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“At this rate, the Light Hero will lose his life.” (Esther)
“Huh?!” (Makoto)
I raised my voice reflexively.
Why is it turning out like that?!
Wasn’t it a winning war?!
“What’s the meaning of this?! Why Sakurai-kun?!” (Aya)
“No way…the Light Hero-sama…?” (Lucy)
Sa-san screams and Lucy spaced out.
Furiae-san still had a pale face.
“Please explain, Esther-sama.” (Ortho)
Captain Ortho’s voice was stiff.
“…That’s…” (Esther)
Oracle Esther speaks after a bit of silence.
There’s the Oracles of the Goddesses at her back with Princess Noel as the forefront.
“…Someone has taken the place of Demon Lord.” (Esther)
Taken their place?
A Demon Lord?
My comrades and I were shocked by this.
“Spirit User-kun, looks like Zagan has passed on the Demon Lord spot to his own son. Not just his blood, but his power as well.”
The Great Sage-sama said this annoyed.
Her face is pale, and rather than saying she is in a bad mood, it is more like she isn’t feeling well.
“Great Sage-sama, you have returned to Symphonia, huh.”
“You don’t seem to be feeling well. Are you okay?”
“I ended up like this after I pushed myself to return. But to think he would pass on his Demon Lord power… That’s why he was weakened, huh.”
“Is passing on the Demon Lord position something that happens often?” (Makoto)
“No, from what I know…it hasn’t happened once in 1,000 years.”
Then, there’s no way to predict that would happen, huh…
(Makoto, demons, specially Demon Lord class ones, can live several thousands of years. For the people of the mortal realm, this may be a rare occurrence, but in the eyes of the gods, this is a pretty regular thing.) (Noah)
Eh?
Then, the Destiny Goddess should have seen that coming.
I made dubious eyes at Esther-san, and she averted her gaze.
Oi oi, that’s not cute at all.
Do your job properly, Destiny Goddess-sama.
“Destiny Oracle, do you have a plan?”
As if reacting to my sentiments, the Great Sage-sama asks her.
“…The Six Nation Alliance’s main forces are currently in battle against the Beast King. It is 300,000 vs 300,000, but the enemy has set a barrier that weakens the Divine Protection of Holy Gods, and they are pouring it on full at the Light Hero. Even with my God Eyes, I can’t see anything in detail… Damn it!” (Esther)
At the end, she said something unsuitable for an oracle and slammed her fists on the desk.
“Can’t you call for reinforcements? If I remember correctly, Geralt-sama’s Northern Sky Knights and the Crimson Knights of General Tariska should be closeby.” (Ortho)
“Because of the interference with the transmission magic, we have no means to tell them the information. We have already sent messengers, but it seems like they will take some time to arrive.” (Noel)
“How can this be…?” (Ortho)
The one who responded to Captain Ortho was Princess Noel.
Princess Noel’s voice was trembling maybe due to her uneasiness.
“We will immediately send reinforcements to General Yuwein and Sakurai-dono. Oi! Call all the wyvern and pegasus riders! Foot soldiers will be on standby! I will entrust the command here to someone later!” (Ortho)
Captain Ortho was giving orders to the lieutenant knight.
His tone was rough maybe due to his hurry .
“I will rest for a bit and return to the battlefield too. Moving in daytime is going to be difficult though… Destiny Oracle, how much time do we have?”
“…The Light Hero won’t be able to survive the war tonight.” (Esther)
“N-No way!” (Noel)
Princess Noel raises her voice in desperation at the words of Oracle Esther.
When I look back, I see Furiae-san looking down without saying anything for a while now.
“Princess, do you see something with your Destiny Magic?” (Makoto)
“…I can see Ryosuke being eaten by a whole ton of monsters.” (Furiae)
“Sorry.” (Makoto)
I shouldn’t have asked.
This is bad. There’s no good piece of information at all.
“I-It is because the Evil God Apostle and the Moon Oracle are present! It is because we are shouldering such accursed beings that a situation like this has occurred. It is impossible for the Divine Protection of the Sun Goddess-sama to run out. They are the ones who have betrayed us! There’s no doubt they were the ones who leaked the information to the demon lord army! Capture them at once and burn them at the stake, Captain Ortho!”
The one who said something outrageous was the Pope.
Looks like he is panicking quite a lot from the fact that the Light Hero might die.
“This is not the time for that…Your Holiness. The Water Country’s Hero and the Moon Oracle have nothing to do with this. But there’s someone in the Demon Lord army who can fool my Clairvoyance… Of that, there’s no doubt.” (Esther)
“Wonder about that! Your Clairvoyance cannot be relied on anymore, Esther-dono!”
“Kuh!” (Esther)
The Pope who seemed to be in good relations with the Destiny Oracle has now turned thorny.
This is not the time to be thinking about that right now.
“Makoto-dono! I will be heading to the Light Hero-dono now to provide reinforcements! Let’s go together with the wyvern riders!” (Ortho)
Captain Ortho was finishing the formation of the reinforcements as he listened to what we were saying.
That’s Captain Ortho for you.
[Will you join Captain Ortho in providing reinforcements for the Light Hero?]
Yes
No
RPG Player asks.
(A choice showing up here, huh…) (Makoto)
“How long would it take to reach Sakurai-kun from here?” (Makoto)
“Normally, a whole day. But this time around, it is an emergency. We will be pushing the wyverns and the pegasus to their limits, and we are assuming we will arrive in half a day.” (Ortho)
Slow.
That’s how I felt.
There’s a high chance Sakurai-kun is losing his life tonight.
Then, taking half of a day is way too late.
“I will head there with a different method.” (Makoto)
“““Eh?”””
A number of people react to what I said.
“Lucy, I have a request.” (Makoto)
“Eh, Makoto? M-Me?” (Lucy)
“Takatsuki-kun…?” (Aya)
I face Lucy and Sa-san who were listening to the conversation a while ago uneasily.
“Please use Teleport to bring me to the place of Sakurai-kun.” (Makoto)
“Is that possible?!” (Ortho)
Captain Ortho reacts to my words.
But Lucy herself shook her head with a pale face.
“T-That’s impossible! I haven’t gone to that place, and using Teleport to a super duper long distance like that is impossible unless it is Mama!” (Lucy)
“Now that you mention it, Rosalie-san isn’t participating, right?” (Makoto)
“The Crimson Witch-dono isn’t participating in this war. We sent a request for assistance to the Kanan Village, but she wasn’t present…” (Ortho)
She did say that she would be training on the moon.
Is she there?
Is she not gonna come?
But we can’t go relying on people that are not present.
“Please, Lucy. Even if it doesn’t work, please help us out here.” (Makoto)
“……But I don’t know if it will work or not… No, got it! I will try!” (Lucy)
Lucy didn’t seem confident at first, but it seems like she is willing to do it now.
She switches gears fast.
“Lucy-dono, if that’s possible, us as well.” (Ortho)
“Don’t, Captain Ortho. I have looked after that red haired elf, but the chances of her failing are higher. The only ones she would succeed with are most likely the Spirit User-kun there and the Fire Country’s Hero. In order to teleport someone, they need to know them well. You can’t just do that with anyone.”
“…I see. Understood. Then, I will be heading there on wyverns as planned. Makoto-dono, let’s meet up there.” (Ortho)
“Understood, Captain Ortho.” (Makoto)
Our plan has been decided.
“Lucy, do it.” (Makoto)
“Yeah. Can someone show me a map?” (Lucy)
“Here, Lucy-dono.”
When Lucy says this, a subordinate of Captain Ortho swiftly gives her a map.
“Where’s the place of the battlefield?” (Lucy)
“Here. The coast area of Dannet in the Commercial Country of Camelon. The landmark is the Naido Hill…”
“I haven’t gone there before, so I can’t picture the location we are going. Tell me the direction and distance only.” (Lucy)
“That method requires a heavier cost of mana though… It is quite the distance, you know?”
“It is okay. I have mana to spare.” (Lucy)
Lucy’s words were reliable.
I am truly glad she is my party member.
“Makoto, I have never been to the battlefield where the Light Hero-sama is at. That’s why I don’t think I will be able to send you to the precise location. No, there’s no doubt there will be a discrepancy.” (Lucy)
“Got it. I will manage somehow with that.” (Makoto)
I nodded at the words of Lucy.
“Then, here I go.” (Lucy)
Lucy holds her staff tightly with both hands.
I then feel a massive surge of mana.
A chant was being weaved from the voice of Lucy.
“Destiny Goddess who resides in heaven. I pray to you. Please grant us this miracle…” (Lucy)
Teleportation is a gold element space spell.
The one who governs that is the Destiny Goddess, Ira-sama.
I glance at Esther-san.
She noticed my gaze and directed an awkward look at me.
Can Ira-sama increase our success rate?
(That’s not possible, Makoto. The current Ira has dropped her mana to human levels, and doesn’t have Divinity. She can’t cause miracles.) (Noah)
I see.
Even though she is closeby.
While we were having that exchange, magic circles began to appear one after the other in midair.
The mana in the air trembles.
I felt like the ground was also shaking.
“Ooh… What unbelievable mana.”
“I can’t believe this… This is not mana that a single mage should be able to control.”
I heard people saying that.
According to Lucy, her mana has been increasing more and more lately.
Is she still in her growth period?
My mana has stopped at 4 though.
Isn’t there way too much of a disparity here?
“My Knight…be careful.” (Furiae)
“I pray for your success, Hero Makoto.” (Sofia)
“Thanks.” (Makoto)
Furiae-san and Princess Sofia on the other side of the projection wished me luck.
“Makoto-sama… I leave Ryosuke-san in your hands.” (Noel)
“Got it.” (Makoto)
Princess Noel was holding both hands together as if praying.
“Lu-chan, do your best. Takatsuki-kun, I will catch up to you later.” (Aya)
“No, please stay with Princess and Lucy, Sa-san. It would leave this place with too little manpower.” (Makoto)
“Hmm, I see. Got it. Leave this place to me! Be careful, okay?” (Aya)
I nodded lightly at the response of Sa-san.
“Here I go, Makoto.” (Lucy)
“Alright.” (Makoto)
Lucy’s red hair was waving and shining lightly.
Her hair was waving not from the wind but the raging mana.
That figure of hers was reminiscent of the Crimson Witch.
“[Teleport]!” (Lucy)
The moment the voice of Lucy resonated in my ears, her spell activated, and I was enveloped in light.
That ethereal sensation lasted for just a few seconds, I think.
I was wrapped in a strange floaty feeling within this pure white space.
I lost track of what was up and down, and I felt as if I had been thrown in a space that expanded endlessly.
The next instant, my feet touched the ground.
My view opens up.
“Cold!” (Makoto)
A massive amount of water hits my face like a shower.
It is raining.
And a big one that feels like a storm.
“Water Magic: [Water Dragon].” (Makoto)
I use water magic to control the movement of the rain.
That’s how I somehow managed to see in front of me.
“Eh?” (Makoto)
The moment I opened my eyes, the first thing I felt was that something was off.
It is dark.
Despite not even being noon yet.
There’s no way it would be this dark as if it were right before dawn.
Could it be that time passed from the failure of the Teleport?
No, that’s time travelling.
It is a completely different spell.
I look around.
I couldn’t notice immediately due to this downpour…but what was responsible for this off feeling of mine was above.
I look up at the sky.
(…So that’s the cause.) (Makoto)
What was covering the sky were dark clouds that stretched on as far as the eye can see.
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“I will rest for a bit and return to the battlefield too. Moving in daytime is going to be difficult though… Destiny Oracle, how much time do we have?” (Ortho)
It should be the Great Sage here not Ortho
Thank you for the chapter.
Thanks for the Chapter!!!!
Makoto: Aight guys let me control the weather for a sec
Really big thanks for the double chapter
Now i have to wait for the double cliffhangers too😣😣
Yup, Pope is garbage. Why does he even have a position in the church?
I think that the gods should have him deposed.
Anyways, Ira's kinda useless as a destiny goddess isn't she?
I feel like the reason she descended is because she's probably on the verge of being replaced by the Moon Goddess as the Destiny Goddess and she's trying to keep her position at all costs.
Well Noah-sama and Eir-sama discussed about it that Ira-sama seems contemplating the Lost of the Human War a thousand years ago so that she descends to prevent it from happening again.
Well i think that's her mistake, since recently Noah-sama said that her power is now not on a god level because of the constant descend. Her prediction accuracy should be decreasing by a lot because of that.
Seems she is for some reason getting desperate to win the human war that she chose the less accurate but fast transferring info than the slow but much more accurate info (by descending into Esther-sama everytime she got a new prediction. That's definitely considerably slower). By doing that she could also getting the eyes of the other gods since she's descending too much that they thought it could be considered as interfering with the world's fate directly.
Not sure it is a question of power per say, but perspective. Consider something like an astronaut in space. They can see the whole Earth at once but they can't see details. A person on the ground can see all the details of a much smaller area. If you think of Ira's ability to see the future as a lot like that. Her predictions are much clearer, but she's loosing the big picture in exchange. And the Demon's side blindsided her. Her predictions where taken into account as part of their plan.
Is it just me or she's back already? like, alive already..
I guess it's his solo time now, can't wait for him to actually wreck havoc alone lol
thank you for the 2 chapters :D
And it’s raining so he basically has the field advantages
"It is 30,000 vs 30,000." It seems a bit too low. I think it should be 300,000 vs 300,000. I checked and it is written 30万 in the raw.
Ira seems to give a lot of ponkotsu vibe in this chapter. She is completely useless and unreliable.
Dark clouds ? I don't think those clouds are normal and they are probably here to block the sunlight, so Sakurai will just be a strong warrior. He is no longer invincible. The son of Zagan will be able to kill him easily.
It is finally the turn of Makoto. Will he use his spirit arm to disperse the clouds ?
Thanks, I keep getting the numbers wrong because of how japanese word the ten thousands, haha.
So this what happen when they rely to much on sakurai.
Man, i wish i can kill that stupid pope.
For the first time the fate oracle is getting an awkward face.
So i was wrong that was Zagan, he wasn't an Imposter but he just passed his power to his son.
Man makoto's saving the hero, and breaking their plans again.
Thanks for the double chapter
And last the pope won't let makoto go to the Highland even so much that he's rejecting an oracle. He gives a vibes of evil plan on Highland for makoto. He's planning something fishy.
@Alaszero: I think the Pope hates Makoto and Furi for much simpler reasons: that he's a racist and religious zealot. He hates Furi because of her "unclean" demonkin blood and he hates Makoto because he's a "heathen" who worships an "Evil God". I think I remember he even tried to convince Lucy and Sa-san to convert and join his religion and the only reason he hasn't done that with other Heroes is because they are already believers of other Holy Goddesses who would not approve of having their followers stolen from them by somebody who is ostensibly on the same side as them.
Well first remember when hero Abel fought he had 3 companions: Great sage, the Jonny elf dude and Anna the healer priest which by the way was in love with him.. in the present their are represented by the great sage by herself, Jonny in the scarlet witch, and the pope in the role of Anna faction. They call Noel the incarnation but she is not the head of the Anna-church. Why the pope hate Fury and Makoto (my humble opinion) first the late sempai of Makoto went and kill all the hero's and betrayed humanity he was crazy right so maybe Makoto will do the same. as for Fury well if you remember when Noel had the chat wit Makoto about after the war, he said to her he has someone waiting for him so he must go. To which Noel say little angry: Are you acting like hero Abel.... later she explain how hero Abel after the war went looking after someone most likely a woman. Since Noel say don't you think is cruel to left a beautiful woman in love to go search for another.... maybe the church still holds the grudge against said women.. perhaps said woman was the calamity witch (also a big chance it is Noah) either way the grudge against those who stole the affection of hero Abel and the futuro of the church being the center of power
I agree with bro👍
So it's means the some higher ups of Highland is suspicious 😂😂😂
For a while now ive felt the pope has been illogically angry with Makoto. Sure i get the whole "evil goddess" apostle angle, but even then it felt like he has dialed it to 11 when a simmering 6 or 7 seemed more appropriate. So my thought is that the pope is actually Isaac or maybe even a puppet for him. The first prince is another that seems suspicious as well. Both have access to the sensitive information and ability to screwed the alliance over time and time again. So just feels like either or both are working for the other side.
Correction*
While in other 5 countries don't have.
Yeah i also wondering why. There's a pope in Highland County while in other
5 countries have, so suspicious to the point that i think he is the mastermind in the sister's in church not being a virgin like great sage said.
Y'know what, you're right. Why even is there a Pope? None of the other goddess' faiths seem to have a Pope. I can only assume the position even exists because of some random crap the humans came up with like the whole thing about how Oracles need to remain virgins.
Actually the Pope is nothing I don't even know why he exists, Usually in our word is the maximum authority of the faith but here we have the Oracles that speak directly with the Gods and the heros that are under the Gods command......What is that old geezer compared with them ?.
And I almost forgot about alex who is the hired hero of Highland, where the fu*k is that guy why is not helping.
It gives some hints that guy will get in the way of makoto.
@Alemag, i hope your right, and we are over thinking it.
But i try to analyze it, the pope and alex actions are scheming something.
First the of a pope should not use voice based on the characteristics of the person. What he did was just accuse furi and makoto based on his perspective evil or calamity , without the help of others equal authority and reputation makoto and furi is dead by now. But since his has a protection of hero and oracle so his safe. My point is that he should be in a neutral state to everyone because of his position and power.
And second alex existence made me suspect about him with stated in that Iras divine power is lowered. Since her power can be lowered then whats the purpose of alex. To hide her. I think not, its not simple as that because when Goddess Eir use his eyes to find Ira it didn't take a few chapters to find her. It didn't block her existence. And last the power of alex that relates to holy gods is the most suspicious because it stated in few chapters back that gods can't give divine power to humans besides divine protection as Eir tell to makoto about the divine power of his arm. So how did alex and his power is related to them. Makes even more suspicious that either alex is a god or demi-god. Cause it state that gods can't Descent too long or force Descent to mortal realm so my guess is alex demi - god. What other reasons for me to assume.
This just my theory. 😁✌️
I think you're all overthinking things too much. The Pope is indeed a sorta redundant political-religious figure, related to the fact that state and church are separated in Highland; story-wise is something that the author did to show-off their power.
Alex is definitely part of Ira, he's there to hold her power so it's not noticeable her perpetual descent, there might be a bit more but it's mostly that, that's the reason he only listen to Esther/Ira and no-one else. She might not actually be able to separate him to much from herself (and I believe there were both on Highland anyway), and given that he was likely created (or at least possessed) by Ira's divinity, he won't be able to help in a place were the Holy Gods power's weakened.
Plss don't spoil i will just stick my theories, imagination, guts and feelings to see every once of possibility of whats ganna happen onwards.
you want spoilers? I've read up to 200ish on mtl so I get the general gist in a way.
I think there more to it. I have strong GUT feeling that alex is enemy type conspire with pope.
Naa he is just Ira's guardian
Right. I thought he is there as a substitution of Ira-sama's divinity so anyone won't notices that she's on a constant descend. And the fact that he obeyed her words rather than Pope should strengthen that theory. But this time even Ira-sama seems worried a lot that makes me again question Alex's true identity.
Thanks for the chapter
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