NOVEL NEXT chapter 152
152. War God (1)
In front of Yuma, who opened his eyes, there was someone. No, right in front of his nose.
It was the black-haired, golden-eyed girl, Cloone.
Cloone placed both hands on Yuma’s shoulders and spoke softly.
“I was a little surprised when they said Yuma-sama died, even though there was no way he could die.”
“Yeah, good job.”
“I heard it’s been six days since I had that nightmare.”
Clone let out a faint sigh and continued speaking.
“sorry.”
Yuma shook his head.
“There’s nothing to be sorry about. Rather, it’s quite an amazing thing that the curse cast by God was lifted in just six days.”
Legolas, the Join tribe member who had been standing awkwardly next to him, opened his bird’s beak.
“That’s right. That’s really great.”
Yuma took his eyes off of Clone and looked at Hestia, who was lying next to him. Hestia would probably open her eyes soon, too. After all, she had destroyed the ＜Nightmare＞.
“And it was largely my fault for not expecting that b*stard to be able to penetrate the mental barrier I had placed upon him.”
If a being called ‘God’ were to risk his life, it would be possible to inflict some significant mental damage.
Yuma took this matter to heart.
Yuma stroked Hestia’s forehead, who was still not awake, and stepped forward to go outside. Yuma now began to think about what would happen next.
‘why.’
Why did Morgue, the ＜God of Dangerous Hammers＞, try to destroy the spirits of Cloone and Hestia by burning his own soul?
No matter how much pain the cursed person feels, he or she is dead and cannot even watch it happen.
It was a choice that was rationally incomprehensible.
Of course, there are probably more people than you might think who would risk their lives to inflict pain on others and then die, but the Morgue that Yuma saw did not have that kind of personality.
‘Did someone breathe into it?’
The time consumed by the ＜Nightmare＞ that Morgue gave to Hestia and Cloone would be approximately a week.
‘One of the evil spirits?’
There are a total of five evil gods remaining among the ＜Eight Evil Gods＞.
It seemed likely that one of them was plotting something to kill himself, and that he was pushing Morgue to buy time to make it happen.
“No one has descended.”
Yuma looked at the ＜Holy Land Management Interface＞ that appeared next to him.
There is no evidence or record of any additional invasion by the gods.
Belt- Belt-
At that moment, a red dot on the map lit up.
A being that suddenly begins to reveal its presence.
The existence was, of course, in Middle-earth. But it was also a place that had never been paid attention to until now.
‘Sky Continent?’
***
Sky Continent.
The continent, which seemed like a flying island in the sky, was an unknown land that no one living in Middle-earth knew much about.
Yuma grabbed the elf Ruinerif and asked.
“…a legendary island where people have reached the level of a half-god, and an existing island. That’s all it’s known about. I don’t know anything more than that.”
Yuma tilted his head and then opened his mouth again.
“If it really existed, there must have been many people who tried to find it.”
Luineleaf nodded slowly.
“That’s right. There are many beings that went looking for them. The problem is that most of them never came back.”
It meant that some conditions were required to enter.
“It looks like there are some conditions for admission. What are they?”
Luineleaf slowly opened his mouth.
“Half-god, or close to half-god….”
Luineleaf opened his eyes wide. Then he slowly scanned Yuma’s entire body from top to bottom.
“Now that I think about it, I guess Yuma-sama can go in. Since he is a god.”
Luineleaf came to a very simple conclusion.
Luineleaf added, as if he had forgotten.
“And even if it approaches the level of a demigod… the category isn’t clear, so I don’t know if even Apostle Bell could fit in.”
Yuma thought the same thing.
I had to kill the last remaining god who had descended into Middle-earth and see if it would open the possibility of entering the realm of the gods.
Yuma raised his body.
It was to check on Hestia’s condition, who had not yet regained consciousness.
Iron Luck-
Yuma kicked the tent away and walked inside.
Hestia was still lying still on the bed. Yuma sat down next to Hestia.
At that moment, Hestia’s eyes slowly opened.
And after confirming the existence in front of him, he opened his mouth without hesitation.
“Yuma Yuma!”
Thud!
Yuma looked at Hestia, who urgently placed her hand on his right hand, and let out a sly laugh.
“Yeah, you’ve worked hard.”
Hestia literally suffered.
So Yuma slowly stroked Hestia’s scarlet hair.
Hestia opened her dry lips.
“…Well, you had a hard time.”
Hestia spoke softly and slowly raised her waist.
“It was a really weird dream.”
Even distant memories of happiness were crushed and turned into nightmares.
From Hestia’s perspective, it couldn’t help but be an unpleasant memory.
But still.
It was an undeniable fact that there were also happy encounters.
Hestia briefly felt the afterglow of those encounters.
Thanks to ＜Nightmare＞, I was able to vividly recall the familiar faces.
And Hestia, who briefly recalled those faces again, quickly shook the thought away.
What was important now was the present moment, the moment in which we had to continue living.
Hestia raised her body.
“…How many days have I been out of my mind?”
Hestia raised her head and looked at Yuma intently.
“9 days.”
Hestia let out a deep sigh at Yuma’s words.
“Whoaaa….”
Hestia scratched her head. Her scarlet hair was all messy.
“I interfered with the great work of the god of war! aaah!”
Yuma placed his hands on both of Hestia’s shoulders.
“…You never did anything to interfere. You didn’t have any great goals.”
To be exact, it just happened.
The last remaining god who descended into Middle-earth.
I had to kill the guy and see what happened.
***
Yuma called the people together.
Everyone was looking at Yuma with sparkling eyes.
“The situation is mostly sorted out. Now I just need to clean up one more place and come back.”
Yuma, Cloone, Hestia, and Bell were facing each other across the table.
“This isn’t a situation where I can decide who to take or not to take. The place I have to go is the Sky Continent. It seems like the only person I can take with me right now is Bell.”
Contrary to Yuma’s concerns, Hestia, Cloone, and Ermel, who had just sat quietly next to him, didn’t seem to care at all.
“Have a safe trip. I promise.”
Yuma burst into laughter at Clone’s bold words.
“Okay, I promise.”
Yuma and Belle walked forward side by side.
The Join tribe leader, Kregel, bowed deeply to Yuma.
“I meet a great being.”
“Get up.”
Yuma got straight to the point.
Join tribe.
They were a race that tried to create a literal god, not a demigod.
I thought you would know more about the Sky Continent than the elves.
“Do you know how to get to the Heavenly Continent?”
Kregel answered softly.
“I know there is a road called Sky Road. It is the road that leads to the Heavenly Continent. However, I do not know exactly where that road is.”
Yuma nodded slowly.
Where it was was something he could figure out.
Because the map was in Yuma’s hands.
Yuma approached the knights remaining in the Join tribe’s camp.
As we searched for the highest ranking knight, the second commander of Zepharos came running in a hurry.
“Are you the highest knight?”
Knight Commander Arwin nodded urgently.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“I’ll give you some of my troops and help you sort out this situation. So cooperate.”
Arwin tilted his head for a moment.
“Are you asking for cooperation…?”
Because I didn’t really get what the word cooperation meant.
Yuma nodded.
“Okay, cooperate.”
As soon as Yuma finished speaking, a scarlet hair suddenly popped out from the side.
“cooperation!”
And then he turned his head towards the blond knight Arwin, who had a startled expression on his face.
“Let the Martial Gods help establish themselves in this Zepharos Empire, no! in this continent of Yeigel! Knight!”
“Yes, yes….”
Arwin nodded his head without realizing it at the green-tinged Miao’s words.
As soon as Hestia came to her senses, she began to resume her side job as a high priestess.
Coincidentally, Yuma had confirmed through the map that the Sky Continent was located at the end of the Yeigel Continent.
Although it is called above, it is a place that belongs quite high up.
Yuma called his griffon, ＜Ethan＞.
Grrrrr…
Ethan showed his delight by sticking his head in front of his master, Yuma, whom he had not seen in a long time.
Yuma stroked Ethan’s head, which had the head of a giant eagle.
Yuma got on top of Ethan, and right after him, Bell got on top of Ethan.
“Sky Continent?”
“Yeah, maybe it could be dangerous.”
Bell tilted his head.
“Was there ever a time when it wasn’t dangerous?”
Yuma was speechless for a moment when he heard that.
Bell was right.
“egg plant.”
Yuma’s words were soon the signal for Ethan to start.
Ethan soared upward.
How do I find the sky road?
Yuma spread his divine power widely across the sky.
Phage crackle!
A noise echoed from the sky.
It was that moment. Piercing the clear sky. A straight, transparent path rising into the sky.
“Can you see it?”
Yuma turned around and looked at Bell.
“Yeah, Yuma.”
Even Bell, who possessed divine powers as an apostle of Yuma, saw the path to heaven.