Chapter 42
Satou here . During the final death march in game development, it's not unusual to find more bugs triggered from fixing a bug .
But that doesn't mean we can just ignore those bugs, such is the lives of programmers .
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"Awawawawa~?"
"Oh no, oh no nanodesu!"
Tama and Pochi were panicking to see problems cropping up all over the place .
"Calm down, you two . "
As expected of Liza . Looks like she's got it under control .
"First thing first--"
Liza turns her line of sight toward the male gods who are struggling against black sludge enveloping them .
"We must get rid of the main culprits . "
--Or not .
They might be the cause of this all, but they're still necessary existences for this world . As a breakwater mostly .
"Liza you too, compose yourself . "
"I beg your pardon, Master . "
Well, it's not like I don't understand their fluster though .
This all started because the male gods led their apostles to invade Netherworld, believing that Demon God had kidnapped god Parion .
At Netherworld, those gods were greeted by black sludge--high density miasma that yields [Forbidden Powers] and made an emergency escape to human world .
That's fine and all, but in doing so they broke the barrier I put between Netherworld and Human World .
Then the huge amount of apostles that followed after those gods made the rips even worse by widening them .
As a result, Netherworld is starting to unite with Human World once again .
First thing first, I need to do something about these male gods and apostles that are getting encroached by the black sludge and then onto repairing the rips between worlds .
Only then I can get to reconstructing the barrier between this world and Netherworld .
Well then, time to work together with the girls and deal with this emergency mission .
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"--Or so I'd like to do . "
I'm getting fed up looking at the male gods who continued their destructive rampage in the city while yelling 'Impurities!', and the countless apostles flying all over the sky .
There's no casualty since I've sheltered Pier Rock Kingdom's populace in the sub-space already, but they're turning every building on ground into dust .
To avoid future problems, maybe I should listen to Liza and--
『--Hold it . Haste makes waste, Satou should wait . Karion said so too . 』
『I didn't, Urion spouted nonsense . But, it's true that I'd like you to spare some time before springing into action . 』
Two noisy little goddesses manifested before my eyes .
Didn't these gods require a huge amount of Divinity to manifest in human world?
『These are avatars . Our real bodies are in Realm of Gods . 』
『Karion is right . We sent compressed oracles to nearby miko for an automatic playback . 』
I see, looking closer I don't feel that much divineness coming from them, and only the outlines of their blond hair have the respective personal colors of these two gods .
I think teleporting nearby miko here would cost a lot too, but I suppose that's nothing to gods . I mean even god Parion delivered hero's pleasure boat--Sub-Dimensional Ship Jules Verne for her heroes after all .
This feels a bit too interactive for a playback, but I'll just assume it's all thanks to some godly techs .
"So is there anything I can help you with?"
『We have two things to impart . 』
『First, take out Karisfel the [Book of Wisdom] . 』
I fetched the Sacred Treasure god Karion had handed me from Storage as told .
The book flipped itself, then a complex multiplex magic circle emerged above it .
『Wait a bit . 』
Karion pointed her avatar's finger at the magic circle .
As the finger began moving, the lines forming the magic circle reconstructed themselves into a new magic .
『This will do . This magic allows you to endure [Forbidden Powers] for a period of time with . 』
--Whoa, that's pretty nice of them .
I decode the modified magic on the Book of Wisdom as I thanked Karion .
Since I found some parts that could be customized for me, I quickly modified the magic into a new version .
But if they had this magic, couldn't they cast it on those male gods before they rushed to Netherworld .
Though perhaps, they did and this was the result .
Anyway, let's give it a chant .
--Yup, it's coming together nicely .
『Shocking . 』
『What is? Immediately casting a taught magic is normal . Karion is exaggerating . 』
『Not that, Urion needs to be more attentive . He modified that magic and made it into his own during that short moment . That speed is abnormal . Satou is abnormal . 』
You're going to lower my motivation, please stop saying abnormal .
Looks like my thought was transmitted to her, god Urion ignored the still shocked god Karion and continued the talk .
『Next one is regarding combat . Apostles are war machines similar to demons, feel free to destroy them . Even if they die, the same individual will be revived from the seedbed's archetype . 』
--Archetype? Is it like the high elves?
『Urion's too concise . High elves are different, they are work of art Creator God made . Apostles are made from patterned divinity . They do not possess more ego than what's necessary to accomplish their missions, they are nothing but mass produced machines that only move as programmed . 』
Later on, I found out that in case of demons, they're created by an origin demon called Mother by kneading highly dense miasma . Greater demons have egos from collected vestiges of miasma, and like demon lords, they are immortal as they will eventually get revived even after being killed .
『Karion's speech is too long . That is all from us . Feel free to knock some sense onto Heraruon and the other two, but please do not kill them . Karion said so too . 』
『I didn--maybe . Even that Zaikuon is necessary to maintain the barrier and for handing down divine punishments . But, you should teach Zaikuon with some pain . 』
The little goddesses seem to be fed up with Zaikuon and the male gods as well .
『End of imparting . 』
『These bodies will go back to their original locations, just leave them be . Karion said so too . 』
『Take care of Netherworld's encroachment after fixing Heraruon and those two . 』
God Urion seemed slightly peeved at being ignored by god Karion .
『Garleon and Zaikuon are bad with fine work, recommending Heraruon instead . Karion said so too . 』
『I didn't . But, in agreement with Urion here . Garleon is especially clumsy . 』
『Take care now . Karion said so too . 』
『Un, do your best . 』
The two vanished once they were done .
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"Everyone, gather round!"
I put the [Miasma Barrier] god Karion gave me on the beastkin girls .
Since there might be mental attacks like that time god Zaikuon collected black sludge in a Golden Chalice, I also put mental defense [Atism Shell] on them .
"Sparkly~?"
"T-this is?"
"Invincible nanodesu!"
"Oh those miasma barriers god taught me . With that you can get close to that black sludge but careful not to touch them, okay . "
I believe it can block once or twice direct contacts, but overconfidence leads to ruin .
Liza wraps the girls in the Unique Skill god Garleon entrusted to her, [Hero Heart] .
『Hikaru, Arisa, I'm sending a spell god Karion gave me . Install it on the large space ship's magic operation circuits and make it usable . 』
『Okay, got it!』
『Just leave it all to Arisa-chan!』
I sent the [Book of Wisdom] Karisfel to the space ship using Material Transfer magic .
They have Sera with god Tenion's [Hermit Hide] and Mia with god Urion [Sanctuary Guard] there .
I'm sure the black sludge won't go after them until they're done preparing .
"You three, attack the apostles from a distance and lure them to the sky . "
"How far~?"
"Get to the altitude where our space ship is stationed . Can you do it?"
"But of course nanodesuyo!"
"Yes, allow us to take care of this mission . "
The beastkin girls drew the apostles aggro with Lyuryu's breaths and powered exoskeleton-empowered attacks, creating a train of apostles after them .
Neither too far nor too close, an exquisite balance of distance is maintained .
I also only just noticed several golden ships Zaikuon was riding on among the apostle train .
Laser attacks from the golden ships flew toward the beastkin girls, but not a single shot hit them as they freely moved around in the air using Flickering Motion and Double Jump . They would cleverly use Phalanxes whenever a shot almost grazed them .
After watching over them for a bit, I decided to do the things only I could do .
"First of all--"
I teleported next to the male gods with sight-based Unit Arrangement .
Then I cast multiple advanced level light magic [Divine Brilliant Purification], the same magic I used to save the encroached nymphs back then .
I can't exactly unleash multiple [<<Lesser Mythology Down>>] their way like that time with god Zaikuon .
He was being strengthened by the black sludge then, but these gods have their powers sapped right now, letting that loose could risk killing them .
"Nuooo, my strength is escaping me . "
"Damn you human! So you're using this chance to entomb us!"
"No that's not it, the impurities have lost their power too . Now's our chance, shove them away . "
This magic supposedly has no effect on gods though, maybe the impurities are draining their powers to fight against it and keep the miasma intact .
I deploy the next magic .
--Miasma Barrier .
"T-this is?"
"The encroachment's stopped!"
"Get the impurities off, now! Help me, Garleon! Zaikuon!"
"Shut up, you help me . "
"You fools, now's not the time to squabble among ourselves! Why can't you understand that!"
I decided to save the relatively reasonable god Garleon first .
I put multiple Miasma Barrier on myself and then reproduce and strengthen their effects using Primeval Magic .
This should do .
"W-what are you planning . "
"I'm here to help . "
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