Kuro no Maou

Is there a god or no god? Is there a God in the hearts of those who believe? No, then doesn't that mean God is real?

Although there are various discussions about God, it is only a fantasy that God exists in modern Japan, where I was born and raised for seventeen years.

At least I don't think it's real that a godly figure who looks like a human being is watching people from the sky.

I am not going to deny religion or belief itself, but it is true that no one on earth has ever seen a real God who sees and touches with his eyes, and then performs a miracle.

But this is a different world, a fantasy world dominated by different theories and laws than the one I was in.

Yes, 'God' exists in this other world.

One piece of evidence of this is' protection '.

Simply put, God's power over people, as well as the very ability gained by the sole, is called 'protection'.

For example, their effects can vary, such as increasing physical abilities over normal without using enhanced magic, or allowing them to use special magic that they have not mastered.

I don't really feel it, but what a 'blessing' my black magic is also.

Black magic is completely separate from the primary color magic that exists in the nature of different worlds, and seems to be a special quality magic brought about by God.

"In the case of Chrono, I think there's a gate (gate) in your soul that connects you to the Black Gods and draws black magic from it."

"Lily, I've never heard that before..."

"Yeah, 'cause I thought it was something I normally knew, I mean, it doesn't somehow tell the source of magic?

"... I don't know"

When were you supposed to be connected to such monstrous people?

No, "Someday? If asked," I'm sure the first experiment with magic in the body that I did opened the gates (gates) that connect me to that god.

It's a bitter pain in the ass what you did to your soul.

"Nor did I think that Chrono knew God existed.

But you can use magic properly, and it doesn't really matter what magic looks like. "

"Hmm, that's right..." The Black Gods "..."

"That's just the generic name of all God passed on to Pandora.

You worshipped the gods of Goya in the village of Iles, didn't you? You call it the 'Black Gods' by summing up the gods worshipped everywhere like that.

And by the way, our 'Fairy Queen' is one of God. "

"I see, like eight million gods"

It means that it is believed in all parts of the Pandora continent while giving the local people various' blessings'.

You can think of a religion in the original world that really has God and gives protection to reality, well, this is like a 'magic’ kind of thing, too.

It's just that in my case, it's just a supply of magic, so I don't seem to be connected to a particular god.

It seems to be connected, so to speak, to the very world in which God lives, conveniently referred to as the 'protection of the black gods'.

So if I believe in some particular god, too, will I gain some superpower?

In the meantime, the more you wish, the less cheap it is to 'shelter', God is a cash thing too, no, should I say realistic?

"Now that Mr. Krono seems to have understood about God, shall we talk about the 'Apostle'?"

"Oh, please"

Yes, it was originally about knowing who the apostle was.

He didn't want to explain why I had so far only vaguely recognized the existence of God in the other world.

"'Apostle' is a transcendent being of man, specially sheltered by the 'White God'.

It is told that the White God is the Creator who made all of this world in the Cross, and that the last person to create it to rule that world is man. "

Apparently, there is the only absolute God in the Ark continent who created the world in a week like the one that appears in the Bible.

It has been full of frigidity since the beginning.

"I don't know if you really made everything in the world, but it would be the oldest and most influential god in the Ark continent"

"So, the greedy 'White God' wanted to expand his domain of domination, waking up that he had sent humans to the Pandora continent under 'Black Gods' rule"

"You're right, Mr. Lily, the Pandora expedition was carried out by a white god who wanted to be 'trusted'."

Speaking of the Crusaders in the world where I was, I imagine military action involving various thoughts in the name of the recapture of the Holy Land, but I didn't know God had ordered me to do it immediately.

"The Lord, the White God, greeted this land, and therefore we, the Crusaders, have come to offer it."

And, at the walls of Daedalus, Saliel said, that that dialogue meant as words say.

"What exactly does it mean to expand the sphere of domination?

"It's about making the Cross believe, only worship the 'White God', strike and build churches, and completely eliminate other religions.

As a result, the religions and cultures that were originally there will be completely banished and wiped out by the Crucifixion. "

You mean the area is the same as the real world?

Sariel said he was going to "convert," but when I heard that dialogue, I was wacky that the image I thought was not wrong.

If conversion is all they need, it's still better, if they see the tragedy in the village of Iles, they even have a verse where they really think that non-human species can be extinct.

You're not even allowed to surrender, they're really demon-like people.

"Back to the story, how many apostles are there?

"It's all set at twelve."

"Does that mean it's always constant?

"Yes, if it lacks, it seems it will remain in place for a while until a new apostle is discovered"

It is reassuring that there is no hundred or a thousand God's favorites in the boulder, or apparently no great legion of apostles will ever be formed.

"If there's anything to deal with, there 'll be only one person.

Most likely, the Seventh Apostle and Saliel, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Crusades. "

"... you've already fought"

"Well, that's a little unforgettable."

"How did that happen again?

Was Mr. Fiona surprised by the boulder, too, with a rare and distinct emotional color floating around his expression.

"When I went to scout Daedalus, I just ran across him on the walls.

I even named him Commander, so I tried to assassinate him on the spot, but I turned back lightly and couldn't get my hands or feet. "

"That's... you made it home alive so well"

Is that a pitiful eye that did something stupid, Mr. Fiona?

"Oh, if Lily hadn't helped me, she'd be dead for sure"

"That's not true, she just missed it."

I stayed stunned until I woke up in Riole, so I'm not sure exactly how Lily got me out of Saliel.

"You can run away," he said, "but I don't know what Sariel was thinking about letting me get away with even if he was pointed at the blade, and he said it was so cluttered that it wasn't worth killing?

"Apostles are the strongest beings in the Church, there is at least not a single human being on the Arc continent who rivals them one-on-one.

You're lucky you missed it. "

"I was just saved on a whim, but fine, I'm going to make you regret missing me.

I said one-on-one, but what if it's a lot of people? Any weaknesses in the Apostle? Or can you kill him?

The problem is there, if it's God's superpower and spare immortality or something, it's out of hand.

For once, I was able to injure Saliel's right hand by the "Basilisk Bone Needle," so I guess it's ok... no way killing him would resuscitate the dead or anything by God's miracle, right?

"It is possible to kill, because no matter how powerful the protection is, its body is human.

If you can do that kind of fatal damage, like drop your neck, pierce your heart, force a lot of bleeding, you'll die. "

Are you saying that the existence of complete 'immortality' in a boulder can't even be a magical otherworld?

At last, there is no resuscitation of the dead, so you can rest assured.

"The Apostle exercises his magic by drawing more white magic from the Gate of Souls (Gate) than from the White God, just as Mr. Chrono is drawing black magic from God.

However, the amount of magic that can be drawn out is enormous.

How many, right, can Mr. Chrono bring out his infinite black magic?

"I can't do this. I have my limits."

Since it was always a critical battle in manoeuvre experiments, it was common to say that the magic was on the verge of expiring.

Recently, you fell out of magic when you evolved the curse and smashed the priest.

"The Apostle does not have the phenomenon of 'out of magic' that anyone who is a magician experiences, because no matter how much magic is used, it is replenished immediately.

Of course, the amount of magic supplied by the 'White God' is infinite, no matter how much magic they exercise, they will never have their magic interrupted forever. "

However, I can also tell you the horrific fact that its infinite magic is only part of the power of protection that the Apostle possesses.

"Then how do you kill him? Do we have to prepare the means of attack that will only allow the Apostle to die instantly with one blow?

I don't think there's anything convenient like that.

"The surest way to kill the Apostle is to keep attacking him constantly, ready to sacrifice, right?

No matter how infinitely magic can be drawn out, its body is only human, to the use of infinite magic, and the flesh, which is a vessel, cannot endure forever.

But it is said that an estimated 10,000 soldiers are needed to drain the Apostolic Body to the point where it meets its limits.

I don't know if that number is accurate, but in case you get away with it on the way, your body will recover and start from the beginning, and 10,000 people will really be sacrificed the way bad soldiers move. "

"You mean it's not impossible to force a war of attrition, but it's not realistic"

Even the Apostle will be able to manage his own physical condition, I can't believe he keeps fighting without realizing the limits of his flesh - oh well, if he keeps sieging so much that he won't let him escape, maybe he does need 10,000 people per opponent.

"In the history of war on the Ark continent, it is told that if the apostle is the opponent, the best hand should not think about fleeing, stopping as a secondary measure, or killing.

For once, there are examples of apostles killed in battle, all of which seem to have finally been defeated at great cost "

"Are there twelve of them?"

By simple calculations, we have an army of 120,000.

If you add your normal strength to that... the Sinclair Republic may possess a real, one-million-man power.

"You won't have to worry about that because there will never be all twelve coming to the Pandora continent.

Essentially, the First Apostle and several others will not leave the Sinclair Republic for the defense of Elysion, and other Apostles have been placed near the border and in conflict areas in order to maintain the hegemony of the Republic on the Ark continent.

There seem to be some missing apostles in there. "

"Missing? What's this all about?

"Anything, there are rumours that there are twelve apostles out there who are disputed and unknown to ordinary people to rehabilitate the world, or who are doing secret research.

I don't know what the truth is, because it's a rumor. "

You mean you're doing Mido Huangmen activities?

Well, no, it seems good for the Soytes to leave it alone, if only they were wielding the emblem of the cross within the republic to succeed in bringing the bad merchants and aristocrats into the name of justice.

The fact that there are no twelve is more convenient over here if the number of people can be shredded, even if there was only one apostle, I hope so.

"Apostles, regardless of their faith, their status or their magical strength, are suddenly 'blessed' one day to become apostles.

Therefore, the apostles seem to have a variety of thoughts, such as those with a high faith who work for the Church and those who disappear and work freely. "

"Being protected, I'm religiously strong on top of it, no one can give me an opinion"

"For once, the Pope has become the only superior to the Apostle at the top of the Cross, but you still can't seem to say that strong.

However, we all have in common the principle of action 'the elimination of God's enemies', which is the original role of the Apostle, and therefore will not betray the Cross, nor will there exist any Apostles who have betrayed God in history ".

Though you are allowed to act somewhat selfish, do you mean you have more to protect at least than you are receiving power from a white god?

"Well, no, if apostles are special, they won't even look that way.

At least it doesn't seem to come directly as a pursuit force for the refugees "

The only apostle on the continent of Pandora is Sariel. There seems to be no easier way to move than in the position of general of the enemy army.

The territory of Daedalus is vast, I don't think I would bother to pay attention to such a country, which is just the tip of the west.

"But Sariel doesn't have to come. Normally the Crusaders' occupying forces come, the question is, is their quality and number"

"I'm also a former mercenary, but I don't know that much about the internal circumstances of the Crusades.

If you can teach me, it's very basic about the army and the Knights in the Republic. "

"No, it's like we don't know who our enemies are, and that's all we need to know"

The crusaders' thoughts were understood, and later would be accompanied by the conflicts of interest and the drooling circumstances that are common in human organizations.

There is no need to know more about it.

What we need to know from now on is about the specific strength of the Crusaders.

"If you don't mind, could you let me hear Mr. Chrono's story first?

If you're bothering your mind about what to ask from first, Mr. Fiona makes that request first.

"Oh, yeah, well, then I'll tell you my story first."

I don't know where to start - I decided to start by saying something about the core part, worrying about the same thing I did when I revealed it to Lily.

"Actually, I'm from a different world."