Chapter 207.1

Saint Gazel was defeated in the holy war The hero of Jiordal, the Kingdom of the Divine Dragon, has lost one of the students watching the fight muttered.

He was the first of many, as the other students started speaking up one after another.

The Saint said that That man didnt have any G.o.d Which means, he must be the Misfit from the surface who was invited to the Selection Trial. (Student B)

But how is this possible?! How did he defeat the Saint without summoning any G.o.d?! (Student C)

Indeed. He surpa.s.sed the great order of light, the G.o.d of Brilliance Giosselia, with the body of a mere mortal Its not possible. Or rather, it shouldnt be (Student D)

But the Saint would never lie! (Student C)

Then I ask you: who in the world is that man?! No faithless heretic should be capable of taking down G.o.ds! (Student A)

And he didnt even summon a dragon, let alone a G.o.d, did he?! (Student B)

This cant be right Then how in the world was he fighting, then?! (Student C)

Calm down! This must be another test given to us by G.o.d! (Student D)

Apparently, summoning magic was commonplace down here.

They seemed quite confused and were making a fuss among themselves, as if the idea that I had defeated Gazel without summoning any G.o.d was alien to them.

A devil one voice muttered in awe.

He must be a devil in the shape of a human (Student A)

Such was the conclusion the students had come to.

As for Gazel, he was on the floor, trembling and begging for his Selection G.o.d Giosselia to answer him over and over again like a mad fool.

When I looked at his Pledge Jewel ring, I saw three small blue flames burning inside the black gemstone.

For each G.o.d destroyed, a new flame appeared.

So that was what Ahid meant when he said that the pledge prevented G.o.ds from peris.h.i.+ng.

The defeated G.o.ds were sealed in their own Pledge Jewel, allowing their orders to be maintained.

Well, now that weve got peace and quiet, lets go decipher that monument. (Anos)

I walked back to Sasha and Misha, and looked down at the stone monument.

Could you try not to destroy G.o.ds like youre chasing away stray cats? Were kind of getting some reeeally cold stares for that. Sasha said while glancing at the students.

Dont mind them, were in a deeply religious country. Theyre probably not used to seeing someone who can surpa.s.s the power of G.o.ds. Its nothing to worry about. (Anos)

Misha, please say something. (Sasha)

After blinking, Misha turned her gaze to me.

Stoic. (Misha)

Are you sure you dont mean cheeky instead? Sasha grumbled.

Humble? Misha

Lets not think about it, itd be scary if he were humble after killing G.o.ds so easily (Sasha)

Sasha stood next to me and looked down at the stone monument.

Actually, you talk about deciphering this stone monument, but how do you plan to do that when the text is written in a language we dont know at all? (Sasha)

I called out to the students who were looking at me.

Id like to read this stone monument, is there anyone who can help me with that? (Anos)

Then, the students averted their gaze from me.

But one female student gathered her courage and spoke up.

Unfortunately, none of us believers are impetuous enough to lend a hand to a heretic. (Student girl A)

Never mind, then. Ill try to figure it out myself. (Anos)

When I said that, the students looked displeased.

These monuments are something weve spent hundreds of years trying to decipher. The G.o.ds would never allow a heretic like you to decipher them. (Student girl A)

Well, just watch and learn. Ill tell you what they say once I read them. (Anos)

I looked at the monument again.

So, how are you going to proceed? Sasha asked.

Then Misha pointed to another monument.

Half of it is in ancient magic runes. (Misha)

As always, Misha was very observant.

Judging by the placement of the characters, it was in the process of being translated. If I start from those ancient magic runes, I should be able to figure out the rest. (Anos)

Can you really decipher it so quickly? (Sasha)

I scanned all the stone monuments in this room with my Magic Eyes.

Hmm. It seems that those unknown characters are called prayer runes. (Anos)

. (Anos)

Eh? (Sasha)

It says that the underground world was created about two thousand years ago. And that the inhabitants are called the children of dragons, or otherwise draconids. (Anis)

W-Wait a minute. Youve already deciphered it? Sasha asked in surprise.

Im still deciphering half of it. But I got the gist of what it says. (Anos)

I focused my Magic Eyes to decipher the history of the Underground World written on the numerous stone monuments here.

Children of dragons? Misha asked, tilting her head curiously.

Why? (Misha)

They say their ancestors were born from dragons. (Anos)

Dragons give birth to people? (Misha)

Thats the first I hear of it, too. (Anos)

That being said, there were many mysteries about dragons biology, and they possessed enormous amounts of magic power.

It wouldnt be that surprising if they gave birth to people.

I read through all the monuments to see if I could find anything about it anywhere.

Hmm. Ive found something. Apparently, when dragons consume the sources of humans and demons, the latter are given new lives in their wombs, and are reborn. It says that draconids is the general term for those who live in the Underground World, but the special name for those who were born directly from dragons is dragonborn. (Anos)

Did this mean that a dragons womb was a reincarnation organ with magical effects similar to those of the

spell?

Dragonborns possess the power of dragons, as well as a great amount of magic power. Thats because all the sources a dragon has consumed are merged together and born as one single life. (Anos)

Thats kind of insane (Sasha)

And with each pa.s.sing generation, the power and magic of the draconids decreased, huh.