Third Outer World Story Series: Pumpkin Sorcerer - Chapter 68

Translator: MadHatter Editor: MadHatter

“Hmm. In other words, it’s the Innotroute guy that’s missing.”

“Mmm. Wait, aren’t you the one who made that!”

Within the dark room, an orange-haired woman wearing a white coat and a woman with a mask and hood were facing each other, each holding a paper-like object in one hand.

“So, the cause is unknown, but it disappeared somewhere while it was being destroyed.”

“Yeah, it did. Since you didn’t write the detailed specifications, we don’t even know why it’s missing. Do you have any insights?”

“You’re going to go bald if you’re that uptight. And I do have an insight… Oh, there is one.”

The masked and hooded woman… the “Administrator” showed evident rage towards the white-robed woman… the “God Devourer”… but the “God Devourer” effortlessly brushed it off and probed her own memory.

After a short time as well as some maneuvering of the equipment in the room, the “God Devourer” found the information she was looking for.

“This is it.”

“This is… you have created another complicated thing…”

“I created it on a whim in the past. Well, I was very young back then.”

“This is no time to be laughing!”

“Whoops!”

The “Administrator” threw a document in her hand at the “God Devourer” as she laughed.

“Ouch… how could we possibly attain our ends if we don’t do this much? However, the only thing this has helped us with is the ability to locate them.”

“…!?”

The “Administrator” involuntarily retreated a step because of the intimidating feeling emitted by the “God Devourer”.

“Well, forget it. Perhaps the reason for their disappearance was a malfunction in this area. As I recall, I have a list of potential sites that I investigated a long time ago, so we can use it as a starting point and have the Umitsuki group or Izumi check them out.”

“How can you be so…?”

The “God Devourer” handed another piece of paper to the “Administrator” and the “Administrator” took it with a bitter look on her face.

“Because I am not interested in it. Look, this conversation is over. Go and search for them immediately.

With a flick of her hand, the “God Devourer” disappeared from the spot without a trace, like she had decided that the conversation was concluded.

“So why are you behaving like this… when you are the closest to Mother of all of us… Damn it.”

And as if following the lead of the “God Devourer,” the “Administrator” likewise left the place with the document she had received in one hand.

However, her face was brimming with negative emotions.

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“How are the preparations coming?”

“Everything is in order.”

“It will be soon.”

“I’m ready whenever the time comes.”

In a faintly lit room, several figures were conversing while being attentive to their surroundings.

The lack of light obscured the details of the faces and attire of the people assembled, but they were basically dressed in luxurious attire.

“Priest. Have you prepared for any contingencies?”

“There is no problem whenever the time comes.”

“That’s a favorable answer. Let us hope for the best.”

A young man, who appeared to be the leader of the crowd, addressed one of the men in different attire, who seemed to be pleased with the response.

“Hahaha… then all we have to do is wait for the right moment.”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

“Our long-cherished dream is finally coming true, isn’t it?”

“I really can’t wait to see it.”

Eventually, the people gathered in the room burst into hysterical laughter and departed one by one, leaving the man called the Priest as the last one remaining in the room.

“Haha, what a bunch of fools. All of you fools, not even realizing you’re just being exploited…”

The man then muttered in a really low voice before leaving the room.

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In the center of the world where heaven and earth were upside down, a woman in an opulent dress of various colors of lace and strings based on the color of sappanwood was praying to an unknown person.

“As long as ‘that’ is there, I can’t go out in the open…”

The woman’s cheeks were streaked with tears, which reflected a melancholic, yet beautiful expression on her face.

“On the contrary, ‘that’ continues to linger in this world because of my presence…”

From between the woman’s grasping hands, red liquid leaked out and made its way down her arm to her elbow, where it fell down to the heaven below.

“I just wish to save them, but… what… what am I supposed to do…”

The woman began to sob.

“No… I know exactly what I have to do… I have to do it the same way I’ve always done it. As before, I must gather the forces of power and oppose ‘that’ without their faction learning of it.”

But soon the woman revised her mind and began to deliberate on what she would do.

“I will do whatever it takes to defeat ‘that’… for the sake of this world… and for my own sake.”

The woman then whispered as though to reaffirm her resolve.

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“So now that it has been exposed, what do we do now?”

A humanoid creature dressed in a magical girl-like costume spoke to a jellyfish-shaped doll in the “Umitsuki Stationery Shop”.

[Ah, I checked with the president, and they said it’s safe this time.]

“What’s the reason for that?”

The voice coming from the doll asked the humanoid figure the reason for her words.

[Um, from the company’s internal policies… ah, it’s a bit tedious, so I’ll just cut to the chase and say that the products you sold were exposed and that you yourself were not at fault. On a side note, they said it’s impossible to deceive the world of spirits, so there’s nothing to be done about it.]

“Ah, I get it. Well, if my life is saved, that’s all the better. The penalties for being exposed to other worlds are absurdly severe.”

[I guess so. To be honest, being forced to work for decades with no hobbies or interests is just unfashionable.]

[“Hahahahaha.”]

The human figure and the jellyfish-shaped doll laughed at each other in this way.

[Oh yeah. The world of R05-I14-C01 where you are now, you know. In my spare time, I did a little research on how many divine class beings have come and gone in the past, and I found something rather interesting.]

“Hmm? What is it? What is it?”

[Well, it seems that in the R05-I14-C01 world, there have been a couple of major arrivals in the past, not including our own kind.]

“Mm-hmm.”

[The time period is one God right after the birth of the R05-I14-C01 world, and the other God a little over a thousand years after that, which is roughly 3,000 years ago according to your timeline but… the problem is their identity.]

“Hm? What’s the complication?”

[Oh, listen and be amazed. The first one to enter was not identified, but the one who entered later is related to the ‘Tower’ according to the pattern of magic power.]

“Wow, are you serious…”

[If you feel that the situation is not good, you should run away from the ‘Tower’ guys, because they will not relent in the pursuit of their goal.]

“Ah, I’ll do that. The day the ‘God Devourer’ appeared, let alone the ‘Empress of Electronic’ and the ‘Life and Death Carrier of the Pack of Wolves’, the worst second-class… no, first-class destructive magic could erupt at my side.”

[Indeed. So be careful.]

And the jellyfish-shaped doll fell silent with those last words.

“From this point on, both the world of humankind and the world of God will be turbulent.”

The figure muttered as she smiled without being observed by anyone.

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T/N:

Empress of Electronic is a God that appeared in the second Outer World Story series and Izumi is from the first series. As for why Izumi is part of them, you just have to wait and find out. Oh, perhaps the reader can figure out the true identity of the woman in the third conversation already. Think back to what was mentioned in the Black Mist that Devours when (omitted) made their appearance for the first time