-A certain place with certain people-
I look over the documents I received from my subordinate.
It seems that he has found the location of the planet whose whereabouts had been unknown.
I’m happy about that but when I see the magic circle drawn on a page of the document, I want to hold my head with my hands.
I never thought I would have to see something like this again.
「We are still investigating what kind of magic circle it is.」
「There’s no need to do that. That is the magic circle used to awaken the magic stone of fortune.」
「Magic stone of fortune….as I recall, “Give it with the blood of a child of heaven and the blood of the child of hell and you will receive new powers.”. Is that the same stone?」
Hnn?
What on earth is he saying?
「Is that what everyone knows about the magic stone of fortune?」
「Yeah. Is that information wrong?」
「Ah to be precise, “Give it with the blood of a child of heaven and the blood of the child of hell and the magic stone will awaken. Once that happens, the end of life will come.」
The magic stone of fortune is the only stone that can kill a god. It was created by gods who were tired of living forever.
Why are they saying that it will bestow new power?
What do they mean by new power?
Could it be the power to end the life of a god?
That is certainly a power that is neither magic nor divine.
It’s a new kind of power.
「That’s quite different from the lore I’ve heard.」
「Yeah.」
The magic stone of fortune.
I believe there were four of them created.
However, only one was said to be a success.
The three failures are sealed deep within a certain place.
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The successful one should have been kept under tight control but then, I looked at the documents.
If the magic circles to awaken it are here, does that mean that someone has taken it out?
Only a greater god can take that thing out.
This means that there is a greater god who helped the apprentices.
「Why was such a stone made?」
「…..because gods are immortal. The gods, who were tired of living for so long, have created them over time for their own salvation.」
It’s not like a stone like that can be created any time of the day.
However, because it is so powerful, even the failed magic stones of fortune were unshattered.
「With just the power of an apprentice, it is impossible to awaken that stone.」
「Eh? Wouldn’t the blood be enough to awaken it?」
「No, it’s not that simple.」
「Is that so?」
「It’s not just a matter of offering blood. The magic stone of fortune itself is…..someone’s coming.」
I feel a presence approaching this room.
I recalled whose presence it was.
What is he doing here? He should have something better to do.
Knock knock
「Come in.」
TN: When you’re a greater god, it doesn’t matter who’s there.
The door opened as soon as I said that.
And who appeared was my rival, who hadn’t changed at all.
「It’s been a long time, Deme.」
TN: Yeah, should be taken from “Temee” which is a very rude way of saying “you”. I usually translate it to bastard so I should have named him Dastard but I decided to leave his name that way.
「Hello, Aion.」
We were rivals ever since we were still apprentices.
His looks hasn’t changed a bit but he looks a little tired.
「Looks like you’re doing some pretty idiotic things.」
「………..」
Deme looks at me as if surprised.
Did he really think I wouldn’t find out?
Was this guy such an idiot?
「Stop making that idiotic expression.」
「I’m not mocking you. I was just worried like an idiot. 」
I glared at him but he didn’t say anything back.
「You’re pathetic. 」
「I didn’t even know that planet existed. 」
Deme was the best apprentice among his peers.
That’s why you can say he’s everyone’s favorite.
「What did you do after you found out? 」
「That’s…… 」
「Deme, you manage a lot of planets yourself. I can understand why you have overlooked it. However, it’s what you did after you’ve known its existence that I can’t overlook. 」
Deme’s divine power overflows as if he doesn’t like what I said.
I can’t help but sigh at his attitude.
How could he produce that much divine power in a small place like this?
I don’t want any damage to be done so I created a barrier around me and Deme.
「I tried to do something about it but…. 」
Something?
「You mean the way you tried to trap everyone on that planet before any other gods found out about it? 」
「……」
「Oh, is it not? Then, are you talking about how you have already seen everything but pretended that you didn’t see all the problems that those apprentices set up, taking advantage of the fact that he and the divine beasts were being used there and knew nothing about it? 」
「Why…. 」
「Or about adding divine power to complete the immature planet created by the apprentices and hiding it with a barrier? 」
「That’s…. 」
What are you so surprised about?
If I, a greater god, were serious, I could find out everything.
「Come to think of it, did you hear about the apprentices who caused the problems? How could apprentices like them bring out the magic stone of fortune? Ah, sorry. You don’t want others to know so you shut them out before they could talk. 」
「No! I gave them the just punishment. 」
「Just punishment? Did you forget about the rule, “The punishment of any apprentice that caused problems must be decided by a god other than the god who was looking after him.”? If you do, you should retire. 」
「Aion! 」
「What? Did I do something wrong? And don’t intimidate me with divine power, it’s annoying. 」
The only people that can be restrained by loud voices and divine power are their own subordinates.
Something like that can’t be used against me, an equal existence.
Right.
Isn’t this guy supposed to be my rival?
…………..you have fallen.
「So, who helped those apprentices? Could it be you, Deme?」
His face is red because of rage but why did he even come here?
「No! Didn’t I already tell you I didn’t know? 」
「Ah, yeah, right. And? 」
「You….. 」
「Well, I don’t really care with what you are saying but your plan has been broken down by him, hasn’t it? And he even broke your barrier.」
Ahahaha, he laughs out loud and Deme even begins to glow.
Ah, this bastard. He already can’t see what’s around because of anger.
How much damage will be his power outrage does in this small space?
This guy is really an idiot.
「Absorption. 」
With my words, Deme’s divine power disappears.
He looks surprised but not that surprised.
This is my space.
In my space, I can freely use my power without restriction.
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But still, he really amazes me.
I look at the papers on my desk.
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Deme set him up to go berserk and destroy the planet.
Well, to be precise, he made his power overflow by correcting some little problems that the apprentices left.
Those apprentices must have been really excellent because most of the formulas were completed as far as I could see from the documents.
However, there was something that he couldn’t do anything about.
It was the barrier that had been created to hide that planet.
Deme put a lot of power into that barrier to make sure no one would find that planet until it was destroyed.
And it seems like he had created a rather impressive barrier.
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All that was left was to wait.
However, something unexpected happened.
The gift he had received from the hero summoning was suppressed by his own will.
Probably because the hero summoning failed.
Or perhaps because he was not even a chosen one to begin with.
I don’t know which one affected him.
But thanks to him, the planet was not destroyed, and moreover, he destroyed the barriers that a greater god had made.
I think Deme won’t be able to do that himself.
「How did you know? 」
「I asked the greater god of time for help.」
The greater god of time can control time freely and can see the past of anything as long as the conditions are right.
However, the greater god of time would not allow us to see the future.
「Ah, that is….」
Deme’s face turns blue at once.
How did his face turn from red to blue in an instant?
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I look at the last page of the document.
“Due to a strong barrier, it is impossible to see anything from above. The overseer of that planet has changed and can no longer be influenced by the greater god of time.”
Something seems to have happened a few days ago.
It looks like I’m late again.
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