Chapter 171 (2/2)

Particles of electromagnetic waves, smaller than atoms, penetrated through the cracks.

The Adgons’ bodies were like a sheet of paper before the might of the light-element magic.

After a while, among the Awakened beings sent down from the transport ship, not a single one remained alive.

The transport ship was being swept away by the earthquake, with its cockpit and tail position turned upside down, but it was still maintaining the dimension isolation barrier activated.

I extended my palms toward it.

Blazing beams were fired from my hands, and the carrier evaporated immediately.

Simultaneously, the dimensional isolation barrier was extinguished, showcasing a scene that would make any Adgon faint to those outside the dome.

The black hole that led to the sealed leg disappeared without a trace, and the Adgon race couldn’t even retrieve their kin’s corpses properly.

The land was turned upside down, causing it to collapse, and the transport ship also disappeared, leaving only a few pieces of debris.

“Retreat!”

We teleported leisurely and escaped from the planet of ruins ruled by the Adgon race.

*

After returning to the Igras-Sho congregation headquarters, the archbishop and the priests begged me to stay longer. However, I refused to comply since I thought a year or two would not be enough to finish all the various consecration ceremonies they wanted me to attend.

Furthermore, at that time, when the fragment of a god was released from its sealed state, it wouldn’t look good if I were to be found in the congregation headquarters.

After I left, the archbishop declared to all dimensions that the eighth magic that had been lost since the creation of the material world had been retrieved.

The reaction was hot. The number of believers serving the god of magic also increased rapidly, and the candidates for becoming vessels of incarnation and had the talent to become priests, later on, were discovered one after another.

Meanwhile, the Adgons remained silent during the turmoil.

Although the planet they ruled was robbed by ‘unidentified individuals,’ considering the item hidden in there and the recent significant changes that unfolded related to deities, the suspect was obvious.

Adam, who I was conversing with after returning to Earth, told me:

“The Adgons will naturally suspect the Igras-Sho congregation, of course.”

However, they couldn’t openly attack to oppress them or accuse them of the crime.

Because then, it would be the same as revealing what they were hiding in there.

The magic god’s congregation also kept secret that it had sent selected personnel to Adgon territory and, of course, did not disclose the part that they had moved with me.

Most believers and ordinary people who didn’t know the circumstances accepted the simple explanation released to the press.

They were told that the congregation’s status grew because of the Union’s support, which in turn helped the god, resulting in the lost magic’s revival.

“Those Adgon punks won’t be able to protest even if they learn of the truth since if they were to complain about the invasion of their private property, they would reveal their dirty secret.”

“Yes. I’m curious, though. What the hell is it that they do that requires them to hide a god’s fragment in such a desolate place? It couldn’t be that they were the ones who sealed it.”

“Didn’t you say that the loss of the god’s eighth leg coincided with the creation of the material world? Of course, they weren’t the ones that sealed it. However, they must’ve been assigned as the gatekeeper at some point.”

The planet wasn’t located near the home dimension of the Adgon race.

Even after joining the Union, they expanded their territories to

The place that the ‘leg’ was sealed at had been one of their territories.

“I’ve looked into it more, and they colonized the planet about a thousand years after the Union was formed.”

He added an explanation.

The Adgons were not originally very active species in expanding their colonies but suddenly began to expand their territories from that point on.

“It was around that time that each of the five tribes that formed the Union began to perish. The only exception was the Adgon species.”

What he said made various theories possible.

“So there definitely was something going on from then on.”

“Here’s a list of planets that they recently marked as their territory since then.”

“That many?”

“Yeah, think about it. What if they know more about locations like the black hole that you discovered?”

What if they preoccupied each of those planets and declared it as their territory, and prevented others from accessing it?

“There seems to be a need to get a closer look at this.”

“But recklessly charging in like that won’t work anymore.”

“Yeah, they’re only remaining silent since they can’t blatantly point fingers, but they’re certainly suspicious of me too.”

Contrary to the will of the Union, if the Adgons wanted the gods to fall faster, they would have their eyes bloodshot, eager to get rid of me somehow.

“If we wait a little longer, they would reveal their fangs.”

Adam’s prediction soon turned into reality.

A few weeks later, Bachurka called me through interdimensional communication with a look of bafflement.

*

I asked the alien beyond the screen.

“They’ve found a candidate for the incarnation of the god of swords?”

The congregation that served the god had fallen beyond comparison to magic, life, and luck. To exaggerate a little, it had become nothing but a small convenience store.

Therefore, the Union’s support was more urgent for them than other congregations and was actually receiving more help.

During the search in conjunction with the Union’s members that time, they reportedly found an individual who had the talent to fulfill the sword god’s will in some dimension and had finished the tutorial but didn’t join the Union.

It was quite good news to hear so far, but there was a reason why Bachurka looked grim.

– The Union representative that was dispatched there to handle the work was the Adgon species.

“… Hmm.”

– It is said that they used a priest who isn’t very high-ranking to find candidates for the incarnation, but….

They said that in the process, the incarnation candidate ran away.

“Why the hell would he?”

Running away from the surveillance of the Union?

Though he acknowledged the candidate’s intention, the ability needed to do that was high.

“Aren’t the Adgon species the one that lost him?”

– … At this time, it’s still too early to jump to conclusions. Anyway, the individual that ran away seems to be an outstanding talent. He hid deep inside the planet using his completely shrouded divine power that had sprouted with much effort.

The following was the request of the Adgon species.

– Under the current situation, I, who’s the most skilled in using the god of swords’ power, was asked to find the hidden incarnation candidate.

Around that place, the dispatched Adgons crowded.

‘They’re acting so blatantly.’

There was also a way to avoid responding with reasonable excuses right at that moment.

But I…

“Alright.”

Bachurka’s expression changed.

– Are you sure?

“Yes, I’ll go look for the incarnation candidate of the god of swords.”

I kept a deep smile on my lips as I continued my sentence.

“With the Adgons, that is.”