episode_0273

“Arjen!”

The body moves before the head. Akasha didn’t move a single step until he took her, who was lying at Akasha’s feet, in his arms and opened the distance between them again.

I urgently checked for pulse. Fortunately, he was still alive, perhaps because he had just fainted.

Where did it go wrong? Should I have left Arjen and found Akasha?

No, it might have been better not to fall in the first place. The only way for Arzen to lose to Akasha would be for Akasha to obtain the faith, as seen before her eyes.

At the time of Arzen’s arrival, it was said that Akasha had already acquired faith, so there was no reason to quickly find Akasha.

Of course, there is no way to find out that in advance. This means that it was a situation that parents had no choice but to face as they had to save their children as quickly as possible.

“This is exactly what I mean when I say, “I’m so moved.” You look a little different now?”

Akasha’s eyes sparkle and look at me. He was able to face the faith that existed in me and maintained a very relaxed attitude.

“How dare you…!”

Infinite hatred wells up towards the person who took away faith from children who would not hurt their eyes and killed their only companion.

However, it only seemed like that on the outside, and his head became cold to an unprecedented degree. I knew very well that nothing would get better if I got excited, so I tried my best to stay calm.

“Ah. I completely understand why you’re angry, but unfortunately I’m not free enough to play with you right now.”

“What?”

“Arjen gave me quite a bit of trouble. Thanks to this, I only had a little bit of faith left. You will see it too.”

As Akasha said, the faith he felt was very weak. The children may not have had much faith to begin with, but it seemed like even what little faith they had was exhausted in the fight with Arjen.

And unfortunately, I have a hard time dealing with Akasha, regardless of his level of faith.

Assuming that it is a pure dragon, it has accumulated faith, but it is impossible to deal with a dragon that has become a god when it has spent a lot of money to find the children’s location.

‘……what?’

A sudden feeling of discomfort. There was something that bothered me. It wasn’t long before I realized what it was.

“Uaaap!”

I rushed towards Akasha with all my might. The little remaining faith of Akasha had to be completely exhausted.

“Okay. You were also smart. It seems like you noticed.”

As if Akasha was laughing at my intentions, she dodged my attack with her remaining magic power compared to her faith.

“Tch…!”

The essence of the sense of discomfort I felt was that Akasha’s faith did not budge at all. Considering that faith is something that continues to increase, albeit very slightly, it was a very heterogeneous phenomenon.

Akasha himself is not God. So, it’s just speculation, but of course there is no faith toward Akasha.

In other words, if you just exhaust the faith here… Additionally, if you get the children back, Akasha will no longer have a way to gain faith.

“kekekeke… See you later.”

A sudden disconnection of space. Due to the boundary separating two completely different spaces, my faith disappears without being able to reach Akasha’s body.

It was just a phenomenon, but I knew what Akasha was going to do.

“No!”

Akasha’s soul ascends to heaven. To be precise, through the power of faith, everything he does except his body is directed towards the space where gods live.

When I first gained faith and became a god, it was possible even if I did not know how to handle faith otherwise, so of course Akasha was also possible.

I belatedly thought about following him, but I quickly relented. Unlike Akasha, who secured safety by cutting off the space around her, I do not have that talent.

Since this was Akasha’s Lair, one could not carelessly abandon one’s body and ascend to heaven. To put it bluntly, no one knows if there will be another automatic doll that we saw earlier.

‘I’m rather glad.’

Now that Akasha, the biggest threat, has disappeared by herself, the safety of Asha, Adele, and Arzen can be easily secured. I first looked at Asha and Adele.

Fortunately, the children’s lives were not in danger. Akasha would not have hastily killed children even in order to continue to gain faith.

“Eugene!”

“Lub, you’re here.”

Rube appeared at just the right time. I left the kids with Rube.

“Take care of the kids.”

“Did you defeat Akasha?”

“No. I left my body like that and went to the place where the gods live.”

“That sound….”

“Yes. They stole our children’s faith.”

“Damn you bastard….”

Rube swung his fist, but his hand was blocked in the disconnected space. Rube, whose only hand was in pain, clicked his tongue and held Asha and Adele in his arms.

“My babies… I’m sorry mom… I never thought things would turn out like this…”

I used my faith to help Arjen recover. Unlike sabotage activities, these things require less faith than you might think. It is a fortunate thing among misfortunes.

“Umm….”

“Arjen! Are you awake?”

“Yu, Eugene… I’m sorry. I couldn’t stop that guy…uh.”

“It’s okay. I’m just happy to be alive…”

The more I thought about it, the happier I felt. In fact, even when comparing the power of Arzen and Akasha, Akasha had the upper hand. Except for ‘Viola’.

However, if Viola goes on a rampage inside Rare, there is no telling what kind of division will arise. Especially since Asha and Adele were right behind her, she wouldn’t have been able to do anything.

I am truly fortunate enough to be alive.

“You two, please watch over the kids. I will come back.”

Among these, I am the only one who can follow Akasha.

“Yes. I’ll break this barrier and see if there’s a way to give that guy a shot.”

“Please.”

After getting the situation under control, I belatedly followed Akasha. Actually, I wasn’t that worried this time. This is because the gap between Akasha and Stella has already been confirmed in the dwarf village.

Even if Akasha gains a small amount of faith, it is not a gap that can be filled.

“Uh…….”

Only after arriving in outer space did I realize that my thoughts were wrong. I had no idea where Akasha was.

“What the fuck.”

Because the universe is literally an infinite space, tracking is difficult. This is an obvious fact, without even having to think about it. Every time I come, I get lost for a while if Stella or Prinia aren’t at their usual place.

And Akasha is probably still flying around in real time. The purpose that can be inferred is the provision of additional faith.

In other words, I won’t go out of my way to look for Stella or Prinia. Since other gods without combat abilities also have faith, I would rather avoid them until I gain a sufficient amount of faith.

What I have to stop is Akasha. Akasha can attack any god in sight. No god even knows that Akasha gained faith and came here.

This absurdity was confirmed from the moment Akasha came here.

“Damn it!”

I can’t go to all the gods and warn them one by one. Therefore, I first turned to the gods who were familiar with me.

Of course, the top priorities are Stella and Prinia. Fortunately, the two were in their usual positions.

“Prinia!”

“Eugene? You’ve arrived just in time. Akasha….”

Prinia also seemed to have a lot to say to me. Well, it was the elves who brought me the news of Akasha. Of course, my business is much more urgent.

“No! You have to listen to me first! Akasha is here!”

“What…!?”

“You stole my children’s faith. The intention is to come here now and harm other gods and steal their faith!”

“Ma… We have to stop it…!”

Not all gods are as strong as Stella or Prinia. Rather, the majority of gods, like Peter and Ludwig, have no fighting ability.

“I will tell this to Stella as well. I’m sorry, but can you track down Akasha?”

It took a lot of faith to track Akasha in this vast universe. To my shame, it was also a level of faith that was difficult for me to bear at the moment.

“Yes. And there’s no need to tell Stella. Because we have the means to communicate with each other remotely. Eugene, please tell the other gods about Akasha.”

“Okay!”

Prinia can control space, so it will be able to catch up with Akasha with the most efficient consumption.

And the first place I headed to was where Ludwig was.

“Ludwig!”

“Hmm. Hello, it’s been a while since I last saw you. Why is it so urgent?”

“You must take shelter. Now, a dragon from the lower world has gained faith and ascended here.”

“A creature from the underworld became a god? Was that possible?”

“I didn’t become a god… I took away what was from my children who had gained faith. They have come here now and are trying to steal the faith of other gods.”

“Huh… How could something like that happen….”

“The universe is so vast that the probability of encountering it is actually low… but shouldn’t you know it first so you can prepare for it? I will go and tell this to other gods.”

“I understand. Take care of yourself.”

After telling Ludwig the truth, I went to the next target. It was Peter Stephen.

I got to know him often, and since we were from the same district, it was inevitable that I would visit him first.

“Ah….”

When I went to the place where Peter usually stayed, I could see that there were other people besides him. It was Akasha, piercing Peter’s abdomen with her hand.