Chapter 2241 (1/2)

God's Will

Talosheim, several hours before the battle between Vandalieu and Birkyne

The Sun Giant Talos was considered to be thethe Colossi who had survived the war against the De Guduranis

Having been awakened froathered his children who carried his blood in the holy grounds of the nation that bore his naures were here, including the 'Sword King' Borkus, the 'Saint of Healing' Jeena and the 'Tiny Genius' Zandia

And he spoke to them

“I ondering if you could ask for the naed to Vandalieuheim or Vandalieuland,” he said with a serious expression

Borkus and the others had expected to be told of sootten truth; it took several seconds for the

Zandia, the second princess, spoke on behalf of the for of Talosheim who had never beco Vandalieu

“Umm… Are you serious?” she asked

“Serious, super serious I really think that the naed,” said Talos, the ancestor of the titans whose body was larger than a castle, nodding repeatedly

“Very well, great father,” said Nuaza, the head of Talosheiet permission to build an enormous statue of Vandalieu at every opportunity “We ht away –”

“Hold up,” said Borkus, hastily stopping him

“It's too early for that, Nuaza,” said Jeena, who had handed over… or rather, forced, the responsibility of leading the Church onto Nuaza

“Why would you oppose this?! Borkus-dono, and even you, Jeensama! You supported me in the creation of palm-sized statues of the Holy Son!” Nuaza protested loudly

“Small statues of His-Majesty-kun are cute But the name of the country doesn't have much to do with cuteness,” Jeena replied

“At least tell us your reasons,” Borkus said to Talos, rimace with the half of his face that wasn't a skull “Could it be that you really didn't want your name to be used for the country's name in the first place?”

Talosheim was the city nation that had been built on the sacred land that Talos had created using the last of his power in order to protect the titans who had been defeated by Alda and escaped with the Goddess

Thus, Borkus and the rest of the titans hadn't had any questions or reat father But perhaps Talos had a far est and he felt embarrassed to have his name used for the name of the nation

It was also possible that as one of the Gods who ruled over the sun, Talos was discontent with the state of the nation, as there were citizens ere Undead or Vampires, and some other citizens had transformed into new races such as Dark Humans and Dark Dwarves

Until recently, Talos had been sluain his power Thus, he had been entirely absent from the for if he were discontent with how the nation was

Or so Borkus thought, but Talos let out a sigh

“It is not that I didn't want it, but… I feel bad I mean, I have been asleep until recently, haven't I? Other than creating the holy grounds in the beginning to ward offAnd over the past hundred thousand years, the holy grounds have shrunk to the point that I could occupy it in its entirety just by sitting in it,” Talos said “It is… unco used as the name of the nation that leads numerous nations of Vida's races”

The reason appeared to be closer to the forh it didn't seem that Talos was at all concerned about the fact that the s ere unsuited to being the citizens of a nation of the sun, such as Undead and Vampires

The Undead titans suddenly ree of ht shi+nes upon all of creation It gives only warood and evil'

“I see… I understand your reasons But I think it'll be a pain in the ass to change the country's name,” said Borkus

“Yeah, it's not just athe maps,” said Jeena

“We've been calling it 'Talosheim' this whole time, so we're kind of attached to it,” added Zandia

It may have been simple to rename the Talosheim of the past, as it had not had diplomatic relations with other nations and its population was about five thousand

But now, it was the main nation in an eoverned a detached region in the Dark Continent There was a vast number of documents

And most importantly, there were already alrown attached to the name 'Talosheim'

“Can't so about it with the other Gods, but all I got was a lecture froer sister that I haven't seen in a hundred thousand years, and that Xerxes told ot tooseems to think that I' that he wasn't free since he had joined in on e froained consciousness

He was cos as the guardian deity of the Majin nation, and the dragon God of five sins Fidirg, who protected the Lizardman territory in the marshlands

“What has Vidsama said?” asked Borkus

“She comforts es to our beloved children She tells hundreds or thousands of stories about our children all at once, so I can barely even nod my head in response,” said Talos

The Gods, especially the great Gods, existed in a far higher dimension than mortals They heard prayers from countless believers and watched over the the de a true God, but it seemed that it was not easy to keep up with Vida's pace

“Then doesn't it mean that the other Gods don't really think that the na to convince Talos to not worry about the issue

“M about it needlessly,” said Talos

Hisin that direction, and one of the titans who hadn't spoken yet caenious idea

Zran, the only Undead titan to hold the title of ninja, whispered into Borkus's ear “Hey, Borkus Your daughter Gopher seems to have a brilliant idea”

Borkus turned around in surprise “What's wrong, Gopher?! Is sohter in a whisper

Gopher, as nor-willed, had her head bowed towards Talos and made no attempt to look up at him

“Shut up Unlike you and your friends, I'm a normal person, old man I'm still not used to this!” Gopher whispered back

Indeed, she and the other ordinary titans were being pressured by the aura that Talos was giving off; they were unable to raise their faces to look at him

Borkus himself had already become close to the realm of Godhood himself, and he had seen Gods on numerous previous occasions, so he was able to look Talos in the eye and converse normally But Gopher and the other ordinary titans could not do this

After being freed from the slave mine in the Hartner Duchy, Gopher had strived to beco other work on the side such as teaching at a school However, she had not yet reached the level of being a superhuman

Talos was the father of the titan race, and although he consciously suppressed the aura of pressure that he gave off… it was normal for those in his presence to become unable to even speak to him

“Sorry about that A hundred thousand years ago, I would teach cos with theet them used to my presence, but I wasn't able to do that for you,” said Talos “But in exchange…”

A soft light ca Gopher As it did, she felt the pressure e

“This is… a divine protection! Is it really alright to grant divine protections so freely?” Gopher asked

“In the past, I would grant my divine protection to children who trained in co to be concerned about,” said Talos “More importantly, I would like to hear your brilliant idea”

“Ah, alright It's nothing outstanding or anything, but… in human nations, the capital city is often naht that it ht be better for Talosheim to be like that as well,” said Gopher

As all of the nations within the Boundary Mountain Range were city states, the name of the nation and the name of the city were one and the sa the two didn't even exist

However, even though she had been a slave, Gopher had lived in a human nation and knew that human nations contained multiple cities

“I see… You are suggesting that the city rees Could I ask you to request for this to happen?” Talos asked

“That way, Talosheiree…” Zandia said with a nod “But I think it would depend on the nation's na that Vandalieu would certainly be opposed to the nation being na like Vandalieuheim

“Well, that just needs to be discussed, doesn't it? Either e can't just change it by ourselves,” said Borkus “Before we talk to the boy about it, let's try talking to Chezare and Kurt”

“O-oldthe preparations…?!” Gopher murmured in disbelief

“Next thing, you'll be telling hed

And so, the an

The news of the destruction of the Pure-breed Vampire Birkyne and Hihiryushukaka, the evil God of joyful life, was instantly known to the Vampires ere a part of the faction that worshi+ped Hihiryushukaka in the Bahn Gaia continent

One could describe the chaos that ensued as intense, and also as quiet

Many noble-born Vadoanizations fro their best to survive, abandoning their duties and the organizations they were running along with a few close aides

The Subordinate Vampires left behind by the noble-born Va to swear loyalty to him and convert to Vida's faction like the ones at the tower had done There were also soanizations in the absence of the noble-born Va out their duties, unaware of anything

Thus, the Orbau frequent incidents caused by anizations whose leadershi+p had been lost, or battles against Va places had been discovered, but… the instability would be a teanizations would be destroyed by the work of soldiers, knights and adventurers

The fearsoanizations like huood equipment and, most importantly, they plotted schemes inside cities rather than Devil's Nests

These Va on their own or in sanizations had taken over, showing their faults In other words, they had discarded their strengths and were nothing but prey to the humans

But in the A the Vampires who had worshi+ped Hihiryushukaka There were some who had planned to flee like the noble-born Vadom, as well as soruesome fates at the hands of Vandalieu's subordinates But the majority of them remained where they were

This was because many of them believed that Vandalieu would not send people to pursue them all the way in the Amid Empire

Indeed, Vandalieu had no thoughts of going to the Amid Empire side of the continent There weren't any particularly ianizations there, so he had decided that there was no proble them be

There were orphanages for gathering children and brothels, but there were none who had been 's shadow like the children in Morksi's orphanage

It seemed that Birkyne had also deemed it unlikely that Vandalieu would appear on the Amid Empire side of the continent

… Soanizations had been destroyed instead by the Storm of Tyranny and their allies who had been inforanizations by Vandalieu

Vandalieu felt no obligation to send forces out to hunt down Vaions in order to improve the stability of a nation that he did not rule… especially a nation that was his enemy

That was the job of the lords who ruled those lands and the knights, soldiers and Adventurers' Guild that fought under their banners

But Vandalieu had still dealt with the Vaerous to leave alone, such as noble-born Vampire Viscounts that were as powerful as Birkyne's confidants and the storage facility where Birkyne had kept Subordinate Va murderous puppets for his own amusement

In the process, Vandalieu had encountered noble-born Va for their lives alongside the Subordinate Vaht had been quite busy

A Dith a long, braided beard let out a dull scream and clutched his head “It's over, it's hopeless… This is the end!”

The 'Mage Masher' Asagi Minami ran into the laboratory, alar, Zean-san?” he asked

“Ah, Asagi-kun! Listen to !” said the Dwarf named Zean

The blood drained froi's face as he prepared himself for the worst

“But don't worry I've created a new hypothesis from these results!” the Dwarf said

“Really?!” Asagi exclaimed

“Yes; it is still too early to give up The research has been a series of failures According to my new hypothesis –”

The blood returned to Asagi's face as he listened to Zean's hypothesis The 'Ifrit' Shouko Akagi and the 'Clairvoyance' Tatsuya Tendou, who had entered the laboratory behind Asagi, watched with complicated expressions

“… How many hypotheses does this make now?” Shouko muttered

“Who knows I stopped counting after a hundred,” said Tatsuya

Asagi's group saw Vandalieu as a threat, so they had been researching ways to coy that could stand up against Vandalieu, and spread it to every nation They believed that this would allow the nations to gain soe-scalewar

But the research was difficult

This was only to be expected Rodcorte considered Lai and his coy that this world's inhabitants had not ed to do so in over a hundred thousand years

The three of them had not co and battles against terrorists during their previous lives All of theraduated university, and they possessed far deeper knowledge regarding e person Tatsuya in particular had acquired e, as he had put his 'Clairvoyance' to use in bomb disposal and the field of medicine

However, they were researching the Dein, and they had not even originated in La Guduranis, an invader from yet another world They were clearly ie andthat this research would be difficult

That hy they had searched for someone to help with the research Soic and alchemy

The person they had encountered was Zean, the one as explaining his hypothesis to Asagi now He was an eccentric es' Guild He would repeatedly coe and novel theories, then set about disproving them

Up until now, it was coe that Orichalcuments Despite that, Zean had proe trio ished to research other effective ways to deal with the fragments

“… He is a brilliant person, though He gets inspirations, doesn't slack off in experi and quickly admits his ed to cooing,” said Tatsuya

Indeed, Zean was a genius in a way Through the verification and rejection of hypotheses, considerable gains had been made

“But I wish he'd stop screa every tihed

The two of them felt a sense of futility every ti that it

This was likely why Zean had been placed in a useless position in the Mages' Guild Due to his behavior, nobody had noticed that he was a very exceptional individual

But for so It was likely that their overbearing stubbornness to continue on towards their goal without giving up hat they had in common

“Come to think of it, how is the 'sponsor' these days?” asked Shouko

“There's been no real change He's just regularly getting reports about the state of the research,” said Tatsuya

This research into the De carried out with the support of Duke Birgitt's family, who ruled over this duchy… and their surveillance

After all, the target of research was a frag If it werethe city

Ordinarily, adventurers like Asagi's group would never be allowed to carry out such research, but as they had successfully sealed away a ra with the advice of Aran and the other reincarnated individuals in Rodcorte's Divine Reale part of the reason was that the duke hadthe heroes who had recently eed all over the continent with the divine protections of the Gods

They had received a God's divine protection (Rodcorte's), so it was an easy mistake to make

And so, Asagi's group had received considerable support, but they had coe Tatsuya had examined this surveillance with his 'Clairvoyance' and was also keeping an eye out for anything strange, but there had been nothing particularly out of the ordinary

“The duke is probably going to get another report because of the scream just now, so I'll have a look, but… it'll probably be the sa the surveillance and reporting worked for the Birgitt family

The group's goal hadn't changed, so they didn't see this as a problem

But the Pure-breed Va the duke's faes' Guild eroup by Zean

None of the group were aware, as Birkyne wasthem in such a way that the vassals and employees themselves were unaware of it