episode_0043

ancient race.

It was the greatest beginning, a time when humanity and its enemies were the strongest.

A time when dragons scorched the earth, humans brought down the sky, and numerous races hunted others for their own gain.

They were a fighting race and a predator at a time when they had to be strong to survive, and they were called the ancient race.

“Orphes, it seems like what he said goes on.”

It felt instinctive.

Something is changing in the world.

First of all, the skills of wizards have increased exponentially.

This was because the quality and quantity of mana densely contained in the air had clearly changed.

“Therasia, it looks like what you wanted has finally been completed.”

2 years.

Two years have passed since I met Orpheus and locked her in the lab.

And in the meantime, she mobilized all her knowledge and used the countless treasures she had acquired along the way to finally create what she had longed for.

“Eternal life, it’s quite amazing.”

What she had longed for.

A medicine that can help you live forever. I had run so far to eliminate those side effects.

“Of course, it has not been completely completed yet and is just an experiment, but I think it will be completed soon.”

“Thank goodness.”

“Of course, it cannot be said that there was no help from ancient races in that process.”

Yes, the concentration of mana will increase as they come over, so the research you are talking about will have been easier.

Magic and alchemy. Because they are affected by mana.

“Originally, I had no intention of living eternal life. I thought that if I existed for such a long time, no matter how strong my spirit was and how much I mastered everything, I might not want to die.”

The reason she first started doing alchemy was to save her friend from illness.

No one could cure the disease, and since she was young she knew how to cure it, so she began practicing alchemy and even visited the Church of Evil God.

Around the time I escaped from my family’s abuse and wandered around, practicing and refining alchemy, making medicine, and returning.

It seems that she gradually went crazy after seeing her friend who was already dead and in the grave.

And the reason why she tried to create a medicine that gives eternal life…

“It looks like the way to resurrection was not found in the end.”

“…How can a mere human challenge a realm that was impossible even in ancient times? Resurrection is the realm of God in the first place, and all we can do is necromancy, a fake resurrection that moves soulless bodies. “It’s just that.”

It is said that only God can achieve true resurrection, but in fact, that is not the case.

However, for resurrection, necromancy to control the soul and divinity to unite the body and soul are required, which is impossible without God.

Therefore, in extremely rare cases, necromancers and priests have cooperated with each other to revive humans.

….It doesn’t appear in the original work, and I just read it in the community settings summary.

Now that I think about it, I’m a bit puzzled as to why a setting that didn’t even appear in the original story popped up there.

“What do you plan to do when you live forever?”

“After tasting knowledge, if you get tired of it, you will taste the world. There is nothing more beautiful than falling immersed in a sweet world.”

“That’s a good idea. When the time comes, let’s go on a trip together.”

If a long time passes, will people disappear from my side one by one?

When I thought about that, my heart sank.

In the end, it was inevitable that the people I loved and the people who loved me would gradually disappear from the world, but the painful emotions I felt about it were something I could not control.

After becoming a god, no matter how much I became numb to my emotions and couldn’t feel anything unless I crossed a certain line, this was a bit out of the question.

“If you wish, I may not let them go.”

“…No, you can’t. Even if you want to live eternal life, I don’t want to hold my children in that long agony.”

Isn’t that true just by looking at the Spirit King?

Eternal life was neither unconditional happiness nor unconditional pain, but the more you live, the more the pain and guilt, and something unknown, weigh you down.

Because I have lived for a long time, I know ugliness, and because of that, I know beauty.

However, the more you learn, the more you realize that ugliness is greater than beauty, and even if you want to leave, you will never be able to do so.

That was eternal life.

“I will follow the path you have already walked once. Well, if you can’t decide, I will climb up to the top.”

“Even in ancient times, no one became a god.”

“Just because they couldn’t do it doesn’t mean future generations will be unable to do it.”

The chat continued like that until a huge energy gradually appeared.

Soon, fifteen gigantic energies were felt across the continent.

“Hmm… I can feel two more in the sea, five in the mountains, two in the desert, one in the ground, three in the sky, and finally two more in the snowy field.”

“…You mean ancient races.”

“It’s quite a strange energy. In the case of Orpheus, no energy is felt, so at least sixteen ancient races must have made an appearance.”

“There seems to be a strong need for a meeting.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

This much, even excluding the spirit king who maintains neutrality and the world tree that supports the world.

We’ve come a long way.

This is because it probably came out mainly from those who were sealed rather than from those who died in ancient times.

“…Father, I guess that’s true. In the end, it turns out like this, just as Orphus prophesied.”

“Please gather the children quickly. It would be a good idea to gather Adele, Veronica, and Ryu, who are currently deployed.”

“It’s an emergency, so I’ll have to tell you to use teleportation.”

Everyone gathered together within an hour.

As a side effect of teleportation, I felt nauseous and my concept of time became a little strange, but it was something I could tolerate.

I put the kids back to normal and said,

“…It looks like the ancient races have no intention of taking action right now, but at least sixteen ancient races have appeared, including Orpheth, who cannot feel any energy.”

“Then the number of people I can feel right now is fifteen.”

“Yes, the greatest energy can be felt in the snowy field. Since the two energies are together in the snowy field…”

“The most supreme guardian has come in person.”

An ancient guardian dragon and the most supreme being.

Nagi was born as a predator, a dragon that kills what it wants to kill and protects what it wants to protect.

And, like the gods, they are the ones who brought the end of ancient times to an end.

“Adele, this is your ancestor.”

Arpelius, a being who is officially stated to be Adele’s ancestor.

And perhaps the other energy is the dragon soldier guarding him.

“Am I going to fight with my ancestors now?”

“Maybe he should, but he most likely won’t come out in person.”

According to the setting, he was sealed by his own hands, but although I don’t know the reason, his relationship with God doesn’t seem to be that bad.

Now that I think about it, the information about Damian is really strange.

Sometimes he fights hard with Lucia, sometimes he cooperates, and it doesn’t seem like he’s on bad terms with the Spirit King.

The information is all spread out so strangely.

“So, first of all, it would be better to postpone him until later as possible and aim for the desert. I can feel various evil energies there.”

“…If it’s a desert, it’s definitely one of the things I’ve been looking for.”

It seems that Terrasia, as one of the best intellectuals in our church, has been diligently searching for ancient races.

Well, I know everything.

“Alius, they say he was a scorpion over 171 feet in size. Its venom melted the earth around it, and its main source of food was… it was definitely humans.”

“In that case, it would be safer to remove it as much as possible first.”

“If you want, there is a way to keep that scorpion alive and manipulate it as they wish… but since it is definitely a variable, it would be better to get rid of it as quickly as possible.”

For three hours, we talked about what to do next.

In fact, since the continent was completely under the control of the evil religion, it was quite easy to threaten the kings and emperors of each country.

Therefore, priests of the religion should be placed in each country and monitored to ensure that no emergency occurs or that they go crazy and irritate the ancient race.

Thoroughly crack down on them, eliminate them one by one, and return to your daily life.

To achieve this, control and dictatorship were needed.

“From now on, the center of the Continental Congress will be left to Abel and Beatrice. Also, no matter what country it is, if there is anyone who touches the ancient races or falls prey to their temptations, we must be the first to destroy them.”

“It’s okay.”

“Then, that’s all for today. We’ll go to the desert again in three days, so everyone try to recover their physical condition.”

Two in the desert.

“See you later.”

I had to go catch them.