Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 60
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Chapter 30: The Whereabouts of other gods
After that, the Creator god left in a hurry, saying that she had stayed too long.
Hmm, I feel like I was only able to ask a half-baked question again. Or rather, I learned a shocking new fact… Or more like, I just didn’t notice it until now.
“Umm… So I didn’t seems to been a normal hyuman.”
“I want to say, So what? To it.”
“Rion-sama is Rion-sama.”
“I-I don’t really understand.”
I got a light reply from all three of them, like, “Hmm okay” I wonder if I’m just thinking too much about it…
Well, I myself don’t really feel anything strange, so if something goes wrong, I’ll think about it then.
“But what should I do now? Creator God, you didn’t give me the next order.”
There are many places I haven’t been to yet, but with the current situation that couldn’t said to have that much time to spare, I wouldn’t like to go to unnecessary places.
When I was in the game, I used to want to fill every corner of the map, but… Oh, come to think of it, I wonder if I can use the map item. I have to try this when I can make paper.
Along the southern coast… The abandoned continent is an impossible difficulty for the time being, and there’s no means of crossing the sea yet, so it’s no use going around there.
Crossing the big river ahead of Grosso village in the west… Hmm, I’m still scared to go to a place where a Chimera can born. Well, I think there will be resources here though…
In that case, the rest… To go further east through the forest where Alness Village was located… Or go north?
“Rion-sama”
“Hmm? What?”
While I was groaning, thinking about my future plans, Fricka called out to me.
“If the Creator God don’t have leeway, why don’t you look for the others Gods?”
The Gods huh.
The six gods of fire, water, wind, earth, light and darkness that were created by the Creator God to play a supporting role in management of the world. Since the Six Gods are currently sealed, the burden on the Creator God must be considerable.
Even if she tries to break the seal on the Six Gods and turn things around for the better, it seems like the Creator God is too busy with her daily duties to move… It’s a vicious circle.
Well, it’s Miko’s duty to do something about that part. ……Where are the other two miko and what are they doing?
In the game, the god of fire is in a volcano, the god of water is in the bottom of the sea, and so on. They are sealed in places that have a deep connection with their elements.
After clearing the volcano dungeon that deals fire environmental damage, it’s too late to receive the divine protection that gives fire resistance! I remember thinking that… Well, I went there many times later for materials, so I was grateful after all.
But what about in Asteria? In the first place, I have a feeling that the Creator God would tell me if she had a hint to where the seals are. Like in a game “Go find it yourself!” I don’t think there is such a thing, but… I wonder if there are actually trials that I gave to pass through before that.
“Hmm, since I’m looking for a place where a God is sealed, in the end I have to go to a place that I haven’t been to yet, still I have no choice but to go to the places that I can go in my current situation.”
“Rion-sama may be reluctant, but… Why don’t you ask the elders of the village? They may have heard something from that miko.”
“……I see”
Shall we go later…? Especially the elder trio who are the sons of the miko… Kaina would try to keep his mouth shut, but I would like to hear from the other two… I wonder if they will honestly cooperate.
But now before that.
“Fricka. ……Is it okay if we make a grave for the Miko here?”
“… A grave?”
Fricka didn’t say that she wanted me to stop immediately, but she doesn’t look welcome to that idea. Her eyebrows are slightly raised.
“No… As a warning so that I don’t end up like that miko.”
That miko’s heart was broken because something important to him was broken.
I too…… Might end in the same situation.
I have been careful to not let it happen, but… Maybe I can say that just because I’ve never experienced such a tragedy.
I should be fine! I can’t say that I have a firm spirit to the extent that I can say that. Or rather my spirit is a little shaky.
That’s why, I’ll make a grave, Here at the base where I pass every day, and see it every day as a warning…
“I’m sorry. From your point of view, it would be uncomfortable.”
“No. I don’t mind if it’s for your benefit….That is just a pile of bones.”
Fricka is showing an approving expression, but I can’t tell if it’s because she made her mind or if she’s just hiding it. Hmm, maybe I’ll make something as an apology soon.
Or rather, I remembered now, but what should I do with the soul item…
“Isn’t okay if we just bury them together?”
“Why do you think so?”
“I don’t think there are evil spirits that can do evil in this sanctuary that you manage directly. I think it will be purified soon.”
……I see?
Well, the area around this altar is filled with the most holy attribute power among all the base. Putting aside the purification, if It turned into a evil spirit here again and started to rampage, I would definitely be disqualified as a miko.
That’s how a tombstone increased in a corner of the flower bed.
After that, I asked Wiega-san to gather information on whether anyone knew about the Gods, but as expected, it seems that Ash and Orto had the information.
But rather than information, Wiega-san brought a message.
“I will teach you what I know, so as an exchange condition, would you be willing accomplish one request?”
As the investigation progressed, the results came out that it was Kaina’s scheme alone, but they were also punished for their involvement. Isn’t the skin on their face thick… As expected from these brothers, I thought so.
The content of the message was… “If you can fix the mementos of our father, we want you to fix it.” With that being said, I feel like it’s too heartless to just cut it the request down.
“He certainly wasn’t a good father. Even so…For us, he was a great father who could do anything.”
I couldn’t refuse when he said that with a dejected face under house arrest. ……I’m too naive.
Moreover, that item was… Unexpectedly, a music box.
There was no particular special effect, it’s a simple thing that just plays a song.
They said that it was not something that they received directly, but a relic, the miko sometimes listened quietly to the music box, and it seems that even if the children were quietly listening to it, they would not be scolded for it.
I wonder what did that miko, who was stuck in the deeps of resentment, thought of his own children…
I was a little short on materials for the repair, but I was told that their faction would find what I needed, so I managed to repair it.
Thanks to them, I got a small amount of iron. I could have gotten a lot more things if I wanted, but that’s the only thing I didn’t have in stock. Oh, I also got a some recipes for cooking.
As an aside, it seems that Kaina, who was stubborn, began to speak up little by little after listening to this music box.
……You really can’t know how the things will end being connected in the end.
The amount of information obtained was not so large, but it can be summarized as follows.
It seems that the plains that lies north of Alness village, crossing the river through the forest, was the domain of the Wind God.
That miko’s hometown was near there, and he met the Wind God here or something like that. Probably before his change.
Three hundred years have passed, so things may have changed, but I thought there might be clues to find the Wind God there.
Well, it seems that the domains of the wind god would be the first place that the God of Creation would look for … But there’s no other place to prioritize.
So yeah… Our the next destination is going to be the north.