chapter 159
159. The Evil God (2)
Yuma hadn’t done much for a year and a half.
Of course, unlike Yuma, the other group members were training very hard.
Belle was swinging her sword. In front of her stood Seiabern, a high elf and a demigod.
‘A tremendous growth rate.’
Seiabern looked at the flames flickering from Bell’s sword and exclaimed in admiration.
Seiabern recalled Yuma’s sword strike. A powerful force that seemed like it could erase the world.
‘Genius must have brought genius.’
Sling-
Seiabern quickly drew his sword. The sword was engulfed in a red glow.
“Let’s go.”
Seiabern stomped the ground hard.
The golden sword and the blue sword clashed. Like a glass window shattering, the sword energy on both sides shattered into pieces.
The workshops continued endlessly.
***
Brigitte sighed.
Surprisingly, it was a sigh coming from freedom.
The world was very peaceful. So there was nothing to do. Except for the occasional appearance of monsters from distant lands, there was nothing unusual.
On the other hand, Yuma didn’t have any work at all.
Half a year ago, Clone reached the 7th Circle. And with that, he was able to be granted the position of Apostle. Clone thus became the second Apostle.
Yuma faced something he hadn’t faced in a long time.
It was the day to decide whether the elf Seiabern, the demigod Kirjev of the Join tribe, and the lycanthrope Kesilvia would become his apostles.
Seiabern bowed his head towards Yuma with his eyes still closed.
It wasn’t a long time since I saw him. Seiabern invested most of his time in Belle, and Belle went to see Yuma almost every day, so there were bound to be many moments when Seiabern and Yuma would meet.
Seiyabern approached Yuma and spoke.
“I’ve been thinking about it for a long time.”
“That’s what it’s supposed to be.”
Becoming an apostle of the gods.
That is, it meant to stand in opposition to the gods in the divine realm.
Although they were a long-lived race, it was difficult to understand from common sense that they, who were still mortals, could face a situation where they could end up fighting against the gods.
Kiriev also took a step towards Yuma.
“We have concluded that you will become our apostles.”
Kesylvia said, shaking her upper body roughly as if to loosen up.
“Heh heh heh, another chance to fight with God. I’m brimming with fighting spirit.”
As expected, the personality of the martial arts lycanthrope was not normal.
It seemed like the lycanthrope wasn’t the one who was going to question the reason for his decision. Yuma looked at Seiabern.
“Why did you make that decision?”
Seiyabern answered without taking a moment.
“Just like the god who tried to kill us last time. It’s because we don’t know when something like that might happen. Rather than being terrified of what might happen at any moment, we decided that it would be better to go in first and kill them.”
At first glance, it sounded plausible, but in reality, it wasn’t. It was obvious that the chances of survival were higher if you stayed put than if you attacked God directly and died.
Kirev chuckled.
“That’s crazy. It’s just that the young kids gritted their teeth and trained, and then they got greedy.”
Clone and Belle’s incredible growth.
I couldn’t help but feel motivated by it.
Anyway, Seiabern, Kirjev, and Kesilvia, who had made the decision, all knelt down.
[I became an apostle of the god of war.]
The letters that Seong-eum sent appeared in front of the three people one by one.
Kiriev’s characteristic golden eyes shone like those of a bird of prey.
“So, how are you going to kill the gods? Is it possible to enter the divine realm now?”
Yuma slowly shook his head, looking at the half of the bird’s head that was speaking seriously.
“No, you can’t enter the divine realm for the time being. There’s no way.”
Kirev tilted his head.
“There is… no way?”
“Yeah, I’m looking for a way, so just practice.”
Yuma gave Kirev’s body divine power. Kirev opened his eyes wide at the divine power flowing through his entire body.
There was no next realm for the 13th Circle. After that, even within the same 13th Circle, there was a significant difference depending on how one formed their own unique realm, which was called <Paradise Declaration>.
Kesilvia and Seiabern, along with Kirjev, took their time adapting to the divine powers surrounding their bodies.
***
<The evil god of construction>, an evil cult created by Malphas.
Of course, those who belonged to the religious sect were unaware that this place, <Figuero>, was an evil sect.
They had no idea that what they were doing for Malpas was an evil act.
Only one person, the saintess of the church, Yulicia, knew that Figueros was an evil church and that the god she worshipped was not a good god at all.
Yulysia thought about death.
The face of the nun Elphin, who smiled brightly at herself and was happy to be recognized as a spiritual object by Malphas himself.
And Elfin went missing that night.
In the first place, he was the only one who knew that Elfin had been chosen as the target of the séance.
The other thousand cult members all believed that Elfin had simply disappeared.
Yulysia had been anticipating the circumstances under which Elfin had been sacrificed.
‘What the heck.’
Given the bloodstains that appeared to indicate Elfin’s death, it seemed likely that she had performed a séance to contact someone in the Astes Empire.
The information about ‘Yuma’ obtained through the Information Guild was full of unbelievable information.
Even before he was crowned emperor by Astes, his actions were beyond common sense.
The one who killed the swordsman Cronus, the tenth commander of the previous generation.
A dragon slayer who hunts dragons.
A person who killed the conquering king of the barbarian nation of Paineton and led the war to an overwhelming victory.
And now, there is Yuma, a god who has been deified.
Yulicia saw through Malphas’s inferiority complex toward Yuma. It wasn’t because Malphas often spoke of Yuma when he faced the god at the oracle’s seat.
Rather, I noticed it because he didn’t reveal at all that he was observing the existence of Yuma.
This is because Yulysia was a saint who had been granted divinity by Malphas, and was able to perceive the existence of the summoned beings that Malphas had brought into reality.
<Figuero>’s followers were never ordered to watch over or keep an eye on Yuma. Black Crow and other followers were ordered to watch over Yuma.
That hasn’t happened since Yuma was truly deified.
Instead, she gave a warning to herself as a saint. She told her to beware of the gods and members of the godless religion.
Yulicia could guess that the reason was because she was truly scared of Yuma.
So I threw out some bait.
The Astes Empire’s royal family informed Malphas that they were tracking down the evil cult through the pendant left behind by the nun Elphin, who had been Malphas’s spiritual body, when she died.
Malpas’ reaction was quite explicit.
-Reduce his radius of action completely for the time being, and make sure that no information about Figuero reaches his ears.
Yulicia couldn’t help but be quite surprised at Malphas’s behavior, which was like a herbivore that was terrified in front of a wild beast.
Yulicia was angry with Malphas.
He couldn’t help but be angry. He didn’t want to be in the sights of the Astes Empire at all, but he couldn’t stand the number of human sacrifices offered to him falling below ten in a month, so he let out a groan.
Yulicia came out of the temple of Figueiro. She saw the believers, dressed in black habit, moving about in a chaotic manner.
Everyone’s faces were hardened, but their actions were quick. It seemed as if they were constantly trying to spread the word about their faith in Malpas.
They committed all sorts of dirty deeds, including kidnapping strangers who knew nothing about human sacrifice. But the people they valued were saved by Malpas.
Vincent, a middle-aged man who had already killed over a hundred people because of human sacrifice, did not lose his faith even as he slaughtered people like animals.
Because he completely cured his brother’s illness. In reality, instead of curing the illness that was planted in his body right away, he forcibly planted a contract to steal his soul after death. Vincent had no way of knowing that.
“The quantity of offering must be filled.”
Vincent, the master of the offering shop, looked around at his subordinates with squint eyes and spoke softly.
“I must repay the grace of Lord Malpas.”
Fifty of his subordinates, all of whom had been saved by Malphas, either themselves or through their parents or siblings.
Vincent bowed his head toward Yulicia, who was walking toward him.
“Hello, Saint.”
“Yes, Vincent.”
“Does Malpas have any words for you?”
Yulysia slowly shook her head.
“There was nothing else to say.”
“I understand. Everything is under the protection of Lord Malpas.”
“All things are under the protection of Lord Malpas.”
widely.
Yulya watched Vincent pass by and decided to hurry up and do what she had promised.
The more one believes in and follows Malpas, the more tragic the end of their soul will be.
Yulysia pictured herself in her head.
A picture that will completely escape Malphas’ grasp.