Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 100

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Chapter 35: An unexpected encounter

With a dark brown long hair and slightly lighter brown skin. She has a deep chiseled face that exudes exoticism and slightly slanted orange eyes.
She is tall for a woman, about 170 cm, and her well-defined body line is full of adult charm.
She is the goddess of the earth, but… Eh? Why are you here?

“What is it? Are you dissatisfied that was me?”

“N-No, no, I’m not.”

Hearing my dumbfounded voice, the earth god looks grumpy… Or rather, she retorted me with a teasing smile on his face.
This person(god) is the type that doesn’t care about the details, so I’m glad I didn’t get scolded for my carelessly spilled words. I was so surprised by this unexpected event that I didn’t kneel down, but when I tried to kneel in a hurry, she even stopped me saying, “It’s fine, stand up.”.
As a side note, she is a god who is very caring even though she is sloppy with her blunt behavior, and there are many people who call her ‘big sister’ among the players. I got the impression that many of her fans are maniac people. …… There were even some people saying “I want her to step on me……” and other dangerous things…… Yeah, let’s forget about it.

“Umm… I heard that this is the domain of the Wind God…”

“Ahh.”

Even so, since a God is the other party, I refused saying, “I can’t do that!”. Then she responded back as if were convinced by that.

“It’s probably because this is the domain of the god of the wind that I was sealed here. I don’t have a good affinity with him.”

“I see?”

Fire is weak against water, water is weak against earth, earth is weak against wind, and wind is weak against fire. Light is weak against darkness, and darkness is weak against light. Attributes have such an affinity.
Since this is the domain of the wind god, it was chosen as the place to seal the earth god, who is vulnerable to the wind, right? In the game, they were sealed in a place where they had a connection, but that part is different in this world.
About the wind god and the earth god, just as the earth god says ‘bad affinity’, I remember there were a lot of light fights between the two. Mostly when god of the earth became annoyed by god of the wind’s sloppily work. But It wasn’t a deadly bad relationship, though.
As I recalled such things in my mind and made a note that it would be useful for searching the others gods in the future, the Earth God was staring at me from the top of my head to the tip of my toes.

“… So, are you the miko of the Creator God?”

“Yes, that’s right. My name is Rion.”

“… Hmm…?”

…… Wh-What? I don’t look like a Miko because I don’t have dignity or elegance and I look too silly?
When I was quietly being watched while being nervous inside, the Earth God began to look around at everyone else as well.
When she saw Regulus, who was completely stiff probably because he was facing a God, she passed by without any particular incident, looking at Uru, who was the same as always, she frowned and tilted her head, as for Zephyr, she blinked her eyes many times, closed her eyes and rubbed her eyebrows, then looked again.

“What a peculiar group.”

“I-I’m sorry…?”

I immediately apologized to those words that came out with a long, long sigh.
Well, yeah, putting aside a Beastman, if a Lizard and a Dragon, which is a monster, albeit a small one, are together with me… At the worst case, she might think that I am a fake miko, right?

“No, I can definitely recognize you as a miko. Rest assured. In the first place, no matter how much I have just been released, I am not blind enough to not recognize the power of our chief god.”

“Yeah, sounds right.”

I wonder if what I was thinking came out on my face again, even though I didn’t say it, she spoke me her impression of us like that. …… Well, it’s not a negative one, so let’s say it’s fine.
Anyway, I wanted to ask her about various things, however.

“I’m sorry, but the truth is, even just standing there is hard. It doesn’t matter where it is, but can you let me rest in a sanctuary?”

Emitting a different kind of laziness than the sigh from earlier she asked me. I was taken aback after confirming the state of the Earth God.
Her dark brown hair is mixed with black here and there. The same goes for skin. On top of being sealed for a long time, she had been eroded by a large amount of miasma just a little while ago. It wouldn’t be strange if her body was still being eroded, and there was no doubt that she wasn’t in her best condition. I’m sorry for not being considerate enough…!
Also, I’ve just noticed this, but at the feet of the earth god, there was the magic stone of spelllock… Or rather, a black pile of garbage is on the ground. Why it is in that state… Maybe I made it too random and failed to create it…?
…… I-I’m glad that I didn’t fail in releasing the seal……!
At this timing I also remembered the pain in my hand. Uru and Regulus were also exhausted, this wasn’t the time to stand and talk slowly. We have to go home and rest.
I’m sorry, but let’s postpone the explanation to Bartle village for later. I take out the return stone to my base and present my left hand to the Earth God.

“…… Hmm?”

“Please give me your hand. We can’t go home together if we aren’t touching.”

I wonder if it would be disrespectful for a god to grab someone or have someone grab it. I feel like a bodyguard. Well, I’ve never done that before, so I don’t know.
She looked at my held out hand curiously, but when I explained it, she said “Is that so?” and slowly put her hand on top of my hand.
…… It must be hard to even move her hands. Her nails are tattered, and the back of her hand shows signs of erosion.
Even so, it seemed to be alive and well, and although it was a little low, I could feel her body temperature. While I was relieved that it was really good that I was there in time, I carefully grasped her hand so as not to hurt it.

“Uru would you hold Zephyr in your arms? Regulus hold on as well.”

“Umu.”

“Ah, I know.”

It would be terrible if Zephyr would be surprised by the transition and started to act violently. So I want that you guys hold him tight.
While making sure that everyone is touching me in some way.

“Then let’s go home.”

I called out and used the return stone.

When the faint light of the return stone subsided, I could see our completely familiar base in my field of vision.
There were many dangers, but I let out a big sigh of relief that I was able to return home safely.

“Rion-sama!”

Fricka, who happened to be near the altar, spotted us on our return and ran up to us. Fin is behind her,
… I’d like to think that it’s okay because we made a proper promise, but just in case, let’s stick a nail in Zephyr.

“Zephyr, If you hurt those two elves, Fricka and Fin… After your skin and scales are removed, you are going directly to the grill.”

“Gyaah!?”

He must have felt that I was serious by the tone of my voice, he nodded with his head repeatedly. At the same time, Uru also asked him with a straight face, “Is your meat delicious?” In this situation, he won’t even get the urge to make a prank. It won’t be funny if I don’t train him properly.…… And Uru, you can’t eat Zephyr unless he becomes a dangerous existence, okay?
…… However, putting aside the Earth God, I wonder how to explain Zephyr…… While I was scratching my head, Fricka arrived.

“Welcome back… To…”

As expected, Fricka saw Zephyr that Uru was holding and stopped moving as if frozen. Well, that’s the normal reaction. Fin was also startled and hides behind Fricka, but she seems to be unable to hide her interest, she is poking half of her body from behind.

“… Is that the child of Rion-sama and Uru-san?”

“No!!?”