Mushoku Tensei – Old Dragon’s Tale

When I returned, the dragon god lay on the floor.

You looked terrible.

Blood flowed from his shoulder, one eye closed and one leg shriveled.

In the meantime, he was heavily scratched on one arm in the battle against the demon god.

Full of creativity.

That's exactly what you were right to say.

The wounds God inflicts on God are not immediately healing.

For a long time to come... that's hundreds of thousands of years, and we have to heal slowly.

"Laplace, or thank you for your hard work"

But the dragon god had a serene face.

He must have been relieved that there were many wounds but the retaliation was over.

Wherever the killer was, or is still alive, if he destroyed the world, you would have thought it was enough.

"The demon world is safe, sunk"

"Right...... Then you should rest too. You'll be tired of boulders."

In serenity, a little color of anxiety and regret was seen.

After all, he must have regretted doing too much.

It wasn't even what Master Lunaria wanted.

If time went by without anything like this, after tens of thousands of years, the dragon god's head would also have cooled and his head would have turned at the end of the day against this one.

"No, I need to talk to you before I do."

"Mm... what?

But the opportunity was lost forever.

Because I taught the Dragon God the knowledge I gained from Necros Lacrosse.

"In the collapsing demonic realm, I discovered the Necros Lacrosse. According to his story, Crisis Callisis..."

The dragon god was listening to me with no expression.

All I said was, what is it now?

But as the story progressed, there was a change in the look on Dragon God's face.

Hazardous, bulky, and thoughtful.

By the time we talked to the end, Dragon God had thought about it with a difficult face.

"That's it."

……

"... Um, Dragon God?

The Dragon God is deeply thoughtful and does not respond to my voice.

However, the report was completed.

For one thing, as ordered, let's back off and rest ourselves.

That's when I thought so.

"... right, that's him"

That's how the Dragon God snapped and got up.

I try to get out of my bedroom and go outside my room.

"Duh, which way!?

When asked so in haste, the Dragon God answered.

"Attack the world"

I thought it was stupid.

I wondered why.

People should have been more of a victim in this one case.

You put an end to our atrocities, you should have been thankful.

Are you telling me that all culprits are human beings?

You think people let the dragons fight other races?

But why?

No reason.

If Master Lunaria had lived, the people would have stood at the apex of all races with the Dragons.

In the first place, God accepted the worlds that perished.

Maybe that's something positive for people.

But then it would have been my job... to help me work as a diplomat.

That way, all of a sudden, each world would have been overflowing with different races.

Without having to destroy it.

If the people are the culprits, their actions are disjointed.

So I was confused.

Neither Dragon God's actions nor his thoughts made sense.

... Now that I think about it, the wise dragon god would have been able to see everything when he heard my words.

With just a little information, just a slight hook.

That's it, who's really bad, who really should have knocked it down.

Regardless, I think that was done because I had information I didn't know about.

Either way, I didn't know it at the time.

I don't mind you laughing at me for being stupid.

But I couldn't help but think that people were leaping behind a series of events.

Now is the time to wonder why you didn't notice...

But I didn't know then anyway.

I didn't have enough wisdom.

No, he had a lot of hands ahead of him, I guess.

"Summon General Wu Long. The battle is not over yet..."

And the Dragon God didn't have enough words.

Until now, we have turned right when the Dragon God said to turn right.

Therefore, I guess I didn't think it was necessary to explain it in detail.

Regardless, you're not wrong about that.

That's how we should be.

But only then, I wanted an explanation.

I needed it.

Only then......

■

"That's it. Everybody, get ready."

When General Wu Long gathered, the Dragon God gave an immediate order to attack the world.

Just an order.

There was no explanation.

And he was immediately left behind in the conference room, dragging his wounded body.

The Dragon God seemed in a hurry.

But I couldn't afford to question that.

More than that, the orders received were shocking.

"No, silly......"

"This battle should have been a condolence match for Master Lunaria. What's the point of mankind attacking Master Lunaria's homeland?

"I don't know. But the Dragon God must have something in mind, something..."

General Wu Long was stunned by everyone.

Naturally.

Because I thought the battle was over with them.

And then it was time to heal the wounded bodies, rebuild the crumbling towns, mourn the dead, and start over for the future.

Yet you still want to fight.

It's also with the person you've been on your side with.

With an opponent who should have no reason to fight.

"So what do you have in mind?"

"The world has always been on our side"

"You mean there's just a reason to attack and destroy...?

A meeting without Dragon God was a rarity.

Usually, if you take orders from the Dragon God, it is our Wu Long General who will move on to action.

But only on that day did we continue our conversation forever.

There were a number of reasons.

That the world is the home of Master Lunaria.

That Man God has always been on the side of the Dragon Nation and has helped me many times before.

To take me as an example, it is easy to understand... In fact, the other Five Dragon Generals have asked God to help them several times.

If it were to attack and destroy the human race, it would be relatively easy for the world to come before.

That the battle so far has been one of condolences of Master Lunaria.

Those factors put the brakes on our behavior.

The debate was incandescent and stuck.

Because I had no idea what Dragon God was thinking.

"Laplace, what the hell did you blow into Dragon God?"

After a while, Shillard asked me that.

So I answered honestly.

What I heard in the demonic world.

What would have happened in the demonic world.

Hearing that, Shillard looked "I see" and said.

"You must have been fooled."

"Fooled? Me?"

"That's right. Necross Lacrosse said a lie to escape you, and to escape the daughter of the demon god, and to make the difference between our dragons and men."

I didn't think Necross Lacrosse would lie.

But if his words were lies, I also felt that all Tsuji would fit.

Stupid I was told that by Shillard and figured how hard I could work my head off in that emergency with Necross Lacrosse and throw up one of my lies.

I thought you weren't the man to lie to.

Well, even though we always talked about peace between worlds, if the world we love were to perish, it would be natural to do about that.

It's only natural that he tries to compete with his enemies, the Dragon Clan.

Maybe he didn't show his face to the war because it was a leak in the back, and his usual stupid attitude even contemplated the possibility that it was a play to betray at the end.

When people are confused, they try to rely more on outside information than on the solid information they have inside them.

Necross Lacrosse doesn't lie.

That fact is helpless before the information that you "might lie".

Because there's no certainty.

"Maybe... maybe..."

Nevertheless, something.

There was something caught in my mind.

"A regular dragon god would not be fooled... but your report is nothing else. You must have believed it as it was."

But if you say so, I didn't say two words.

The Dragon God believed my report as it was because he trusts me.

If I gave the dragon god information about the lie, it's on me.

"We are the hands and feet of General Wu Long, the Dragon God. Normally, I don't have any doubts, I only obey your orders… but"

The next word was one that compelled me to make a decision since the start of General Wu Long.

"Only this time, shouldn't we stop?

Everyone in General Wu Long took a breath.

No matter how my misinformation originated, the order was already given.

The order has been given, which means that the Dragon God has made his decision.

Stopping it also leads to denying the Dragon God.

Wake up is different than giving an opinion before you make a decision.

God's denial.

Deny what you believe from the depths of your heart.

That's very courageous.

Have you ever defied a great will?

I was new at that time.

"... ok"

The first to agree was Chaos.

He was saddened more than anyone by the death of his compatriots.

He, who was most belligerent, was more than happy with the end of the battle.

If it was a necessary battle, he wouldn't have disagreed either.

Rather, it would have come to war more than anyone else.

But if it's a useless battle......

"Right. Man God is also a pillar of God, no matter how weakest the people are. Dragon God's injuries are also profound. I need you to show yourself..."

Maxwell also agreed.

There was also a feeling of labor towards the Dragon God.

If we fight any more, the Dragon God could die.

I don't think Dragon God will lose.

But if he sustained irrevocable injuries, it was certain that it could be life-threatening.

……

Master Dora got lost.

It was very difficult for her to disobey the orders of the Dragon God for the most faithful.

"... if that's for the Dragon God"

But in the end, I agreed.

Because her loyalty was thicker than anyone else's.

If this is not a good thing for Dragon God, bend your hand and stop it.

That's all she had in mind.

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So we ran to the Dragon God.

At first, by word, I persuaded him.

People have always been on our side.

This time it must also be a lie that the Demons threw up in agony.

I'm also worried about Dragon God's body.

So stop going, he said.

But it didn't work.

The Dragon God didn't have ears to listen to.

No matter why he explains it, Dragon God just says things he doesn't understand.

"Man God has already become something that is man God and not. I don't know what his purpose is, but I have to kill him."

That being said, I didn't know what that meant at the time.

The gods haven't changed since I first saw them.

Rather, it was the Dragon God that changed.

The Dragon God, who we know, is full of charity and respects peace, has now become like the righteousness of battle.

"We don't want to fight people. Please, dragon god, will you get the spear?

Then we tried to abandon the battle.

We have to fight ourselves.

So did the Dragon God.

"I don't mind. You stay. Let's go alone."

But the Dragon God could not hear you.

He said strongly that he would go alone, and tried to be flown straight into the world.

"Please wait! Please, reconsider!

"Can't."

"Why? Man God has always been on our side. Didn't the Dragon God also say! Our current prosperity is due to the dedication of our people!

"This battle, all the culprits are in the gods of man"

"Where do you say you have such evidence?"

"It's in the world."

Do you know the word push question?

Exactly, that was it.

The persuasion was diverse.

We didn't want to fight Dragon God either.

But the conclusion is the same.

The Dragon God didn't give a crap with ears to listen to, but insisted that he attack the world.

At the very least, why should we attack the world?

Do we have to kill God?

If you could tell me more about it, if you could talk more carefully about the thoughts that led to the answer... I can't help but think about it now.

But I still don't think I had a choice.

We, the Five Dragons, obeyed the word of the Dragon God too much.

No matter how competent the Dragon God is, he who has been following his promises for more than 100,000 years is hard to cope with one day's abrupt objections.

I can't explain what can be called common sense.

What do you do when you say, "I don't want to clean anymore"?

Do you want to explain the meaning of cleaning and its role in cleaning?

I don't know if I can force you to, but I think you're going to use it to clean up?

Or do you use or make another tool to clean it?

In the end, I guess it was the same thing now.

You may say that the Dragon God was sweet to the loyalty of our General Wu Long... but I don't want to put it that way.

The Dragon God trusted us, General Wu Long.

He said he would never turn his fangs towards himself.

And if he kept being stubborn, he'd think he'd follow you, even though he was reluctant.

But we betrayed that trust.

"If you don't listen, we must stop the Dragon God, even if we can."

The face of the Dragon God when Shillard said that is heartbreaking to remember now.

Never before has the face of the Dragon God been so shocked.

I thought we were doing something irrevocable.

But if we lost our trust in the Dragon God, we thought that would be all right.

That's all I was ready for.

Even if he lost his status as General Wu Long and was banished from the dragon kingdom.

Still, if only the Dragon God were alive.

That's what I thought.

"... you can try"

But still, the Dragon God didn't change his mind.

It was so important that we couldn't change it.

We're the only ones who don't know that.

Just a scratch.

You can be clumsy. It can take a while.

If you could elaborate more on the explanation why we need to kill God.

And if only one of us had enough wisdom to understand that.

I can't help but think so.

No, even if I did, this fight would have been inevitable.

I know that.

This is what he's been trying to do all these years.

Still, I think.

He said if something was different, it shouldn't have ended like that.

Stupid thing.

Either way, this is how the battle began.

To my knowledge, the most tragic, the stupidest, the most meaningless, the last battle...