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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Ruby
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Yuma stared intently at the window that appeared consecutively.
It didn’t seem like there would be an immediate change just because he had shed his status.
It simply meant he had escaped from being an ‘Ordinary Person.’
It meant shedding the dull body that couldn’t accumulate mana.
It meant escaping the cursed body that had absolutely no talent for swordsmanship.
It meant escaping from a state where there was not even a slight possibility for growth in terms of power.
That was what it meant to shed the Ordinary Person status.
[Confronting.]
After those words echoed in his mind,
Suddenly, everything before him went dark.
And a moment later, the world brightened again.
He could see a flowing river.
He could see the blue sky.
And then he heard a voice.
– “It’s nice to meet you.β
Soon after, it took form.
It was the form of a woman made of gathered pure white light.
-“Yuma.”
“…”
Yuma stared intently at the woman with his brow furrowed.
Yuma tried to guess who the woman before him might be.
A figure related to the status window.
If that was the case, there was only one answer.
‘God?’
Yuma had killed two gods.
However, it wasn’t easy to predict that there would be beings above gods.
“Are you a god?”
-“By now, you must be voicing numerous questions.”
She knows well.
-“However, a Zen dialogue is impossible. This is because my interference power hasn’t been fully filled yet. Of course, despite that, I know you have many questions, so I’ll anticipate your questions and tell you everything I can in the current situation.”
The woman continued.
-“First of all, yes, I am a god.”
– “I am Rhea, [The Goddess of Earth and Eternity].
– “I am one of the several gods who summoned you to this world.”
– “The gods of the Outer Divine Realm, the Eight Evil Gods call us that. We belong to the gods who occupy half of the divine realm’s territory.”
– “Currently, the divine realm is divided into the Outer Divine Realm and the Divine Realm. The Outer Divine Realm refers to those who fled and put up a barrier during the Divine War led by the Eight Evil Gods of the Divine Realm.”
Gods who had fled.
– “You might think we were defeated.”
There was an inexplicable bitterness in the woman’s words.
– “That’s not wrong. Because the Eight Evil Gods, and the numerous gods under them, were specialized in combat, we had no choice but to be defeated.”
– “However, among them, the Eight Evil Gods are ones that must be eliminated at all costs.”
– “They are those who began killing fellow gods. They are those who are secretly anxious even while having set up a barrier in the Outer Divine Realm. That’s because they themselves realize that war among gods is wrong. Because they know it’s a sin.”
– “Gods who have once started killing other gods cannot stop that killing. The destruction of the Middle Realm also won’t stop. In order to break the barrier put up by us in the Outer Divine Realm, they will continue to try to raise their divine rank. And the most effective way to raise that divine rank is to repeat the destruction and restoration of the Middle Realm.”
In the end, to protect this land, all six remaining Evil Gods had to be dealt with.
– “Just shedding your Ordinary Person status won’t bring about any changes for you, Yuma. After all, it just means you’ve shed the curse-like flaw of being an Ordinary Person from a body that originally had no talent for power.”
– “Having a body with terrible talent was unavoidable in order to summon you here.”
– “The important thing about shedding your Ordinary Person status is that you’ve become a vessel capable of transcendence.”
– “Because in the Ordinary Person state, no matter how much divine rank you accumulate, you cannot attempt transcendence.”
– “Yuma.”
The woman paused for a moment before continuing.
– “You need to awaken your divine rank.”
Yuma furrowed his brow.
Divine rank.
– “History has already accumulated sufficiently.”
History.
– “You need to awaken mythology.”
Mythology.
The questions in Yuma’s mind only grew.
– “In order to protect the Middle Realm from the threat of the Evil Gods and the gods under them, you must shed the human race after shedding your Ordinary Person status.”
– “You must become a god.”
Become a god?
– “Only then can you protect all those you wish to protect.”
– “Please, you must follow my words.”
– “The power you possess. Many gods contributed their power to grant you that power.”
– “You have only made the right choices so far, so I hope you will make the right choice this time as well.”
That was the end of the meeting with the woman.
The dreamlike situation that had unfolded before his eyes shattered.
Yuma let out a sigh.
“Damn it.”
In the end, is this one also just someone who wants to wield me as they please?
This time, instead of a voice speaking, a status window appeared before his eyes.
Yuma examined the map that appeared along with the text.
The map was of the Gerhegen Continent.
Yuma looked carefully at the map.
The kingdom of Purma of the Bird People, where the Transcendence Altar would be, was located in the northern part of the Gerhegen Continent.
Yuma left his quarters and thought deeply.
He had to become a god.
He had to accomplish something that seemed utterly impossible by human common sense.
Yuma headed towards the imperial palace’s office where Brigitte would be working.
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“I need to know about the Bird People. I have business in Purma, which was the kingdom of the Bird People.”
Brigitte opened her eyes wide at Yuma’s sudden statement.
“Purma is a collapsed kingdom. More than a thousand years ago. I’ve heard that only the structures of the palace remain now.”
“Do you know why it collapsed?”
At Yuma’s follow-up question, Brigitte shook her head.
“They crossed a line that shouldn’t have been crossed… and they were judged and destroyed for it. That’s all that’s known.”
A line that shouldn’t have been crossed.
Having just heard from the goddess, he could guess what that might be.
‘…Did they try to become gods?’
He had heard about the Bird People.
Unlike humans, whose growth limits were somewhat clearly defined, they were one of the races that possessed the power to reach transcendence.
Elves and Bird People.
Those two in particular were beings with the potential to achieve transcendence.
Yet, it seemed they had not been able to become gods.
‘There’s no time to drag this out.’
The golems in the Kingdom of Lessen had turned against the kingdom itself.
That was clearly the work of a god.
Destroying continents.
Gods gained divine power when they restored them, she had said.
They had already begun the process of destruction and restoration.
‘The Eight Evil Gods seem reluctant to act directly, but the beings under them can still cause trouble, as shown by the one who controlled the golems.’
It was impossible to know when an Evil God might use their power to stir up the Middle Realm again.
‘I’m going.’
It might already be too late even if he departed immediately.
Even if he arrived quickly, he didn’t know how long the awakening of the divine rank would take.
“I’ll be going there for a while.”
Yuma pointed to a spot on the Gerhegen Continent map.
It was the location of [Purma], which had once been the only kingdom of the Bird People on the Gerhegen Continent.
Brigitte looked into Yuma’s blue eyes.
“Even you don’t know exactly how long this journey will take?”
Yuma nodded.
“I’ll return as quickly as possible.”
Yuma immediately added:
“Don’t worry, I’ll take maximum precautions for the safety of the Empire before I go.”
Brigitte slowly shook her head.
“No, Yuma.”
Brigitte’s lips slowly parted.
“I’m just worried if you’ll be alright.”
Yuma patted Brigitte’s shoulder.
The shoulder of the young empress who was barely twenty-six years old.
“I’ll be fine. Don’t worry.”
After reassuring Brigitte, Yuma mentally chose his next destination.
He moved towards the high elf Luinerif, who was staying in the imperial palace’s guest room.
High elf Luinerif hurriedly got up, tossing her green hair.
This was because Yuma, who had been keeping her bound to this empire, had appeared.
Luinerif, who had witnessed with her own eyes the scene of Yuma defeating Eight Evil Gods War God Barbatos, was literally shocked out of her wits.
And she found it impossible to disobey Yuma’s words. So she had been very diligently following his orders to guard the Astes Empire for the time being.
When Yuma strode toward her, Luinerif opened her green eyes wide and flinched.
“Wh-wh-what business do you have?”
Yuma faced Luinerif with an expressionless face.
“Empire guardian. Extension of duty period.”
“What?”
“I’ll be absent for a while. It might take longer than my heavenly realm business. I’ll try to return as quickly as possible. Anyway, for that reason, your period of protecting the empire has been extended. If a dangerous moment comes when the empire has mobilized all available forces, you should order other elves to help as well.”
Luinerif’s face was a mixture of terror and confusion.
“Just how long do you think it will take for you to say that?”
Yuma didn’t answer that question and simply stated what he had to say.
“Just answer what I told you.”
“…Understood.”
Luinerif didn’t want to face Yuma’s cold gaze any longer.
In fact, it was just a gaze.
But after directly witnessing Yuma killing War God Barbatos, she couldn’t help but feel chills even when he was just standing still.
Having some knowledge about the Evil Gods through exchanges with the Celestial Race, and knowing how powerful those Evil Gods were, what Yuma had shown was terrifying from a high elf’s perspective.
The more knowledge one has, the more intense fear one feels.
For Luinerif, there was a dimensional difference between just recognizing [God Slayer] in her mind and directly witnessing that god-slaying feat with her own eyes.
After getting confirmation from high elf Luinerif, who could exert power equal to that of an entire kingdom if she mobilized all her power as a Grand Spirit Master, Yuma moved towards his next destination.
This time, his destination was Baukalak, the kingdom of Lycanthropes.
Of course, as it was quite far, he traveled on the griffin Ethan.
Wheeeeeeβ
Ethan, who had been powerfully flapping his spread wings, slowly glided to land on the ground.
Even though a human had suddenly appeared in their territory, the Lycanthropes didn’t make hostile moves like grabbing weapons.
They were following the orders given by Berkan, the king of Baukalak, who had recognized who had arrived by seeing the griffin.
Yuma walked towards the royal palace.
Berkan, the king of Baukalak, looked at Yuma.
“I need to repay you for helping your kingdom during the demon realm invasion.”
Berkan grinned.
“What kind of help do you need?”
“Help Astes if a dangerous moment comes.”
“That, even without that payment, is only natural.”
Yuma thus got confirmation from the two races.
After returning to the empire, Yuma ascended to the heavenly realm.
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