Chapter 1981 (1/2)

Side story 28 Meanwhile in Origin, in the absence of the God of reincarnation

Alda, the God of law and fate, was naturally a God who prioritized reason above emotions At the very least, he believed and preached that one should preserve logic and reason, and suppress emotion However, he knew fro that could always be put into practice

There were events in which Alda found hih they were few in number One was the time when the Gods he considered to be his brothers and sisters were defeated and their existence extinguished by the De Guduranis Another hen he learned that Vida had constructed her own circle of transiven birth to corrupted races

And another was now, after Rodcorte's revelation of a nu Rodcorte's own actions

He had lost count of how er

“You bastard… What are you thinking?! Do you intend to become the ruler of this world?!” Alda finally bellowed, after Rodcorte had finished speaking

The Gods present during the discussion stiffened as Alda's anger shook the entire Divine Realm

“I do not believe that I have beco no disco directed at hinored what I have been saying for many years”

“And because of your discontent, you took it upon yourself to reincarnate upon La special powers, as well as Vandalieu, whose soul is ments of Zakkart and the other champions?!” Alda roared

“Regarding Vandalieu, that was indeed an oversight on my part I hadwho possessed what used to be the cha to take notice However, that should not have beco in his first sentences but insisting that he was blameless with the last

Alda forgot his anger for a moment and simply stared, dumbfounded by Rodcorte's shamelessness

“It should not have become a problem?! Have you lost your mind?!” demanded Yupeon, the God of ice

“… These are not words that would be spoken by anyone who understands the situation,” ment

Both of them were Gods whose spirit clones had been destroyed by Vandalieu

The other Gods also began to express their discontent at Rodcorte's words

In the current situation, Vandalieu had beconore His poas tremendous for a mortal, but he did not yet possess as er he posed to society was greater than Guduranis

He blurred the boundary between the living and the dead, gathered the races created by Vida, possessed knowledge and technology from another world, and tempted the people to a dark path

Perhaps Vandalieu's actions could not be objectively declared as purely evil However, Alda's objective was to restore the world to its correct state… to the ordinary, pure state that it had been in before the De Guduranis appeared, free of monsters Vandalieu's actions clearly opposed that objective, and the world order that Alda imposed

Undead were ered in their presence But it was not only theered in the presence of Vida's races that possessed Ranks, such as the Majin, Scylla and Vae population of these races lived would beco into Devil's Nests in which monsters roamed

Alda had always believed that Vida's races that did not possess Ranks, such as titans, Beast-people and Dark Elves, could be accepted once the unstable, unpredictable circle of transration system created by Vida was abolished However, the races with Ranks could not be accepted

If they were very few in nu steps to turn theration system was abolished, however

But according to Rodcorte, Vandalieu was even interfering with that circle of transed to Rodcorte's and the Deration systems to Vida's

He was already essentially tra the world order that the Gods of Alda's forces believed in underfoot just by existing

“Are you saying that this is not a problem?!” Yupeon shouted

“The truth is that it was not a problem I have just explained the circumstances in which I reincarnated Vandalieu in Lambda Ordinarily, he would have been born in an environment of misfortune as a human, Elf, Dwarf or as a hly likely to die before his memories and personalities returned,” said Rodcorte “However, Vandalieu was born as a Dhampir At the time, I did not knohy, but I do now It is because of theof Vida, Ricklent and Zuruwarn”

Upon hearing the nareat Gods ere thought to have been slu until Rodcorte ry words stopped

“I have not given Vandalieu anything other than the curses that he bears Despite that, he regained his memories and personality far earlier than he should have, led the Ghouls across the Boundary Mountain Range, and has survived for all of this time He has done so because he had Vida's help There is no other explanation,” said Rodcorte

Though the Gods rereed with Rodcorte That was how harsh the circumstances of Vandalieu's early life had been, even in the eyes of the Gods

And although there was no proof, the truth was that Ricklent and Zuruwarn had taken action to help Vandalieu approximately a hundred years before his reincarnation, and Vida and Gufadgarn had also taken action after hearing their Divine Messages

Rodcorte's explanation sounded convincing

However, Rodcorte thought nothing more of this explanation as one that would be convenient for convincing Alda and his followers if it were true He had alun to take action, or how iven Vandalieu

All he kneas that they had caused Vandalieu to be reincarnated as a Dhampir, and that they had caused the souls of the 'Gazer' Minuhth Guidance to becoion

However, that was all he needed to know to give a flimsy explanation

“I a that I bear no responsibility, but… do you, Gods of Lambda, especially Alda, not also bear responsibility for overseeing the world? It is your own brethren who have willingly brought about this threat,” said Rodcorte

Alda felt his anger rise up within hier would serve no purpose

There is no use in throwing ance as coht

Rodcorte was unperturbed by Alda's anger because he knew that there would be no direct punishment to him He ruled over reincarnation, an important coed to this world If he wanted to, he could easily escape from Lambda

Even if Alda soed to capture him and seal him away to punish him, there was no God in Laration system in his place In fact, it was possible that Gods from other worlds whose reincarnation Rodcorte ruled over would attack Lambda and try to rescue Rodcorte in order to preserve their oorlds

That hat Alda thought

The reality was that Vandalieu had spread news of Rodcorte's existence inside the Boundary Mountain Range, causing him to beco this piece of information, so Alda did not know this

“… I take it that if we acknowledge that we are partly to blame, you will help us eli his subordinate Gods to stare at him in astonishment

“Of course I shall do my best to have the reincarnated individuals cooperate with you,” said Rodcorte

“I have a condition for those reincarnated individuals I forbid thee and technology from other worlds that we have deemed taboo,” said Alda

Rodcorte nodded “I do not mind I shall tell the reincarnated individuals this myself”

The surprise of Alda's subordinates grew even further upon hearing that Alda would accept the reincarnated individuals as allied forces, despite the fact that they were beings who ought to be eliminated

“Alda, are you sure about this? Though I do think that it would be iet rid of them,” said the former champion Nineroad, as now a heroic spirit of the wind attribute

“I am reluctant,” said Alda “But as you say, it would be i that Rodcorte himself cannot stop them”

Once the reincarnated individuals were born in Lambda, it would be simple to learn their locations from Rodcorte However, hoould they be eliminated after that?

They had succeeded in placing Eileek, a young man with desirable qualities, in the position of Pope He would be able to understand even detailed instructions in Divine Messages However, that did not hter babies

All of the reincarnated individuals possessed Rodcorte's divine protection, as well as the fortunes and destinies that they had received frohtly adjusted before they were reincarnated, but they could not be removed

Thus, most of the reincarnated individuals would be born to wealthy parents, in an environ early childhood In other words, they would be born into the families of successful merchants or adventurers, or into families of nobility or royalty It would not be a simple matter to kill children born into such families

Indeed, three of the reincarnated individuals had already been born into noble or royal families

“Alda, how about telling the humans that they are reincarnated individuals froested Mill, the Goddess of slumber “Our believers should already understand that we have forbidden knowledge and technology fro upon them, but would they not accept our commands in the end?”

“Mill, that may be possible in times of peace, in a nation like the A foundation of those orshi+p us However, in current circumstances, it is impossible,” said Alda

It would be possible to explain the situation regarding the reincarnated individuals to Eileek However, this inforh this process, it was possible that it would cause a division between those who accepted it and the portion of believers who didn't It would be desirable to avoid this

In the current Amid Empire, Emperor Marshukzarl would use the people who didn't accept it as a resistance against the young Pope He would skillfully incite the people, saying that the young Pope had misinterpreted Alda's will due to his inexperience

And as for a nation like the Orbauions other than Alda's would easily form a resistance

“You're right It see so troublesome like that,” said Gorn, the Boulder Giant

Many of the other Gods nodded in agreement

“I am most pleased that you understand,” said Rodcorte

If he were to curse the reincarnated individuals like he had done with Vandalieu, then reincarnate them in adult bodies in predeter to kill theht be possible

Alda and the other Gods were aware of this as well

However, they did not trust Rodcorte to cooperate with them to this extent And as he could not remove their cheat-like abilities entirely, there was still a so on to become a second Vandalieu

Alda and his Gods knew that accepting the such a troubleso

“Now then, I shall explain the current situation with those who have already been reincarnated,” said Rodcorte

This discussion between Gods continued for a while, at Rodcorte's pace

However, Rodcorte was considerably late to realize that strange events were taking place in Origin as a result of this, and his three familiar spirits were left to deal with the system as it reported errors

Joseph S He had frequently taken harsh, dangerous hth Guidance incident,' and during this ues whom he had known for over a decade

He wasthat he may commit suicide His condition had deteriorated to the point that his counsellor had recommended that he be hospitalized

But the Joseph before the counsellor today was cal as if he had been released from all of his stress

“Joseph-san, you're looking good today,” the counsellor remarked

“Yes, I've been able to sleep well even without sleeping pills these days,” said Joseph

In his previous life, he had been known as Sumida shi+ro, named with the wish that he would become a man as fine and well-built like a castle, and he had been a teacher in charge of a different class from Murakami's In this world, he was a member of the Bravers, with the codename 'Druid'

TLN: 城/shi+ro means “castle” in japanese

He had originally been a very gentle person, the kind of person who could never harm someone else Even after he joined the Bravers, he had felt a sense of duty to help people, using the powers given to hiricultural work

However, that did not mean that he lacked the resolve to kill someone

His ed as the 'Gazer' Minuhtmares of the terrorists he had killed; he saw the faces and heard the voices of the victi these, he had becos… or at least, that was supposed to be the case

“That is a good sign,” said the counsellor “Did soe your mood?”

“Yes, I had a dreaave me a part of its own body You don't understand what I' about, do you? But ever since I received it, I have felt at ease,” said Joseph with a shtmares, but I would like to have that dreaain, I could go with it To a dark place, where I can be at peace”

“That is… Could you telldisturbed by Joseph's words

Joseph had no choice but to explain all of the details of his dream that he could remember, as well as recent events that had taken place in reality

In addition to Joseph, there were several dozen others all around the world who told their counsellors and doctors of drea by an indescribable being

This phenoically analyzed and researched, but these efforts did not produce any results

The 'Avalon' Rikudou Hijiri received a strange report from his closely-trusted secretary

“A nuhth Guidance worshi+ppers and experi the same time period?” he repeated

The female secretary appeared perplexed herself “Yes,” she said, continuing her report with a confused expression on her face “There are variations in the dream from individual to individual, but they were all dreaave them parts of its own body It seems that in many of the dreams, they received eyes or 's blood”

The drea would norhtmare It was quite an unusual dream; it would certainly not be a common one

For dozens of people who an eye on to see that dreae, but he didn't understand exactly as going on

He had realized that the 'Undead' was the reincarnated individual nauess that Amamiya, now Vandalieu, had come from another world and appeared in their dreams

“Those who had the dream are mentally stable; the most remarkable is 'Druid,' who has told his counsellor that he is completely cured The experies, but mentally, they are in a calm state,” said the secretary

The experi used in Rikudou Hijiri's secret death-attribute research… There were terrorists and death-row criht to have been killed, as well as hoal means

These were precious human subjects, acquired with the help of various nations, so it would be problematic if they were to die But it would also be problematic if they were to acquire the death attribute like the hth Guidance Thus, these subjects were under constant surveillance

The contents of their dreams could not be monitored, but a calm mental state had been observed across all of them when they woke up from that particular dream, at around the same time

“Is there a complete analysis of the subjects' Mana?” Rikudou asked