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A tube connected two barrels together. One was filled with a liquid in which countless small bubbles rose, and the other was filled with a black liquid. The gas contained inside the bubbles of the liquid in the first barrel dissolved in the liquid of the second barrel.
As Vandalieu managed this process in the Dungeon he had created beneath his house, he pondered the contents of the Divine Message that Juliana had received.
“‘A place that is equally to the north and south of here’ probably refers to a continent or island on the opposite side of the world from the Bahn Gaia continent,” he said.
“I suppose so. Equally north and south, even though they’re opposite directions from each other, probably means that,” Darcia agreed.
“So, people in this world know that their planet is round,” said Kanako, sounding a little surprised. “There are maps, but nothing that resembles a globe, so I was sure they had no idea.”
Having seen the world of Lambda from Rodcorte’s Divine Realm, Kanako and the other reincarnated individuals knew that it was round, just like Earth and Origin.
They had only ever seen Lambda, so it was possible that it was different in size from Earth and Origin. It was even possible that the orbits of objects were reversed… with the sun and moon orbiting around Lambda. However, there was no doubt that it was indeed round.
But that was something that the reincarnated individuals knew only because they had seen it from the outside. They had never seen any globes of the world, so Kanako had very naturally assumed that the inhabitants of this world did not know that the world was round.
“Not everyone knows,” Darcia said, correcting her. “To elaborate, the fact that the world is round is taught to children around the same time that they are told myths and legends and learn how to read, write and do basic arithmetic. But we don’t pay it much conscious thought after that – whether the world is round or not, that is. I’d forgotten it until I was reminded about it in Vida’s Divine Realm, and it seems that Juliana-san forgot as well.”
“Ah, don’t look at me! In my previous life, I was a human who received some of the best education in this country, and yet I forgot! Please don’t look at me!” Juliana cried in shame.
“Do not be so harsh on yourself,” Zadiris told her. “Even if you tell me that the world is round, I do not even really understand.”
“Yeah, Julie-chan. Don’t worry,” said Pauvina.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make fun of you,” said Darcia.
The fact that Juliana had said, ‘I don’t know!’ to Vandalieu, whom she worshipped, seemed to have inflicted great mental damage upon her.
“Since us Ghouls lived in seclusion in a Devil’s Nest, we don’t have opportunities to learn about the world’s geography. I don’t think anything we say would be of much comfort, Mother,” said Basdia.
“Most human households are similar. We learn it once when we’re very young and then don’t think about it much after that. I almost forgot myself until Vandalieu-sama mentioned it,” said Tarea. “In my case, it was over two hundred years ago, and the education I received was similar to today’s. Isn’t it?”
She looked around, hoping that someone would agree with her.
Simon and Natania nodded with a perplexed look on their faces.
“Yes, now that you mention it, I do remember learning that the world is round when I was a kid… though the world looks pretty flat to me,” said Simon.
“Yeah… Even with the mountains, hills and valleys, the world looks flat… but I kind of have the feeling that maybe someone taught me that it’s round…” said Natania.
Simon and Natania had been taught that the world was round, but it seemed that this knowledge had become buried in dust over time.
“Is it because it was considered to be knowledge originating in another world, so Alda and Bellwood’s believers avoided teaching it?” Doug suggested.
But even for children, it was unnatural to teach them that the world was round as part of their basic education.
Princess Levia appeared behind Vandalieu and joined in on the conversation.
“No, the fact that the world is round shouldn’t be knowledge that originated in another world. The stone plate that bears mythological tales in Talosheim’s Church also contains the parts relating to the world’s creation, and it says that the world is a sphere,” she said.
“… Boy, you are the one who repaired the temple, are you not?” said Zadiris.
“It’s been about nine years since I repaired it. I didn’t have ‘Perfect Record Technique’ back then, either,” said Vandalieu. “But thanks to you, Princess Levia, I’ve got a good idea of why the fact that the world is round hasn’t become established knowledge despite the fact that it is known.”
The clear difference between Lambda and Earth was that the gods of Lambda had existed before its people. And after the gods created the people, there had been an age when the gods ruled the world, living alongside the humans, teaching them and guiding them.
The gods had still been young, and they had not taught the people any skills or knowledge that was beyond them… such as how to cast offensive spells that were too powerful to be used in hunting or how to create torture tools that inflicted deep wounds on the body and mind.
But they had likely taught the people about this world. That it was round.
Or perhaps the people living in that time had realized it themselves in the midst of the gods’ teachings.
Warnliza was the guardian deity of the High Goblin nation and subordinate god of Zuruwarn, the god of space and creation. She had taught the people the knowledge of measurement and how to draw maps.
In any case, the people of this world had known that the world was round before the champions came from another world. Back then, there had been no dangerous monsters, no nations and the gods ruling the people had a more proper relationship with one another than they did now. Traveling would have been far safer back then, too.
But the war against the army led by the Demon King Guduranis had changed the world completely.
The fierce battles had changed the world’s geography, and the maps drawn before the Demon King’s arrival were no longer accurate. On top of that, corrupted regions haunted by dangerous monsters had appeared – Devil’s Nests, Devil’s Seas and Devil’s Skies.
And having lost a significant portion of their power during the war against the Demon King and the war between Vida and Alda that followed, the gods of Alda’s forces had left the world and now resided in their Divine Realms. The gods of Vida’s faction were also secluded within the Boundary Mountain Range and on the Demon Continent.
The world was not in a state where the gods could teach the people about its geography.
The people had also been unable to traverse long distances and conduct large-scale surveys. Indeed, the Demon Continent had been considered to be an unexplored land in human societies prior to the Storm of Tyranny, led by the ‘Thunderclap’ Schneider, reaching it.
These were not circumstances in which people could create maps or globes of the entire world.
And currently, many ordinary people died in or around the cities and villages that they were born and raised in. Overall, there were few who made frequent, long journeys as a part of their lives. Thus, ordinary people needed extremely little geographical knowledge to get by.
Thus, even though the knowledge that the world was round still remained, it did not establish itself firmly in the minds of the people who learned it.
Hearing this tentative explanation from Vandalieu, Darcia and the others nodded.
“I understand, but… what do we do?” said Kanako. “It seems pretty difficult to measure an equal distance to both the north and south.”
The mystery had been solved, but that did not lead to the unraveling of the Divine Message.
“I do not believe there is a map of the entire world even in the High Goblin nation whose guardian deity is Warnliza-sama, who herself is a subordinate god of Zuruwarn, the god of space and creation. And Warnliza-sama herself has not been outside the barrier in over a hundred thousand years,” said Princess Levia.
Orbia appeared to make her own suggestions. “How about asking Schneider? His party has been to the Demon Continent and back, so they should have been able to measure the distance to some extent by using the stars, right? Wait, doesn’t Gufadgarn have any idea?”
But Gufadgarn shook her head. “My apologies. It is not within my knowledge.”
She was the only god in Vida’s faction who had been outside the Boundary Mountain Range – by teleporting her entire Dungeon, the Trial of Zakkart, from place to place. However, she had been focused on the maintenance of the Dungeon; she had not paid much attention to the geography of the world outside it.
“If only I had a better understanding of the goddess’s will, I would have been able to receive the Divine Message in a way that is more easily understood!” Juliana said, disheartened.
“No, Juliana, do not blame yourself. It is unlikely that we will need to measure distance to the north and south so accurately. The other clue, ‘jaws that are unpleasantly-colored,’ should serve as a more accurate marker for the precise location,” said Zadiris. “It is likely referring to an area that geographically resembles the jaws of a beast, so perhaps it is an oddly-shaped, venomous-colored valley, ravine or cave entrance. In any case, it should be quite conspicuous.”
“The Divine Message is cryptic, but I do not believe that Peria-sama deliberately made it difficult to understand out of malice. I am sure she did everything she could to make it as easy to understand as possible so that you could receive it, Juliana-san,” said Princess Levia.
Vandalieu put a reassuring hand on Juliana’s shoulder. “They’re right, you don’t have to worry about it. Nobody can speak to gods from the very beginning. Even I took eight years after being born to become able to speak to them.”
Vandalieu first encountered and had a conversation with a god, the dragon god of five sins Fidirg, when he was around eight years old… Incidentally, the first time he ate an evil god was one year prior to that, when he was seven.
“… Master. I don’t know if it’s right for you to compare Juliana to yourself, you know,” said Natania, narrowing her eyes.
But Vandalieu didn’t really understand what she was trying to say.
“Well, there’s no guarantee that everyone becomes able to speak to the gods when they turn eight,” he said. “Well then, Juliana, let’s aim to become Rank 13. If you do, you’ll be able to speak to the gods face to face.”
“Yes, I’ll do my best!” Juliana nodded immediately, her eyes sparkling.
But Rank 13 was not something that one could attain simply by aiming for it. However…
“I get the feeling that if you’re around Van and you do your best, you’ll be able to do it,” said Pauvina.
Though she had no Rank herself, she had high-Rank monster friends such as Rapiéçage and Yamata.
“Yeah. I was Rank 4 when I first met Van, but I’m now Rank 12, the same as Mother and the others,” said Basdia with a nod.
Members of Vida’s races originating from monsters possessed not only Ranks, but Jobs as well. Considering that she received bonuses to their Attribute Values and growth from two sources, Basdia was likely already more powerful overall than a Rank 13 monster.
As she was now, she would probably be fine even if she met Fidirg face to face.
“As for the ‘jaws that are unpleasantly-colored’…” said Vandalieu, moving on.
“Why don’t we ride in Father’s carriage and search areas where it is likely to be?” suggested Rita. “Father is faster than migrating birds now!”
“If we need to, we can enter his alternate dimension, so there’s no need to worry about encountering monsters,” said Saria.
The twins’ father, Sam, was a Dimension Lord Carriage. As they said, riding in his carriage would likely be a fast, safe way to reach the other side of the planet.
“About that, I’ve received a summons from Duke Alcrem. I want Sam to be on standby near me,” said Vandalieu.
“Umm, Van-sama. Are you intending to deal with both the Divine Message and your business with the duke at the same time?” asked Tarea.
“Don’t you think you should leave the visit to the duke for later?” said Basdia.
The dukes that ruled the duchies of the Orbaume Kingdom each had authority equivalent to that of a small nation’s king. In ordinary circumstances, it would be difficult to delay the wishes of a duke to prioritize other matters.
However, in this case, it was a Divine Message sent by a goddess. People called Darcia ‘Holy Lady’ and ‘Holy Mother,’ and Vandalieu himself was the ‘Patron Saint of Transformation Equipment.’
If they informed the duke that they had received a divine message, even the duke would not be able to bluntly deny their cause.
“And even if it is the will of the duke and the headquarters of a Guild, that doesn’t mean you have to go right away. If they wanted you to come immediately, they would have told Bachem to bring you alone on his Wyvern,” said Darcia. “Walking from this city to the capital would take at least two weeks, so you have time.”
Vandalieu could simply use those two weeks to search for the place indicated by the Divine Message, then go to the capital via Legion or Gufadgarn’s teleportation.
There would be no problem with this, as the duke and the others did not know that Vandalieu and his companions had the ability to teleport.
But Vandalieu shook his head. “Something that can’t be taken care of quickly will probably happen at the place indicated by the Divine Message, so I think it’s best that I handle my business with the duke and the others first. And we probably shouldn’t take a year or two to respond to the Divine Message, but it’s unlikely that time is desperately of the essence. Well, I’ll go to the Church and ask the gods myself about this. Even if I can’t talk to the goddess who sent the Divine Message herself, I’ll probably be able to learn a lot.”
“… I see. By the way, I want to ask… what’s inside those barrels?” asked Legion, who had simply been lying around like a mass of flesh.
“It’s an improvised setup to produce carbon dioxide and make carbonated water,” Vandalieu replied as he prepared cups for everyone. “I need people to taste it before I take it as a gift, after all. Well then, let’s begin the tasting.”
Using the recipe taught to him by the gods of earth as a reference, he had blended caramel produced from Gehenna Bee honey with several spices and fruits to create a prototype Cola.
That night, Talosheim was filled with loud cheers. The people celebrated their emperor achieving his goal and even defeating Fitun, the god of thunderclouds, who had been one of the most combat-specialized gods among the forces of the enemy god Alda.
They also rejoiced in Vandalieu’s strengthened influence in human society, becoming someone whom even nobles could not ignore, and welcomed his new companions.
A parade was held, with all kinds of dishes being served, and people of every race gathered to celebrate. Its scale and liveliness was several times greater than the parade in the city of Morksi.
Late that night, a boat creaked loudly as she departed Talosheim’s canal. It was Cuatro, the ghost ship that Vandalieu had built by combining the wreckages of multiple ships.
It was unusually large for a ghost ship in Lambda, and she spread her sails to head south.
“You scurvy dogs! It’s His Majesty’s first order for us to set sail in over a year! Look lively!” shouted one of the Four Dead Sea Captains that commanded Cuatro.
“Yes, Captain!” the dead sailors said in response.
“But our mission this time is to conduct reconnaissance and preliminary surveying. We must be quiet so that we remain unnoticed. Do you understand?” said another one of the Four Dead Sea Captains.
“Yes, Captain,” the dead sailors whispered.
The only sound that could be heard other than their voices was the wind… because Cuatro was flying through the sky.
The Undead who was once the captain of the sorcery ship used to build Cuatro raised his saber into the air in triumph. “This is a true airship! And I am certain that she’s superior to the airships of the worlds that His Majesty and the champions came from! We have surpassed the technology of other worlds!” he declared.
“But Captain, I heard from Doug that the airships in other worlds are things that fly with big bags attached to the roof, not flying boats,” said one of the Undead sailors, his bones rattling as he spoke.
“Indeed! That’s a design that clearly limits mobility! And they would apparently sink if a hole formed in the bag! Our Cuatro is clearly superior!” the captain said confidently.
“No, what I was trying to say is, maybe you can’t really compare them… No, forget I said anything,” said the Undead sailor, stepping back a little as he realized that the captain was in some kind of high state.
But it was true that Cuatro had become something very different from an ordinary ghost ship.
As a result of her special training with Sam a while ago, she had become able to fly through the sky. This had created new weaknesses, such as having a new blind spot directly beneath her, but her operational capabilities had expanded vastly.
That included her mobility. Cuatro had always been capable of sailing the seas through her own will even without the wind, and although she still wasn’t as quick as Sam at flying through the sky, she was far quicker in the air than in water.
“With that said, we must be wary of unexpected battles with monsters. And we must be vigilant against attacks from the gods’ subordinates, even if they are unlikely,” said the one Dead Sea Captain who hadn’t spoken yet – the former captain of the merchant ship, as he inspected the weapons.
Cuatro was equipped with ballistae, which were essentially enormous crossbows, whose huge arrows looked capable of taking down Dragons. The cannons created by Doug and the others had been newly installed as well.
The gunpowder was stored in Magic Items with water-repelling properties in order to prevent it from becoming wet and unusable.
And Cuatro’s crew, the sailors working under the captains, were all quite powerful Undead. At the time of the first journey to the Demon Continent, they had needed the leadership of Bone Man and his Dragon Zombie mount Leo, but now, they were capable of dealing with any unexpected monster encounters on their own.
However, it was uncertain as to whether the same could be said if physically incarnated gods like Hajime Fitun, heroic spirits or heroes with divine blessings were to appear.
That was why the ‘Divine Spear of Ice’ Mikhail and the Dark Nights Knights’ Order – consisting of Vampires who had been turned into Zombies and Zombie Giants created using Vampire corpses –were on board.
“We’ll be counting on you if the time comes, Mikhail-dono. And everyone of the Dark Nights Knights’ Order,” said the former merchant ship captain.
“Leave it to us,” said Mikhail.
“Yes! If such a time comes, you can show us that His Majesty the Emperor’s dogs are superior to the hunting hounds of the gods!” said another one of the captains.
A Zombie Giant groaned in agreement.
With these forces on board, Cuatro would be able to repel any enemy forces including heroes that were hastily raised by the gods.
“But Captains, we are a preparation for situations of emergency. Do not forget that we will be fighting to escape,” Mikhail reminded the captains.
They would not fight if enemy forces as powerful as those led by Hajime Fitun were to appear. That was why they had agreed to summon Vandalieu and his companions in a situation of emergency and escape via teleportation.
“We understand. Of course, the gods are unlikely to take notice of us in the first place,” said one of the captains.
The gods were far less omniscient than humans thought they were. They could only see the world from their Divine Realms… from far above the clouds, or through the eyes of their believers.
It was unlikely that the gods of Alda’s forces would take notice of Cuatro as she set sail in the ocean from the Merfolk nation, on the southernmost tip of the region within the Boundary Mountain Range in which none of their followers lived, under the cover of a storm.
And since this ship flew through the night sky, it was unlikely to be noticed by vessels that had set sail from human nations, either.
“However, there is always the small possibility of something happening,” said Mikhail. “We must not let our guards down –”
“It’s sunrise, scurvy dogs! Get ready! Move the cargo inside so that it won’t get swept into the water!” the pirate ship captain shouted in command.
The horizon had started to grow brighter. Sunrise had come, and the sailors began to move about in a hurry.
They quickly carried the ballista arrows and gunpowder inside the ship and folded the sails.
“Now let’s go! Begin the underwater voyage!” the captain shouted.
In response to this command, Cuatro’s bow dipped, pointing towards the sea in a nosedive. The bow approached the still-dark water surface and crashed into it with an enormous splash. Cuatro continued to sink into the sea, bow first… and then turned her bow back to a horizontal direction once she was deep enough to not be seen from the surface.
“We will be sailing underwater until the sun sets again! Masters, Cuatro will probably keep the water flow out but it won’t be perfect, so be careful not to fall overboard!” the captain warned the others as the last of the remaining air in his head bubbled out of his eye sockets.
Indeed, Cuatro was now a ghost ship that could not only fly through the air, but sail underwater as well.
No matter how much she flew through the sky, she was unable to fly above the clouds yet, so it was possible that other ships would spot her from the ocean below during the day. But if she was underwater, there was no way that her presence could be noticed.
“If that happens, I’ll swim on my own,” said one of the other captains. “Let’s be careful of any legendary sea monsters until we get close to the land indicated by the Divine Message.”
Cuatro flew through the sky by night and sacrificed speed to travel through the ocean during the day. It was quite unlikely that the gods would take notice of her.
But it wouldn’t be strange for servants of the gods to be on the lookout around the place mentioned by the Divine Message, where a goddess was sealed away.
Once a place resembling the Divine Message’s description was discovered, Cuatro was to remain on standby in the ocean nearby.
“Well then, our enemies for now will be legendary sea monsters, I suppose. I’ve heard that there’s a mysterious monster with such a fearsome appearance that it causes insanity in every sailor that lays eyes on it, and another monster in the deepest parts of the ocean that sinks every single ship that encounters it. Are these rumors true?” asked one of the captains.
“No matter how fearsome a monster is, they’ll be like a kitten if you compare it to His Majesty the Emperor when he’s going all-out! And we’re already beneath the ocean’s surface, you know!” said another.
A third captain laughed. “There’s no mistake about that! If any legendary sea monster dares to show itself, we’ll fillet it and make curry with its meat!”
“… Why curry?”
“Apparently, good boats have delicious curry in other worlds.”
The ghost ship Cuatro, who herself would likely induce fear to the point of insanity in any who noticed her presence and was capable of dragging any ship in her way to a watery grave, calmly traveled through the dark ocean.
The group’s leader was Arthur.
He was standing before a metropolis with a population of a million. It was a city so large that he couldn’t even imagine its scale, as he came from a small village in the mountains.
He hadn’t even entered the city yet, but he was already feeling overwhelmed from just looking at its walls.
There was a long line of people waiting to fill out their paperwork to enter the city, and as an introvert, he couldn’t help but to tremble. He felt pathetic. He felt that his fingers were going to tremble as well, so he clenched them tightly into fists so that he wouldn’t look even more pathetic to the people around him.
Arthur’s younger sister giggled nervously. “Alcrem. Our destination.”
Her voice was trembling too, but Arthur couldn’t blame her. She was even shyer than he was, and slightly scared of men. Her anxiety made her want to stare at the ground, but she was strong at heart, so she looked straight ahead at the city.
“… The goddess’s… Divine Message,” said the Dwarf mage who was Arthur’s childhood friend, his face pale and his eyes open wide.
He was tired from the journey, the longest journey he had ever made in his life, and it seemed that the effects of the poisonous plants mixed in among the wild plants they had eaten on the way still hadn’t completely worn off.
Arthur wanted to hurry and find an inn for him, but…
“Umm, everyone. Why are you so… I don’t know, suspicious?! Everyone around us is really scared of us, you know?!” said the fourth member of the group – an archer and thief by the name of Miriam – looking like she was about to cry.
“Scared…?” Arthur murmured, looking at Miriam with a doubtful expression. “Of us? Who is?”
Arthur was a large man with chiseled facial features and long black hair, and he was casting an ominous-looking shadow.
Kalinia, Arthur’s sister, didn’t resemble him at all except for the color of her hair. She was a beautiful woman but with an unpleasant look in her eyes, with which she was casting a sharp gaze around her.
The wide-eyed Dwarf named Borzofoy, who was prematurely balding and had a scrawny figure, let out an unhealthy-sounding laugh. “Such silly things, you’re saying…”
“I’m telling you, all of you are super scary and suspicious right now!” said Miriam, who was a rookie adventurer from the countryside and certainly didn’t look like she was with these three.
Needless to say, these four were stopped by the guards as they tried to enter the capital of Alcrem, and the barrage of questioning took several times longer than the normal process.
- Name: Cuatro
- Rank: 8
- Race: Terror Ghost Chimera Battleship
- Level: 59
- Passive Skills:
- Special Five Senses
- Physical Resistance: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Mental Corruption: Level 7
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Sailing: Level 6 (LEVEL UP!)
- Strengthened Attribute Values: Creator: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Self-Strengthening: On Water: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Self-Strengthening: Guidance: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Impact Resistance: Level 3 (LEVEL UP!)
- Superhuman Strength: Level 3 (NEW!)
- Airborne Sailing: Level 3 (NEW!)
- Underwater Sailing: Level 2 (NEW!)
- Rapid Regeneration: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Water Attribute Resistance: Level 3 (NEW!)
- Active Skills:
- Surpass Limits: Level 9 (LEVEL UP!)
- High-Speed Cruising: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Projectile Fire: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Scream: Level 5 (LEVEL UP!)
- Aura of Fear: Level 7 (LEVEL UP!)
- Artillery Technique: Level 4 (LEVEL UP!)
- Silent Steps: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Familiar Spirit Demonfall: Level 1 (NEW!)
- Unique Skills:
- Vandalieu’s Divine Protection (NEW!)
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Winter
Idk why, but I have a soft spot for scary/suspicious looking characters, who are actually incredibly kind.
Zenden1st
hmm new characters
SmerchOleg
I have thought of it only now, but Sam could easily become Santa, giving gifts to good children on Christmas, Jesu… I mean Vandalieu’s birthday.
Arshavin
Ghost ship?
Flying ship?
Yes, its the Flying Dutchman ship from spongebob
Ronin
Of the Thousand Sunny from One Piece. Lol
Tomas-28
When even your enemie’s ship can do a Familiar Spirit Demonfall.
Touchme
Cthullu and a Kraken?
Kerlark Dgrayman
Before Van know it, Cuatro will be a flying ship in the future.
lazygeko
Cuatro was flying in this chapter… no need for the future.
Kiyotaka
Lol
I like how the writing style of this author when he introduce us new characters
It give you a friendly feeling mixed with creepy one 🤣🤣
And it get me off guard every time
Myuu7
Anyone can refresh me who is arthur and his gang?
CyberDre
Don’t worry, they’re new characters just introduced in this chapter
Absolute Zer0
Friendly warning for Evil Gods of other side of planet:
Please immediately use ultimate technique of Joestar family. I repeat! Please immediately flee from wherever you are!
CyberDre
A jobro!!
LmaoLN
Nigerundayo
AvalonSnow
Thanks for the chapter Yoshi. I thoroughly enjoy this novel and am looking forward to more.
ExplodingPenguinDood
Another one so soon? Thanks team Yoshi TL 👍👍
Are there any flat lambda believers over there? Probably evil god worshippers or some sort of anti gods movement who’s to say 🤷 still a funny thing to think about.
Lord Rin
Eh it did feel kinda overly long that talk about the world being round and how people forgot about it despite being taught it as children.
Anyways huzzah! Van is finally close to creating cola! Now Zuruwarn will finally be able to use his fancy exclusive cola goblet.
So Cuatro can now both fly in the sky like this is Final Fantasy or Granblue Fantasy and also dive underwater like a submarine. When the ship captains started talking about rumors of mysterious monsters that drive people insane by just being seen or monsters that sink ships, I was wondering if maybe those rumors are about themselves and they just don’t know it. Anyways so it looks like Cuatro will be trying to search for a location that matches Peria’s message while Van goes to meet Duke Alcrem.
I got no idea about those four random new characters at the end. They mentioned being instructed by a goddess to go to the Alcrem capitol. I guess we’ll find out if they’ll be enemies or allies soon. There’s not really much information to go off of right now other than they look super suspicious like you’d call the police on them.
tinyembers
these new cast scream “guide me!”
also, damn cuatro is rly turning into a mobile attack fortress, reaching for gnochen. we just need spirit body form now.
Ltshrek
Make it big tiddy pirate onee-san plez
Entropy
Hmmm, interesting chapter. Glad to have a new chapter so quickly. Either these adventurers are sent by the sea goddess to help explain the message, an evil god to attack or ally with Van, or perhaps a member of Alda’s group to attack or spy on Van’s group. The last is the most likely, but they seem a little unimpressive and why would Alda send heroes to attack Van when Fida and his group of gods were destroyed. Even spying would be pointless since Alda has plenty of spies in the form of his followers. As for the first possible explanation, Van already has a receiver for the divine messages. The second is even more unlikely since they are non-monster and non-Vida races. I suppose that one goddess that was influenced by Van’s path could have sent her hero and some friends as a form of an olive branch. I can’t wait to find out.
Doc
I don’t know how reliable Juliana is as a receiver for divine messages from Peria. I mean technically she got that divine protection while still mostly believing in Alda’s faction of gods and her devotion to Van didn’t exist yet. She received the message while she was in the process of reincarnating as a half minotaur. So it’s entirely possible Peria might have other more reliable sources to give divine messages too. Or it could be from Botin, the sealed goddess.
Personally I find the chances that one of Alda’s crew sent them the least likely. There would just be no point. And the evil god followers are all lying very low after hearing about what Van did to the joyful evil god organization.
ObserverBias
Technically Juliana was already a fanatic by the time she was being reincarnated (due in part to a mix of a wide range of beliefs and Van’s Grotesque Mind counseling pre-reincarnation), wasn’t she? It’s just that it’s been cranked up a few levels in time since.
Doc
I’m saying the ability for Peria to keep sending divine messages to Juliana might be compromised now, but was less so earlier. I mean at this point she pretty much only worships Van. So if Peria needs to send any additional information Van’s way, she could tap other believers.
bk3k
Well do you think Peria is trying to send a message to just anyone? Rather than reliability, the reason Juliana got the oracle was [spoiler title=””] her proximity to Van. Peria needs Van for <redacted> because there is no one else who can <redacted> besides Van (and <redacted>). [/spoiler]
Doc
It’s not just a matter of proximity. If Juliana doesn’t worship Peria she won’t be able to make sense of any divine messages Peria sends and she’s pretty much got only Van on the brain now. She received the divine message while still believing in Alda’s gods.
I’m not saying it’s impossible that Juliana can still act as Peria’s communication point to Van but she’s also got many other followers she could just as easily send Van’s way.
Chiu ChunLing
You’re kinda mixing Juliana up with someone else, I think.
ObserverBias
“Umm, Van-sama. Are you intending to deal with both the Divine Protection and your business with the duke at the same time?” asked Tarea.
Presuming this is in reference to the Divine Message being discussed and not a Divine Protection that wasn’t brought up again?
CyberDre
Back to back new chapters! Flipping awesome.
Okay so we got a :
1) Crazy Ghost ship that’s even scarier than sea monsters.
2) An entire race that doesn’t care for geography (let’s be honest who does these days) but kinda dangerous considering travelling should be important in their era.
3) 4 suspicious new Characters ( are they friend? Are they for? )
4) The celebration of Van-sama’s new status in society and victory over Battle junky Fitun.
5) and most importantly, what We and Doug has been waiting for….. Cola! Now all I need is a McVi….. Wait we already have that….
P.S I wanna see a drunk Van-sama , I don’t know why but it would be hilarious 😂😂
nadirku
I remember some of the comments from the last chapter, talking about the goddess possibly being hidden in an underground city… Seems like she might be hidden so far underground that she is back above ground! ^_^
nadirku
question on a possible translation error?
For this character it first says she is a bandit, but later says that she is:
I might be mixed up here, but if I remember correctly there should be a Job of “Thief” that people can get, as opposed to making a living as a bandit… Is that a possible mix up in the translations, or a typo in the original? Like the author meant to say that Miriam is an adventurer, who uses a bow, and currently has the “thief” job?
I suppose this will be cleared up in the later chapters, especially if we see her status.
More importantly, thank you for the consecutive releases.
Malkav0
Yoshi our hero is on a roll \o/
Another quest begins, hype
Kazza
Guess the Dwarf doesn’t get a name? TSK TSK, Densuke.
I knew my paranoia would pay off with a new chapter immediately after the previous.
So, they received a divine message specifically from a goddess. So we’ve got any of the female evil gods (though I think very few would care about gender, so goddess makes it seem unlikely), Vida, Peria, Botin, and potentially a goddess from Alda’s faction. Peria/Pargtarta just sent Juliana a message not mentioning them, and Vida essentially has Van on speed dial through Darcia. So, my guess is either Botin or Nineroad.
Botin because these guys are specifically from villages, where it was established Botin worship is common due to bountiful harvests and stuff. She could be trying to get Van to find her as well.
Nineroad’s probably not the one, as she’d be using a hero/champion, not a ragtag group including a bandit, but there’s a small possibility she’s aiming for covert communication between her and Van.
There was Basha, the one surveiling Talosheim, which seems possible but we just don’t know the scope of her powers to make a clear judgement.
I guess Ricklent can also be classified as female in the 3 ladies form, but he and Zuruwarn can just show up when they need to, they don’t need a median.
My money’s on Botin. Anyone else?
Entropy
I doubt it would be Ricklent or Zuruwarn since they are hands off from divine messages. Same for Nineroads, plus since her follower Fida died, she is kind of in the dog house and probably busy getting her house back in order. Evil gods seem unlikely, since the adventurers are of the Alda approved races. Plus if I was an evil god, I would do what the bovine and blood gods did and hide out til the dust clears. No point to draw Van’s attention unless they want to serve him. Of the possible conclusions, the goddess either wants to spy, attack or ally with Van. The first two seem very unlikely considering what happened with Fida so recently. I would bet on Basha sending her hero as an olive branch to ally with Van.
Skarbrand
Wait, I thought Botin was destroyed by Guduranis along with Shizarion and the Giant, Dragon and Beast gods.
CyberDre
Nope that was Marduke , the beast dragon
Jonathan Hurd
Botin was only sealed. I believe you’re right on the Giant, Dragon, Beast, and Wind God being destroyed.
Yoshi
Shit, he had a name I think. I forgot to put it in the translation. I’ll add it later
Eddy
I thought it was evidence of Densuke’s anti-dwarf and anti-elven policy (somewhat justified because along with the orc variants they have taken over the fantasy)
SorryTakingADab
SS 39 has his name I believe
VEreality
New chapter! Thank you Yoshi-sama!
The level of irony and H.P.Lovecraft not so subtle references in this chapter exceeds 9000. I love it.
Ok, I really want to hear your opinion on this: this chapter made me remember Gyubarzo who was for all intent and purposes Dagon from a real novel. And here I was thinking “Hey! Didn’t Van get some of Fitun power/authority after eating him”. And it would make sense since there would be a need for a new god to rule over the thunder clouds.
By this logic wouldn’t it mean Van would have taken the position of all the dark gods he had fully consumed(since Fitun was the only regular god that got fully eaten/destroyed by Van)? And that would make Van the new evil god of Magic tomes(from eating Buburdura at age 7), Release(Ravovifard), Dark seas(Gyubarzo), Mad disaster(Dargzobon), Joyful life(Hihiryushukaka) and a couple of others that were killed between chapters, from whom Van has made his magic staff. That would be a wicked title to have.
Doc
I don’t think it works that way? Like Fitun was just assigned the authority of thunder clouds under Nineroad. It’s not like it was an intrinsic part of his godhood. As such I think authorities can easily be reassigned like job titles between the gods. Like Van might have taken some ability to control storms from consuming Fitun’s soul but I don’t think the authority to control clouds disappears from the rest of the gods to be able to use. Like I’d guess a different cloud god would just also be given thunderclouds now that Fitun is gone.
These authorities exist to manage the world. It’s not like the gods can just leave jobs unfilled even if the previous owner of the authority is dead or sealed away.
As for the evil gods Van never mentioned any special powers he received upon consuming their souls. He just got more mana out of each one.
Jonathan Hurd
I’m with Doc here I think the relationship of Fitun and Thunderclouds wasn’t Fitun is supported by the clouds, but he is supporting the clouds. Basically for clouds to exist they need a certain amount of power from the Gods. Same goes for the land, air, fire, water, and so on….
Where the Gods get power from is peoples feelings towards the things they support. For instance if people appreciate the clouds then they would give thanks to Fitun. That feeling of gratitude/worship would then turn into Fitun’s power.
Similar things are happening for Gufadgarn. She uses her power to support and make Dungeons. Then peoples fear/appreciation towards those dungeons turns to her power.
I think in Van’s case he is not really directly connected to the things the Gods he ate ruled over. Now he does gain power from worship towards the things he has actively done. So every time his people pray and appreciate the modern technology he has made. Like the baths, room warming, and foods he probably gets some power from that.
I don’t think anyone really thinks of Van when it comes to things like Release, Natural Disasters, or Thunder Clouds. So I doubt feelings of gratitude or fear from it goes to Van. Especially since if Van isn’t the direct cause of it.
I would say that for quite a few Evil Gods Van has gotten powers from it. Eating Evil Gods was how he got Mental Encroachment and a bunch of weird ones from the Evil god of Joyful life.
VEreality
Yeah but Van does things that would earn him the position of god for some of those titles. He is giving the people of Talosheim a very joyful and fulfilling life. He is helping people to release their inner self by allowing them to chose what they want to become. He is using signs in the same way Buburdura was. And there is no denying that if angered Vandalieus is a walking disaster that not even the gods can make head or tail of.
Nothing about thunder clouds or dark seas yet, but the story takes place in the middle of the ocean right now. We know for a fact that Vandalieus is not really all that sunshines and rainbows. He has a lot of things that are screwed up about him. People could start to associate such things to him in time.
ObserverBias
While that’s an “idea,” none of the evil gods had “authorities” in the same way non-evil gods do. They were basically named after their associated “gimmicks,” and technically originated from outside of the Lambda skill system (which is likely why Van hasn’t gotten skills specifically from consuming them that were particular to the individual evil god).
Besides which, between his “Demon King” and “(extensive) Guidance” Path, he doesn’t really need associated titles to remind him of evil gods he has consumed. There’s bound to be more than the author meant to leave tracked.
Jonathan Hurd
I will say that I think the Evil God’s did actually introduce their own authorities into Lambda. If I remember the Origin myth correctly. Before the Demon King showed up people on Lambda had no concepts of war, hatred, primal instinct, debasement. There also weren’t any natural disasters or dungeons. Those were things brought in and introduced by the descent of the Demon Kings big generals.
Basically the world was the Garden of Eden. A place without sin. Where the only violence was just hunting enough animals to live. A perfect paradise with no real conflict.
For the skill system that was actually something created after the Evil Gods came in. I believe Fidurg did say the system has no effect on God’s, but Rinklent has also said the system long ago has gone off the rails after monsters started getting ranks and Vidas races were added in
I would also add that Van has actually gotten a lot of abilities from God’s. He didn’t really get any from the extremely weakened ones that Zantark had or Vidas group locked up, but he did from Hirushakyu, the book one, I think maybe from Raviford(gotta look back at his), Curatos, and Fitun. It’s just most of the skills Van recently ate combined with either the Demon King skill or Dark King Magic.
Jonathan Hurd
That does make sense. I think though that instead of absorbing authorities one by one though most of them are probably encompassed by his Demon King Title/skill and the Champion title/Demigod skill depending on if you’re Vans enemy or ally.
As the Demon King all of his actions that instill fear in his enemies gain him strength. While as the people’s champion/god his actions that instill gratitude give him power.
I do have to agree with you that eating different God’s is probably expanding his Guidance. Especially Release and Joyful Life.
If I had to say I think Van is still defining his particular realm. I think he can do that because he has a physical body and is still growing and changing with that.
Remembering Merribells case and how risky it was for her to change her form and identity. As well as Fidergs case in which without faith he was starting to fade away. God’s who only have a spirit form are basically defined by their image. They need something to attract attention to their existence and get them faith to live. I think they try to pick an element or type that matches to what they excelled at in life.
Lord Rin
None of the Evil Gods Van has munched on had any official authority they were in charge of on Lambda. Eating them wouldn’t make Van be in charge of anything.
VEreality
The term of authority when it comes to the gods of this world(both normal amd evil) can be used when speaking aboit anything from an element to an actual object. What would be the point of calling Fidirg the Five headed evil dragon god of sin if he didn’t get power from the sins of people. As long as the people relate an idea, element, object to a deity it will gain authority over it. Because the people gave it to him and because said deity is encouraging it.
Dr. Steel
Yes, Fidirg gains power from things relating to what he’s god of, like Gufadgarn gains power from people’s fear/appreciation of labrinths, but Authorities are something different, it makes you in charge of supporting that part of the world to make it work properly and collapse. The Evil Gods pretty much don’t have authorities because they are unrelated to the creation and maintenance of the world. Kind of like how the elements like Light and Life are required to maintain the world and are held on to and managed by the gods. Alda stole Vida’s Authority over the life attribute, taking a source of her power, but it’s not like she is completely unrelated to the life attribute now, it just means she no longer has to manage the life attribute but also loses the bonuses the Authority provides.
IRONMAN000elas
I’d really love if they get stopped by some poor soul thinking they are strong cause a puny God chose them
Doc
Personally could have done with less on whether people learned the world is round or not, seeing as whether the common person knows or not is irrelevant so long as Van knows it is. Was like a third of the chapter.
Anywho, a lot of foreshadowing going on in this chapter. Cuatro seems primed to face some big enemy eventually what with all the warnings. Van foreshadowing there’s going to be some big challenge to face once they find the location specified in the Divine message. And then the foreshadowing with this random group approaching Alcrem who will very likely cross paths with Van.
Jonathan Hurd
I gotta agree with you on this. Wish they had moved along with the world is round speech. Does make me somewhat wonder though. If all the adults learned as children the world is round but forgot. Who IS remembering to teach the kids the world is round, lol.
nadirku
actual school teachers, and priests?
Jonathan Hurd
That is what I assume too. Its just kind of funny to me that everyone is talking about how they forgot those details.
LycanChimera
Please sir, can I have some more?
Superboy8338
Go to your room, Oliver!!
LmaoLN
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Seinvolf
Thank u always for ur great work…
^^…
Tejing
Well, Cuatro’s doing great. Next thing you know it’s going to be the equivalent of the SHIELD Heli-carrier.
Hmm, I wonder who this new group is and which goddess they got a divine message from?
Doc
Well, somebody sent them to Alcrem where Van is heading to around this specific timing. So it is either a friendly god who’s passing additional information to Van or one of Alda’s who wants to obstruct him.
Jonathan Hurd
My money is on Peria sent them. Alda’s group is still reeling from losing Fitun and I don’t think they want to risk any of their fledgling hero’s by sending them to where they should know Van will probably show up. Vida’s group doesn’t have to be so round about with getting them to Van. So I think they might be followers of Peria or Botin given a message by Peria.
bk3k
I don’t think Alda’s group actually know where Van is going. And considering his assorted methods of getting around, the entire world is within “places Van can quickly reach from where he was last seen” – all of it instantly too. So thinking about “what’s near Van” is useless.
His behavior is also hard to predict.
Doc
Alda can tell what Van is doing through the eyes of followers of Alda. All of the Morksi citizens Van has been hanging around are followers of Alda, including the knight order captain who handed Van the invitation to meet Duke Alcrem.
So while, yes, Van’s actions are hard to predict, at the very least spying on him and making guesses isn’t impossible so long as he’s staying in a human city filled with followers of Alda.
Jonathan Hurd
It honestly shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to know the Duke of the Duchy will try and get in contact with the new rising hero who popped up in the middle of his territory anyways. It kind of becomes a better safe than sorry situation to not have anyone important in that Dukes City then.
Jonathan Hurd
It is true Alda can’t really be sure where Van plans to go. Especially since Van can pop between Taloshiem, the Scylla lands, Morksi and any number of other places, but there are some patterns in how Van acts.
For instance, when Van sets up base in a place he doesn’t seem to abandon it easily. The Scylla territory is a good show of that.
Alda should know that the Alchrem Duke wants to talk to Van and Van is trying to spread Vidas religion. So there is a high chance Van will visit the Duke to protect his operations in Morksi and probably to help make connections.
An important part as well is Alda can’t afford to randomly lose Heroes. The Bahn Gaia continent is a pretty large place and Van seems to stick to his usual locations for the most part. No real reason to leave your fledgling heroes in a Duchy Van is currently active in when there are 12 other duchies they could train in, imo.
no1
Yay another chapter and only a day after the previous chapter. Well Van is trying to figure out the location from the divine message and might be close to the successful creation of cola. The dead sea captains will be looking for the location, not sure what the point of the 4 adventures in the end were, maybe bringing in new characters? Thanks for the chapter Yoshi, hope to see the next one soon too.
Jonathan Hurd
Zuruwarn might finally be able to use his Cola Drinking Goblet, lol.
I think those four are new people. At least I can’t remember them being mentioned before.
Skarbrand
They seem to be some of the new heroes Alda is trying to prepare before the big fight with Van.
CyberDre
C’mon, we know Alda’s faction is dumb, but they’re not that dumb, there’s no way they would send upstart heros to Van when he literally just killed a War god, someone else must’ve sent them.
markus0i
The ghost ship managed to get the full Vandalieu protection, so it’s a true believer! Also if it has rapid regeneration, would it regenerate back to being a pile of garbage ghost ships?
ObserverBias
Nah, probably has an adjusted sense of “self” if it can believe in Vandalieu, so probably just considers its patchwork 4-combo to be its “full” form until evolves further.
Though I would question “Silent Steps,” as, while Sam’s carriage also has the skill, a carriage has wheels (or anything that’s normally touching the ‘ground’) while a boat… doesn’t. Unless…?
Jonathan Hurd
To be fair out of all the crazy things Van’s created vehicles have achieved, ranging from flying, space expansion, and even entering a new dimension. Learning to move silently seems the most sane of the skills to pick up, lol.
Eddy
Superboy8338
I WAS RIGHT!!! THEIR DESTINATION IS N THE OTHER SIDE F THE PLANET!! Also, kind f weird that a magical, flying boat compared itself t a machine designed SPECIFICALLY for flight.
ObserverBias
They’re taking what they can get from second-hand information. And they’re technically still “guessing” other side of the planet. Personally would put change on a dollar on the place being Alcrem, until it’s determined that it’s in a different space North/South of Morksi.
Jonathan Hurd
I feel like if Botin was sealed in Morksi then Aldas bunch would of been making a bigger deal out of Van moving there. They would most likely assume Van was not randomly in the town but prepping to mess with Botin, imo.
I do share your problems with not more North/South part. That can be a bit vague and you have to figure out where the start I bc point is. Though considering I don’t think Van really moved Julliana out of the city before she got rhe Divine Message it probably relates to the city of Morksi.
Jonathan Hurd
I gotta admit personally I assumed Botin was sealed on the Bahn Gaia continent, but it would make sense if she is sleeping on a different one. Humanity mainly amassed on Bahn Gaia because that’s where the last stand was made.
Since Botin fell before the final battle, it only makes sense her resting place is else where. I do feel like considering how much influence the Evil God worshipping Vampires had on the main continent they would of probably sniffed out her resting place if it was there.
Ace o laemons
they are seriously treating this like a picnic…
Superboy8338
Nothing big has happened so far, so I don’t see why not.
Skarbrand
The characters can’t be prepared for everything, so might as well take it easy when they can.