“This is Count Saint Germain Akasha. It was the guardian spirit of the Aether Empire. Is the Guardian Spirit still valid?”
Count Ctolari’s expression became subtle. The current situation seemed a little unbelievable.
“Have you ever thought that there would be someone similar to you, even though you are a person who is out of the way of the world?”
At my words, Count Ctolari’s expression became enlightened.
“okay. That’s it.”
Seeing Count Ctolari nodding his head, he wanted to play a joke.
“In that sense, give it a try.”
“What do you mean?”
“Brother, try it. Am I older?”
“Heh heh heh!”
Count Ctolari just laughed, as if he was dumbfounded. Maybe because I look like a 14-year-old boy.
“It was a joke. Rather, I want to meet Ctula-sama.”
“Have you met Cthulla-sama?”
“I met Count Ctolari once when he entered the mansion. And I visited another way not too long ago, and he asked me to come in person, so I came here.”
Come to think of it, what did Count Ctulari do during the 100 years that Ctulla was asleep?
“Then let’s see each other soon.”
“Yes, I think I will have to stay in the County of Ctolari for a while.”
“Don’t worry about that. We will do our best to serve you.”
He came to Count Ctolari to meet Ctula, but there were other reasons as well.
There was the Dragon Mountains right next to the Earldom of Ctolari, and there were huge treasures that hadn’t been taken out of Drakan’s lair there. And the remains of Drakan itself are worth more than any other treasure in the world.
Even if Drakan’s remains were unavoidable, he intended to take the rest at this opportunity. Now that you have a physical body, it is impossible to go directly. The strong beasts of the Dragon Mountains cannot be pierced even with powers that include one master class.
In addition, Black Drake, who can be said to be the king of the Dragon Mountains that inhabited the Rare of Drakan, is not a beast that even three or four master-level knights can deal with.
I called two more clones nearby to work on the treasure transfer. Even so, it seemed like it would take quite a long time to transfer to three alter egos because the amount was so large.
After taking a day off at the count’s mansion, I set out to help the sick, just like when I stopped at other estates. Receiving the enthusiastic hospitality of the people, he looked after patients in the morning and manufactured subspace items in the annex given by the count in the afternoon.
In the meantime, No. 1 and his clones had just arrived at Drakan’s Lair and began frantically collecting treasures.
After a few days like that, Count Ctolari finally asked me to go see Ctulla. It didn’t matter if I went alone, but wouldn’t it be polite to listen to the landlord’s opinion?
At night, when everyone was asleep, he sneaked out of the annex and went to Count Ctolari. It was normal for Jake or Joseph to notice if I left the annex and headed somewhere else. At least Joseph is a master-class soldier, so it is.
But there was no response. Looking at it now, I thought this was also affected by Ctula’s power. So, it seems that the Ctolari Countess will remain undetected for hundreds of years.
I went down the endless stairs with Count Ctolari. The feeling of coming down these stairs with a body was quite different from when I came as a soul. Once your leg hurts. Even if your body is not fully grown yet, it is a body that has been trained quite a bit, and you feel pain.
“Don’t Count Ctolari’s legs hurt?”
“hahahaha! I’m fine with Ctula-sama’s protection.”
is it a scam This is a scam. It’s Cthullah’s conspiracy. For some reason, Count Mays Ctolari had previously wanted to go down this long flight of stairs with his old body.
“Keep”
Still, it was not a severe pain, so I thought it was training and endured it, going down the stairs one step at a time, and finally reached the end.
“Ah, everything is down.”
A spontaneous exclamation erupted. Is this what it feels like to climb a mountain with your own body and climb to the top? If you tell me to go back like last time, I’ll get angry. Really, at that time, there is no such thing as God, and I will be really angry.
From the other side of the darkness, the huge body of Ctula began to approach. Earl Ctolari was already prostrated on the floor. I didn’t have to do that, so I just stood there.
“Meet my great master Ctula.”
Earl Ctolari greeted me first, and then I bowed and bowed in my own manner.
“Long time no see. This is Cthullah’s record.”
[Why are you here?]
A huge tentacle pointed at me.
“Didn’t you tell me to come to you? I came because I had a lot of questions to ask.”
[What will you pay for this time?]
It was. Last time, you paid the price by removing the fragments of Nergal. In the end, it was a big benefit to me, so I just didn’t think of it as a price. No matter how foreign it is, it is not so easy to be a god. Even now, if you put your mind to it, you could kill someone like me. Even so, I had to find Ctula.
“I’ll do it if you give me the mission like last time.”
Cthullah’s massive tentacles suddenly wriggle violently. Ctula, who had been moving like that for a long time, stopped.
[good night. I’ll give you a mission]
It would be nice if it was easy, but it won’t be. The last fragment of Nergal felt relatively easy because I was in the state of a soul, but it would have been very difficult if I had been in a human body.
[Catch Nanagopi, alive]
“Nanagopi…you mean?”
It’s not that I don’t know what Nanagopi is. At least there is no one on the continent who does not know Nanagopi. Nanagopi is a kind of legend. When children don’t listen, adults say, ‘Nanagopi will take away children who don’t listen.’ It’s just a legendary monster handed down like that.
I don’t know what they look like, where they live or how they live. I didn’t even know it actually existed. Ctula told me to catch it, so it seems there is somewhere. If you search all over the continent as an alter ego, you will be able to find it somewhere.
“Is there a deadline?”
[Give me 3 years]
It feels a bit tight. I have 10 alter egos now. However, I will not be able to come here. I don’t think I can bite it.
“All right. I’ll do it.”
But if you look hard enough, you might find it somehow. Rather, it seems to be more difficult to capture and bring them back. I don’t know when the legend of Nanagopi started. It’s probably quite old. A monster that has lived that long must be powerful.
[I’ll accept three questions]
Is there a limit on the number of times this time? I struggled. What questions should I ask to get the answers I want?
“Question number one. When will the crisis Junon-sama speak of come?”
[It has already been here for a long time. Why do you think the crisis comes suddenly one day?]
It was so obvious when you think about it, but it was something I hadn’t thought of until now. There will surely be signs of a great crisis to come later.
[The fragments of Nergal you dealt with were also a kind of crisis.]
Yes. Countless people died from the plague from the fragments of Nergal alone. Was it such a crisis? I had a small realization.
“The second question. What kind of god is Junon-sama?”
This is a pretty poignant question. What does Junon represent? Nobody knows. It only exists as the only god in this world.
[Junon is the god of lies and love.]
“ah!”
Unknowingly, an exclamation came out. With Ctula’s answer, many of the doubts I’ve had so far have been resolved.
After meeting Junon, I had many questions. I couldn’t understand Junon, who was protecting this world alone in a place where all the other gods had left, saying he didn’t love humans.
The god of lies and love, then Junon loves humans very much. It’s the opposite of what he said. I will love this world too.
So, will there be no crisis? Ctula said that the crisis had already arrived, so I don’t think so. The last time you said you believed in me? So you’re saying you don’t believe me? After solving the question, more questions arose.
“The third question. What is the cause of the crisis?”
[That’s a very broad question. Okay, let’s be generous, there’s only one god left in this world, Junon. Although Junon is not a weak god, it is a good dimension for other gods to interfere.]
“Why are other gods interfering here?”
From noble mtl dot com.
[Why is the human lord interfering with the neighboring territory?]
Because your opponent is weak. Because if you take it, it’s an advantage. Is the world of the gods the same?
This is the end of my questioning opportunity. Maybe if I had thought about it longer, I could have asked a better question. But that wasn’t the case, and there’s no guarantee you’d have gotten a better answer. It wasn’t enough, but I was satisfied.
[Jace]
“Yes, Master.”
Count Ctolari, who had been lying dead next to him until now, answered Ctula’s call.
“Strengthen the borders of the territory, there will be a great escape of demons. Gather mercenaries with a big prize money. Then select three and bring them.”
“I will follow your order.”
Earl Ctolari absolutely obeyed Ctula’s orders. I don’t know if it was because of the training or contract.
“Could it be that the great escape is because of me?”
I heard that even when Drakan died, there was a great escape of demon beasts. Then again, is the great escape happening because of what I am trying to do?
[Yes. But it’s okay.]
It must be from God’s point of view. But don’t a lot of people die? However, I couldn’t argue with God, so I kept my mouth shut for now.
[go away]
I waited to be moved. However, only Count Ctolari disappeared in front of his eyes. I waited a little longer, but nothing happened. no way? i would be really mad
When he saw Ctula, his anger was controlled. First of all, be patient for a bit. As I stared blankly at Ctula, Ctula spoke once more.
[go away]
No, don’t just say it, move it.
“Why don’t you move me?”
[Can you do it yourself?]
Research on Inclonius’ spatial magic is still ongoing, and there have been some results. However, there were several problems with the demonstration. But can you?
At that moment, 11 people, including my alter ego and myself, began to consider this issue at once. Space movement magic is a pretty difficult magic. In particular, as the distance increases, the difficulty and required mana increase exponentially.
The exact distance from here to the ground is unknown, but it must be at least a few kilometers. It was an impossible distance with normal space movement magic unless a large magic circle was used.
However, the story of Inclonius magic is a little different. It’s a theory that Inclonius couldn’t complete, but if existing magic is literally magic that moves objects through space, Inclonius’s space movement is that it folds space and moves between them. That seems to be it, but it’s strictly different.
Theoretically, the advantage is that the mana is very small, and the travel distance increases dramatically as the mana is reduced. The downside is that the calculation is greatly increased compared to existing magic. And you must be perfectly aware of the condition of the destination you are moving to.
What if you think so? can you do it?
Including the alter ego greatly increases the calculation ability, and the state of the soul can be perfectly known wherever it is. The moment I thought I could do it, I moved to Drakan’s Rare. It was because I thought of the place where the nearest No. 1 was.
“I got unexpected help”
Strictly speaking, this is Ctula’s help. I don’t know what its true intentions are, but Cthulla is clearly in favor of me.
I decided to think about what this cost would be and how to pay it back, and immediately sent one of my clones from Lair to the Ctolari estate for the time to return.
“Drakan, long time no see.”
Drakan remained in its huge and beautiful form as if it were still asleep.