Chapter 308 - Episode Eight

The defeat of Levi, the god of water, one of the four great creator gods, and the capturing of Pope Sateria ?

As expected, I think my face was twitching as well.

If you do this, war will break out between the Dinray Kingdom and the Riveras Kingdom.

I also understood why Peter had unconditionally circled all the applications I had submitted.

I guess he was using it as a bargaining chip to throw this huge problem to me.

I dont know what Peters intentions are, but its certainly not a request I want to accept.

I dont know if Im being naive, but I dont want to interfere in the future of my country or in the lives and deaths of others.

Defeating Levi will definitely be the fuse for that.

No, to be frank, defeating Levi itself will not be a problem.

Are you asking me to trigger a war, Peter-san?

Rather, its a measure to avoid starting a war. The Riveras Kingdom was originally a lawless place where several different sects fought each other. It was Levi, the god of water, and his four priests who brought it all together, but it wasnt because the people naturally embraced the return of the rightful god, but rather because they used the sign of the rightful god as a shield to advance their armed rule. Apparently, it is much more important for the water gods to quickly stabilize their own thrones than it is for the people.

Ringus proclaimed that in the presence of the righteous God, the divergent sects naturally came together and regained their function as a nation, but if Peters claims were true, they were nothing short of a fabrication.

The more I learned about the country, the more it seemed suspicious.

I knew it wasnt a legitimate group because two of the top four priests were Marias and Nelgliffe.

Both of them were the kind of people who could smile and shake hands with the people they had betrayed and tormented.

The new Levi church, led by Sateria, acts externally as if it has bloodlessly united the sects of the country, but the reality is terrible. It is said that there is still a lot of internal strife. If Levi and Sateria are gone, the Riveras Kingdom wont be able to afford to keep harassing the Dinrat Kingdom over the border like they are now. Well be back to being a nation in civil war, fighting for a new leadership position.

Thats itself is not a very nice thing to say.

But I dont have the power or the will to control the future of Riveras Kingdom.

On the other hand, if we leave it any longer, the Riveras Kingdom might interfere with us, right? And when that happens, the first to be sacrificed will be here in Fage territory, near the border.

I cant do something so far-fetched as to put an end to the civil war that has been going on for hundreds of years and save the Riveras Kingdom.

The only thing I can do is to make the spear god retire from this world after losing his spear.

And that will only bring new strife to the Riveras Kingdom again.

But why would the Riveras Kingdom, a country in the throes of civil war, go to the trouble of attacking the Dinrat Kingdom?

What Levi is aiming for is probably not the kingdom, but rather the kingdoms guardian, Kudor. Im not sure if its because he has a grudge from a past defeat or if its so he can survive and wield authority. There is a man who has been expecting Cudres seal to be broken. Perhaps Levi is being used by that man as a pawn to chip away at Kudors magic.

Is there someone pulling Levis strings behind his back?

Levi is still one of the four great gods of creation.

Is there anyone who can control Levi like that and treat him as a pawn to fight Kudor?

In addition to that, through Levi, who is the absolute ruler, he is also indirectly controlling the Riveras Kingdom itself.

Isnt that already the shadow ruler of the Riveras Kingdom?

Peter shook his head.

He is not such a simple man. He has seized all four of the major kingdoms that the four creator gods once ruled for a long time and he has turned his attention to the Dinrat Kingdom. If were not careful, the Dinrat Kingdom itself could fall into his hands. I think it would be more accurate to say that he is the ruler of the world. The reason why I wanted to unseal Kudor was to get rid of that man.

The four major powers are targeting the Dinrat Kingdom.

In the past, the High Elf priest, Fatty or something, also said that Alfheim, the sky country, was targeting the Dinrat Kingdom.

I wonder if that was also orchestrated by the person Peter mentioned.

Its not easy to control an exclusive and prideful high elf.

Who the hell is that ?

Its Count Julem. Im sure youve heard of him even if its only his name, hes famous.

C-Count Julem!?

The story continued on a ridiculously large scale, and even a fairy tale figure appeared.

I didnt expect to hear the name of Count Julem, a character in occult stories who had been present at many historical events.

Count Julems goal is to exploit the weaknesses of high-ranking spirits that are slow to recover their magic power and use the four major powers to continue waging a war of attrition against Kudor, the protector of the country.

The persistence of the immortal monster Count Julem was tremendous.

It is too far-fetched to think that he would run the world and use his position as Kudors protector to continue to attack Kudor just to kill him.

But its an effective move.

As a super high-ranking spirit and an artificial spirit, Kudors recovery of magic power is extremely slow.

And Kudor is not as brutal as she claims to be.

Im sure that Kudor cant tolerate the idea of attacking a country that is only using him and causing more deaths than necessary.

Thats probably why Kudor acted so ruthlessly at first, making threats.

This is probably the same reason why so many myths are so frightening.

I dont want to move Kudor if I can help it. In the first place, Levi and the others are a trap set by Count Julem to exhaust the god Kudor. Even if youre going to use the god Kudor, please dont use it in a situation where you cant finish Levi off. Youll lose your edge. Thats what Count Julem wants.

I listened to Peter in silence.

So, Abel-chan? Would you be willing to do it for the sake of the Dinrat Kingdom?

Please give me a little more time to think about it.

I bowed my head to Peter.

Even if there was no other way, I could not easily accept to be a tool of war.

I just need a little more time to convince myself.

Ill wait as long as you want. Its really important, so Ill wait here in this territory until I get an answer from you, Abel-chan.