episode_0202
by fnovelpiaLILIV.
Even in the downtown area, there may be buildings collapsing between the alleys.
Conversely, even a remote area where buses do not run frequently can become a wealthy area if everyone has three or four cars, so there is no need for buses.
What I’m trying to say is that, in general, if people lived in the Cocytus Mountains, it would have to be at a level similar to that of the primitive ones.
But even though they share a living space with the Wyvern King and his herd of Wyverns, Nitas and the Demons live a life of luxury.
Inside the cave with its high ceiling, there are several luxurious chandeliers hanging.
The furniture and luxuries that were bathed in the light of the chandelier were sparkling even brighter, and time was passing by while savoring the delicacies of the mountains and seas while still being within the Cocytus Mountains.
Who would have thought that the inside of a cave could be this luxurious?
But if you think about it differently, Dragon Lair is also a cave dug in this way and the dragon decorated the inside.
But it wasn’t just about eating and playing.
Nitas and Es were resting comfortably, but they were receiving all the news from the continent.
Humans are the easiest race to manipulate with money, and money is like power to dragons and the remnants of Mammon.
“Nitas. This.”
“Huh?”
Es suddenly got up from her seat and approached Nitas. The report she handed over contained information about Evergreen’s situation.
“Gray? Gray is traveling?”
“Yeah.”
“At this time? That sly little brat is going on a trip? And so blatantly? He even rented a magic ship?”
“That’s right. Isn’t it weird?”
weird.
Nitas was beyond weird and honestly incomprehensible.
Gray’s current actions are no different from emptying Evergreen. Of course, according to the information, he is emptying Evergreen after setting up considerable defenses.
It has already been said that priests and knights from the Holy Kingdom, those who appear to be from the Cradle of the Unmanned, and wizards from the Tower of the Sage have been seen.
So it doesn’t feel like a trap, but rather like you’re really going on a trip abroad after thoroughly checking the text and mustering up the courage to do so.
Furthermore, Nitas’s eyebrows furrow at the news that a new type of magic ship has been prepared.
Magic ship.
It won’t end with just an explanation that it’s a ship that moves using mana.
The Magic Line is a large artifact that requires the highest quality mana stones. It is also an extremely expensive item that requires a total of seven highest quality mana stones.
The highest grade mana stone is a rare mana stone larger than an adult’s head, and is found to have a purity of over 90%.
The highest grade mana stone is created when a high-level wizard or alchemist refines a large, high-purity mana stone that is usually created near a dragon’s hole where divine power gathers.
Only about 100 are produced across the continent each year.
The magic line is something that requires at least 7 of these top-grade mana stones.
Additionally, if you have a combat-capable magic cannon, you will need two to three times more mana stones depending on the level of equipment.
In other words, it meant that he wasn’t just pretending to be away for a moment, since he had prepared a super luxurious passenger ship filled with about 15% of the highest grade mana stones from all over the continent.
“That guy?”
“Who?”
“Why! Juan’s son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter.”
“Ah! There, in the second chapter.”
Nitas quickly turned the page and quickly found what he was looking for.
“Are you going together…?”
It even said that Dean Hu’s family would be going along.
“What are you going to do?”
“Hmm… … .”
“Of course you should hit it!”
Before Nitas could answer, the first one to intervene was the high-level demon Lumbra, who had been listening to the two dragons’ story.
“What?”
“That guy is leaving the main camp. Then of course we have to attack him. They say the dog of the gods is still in Evergreen!”
“If you don’t know anything, just eat, shit, and breathe! Don’t pretend to think like you do!”
Nitas threw a sharp rebuke at the words of the upper-class demon Rumbler, who shouted confidently and curiously.
“What the?! This fat… … !”
“Ah, that’s enough! Learn how to swear. ”
“S.”
“Huh?”
“We… . do not move.”
“Yeah.”
“Why!”
The one who intercepted S’s words as he was about to say that he understood was the high-level demon Rumbler who had just intervened.
“Why are you asking such an obvious question? I’m waiting because Leviathan told me to.”
“What? But.”
“But what is that? Leviathan’s orders are absolute. Why do you think we’re gathering information like this? To move proactively? No! It’s so that when you come looking for us again, you can move better. You idiot.”
“Profit!”
“Get out. And just sit back and relax like you always do, you little bastards who don’t even look like demons.”
Then he started gathering and analyzing information again. Nitas had changed.
Es had also changed, but Nitas’s change was so great that hers was not noticeable.
If the previous Nitas had tried, now she was desperate. She used every means to survive, gathering information as she could. And she analyzed every single thing without exception.
It’s the dragon’s brain.
If she sets her mind to it, she will have information power that most intelligence organizations won’t even be able to hand out business cards to.
While some of her vast wealth was lost, she believed she could recover it later, if she won and survived.
The decisive moment for Nitas’s change was the death of the upper-level demon, Etologia.
It wasn’t just a simple death. It was being killed by his master, Leviathan. And that too, just by being angry at a level that he couldn’t reach.
That meant that they too could become like that someday.
It’s not like you died fighting, but you died like a dog just because you offended someone.
That’s why Nitas became desperate after that day, and why the continent was quiet for quite some time.
As Nitas faithfully followed Leviathan’s orders to stand by.
◈ ◈ ◈
A sanctuary where gods reside.
The most precious and sacred place among them is the space where the Creator resides.
Previously, it was a place where those who were not called could never set foot, but after the Second Creator made his new dwelling place, the threshold was lowered a little.
Nonetheless, most gods cannot visit the Creator’s sanctuary unless they are founding contributors.
If he doesn’t call.
“Are we all here?”
Therefore, the fact that nearly 5,000 gods gathered in this place means that the Creator summoned them all.
“Then let’s hear the excuse.”
And the Creator said that he would listen to the excuses without pointing out anyone. Then all the gods’ eyes turned to one place.
“Huh? What, what? Oh, why!!”
“Of course it’s you.”
“It’s definitely you.”
“Go ahead and do it. Excuse.”
“What else.”
“Anyway, let’s just make an excuse and end it. I’m busy.”
The new god of time, the new god of space, the new god of death, the new god of records, the new god of struggle, all struck the man as if they were a song.
“Ahh! This time it’s not really me!! Do you want to die?”
“Yeah. Luckily, this time it’s not the God of Magic.”
As the Creator’s answer continued, the gods were surprised and began to murmur. Among them,
“How can gods gather like this when they are not magic gods?”
“The God of Magic wasn’t the God of Magic!”
“Arun didn’t act like Arun? Isn’t this a problem in its own right?”
.
.
The same words were exchanged, and of course, they reached the ears of the parties involved.
“I’m twisted!!”
“That’s not bad either. It’s already crooked, so if it continues to be crooked, it might return to normal.”
The God of Magic was left speechless by the refreshing counterattack of the new god of time.
and,
“Don’t go that far.”
The Creator soon sorted things out.
“Where did you try it? Excuses. Cause and effect.”
The Creator is now telling the unexpected being to explain what he did wrong.
Cause and effect.
They are the laws that flow through dimensions and the beings that govern the rules of the dimensional battle currently taking place.
A force that is everywhere and always present, with a slightly different meaning from the Creator.
That’s causality.
But now the Creator is telling us to make an ‘excuse’ that does not fit that cause and effect.
First of all, it is surprising that causality, which is a rule and a law in itself, has to make excuses, but what surprised most of the gods more was that causality expressed its own will.
– What happened this time is… … .
And that actually happened.
The gods, who were rarely surprised by anything—this was partly due to the magic gods—began to murmur in surprise.
– It was a mistake.
“Keep going.”
― The original purpose was to have candidate Gray stay in the celestial realm for a while.
― The power that candidate Gray possesses is far beyond the standard. Above all, even if we put aside his own incomprehensible strength, his Gift, [Card Master], is too much power.
“But that’s the result. This gift is one that you all agreed to. It’s also a gift that has a low chance of development because it limits the talent and aptitude of the candidate who receives the gift, compared to other gifts that make anyone stronger when they register.”
“You put it in because the magic god who pointed it out said that another candidate should lead? You said the level of the gifts was all too excessive?”
“You also know that the gods made concessions in accepting that absurd claim.”
The gods nodded at the Creator’s words.
Actually, there was a reason for that. The power of Card Master is not something that can be manifested by something as ridiculous as Gray is now.
It was a type of summoning technique that allowed the Card Master to create blank cards, which were then used in battle by filling them with magic, monsters, or weapons.
However, Gray had the first primordial card created on the continent, and at the moment of awakening, it was soaked in the blood of the Card Master and touched by the divinity bestowed directly by the gods, which caused it to awaken.
With Arcana.
In any case, there was no harm done in this process, and rather, the God of Magic even limited some of the powers of the human named Gray, so Causality praised the God of Magic for the first time in a long time.
– Yes.
“Yes. That’s right. Furthermore, you sent the best Gift to the first candidate to prevent the candidate from being persecuted by the nobles of the continent, but that first candidate stuck with the nobles.”
– …you’re right.
“Now, explain. Why did you try to push Gray, who most faithfully and lawfully maintained the position of candidate, to the celestial realm?”
What on earth is the Creator saying now?
All the gods were astonished and roared.
The fact that Gray almost entered the celestial realm was huge news even in the divine realm. No, it had to be news because it was the divine realm. The divine realm was a fairly boring place, except for work.
As the candidate attained the Way and his eyes changed, there was a lot of discussion in the divine world about the possibility of him almost becoming a Uhwadengseon.
But was it because of cause and effect?
And you even tried to ‘get rid of’ that? Doesn’t that mean you intentionally wanted to exclude Gray?
The current situation on the continent is turning in favor of the gods, and it is all thanks to Gray.
Him like that?
Is it possible to see causality as a judgment of a dimensional battle between two beings?
― So I decided that I had to separate Gray from the fight for power. I wasn’t going to banish him to the celestial realm. I was going to detain him in the celestial realm for a while and then release him, just like the old saying that an axe handle rots when played with a celestial.
“Wait. You figured it out?”
― … Yes.
“Cause and effect, you? Judge?”
― … … .
Causality was silent. Unlike the gods who were puzzled by such causal actions, the faces of some gods, those who could be called the Creator’s confidants, showed anger, frustration, and even laughter.
“There’s a promise between us. Before I come to this position.”
― … … Yes.
“I told you clearly when I forgave you? I told you not to judge, but to simply act as a scale to measure what is lacking and what is overflowing, and you agreed to that.”
– sorry.
“That’s all? You mean you have no excuses?”
– sorry.
“What you did this time is something that even a magic god wouldn’t do. Even if you had succeeded, you would have had to pay the price. Gray would have eventually returned to the continent. In fact, Gray in the celestial realm would have become much stronger than you feared.”
― … … .
“Don’t you believe it? At least Jecheon Daeseong, Ma Seon (魔仙), and even the current celestial god Chiwoo, who is currently living in the celestial world, would have been interested. That guy named Gray.”
― !!!
When causality judges and lowers one side of the scale, it always turns out like this.
What if he really did send Gray to the celestial world as he said?
This would provide Gray with the resources to become a full-fledged superhuman.
As the Creator said, simply isolating them did not solve all the problems.
“You admit that this was a mistake, right?”
– Yes, I’m sorry.
“Let’s give Gray proper compensation, regardless of the cause. And since there’s always someone here who causes trouble, it’s pointless to ask them to compensate. Let’s just end it by giving him some points.”
– Thank you, Creator.
“Ah. One.”
― … .
“This is the last one.”
― … … If you say it’s the last one?
“This is the last warning. There is no next one.”
As soon as they saw the Creator rise from his seat, the gods moved out of the Creator’s dwelling place.
Gray, who had grown so strong that he was worried about karma, became an issue among the gods.
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