Sword of the Philosopher

After all the conversations I had with the phantom beast Jin, I often decided to take a break in a building built by angels. By the way, about Jin, I'm waiting for Terra to come home on the coast.

"If we don't have a good discussion, will we fight?"

Sophia whines anxiously somewhere. It's an undesirable development as far as we're concerned... but we can't interrupt the negotiations with Terra, so as far as we're concerned, we'll be working together.

And Jin seemed to think of the situation in a way that I had a hunch about… I asked him about it, but he ended up teasing me. You don't seem to be going to talk.

So, as far as we're concerned, we can only wait. In the meantime, I've looked into the giants present in the sea, and they seem to be the type to manipulate and move from the outside, for the angels to enchant and block orders from the outside. This took the form of an impossibility to use if Lug's men came.

That's how we just keep waiting... it was only in the evening that Terra came back. We'll go to the coast and greet you. And confronted Terra, faster than this one spoke of something, the phantom beast Jin, who was there, opened his mouth.

"You couldn't have, could you?

"Oh."

That's all the conversation is about. Then Terra, the phantom beast, turned her neck to us.

"Lug, the phantom beast, apparently, is not going to hold a spear. If we leave it like this, we'll send more down. He was trying to attack me."

"Why... that far?

It was Sophia who asked. Gaze at Phantom Beast Terra so that the other faces are in tune with her words.

'There was absolutely nothing to talk about. It's all in the dark, including how it led to the murder.'

"No, it's bad for Terra, but there was a good chance this would happen"

That's where I pinched my mouth was the phantom beast gin.

"To be more precise, I was trying... even if humans hadn't come, I would have been in these situations"

"Jin...... what do you know?

Some silence arose. Jin breathes small as we watch.

"Ma, can I talk to you more than the negotiations were out of order... I, well, interact with the phantom beasts independently, in which the phantom beast Lug was particularly heretical"

'Divergent...?

"Explained because some people are outsiders, the head of the basic phantom beast is like a king who possesses absolute power. power, not so great as to serve his fellow countrymen... but surely I can say that the head of the phantom beast has the same self as the kings that humans worship"

Speaking that far, Jin laughs.

"The question here is, then, how do you behave in the position of king... Even human beings are famous and dark...... there are other tyrants and all kinds of kings, right? Just like that, there are individual differences in how the head of the phantom beast treats his men and his compatriots."

Hmm, I can understand what Jin is saying.

"Most phantom beasts are strict as chiefs and sometimes treat their compatriots gently... Famous Sir, I don't know if I should call them, but the majority of those who reign quite well. But there are no exceptions."

"Are you trying to tell me that's the phantom beast Lug?

To this question Jin shook his head left and right.

"I told you. Lug, the phantom beast, said it was heretical. Normally, it is the head of the phantom beast who becomes king himself and behaves in such a way as to guide the people, but Lug was different. He believed in something other than himself."

"... Believe?

Tilt your neck. I mean, he said he worshipped the existence of something.

"That's right... this is just a pretty weird story. The growth of phantom beasts is made up by showing strength. Even a tribal pillar, so to speak, is to be said, but the phantom beast Lug does not have it. I am a subordinate of a believing being, and I tell my men to believe in that being... if I were to say it by analogy, would I be a religious person"

Religion...... it was Devals who raised his hand small here and spoke up.

"What is it that you believe in?"

"As you well know. That's the power to sleep underground."

My people squeal in those words. And as far as my chest is concerned, it's certainly not weird to raid this one.

"This is the information I got for myself. What I didn't tell you before was to talk and prevent Lug from going wild... I was thinking about taking action if I did anything about this negotiation, but I never thought I'd set it up ahead of time. He didn't show his face, but he was posing as a static person, and he said that when I checked. Maybe I trusted you too much."

"Then what?

My question is Terra and Jin both sides stopped talking.

"If you mean you believe, then the phantom beast Lug will never retreat. The battle won't end until one of us is defeated."

"You mean we just have to fight?

Jin smiles at my inquiry.

"That's what I'm talking about"

"... I wonder why it sounds fun"

"I can't believe we're dealing with phantom beasts."

They're not going to hide the truth.

"Besides, this also has a protolithic connotation"

"Trial stone?"

"You must be benefiting from some power to sleep underground more than you believe. Do my abilities work for those powers... so I can see if my powers work during the upcoming showdown?"

"- I can't help it, I guess not."

Terra started talking with a depressing face somewhere.

"Jin, you don't know any other phantom beasts about being a believer?

"Probably. Otherwise, you wouldn't call Lug at a countermeasure meeting."

'And one more thing... do you know if there are followers just like Lug?

"If that's the way it is, it's not weird to be in this fight."

Which means we won't know until we fight.

"Terra, you mean fight, okay?

'... I am one who worries about the existence of that underground. If we become its followers, we must fight with fangs'

The sound is solid. Apparently, the battle between phantom beasts...... was going to be joined this time there.