The place Alte Barrette was headed to was clear.
There’s two Goddess Apostles in the present age.
To the side of the Limia Hero that they were originally supposed to have met up and cooperated with.
But Alte, who learned about the plan of the Anti-Goddess Cult to take over a major power, thought that this would be a great gift to the hero, and took a detour to save the Aion Kingdom.
Thinking back on it, this was the biggest mistake of Alte.
The wasteland that’s the gathering of the trash in this world, and the remote city of Tsige that serves as its lid.
What was hidden there were crazed merchants, and a monster that wore the skin of a company.
Their faith in the Goddess and Spirits is on a burning low, and in the eyes of Alte, it looked as nothing else but a metropolis of degeneration.
That’s why she thought that there was a need for the Aion Kingdom to restructure the city and guide it to the right path.
She ended up thinking that.
The wasteland is where the people, who the Goddess herself deemed as unnecessary, were thrown into and abandoned. There’s no way they would have faith in the Goddess.
Depending on the way you see it, the Aion Kingdom ignored the wasteland’s threats and left it to the merchants. Even if they managed to change that mistreatment into a chance and profited from it, there’s no way they would have high loyalty towards the kingdom.
The wasteland was recognized as a place of high risk and high reward in the world, and Tsige had caught the attention of the people as a city of profit…loyalty and faith are not something that just rises as time goes.
“Quick… To the place of the Hero and the Geezer…! I must not meet my end here. I finally learned the reason for it… The reason for there being two Apostles, the descent of Heroes…there’s no way it was only to counter mere demons!” (Alte)
She pushed back the revolutionary army with overwhelming power.
Using the intelligence gathering ability of Aion to its full extent, she learned of the contact between the Revolutionary Army and the Anti-Goddess Cult, and the internal affairs of Tsige that declared independence.
On top of that, she utilized any exploitable internal cracks and drove a wedge in them, weakening both sides.
That’s what Alte thought.
That plan of hers was actually half successful.
The miscalculation she did was truly a small one.
They were what you would call the luck of the moment, and for Alte, they were all small negligible factors.
She trivialized them all by saying ‘If it is something of that extent’.
Alte Barrette wasn’t a weakling who relied on the elements, and didn’t neglect her acquisition of knowledge. She was without doubt an outstanding woman that guides the hyumans as one of the Grants…and one of the few Apostles of the Goddess in history.
But due to the clever schemer by the name of Patrick Rembrandt, and the irregular called Raidou from the Kuzunoha Company, she had mercilessly bitten into the only experience she was lacking.
There’s no other word to describe it but unfortunate.
In order to see through the tricks of a magician, you need a decent amount of knowledge, experience, and revelations.
Even if you are sitting at the best spot to see through the magic trick of someone in your first time, it is almost impossible to guess it right straight away.
That goes the same when dealing with unprecedented natural disasters.
Even when you have some degree of knowledge to avoid it, it is hard to say whether you can put your knowledge to full use at the times when you have faced your first natural disaster like a big earthquake or a tsunami, and survive.
Sadly to say, it would be pretty difficult to do so.
“…There you are! We have to hurry on the treatment of my body. Even the recovery of the magic power… Who knows how long it would take…” (Alte)
The style that Alte is not that good at with her lightning element is cladding lightning onto her body. Within that category, there’s one high level spell that allows her to do something similar to teleportation.
It allows movement at a slightly decreased rate as lightning, and it is in essence the same as instant transmission.
It is a dream-like spell that’s said to allow you to run across the country in the blink of an eye, but the burden in the body is heavy, and it is mostly a physical type of skill that requires quite the physical training.
Taking into consideration the state of Alte, it would be like demanding someone heavily injured to do a full power sprint for 50 meters.
In that state that Makoto described as coming straight out of a horror film, having arrows lodged in her at several supposedly vital points, she had to run all the distance on the shortest route she could think of.
She crashed onto demonic beasts and people on the way, but she had absolutely no leeway to care about them.
And in this way, Alte Barrette is now in the present place.
At the training grounds of the capital where the Hero Hibiki and her party are at.
“! Is that you, Alte?!”
““?!””
The sudden thunderous sound and destruction as if lightning had struck.
Only one member of the party -an aged man- noticed the being that was clad in light and had suddenly destroyed the surroundings.
At a glance, it looks like nothing but an attack, however, his words made the guard of Hibiki and the others loosen a bit.
“Geezer…I have messed up.” (Alte)
“I can tell just by looking. The fact that you lost despite all the preparations you did… Was your opponent that Raidou that Jou-chan <young lady> spoke of?”
Without minding being called geezer, the man looked at Alte, the prince, and Hibiki.
Seeing the wounds of Alte -the arrows pierced in her- he guessed who it was, and Hibiki herself had a pale white face.
The man saw the equipment of Alte and could tell how serious Alte was, which made cold sweat run down internally, but he was acting as if he were calm.
“If I hadn’t been sharing souls, I would be dead already.” (Alte)
“I have to question that way of using a sacred treasure, but…well, if you are alive, that’s good. Alte, even though we warned you that much to not go too deep…”
“Uuh…I don’t have the time right now. Please heal me. Also, hear me out on what I have to say.” (Alte)
Alte reluctantly accepted the painful sermon, and prioritized the urgent matters.
She had to tell them about Raidou.
His dangerous way of thinking which might be far more dangerous than that of the Anti-Goddess Cult.
“Hmm. Chiya, can I ask this of you? First, let’s take out the arrow and pour as much healing magic on her as possible. As you can see, she is also an ill-suited Goddess Apostle comrade of mine. She has a better brain than me, so she will be of use.”
“Y-Yes!!” (Chiya)
“Good grief, you lowered your guard too much, Alte.”
Chiya and the man approach Alte to provide treatment to her and check her state.
At that moment, Hibiki, who was silently watching the events unfold, speaks with a grim expression.
“Alte-san…” (Hibiki)
“What, Hero? Right now I am trying to talk about Raidou; about that Devil of the Kuzunoha Company…” (Alte)
“I know. If you have something to say, say it at once. I am sure you don’t have much time left anymore. Hurry.” (Hibiki)
She didn’t stop the man and Chiya, she simply hurried Alte.
“? Yeah, I know that. Listen here, Raidou has no interest in Aion, Tsige, and the wasteland. He was probably happy to have encountered me.” (Alte)
“…”
“Hibiki?”
Hibiki didn’t react to the call of the man at all as she looked at Alte.
“He is waiting for the chaos of the world. Waiting for the result which would be the Goddess-sama having no choice but to descend.” (Alte)
“…”
“And then, he will face the Goddess-sama.” (Alte)
““!””
“I can tell now that…Raidou was trying to gauge the power of an Apostle, the power of a God. He wasn’t even focusing on me at all -me, an Apostle! That guy…!” (Alte)
Anger and wrath take over the words of Alte.
The man, who had grabbed the arrow on her forehead, opened his eyes wide at the raw emotions Alte was showing from the bottom of her heart.
Chiya was already healing her.
The surroundings were getting noisy, and only Hibiki was calm while biting her lips.
“Continue.” (Hibiki)
“…Raidou will defeat the Goddess. I am sure he will. But he won’t become the new god. Because order, ruling, peace, and chaos are of no worth to him.” (Alte)
“…I see.” (Hibiki)
She groaned lightly, and responded weakly as if she had been expecting that answer, or had received backing for her thoughts.
“The meaning of several Apostles and Heroes gathering in the same era must be…not because of mere demons, but because there’s a being that can shake the order of this world…no, its very life. Rather than the demons, we should all be joining forces to defeat that Devil and his group together with the Godde—?!” (Alte)
“?!”
“Wa?!”
“Aah…as expected. It was already over…” (Hibiki)
The man jumped back from the surprise.
The left eye of Alte that was okay had been pierced by an arrow.
The same type of arrow she had many pierced in her before.
Hibiki remembers that she has been hit by that attack before.
It is far more polished than that time, and it was a bone chilling way of using his power.
(The difference in power is getting wider and wider, huh. Makoto-kun, you…) (Hibiki)
Hibiki remembers her reunion with him in Limia, and the words of Mio.
“Wa…?” (Alte)
Alte was shaking from the shock of completely losing her sight.
But she knows the reason for her shock.
But that was an event in Aion, and there’s no way she should be getting hit by an attack in Limia that’s far far away.
“Raidou…! Could it be… Could i—!” (Alte)
*Thwack Thwack Thwack!*
Several arrows appeared on her back with exquisite rhythm.
Accurately piercing through the openings of the spine, and crushing the bones; an attack to the vitals.
“What’s going on?! From where is it coming from?!”
“Most likely from Aion, Reverent Gai.” (Hibiki)
Hibiki mutters bitterly.
The robust elderly man called Gai was showing agitation.
He moved to the back of Alte and prepared for any further attacks while searching for the location of the enemy, but it couldn’t be helped that he would feel confused being told that the attack was coming from Aion which is unrealistic.
“!!”
“Impossible!”
An arrow pierced deep into the back of Alte’s head.
It was impossible.
Gai should have been in its trajectory.
It shouldn’t have reached the head of Alte without hitting Gai first.
But it did hit her.
“He…also crushed…the Sky Nue that I…raised.” (Alte)
Alte was now gasping for breath between words.
“What?!” (Gai)
“I see. I really…was…pitiful prey…that was caught…in the palm of your hands…in your spider web… Ugh…” (Alte)
Hibiki, Chiya, and Woody react to the word ‘spider’ for an instant.
It is due to having recalled an old memory of theirs.
Arrows were piercing vital spots one after the other from a variety of angles.
The arrows that were hitting her were accurately aimed at the spots that allowed for easy passing of magic power, and were crushing them.
“No…way…he saw…through me…? Aah…why…did I go to a place like Aion…? I was supposed…to have met up here…and bettered my—!” (Alte)
Her mouth was covered.
“…Thanks, Alte-san. He is not the type of person who would show mercy to their opponent at this point. Please rest in peace already.” (Hibiki)
“Hibiki! That’s not it! Alte serves an ancient one! She has entrusted a part of her soul into a sacred treasure, and is currently in a state of semi-immortality and can even resurrect!” (Gai)
Gai explains the situation, but Hibiki closed her eyes and shook her head to the sides.
“No, Reverent Gai. Raidou…Makoto-kun wouldn’t confront an enemy he intends to kill and leave them go. Vitals from the body, vitals for a mage, and equipment; and if she doesn’t die with that either, he will go with the brute force method and won’t loosen his hand till he turns her into scraps of meat.” (Hibiki)
“Alte is an Apostle, you know? There’s no way a Fake Apostle like him would be able to…” (Gai)
In Raidou’s case, it was other people who spread names like Apostle and Devil as they wished.
And even if he were to call himself an Apostle, it doesn’t mean that he would be inferior to one.
Hibiki swallowed those words she wanted to say.
She placed strength in her throat as if she were enduring tears.
And then, as if betraying the words of Gai, as if affirming the words of Hibiki…the pace of the arrows increased.
*Thuck Thuck Thuck Thuck!*
It was already at the point where they couldn’t tell where the new arrows were hitting anymore.
From several directions, with the will of scraping away the meat, with the will of crushing everything; doing this methodically like that of working at a conveyor belt, continuing endlessly as the speed rose up.
“If there’s any chance, it would be through resurrection. The sacred treasure you meant is that scythe?” (Hibiki)
“…Umu. The strongest one is that scythe. Rather than calling it a weapon, it is more of a catalyst for magic. If it is to put your soul into, it would be that no doubt.” (Gai)
“Then secure that sacred treasure alone. Woody, do the preparations for the resurrection spell! Chiya-chan, keep a proper eye on her state. Just for the time that you think healing magic is still effective.” (Hibiki)
(There’s no mistake in terms of instructions. But…will she be able to maintain her fighting spirit after suffering this much? If this just serves to lengthen her suffering…I think it would be better to just have her accept her death. Even if it is a resurrection that isn’t that long after her death, with a body injured to this extent…) (Hibiki)
Within the secret techniques of Limia, there does exist resurrection magic. But this was a recent result of research.
The success rate is pretty low, and there haven’t been any cases of succeeding with bodies that are not in perfect state.
The secret technique of the undead mage called Shiki to pull the souls which he showed at the time when the capital was burning.
Hibiki and Chiya had burned that sight into their eyes.
Combined with the limited medical knowledge of the modern era that Hibiki had that gave birth to many powerful magic tools, Limia managed to recreate a part of this miraculous thing called resurrection.
(In the first place…) (Hibiki)
Hibiki thought this as she saw Alte who had turned into a porcupine.
People say that when fear passes a certain threshold, they end up laughing, and Hibiki was in that very state.
She was in a state of mind where she would even compare her to a porcupine.
Chiya shook her head to the sides.
The scariest part is that the arrows are not showing any signs of stopping, Hibiki thought.
The porcupine is still moving.
He is most likely shooting arrows with no thought in mind, simply for the sake of bringing certain death.
He most likely has a carefree face, like the time when she was talking with him before.
Hibiki couldn’t stop the trembling that was attacking her body.
(If it is him…he might be able to kill even your soul.) (Hibiki)
The root of resurrection is the relink of the body and soul.
If there’s death for the soul as well, if there’s an attack that makes that death possible, it would bring a result where it is impossible to revive her.
A despairing hypothesis.
And so…the resurrections that were cast on Alte Barrette the whole day and night all ended in failures.
They couldn’t manage to regenerate her body, and couldn’t confirm the presence of her soul.
A number of the sacred treasures that somehow maintained their shape had their effects completely destroyed, and had turned into just divine articles.
On this day, only one Apostle of the Goddess was left in this world.
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now that Hibiki has an even better grasp of Makatos power and knows that he intends to fight the goddess and can most likely win I sincerely hope she doesn't do anything dumb like trying to form some type of powerhouse party of a bunch of badass ppl to take him down "for the sake of the world" typa BS but anyways idk abt ya'll but it was extremely satisfying to imagine her quaking with fear at the thought of Makato it made me let out a evil giggle
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*Thwack Thwack Thwack!*
Several arrows appeared on her back with exquisite rhythm.
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Too bad for the apostle, Hibiki already knew everything about what Makoto. Her final words were useless.
I don't feel bad for her. She was stupid enough to try and kill two people the mc cares about. Was a huge mistake. Also still think mc will become a god of that world. Whether he likes it or not. Mainly because i don't think his waifus would want him to die and pass on. They would be quite upset about it. Also at this point Tomoe and Mio would be able to beat the female hero one on one at this point. Tomoe only lost because of it being a bad affinity to her. I actually hope Mio and Tomoe get even stronger. To be able to crap on even apostles.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! THAT WAS EPİC
Anybody realised this was the fate Aznoval saw if he hadn't surrendered? Makoto would have just slowly shredded him until he stopped moving, everybody would have been aghast and Aznoval would have taken a painfully long time to recover.
Yeah thas mostly it. Makoto was being a real dumbass that time in lorel. But Alte seeked everything in her own.
How is Makoto a dumbass in lorel again?
By beating the total crap of PGR and then almost beating aznoval in to a pulp.
Not the best idea to put Makoto at such a high bar since he is known to be a dumb dumb from time to time
I dont i know he is usually quite dumb for many things. But that event in lorel is in the top 3 of the most dumb things he has done.
He is way to simple for his own good and tends to forget that thoughtful thinking can help a lot and he rushed a lot in Lorel, his dumbess moments for me don't come at all from Lorel arc where his mentality at the time was wrong rather than intelligence, but the beginning of the story, there in my opinion he was at his dumbesst.
While I also think he was totally in the wrong in lorel, i also think he was very dumb.
And in his beginnings i dont think he was that dumb, only really naive and ignorant, which is quite understandable. He came to a whole knew world without really understanding it.
He though of it as just another earth with magic and other intelligent species, instead of a totally different environment with completely different set of values.
Yeah here i will disagree, he wasn't totally in the wrong and is not his entire fault that the situation got do bad, it was a combination of Tomoki trying to conquer the country, the origin adventurers being retarded.
The whole Lorel situation was him trying to do the best after doing a mistake, and you can't call him dumb about the whole Azu fight since the idiot didn't bother to explain the plan and its pretty obvious that Makoto is still not that good at reading the intention of another party.
Overall the lorel wasn't him being dumb but something more akin to not knowing how to fix a broken china and other idiots didn't make it easier.
No no he wss totally in the wrong he was quite the dumbass and big asshole during all the event.
While the origin of the problems wasn't his fault (him killing those assassin girls and making a terrible first impression towards PGR wasn't his fault).
All the rest of his actions were totally his fault, everything. His dumbass ways of handling things with the emotions and feelings of PGR were royally fucked up.
The only fault the members of Apple can be account for is totally misjudging the emotional and social skills of Makoto to understand and solve the problem at hand.
Yeah he wasn't the asshole there at all,because if he was an asshole there then everyone in that world is an asshole, and there is never 1 person totally in the wrong, hell the biggest idiots are the rpg and the origin adventurers not Makoto.
Haaah, they way he handles it is better than what some people would do, yes he forced himself there and he is aware of it, but calling him totally in the fault for trying to do his job of protecting tsige even if he becomes hated by some underground idiots are salty from the dead of a member that they themselves let escape it isn't right at all.
I can also tell the same about rpg not counting anymore besides themselves in the equations besides their own sorry ass and didn't want to see past the pety anger they had and tried to see a broader view in the situation nor tried to see why,how , anything at all, they were little salty kids, so calling Makoto totally in fault when it's clear as day that it's the fault of both parties is just stupid.
The only one that was emotionally fucked up was Pione not the whole group which given their lack of iq still loyal to one another but that bitch needed to realize one way or another that revenge won't do you good.
Again i am not saying Makoto is in the right or that everything he did was morality right but here's the thing, calling him a dumbass and an asshole for some dumb reason is stupid especially when the character himself knows that he is doing something bad but he just like them was desperate to try anything.
The whole situation was the fault of both parties not just one, from Makoto forcing himself became he was against the clock, to rpg being idiots and forgetting that other people with different feelings exist.
The only fault of Apple wasn't what you are saying, their fault was that they thought they were actually smart and lord behold they were nothing more than powerful ruffians/ adventurers and they do extremely bad plans i mean starting a battle without explaining anything it's just dumb as hell and even Tomoe someone smart didn't catch their intentions so yeah their fault was being idiots.
Well...isn't that kind of obvious? It has been mentioned multiple times that most people in that world are shitty as hell, thanks to the influence of the goddess, and this is not limited to the hyumans. And no, the biggest idiots there weren't prg and the guys from apple. The idiot was Makoto, who was so fucking blind to people's feelings. But I do admit that apple made things worst, but they did it out of loyalty more than anything else.
And no, not really. During the whole thing, he was plenty of shitty and wasn't making the best of his job to protect Tsige. He was only taking the option he found more comfortable for him. Because if he was doing his best to do his job of protecting tsige, he could have defended the damn place with his people. But he is capricious in not involving his people with those kinds of events, that's all. And yeah, he got hated by some underground people; nothing would be wrong there if only he hadn't forced that group unto submission with violence.
But no, prg was not a fault of anything here. You call their anger petty, but the death/pain of a loved/dear one is anything but petty, period. And there is no reason why they should care for the broader view of Makoto? he was a stranger who killed a dear one for them and, in the process, hurt a loved one, and they didn't want anything to do with the one at fault. Furthermore, Makoto was the one who invaded their home to force them into submission; prg never attacked Makoto or his people until they invaded the floor of the dungeon where prg lived (basically their home place).
And while Pione was the one most hurt because of Makoto killing her loved friend, the rest of prg were angry and in pain because of them seeing Pione in that state. And no, she was not a bitch, and she wasn't looking for revenge. She never attacked Makoto or his people outside their home. But fucking Makoto tortured the girl with that fucking illusion he put her through, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM THE WORST ASSHOLE IN THE WHOLE EVENT.
You are correct that he is not in the right, but he certainly is a dumbass idiot and an asshole. However, the whole event wasn't caused by dumb reasons at all. Makoto killed someone dear/loved by pgr, and Pione was hurt because of it, and pgr didn't seek revenge on him. On the contrary, they sent a messenger to tell him not to bother them anymore. Still, Makoto didn't care for their words and feelings and attacked them until they surrendered to him.
And no, pgr's only fault was making things bigger, but even then, it was justified. And it doesn't matter Makoto's feelings regarding why he wanted to do business with them. pgr and Makoto were total strangers to each other, and even worst, pgr hated Makoto because of his actions. So in no place do they need to understand Makoto's feelings, even less to help him? And if you think of it as a business, no one has a right to force others to work for them. So since pgr didn't want anything to do with Makoto, he should have found another solution to his problems.
To end everything, you are entirely wrong about apple's fault, and you should re-read the whole arc. pgr and apple weren't idiots; they just acted more on feelings than on logic. But it's completely false they didn't start a battle without explaining; they sent rokuya to explain to Makoto, and his people, to not bother them and the reason why prg didn't want anything with him and his people and warned him that they were not welcome in their home. So the one at fault from the beginning to the end is Makoto.
If he had never gone to pgr's home, he would have never had a confrontation with them; it was him who attacked them. And there is no reason why prg had to consider Makoto's situation. You cant force strangers to care about the problems of others.
I want to propose you something
1- edit this comment because it's uselessly long for basically saying " NO I BELIEVE THE MC TO BE THE RETARD IN A RETARDED WORTHLESS CONFLICT THAT STARTED BECAUSE OF A FUCKBOY CALL TOMOKI " also because that comment was 13 days ago so i couldn't care less.
2- editing the comment will also make the comments section easier to read for new readers because i remember we had quite the long discussion.
3- i will appreciate if nobody in general tries to twist an arc which made readers split in more groups with different interpretations or views by explaining something that can be seen as a bias point of view.
Therfore i would really like if both of us stop with an useless argument that won't go anywhere and we also try to not spread or influence readers especially when most took that arc with a grain of salt.
A devil indeed. Imagine hit by multiple arrows without any method of defending. If that was me I rather die being nuked and not suffer for so long.
Despair Alte
Well. Makoto had the intention of Killing her without pain. His first arrow went through her skull after all. But Alte got herself in that situation by making herself half immortal.
Hahaha, damn... That was so satifsying though. I had wanted a longer, harder fight, but hell.. I am goood now