Birth of a Champion

The Kyle Holy Kingdom is a country located in the northeast of the continent.

The Holy Kingdom is a nation formed by humans gathering to honor the Goddess Elia, after she led the race of light and defeated the God of Darkness during the Tentacle War 1000 years ago.

The Holy Kingdom is a religious nation without a King.

The sole leader of the Holy Kingdom is the Goddess Elia.

The Holy Kingdom’s Pope, Holy Women, and Cardinals decide on policies through democratic procedures.

The head of the Holy Kingdom’s administration is the Pope, who makes the final decisions on policies.

This is the chapel of the cathedral in the Holy Kingdom’s capital.

Holy Woman Asha was offering her daily prayers while looking at the statue of the Goddess Elia in the chapel.

Holy Woman Asha had long silver hair and silver eyes, a demure face, a height of 161cm, C-cup breasts, and a slender figure.

Holy Woman Asha exuded a very devout and sacred aura.

Holy Woman Asha had mastered high divine power and became a Holy Woman at the young age of 28.

The politics of the Holy Kingdom were a precarious game of the Pope, Holy Women, and Cardinals forming factions and fighting to seize wealth and power.

As peace on the continent was maintained for a long time, the Holy Kingdom, which was built to worship only the Goddess, had also lost much of its luster.

Even in such a political arena, Holy Woman Asha did not bend her beliefs, did not covet wealth and power, and only looked to the Goddess Elia.

Seeing that Holy Woman Asha did not infringe on their authority, others did not bother her much.

But that was why Holy Woman Asha was alone in the Holy Kingdom’s political arena.

Today, Holy Woman Asha performed her daily routine of daily prayer alone.

While Holy Woman Asha was praying, a pillar of light descended from the ceiling and illuminated the statue of the Goddess.

Holy Woman Asha was startled and called out the Goddess’s name.

“Goddess Elia-nim!”

Then, the voice of the Goddess Elia, whom she had drawn even in her dreams, echoed in Holy Woman Asha’s mind.

“My beloved daughter, Asha.”

Holy Woman Asha hears the voice of the Goddess Elia for the first time.

But Holy Woman Asha could instinctively know that the owner of the voice was the Goddess Elia.

The Goddess’s voice was sacredness itself.

Holy Woman Asha trembled with emotion and responded to the Goddess’s voice.

“Yes, Goddess-nim. Thank you for speaking to me.”

“I want to give you a mission.”

“Please command me to do anything. I will accomplish it by dedicating my body and mind.”

“A great darkness will come upon this continent.”

“Oh, no…. What should I do?”

“Summon a Hero from Earth.”

“What is Earth?”

“You will have to find out gradually.”

“I understand.”

Holy Woman Asha vowed to find all the books about the Hero in the Holy Kingdom’s library.

The Goddess Elia opened her mouth again.

“I will help you.”

Holy Woman Asha trembled with emotion.

“You will help me…. This lowly one is overwhelmed with gratitude.”

“Not everyone in the Holy Kingdom is as devout as you.”

Holy Woman Asha felt anger towards others at the Goddess’s seemingly disappointed words and apologized on their behalf.

“I am sorry that we, lowly humans, do not meet your expectations.”

“I will descend upon you at the Grand Debate in two weeks.”

“Ah! Then…”

“I will descend upon you and tell everyone in the Holy Kingdom that they must perform the Hero Summoning Ritual.”

“I understand. Thank you for choosing me. I will surely live up to the Goddess-nim’s expectations.”

When the connection with the Goddess Elia was cut off, Holy Woman Asha stood up.

Tears of joy and elation that the Goddess Elia had chosen her flowed from Holy Woman Asha’s eyes.

Holy Woman Asha immediately went to the Holy Kingdom’s Grand Library to find out about the Hero Summoning Ritual.

—–

It is a day two weeks later.

The Pope, Holy Women, Cardinals, and high-ranking priests were gathered in the semi-circular Grand Debate Hall of the Holy Kingdom’s capital, holding a Grand Debate.

In the semi-circular Grand Debate Hall, desks and chairs were placed on each stepped floor.

The center of the semi-circular Grand Debate Hall was at the very bottom.

In the center was a platform where anyone could come forward and present their opinions.

This Grand Debate was a place to decide the Holy Kingdom’s budget policy for the next year.

People each argued for policies that would benefit their factions.

A Cardinal who managed one of the Holy Knight Orders stood on the platform and announced.

“In order for the Holy Kingdom to stand tall on the continent without falling behind other countries in the future, we need strong power. We must increase financial support for the Holy Knight Orders!”

Everyone who managed the Holy Knight Orders agreed with that statement.

“That’s right!”

“The Holy Knights must receive sufficient support!”

Holy Woman Agatha, who managed the western region of the Holy Kingdom, made another proposal.

“There are too many poor people in the western region of the Holy Kingdom. The gap between the rich and the poor in the western region is widening due to trade with the Hamel Empire. Financial support is needed for the western region.”

Then, everyone who managed the churches in the western region agreed.

“That’s right! There are too many believers around our church who cannot even eat because they have no money. Relief for them is needed!”

Since the budget was limited, everyone tried to get support for places related to them.

They spoke as if they were deciding on policies for the Holy Kingdom, but in reality, their personal desires were greater.

When the policy debate reached a brief lull, Holy Woman Asha raised her hand and said.

“I have something to say from the platform.”

The Pope looked at Holy Woman Asha and said.

“Hmm… It’s the first time Holy Woman Asha-nim has participated in the debate. Please come to the platform and speak.”

Holy Woman Asha went up to the platform.

The moment Holy Woman Asha looked at the people head-on, a circular light fell on Holy Woman Asha from the sky.

When Holy Woman Asha received the light, her body shone brightly and floated up.

Everyone in the Grand Debate Hall felt a different level of inviolable sacredness from Holy Woman Asha.

They could instinctively feel that the existence was ‘God’.

The Pope shouted with an emotional face.

“Ah, ah. It’s a descent! It’s the first descent in 200 years!”

The Pope knew that this was the first descent since the Undead Master incident 200 years ago.

Everyone stood up from their seats and knelt on the floor.

Some people held their hands together with emotion and muttered prayers.

There were also people shedding tears.

No matter how much they liked wealth and power, their essence was that of priests who worshiped the Goddess Elia.

When Holy Woman Asha spoke, everyone heard the voice clearly even though it was not a loud voice.

“I am the Goddess Elia. My sons and daughters.”

Everyone called out to the Goddess.

“Goddess Elia-nim!”

“A-men!”

“Ah… I believe!”

The Goddess Elia continued to speak through Holy Woman Asha’s body.

“A great darkness has befallen the future of the continent. Help Holy Woman Asha summon a Hero to defeat the darkness.”

The Pope asked.

“Ah… Goddess Elia-nim. What is that darkness!”

But the Goddess Elia’s words did not continue any further.

This was because the light went out and Holy Woman Asha slowly came down to the floor.

Holy Woman Asha fell to the floor unconscious due to the aftereffects of descending God into her body.

The Pope stood up from his seat and declared.

“I, Pope Benedict III of the Holy Kingdom, declare that I will unconditionally support Holy Woman Asha from now on to perform the Hero Summoning Ritual!”

No one opposed that statement.

This is because the foundation of all power in the Holy Kingdom begins with infinite trust and faith in the Goddess Elia.

Holy Woman Asha regained consciousness after a day.

The Pope, Holy Women, and Cardinals came to see Holy Woman Asha.

The Pope asked with a benevolent face.

“Holy Woman Asha-nim. Are you conscious?”

“Yes.”

“Are you aware that the Goddess Elia-nim descended?”

“Yes. The Goddess Elia-nim gave me a revelation in advance.”

“Why were you hiding it?”

“That was the Goddess-nim’s will.”

No one could criticize the words “Goddess-nim’s will.”

This is because Goddess-nim’s will was a magical word that made everyone accept anything.

The Pope said to Holy Woman Asha.

“From now on, the Holy Kingdom will spare no support so that Holy Woman Asha-nim can succeed in summoning the Hero.”

“Thank you. I have been studying about Hero Summoning recently.”

“Ah. So you have been staying in the Grand Library all the time. Did you find out anything?”

“Yes. Hero Summoning is a ritual to summon a human with the potential to become a strong person from another world called Earth. This human comes to our continent with increased potential by receiving a gift from the Goddess.”

“How can we summon that human?”

“To connect the world and the world, we must create a path of souls. And this path of souls can be created by sacrificing the souls of numerous living beings.”

“Hmm…. So we have to kill?”

“The Goddess Elia wants it. It is a noble sacrifice for the continent.”

“How much do we need?”

“In the Hero Summoning 200 years ago, 500,000 monsters and Demons were sacrificed.”

“If necessary, we will have to use criminals as well.”

“That’s right. The sacrifices must be placed around the Goddess Elia-nim’s statue, and all the sacrifices must be killed while many priests are praying. The Goddess Elia will collect their souls, open the path, and send the Hero.”

“I understand. First of all, we will mobilize all the Holy Kingdom’s forces to capture monsters and obtain Demon slaves.”

After that, the Holy Kingdom’s ruthless monster hunting and Demon slave purchases began.

———————–

I, Kyle, woke up from a sudden chill.

Today was the night the Slime annihilated the Killer Bee Kingdom.

I felt like someone was targeting me, but there was only Lucy-nuna and Melissa sleeping around me.

I realized that I was sweating and went outside the cave to get some air.

I said to myself.

“Since I’ve become this body, the night breeze isn’t even chilly.”

I decided to take a short walk around.

There were many Slimes around, but they were not moving, as if they were sleeping.

I slowly climbed up the ramparts.

On the ramparts, Slimes were guarding each section in pairs.

As I passed by, the guards greeted me.

I asked a Slime who was on guard.

“Is there anything special going on?”

“There wasn’t anything particularly special.”

“That’s a relief.”

My worries were just unfounded.

I put magic power into my eyes and looked far beyond the ramparts, but I couldn’t see anything.

I went down to the cave where I had been sleeping and fell asleep lying between Lucy-nuna and Melissa.

The next morning, I, Lucy-nuna, and Melissa woke up due to the huge Buuuuung sound made by the Vibration Slime.

Melissa shouted in a mixed voice of annoyance.

“I was sleeping well, what’s going on!”

I said.

“It’s an alert that the enemy has come. Let’s go outside quickly.”

We went outside.

The Slimes were hurriedly getting up and climbing up the ramparts.

Just then, Chike slid over to me and said urgently.

“Kyle-nim! It’s an emergency!”

“What’s going on?”

“The Killer Bee army that was in the Slime Kingdom is coming towards us.”

“I expected it.”

“Fortunately, the Killer Bees are coming in a hurry, so the formation is very disorganized.”

“I see. This will be the final great battle.”

“Yes. But we will win. The Queen-nim’s army will be following behind them.”

“You really believe in the Queen-nim. I think so too. There’s no way half of the Slime army would have disappeared.”

“The Queen-nim never loses. Let’s go up to the ramparts.”

I, the party members, and Chike went up to the ramparts.

From afar, the Killer Bee army could be seen approaching.

It was similar to the amount of troops we saw when we arrived at the Killer Bee Kingdom.

But as Chike said, the formation was disorganized and they looked tired.

I came up with a good idea and suggested it to Chike.

“How about showing them the Killer Bee Queen’s corpse?”

“That’s a good idea. If they see the Queen’s corpse, they will lose their will to fight or rush in without thinking. Since we have to kill them all anyway, it’s a good strategy to paralyze their reason.”

I’m sorry for insulting the Killer Bee Queen Vespa’s corpse, but it’s inevitable to win the war.

Chike ordered another Slime to bring the Queen’s corpse.

The Poison Slime sprayed antidote around.

The Killer Bee army was almost close.

The Vibration Slime vibrated its body greatly and said in a loud voice.

“The Killer Bee Queen is dead!”

The Killer Bee army stopped.

The one who seemed to be the leader came out and retorted.

“Don’t talk nonsense! The Queen-nim must be alive somewhere!”

At that time, Chike lifted Vespa’s head with a Slime tentacle so that all the Killer Bees could see it.

Next to it was Vespa’s body and staff that another Slime had brought.

The Vibration Slime shouted.

“What General Chike-nim has here is the head of the Killer Bee Queen Vespa! Next to it is the Queen’s body!”

Chike threw Vespa’s head forcefully towards the Killer Bees.

Vespa’s head flew in a long arc.

A Killer Bee flew over and caught the head.

And the Killer Bee’s piercing scream echoed.

“Kyaaaaaak! Queen-nim!”

After that, a scene of wailing and screaming broke out among the Killer Bees.

“Queen-nim! Queen-nim!”

“Sob sob sob! Uwaaang!”

“No way! Uwaaaak!”

Their anger and sadness seemed to be felt even here.

A Killer Bee shouted in a voice filled with anger.

“Let’s avenge the Queen-nim right now!”

The other Killer Bees agreed.

“I’m going to kill all those livestock!”

“Kill them all! Charge!”

The Killer Bee army charged towards the Slimes on the ramparts with a murderous intent.