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Chapter 10 — Interlude: I Feel Bad for Yogiri, but I’ll Have to Leave Things as They Are

“I visited all the believers across the world in their dreams!”

“I gave everyone pictures of them! Now even those who aren’t believers will know about them!”

“I put a monetary reward out, so now everyone across the world should start hunting them!”

“The assassination requests failed.”

“Even though you paid ten quadrillion credits? What a waste of money!”

“No, the reward was only going to be paid out if they succeeded, so we didn’t lose anything!”

“What about Mother?! Did she smash that Kouryu guy?”

“She went home for some reason.”

“Well, we’ve done basically all we can, so I guess all that’s left is to go to the core of the world!”

They were angels. Created by Malnarilna, they were servants who could be called a manifestation of Malnarilna’s will. But at this point they were basically going wild. After Malnarilna’s death, there was no one left to give them orders, so they had made up what they believed their previous master would have wanted and did their best to make it come true.

Malnarilna was nothing if not chaotic, and its angels had inherited that personality trait thoroughly. They headed to the heart of the world, where they could access the world’s core and thus influence it as a whole. It existed on a different layer than the one people lived on, like it was in a different dimension.

To the angels, it looked like a sea of light. There was a flow within it, creating a path that connected to the core. Though the world could be managed from the Heavenly Throne, they had to use the core for changes that would impact everything at once.

Of course, there was a great deal of security barring the way. Without breaking through numerous defensive walls, one could never get that far.

“Hm? We can go through?”

“I guess that Kouryu never got around to updating the security?”

The gate let the angels through. They were still permitted through the security system.

“I figured we could blow ourselves up to get through, but this makes things easier!”

Of course, reaching the core came with certain risks. That was why they had come as a group. Even if the majority of them became casualties, they figured at least one could get to their target.

“That’s a good sign. Let’s go while we can!”

They passed through numerous gates. It didn’t seem like the security measures had been changed at all. The gates weren’t recognizing the angels as foreign entities.

Passing through countless gates, they nearly made it to the core. There was one last gate blocking their progress. Beyond it shone a brilliant light. It was a collection of energy, a condensation of information and power that could be called the world itself.

“Ahh, I guess we can’t get any farther than this with our access rights.”

“Isn’t it strange we got this far?”

“Hey, has anyone ever made it this far in before?”

“No.”


“Not me.”

“Nope!”

“Me neither!”

“So this is the first time any of us have been here.”

“Okay, then, let’s do rock paper scissors! Whoever wins has to blow up the gate!”

“There’s no way I could have left the security the way it was, right?”

The angels turned as one to face the new voice. A boy was floating in front of the last gate. It was the new god of this world, Kouryu.

“Ahh! What are you doing here?!”

“This, obviously.”

Kouryu flicked a hand. The shock wave that small motion unleashed wiped out half of the angels.

 

    

 

The survivors immediately attempted to flee, but the gate that had let them enter blocked their escape.

“Gah! It was a trap!”

“I don’t know if I’d call it a trap. You came in so boldly, I assumed you had a plan and that I needed to be on guard. I don’t really want to believe it, but you have no idea what you’re doing here, do you?”

“For Lady Malnarilna!” One of the angels exploded. The gate behind them was partially destroyed, creating an opening for the others to escape through. The remaining angels fled through the opening, only to be blocked by the next gate.

“If you have to blow yourselves up to get out, I guess you’ll all die without me having to do anything. But repairing all the gates would be kind of a pain.”

Those were the last words the angels heard.

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“I never thought they’d be so dull.”

Kouryu had known the angels were wandering about. He’d gotten rid of the ones he’d found, but they had scattered across the world. Then for some reason they had gathered into a group and headed to the core of the world. He’d decided to let them infiltrate deep inside and catch them all at once.

“Now then, it seems like you were planning on doing something. I feel bad for Yogiri, but I’ll have to leave things as they are.”

The angels had delivered oracles to their believers across the world that Yogiri Takatou was an enemy of God. There was nothing he could do about that now. Him being the god of this world now didn’t mean he could take all of Malnarilna’s followers. He would have to do the dirty work of creating his own following from the ground up. He couldn’t manipulate Malnarilna’s followers right now.

“Oh, looks like something is happening in the core. The Omega Blade has been restored?”

The Omega Blade could access the core directly, like the key to a back door. Even someone without the authority of a god could manipulate the world freely with it.

“It would have been easier if it was left to rest...but I guess I’ll wait and see what they do with it.”

The Omega Blade was immensely powerful, but that incredible power was what made Kouryu decide not to intervene. The greater one’s power became, the more they would grow arrogant and the greater their chances of crossing Yogiri Takatou.

At some point, the strong in this world would wipe themselves out. All Kouryu had to do was wait it out.



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