Munou To Yobareta Ore, Yottsu No Chikara Wo Eru

"You mean there's more to it than the Lord's ability to detect?

"Oh... you're the woman who was in the carriage yesterday, right?

"That's right. Please, Richvek."

Call her from the notebook. Give her life immediately.

The clear crystal wand turned into a beautiful, white woman, and when she opened her clear eyes, she politely met the four of us.

"We're talking about it. The way forward… let's help…"

"Ohh... this is so cute. Nice to meet you. So, what happened to your powers?

"Hehe... My name is Richvek. The Holy Cane created and guided by God. My power illuminates the path of the bearer and prevents disaster… the guidance of a crystal that shines in a dark night without light is the basis for a future that will eventually arrive"

"A foundation for the future...... nice. Let me count on you."

"I'll take care of it..."

Her powers can detect threats farther than mine.

Of course, there's magic consumption, but there will be more battles than I expected that are more rough in the dungeon than my detection alone would have been as inevitable as just now.

She'll be able to detect it faster, and she's more likely to dodge the fight than she is now.

"Richveek, what do you say?

"There are eight dangerous reactions I feel in the vicinity... I was wondering if it would be okay if I even avoided that"

"All right, let me know if I'm in the right direction. Come on."

Then he followed Richvek's guidance and proceeded through the labyrinth.

I still have a wider range to detect than I do.

Also, even if battle was inevitable on the road, thanks to the fact that it led us to a path where there were as weak demons as possible, we were able to reach the stairs down the hierarchy without much wear and tear.

As we descend that staircase, a completely different space emerges from the earlier labyrinth.

"Now... is it a cave"

"Oh, you've been like this ever since"

Looking around on foot, but looking like a common cave on the ground as well.

One difference is that the entire cave is glowing lightly?

The blue and white light illuminates the rocky skin of the cave, creating a somewhat fantastic atmosphere.

Perhaps luminescent crystals are also used here.

"Because it's my own delusion, but after I finished building the labyrinth, I think he wanted to make it feel natural this time. I guess that's why I made it look like this."

"I see. That's interesting"

"... how long have you been such a romantic?

"Yes, it's okay. Nothing... I wish I'd been here more than once... so that I could think of it in my old days. Oh, no, you... you almost said something earlier, didn't you? You're not human, you're not demonic. You built this."

"Oh... if you say so, you've been talking about that"

"Suppose you're not human or demonic...... are you a dragon?

"No, they won't have this kind of technology. But that's the same thing we do. I wonder how magic and magic could make this vast dungeon the inhabitants of this world."

"That means..."

"Oh, I wonder if God made it"

God... take this?

Well, surely there's no chance of that.

But then for what...

"God hey... I don't know..."

"Regardless, I am not willing to deny entirely that humans and demons made it. But if God made it for humans, I feel like there's a lot going on."

"Ah? What the hell is that?

"Just like you, just ask me as my own delusion. About 10,000 years ago, our ancestors, who were treated like slaves by the Dragons and Demons, were on the verge of annihilation. So God gives man the power of magic, and the man who wins the battle will get this Valhalla... I sometimes think like this. I wonder why God took sides with humans..."

Why does God treat humans...

Legend or heritage says it's because God pitied man...

"That's because God pitied humans, isn't it?

"That's what they say. But you didn't actually hear that, did you? Well, it's just my personal view... I was wondering if humans were defects created by God."

"Fuck, what's a defect... are you serious?

"So... I know you're saying it's my own delusion! Well, I mean, what are you trying to say, people, demons and dragons were originally going to be given the same power... That way we could have held each other back, or in harmony, and lived together in Valhalla, right?

I see.

What do you mean, "Mitsumi"?

Seriously, it became a symbol of Dragon vs. Demon because man was weak, but if man had the same power... he might not have.

"But it didn't actually happen. Humans have been born weaker than dragons and demons. I don't know if that's God's mistake or what, but wasn't it an inconvenient result for God? So God sided with man. I mean, magic is... like the twist of God, I think."

"What is God's Tsujitsu match... Ha ha! He said he was a romantic about me... but I'll give it to you."

"Hmm... say anything"

"Hmmm... that's an interesting idea... but Dear Jill, what does that have to do with this dungeon?

"Just because you gave me magic doesn't change that humans were dying, does it? That's why I gave him a place to live. To increase the number. Plus there's a place to train."

"I see... the monster didn't arrive later, did you mean you were here from the beginning?

"That's right. I can't even say I walked in through that entrance, but it would be more natural to think I was there from the beginning. Precious magic tools and weapons were the bait that motivated humans..."

"Ooh... that's a good story. Why don't you write it down?

"You... in the habit of making yourself look great when you speak...!

But it's certainly oddly convincing.

It's better than the vague expression of pity for humans.

But...

"Then... maybe humans have become too strong... they have driven the Dragons and the Demons, and as a result they have begun to fight each other. Or is this the development God wanted...?

"I don't know that. What we just talked about is an empty theory full of holes, and it would be more likely that it's all off. But one thing I can say... is that we are us. We are not living for God. We are here now with one life, one soul. Fighting to protect my world… just living desperately right now. And it's... it's not God's decision"

Desperately now......

"... I knew you should be a writer"

"Hmm......"

But Jill's right.

It's not about God, it's about what I should be.

"That's a great idea..."

Richveek, who kept his mouth shut the whole time, opened so.

With that said, the Richveeks are God-created beings too...

"Hey Richvek. Do you know anything about that? What kind of a god is that?

"Right...... somewhat vague memories, but I feel like they were people who weren't so different"

"You're no different than a human?

"Yep... unfortunately I don't have the answers to questions about this dungeon or the idea of God. But God also loves laughter, crying, anger, and something… I think they were"

"Well... then it's possible that Jill's theory is also true."

"Yep..."

I made a lot of leaps from the dungeon story, but it kind of made me think again about what I should be.

Let's protect it now.

Do what you can...... pierce desperately.