A huge dragon with brilliant golden scales appeared. Rather, I smiled broadly at the appearance of Drakan, who had become bigger and more beautiful than before.
“Drakan!”
On the contrary, Howard, who was next to him, was not alert to the intimidation of this huge dragon.
“Have you become a Drakan god?”
[It’s still a bit lacking, but it is. I guess you could say it’s about helping Junon-sama.]
Now there are two gods in this world. Moreover, Drakan is safe.
“Why is there a Drakan in Ctula’s Great Labyrinth?”
[This is part of what Junon-sama received in return. The nucleus of this labyrinth became me. Use the power of Ctula, but I will use it.]
Does that mean that the final boss of the Great Labyrinth is Drakan? I don’t know which competent party or expedition team will reach the end of the Great Labyrinth, but if Drakan is the final boss, the difficulty is too high. Aren’t you a god after leaving the dragon? More than that, Junon is good at business, he could have played the god of business rather than the god of lies and love.
“I heard that Ctula moved here?”
[He is also here. I just need to rest for quite some time]
By Drakan’s standards, how many years is a fairly long time? It was 86 years, considering that his life was short.
But then, was it Drakan, not Ctula, who sent Count Ctolari?
“There must be Cthulla’s contractors, too.”
[He will continue to do his job.]
I guess that’s not it. In any case, it was fortunate that Count Ctolari said nothing had happened. However, there are quite a few things that Count Ctolari was originally doing that were not good by human standards.
“Is that Germain over there a real dragon?”
Then Howard, who had been silent until now, intervened.
“right. Drakan, who was the only dragon in this world, has now become the god of this world.”
“ha”
Howard sighed, not taking his eyes off Drakan. Something complex and subtle emotions filled his eyes.
[Drakan]
This time it was Bastet.
[Speak Bastet.]
Drakan replied in a polite tone. Bastet is also a strong god. Bastet must have known that Drakan was here and followed him, right? Probably.
[Are they coming?]
[Yes, it is.]
what is this conversation? It seems like something very important, but I don’t think I should ask. If there was anything I needed to know, I would have told you.
[But we are preparing. He won’t just watch.]
[I guess so]
I could feel the cat on my shoulder shivering. Is it something that Bastet, who is presumed to be a strong god, should be afraid of? A heavy silence followed for a while.
[Record, Ctula said he has something to show you someday.]
Wasn’t it Drakan to show? It seems that the original work was different. Even though Ctula was friendly to me, it was because it would benefit me in the end. Please don’t suddenly show me hell! I wouldn’t be like this, but I couldn’t wait to show something.
“All right.”
But I, who have no power, just have no way to refuse. Is it possible to raise the level a few more times and reject it when it reaches the level of Drakan before dying?
[There’s a child with a human heart in a beast’s body]
“Yes, four!”
When Drakan pointed out Howard, Howard responded like a fledgling recruit with a lot of discipline.
[Take care of the human heart]
Even without Drakan pointing it out, Howard seemed to think so. At least it’s much more human than me. However, as if he could sense something, Howard replied with a serious face.
“I will keep that in mind.”
Could it be that the human mind was disappearing without my knowledge? It would be a terrible catastrophe if humanity were to be taken away from Howard. The cat on my shoulder might be able to put it to sleep with a single stroke of its paw, but in this world, there will be no one who can deal with it except for the higher beings and me. Face-to-face confrontation is hard for me too. It will be a very long and difficult fight.
Suddenly, something more important came to mind. If the number of gods in this world increased by one, it would be very important.
“What is Drakan’s nickname?”
[It is opportunity and authority.]
God is certain that this name affects the surroundings. I don’t know if it’s because Junon is the only god in this world, but isn’t it a world full of lies and love? In addition, with Bastet sleeping by the window of my office, many things have changed in the Akasha estate.
Although it is now a supporting role, Drakan has also become a god in this world, so opportunity and authority will be important factors in this world.
“When I go back, I will add a statue of Drakan to the temple.”
First of all, Drakan is also the god of this world. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a lot of people who worship you? Was it my imagination that I felt as if I had seen the corner of Drakan’s mouth go up for a moment? However, a golden dragon would cost quite a lot to produce. Well, it’s money from Drakan’s rare anyway, so let’s use it for Drakan.
[Now it’s time to part.]
As scary as Drakan said, we were moved to the top of the mountain near the Great Labyrinth. In an instant, the alter egos were reconnected and I felt my senses return. It’s like getting a lost limb back.
“Whoa”
Howard sighed. Why was the guy who petted Bastet, who was stronger than Drakan, so weak in front of Drakan?
“Were you so afraid of Drakan?”
“Well, what should I say? There is something like a sense unique to the Witchbeast. Should I say it’s an instinctive sense of who is stronger? But that Dra…Drakan-nim felt like he was on top of that. I thought I was pretty strong now, but I felt I was a long way off.”
If Howard is the king of beasts, then Drakan is like the emperor of beasts. Since it is on the same level as the ancestors of demon beasts, you might feel that way.
Returning to the territory, he ordered a statue of a dragon to be installed in the temple, and immediately went to Angour to inform him that a new god had appeared in this world. But Angour already knew.
“I knew that.”
Wasn’t that an oracle that didn’t come down often? No, more than that, Junon discriminates against me too much.
“Then, I will subsidize the cost of the Drakan statue, so please install it in all the temples.”
“Then thank you.”
I rumbled out things that could be money from subspace and piled them up.
“Wow, I’ve never seen so many treasures.”
Looking at the gold and silver treasures piling up, Angour opened his mouth.
“Isn’t a saint supposed to be free from money? Do you really like it?”
“no. If you have money, you can help a lot of people.”
That’s not wrong. Junon’s saints are both very practical and wise saints.
“Then I will ask you a favor.”
“don’t worry about that”
It was Angour who still couldn’t take his eyes off the treasures. Surely you won’t embezzle in the middle? It doesn’t matter if it’s a little bit like that. Due to Angour’s personality, even if he embezzles, he will use it to help people in need.
In this way, sculptures or statues of large and small golden dragons began to be installed in all the temples of the Divinity Church on the continent.
As expected, changes began to occur as Drakan became the god of this world. Kings and emperors of each country began to seek to strengthen the royal authority as if they had made an agreement.
So did the nobles. They started collecting talent to strengthen their authority, and it started to come as an opportunity for talented people.
But I couldn’t see it being all that good. When authority and authority collide, there is bound to be a fight.
The Akasha estate was still peaceful. The Akasha estate was not without a side that was a little distant from the world. It was rich economically and had a strong military power. And he was not involved in any political faction.
Of course, there were many types of people who worked to attract them to their side knowingly or unknowingly, but quite a few things were being sorted out on Wither’s line, and I was using my alter ego to sort things out that Wither couldn’t handle.
Unlike the world that is changing so rapidly, there are several slopes in the peaceful Akasha estate.
Wither and Jake decided to get married. It’s something I and everyone knew. At times like this, when you come and inform me, you should have the taste of surprise, but what can I do with such a characteristic of mine?
The reaction of the people around them was, of course, congratulatory. Both of them were old bachelor men who had already passed the age of marriage, and aside from Wither, many responded that they were surprised because Jake was secretly dating.
Both opponents were mediocre. No, on the contrary, it wasn’t normal. It was possible for the two of them to marry the daughter of a prestigious aristocratic family if they set their mind to it, but Wither became a partner with the daughter of a merchant operating inside the Akasha estate, and Jake promised a future with a maid who worked in the mansion.
The two decided to hold a joint wedding ceremony, and despite the two people having no relatives, they decided to hold the ceremony as quietly as possible, but on the day of the wedding, it was crowded.
It was because the neighboring lords heard the news and all attended. There were many aristocrats who came from quite a distance to meet me, who is famous for being difficult to see in the eyes of nobles, since it was the wedding of the lord of Akasha and the two closest to the saint. There were a lot of people, especially with women.
Anyway, both of them seemed happy at the unexpectedly grand wedding. That was it.
As a punishment for making me suffer from the nobles because of the wedding, they were sentenced to a month’s imprisonment on business trips. She reserved the most luxurious hotel in the imperial city for a month and locked herself in that room with the brides.
A month later, the two, who seemed to have lost a lot of weight for some reason, returned, and in the meantime, they were sentenced to confinement again in a newlyweds’ house near the mansion.
A few days later, Jake escaped first and sneaked back to the gymnasium, and Wither ran to me and begged me to do the work myself. It was a newlywed that ended very quickly.
The only place affected by this change in the peaceful Akasha Territory was the mercenary village run by Zizac.
Large and small territorial battles were frequently taking place in various places. The ransom of Sword Mountain, the continent’s largest mercenary group with elite knights and over 2,000 mercenaries, was rising without knowing how high it was.
He was already raising his name even more by perfectly carrying out several requests. Unlike the knights, the battles of the mercenaries were ever-changing, and each individual’s skill was different.
The opponent’s regular army, thinking of a normal battle, was often defeated by an unexpected loophole when it met Sword Mountain. Sword Mountain has never failed in the case of a large-scale commission. Although they lost a few times in small battles, people called Sword Mountain an undefeated mercenary group.
As the reputation of the mercenary corps increased, now it was to the point where I received a letter asking me to dispatch Sword Mountain.
Then, there was finally a stain on the ascending path of Sword Mountain. Sword Mountain, which participated in the territorial war between the two counts in the southern part of the Aether Empire, experienced a crushing defeat for the first time. As a result, the request was accomplished, but many mercenaries died as they were defeated in battle.
The opponent was a newly formed mercenary group called Red Eyes. I was watching the battle, but I wanted to be familiar with the fighting style of the mercenaries that suddenly emerged, and it was the Rangers who guarded the Dragon Mountains.
With the dissolution of Count Ctolari, it seemed that they had become independent rather than under the new lord. Originally considered one of the strongest troops on the continent, it was a natural result to jump into the mercenary board.
More than 300 swords were newly inserted in the small mountain behind the mercenary village. The sword of the fallen mercenary was put in place of the tombstone. It was the worst disaster since the foundation of Sword Mountain.
The cries did not stop in the mercenary village for several days. And a few days later, G-Jacques came to visit me.