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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Ruby
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Yuma focused on the sound ringing in his head.
It was not the voice of the status window, but the voice of the holy sound.
[I was a bit late organizing what I should tell you now.]
“Is mutual communication possible now?”
The holy sound was heard immediately in response to Yuma’s words.
[That’s correct. If you express your intentions aloud like now, mutual communication is possible.]
[Now is your last chance to extract information from me!]
This holy sound bastard didn’t seem normal either.
Of course, Yuma didn’t voice this thought aloud.
It was fortunate that it wasn’t a situation where he could only receive one-sided notifications, but rather one where mutual communication was possible.
[Then from now on, as the holy sound that informs you of the world’s laws, I will tell you about the things you can do as a god.]
[Originally, this wasn’t planned, but since the birth of the God of War itself is a very special case, I will explain it to you.]
[You are the first god of this middle realm. And you are the only main god of this middle realm.]
The only main god.
Yuma had not yet recognized the weight of that position called ‘main god’.
[The main god of the world has several authorities.]
[Since the middle realm is the lowest world, we cannot prevent entry from higher worlds into the middle realm.]
[However, you can prevent beings who have already descended from higher worlds to the middle realm from returning to their worlds.]
The authority that could be held as the main god of a world.
Before the explanation of that authority continued.
Yuma interjected.
“Can I know information about the gods currently descended to the middle realm?”
[You can only obtain limited information. You can grasp the gods’ divine names, the current location where each god exists, and so on.]
The holy sound continued.
[Please imagine in your mind the form of map you want to be displayed before your eyes.]
Yuma conjured up a map according to the holy sound’s words.
Unlike the form commonly called a map in this world, he imagined a shape like a map interface in a game.
And the map of this middle realm appeared before his eyes exactly as Yuma had imagined.
With a composition perfect for viewing at a glance.
Yuma carefully observed the unfolded map.
[You can check this map whenever you want.]
While clearly remembering the holy sound’s words, Yuma concentrated all his attention on the map before his eyes.
The map had more detailed information recorded than expected.
It was a map showing the list of gods currently manifesting in this middle realm and their current locations.
Yuma first quickly scanned through the divine names.
[Goddess of Dead Bones]
[Father of All Giant Soldiers and Alchemy]
[Burning Destruction]
[God of Steel and War Clouds]
[God of Precarious Maces]
The locations were also detailed.
[Goddess of Dead Bones] – Silmaria Continent, Balkares Empire.
Along with the divine names.
Even the places where they were currently established.
Yuma assessed the situation.
Currently, there were a total of five gods manifesting in the middle realm with their own bodies.
It wasn’t difficult to deduce why they had manifested.
Taking advantage of the gap when he hadn’t appeared, they were beings who had descended to carry out the process of destroying and restoring the middle realm.
Probably beings who had established themselves in the domain of the main divine realm.
There was a high probability they were gods who literally viewed humans as tools for raising divine rank.
‘Almost certain.’
[What you can do as the main god is simple.]
[You can close all the gates of return so that the gods currently descended to the middle realm cannot return.]
‘…I can close the gates.’
Yuma could easily predict what that meant and what results it could produce.
He could prevent them from ascending back to the heavenly realm.
‘I can catch them all while blocking their escape routes.’
After organizing his thoughts, Yuma spoke again.
“Can I currently enter the divine realm?”
The answer to his question was heard immediately.
[It’s impossible right now!]
The holy sound continued.
[It’s because the mythological power of the middle realm is still remarkably low.]
Mythological power.
[After raising the mythological power of the middle realm a bit more and additionally lowering the mythological power of the divine realm a little, it will become possible for you to enter the divine realm.]
Yuma decided to ask directly.
“Would killing the gods from the divine realm who have invaded the middle realm now, as the main god of the middle realm, be a method to raise mythological power?”
This time too, the answer to his question was heard immediately.
[Of course. Defeating enemies who have invaded the world where you are the main god naturally plays a major role in increasing mythological power.]
“Can I close those gates of return now?”
[That’s correct.]
[If you want to close the gates, you just need to show that will. Just like when you declared the holy land.]
Following the advice the holy sound added, Yuma expressed his will.
Swoosh…
Something was created in his right hand along with a subtle light cluster.
It was a black key.
A black key.
He imbued it with will.
Just like when he had planted a flag to declare a holy land.
Yuma inserted the key into empty air.
A heavy black current surged up into what had been a mere atmosphere.
The chaotic passage that the bodies and souls of gods from the divine realm inevitably had to pass through when descending to the middle realm.
He had expressed a strong will to lock the gate of that passage.
Click—
He locked the gate of the descent passage.
[You have successfully closed the exit from the middle realm to the divine realm.]
The escape route for the gods from the divine realm who had already descended to the middle realm was closed.
And after the holy sound told Yuma several more things he could do, it completely disappeared from Yuma’s head.
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The [Goddess of Dead Bones], Angelica, raised her right hand and swept through the air.
Black space rippled thickly.
She had opened a gate to return to the divine realm again.
Angelica moved her grayish feet and stepped into the black gate.
Her body ascended.
Toward the divine realm.
A floating sensation rose from her entire body.
The moment that assured her return to the divine realm.
Thud—
“…Huh, huh?”
Angelica felt the sensation of her body being pushed back.
[The main god of the middle realm has closed the exit of the middle realm.]
“What?”
Angelica felt anxiety rising from her toes.
Angelica realized she had returned to the ground where she had opened the gate.
“Damn it…”
The main god of the middle realm.
It wasn’t difficult to deduce who that might be.
There was only one god born in the middle realm.
It wasn’t difficult to deduce with what intention the passage from the middle realm to the divine realm had been blocked.
The black-haired goddess, Angelica, furrowed her brow sharply.
And twisted her lips.
“You’re going to kill all the gods who invaded your land, the middle realm… is that it?”
The reason she had decided to return to the divine realm in the first place was because she had heard the holy sound containing the news that the human who had killed two gods had suddenly become a god.
A variable that made it impossible to predict how the situation would unfold.
Because such a variable had appeared, she had chosen immediate return.
She had never expected that the bastard who had just become a god would decide to close the gates this quickly.
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Yuma, who had blocked the passage from the middle realm to the divine realm, fell into thought again.
He had blocked the gods who had invaded the middle realm from returning to the divine realm again.
But Yuma himself had to break into the divine realm.
‘The outer divine realm.’
To be precise, the Eight Evil Gods and the gods who followed them.
The beings who had been pushed to the corners of the divine realm by them.
The Goddess of Earth and Eternity, Rhea, had introduced themselves as such.
Those who had brought him to this world and granted him power would also be them.
‘Whether it really ends if I kill the remaining five Evil Gods, whether a situation where I can kill them will arise.’
There was a need to find out all of those things.
While pondering, familiar text appeared before Yuma’s eyes.
This time, it wasn’t the holy sound, but text from the status window that could be considered from the outer divine realm side began to appear.
[You did well to close the gate for the gods who invaded the middle realm to return to the divine realm.]
[If you deal with those who descended to the middle realm to elevate their own divine rank, the mythological power of the middle realm will certainly rise greatly.]
[Now I will clearly tell you the remaining tasks that need to be done.]
[You must kill the gods invading the middle realm and raise mythological power as much as possible. And if you can somehow kill just one of the remaining five Evil Gods, the possibility for the gods of the outer divine realm to make your entry into the divine realm happen will be created.]
[While you kill the gods who invaded the middle realm, we on the outer divine realm side will also find ways to reduce the number of Evil Gods.]
Yuma was displeased.
Somehow.
These bastards were still shifting their share of what they should do onto him.
‘I can’t completely trust these bastards either.’
The members of the outer divine realm who had definitely called him here.
Looking at how they had persistently tried to make Yuma into a god, they certainly weren’t enemies.
They would know that if they made a mistake, they could be stabbed to death by the spear they themselves had created.
But they were still hiding too much.
For now, what he had to do was clear.
First kill the five gods invading the middle realm.
And if one of the Eight Evil Gods descended, definitely kill it.
However, if they were too scared to show any signs of descending.
‘I’ll have to find a way somehow.’
They had to die, even if he had to forcibly drag them down.
Yuma rose from his chair.
Having decided what to do, it was time to meet with his companions and have the conversations they hadn’t finished.
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