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Alda, the god of law and fate, was naturally a god who prioritized reason above emotions. At the very least, he believed and preached that one should preserve logic and reason, and suppress emotion. However, he knew from experience that this was not something that could always be put into practice.
There were events in which Alda found himself unable to suppress his emotions, though they were few in number. One was the time when the gods he considered to be his brothers and sisters were defeated and their existence extinguished by the Demon King Guduranis. Another was when he learned that Vida had constructed her own circle of transmigration system and given birth to corrupted races.
And another was now, after Rodcorte’s revelation of a number of truths, including Rodcorte’s own actions.
He had lost count of how many times he had raised his voice in anger.
“You bastard… What are you thinking?! Do you intend to become the ruler of this world?!” Alda finally bellowed, after Rodcorte had finished speaking.
The gods present during the discussion stiffened as Alda’s anger shook the entire Divine Realm.
“I do not believe that I have become the ruler of this world,” said Rodcorte, showing no discomposure despite the anger that was being directed at him. “However, it is true that I was discontented that you ignored what I have been saying for many years.”
“And because of your discontent, you took it upon yourself to reincarnate upon Lambda the inhabitants of another world, wielding special powers, as well as Vandalieu, whose soul is made from the soul fragments of Zakkart and the other champions?!” Alda roared.
“Regarding Vandalieu, that was indeed an oversight on my part. I had multiple chances to realize that he was the being who possessed what used to be the champions’ souls, and I deserve the blame for failing to take notice. However, that should not have become a problem to begin with,” said Rodcorte, apologizing in his first sentences but insisting that he was blameless with the last.
Alda forgot his anger for a moment and simply stared, dumbfounded by Rodcorte’s shamelessness.
“It should not have become a problem?! Have you lost your mind?!” demanded Yupeon, the god of ice.
“… These are not words that would be spoken by anyone who understands the situation,” muttered Niltark, the god of judgment.
Both of them were gods whose spirit clones had been destroyed by Vandalieu.
The other gods also began to express their discontent at Rodcorte’s words.
In the current situation, Vandalieu had become a threat that Alda and his followers could no longer ignore. His power was tremendous for a mortal, but he did not yet possess as much power as Guduranis had. However, the danger he posed to society was greater than Guduranis.
He blurred the boundary between the living and the dead, gathered the races created by Vida, possessed knowledge and technology from another world, and tempted the people to a dark path.
Perhaps Vandalieu’s actions could not be objectively declared as purely evil. However, Alda’s objective was to restore the world to its correct state… to the ordinary, pure state that it had been in before the Demon King Guduranis appeared, free of monsters. Vandalieu’s actions clearly opposed that objective, and the world order that Alda imposed.
Undead were monsters, and corrupted Mana lingered in their presence. But it was not only them; such Mana also lingered in the presence of Vida’s races that possessed Ranks, such as the Majin, Scylla and Vampires. Thus, any land in which a large population of these races lived would become contaminated, turning into Devil’s Nests in which monsters roamed.
Alda had always believed that Vida’s races that did not possess Ranks, such as Titans, Beast-people and Dark Elves, could be accepted once the unstable, unpredictable circle of transmigration system created by Vida was abolished. However, the races with Ranks could not be accepted.
If they were very few in number, he would not mind preserving their souls and taking steps to turn them into Familiar Spirits after Vida’s circle of transmigration system was abolished, however.
But according to Rodcorte, Vandalieu was even interfering with that circle of transmigration system, guiding souls that belonged to Rodcorte’s and the Demon King’s circle of transmigration systems to Vida’s.
He was already essentially trampling the world order that the gods of Alda’s forces believed in underfoot just by existing.
“Are you saying that this is not a problem?!” Yupeon shouted.
“The truth is that it was not a problem. I have just explained the circumstances in which I reincarnated Vandalieu in Lambda. Ordinarily, he would have been born in an environment of misfortune as a human, Elf, Dwarf or as a mix of those races, and he would have been highly likely to die before his memories and personalities returned,” said Rodcorte. “However, Vandalieu was born as a Dhampir. At the time, I did not know why, but I do now. It is because of the meddling of Vida, Ricklent and Zuruwarn.”
Upon hearing the name of Vida, as well as those of two of the great gods who were thought to have been slumbering until Rodcorte mentioned them, Yupeon and Niltark’s angry words stopped.
“I have not given Vandalieu anything other than the curses that he bears. Despite that, he regained his memories and personality far earlier than he should have, led the Ghouls across the Boundary Mountain Range, and has survived for all of this time. He has done so because he had Vida’s help. There is no other explanation,” said Rodcorte.
Though the gods remained silent, they agreed with Rodcorte. That was how harsh the circumstances of Vandalieu’s early life had been, even in the eyes of the gods.
And although there was no proof, the truth was that Ricklent and Zuruwarn had taken action to help Vandalieu approximately a hundred years before his reincarnation, and Vida and Gufadgarn had also taken action after hearing their Divine Messages.
Rodcorte’s explanation sounded convincing.
However, Rodcorte thought nothing more of this explanation as one that would be convenient for convincing Alda and his followers if it were true. He had almost no knowledge of when Vida and the other gods had begun to take action, or how much assistance they had given Vandalieu.
All he knew was that they had caused Vandalieu to be reincarnated as a Dhampir, and that they had caused the souls of the ‘Gazer’ Minuma Hitomi and the Eighth Guidance to become reincarnated at Vandalieu’s side as Legion.
However, that was all he needed to know to give a flimsy explanation.
“I am not saying that I bear no responsibility, but… do you, gods of Lambda, especially Alda, not also bear responsibility for overseeing the world? It is your own brethren who have willingly brought about this threat,” said Rodcorte.
Alda felt his anger rise up within him once more, but he also realized that anger would serve no purpose.
There is no use in throwing my emotions at Rodcorte, a god who camouflages his arrogance as composure, he thought.
Rodcorte was unperturbed by Alda’s anger because he knew that there would be no direct punishment to him. He ruled over reincarnation, an important component of the world, and yet he was not a god who belonged to this world. If he wanted to, he could easily escape from Lambda.
Even if Alda somehow managed to capture him and seal him away to punish him, there was no god in Lambda who could rule over the circle of transmigration system in his place. In fact, it was possible that gods from other worlds whose reincarnation Rodcorte ruled over would attack Lambda and try to rescue Rodcorte in order to preserve their own worlds.
That was what Alda thought.
The reality was that Vandalieu had spread news of Rodcorte’s existence inside the Boundary Mountain Range, causing him to become a god of Lambda. However, Rodcorte was concealing this piece of information, so Alda did not know this.
“… I take it that if we acknowledge that we are partly to blame, you will help us eliminate Vandalieu?” Alda asked, swallowing his anger, causing his subordinate gods to stare at him in astonishment.
“Of course. I shall do my best to have the reincarnated individuals cooperate with you,” said Rodcorte.
“I have a condition for those reincarnated individuals. I forbid them from teaching the people of this world any knowledge and technology from other worlds that we have deemed taboo,” said Alda.
Rodcorte nodded. “I do not mind. I shall tell the reincarnated individuals this myself.”
The surprise of Alda’s subordinates grew even further upon hearing that Alda would accept the reincarnated individuals as allied forces, despite the fact that they were beings who ought to be eliminated.
“Alda, are you sure about this? Though I do think that it would be impossible to get rid of them,” said the former champion Nineroad, who was now a heroic god of the wind attribute.
“I am reluctant,” said Alda. “But as you say, it would be impossible to eliminate them. Even more so, considering that Rodcorte himself cannot stop them.”
Once the reincarnated individuals were born in Lambda, it would be simple to learn their locations from Rodcorte. However, how would they be eliminated after that?
They had succeeded in placing Eileek, a young man with desirable qualities, in the position of Pope. He would be able to understand even detailed instructions in Divine Messages. However, that did not mean that Alda could continually send him orders to slaughter babies.
All of the reincarnated individuals possessed Rodcorte’s divine protection, as well as the fortunes and destinies that they had received from him. These could be slightly adjusted before they were reincarnated, but they could not be removed.
Thus, most of the reincarnated individuals would be born to wealthy parents, in an environment where they would be unlikely to die during early childhood. In other words, they would be born into the families of successful merchants or adventurers, or into families of nobility or royalty. It would not be a simple matter to kill children born into such families.
Indeed, three of the reincarnated individuals had already been born into noble or royal families.
“Alda, how about telling the humans that they are reincarnated individuals from another world, and they must be eliminated?” suggested Mill, the goddess of slumber. “Our believers should already understand that we have forbidden knowledge and technology from foreign worlds. We would inflict suffering upon them, but would they not accept our commands in the end?”
“Mill, that may be possible in times of peace, in a nation like the Amid Empire in which there is a strong foundation of those who worship us. However, in current circumstances, it is impossible,” said Alda.
It would be possible to explain the situation regarding the reincarnated individuals to Eileek. However, this information would need to be passed onto the people, and through this process, it was possible that it would cause a division between those who accepted it and the portion of believers who didn’t. It would be desirable to avoid this.
In the current Amid Empire, Emperor Marshukzarl would use the people who didn’t accept it as a resistance against the young Pope. He would skillfully incite the people, saying that the young Pope had misinterpreted Alda’s will due to his inexperience.
And as for a nation like the Orbaume Kingdom, the people who followed religions other than Alda’s would easily form a resistance.
“You’re right. It seems better to accept them as fighting allies than doing something troublesome like that,” said Gorn, the Boulder Giant.
Many of the other gods nodded in agreement.
“I am most pleased that you understand,” said Rodcorte.
If he were to curse the reincarnated individuals like he had done with Vandalieu, then reincarnate them in adult bodies in predetermined locations where priest-warriors and knights were waiting to kill them, disposing of the reincarnated individuals might be possible.
Alda and the other gods were aware of this as well.
However, they did not trust Rodcorte to cooperate with them to this extent. And as he could not remove their cheat-like abilities entirely, there was still a small chance that one might escape and go on to become a second Vandalieu.
Alda and his gods knew that accepting them to fight for them would be better than risking such a troublesome thing.
“Now then, I shall explain the current situation with those who have already been reincarnated,” said Rodcorte.
This discussion between gods continued for a while, at Rodcorte’s pace.
However, Rodcorte was considerably late to realize that strange events were taking place in Origin as a result of this, and his three familiar spirits were left to deal with the system as it reported errors.
Joseph Smith received regular counselling. He had frequently taken harsh, dangerous missions. The one fresh in his mind was now known as the ‘Eighth Guidance incident,’ and during this mission, he had lost a number of colleagues whom he had known for over a decade.
He was mentally cornered, and had begun to start hinting that he may commit suicide. His condition had deteriorated to the point that his counsellor had recommended that he be hospitalized.
But the Joseph before the counsellor today was calm, appearing as if he had been released from all of his stress.
“Joseph-san, you’re looking good today,” the counsellor remarked.
“Yes, I’ve been able to sleep well even without sleeping pills these days,” said Joseph.
In his previous life, he had been known as Sumida Shiro, named with the wish that he would become a man who was fine and well-built like a castle, and he had been a teacher in charge of a different class from Murakami’s. In this world, he was a member of the Bravers, with the codename ‘Druid.’
TLN: 城/Shiro means “castle” in Japanese.
He had originally been a very gentle person, the kind of person who could never harm someone else. Even after he joined the Bravers, he had felt a sense of duty to help people, using the powers given to him by a god for disaster rescue and supporting agricultural work.
However, that did not mean that he lacked the resolve to kill someone.
His mind was delicate, and although he was not as mentally damaged as the ‘Gazer’ Minuma Hitomi, he had been cornered. He had nightmares of the terrorists he had killed; he saw the faces and heard the voices of the victims he had been unable to save as they blamed him. Fearing these, he had become unable to sleep without powerful sleeping drugs… or at least, that was supposed to be the case.
“That is a good sign,” said the counsellor. “Did something happen to change your mood?”
“Yes, I had a dream. Something very large gave me a part of its own body. You don’t understand what I’m talking about, do you? But ever since I received it, I have felt at ease,” said Joseph with a smile. “I have stopped having nightmares, but I would like to have that dream once more. I feel like if I could meet that thing again, I could go with it. To a dark place, where I can be at peace.”
“That is… Could you tell me about it in more detail?” the counsellor asked, feeling disturbed by Joseph’s words.
Joseph had no choice but to explain all of the details of his dream that he could remember, as well as recent events that had taken place in reality.
In addition to Joseph, there were several dozen others all around the world who told their counsellors and doctors of dreams in which they were given something by an indescribable being.
This phenomenon was psychologically analyzed and researched, but these efforts did not produce any results.
The ‘Avalon’ Rikudou Hijiri received a strange report from his closely-trusted secretary.
“A number of psychologically damaged Bravers, Eighth Guidance worshippers and experimental subjects had the same dream during the same time period?” he repeated.
The female secretary appeared perplexed herself. “Yes,” she said, continuing her report with a confused expression on her face. “There are variations in the dream from individual to individual, but they were all dreams in which they encountered an indescribable being, which gave them parts of its own body. It seems that in many of the dreams, they received eyes or mouths, while some said they only drank the being’s blood.”
The dream that the secretary was describing would normally be considered a nightmare. It was quite an unusual dream; it would certainly not be a common one.
For dozens of people whom Rikudou Hijiri was keeping an eye on to see that dream… at around the same time, was strange. He knew it was strange, but he didn’t understand exactly what was going on.
He had realized that the ‘Undead’ was the reincarnated individual named Amamiya Hiroto, but even he could not guess that Amamiya, now Vandalieu, had come from another world and appeared in their dreams.
“Those who had the dream are mentally stable; the most remarkable is ‘Druid,’ who has told his counsellor that he is completely cured. The experimental subjects have shown no physical changes, but mentally, they are in a calm state,” said the secretary.
The experimental subjects were those being used in Rikudou Hijiri’s secret death-attribute research… There were terrorists and death-row criminals who were thought to have been killed, as well as homeless people and street orphans – all obtained through illegal means.
These were precious human subjects, acquired with the help of various nations, so it would be problematic if they were to die. But it would also be problematic if they were to acquire the death attribute like the members of the Eighth Guidance. Thus, these subjects were under constant surveillance.
The contents of their dreams could not be monitored, but a calm mental state had been observed across all of them when they woke up from that particular dream, at around the same time.
“Is there a complete analysis of the subjects’ Mana?” Rikudou asked.
“Yes. The results are summarized here,” said the secretary, handing him a written report.
Rikudou read the report to see that the Mana of the subjects showed no changes in their affinities to the attributes, nor did they show a change in quantity.
“I believe that this dream incident has been noticed by various intelligence agencies,” said the secretary. “Eighth Guidance worshippers have spread news of it on social media, blogs and private websites. It could be called a ‘festival,’ as they are celebrating that the ‘Undead’ has appeared in their dreams.”
“… Are they not aware that they are marked by intelligence agencies as a dangerous group that idolizes terrorists?” Rikudou muttered.
Eighth Guidance worshippers were a group of people who worshipped the now-dead Eighth Guidance – worshipping Pluto in particular. But with that said, they were not a criminal organization.
As they mainly worshipped Pluto and Baba Yaga, most of them were docile. They were recognized as a peaceful group; the most they would do was organize rallies to advocate the complete ban of research into the death attribute.
“… Have specialized psychologists analyze the dreams. It may have something to do with the death attribute,” said Rikudou. “It is highly likely that the Eighth Guidance received death-attribute Mana from the ‘Undead’… Amamiya Hiroto. I think the contents of the dreams have some similarities.”
“Very well,” said the secretary.
“And I will attend the president’s party in three days,” Rikudou added.
“Not her?” the secretary asked.
“No. If I spend too much time away from the center stage of politics, I will become worse at acting as my public self. She may be capable of changing her appearance, but I am not.”
‘Rikudou Hijiri’ stood on a stage, giving a speech in front of cameras and an audience, as if he were a politician during an election.
“It is true that we Bravers have made mistakes. There are a countless number of people who were plunged into despair because we were slow to act, because we were too weak! But that is precisely why we cannot stop here. Please believe in the Bravers once more to fight against terrorists who seek to destroy international order and the endless natural disasters that happen in this world!”
The audience applauded and shouted encouraging words.
“Do your best!”
“We’re supporting you!”
The people’s trust in the Bravers had fallen after the Eighth Guidance incident. However, when the death stored inside Pluto wiped out the Federal State’s department of defense, Amemiya Hiroto had resolved the crisis, restoring the people’s trust.
The people had lost their trust in the Federal State due to them recovering the corpses of the Eighth Guidance members to resume research into the death attribute, and without the Bravers, the entirety of the Federal State would have likely still been covered in a black fog up until this day. Thus, there was now trust in the Bravers.
This was the result of ‘Braver’ Amemiya Hiroto’s actions, but at the same time, it was also due to the losses caused by the Federal State’s blunder. That was why ‘Rikudou Hijiri’ was diligently attending charity events and speeches, as well as parties hosted by important figures and large enterprises – to maintain the Bravers organization.
Well, it’s not thanks to him, thought the ‘Shaman’ Moriya Kousuke, laughing to himself as he watched ‘Rikudou’s’ speech.
The Bravers had failed during the Eighth Guidance incident, but in the end, nobody had raised their voices to blame them for it.
One reason was that the Federal State had committed an even greater blunder than them, but it was also because the international community did not want the Bravers to disband.
This was because they were an organization of individuals with mysterious powers whose principles were still unknown, and if certain rules were followed, it was very easy to make use of them.
‘Rikudou Hijiri’ finished his speech, exited the stage and walked towards where Moriya was waiting.
“Excellent work, ‘Rikudou’-san,” said Moriya. “Next is a one-day lecture at the European Union Magic University. The car is this way.”
“I know,” said ‘Rikudou.’ “But can’t you get me business class seats for the plane?”
“My apologies. This is part of an appeal to the public that we are part of the common masses. We have prepared a premium economy seat next to the window.”
“… We’re going to the airport in a bulletproof, magic-proof limousine, then taking premium economy. That makes it more difficult to understand what it’s like to be a part of the common masses,” said ‘Rikudou,’ giving a bitter, Rikudou-like smile as he got into the limousine.
The moment he sat in his seat, he became as expressionless as a mannequin.
“How long will it take to get to the airport?” asked Moriya, a subordinate of the real Rikudou Hijiri.
“Approximately one hour,” replied the driver.
“I see… I suppose I’ll spend that time doing some maintenance,” Moriya said, taking out what appeared to be a helmet with a visor from a cooler. “I wish the technology team would hurry up and make these smaller,” he murmured to himself as he placed the helmet on the mannequin-like ‘Rikudou Hijiri’… the ‘Metamorph’ Shihouin Mari.
“Can the brainwashing be maintained with just that helmet?” the driver asked.
“Yes, it’s an advanced, highly expensive Magic Item that automatically activates its magic when worn while simultaneously injecting drugs into the wearer,” said Moriya. “We can’t buy out a jumbo jet, but we can easily buy out a medium-sized plane.”
This conversation was already inaudible to Mari. The helmet blocked out all external sound as it quickly activated its magical effects on her mind and injected drugs into her.
The helmet began the maintenance work needed to keep her in a state where she would continue to be a convenient puppet that acted in his place.
The black visor covered her vision; her eyes were open, but all she saw was a black darkness.
Or at least, that was supposed to be the case, but someone’s face appeared in the darkness – a white face with one purple eye and one crimson one.
“Who are you?” the white silhouette asked.
Moriya jumped in surprise.
“Is there something wrong?” the driver asked. “I thought I saw her move…”
“I suppose the drug injection process has started. It’s completely normal. Focus on the road,” said Moriya.
But Mari did not hear this conversation between Moriya and the driver.
The only thing she heard was the white silhouette’s words.
“Who are you?” it asked.
I am… the ‘Avalon’ Rikudou Hijiri, she answered wordlessly.
But the white silhouette shook its head. “That is not you,” it said.
Are you… me?
“I am not you.”
Then who… am I?
The helmet’s magic was at work, and drugs were injected into Mari’s body. But she showed no signs of reacting to them.
“I don’t know the answer to that question. Who are you?” the white silhouette asked.
As it stared at her, Mari felt as if she needed to answer it, and desperately searched for the answer… but the answer did not come to her yet.
“Who are you?”
And from then on, the white silhouette began to appear on windows, on the surface of the black coffee she drank, the back of her eyelids when she closed her eyes, continuously asking her this question.
Mei, who was now over one and a half years old, was growing up to be a healthy child.
She was a quiet child who almost never cried; this had actually worried Amemiya Narumi at first, but she was at ease now. However, it seemed that she enjoyed playing on her own more than anything else.
She was currently drawing something with a crayon, humming happily. No, perhaps she simply found it fun to fill the white drawing paper with the color of her crayons.
“Mei, what is this?” her older brother Hiroshi asked curiously, staring at her drawing.
“What have you drawn? Show it to Mommy… Is it Daddy?” Narumi asked, thinking that the black person drawn on the paper could be Amemiya Hiroto, Mei’s father.
But Mei shook her head. “No, it’s Banda,” she said happily.
“A-a panda?”
“Banda.”
“You’re so weird. Pandas have white as well, not just black,” said Hiroshi.
“Banda, Banda!” Mei cried.
“Hiroshi, that’s how they appear to Mei. Banda-san seems to have a lot of black parts,” said Narumi, hastily stepping in to prevent an argument between the siblings.
The small Vandalieu that Vandalieu had created using his own body parts… Banda, gave a sigh of relief as he watched from above.
I’m not a panda, though, he thought. I’d never have imagined that Meh-kun would be the child of Naruse Narumi… Amemiya Narumi, the one that Pluto saved. I was curious about her, but coincidences are pretty scary.
He then thought about what he should do next.
My connection to my real self has been almost completely severed, so I can’t share memories with him. And I can’t go beyond a certain distance away from Meh-kun. Maybe that’s because my main body is Meh-kun? Nobody can see me except for Meh-kun, and I can’t touch anyone unless I try to. Well, I suppose I’ll go with my initial plan – Bug Killer.
A mosquito that had flown into the room dropped dead from Banda’s spell.
“… Huh? Am I imagining things? I feel like a spell was used somewhere…” Narumi muttered to herself, looking around the room.
Vandalieu ignored her as he continued thinking. I can cast spells. Death-attribute Mana is difficult to sense, so I can use spells like Bug Killer and Sterilization even if she’s close by, and she won’t notice. I might be able to use other Skills, too… I’ve already confirmed that I can use Materialization.
Immediately after Mei woke up from her dream, Banda had been standing next to her crib, testing various things in order to comprehend the situation that he had found himself in.
Communicating with Vandalieu was impossible. Sharing memories with him was also impossible. Checking Banda’s own Status had also failed, as this was not Lambda.
And upon realizing that he did not have a physical body, Banda had checked whether he had a reflection in a mirror, and checked whether he could use the Materialization Skill.
He had easily been able to materialize his entire body… and the moment he did, his body had been reflected in the mirror, so he had hastily dematerialized himself.
“Even if it was a dream, couldn’t Vandalieu have put me together more skillfully?” Banda lamented.
At a glance, he looked like a human.
A human with four eyes, wearing a mask covered in open mouths even where his ears should be, a small black fur coat on his head and white hair.
But the ‘mask’ was his real face, and what appeared to be a coat was actually an external membrane with fur growing from it. As for the inside, his arms were made from multiple bones and his body contained multiple skeletons, which were all supported by jointed legs and covered haphazardly in exoskeleton and carapace.
No matter how one looked at it, Banda had the appearance of a demon. He wanted to avoid being seen by other people, least of all by the Amemiyas or their son. It was possible that they would attack him on sight.
Hiroshi… Could it be that he named his child after my previous name? Ah, I don’t want to get involved, Banda thought.
He did not have any hatred for the Amemiyas anymore, nor did he feel the desire for a happy family that he had felt on earth, but it would be painful to continuously be shown this happy family.
But Banda could not venture beyond a certain distance away from Mei… approximately fifty meters. He could not tear the young Mei from her parents’ grasp, so he had no choice but to bear it.
“… It can’t be helped. I still want to test my body’s strength and physical abilities, and whether I can use offensive death-attribute spells and no-attribute spells, but that’s impossible to do now. Well, I have only a fraction of Vandalieu’s Mana, so I know I wouldn’t be able to use Hollow Cannon, which needs a billion Mana,” Vandalieu muttered to himself, trying to avoid reality.
“Mistress! The laundry is finished!” said a woman’s voice from outside.
It seemed that Amemiya Narumi had hired someone to work as a housekeeper and babysitter.
This was likely because there were times when both parents would be away from the house on missions. And although Banda had not seen them yet, there was the presence of what seemed to be bodyguards inside the house.
“Thank you. You can rest until lunchtime,” Narumi said to the housekeeper. “… That’s strange, was I really just imagining things?” she wondered once more.
“I-it’s not me! I promised I wouldn’t use magic without permission!” Hiroshi said indignantly.
“Banda,” said Mei.
Meh-kun, keep quiet about that, thought Banda.
And so, the Amemiya household gained a new inhabitant, unbeknownst to the husband and wife.
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Soluno the last
I believe the term, “the safest baby in the universe” applies
emergency3808
Bruh Zuruwarn played a very dirty trick. All those people that Vandalieu visited in dreams (including that depressed reincarnated person and Mei) would probably be directly put into Vida’s resurrection system after death, instead of going through Rodcorte’s. I am impressed 🤣
Naberisu
Damn she got a mini Van as a bodyguard, that baby is invincible now. 😆
Winter
Mei just gained the best possible guardian “angel” that she could 😛
Can’t wait for Rikudou to get brutally killed and his soul devoured. People and gods may cal Van insane, but Rikudou is far more fucked in the head than he ever could be. I’m probably biased, because I appreciate Van’s world view though :’)
God-stealth0
Dude is interesting that he go to other World like a ¿clon? And give his protection to her that can be important for the future for example if she go to where is Vandaliu for help him
Sailon
“Rodcorte was unperturbed by Alda’s anger because he knew that there would be no direct punishment to him. He ruled over reincarnation, an important component of the world, and yet he was not a god who belonged to this world. If he wanted to, he could easily escape from Lambda.
Even if Alda somehow managed to capture him and seal him away to punish him, there was no god in Lambda who could rule over the circle of transmigration system in his place. ”
So he simple ignore the fact tha Vida did created her own trasmigration system and she could ruled the one in Lambda and she did exactly because she dint trust Rodcorte and he was the one that seal he away kill her children and incite his believers to hunt them down to take the transmigration cicle.
“However, Alda’s objective was to restore the world to its correct state… to the ordinary, pure state that it had been in before the Demon King Guduranis appeared, free of monsters. Vandalieu’s actions clearly opposed that objective, and the world order that Alda imposed.”
So are you gonna ignore the fact that for this to happen you had to purify some continents that are complety corrupt and even after 100000 yars you did nothing to change that because is pretty mutch impossible and even if killed all Vida races the corrupted continents would still remain that way
Zenden1st
banda panda vanda Broads in Atlanta
Ereshkigal
Perhaps Vandalieu’s actions could not be objectively declared as purely evil. However, Alda’s objective was to restore the world to its correct state… to the ordinary, pure state that it had been in before the Demon King Guduranis appeared, free of monsters. Vandalieu’s actions clearly opposed that objective, and the world order that Alda imposed.
He, who could not accept the reality can never move forward. While the other gods have already adapt and accept that such thing was now impossible, he still believe that things will go back to the way it was. Alda is still inside his self created cage known as his beliefs, that is why he couldn’t accept their current situation and will never be able to move forward.
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“Alda, are you sure about this? Though I do think that it would be impossible to get rid of them,” said the former champion Nineroad, who was now a heroic spirit of the wind attribute.
I mean, you btch also came from another world, you know?
Chiu ChunLing
As does Alda’s perception of what the ‘correct state’ of the world…’the ordinary pure state that it had been in before the Demon King Guduranis appeared, free of monsters.’
All the other gods understand that what was wrong with Guduranis wasn’t that he was from another world, but that he ruled by tyranny without negotiation. That’s also what makes monsters bad. It was nothing to do with the type of mana, but how it’s used.
Vida’s races are the proof of this, and Bellwood’s response to them illustrates how much more he had in common with Guduranis than anything that was actually pure about Lambda.
Bob, Son of Bob
“I have a condition for those reincarnated individuals. I forbid them from teaching the people of this world any knowledge and technology from other worlds that we have deemed taboo,” said Alda.
Rodcorte nodded. “I do not mind. I shall tell the reincarnated individuals this myself.”
This is why no one respects Rodcorte. Not only is he an arrogant moron, he doesn’t even have the basic conviction to stick to his guns.
Chiu ChunLing
Actually, it’s not like he’s promising anything. Rotcortex was always going to warn the reincarnators that they had to keep a low profile to avoid falling afoul of the idiocy Alda inherited from Bellwood. He never had any intention of telling Alda to stop forbidding taboo knowledge.
In fact, he’s introducing people who have experience of end results of technological development combined with cheat abilities so that they can try to reach those end results without going through the development of intermediate technologies through the use of magic in place of gunpowder, steam engines, and other things Alda finds objectionable without understanding.
To put it in other words, Rotcortex was never interested in guns in the first place.
Alda’s just too stupid to realize that he’s not even extracting any concessions.
JKingSniper
Banda corrupt Mei to go against his father
mwahhaha
Requieum JokeStar
holly shitte, mei’s a stand user now
A_wandering_otter
Banda range A power B speed B precision A durability A potential ■
Temp950
not revealing that Rodcorte was trapped on this world thanks to Vandelieu was a dumb choice… Even if that wouldn’t have made Alda punish Rodcorte, it would have thrown a wrench into Rodcorte’s attempts to get Alda on his side. Thanks to Alda not realizing that, he feels like he has no power over Rodcorte and has to work with him. At the very least it might have made Alda refuse to allow the reincarnated individuals onto Lambda.
ObserverBias
Dumb for who? Rodcorte obviously wouldn’t reveal that about himself for no positive(he’d be more of a fool than he is to do so), and nobody else has a say in whether or mot he reveals it. So who is that a dumb choice for?
A_wandering_otter
Ricklent and Zuruwan knows but they have their own reasons not to tell alda
NsP7737
Mei got a Guardian Angel protecting her
I’m sure it’ll be useful when Rikudo will come
if he doesn’t die by Mari before then
caccuhuy
More like Guardian Demon in appearance tho 🙂
Chiu ChunLing
https://www.google.com/search?q=Joseph+Smith
Hahaha, I wonder if that’s intentional, and what it’s supposed to imply.
There are actually quite a lot of possibly deliberate parallels, if you don’t restrict it just to comparisons with Sumida.
For extra fun, https://www.google.com/search?q=Joseph+Smith+First+Vision
chekage
Ngl, Banda kinda sounds like a psychological condition😭 at least we know it’s real
Zenden1st
Death stand vandelieu
Jubiscleiton
Clarified everything
Yonko
”muttered Niltark, the god of judgment.
Both of them were gods whose spirit clones had been destroyed by Vandalieu.“
Did i miss something or when did van destroy niltarks spirit clone?
Also I have just thought of this but maybe giving his divine protection around so freely might be bad as he gives them parts of his souls and doesnt know what kind of effect it has on himself and wether he can retrieve his soul parts later as they are in a different world
Tejing
It was a familiar spirit (two of them actually), not a spirit clone, but it was when Van fought Ervine.
ObserverBias
Counterpoint, they (may) further increase his power through their deeds and experiences. No one else currently exists that can destroy souls (the only reason the gods of Origin consulted him on what to do with those they might DivineProtect), so there are also strong odds that they would be guided directly into Vida’s transmigration circle upon death in Origin.
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Because he has an excess (one part tied to his soul being ‘deformed,’ another part likely based in Mana amount, yet another possibly based in DK fragments), he can give them out as he wishes, and it’s not like he’s giving them as much as he can until his body noticeably shrinks, just whatever felt like the right amount.
Kerlark Dgrayman
Banda-kun is like a Deuteragonist.
Flesh Sculptor
When you are a guardian demon and your host’s parents are having sex in the next room, but you do not have enough misshapen fingers to plug your disproportionate amount of ears.
Guardian demon problems…
Samildanac
What? Alda is a perfectly decent god of order. Think about it, Alda and the other 10 Great gods made the world, all working together. Outside forces come, his family started dying. After they won his sister started creating new life with the very invaders that were corrupting their world. She did this without his knowledge, consent or cooperation unlike at the beginning. He’s thinking she has gone insane over all the losses. Their corrupted mana is endangering their people, their creations. He’s trying to go back to the past, to reclaim what has been lost. Like Ainz in ‘Overlord’ his devotion to the past and the way things were blinds him to the evils that are done in his name or that he himself does (this of course assumes that good and evil are objective as opposed to subjective standards which this novel does NOT support). Much like the christian faith in which ‘paradise’ is trying to be reclaimed (the garden iconography on the tabernacle and early temple, the great city in Revelation), save that Alda is focused on the past while the God of the Bible is doing something ‘new’. That’s where I see Van coming in. A new god of death & change, not chaos. Chaos destroys order and thus life, but change? Yeah, that is Van. Death and change. If they can get Rodcortes’ familiars to jump ship they can fix Vida’s reincarnation cycle as well as the Demon king’s. They could even program in a heaven and hell cycle for punishment and reward. Everyone will have to compromise some, Alda will have to accept some change/chaos and Van and Vida will have to accept some Law/Order. Should get interesting.
hidefreek
It’s clearly different.
Alda lost control of himself.
Normally G.God of Lamda kept each other in check, but after only two G.God actived and it was two opposite interm ofdivine nature so the war broke out.(Vida refused to trust Alda because she thought the latter intend to left her champion to be destroyed:with Aldadislike Zakkart and other champion while Bellwood completely intoxicated by his self-rightoues and poison the mind of hispatreon God and his follower.)
It’s quiet a spoiler many God from Alda faction who has brain realised their mistake but choose different method.
[Nineroad is dishearted by her mistakes but choose to abaddon her sin so she will forge New future.
Famuan gold return to his father to atorn from his mistake.
Bellwood……………… Better not knowing]
Sailon
Eee i mean Vida races are born from evil gods that help fight agaist Guduranis even Alda admits tha they would have lost if this evil gods hadn’t betrayed Guduranis, but after the war he was not eilling to accept them and Vida races are created to adpted to the world corrupted by mana and os proved in the demon continent that they are of help to prevent expansion of devil nest is thanks to Zantark the gods that followed him an theyr children like the ghouls and tiamat and the kijin and majin children that the demon cintinent dint expand to the baia continent, you dont see Alda helping them so no he is a terrible guardian, and yes vida was reckless in her approach, but do you think Alda would even consider her ideia? Because his action over 100 000 years prove tha he dont, and he incite hes followers to hunt Vida races and meanwhile the evil gods of the remnant demon king army continue expread theyr influency and grown stronger
hungsayori
“Perhaps Vandalieu’s actions could not be objectively declared as purely evil. However, Alda’s objective was to restore the world to its correct state… to the ordinary, pure state that it had been in before the Demon King Guduranis appeared, free of monsters. Vandalieu’s actions clearly opposed that objective, and the world order that Alda imposed.”
The basis of Alda’s justice is literally just ‘me no like monsters’ when they’re just as docile and self aware as any other humans/elves/dwarves. being fundamentally incorrect on top of that, he is IMPOSSIBLY ignorant of his own ignorance, obstinacy and hypocrisy. malicious or not, such repulsive combination of atrocious qualities shouldn’t be allowed to exist. tis the utmost misfortune that someone like Alda is the god of law and fate
Alter
There’s also the fact that Alda can’t actually embrace change. Return the world to it’s ordinary, pure state? That’s impossible.
The invasion of the Demon King is a PART of Lamba’s history. No one can change that. And what Alda should do is embrace these things and move forward. But well. He wants to reset all of it.
Calango
Alda is totally emotional, says that he acts with reason and logic seems like a joke to me. He doesn’t look like a thinker or philosopher, anything outside his ‘order’ has to be destroyed without even being thought about. Dialogue? Never! to make matters worse, he wants to build a utopian paradise in a mortal realm and that is impossible. Life is chaos, evolution, an endless cycle of changes and adaptations. Vandalieu has more chances than he to build a paradise. lol
Vicx
I think van should be the god of hope as he meets people that are suicidal and close to death and gives them hope. He also can give hope to people who have died by making them an undead who can use life gold and spirit silver to be able to reproduce.
Dr. Steel
Yes, but to his enemies he is a god of despair!
polynesianvibez
would be cool if Banda starts recruiting allies before they reincarnate. story just got more interesting
thanks for the chapter
TruePath111
Could it be Origin Gods will interfere now? Considering Alda is going to such evil lengths now. Do the Champions from Earth feel no guilt or shame?
Shiiny2.0
Happy birthday Banda!!!!
EdgeGod
I can just imagine the criminals that Rikudou captured talking about how great it is to be alive and that the world is so beautiful after dreaming Vandalieu.
EdgeGod
Okay! I’ve been in this story for a while I’ve read it and caught up and this is my verdict:
Alda is good, Heinz it’s dumb and Bellwood is evil.
Alda wants to restore the world to it’s original state(a world without monsters) but chooses to ignore Visa’s races especially those who came from monsters essentially commiting genocide which I feel is the wrong way to do things.
Heinz is an idiot who always claims that he will talk to the Gods and ask why things are the way they are but never does instead he goes on to adopt a random damphir girl who would be fine in the Orbaume kingdom by the way and despite being in a peaceful faction, which I personally think is shit, does not stop Vida’s races from being persecuted but thinks that by being a hero and not looking for Vida’s races to kill, because that obviously wouldn’t just offer themselves up to be killed, he is justified and is apparently atoning for his sins.
Bellwood is a weirdo who let the other battle oriented heroes on a range to kill Vida’s races who are essentially her children making him an advocate of child murder.
Sorry for the long rant 😤
DieOfSanity
No, Alda is also dumb. He fell for Bellwood’s brainwashing.
Vitor
No god that hurt her sister, sealed her, threw her out of her position as goddess and started an era of 100.000 years of hunting her children just because “they didn’t exist before Demon King”, while comanding tyranically the rest of lower gods without any other great gods to oposse him, and when these great gods, brothers of him, doesn’t agree with him, he declares them insane, Alda is the corrupt law, a mere tyrant and a sociopath, and a conservative old man, and humanity can’t strive without progress, so he must fall
WolfLord_Jordon
And now there’s a baby being guarded by a demon.Thanks for the chapter on a good story
SpudCaleb
Poor therapist-san, the didn’t cover divine dreams in med school did they?
FELOS1478
here waiting if they upload another chapter
Praydith
I am serious about the Great Gods being bastardization s of nature though. Think about it; the Legend about the Great Gods at the beginning of the novel which Vida herself affirms(?) that the Great Gods were born from the two fallen God’s that came before them. I can’t think of a way that they aren’t abominations by the standard s they uphold. If you say that they are born from dead God’s then they are not any different from what Van is creating and if you make an argument that they are born from the power of the dead God’s then that makes them know better than demons because that is how demons are born, they are conglomerates of mana that are tainted and gain self-awareness. So how are the Great Gods any different from the abominations they so detest?
WolfLord_Jordon
Because they’re the most powerful and they say so
Hobbes
‘History is written by the victor’ as they say
bluekatt
Please, refresh…
esperanding new cap… :'(
FELOS1478
Didn’t they say I would go out this weekend?
Randomreader
It will be out soon
Valeth
They did say around the 24th, so it could be any min or a day or 2 from now.
farmer
So how would Banda fare in Origin really?
Vandallieu is OP in Lambda because of his demon king body parts, his huge mana pool and his undead. The earlier part of this story told us that death magic is very mana-inefficient in direct combat. He could use the death bullet and that energy-sapping barrier (like the time he fought that noble orc to save the ghoul village), he could use his materialized body and he can also share his passive skills to Mei with his soul form. He could destroy souls which would be really handy to eliminate opponents before they could level up in Lambda. He should also still be able to turn buildings into golems, but this probably won’t be too effective against the explosive modern weapons, not to mention the Bravers.
Depending on his mana pool, he might still be able to spawn dungeons and teleport around the world. He could also still use the age reversal spell.
Other than that, his mental enroachment spell is probably still OP.
Valeth
I’m not entirely sure that Death Magic is mana-inefficient or possibly just that Vandalieu is just not completely controlling his mana properly.
I mean they had the first Braver to die talk about all the things he did to the researchers and guards at the facility on Origin. Which was pretty offense related, but he has not recreated most of the spells described at this time.
I think Death magic is similar to Life in that neither are focused on combat but capable of being used for it.
As to how powerful he is, he is essentially the only person on Origin with Non-Aspect Magic, and he also has Dead Spirit if he meets ghost or some such later. He also is most likely able to use his Unarmed Combat techniques that require mana I would assume, although maybe not.
Mental encroachment is obviously going to be powerful, and if he manages to relearn his old tricks from the time he was the Undead. Where he drove people crazy without Mental Encroachment, and has bugs and such growing in his enemies and eating them alive…..
Dr. Steel
Death magic for combat isn’t mana inefficient, and Van isn’t bad at controlling his mana, he is actually really good but his scale is so mind-numbing it’s hard to notice. Death magic works fine for combat, but the researchers weren’t using it for combat, so van knows very few advanced death attribute attacks, the best he came up with was “lump it together, twist it, and hurl it”. If Van recreates what he used as the Undead for attacking, it would be great, as he could do some wicked stuff. Also, Pluto’s stored up death effected the Bravers even if it touched their ability? It would be great if Van started using his death attribute like that. Much better combat (like, what does it matter how much vitality this monster has if it is one thousand years past the end of its lifespan? And if he used the death fog, he could kill hordes of powerful enemies instantly with all his mana.
VEreality
Death Magic is not really as mana-inefficient as you make it sound. It’s just that Van has so much mana that he became unable to use small amounts. He said numerous times that some of his spells could have been done with less mana.
Also, even if Banda has only a fraction of Van’s mana that would still be somewhere between hundred of thousands and millions. And all the people that worship Undead are now praying to him. So yeah he will have mana galore(what was the most mana that someone from Origin has? How many tens of thousands?*cough*weak XD*cough*)
Pallington
Banda has iirc something on the scale of tens or hundreds of millions of mana. AKA, a fucking lot, more than enough to completely overpower any mage in Origin and stand strong against any cheat in Origin.
grimg12
Dear Author Densuke
I have a few questions, do you have a specific release schedule? if so what might it be? and if not then, how do you decide when to release a chapter?
I sincerely hop that you could address these questions at the earliest convenient time.
until such time, your loyal reader grimg12.
CoolmanVIII
Densuke is probably not aware of this since this is a fan translation. Densuke has release close to 400 chapters last I checked. Yoshi is the one who’s translating this series.
SuicidalSkeletin
Honestly dude this is a translation page :/
Mangydog1
Wasn’t the next chapter supposed to come have out this weekend?
Randomreader
Actually Yoshi said sometime around the 24th so any day now
FELOS1478
I want the next part to go out how much is left?
Praydith
Hey this has been bothering me for a while now but by the Gods standard’s the Great Gods like Alda, Vida, Rinklet and the rest bastardizations of nature as well?
SuicidalSkeletin
In short, yes. But they are basically the ones managing the world and the world is reliant on them so whatever they say goes
poyeah
Holy shiatsu!
Does this mean Mei-kun will be the second coming of Pluto? After all she got a freaking guardian angel(?) beside her and guess who are the only one who could sense her guardian angel? Yup the people who Van himself blessed and/or those who worshipped the Eight Guidance especially Pluto-chan and them plot related characters. Damn the Origin story will be a lot more interesting and exciting. Cant wait for more chapter. Thanks for the chappy
Supreme king
Goddamn it I’ve caught up
MeiOuSei
Questions of the day:
Are things ’bout to go down on Origin?
Has Doom-Sama seen this already?
Will Bakalda finally find out about dumbcorte’s idiocy and punish him?
Can’t wait till next chapter! ~♥
PS: Thanks for your hard work
Supreme king
Next time on DEATH MAGE Z
Nox
Oh my. The situation in Origin is getting even Mode interesting than in Lambda. I mean Rikudou is going to suffer, Mari is going to wake up and Banda ist there to protect Mei
Sp12er
It’s an expected. But nonetheless interesting development.
Farhan
I have think about some thing, are Van can get muscle body when the Landa world have status sistem, when power up altough muscle not becom bigger
Kuro-san
Well, I didn’t understand your question because Google Translate translated your comment in a strange way, but if you’re asking, “Why doesn’t Van-sama develop muscle if his strength attribute is so high?” the answer is: The ability [Superhuman Strength] allows the user to have greater strength without the need to form muscles. And that disrupts Van-sama’s muscle development.
Jonathan Hurd
I think the question is ‘can van become muscular since he’s already so strong but still scrawny’.
To that I would say probably. People like Schneider, Dalton, and Zod show that you can increase your muscles through training even when you have high stats.
We also forget sometimes considering Van was concious before the age of one, but hes still only now getting to his teens. His body is still developing. Muscles can only really be built after you go through your growth spurt.
It was already shown in a previous chapter that Vans body was suppressing his stat growths because he was to young. Give him some time working out in his late teens and he might be less scrawny.
SuicidalSkeletin
He’s not really scrawny and considering he is a 10 year old child, he probably has already built quite a sturdy frame from all the troubles he’s been through. Now all that’s left to do is increase his testosterone output which happens now that he’s a teenager.
MintyMints
More like before to age of 0!
Ozarazil
Yo “banda” might catch some spicy scenes in that house when this couple wants the 3rd child…
Kuro-san
Banda-san will look like Kyuubi in Naruto and Hinata’s honeymoon, just looking out the door.
Funky K
Thanks for the Chapter!!! I feel bad for Mari, she’s kind of in the same position that van was in and she’s lost her mother too. I hope Banda helps her get revenge on Rikudou.
gomezseba37
i think rikudou its getting his soul destroyed by banda
SuicidalSkeletin
Highly unlikely unless Rikudou actual threatens Mei. The Gods of Origin are bound to take action as well and knowing this Banda would be reluctant to reveal himself to Idiotcorte
Gohankuten
I mean I am 99.9% certain that Rikudou is gonna threaten Mei. Just the question is will he threaten her from a distance where Banda can act. Remember Rikudou is already suspicious that Mei might have Death Attribute mana due to what Pluto did and is keeping tabs on her waiting for find out the results of her mana attribute tests when she grows up a bit. Thus it’s only a matter of time before he enacts some kind of plan that threatens Mei to either find out if she has the attribute or knows she has the attribute and so tries to get her to take it from her for himself.
munerkie
can’t we just appreciate the fact that mei got a fucking STAND???
UnveilingSage
What’s a STAND? Sorry, just cant remember…
grim
a thing from the jojo series witch has become a meme
BeiBei G6
Please tell me you know Jojo Bizarre Adventure man
Vitor
https://jojo.fandom.com/wiki/Stand
Metazoxan
Plus even if you aren’t playing with Memes it’s still a fact that “banda” is basically the “divine spirit decent” skill. The only difference is since Van isn’t technically a god it can’t hide in a divine realm until called. He could perhaps inhabit an item to become a divine artifact but right now he seems happy just being her “stand”.
gomezseba37
its more like spirit clone descent which is superior since he has his own conscience
Lord Rin
Now we just need to wait for Mei or Banda to start doing Jojo poses while the Pillar Man theme plays in the background.
Xignum
Ayayaya
EdgeGod
STAND name: Banda
SPECIAL move: Hollow Canon
ATTRIBUTES: Death magic, soul destruction
Perfection!
VsauceIsSpooky
Stand name: Banda
Stand user: Amemiya Mei
Speed: B
Power: A
Range: D
Durability: B
Precision: C
Potential: A
Zenden1st
range is nerfed asf even kioske has a stand about 50 meters and his was the longest at the time
WizziBot
ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ
Morgan
Wish you could upload more often. This is probably the best novel being translated. you are also amazing at translation. I can’t notice a single piece of text that seems unfitting. good job.
Metazoxan
Agreed. I won’t be ungrateful and complain about release schedule but I do always wish I could read more after I finish a chapter.
Yoshi
Thanks, that’s a big compliment ^_^
I’ll be away for a week starting this Friday so next chapter release is likely to be somewhere around ~24th August.
gomezseba37
youre cluel… but fair. no really thanks for translating this its perfect
Jonathan Hurd
I would also like to say my thanks for the amazing translation you do. It’s incredible how all the grammar and spelling is so spot on especially for chapters as long as these. Please keep up the great work. I will continue waiting with baited breath for more adventures of our favorite Death Demi God.
Tyrelius
So you leave on a mini hiatus right chen i get my hollydays… i’m gonna cry myself dry in a corner
VEreality
*me, young and foolish, before the events of the last chapters* it’s cool that the author makes this side chapters and constant reminders that there is still something happening in Origin. However, I don’t I think that there is anything better than the war between the Eighth Guidance and the Bravers. I hope the author will not focus too much on this events.
*me now*………I need more chapters about the events from Origin ASAP(as fast as possible)! This is too good!
Btw, if the best stand ever aka Banda manages to contact Mari and Joseph(as well as any other person that dreamed Vandalieu) again through dreams, it’s going to be GAME OVER for all the reincarnated individuals that will want to oppose Vandalieu. There will be no way to truly stop the revolution at that point. There is going to be a bloodbath and I am going to love every second of it like the evil bastard that I am XD
Thank you author-sama and translator-sama! You are the best!
Kazza
Holy shit, Yoshi. My birthday isn’t for another few months! Love the relative speed of releases recently. So much so, that I’m late to the party, apparently.
Ah, well.
Great chapter. Not much to talk about as it mainly affirms some speculations from the last chapter. Still excited to see the newest Buddy Cop Movie featuring a 1 1/2 year old Death Mage and her Eldritch imaginary friend. Hopefully the author doesn’t pull another Selen on us and just acknowledges her existence every now and then…
Ok, that was mean on my part. You know what else is mean? Karma! Eat the calcified fecal matter that spews from your mouth every time you open it, Rodcorte. Van’s not even in Origin and he’s fucking up your system, hot damn.
Lord Rin
I wonder if Ricklent and Zuruwarn will try to tell Alda about how Rodcorte is now recognized god of Lambda and thus CAN be punished for what he’s done. I mean it might be risky since now Alda knows that Ricklent and Zuruwarn have sided with Vida and Van but I feel like if they mention how Rodcorte originally planned to cut Lambda from his system which would result in the deaths of countless people that use that system which also happen to be people that worship to Alda and his faction. If they can’t reincarnate then that means that eventually there would be no people born that worship Alda’s group which would weaken them greatly. Ricklent and Zuruwarn could also mention how currently Rodcorte is thinking of possibly releasing the most important Demon King Fragments. They’ve observed both these things secretly and Rodcorte didn’t notice though his familiars did but they’re not gonna say anything about it since they’re already planning on betraying him. Anyways I feel like if Alda knew about these things then he might go after Rodcorte first to punish him since he’d seem like a bigger and more immediate threat because he still underestimates Van and doesn’t know how powerful he really is.
Oh so it looks like some of the white silhouettes Van saw in the previous chapter where actually some members of the Bravers. Now that he’s guided them then that means they have left Rodcorte’s circle of reincarnation and once they die then they will enter Vida’s circle. Now Van will have more Bravers on his side once they reincarnate.
Mei has an OP Guardian Angel(Eldritch Abomination?) now. I would love to read more stories of The Adventures Of Baby Mei And Her Guardian Eldritch Abomination, Banda.
UnveilingSage
Well, in one chapter Ricklent & Zuruwarn actually discussed this. They decided that Alda would probably use Rodcorpse’s power to deal with Van-sama first, then, after dealling with Van-sama, He would then use his authority to try to punish Rodd*ck. But that wouldn’t work anyways because Rod-moron’s only followers are Van-sama’s people.
NjShade
Probably more than half bravers will join van faction since they view him like a god and give them a salvation
gomezseba37
the guiede power its broken once someone is guided i makes them feel familiar with van and the other persons guided wich means that once you are guided you are instantly an ally.
Jonathan Hurd
To be fair the trick to getting guided is you need to desire it at least on some level. It’s less of brainwashing and more of an intervention the way I see it. This is especially true for guidance like Vans.
We might forget but the Dark in his path is that he guides those heading towards/seeking death. That is why he had such a profound effect on the Druid who was suicidal. Demon path is the line between good and evil and is especially hard to convince others to walk, and Creation Path has to do with the beings he makes.
It might seem like he can easily raise an army from enemies but I feel that most of the Braver’s Van is turning would have probably not joined the fight against him to begin with.
Nobbu
Banda Express (Reincarnation Service) brings quality food (souls) to Lambda.
Drako
So if Van guided eighth guidance worshippers does he get Goddess Pluto as well?
OokamiNoO
At first I thought that Joseph Smith was the first one that Vandalieu-sama give his blessing, I was surprised to know that it was in fact Shihouin Mari.
Chadd
Only keeping track of the bravers, otherwise I’d add legion in addition to the Amemiya kids. At some point another glossary is going to need to be created to keep track of all the gods and other characters in the story. Stilll, we got information on 2 more bravers. The look on Rodcorte’s face when he realizes people have been guided while in Origin (only Lamba souls have been guided so far)…
-Souls Destroyed (2)-
Kaidou Kanata (M/Gungnir) – Ex-Bravers – Ignore interference
Konoe Miyaji (M/Death Scythe) – Murakami (Betrayed) – Spends mana to paralyze parts of the body after seeing his victim’s face.
-Lamba (17) –
Vandalieu [Amamiya Hiroto] (M/Undead/Dhampir) – Vandalieu Faction – None (Death Magic)
Minuma Hitomi (F?/Gazer/Legion) – Vandalieu Faction – Future Sight
Tsuchiya Kanako (F/Venus/Chaos Elf) – Vandalieu Faction – Copy and Paste
Melissa J. Sautome (F/Aegis/Chaos Elf) – Vandalieu Faction – Barrier
Doug Atlas (M/Hecatoncheir/Human?) – Vandalieu Faction – Telekinesis, Omnidirectional Perception, Force Vision
Asagi Minami (M/Mage Masher) – Sealing Van Faction – Magic Canceler
Shouko Akaki (F/Ifrit) – Sealing Van Faction – Heat/Flame manipulation
Tendou Tatsuya (M/Clairvoyance) – Sealing Van Faction – Vision related abilities
Mao Smith (F/Noah/Dwarf) – Neutral Faction – Storage space
Mackenzie (F/Urðr/Baby) – Neutral Faction – See into past
Sarua Legston [Sameshima Yuuri] (M/Perseus/Baby) – Neutral Faction – Halt movement of target
Sieg [Tanaka] (M/Skanda/Baby) – Neutral Faction – Speed Boost
Gotouta Kaori (F/Super Sense/Elf) – Neutral Faction – Enhance 5 senses
Murakami Junpei (M/Chronos/Human) – Hostile Faction (Rodcorte) – Spell/Skill Delay
Hasamada Aki (M/Odin/Human) – Hostile Faction (Rodcorte) – See few seconds into future
Misa Anderson (F/Sylphid/Elf) – Hostile Faction (Rodcorte) – Turn body into gas
Inui Hajime (M/Marionette/Human) – Hostile Faction (Fitun)- Body Manipulation
-Origin (79)-
Amemiya Hiroto (M/Braver) – Bravers – All Attributes Affinity(Not Including Death Attribute or Time while on Origin), Chant Revocation, Multi-Cast, Ignore Defense (4 others)
Amemiya Narumi (F/Angel) – Bravers – Telepathy, Joint Sensation
Iwao ???? (M/Titan) – Bravers – Gravity
???? Baker (?/Hermes) – Bravers – Object Creation
Joseph Smith (M/Druid) – Bravers – ???
Rikudou Hajiri (M/Avalon) – Avalon (Fake Bravers) – Learning Speed, Unlimited Development
Moriya Kousuke (M/Shaman) – Avalon – ???
Shihouin Mari (F/Metamorph) – (Brainwashed by Avalon) – ShapeShifting
And 71 others
-Purgatory (3) –
Rodcorte Angels:
Shimada Izumi (F/Inspector) – Former Braver – See through lies
Machida Aran (M/Laplace’s Demon) – Former Braver – Calculation/Predictive Analysis (Based on known facts)
Endou Kouya (M/Oracle) – Former Braver – Predictive Analysis (Based on information known by souls in Rodcorte’s system)
Apoapsis
Souls Destroyed: 2
Reincarnators in Lambda: 17
Reincarnators Still in Origin: 79
Reincarnators in Purgatory: 3
Souls Vandalieu Brought Over to Vida’s Reincarnation System from Origin: 1000+ (?)
The Look on Dumbcorte’s Face When He Realizes: Priceless
gomezseba37
i think this is a problem that rodcorte has no actual way of solving because i don’t think that he can negotiate with the gods of origin to do an intervention on the world.
Metazoxan
Of course not. They absolutely HATE him.
Not only did he reincarnate a bunch of kids with special powers without asking them. But he’s the one that brought Van to that world and caused all this mess with the death attribute.
They don’t seem to blame Van as the victim but you can bet they aren’t happy with Dumb-corte for allowing all this to happen in the first place.
At this point they’d probably be happy to just push all their souls into Vida’s circle and give Rod the middle finger.
Then out of that tiad of world only earth would be left under Rod’s control but the Earth god’s will probably follow suit since they don’t seem to have any particular love for the guy either.
gomezseba37
now taht rodcorte is linked to lambda what will happen to him if all of the people in lamba leave his transmigration system? will he die? or will he be free to leave?.
also i want a scene of van punching rodcorte like he wanted in the first chapter but this time sending him flying that would be the most satisfying thing to read ever.
Jonathan Hurd
I feel like Rodidiot will be stuck on Lambda as long as people know of him and recognize him. It’s the downside of being as unattached as he is.
Even if everyone exits his system on Lambda as long as he has the other world’s hooked to his system he’ll probably still have power from them. Now there is a chance he has pissed enough God’s off that a combination of Zuruwan, Vida, and Origin’s God’s could go to the other world’s in his system and try talking them into making their own system. If that all went well then he really would be helpless.
Jonathan Hurd
I feel like Origins God’s biggest issue with Rodcorte has less to do with the problems he’s caused but the fact that he does nothing to try and help fix it. Especially now that his actions have endangered their entire world he isn’t even paying enough attention to notice.
Another problem is just Rodidiots attitude of well it doesn’t really matter if your world burns I’m still safe.
I don’t think there’s any point in blaming Van for all the things that happened to him. I mean from day one he was sold off to be an experimental animal and when he finally got freedom he was killed. You can argue if he hadn’t been born into Origin there wouldn’t be the Death Attribute but that has way less to do with him and everything to do with Rodidiot.
Sebas Tian
Made some edits for you since you missed some details or were inaccurate about a few things. Some of it was just being more specific like the Asagi thing since they’re not really capable of being considered the peacekeeping faction when what they want to do will just cause more fighting, not less. The two toddlers in Talosheim are still neutral camp as Van doesn’t even know about them being reincarnators yet and they haven’t made a choice on what to do with their lives since they’re not even five yet. Baker’s codename was something I found during a reread during the 8th Guidance fight arc when they have him make the map that was being sent to his head through angel and such.
UnveilingSage
On a side note: how do you say/pronounce Urðr?
Ekmo
According to google translate, Ur (like Urgh) – nur (like durrrrr).
VsauceIsSpooky
like “Or-dur”
imagine the word “order” with heavy emphasis on the O
if you’re having trouble, listen to this
https://forvo.com/word/ur%C3%B0r/
Metazoxan
No I think we can safely count the two kids as part of Van’s faction. They’ll be raised their so it will be pretty hard to run away. Not to mention they’ll probably be fully pulled into his guidance by the time they regain their memories so even if the memories allow them to resist they’ll probably be inclined to join him.
Morgan
Mistake. Sarua Legston (Perseus) is in Vandalieu’s faction. Even if he hasn’t actually been conscious enough to choose, he will end up being guided after enough time passes.
UnveilingSage
I thought Perseus’ power was something else. Because wasn’t stopping things Death Scythe’s power?
Darkhelios
Joseph Smith, Shihouin Mari (& x Bravers) will soon become part of Vandalieu’s faction (or should I say Banda’s faction?).
NjShade
Banda just like van spirit clone with free will of his own
Thk
I am amazed rodcore admitted any sort of mistake on his part even if he immediately started discounting it.
lazygeko
That is one strange yet powerful guardian angel. Guardian Demon? Would love for a 10 year later Mei after she learns all about death magic from the master. But to make the conflict on Lambda more interesting Mei and her family would have to go there. Maybe her family goes then Banda can bring goddess Mei over to visit sometimes.
All I know is that the Banda and Mei stories are going to be my favorites for a while. It will be obvious after a while, that something is protecting Mei. After all, Van takes good care of those under him. Not even letting mosquitoes bite them.
Ryuu-kun
Basically, she gained a STAND
Cruxador
Yeah, this is cute and is thematically untraveled ground, I want more side stories of this.
NjShade
Not a master but a god
Indeed Lambda conflict will more beautiful than ever with banda and mei as the center other fallen braver follow as well
Kiriaru
Damn Vandalieu, you could have tried a bit harder to make him look nice!
Cruxador
He does look nice to Mei! She’s enjoying drawing her Banda.
gomezseba37
i dont think he could because its stated that in his soul form he is even weirder that the evil gods a being made of parts of that probably wont look nice no matter what he did
Jonathan Hurd
To also be fair to Van he is missing some important body parts to make a normal looking face. For instance he has no Demon King nose or ears to give his clone. Gotta do the best you can with whatcha got.
Muglas
Here’s hoping for more “A Girl and Her Monster” adventures in the future.
Seinvolf
Thank u always for ur great work…
^^…
Lipesp
And today we saw the vandalieu’s eldritch god works by spreading his blessings towards those in need in origin, guiding them beyond through madness towards a new type of reason calling them to walk the dark demon creation path, away from the claws of the evil god idiotcord while he is busy making excuses towards Alda the god of undevelopment and his horde of mindless minions (also: damn so that bastard yupeon already woke up? I thought he would stay in coma for a century or something)
gomezseba37
the god of undevelopmet its the best way to describe him. its been over a 100000 years and labda hasn’t made any progress in tecnology probably because if somebody did reasearch and created something that resembled otherworld thecnology religious fanatics would kill them something like a steam machine would be incledibly easy to create and i think that bellwood was wrong if the technology is powered by magic there would be no reason for it to be contaminant or cut down trees to produce fuel and the gunpowder it’s awfully useless because of the vitality system
UnveilingSage
Actually. Gunpowder is only useless by Van and co’s standards. Imagine a person with no skills or even a job being able to take down monsters up to rank 3 with a simple pull of a trigger. It did mention that it was effective up to rank 4. Right?
gomezseba37
yes but to be efective up to rank 4 they used mithryl or adamantite as ammo wich is expensive
NjShade
Another reason ,because technology weaken human other they depending on god
God with undevelopment mind most hardest to reason with
MeiOuSei
That stupid Bellwood wasn’t thinking
Rifaman
so a baby has Different Dimension Demon as her fairy godmother? or like having Babadook as Imaginary friends
Jeanean
Wait a second… Can Rodcorte even still reincarnate those of the bravers who have already been guided to Vidas reincarnation circle? Or are will they get brought over by ricklent and zuruwarn like they did for legion?
frozen ink
if vida dies or is sealed then yes
Morgan
slight correction here. It doesn’t matter if vida dies or is sealed as van can still guide souls to the circle of reincarnation and rodcorte can’t intercept them. otherwise visa’s races would have died out long ago without any souls to reincarnate as one of them.
gomezseba37
But if they have been guided that means they lost rodcortes protection fortune and destiny but i think that vida will notice the protection from van when she sees their souls like she did with rodcortes curse
ReikoLupus
It was said that, while Rodidiot doesn’t know it yet, the reincarnation system is giving a great amount of errors at this moment.
How their reincarnations are going to be is still a mystery, but things look like they are going to Vida’s Reincarnation Circle.
gomezseba37
probably vida will notice the protection form van when their souls arrive and ask van via darcia what to do with them
Lord Rin
Well since they’ve been guided by Van, they’re no longer part of Rodcorte’s reincarnation circle and thus when they die, they’ll immediately be sent to Vida’s. Rodcorte can’t intercept them if they’re not part of his circle.
Wannabe
Ricklent and Zurowarn grabbed the eighth guidance crew so I wouldn’t be too sure. I assume it has a cost at least, because why not swipe souls from vida all the time otherwise?
Rodcorte is the laziest god, though, so maybe ideas that he can’t automate aren’t worth considering.
Decaf [Invidia]
Mei would go on to use Banda as inspiration for her toy company, eventually merging with video game company; nomco to become Banda nomco. Banda nomco would produce many games to help transition those guided by Vandelieu’s divine protection into Lambda when they eventually reincarnate.
Games such as the tails of, spirit caliber, decken, god devourer, tenebris souls, and puck-man franchises prepare transmigrators for the fantasy world they’re to experience, the beauty of muscles, and the giant monsters and gods they get to eat.
…every now and again they might help make a smoosh siblings game.
lolhounds
What have you done?
gomezseba37
he created a cursed coment
LmaoLN
The Banda company grew so successful that it had managed to spread to the human world and is now called Bandai Namco
Soundwave
I wonder if Banda will be able to protect little Meh-Kun when the big bad Hijiri comes to find out she possess Death attribute mana. I believe the reasons for the errors is probably because the people who saw Van in their dreams are being brought to Vida’s system because it was mentioned in the chapter that there were errors in the system of Rodcorte’s reincarnation system or maybe its being caused by Banda but idk
gomezseba37
I think banda is easily the strongest being in origin right now excluding amemiya. and yes those people are probably being guided into vidas system i wonder what will happen when rodcorte finds that out
NjShade
Haft of original van mana do you think how large is that
Demonicmuffin
Honestly the braver I’m most nervous about is Narumi. Hypothetically, by linking her consciousness with Mei she should be capable of seeing Banda, which creates a huge mess without Banda even doing anything.
lazygeko
“Ah, Hello. My name is Banda. And I am Mei’s ‘imaginary’ friend. Please take care of me from now on as well, Narumi.”
Is how I imagine the first meeting going. 🙂
gomezseba37
that sound so much like van that it might happen
gomezseba37
OMG that woud be priceless to see
Muglas
We’ve kinda lost perspective over time by getting used to Van just stomping all over the place like he owns it, but even a shard of him is basically a hidden boss type thing, especially in a urban fantasy setting like Origin where proper demons are rarer than dodos and the ones that do show up usually mean business.
Cr1m50nR3ap3r
He will own it if he just “takes care” of rodiot and alda and his cronies because technically vida is his mum/godmother and she will probably say it’s fine to do what ever you want
Lord Rin
Well since normal Van is so strange looking that he can cause people to go insane if they look at him then I expect Banda to be able to do the same given how he was described and he can materialize himself to become visible and interact with the world. If anybody tries to do anything to Mei, Banda could probably just materialize and go “Ooga-booga.” to break their minds.
UnveilingSage
Well, I suppose I should mention that the other “evil gods” on vida’s side were said to do the same if looked upon my mere mortals, but I dunno if this comment changes anything…
Decaf [Invidia]
The fact that people on Origin are seeing Vandelieu means that they’re receiving his divine protection, which should also mean they’re being guided to his circle of transmigration, right?
These bravers haven’t even arrived on Lambda yet and they’re already being recruited. LOL.
Loki
Mei have received the Stand know as Banda
gomezseba37
Best stand ever easily the most powerful being in origin
Shank Mugen
I am pretty sure that the God of Origin is far stronger than Banda
gomezseba37
i mean in the surface of the planet but considering the god of origin will only do something when the fate of the world is at stake it barely counts they are like an spectator
Pallington
spoilers (wait is this spoilers?)
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god of origin supports van, just like
god of origin: “eh don’t fuck my world k?”
van: “ok”
god of origin: “ok then do whatever. also if you could kill rikudou that would be nice”
van: “ok”
god of origin: “thx”
pluto (goddess): “oh also here” *hands divine protection*
Cruxador
He can only use a tiny sliver of Vandalieu’s power, so the bravers may be able to beat him, were they ever to fight directly.
Valeth
If i recall correctly the average S ranked mage has around 10 Thousand Mana. Vandalieu had somewhere around 5 to 6 Billion the last time his stats were shown.
It may be a tiny sliver, but i reckon that is one hell of a sliver.
NjShade
Banda have half of van 6 bilion mana and that not a silver, that goddamn gold mine
Ekmo
No he doesn’t. Banda has less than 1 billion mana, from this quote in this chapter:
“Well, I have only a fraction of Vandalieu’s Mana, so I know I wouldn’t be able to use Hollow Cannon, which needs a billion Mana,”
Zenden1st
but just imagine if banda used 100000 much less 10000 no attribute mana in a fight i think van said hed destroy is body using mana to enhance his muscles but i dont think thatd be much a problem for banda
Dr. Steel
Banda has 100,000 mana.
frozen ink
good god this chapter was good thank you for it ~
also van making a person shaped demon named banda sounds really like him which in itself is amazing
Shank Mugen
*Spirit Clone