain in his entire body and stress fractures in a dozen or so places

Of course, Zaress hi forcibly used this soldier, had spent more power than he had intended to

It seeained consciousness after several days, but his development was considerably behind that of the other hero candidates

“But it was a far better outco him We have almost no time to search for other hero candidates, after all,” said Curatos “Have there been any changes inside the Boundary Mountain Range?” he asked

“I have heard that there are not However, it seems that it is true that Vida has been resurrected,” said Alda

There was a barrier covering the inside of the Boundary Mountain Range, so Alda and the other Gods could only look upon it fros on the world's surface in detail even from above the clouds, but the barrier al at all

… Weaker familiar spirits and even heroic spirits insisted that theirperiods of ti at Talosheim, so even that was of no use

However, Alda's forces did know the details of events inside the Boundary Mountain Region

“There are several believers of Vida in the Orbaudom and outside the continent who have received Vida's divine protection Aes Some of them are frauds, but not all,” said Alda

“So, when your blood was spilled that time, it was the effect of the divine authority that punished Vida being destroyed,” said Curatos

“It is a difficult situation to acknowledge, but it see released… recovering it far too quickly,” Alda murmured

After being wounded and weakened by Bellwood and Alda himself, Vida was impaled by numerous Stakes of Law, Alda's divine authority On top of that, believers of Vida had been reduced to only sroups within human societies Even if the divine authority was destroyed, Vida should have required at least a hundred years to regain enough power to grant individuals divine protections, unless she were to draw souls to herself before they were reincarnated and bestow her own flesh and blood upon them

However, though it was only for a few individuals, Vida had granted her divine protection upon people after less than ten years She was likely taking reckless actions like telling her believers of her own revival and trying to restore her religion onceto Alda's plans, she shouldn't have even been able to do any of this

“It is likely Vandalieu He has united Vida's races within the Boundary Mountain Range and even made the monsters and Undead he has created worshi+p Vida, which becomes her power,” said Alda

“To think that one of the glorious great Gods… has now become acco down miserably “Could it be that he has corrupted her?” he asked, not expecting an answer

“I do not know,” said Alda, knowing that the 'he' that Curatos referred to was… Zakkart, the champion chosen by Vida “As your records show, he always possessed eccentric ideas, but he was never evil In fact, he often strived to preserve peace between his coan to conflict with Bellwood and becaht that Vida went insane from the moment that he was lost, but now that I think upon it, perhaps she had been deceived by Zakkart fro”

It was a dreadful scenario to think about It was unclear as to whether Zakkart himself had done it intentionally, but he was aVida, in a way that was so secret that even Curatos possessed no records of it

As Alda and Curatos were pondering this, a familiar spirit appeared

“My lord, there has been a report regarding e,” the fa a bow “There are monsters that have never been seen before stationed in Talosheie-scale celebration In addition to the grotesque s, thenoise and throwing so into the air”

Even though the barrier covering the Boundary Mountain Range was to blame, Alda frowned at the lack of clarity in the inforhts back to the present

“It is not a ceremony for an army's departure, is it?” he asked

“Though we cannot be certain, that is unlikely,” the fa like an ar formed”

“Curatos, is today Vida's festival day?” Alda asked

“… No, there should be no special occasions on this day,” said Curatos “However, I do not possess any records froe, so it is possible that some new festival day has been created”

This sounded plausible, and Alda was almost satisfied by Curatos's explanation Festival days were important events for Gods They were essential for e from day to day

However, Alda suddenly realized so was thrown into the air? Explain to me what that was, in detail,” he ordered the familiar spirit

Perforic to scatter flower petals in the wind or decorate building walls and the night sky with colored light Firing spells that produced loud sounds towards the sky was another popular celebratory method However, the fas '

The fanificance of this, either “That is… they threw spherical objects about the size of huic Items that explode with a loud noise and scatter unusually-colored fla from outside the barrier, so we cannot say what exactly they are, however,” the familiar spirit explained “However, there are so the explosive power of these spheres; I believe these are the same spheres”

“It seeic Items created as weapons in a festival perfor the familiar spirit's explanation

But the fanited an old memory inside Alda's mind

“It cannot be… Fireworks,” Alda unpowder?”

Curatos was aghast

“Fireworks? My lord, what are fireworks –?” the faan to ask

“I forbid you to speak of anything that you have just heard! Leave! Leave, immediately!” Curatos ordered the familiar spirit

“As you will!” the familiar spirit shouted hastily, and then he vanished

Once he was sure the faone, Curatos turned to Alda “My lord Alda, carelessly speaking words that must not be spoken is most unlike you,” he said “Could it be that Vandalieu has even created gunpowder… The thing that Bellwood described as the most terrible invention?”

Most technology fros That was a rule that was in place in order to ensure that Lambda had the space to develop its own culture and civilization, but there were also sonated as forbidden in order to protect the world itself

In Bellwood's world, steaines had destroyed forests and polluted the atmosphere Fossil fuels had polluted the atmosphere and ocean, and had even becoht over But the iven birth to countless weapons that had taken countless lives

Unlike the nuclear weapon that the champion Zakkart had tried to recreate, these weapons could be mass-produced even without the special powers of a chae of how to create they

“However, even Vandalieu is a being as born in this world Is it not i? No, it is possible that inside the Trial of Zakkart… Gufadgarn, who protected Zakkart's relics, could have preserved it It is possible that Vandalieu saw it and recreated it from that,” said Curatos

But another fearsome possibility occurred to Alda

Vandalieu had acco ideas, wielded a power that no others had, and was a Guider who knew of technology fron worlds Based on all of this, there was only one possible conclusion

“Could it be that Vandalieu is a being who has been summoned here from another world?” Alda murmured

If this was true, if Vandalieu was the same as Bellwood and the other champions, that would explain his abnormality

“That cannot be true, Alda!” Curatos shouted, unsettled “It has been recorded that he was born in this world as a Dhampir! Unless he was reincarnated here… No, that cannot be Rodcorte hi of the chan world; there is no way that he would do such a thing without consulting us at all…!”

However, Curatos and Alda both knew that Rodcorte could have done this

It was true that Rodcorte had been against the su of the champions However, the reason for that was that the summoned champions had been inhabitants of a world that his circle of transe He did not oppose the su of inhabitants from other worlds entirely

Wouldn't Rodcorte have no qual souls froration system into Lae intact?

“I do not want to believe it, but… Curatos, keep this matter only between you and myself Do not cause a fuss, and do not make any hasty moves,” said Alda

“Understood, my lord,” said Curatos

This was merely a suspicion, and there was no proof However, if this suspicion turned out to be true, then Alda could not trust a single child in this world

“So, Rodcorte has sent reincarnated individuals into this world And he is either planning so Vandalieu, or he has been unable to completely control him,” said Alda “We must first confirm what is true and what is not”