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Botin, Mother of the Earth and Goddess of Craftsmanship, gazed upon the thing that had appeared before her.
What is this thing? With an appearance that is clearly even more sinister than evil gods… There are things that look like parts of the Demon King here and there on its surface! But for some reason…
Unable to move, she stared upon the grotesque being that possessed a countless number of eyes and limbs. Although she couldn’t see them, her subordinate gods were likely in the same state.
The grotesque being had what were clearly parts of the Demon King Guduranis, embedded and fused with its own body. The Mana emanating from it was similar to Guduranis’s as well.
Considering that, perhaps it was an underling or descendant of one of the creatures that Guduranis had created. But for some reason, she felt something resembling a sense of familiarity towards this grotesque being.
For some reason, looking at this thing calms me.
The grotesque being showed no killing intent or hostility towards Botin and her subordinate gods; it was just wriggling back and forth, and Botin felt like it was saying something.
Even now, she could remember the situation she had been in just before she was sealed away. As for what had happened after she was sealed away, there was nothing to speak of.
While she was sealed away, Botin’s thinking had been frozen. This was likely a measure that had been taken to prevent her from undoing the seal from within.
However, it seemed that the seal had not been powerful enough to actually stop time inside it. Botin had recovered all of her expended strength and all of the damage she had suffered.
It seems that a long time has passed since then. What happened after that?
The moment this question ran through her mind, Botin was suddenly flooded with a vast quantity of information.
Or to be more precise, Vandalieu’s undoing of the seal caused her thinking to become unfrozen, and she became conscious of all of the prayers of her worshippers over the past hundred thousand years.
She learned of the outcome of the war against the Demon King Guduranis, the discord and subsequent war between Vida and Alda, and all of the events that had led up to the present day.
Having understood all of that information, Botin finally became able to hear the voice of the grotesque being… Vandalieu.
“Hello? Can you hear me?”
“I’m terribly sorry, it seems that I was in a bit of a daze. You must be Vandalieu?”
“Yes. Nice to meet you. My name is Vandalieu Zakkart.”
Hearing the ‘Holy Son of Vida’ greet her with a politeness that one would never expect from his grotesque appearance, Botin let out a sigh that bore all sorts of emotion.
“Vida, Ricklent, Zuruwarn, and Zantark have chosen quite the strange one. No, I suppose that’s not right. You were like that from the very beginning,” she said.
Vida and the others had not chosen Vandalieu. Botin realized this and told herself that they had merely accepted him.
It was not by the gods’ choice that Vandalieu’s soul was made of the fragments of Zakkart, Hillwillow and the other creation-oriented champions.
Vida and the others had simply become aware of Vandalieu and acknowledged him as the successor to the champions they had chosen.
He possessed none of the abilities that the champions had received from Botin and the other gods, nor did he possess their memories. The gods had acknowledged this soul… a soul that was no different from any other currently living mortal, in that he was merely a reincarnation of other individuals who had lived in the past.
“Mortal child Vandalieu, who has been acknowledged by Vida and the others. You are the one who undid the seal, aren’t you?”
“Yes. Or to be more precise, I’m currently still undoing it.”
“Right now?”
“Yes, my clones are. And I’m also controlling my physical body while I’m in here.”
Botin looked to one side to see a small, white-haired boy releasing Mana towards a black wall… the seal that had been created by the Demon King.
“… This place is something like a Divine Realm, so normally, when a human enters it, their souls leave their body and they become unable to move,” said Botin.
“I’m using Skills to control my body. It seems that I’m a little different from normal,” said Vandalieu.
“Good grief. It seems that you’re still the hard worker, even after being reincarnated. How are you so remarkably similar when you don’t share any memories?”
“I believe it’s probably a coincidence.”
Hearing Vandalieu say something so simple and thoughtless in such a polite tone, Botin gave a cheery laughter. “I see, I see! So, what is it you wanted me to do? Did you want me to help you in your fisticuffs with Alda? Was there something that made you so certain that I would become Vida’s ally?” she questioned, as if testing him.
If she were to be perfectly honest, Botin had no intention to complain about the events that had taken place after she was sealed away, the events leading up to the war between Vida and Alda a hundred thousand years ago. Not the fact that the champion she had chosen was destroyed, not the state the world had been in when Bellwood and the other remaining champions defeated the Demon King, and not the discord that had occurred between Vida and Alda after that.
The gods were the ones who had chosen their champions, and the loss of four of the champions was the gods’ failure.
Following that, when the remaining three champions fought at the forefront, the gods were the ones at fault for being unable to point out strategic errors.
And in the end, when the rift between Vida and Alda grew to the point of no return, Botin had been inside this seal due to her own lack of strength.
Did such powerless gods have the right to complain about anything?
To begin with, the gods were irresponsible and shameless from the very moment when, with their world on the verge of destruction, they asked mortals from another, completely unrelated world to fight for them.
If Botin and the other gods were truly worthy gods, they would never have had to choose champions in the first place. They would have repelled the Demon King Guduranis’s army on their own.
But the reality was that they had chosen to do this irresponsible and shameless thing for the sake of the continued existence of this world. That was how desperate they had been.
That was why Botin had no intention to complain. She could not claim that she was the only one in a desperate situation.
Bellwood and Alda’s blunders were also because they had been in desperate situations.
“It’s not something that made me feel certain, but… there is a girl among my companions who received a Divine Message from Peria. I followed that Divine Message to reach this place,” said Vandalieu.
“Ah, I know about that. I learned it just now, in fact. I’m grateful that you undid the seal. I really am. If you didn’t, I’d probably have stayed sealed away for another hundred thousand years or more,” said Botin.
This much was undeniable… not that Botin intended to deny it, but it was a fact. It was such a great favor that, under normal circumstances, she would grant her savior her divine protection, a Title, and dozens of weapons that she made herself, and it would still not be enough to repay her debt.
Vandalieu had resurrected a great god by undoing a seal that Alda had not been able to put a single scratch on for over a hundred thousand years. To say that it was a great deed that would leave a mark on history would be an understatement.
“But that doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m going to become an ally of Vida and fight against Alda. Nor does it mean that I will approve of every aspect of the way your nation is,” said Botin. “My great savior, would you permit me to express my opinion?”
“I am humble and listening.”
“To put it briefly… or rather, to be frank, it seems to me that you are in a state of peril… despite the fact that in that nation of yours, your continued existence is necessary for the Undead and Monsters to retain their ability to reason.”
The reason given by Botin was the same one given by the ‘Blue-flamed Sword’ Heinz.
“Mmm, that’s painful criticism,” said Vandalieu, accepting these words without opposing them this time now that they were being spoken by Botin, and not the murderer of his mother.
In truth, Vandalieu was aware that the current Demon Empire of Vidal, whose citizens included Undead and certain kinds of monsters, was entirely dependent on his existence.
That was why he grew strong so that he would not die, and why he killed enemies so that he would not be killed by them, but he was also aware that when he fought with his full strength, he often did so in a way that caused injury to himself.
That and other factors made it seem to Botin and the other gods that Vandalieu was in a state of peril in a variety of ways, but there was nothing that could be done about that.
Though Botin was concerned about whether things would be alright in the future, there was nothing he could do to fix or stop the current situation. Even if he replied that it was fine because this was the way things were, Botin would not be convinced by this, so he didn’t know what to do.
“I would at least like you to not become an ally of Alda,” Vandalieu said.
Though Vandalieu didn’t think it was likely, if Botin were to become an ally of Alda, that would mean that he had made this plan spanning over half a year just for him to gain one more enemy.
He wanted to avoid this, but –
“Hmm? Don’t be ridiculous. You’ll find me dead before you see me being a friend of Alda’s,” Botin said simply.
“Huh?”
“What do you mean, ‘huh.’ It goes without saying, doesn’t it? It’s true that I might have been on Alda’s side a hundred thousand years ago. I might have done things like scolding Vida for what she did and trying to placate Alda to not be so hasty. But given how Alda has been from the beginning of his war against Vida up until now, there isn’t a single reason for me to be an ally of his.”
Until the war between Vida and Alda began, Botin wouldn’t have been able to say which of them was in the right. After all, everyone had lacked power and everyone had been wrong, including Botin herself.
But from the point where the war between the two gods began, it was simple. Alda was clearly at fault.
“I would never have agreed to begin a deadly war when Vida and those on her side had no intention of fighting. No matter how rash Vida’s actions were, they were not such a great problem that the world would be destroyed if we did not stop her as soon as possible,” said Botin.
From her perspective, it was Alda who was at fault for striking the first blow.
Vida had turned Zakkart into an Undead, and created a variety of new races including Vampires and Ghouls. Botin was aware that Alda was very displeased with this.
At the time, most Undead were enemies of the living, with perhaps one exception in a trillion, and Alda had also been opposed to Zakkart’s act of accepting some of the evil gods of the Demon King’s army as allies.
But that wasn’t a reason for him to begin a war. The Demon King had been sealed away, so they could have taken some more time to talk things out… perhaps even a century or two.
And Alda had committed errors as well. The champions were supposed to teach and guide the people, and yet he had allowed them to behave recklessly, and he should have given more respect to Vida’s words.
“And the fact that he’s trying to exterminate the new races doesn’t sit well with me! I don’t really approve of Vida’s way of thinking, but exterminating her races still doesn’t sit well with me!” Botin said heatedly.
“… Why is that?” Vandalieu asked.
“It’s obvious, isn’t it?! I’m a mother-goddess, you know? There’s no way I could accept exterminating entire races, no matter the good or evil of it, no matter what circumstances there may or may not be!”
Botin was a great god of the earth attribute, and a goddess who ruled over craftsmen and mothers. To her, exterminating a child that had been born was an unforgivable sin, no matter the circumstances.
This was one of her qualities as a god, something that even she herself could not change.
But even gods were far from all-knowing and all-powerful, and mortals were even more powerless than them. Botin knew that their societies were not perfect. That didn’t mean that she tolerated all conflicts between mortals unconditionally, but she would watch and not intervene as long as they had the will to atone for their sins.
But Alda was a god, not a mortal.
“I would keep my distance from mortals, but there is no reason for me to do so with Alda, as we’re both great gods. Of course, I have a word or two for that fool Zantark, and Vida, too,” said Botin.
“I see.”
Vandalieu was convinced by this explanation. He understood that gods ruled over different things and preached different doctrines, so they each had different standards by which they decided whether things were acceptable or not.
Not a single one of Botin’s subordinate gods had interjected in their conversation thus far. Their frozen thinking had only just been unfrozen, so they were currently focused on organizing the information that had just entered their minds, and all of them were in agreement with her, so there was no need for them to speak.
“What happened after the war doesn’t sit well with me either. It’s true that the world has made a great recovery in the past hundred thousand years. There were all kinds of oversights here and there, but I’ve only just woken from a slumber, so it isn’t like I can talk,” said Botin. “However… I do have to question the fact that people have been in continued conflict with Vida’s races for the past hundred thousand years. You’d have to be truly hopeless if even I think that you’re too stubborn. It’s unbelievable.”
Botin was stubborn and conservative, just like the Dwarves. But even from her perspective, Alda’s behavior was absurd.
But that’s probably just him being flustered and acting rashly, resulting in him becoming more close-minded and unable to see anything other than his own thoughts… Why does he trust Rodcorte so much? Even if Rodcorte does today the same as he did yesterday, there is no guarantee that he will do the same again tomorrow. Or perhaps Alda is under the assumption that he is left with no other choice? Botin contemplated.
“Well, that’s how it is,” she said in conclusion. “But I can’t approve of everything about you. So, because you’re in a state of peril, I shall be your ally.”
Vandalieu was extremely confused by this. “I don’t see the connection between the first part and the second part of that.”
“Do you not? I thought this would be the most effective way to go about things with someone like you.”
The events of the past and the current situation didn’t sit well with Botin, and there were many things that she could not approve of. But conflict was not the only available option in the world. Standing in opposition to each other and shouting at one another was one option, but there was also the option of standing alongside one another while exchanging opinions.
Botin had decided quite a while ago that this would be the most effective option to take in dealing with Vandalieu.
“Plus, since it seems that you’re in a state of peril to me, I just need to support you. Even though I’ve been sleeping for the past hundred thousand years, I’m still a god, you know. You’re a mortal, so I’ll lend you a hand or a shoulder whenever you need it,” Botin said.
Her answer to Vandalieu’s state of peril was to lend him her strength. Rather than oppose him due to his situation, she would lend him her strength because of it.
After all, Botin was a god. She was fully accustomed to mortals praying to her for help when they were in trouble.
“But keep in mind that I’m not becoming an ally of Vida or fighting against Alda. I’m just supporting you as a god should. Understood?” she said, touching Vandalieu’s soul, whose appearance could only be described as grotesque, as if patting a child’s head.
“I understand, I think. Thank you,” said Vandalieu.
But it was at this point that some of Botin’s subordinate gods began to voice their objections.
“Please wait! This decision is too hasty. The thoughts of our worshippers alone do not give us an understanding of the gods’ situation.”
“We should speak with Alda-dono and the others first!”
Indeed, the information they had learned from their worshippers’ thoughts told them nothing of what Alda and his allies were thinking or what their current situation was. Vandalieu had come to meet Botin directly, but it was entirely reasonable to suggest it would be unwise to make a decision after hearing only his side of the story.
But Botin shook her head. “I don’t want to do that. As he is now, I don’t think we’ll be able to have any kind of discussion. And seeing his face will probably make me want to punch it. I don’t think I’ll be able to agree with what he’s doing anyway, no matter what his circumstances are.”
“P-please do not say such things… Alda-dono is your brother, is he not, Honorable Mother!” one of the subordinate gods protested.
“Impossible. This is my nature as a god,” Botin said simply.
“What are you saying… Are you not just being biased to that mortal because his soul contains the remains of Hillwillow’s?!” the subordinate god shouted accusingly, denouncing this decision.
Botin nodded. “I am. What’s wrong with that?”
“Huh…?” the subordinate god uttered, taken aback.
One of the other subordinate gods, who had remained silent up until now, put a hand on his shoulder and made him step back.
“Did you think that gods are fair and impartial beings? That is a misunderstanding,” Botin said.
Gods had their biases. They granted their divine protections to a handful of individuals among those they had taken a liking to, those who were exceptionally talented, or those that were devoted to them, and they did not grant their divine protections to those not among these individuals.
To begin with, each god ruled over different things and taught different doctrines; they had different standards by which they measured and decided what was good and evil. That fact alone meant that they were not impartial or anything of the sort.
The remains of the soul of the champion Botin had chosen now resided in Vandalieu. That was more than enough of a reason for her to grant him her divine protection.
“Although you are subordinate gods, you don’t actually have to be in service to me. If you truly detest this child no matter what anyone says, then it cannot be helped,” Botin said. “But I just have one little request. Please don’t make this child… Please don’t make me your enemy.”
These words sent violent tremors through the subordinate gods who had voiced their objections. They were a declaration that her previous statement of being neither an ally of Vida nor an enemy of Alda was merely for the sake of appearances. And they were also a declaration that any ally of Alda would be seen as an enemy of hers, even if they were her own subordinate gods.
“If you still insist on taking Alda’s side, at least make sure you have the willpower to convince him or do whatever is needed to make him stop seeing Vida as an enemy,” Botin continued. “If you can do that, then I won’t stop you.”
The subordinate gods dropped their shoulders and stepped back. Vandalieu watched them, but did nothing, allowing Botin to save face.
“Now then, to thank you for removing this seal, I’d like to grant you a divine protection and Title –”
“Ah, would you mind refraining from giving me a Title?” Vandalieu interjected. “I already have quite a lot of them… Too many, honestly. There’s enough statues, wall paintings, and drawings on the ground of me as it is.”
“… It seems that you’re worshiped more than I am. But I think that’s even more of a reason for me to give you a Title. After all, you’ll probably get a new Title anyway after word gets around that you freed me from the seal. With that being the case, wouldn’t it be better to accept a Title from me now so that you can at least choose what it is?”
Ordinarily, Titles were chosen not by the owner of the Title, but by the masses that used the Title. And in many cases, not everyone used the same Title at first.
For example, if there was a swordsman who achieved something great, some might call him the ‘Strongest Swordsman,’ to praise his strength while others might call him the ‘Fastest Swordsman’ to praise his speed. Others still might praise him for his appearance, or the fortitude and valor he displayed in achieving his great feat.
It wasn’t the gods who ruled over the Status System that determined which of those Titles would be displayed on his Status. His Status would simply display the Title that had the most support.
Thus, it was impossible for anyone to know what Title would be displayed on their Status until it happened.
However, that wasn’t true when the Title in question was granted by someone who was greatly influential… such as the ruler of a nation, or a god. When a Title was granted through such authority, the masses would use the Title that had been granted.
“I see. Then yes, please give me a Title,” Vandalieu said, changing his mind after hearing this explanation.
“Then let’s make it ‘Liberator of Goddesses,’ shall we? You freed Vida as well, so it’s not too grand a Title for you. And let’s add ‘Great Demon King’ while we’re at it. Having the same ‘Demon King’ Title as Guduranis doesn’t leave a great impression.”
“I get the feeling that it doesn’t make a lot of difference… but thank you.”
“And this one is a request from me, but… will you take up the name of another champion… will you take up Hillwillow’s name, as you have taken Zakkart’s? As a middle name, you know.”
Vandalieu had been reincarnated too many times since Hillwillow’s death to really be called a reincarnation of Hillwillow. And although he was a descendant of Zakkart, who was one of the parents of the Vampire ancestor, not a drop of Hillwillow’s blood ran through his veins.
But even so, Botin could not help herself from making this request.
Sensing the emotion behind Botin’s words, Vandalieu nodded.
“If you’re sure that I am worthy of it,” he said.
He had already taken the name of one champion. Taking the name of a second didn’t bother him at all.
“I can’t thank you enough for everything. Thank you,” said Botin. “Now then, I think it’s time you went back outside. Your body and clones will work faster if the soul is working with them, won’t they?”
Vandalieu’s soul and physical body vanished silently – presumably, they had gone back outside the seal.
As if replacing him, a familiar face appeared.
“Bo –” the familiar figure began to speak.
But Botin cut him off with a spirited battle cry as she punched this familiar face. She had the feeling that he was trying to say something but gave him no chance to do so; she sank her fist into his cheek and followed through on her punch to complete the motion.
The subordinate gods began shouting in alarm.
“Zantark-sama has been sent flying!”
“H-honorable Mother! Please calm yourself, Honorable Mother! Although he seems to have combined with various things, it is likely Zantark-sama!”
“Madness! Botin-sama has gone mad!”
The subordinate gods that had remained silent while Vandalieu was here all began trying to suppress Botin. In this, they were united and acting as one.
“I’m well aware of who it is!” Botin said angrily.
Dragging the subordinate gods that were grappling with her to hold her back, she turned to face her brothers and sisters that had appeared in this space.
“Wow… Zantark came prepared, but he became a ragdoll in an instant,” said Zuruwarn, the God of Space and Creation, astounded by Botin’s strike.
“I would like you to show some restraint. We would certainly like to avoid Zantark being forced into a slumber by your hand,” said Ricklent, the Genie of Time and Magic, expressionless as ever.
“Umm… I’m sorry!” said Vida, the Goddess of Life and Love, bowing her head.
In Lambda’s mythology, Zantark was regarded as Botin’s husband, with whom she had given birth to the Dwarf race.
Botin smiled at Vida… her sister who had mated with Zantark to create the Majin and Kijin races.
And then she strongly pinched both her cheeks.
“Ow, ow, ow! Tha’ ‘urts!” Vida cried out in pain.
“There. Alright, I forgive you!” said Botin.
“Hyuh? Rea’y?” said Vida in surprise.
Botin let go of her cheeks and nodded with a laugh. “It’s fine, all’s forgiven. I know that there were all kinds of circumstances.”
“If Botin were to keep arguing with Vida and Zantark, it’s possible that it would cause problems for Vida’s races. It is not her intention to make the Majin and Kijin feel shame for that, I suppose,” said Ricklent.
“The concept of marriage was pretty vague back then, anyway. And according to myths and legends, pairing was quite different for us gods,” said Zuruwarn.
Ricklent and Zuruwarn had been in a state of slumber at the time Vida mated with Zantark; they were discussing it in a matter-of-fact manner as if it had nothing to do with them.
“You two haven’t changed, always saying unnecessary things… but, well, you’re completely right. I’ve punched Zantark and pinched Vida’s cheeks, but I’m not truly angry. And that’s that for this topic,” said Botin, shaking Vida’s hand. “It seems like you’ve had a tough time, too,” she said, looking in the direction Zantark had flown.
“… Thanks, Botin,” groaned the god of war, who was struggling to get back on his feet.
Ricklent couldn’t help but mutter “pitiful” under his breath.
“Leaving that aside, let’s talk about the fact that you’ve all come here at a time like this. Surely you didn’t come here just to say hello to an old friend?” said Botin.
“Of course not. In its intact state, this seal would be utterly untouchable from the inside or outside by anyone other than Vandalieu Ark Zakkart, but… now that a tear has been made, we are able to assist in undoing it,” said Ricklent.
The seal in which Guduranis sealed Botin and her subordinates had been so perfect that neither Alda nor Bellwood had been able to make a mark on it, and it had even shut out the effects of the dense miasma of the Demon King’s Continent. But as Ricklent said, there was now a tear in it, large enough for the great gods to enter.
Now, it was possible for them to undo the seal.
Botin gave a quizzical frown. “Vandalieu… Ark? Don’t you mean Vandalieu Hillwillow Zakkart?”
“I acknowledge that he has agreed to take the names of other champions. Thus, he will likely agree to taking Ark’s name as well, not just Hillwillow’s,” said Ricklent.
“I mean, I did ask him to do that, but… you’re just going to jump on the bandwagon, then?! Is this normal?!” Botin exclaimed, surprised at Ricklent doing this without even asking for Vandalieu’s consent.
Still expressionless, Ricklent nodded. “Now is not the time to be quibbling amongst ourselves. Vandalieu’s companions are in the midst of battle, at this very moment.”
This was his manner of speaking.
“I should have punched you along with Zantark,” Botin muttered in complaint.
But Ricklent spoke the truth, so she and her subordinate gods gathered their strength to help undo the seal as well.
“But if we do that, then poor Solder will be left out, won’t she?” said Vida as she put her strength into attacking the seal as well.
With Vandalieu’s power, the wall of Mana was melting, and a large fissure appeared in the seal that was now starting to become undone.
“I don’t think we need to be concerned about that. She’s a tough one,” said Botin.
And with a noise that sounded like a porcelain piece being broken, the seal was undone and Botin was freed.
《Your name has changed to Vandalieu Ark Hillwillow Solder Zakkart!》
《You have acquired the ‘Liberator of Goddesses’ Title!》
《The ‘Demon King’ Title has become ‘Great Demon King!’》
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NOVEL DISCUSSION
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EjPuzatiy
Im sure Botin will love Tarea really much
WasSollDas
Did i miss something ?
1 in which chapter got the statue from him finished ?
2 “Mmm, that’s painful criticism,” said Vandalieu, accepting these words without opposing them this time now that they were being spoken by Botin, and not the murderer of his mother.
When did Heinz say that to him ? He didnt say it in chapter 200 or any chaper after that right?
Ronin
1.)I believe it was ch. 293 when they mention the birth of his son which was the same time his statue was complete.
2) Heinz never mentioned it to Van directly I believe. He only mentioned it to his party members after his soul was finished healing.
Sheep
It boggles me how Van, Botin and Heinz don’t see the solution to the ‘Without Van the Undead and Monsters in his empire will go crazy’ problem.
The solution is obviously another death attribute mage. I’m assuming some of Van’s children will likely have death attribute mana so they can take on the Jobs that Van took and continue to keep the empire’s undead and monsters sane.
The longer the empire lasts the more stable it’ll become.
Naberisu
I don’t think the affinity for death can be acquired that easily tho, it seens to be more related to the soul than genes.
LanceCarlos09
Nah man this chapter is again another circle jerk. Like can we have characters that aren’t always on van side? Can we have some hardships and difficulties? It’s getting so cringe reading this, with how everyone seems to have no ideals or own opinions and just yes men to van. I liked botin because she was probably the first character recently that had their own stance and opinion on the situation until she went up and destroyed it by siding with him and vida. Like what? Wasn’t she supposed to be conservative? How can you forgive that so easily when they’re actions violate your beliefs? Do your beliefs or views hold no value? I expected her to be a neutral power in this story where she would be the voice of reason between the two extremes being Van and alda. Like c’mon man.
deadshoot
she clearly already state she not side with either alda or vida, give van tittle doesn’t mean she side with him since it doesn’t have affect anyway, it just token for thx him break the seal. also being neutral doesn’t she have cut all tie with god in both faction. lastly, i don’t the “beliefs” thing you talk about here, can you clarify it ?
Naberisu
Yeah it has been too easy for Van, Botin whould acknowledge him as Hillwillow’s similar but stayed neutral.
It wouldn’t make much sense for Alda be gaining any new allies considering how much he sucks but Van’s morals are all over the place too. Humans and weak monsters can easily get brainshed by Van’s enticement by why are all the gods accepting anything he does? Van is pretty much a god already, why are them being so lenient with him?
Hobbes
@LanceCarlos09
Circle jerk? I assume you aren’t very familiar with light novels, web novels, & other amateur works. Self-gratification & wish fulfillment tend to come standard issue… And there are some that fail to hold up as stories because of how overwhelming that aspect of the story is. This novel we’re reading ISN’T one of them.
Chiu ChunLing
It’s interesting that Van didn’t mention that he’s kinda working on (sustainable methods of) bringing Undead back to life and having monsters evolve into more rational versions. He even thought of mentioning it when Heinz was asking, but didn’t feel like telling him.
I think maybe he wanted to wait to see which way Botin would lean before giving up any secrets…also I kinda feel like he thought messing around with such things might be better explained by Vida and maybe Ricklent than coming from him. Cause on the one hand he does have a real strategy for eventually not being a nation full of superpowerful Undead and monsters only kept in check by his Guidance, on the other hand certain elements of that strategy could come across as a bit iffy…like almost all of Luciliano’s whole part in it.
Or maybe it’s just his natural apathy about promoting himself coming into play. He really does tend to just let people decide whether they like him or not before doing anything to appeal to them. He’ll do what he can for people who aren’t already against him, but just cause his experiences have taught him to regard even neutrality as precious, not cause he’s got any expectation they’ll come to his side. He’ll do more for people on his side, but still not cause he’s trying to appeal to them.
It’s not a bad strategy for someone who has so much potential for exploitation, though mostly it’s just habit rather than strategy.
Devillelouch
I want to see Botin`s reaction to the transformation equipment. Do we get Vida as Godess of magical girls or Botin?
Fug Ha Jinsung
Haha~ hilário, esse capítulo foi muito divertido.
Irazori
If you think about it, Van is essentially an emperor already. So having a long name/extra middle names comes with the territory.
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Botin is also pretty fair in pointing out that Van is an essential existence for keeping the undead and certain others sane. it’s just that it felt worthless hearing it from heinz of the fake-peace aldiots. Her personality does also seem to match on how dwarves can be hot-tempered, stubborn, but mostly good natured. Being a supportive neutral party is honestly better than being an enemy.
Jonathan Hurd
Admittedly both Heinz and Botin brought up the fundamental weakness of Van’s empire. The difference is in how they viewed the future. Botin said you are the lynch pin of the entire empire so we should protect you and probably consider coming up with some back up or fall back methods. Heinz’s whole thing was you are the Lynch Pin so you should tear everything down and destroy it now.
Both are right about Van being a bit to essential, but Heinz was more using that as an excuse to why its good for him to attack Van and his family rather than having a discussion.
EZ_CRIMSON
So how the F#$% do you justify having all of the surviving Great Gods against you in a 5 vs 1…. soon to be 6 vs 1 situation…. and claim to have the moral high ground?
Oh yea, thats right, with nonsense about brainwashing or whatever propaganda and lies you can spread and then drink your own cool aid.
I imagine if Peria gets out anytime soon, Bellwood will as well….
Jonathan Hurd
He’ll probably declare as you said everyone else is brainwashed or insane. Though you would hope that if everyone around you says you’re in the wrong and acting crazy. Maybe… just maybe… you are the one who is wrong, lol.
Though if Alda had been capable of self reflection he would of probably stopped long before this point. I think somewhere deep down he knows he is wrong. In one chapter he even admitted that going by the standard of rulers in Lambda Vandalieu is actually on the more lenient side. The problem for Alda at this point is he has effectively made a perpetual cycle of slaughter and justification.
He basically started by saying Vida and her races are evil and thus need to be killed. Started killing them for a few tens of thousands of years. Now he’s convinced himself if he stops now all the people who died for his pointless war would become bad and so he must continue. Therefore he kills and leads others to kill even more further pushing the reasoning that he can’t possibly stop.
Alda is basically so obsessed with not being in the wrong that he has completely given up on thinking about what is the right thing to do.
Akachi86
>So how the F#$% do you justify having all of the surviving Great Gods against you in a 5 vs 1…. soon to be 6 vs 1 situation
The same way Bellwood justified genocide:
“I don’t like it so it shouldn’t exist”. He doesn’t like the idea he might be wrong, so he scrubbed it from his mind completely.
As for Peria…yeah, just wait. It will be a bigger shock to to aldiots than Botin’s choice.
Rizeres
Vida is like a kinda ditzy older sister, Botin is the sassy aunt, Zantark feels like the hard working blue collar uncle, Ricklet is the one who got a fancy degree at collage, Zuruwarn is the kinda crazy one who still gets invited cause he is good for a laugh, and then there is Alda the racist one. One big dysfunctional family. Have to wait and see what Peria is like.
EZ_CRIMSON
Vida seemed more like a middle sister or even a little sister in the punishment scene…. but she is a lot more reliable in all her previous appearances….
Id add that he is the crazy uncle to Zuruwarn’s description….
And old grandpa or something to Alda’s….. I can already imagine someone apologizing on his behalf for his comments and actions…. “I’m sorry… hes from another time.”
All in all, Id say your pretty spot on.
Jonathan Hurd
Alda is definitely your racist Grandpa who everyone dreads having to see at Thanksgiving Dinner.
I do like Vida as the spoiled little Sister. I think she came off more mature in other places because she was in front of people she is responsible for. She was effectively trying to appear grown up to the grand kids.
There were signs of her more spoiled side though especially when Van released her seal. She basically admitted that she went off and made other races partly just to spite Alda and then did a Teehee 😛 face.
Tejing
Botin is fun :-). I like how she handled the whole Zantark x Vida thing. These gods were probably pretty fun to be around back in the day.
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I did notice Van didn’t get Botin’s Divine Protection. It did seem like she intended to give it to him, though. Maybe she’ll do it later?
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I think we all should have seen the name thing coming. No way any of then would pass up the chance to jump on the bandwagon.
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The new titles are… cool, but “Liberator of Goddesses” almost makes him sound sexist, like he wouldn’t bother to free a male god… which honestly sounds like par for the course with Van’s titles. There’s usually a degree of “well yes, but also no”. “Great Demon King” is a cooler title than “Demon King”, to be sure, but I really don’t think it’ll leave a better impression…
Irazori
I still think the whole “mating” thing with deities is just figurative like how Van did with Tiamat. Though by principle Botin does have the right to be angry that Zantark and Vida created new races while she was sealed.
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“Liberator of the Goddesses” kinda can’t be helped considering most of the non-aldiot gods that were sealed are women. “Great Demon King” is essentially worse sounding, especially with the aldiots still making things up for their anti-non human propaganda.
Jonathan Hurd
I think “Liberator of the Goddesses” is mostly to celebrate the big achievement of unsealing Botin and Vida who no one could unseal before. It’s not like Van hasn’t unsealed others before, but those seals were ones most Gods could of undone themselves given some time. The seals on Vida and Botin were for two of the Original Great Gods and were seals none of the respective Gods could do anything about for over a hundred thousand years. So I believe it is something worthy of a title.
I kind of like the new title ‘Great Demon King’. It just makes me inwardly giggle thinking of it like someone saying Van’s a Great Guy, but insert Demon King instead. I don’t know why I enjoy it that much, but I’ll take it. I really don’t care what Aldiot and his group think of it because they hate and fear Van no matter what, but I do like the idea that Van is now differentiating himself from Guduranis. You could take the Great in the title to say he’s doing an even better job than Guduranis did.
Now that you mention it. It is a little strange he didn’t get Botin’s Divine Protection. It might just be that she hasn’t been completely unsealed yet and hasn’t had the chance to give it just yet. Title’s are given by just being recognized as such by an influential enough person. The Divine Protection needs the God to focus their power and grant it. Botin definitely said she’d give it and all the other Great God’s have been able to give it to Van so I’m sure its coming soon.
Lord Rin
Heh. It was pretty funny that Botin’s first reaction to Zantark suddenly popping up is to immediately deck him. I think the whole thing about her punishing him and Vida was really just her making an excuse to try to cover up her embarrassment over get jump-scared by Zantark. I mean they’re all gods so the concept of marriage shouldn’t really apply to them.
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Anyways so it looks like Botin will join Van’s side. I do like how blunt she is. She outright says she’s being biased toward Van because his soul is partially comprised of her Champion Hillwillow. Also she says that Alda is in the wrong. Both sides may have done things that contributed to the conflict but Alda is the one who struck first and his BS teachings advocate genociding Vida’s races including children which is a major affront to Botin as a Mother Goddess. She isn’t going to try to dress up her decision to oppose Alda with some self-righteous or holy trappings like Alda has been doing; she just says she doesn’t like the crap Alda pulled and is continuing to pull.
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Welp now Van has gotten a really long name. The fact that his name now includes Solder who is Peria’s Champion makes me think that Peria is probably also going to join Van’s side. I mean the other gods weren’t particularly concerned about Solder being left out so I can only think that Peria was listening in and surreptitiously also gave Van Solder’s name too while going all, “Oh hell naw! I ain’t going to be the only one left out!”
A_wandering_otter
And then before you know it Vandeliu’s name will become Vandeliu Jugemu Jugemu Unko Nageki Ototoi no Shin-chan no Pantsu Shinpachi no Jinsei Barumunku Fezarion Aizakku Shunaidaa Sanbun no Ichi no Junjou na Kanjou no Nokotta Sanbun no Ni wa Sakamuke ga Kininaru Kanjou Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru you de Shiranai no wo Boku wa Shitteiru Rusu Surume Medaka Kazunoko Koedame Medaka… Kono Medaka wa Sakki to Chigau Yatsu Dakara Ikeno Medaka no Hou Dakara Raayu Yuuteimiyaoukimukou Pepepepepepepepepepepepe Bichiguso Maru Ark Hillwillow Solder Zakkart
bookworm12
Thanks for the unexpected chapter, Yoshi! I thought we’d have to wait a couple of weeks, considering what you said in the last chapter. Hope your job search went well!
Botin seems cool. It seems she and her subordinates were isolated but were able to synch up with the accumulated prayers almost instantaneously, so no long explanations were needed. Then she immediately planned on holding the other gods accountable for their various mistakes, including getting carried away after needing the champions’ help to defeat Guduranis. And Alda is at the top of her sh*t list because he irresponsibly started a war among the remaining gods at a time when there was no imminent threat to the world’s survival and they needed every available god to maintain the world and help repopulate the world. That and his policy of killing every man, woman, and child of Vida’s races, which goes against one of her core policies as a god related to motherhood. No mention of him suppressing craftsmen though, which surprised me. It boggles my mind that Alda thought the goddess of craftsmanship and motherhood would support his actions. There was also a surprising amount of resistance from her subordinates on joining Van, but she nagged/threatened them into obedience. As expected of the ancestor of dwarves.
I do think his title could have just been “Liberator” without the goddess part. It’s overly specific. If they had to include gods/goddesses in there to distinguish him from people who only free slaves, they could have gone with “Divine Liberator.” There are many gods/goddesses belonging to Vida’s faction who can still be unsealed, and hopefully the title will make it easier for Van to free them.
Doc
So it sounds like Botin didn’t approve of Vida sleeping around creating a bunch of new races out of desperation…but also doesn’t want to genocide them now that they’re made unlike Alda.
bookworm12
I’m sure the goddess of life and love can bear children without having actual sex, just like Tiamat. Some of the evil gods she created races with were female or at least hermaphroditic. I think Tiamat created a race with her as well (the dragonkin). But yeah, Botin didn’t seem happy that Vida created races without discussion and even paired up with her sort-of husband for two of them.
Doc
“That and other factors made it seem to Botin and the other gods that Vandalieu was in a state of peril in a variety of ways, but there was nothing that could be done about that.”
I mean Van isn’t in a “state of peril” by choice. Alda has wanted to exterminate Van’s race since long before Van reincarnated on this world, and the schemes of the evil gods put him into immediate conflict forcing him to acrue power for survival. This led to Rodcorte panicking when Van was pulling people away from his system of reincarnation which led to Rodcorte sicking the other reincarnated people at Van. Again, none of this was Van’s fault and he’s just been trying to survive.
bookworm12
I feel like they worded that weirdly. It’s true that the Demon Empire of Vidal is in a precarious position/state due to their emperor fighting directly on the front lines and Van’s fast, uneven, and totally justified expansion of power in response to threats. On the plus side, if Botin helps Van develop some safety measures then Van will be able to thoroughly refute Heinz’s claims before killing his party (IF they survive Alda’s dungeon and make it to Van).
Jonathan Hurd
I think what Botin means by Van’s empire being in a state of peril is the fact that if Van is taken out the whole thing will come falling down. The whole nation works only because Van is there. Without him most of the undead and monsters would go back to being feral and destroy everything.
It certainly doesn’t help that there are people like Alda and his ilk who are actively trying to take him down and destroy him, but the important part for Van to think about is coming up with some back up systems to support his people in a worst case scenario.
dogma4demon
Thanks for the chapter Yoshi 😁
I Like that Botin. What like more is to see the reaction from the other gods and heros. That will be funny 😂
ravelphenex
since bakunawa is van’s son and birthed by tiamat using marduke’s bone, so maybehis full name now is bakunawa marduke ark hillwillow solder zakkart? darcia also got the surname zakkart when van got his so now darcia also get all the four champions name.
Buphido
From how I understood it, it’s not that his last name got extended but rather that he took on the other champions’ names as middle names. So Bakunawa would still be called Bakunawa Zakkart.
Jonathan Hurd
I’m with Buhpido that I think Van just got a lot more Middle names. Zakkart is the last name mainly because he is a descendant of the True Ancestor. Who was the son of the Undead Zakkart and Vida. The middle names are to honor the other creation champions.
Lord Rin
Bakunawa is just Bakunawa. To get a last name, one of the other influential gods would need to refer to him as ‘Bakunawa Zakkart’. Just being Van’s son isn’t enough to grant him the last name ‘Zakkart’ like Van. It’s the same reason why Darcia wasn’t called ‘Darcia Zakkart’ until the previous arc where the Duke of Alcrem who is an influential figure called her that. Anyways Bakunawa isn’t likely to get the last name ‘Zakkart’ because I don’t see any gods going out of their way to specifically call him that. Plus he’s an Elder Dragon and it’s not like he’d be Van’s successor as Emperor of the Vidal Demon Empire so a last name isn’t necessary.
NotusNeo
Thats one long last name
Easykiln
Theme of this novel: you allow one thing that seems reasonable, then a bunch of similar things pile on and become ridiculous because you don’t have a good reason to reject them.
It’s probably best to do some sort of abbreviation for his own title, but distribute his children into four lineages with each last name. Vandalieu “Creation” Zakkart, maybe? Because it’s a memorial to the souls of the creation heroes that he’s inherited, except that Zakkart has a special position as his bloodline and the surname his ruling inheritance will be passed down.
Triduo
If we’re talking about replacing the four names by one Title… I only have :
“Heir of the Creation Heroes”
Libio
Thank for chapter
Botin is more like grandmother gooddess or older experience mother goddess to me (and Vida is young mother goddess).
It’s sad how whole Vida x Alda conflict started because they didn’t communicate enough.
Alda thought (just Alda, not rest of gang) that Vida will continue with “irresponsible actions” and replace current circle of reincarnation with her weak copy and doom them all, so he act.
Vida was blaming Alda’s group for slowing them down and leading to many unnecessary victims, so she decided to act on her own. She saw flaws in her creation, but she saw it as something living, that can grow and can be fixed. She did NOT plán to replace it as it was them. She wanted to fix it first and then show it to Alda with her plan. But she didn’t talk with him and he misunderstood her (with other telling him, she went crazy). Tragedy.
Jonathan Hurd
I put all the blame on Alda. Vida’s thoughts were that Alda will never listen to her unless she shows some results. So she went off to make some evidence to show him her new races could work out. Then when she went to do that Alda instead of going and talking to his sister decided she was insane and launched a surprise attack on her.
The fault completely lies with Alda. Vida never intended or wanted to fight with him. As Botin pointed out there was no immediate danger to the world. They could of spent centuries arguing it out and come to some kind of conclusion. The whole world was empty with barely any survivor’s. Vida could of just taken all her new races and people and moved to a new continent and Alda could of had his own. They could of just agreed to not interfere with each other. Alda was the one who refused any form of compromise and is still a hundred thousand years later clamoring for genocide being the only answer. If that isn’t insane I don’t know what is.
Libio
While Alda has mayor blame on it, he isn’t fanatic or hothead who don’t see things before him(as many his subordinates). He acknowledge his mistakes from past (again, unlike his subordinates) and don’t feel hatred for Vida races like many gods under him. He is even looking for way to save them from her circle of reincarnation (that he see as something that MUST be destroyed). Rid- idiot of course ignored him before Van and told him, it’s impossible. Now, he told him, he would need Vida stop being Goddess and her circle collapse to save not-monster half of her children. Alda is very calm God who has good reasons for his actions, even if his actions aren’t reasonable. His reason for whole attack was misunderstanding of Vida’s intentions, which is sad.Can’t help but notice, that most of his unreasonable actions happened when there was Bellwood with him, but his regents came now, when he is sealed. Without him, he is pretty conservative god who mostly react on problems. But there was any pov with Bellwood, so it’s unfair to blame him.Also, before Van became famous, Alda decided, that their new general course in managing world is to focus on remains of demon king army and not Vida (again, unlike his subordinates).
Lord Rin
It doesn’t matter if Alda regrets what happened or knows that his current actions aren’t the least bit helpful or constructive. He is stubborn and refuses to change course and he’ll even bend over backwards doing mental gymnastics to justify how he is right or that his actions are just or necessary. Yeah he did make up his mind to focus on the remains of Guduranis’ army instead of continuing to persecute Vida’s races shortly before Van was born but that immediately flew out the window once he heard there was a dhampir with a rumored prophecy that they would lead Vida’s faction and now suddenly he must destroy this great evil.
Sailon
No Alda never inted to spare Vida races with Ranks, was explain he never even thought of this possibilite he only inted to find a solution to save races that dont have ranks like dark elves, titans, beast kin, and this only after Van appear with the reason to avoid him to became the savior and united all members of Vida races he dint think of this to spare them and to this work he have to complete take away Vida divinity, Alda is not reasonable he dont hate Vida races, but his followers hate them because of Alda doutrines, , and he is the one that started a war in the first place just like Botim mention and keep persecuting them for 100 000 years, aa and Alda whant the world to be back to the pure past without Monsters and evil gods, so yeah genocide of Vida races with rabks and kill all Evil gods, even the ones thay fight beside them.
Jonathan Hurd
The problem is that Alda is literally still calling for the genocide of Vidas races and has been for the last hundred thousand years. I do agree a lot of the genocide is inspired from Bellwood and Alda went along with Bellwood radical ideas.
The problem with absolving Alda because Bellwood was wrong is Alda is a God. Bellwood was a human. As a God you’re supposed to lead people to the right path not be led to the wrong one.
The other problem even ignoring that is the fact that Alda has never once owned up to his mistakes or tried to make amends. He definitely realizes he is wrong but he refuses to admit it and doubles down.
There is a more conservative part of Alda worshippers but they have nothing to do with Aldas direct teachings. If anything Aldas direct teachings are closer to the Alda fundamentalists.
At the end of the day Alda gets all the blame because no matter who was more right or wrong there was no justification in attacking his sister. The world wasn’t going to get worse thanks to what she was doing. It was just not going to return back to how it originally was and he couldn’t stand that. So like a child he lashed out and attacked her and then declared himself justice.
vigarro
Vida can’t just live in the new continent. Wasn’t it said that one of the reason she made those races was to control the devil’s nest as the original race couldn’t handle the miasma?
However, yes, they could just not interfere with each other.
Jonathan Hurd
I mean we already have an example of a group of Vida new races living peacefully on their own with Zantark and his friends. They have lived separately from Alda for the last hundred thousand years without causing any problems.
There has also been talked about other continents containing humans being away from the mainland. That was where Mao is currently shuttling the reincarnated who don’t want to fight.
There was no reason for Alda to fight Vida and her races. They could of completely joined forces killed all the monsters and then lived in their separate spaces. The only reason not to is Alda refused to accept anything different and decided to kill anyone he doesn’t like. Kind of like what Guduranis did.
ObserverBias
On the one hand, Botin noting the same ‘weakness’ that Heinz did (in that those properly aware of him outside of being influenced By Van can spot that throughline), on the other hand, it does make significantly more sense to support someone in peril than it does to attack them (yeah, destroying the head of a nation who is the main thing holding said nation together on a chillness scale, not a great idea).
Feels a bit tsun of her to question him on whether or not he’d be cool with a non-ally as long as they remained a non-enemy, when she was intending to be on his side either way due to Hillwillow. Like, if he wasn’t and acted in accordance with how a Demon King would act, that would have been all she wrote, but because she got the cloudsync on world events it was just her challenging him to answer how she figured he would, on the spot.
Botin’s vibe kind of reads as the “I’m late to the party and ready to punish family members for dishonor, and there’s a whole lot of dishonor” aunt. Very different tone from Peria and Pargtarta, who I presumed cues from mistakenly. And her sub-gods read a bit like her clique that can point out when she contradicts something she just said, and is approximately ineffectual in “holding her back” when she’s throwing down.
Curious whether the ‘Great Demon King’ job will now have an actual effect with the title updated, and/or what those on Alda’s side will feel on a concept level with both of those titles added onto Van. Guessing they would be able to sense that flex of influence and notice that Botin is both freed and alive, would they call for Gorn and his forces off of trying to defend someone who was freed? Or to double-down and try to ‘prevent’ Van from ‘corrupting’ her to support him?
ObserverBias
Phooey, fully forgot to use periods to space it properly. Mulligan.
Libio
Well, all they know is that seal was somehow broken/ is being broken and she is free. It’s probably work of Van (too big coincidence). They will probably think, he will try to consume her and breaking seal is part of process/necessary step. So they could try to “save” her. Of course, I don’t know how it will look from outside and God perspective, so she can appear suddenly with fanfare for all I know. They could also think (after seeing they are not fighting), that Van was planing to eat her at first, but didn’t count with her wounds being healed and so many subordinate God on her side and if they are arrogant, they will count their own survival as unexpected factor that forced Van into abado original plan and decide to try ally with her.So they can try diplomatically try to pressure her into alliance with them or staying neutral and helping manage world in case of war(or maybe even before it, that could help both sides, but Alda more).
Lord Rin
Oh they’ll definitely double-down. All of these gods that Alda assembled to protect Botin are the type who are stubborn, rash and quick to blame everything on Van. Even Gorn who is the most level-headed there is doing all this because he equates Van with Guduranis and that he’s just as evil. None of these gods have shown the capacity to ruminate on things or admit that their actions aren’t just so they’ll go for the easy excuse and blame everything on Van.
no1
NICE CHAPTER. So Botin understands both sides, but despite what she said she’s practically allying with Vandalieu more than actually allying with Vida. And now that I think about it, Zantark did technically cheat on her with Vida when they made the Majin and Kijin. It was funny when she punched him and a little cute when she pinched Vida. At first I thought alda appeared and she punched him, but it was Zantark. Are they really leaving solder out of the name man that doesn’t seem complete to me. I really want to see what happens next. Vandalieu is just making waves after waves. This is such a good series. Thank you for the chapter Yoshi and hope to see another one this month 🙂
no1
Nvm what I said about the solder name part. Given their conversation I assumed vandalieu wouldn’t get solder added to his name. And it’s pretty nice that botin healed completely while in her seal
Seinvolf
Thank u always for ur great work…
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Triduo
I won’t lie…
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I love Botin’s way of doing things and her way of thinking. ^^b <Taking a neutral stance while still lending her strength to Van as an ally sounds way better than having her join Vida's faction just because she owes Van her freedom !)
Paradoxe : How is "becoming Vandalieu's ally" not "joining Vida's Faction" ?!
Because she said that she became Van's ally, not Vida's. :3
Paradoxe : You do realize that Van's Faction is also Vida's Faction, right ?
Erm… No ?
ravelphenex
while it’s true that van is in vida’s faction, allying with van isn’t the same as allying with vida. if van is attacked, botin will help van but when vida is attacked and van is still safe, botin will not help vida. that’s what allying with van mean.
Unnamed5
what vandalieu will defend Vida if she is attacking and that means being vandalieu’s enemy.
Lord Rin
Van pointed out that Botin is only saying this to save face. She’s just being tsundere and saying she’s only becoming Van’s ally and not joining Vida’s faction but it’s pretty obvious that she’s going to also support Vida’s faction.
Triduo
She did say that she couldn’t stomach Alda’s mistakes… And his alliance with Rodcorte definitely doesn’t help either.
sushiwarrior
Thanks for the chapter Yoshi. Good luck on your job hunt!
ScorpionXX121
Van is going into long name gang XD.
Good chapter but i still can’t wait to see Elbraver and other useless heroes. Somehow i enjoy them literally sitting in same room as thing they detest while that same thing protects their children.
Also Yoshi TNX for chapter.