The God Slaying Hero and the Seven Covenants

It was a place where there was nothing.

One side around, three hundred and sixty degrees, top, bottom, left and right all white. Without any other colors, I guess that's why “she” was the place to live.

A place where a prayer is made to the statue of the goddess, and the prayer reaches the goddess, and yet only those with the goddess's permission can reach it.

Quiet and clean.

sanctuary that only a limited number of people can reach.

It's the place where I had that impression.

"Nice to meet you."

While I was in this place, there was no entity, light or sway... anyway, she was sitting in a chair like a throne in front of me somehow, not supposed to have something called flesh.

In a white-colored world, silver hair of the same colour, beautiful white dress with silver embellishment, white skin peeking through the gap of the dress so much that you are likely to fall in love. Up to the throne is made of silver and the cushioned part is made of white leather. Golden eyes, the only different color among them, while still so white.

Quiet eyes that even make me feel cold look at me, my mouth tied to a single letter.

Obviously grumpy.

It's the opposite of the soft smile floating around the silver goddess statue that allegedly mimicked her. What I think is even beautiful is that it would be what she would call a goddess.

Goddess Astraela. The goddess of light who supposedly created man.

A being who summoned us to this world and asked us to crusade the demon gods.

She sat with that supple leg on the throne, looking down at me, looking like a queen.

"This is the goddess Astraela. Be in a good mood..."

"You don't have to just say the word. Face up."

The floor - while the spacing between the top and bottom was obscured because one side of the perimeter was white, I was kneeling (kneeling first) at my feet and trying to say hello, just one word and was truncated with bassari. I thought you seemed upset, but you seem pretty upset.

Probably because I haven't had a face in the last year or so.

Lifting his head thinking about how to apologize, he's still looking down at me with a cold gaze. It looks so neat, it's so horrible. If you like, I'm as scared as Mr. Utano was when he got angry.

"You're finally here"

But then the voice that leaked out of its mouth had the warmth of even feeling the emotions of labor (onions) somewhere.

The legs I was putting together were untied and the slightest rubbing sound reached my ears. I felt a little soft air flowing through the quiet space.

"This past year. How was it?

"... quite, heel"

"Really?"

You seem to realize what that's like I'm gonna say, and that tone is so soft. Turning his face as he stood up, he was now softly narrowing his eyes, unlike earlier.

I guess it was a bluff...... bad for the heart.

I feel the pressure from the goddess weakened on my skin and stroke my chest down. Over the past year, he's apparently had a much more human-smelling personality.

I exhaled deeply to be unaware, wondering if I should be happy about it.

"The sudden sigh of seeing you, isn't that rude?

"You smell like arrow cod."

"Really? I'm not sure."

Well said.

Exhale again, not measuring how serious you are. Then I smiled at the beauty that made me even feel its cold.

The look is very similar to El's. It's supposed to be that too, she was born to separate the magic of Astraela. It would also make sense for that El to resemble Astraela.

She looks alike but has a completely different personality. If you say so, mother and son.

I think Astraela's relationship with Elle and Elmenhilde is such a relationship if you put it into words.

"Do you mind if I take it that you feel like you're here again?

"Be my guest. However, there seems to be another global crisis looming."

"I see. Then again, you'll save the world, won't you?

"Really, if the world is in danger"

And put your breath down.

"If God is not his opponent,"

"Really?"

As I clapped my shoulders, she exhaled to stroke her chest down without being told anything in particular. Maybe you thought I'd say no.

Not yet, I think.

I'm sure whatever she's about to say, whatever she wants from me... if that's the crisis in the world, I won't say no.

That's all I can say, with my chest up.

"So?"

It's just, God's opponent, it's already a dustpan.

Even for the goddess in front of you. You used to say you weren't good at fighting, but now that you've dealt with the demon god, I know exactly what you mean. This goddess, too, has different dimensions.

I don't even think I can kill him if I'm fighting properly.

- To kill God, it takes sacrifice. A lot, and important. Sacrifice.

"Range. Do you notice this world today, a strangeness that spreads like a surface of water?

"That the family of the demon god exists on the continent of Imnesia. And that the demon movement is active?"

"Right. The important thing is that the former, his family, is born."

Hmm.

After all, I wonder if Arre is a family member of the demon god, not a naturally occurring peculiar being. I was sure, but that way when they say it, they receive it differently.

What comes to mind is a black oak crusaded with Miss Francesca. And a black orga that attacked the magic city.

What about the skeletons we encountered in the Rotten Spirit Forest - what do you think?

Black oaks and orgasms have something in common. That's too weak for a demon god's family. No matter how much Elmen Hilde specializes in killing God, it's not weak enough to be a family of demons that I can deal with him alone. Conversely, Skeleton, who was in the forest of the Rotten Spirit, had the strength that neither me nor Mululu could help.

It was born and has existed for a long time. Thinking about it, wouldn't Tsujitsu fit? That skeleton was missing out on killing when he was on a demon crusade. Orcs and orgasms are never-born, under-grown relatives. So less experience, force pushing. - It was weak.

Sure, we weren't close to the Rotten Spirit Forest, so we should be able to think about it.

"One question."

"I don't mind."

"The demon god (Naifer) killed. I'll do it with my hands."

"Right."

"Then why is the demon god's family born new? It's supposed to be the demon gods who give birth to their families."

"Because Naifer's body exists"

…………

That word stuck my breath. It makes me suffer, like they grabbed the heart behind my chest.

"... corpse?

"Yes, there must be something from Zeneria."

That's what they say and remind me of - the heart of the demon god. Beautiful as a gem, so stiffer than ores and such - a disastrous, abominable piece of heart.

Mululu asked me to bring it from the Spirit God (Zeneria), that's it.

"There's a heart shard?

"That's what you see in your heart."

The way we put it, it feels like they're saying our perception is completely off target.

No, I guess it is, actually. There's a big part of us imagining things like the gods on our own. Perhaps it can be described as preconceived. I had no particular suspicion because I was weirdly knowledgeable.

Games, movies, comics, and novels. There's a lot of entertainment in our world.

Foreign, otherworldly demons and gods, not just in their own country, in that entertainment. At the end of the day, there is even a wide variety of knowledge of subhumans, beasts, and fairies. And that knowledge prevailed in this world as well.

Demons and beasts living in the woods fear fire, and demons by the water are vulnerable to lightning. Water for flames, lightning for water, soil for lightning, wind for soil. Those knowledge, conceivable in the concept of attributes, were our definitive weapons to fight in this world.

In fact, it's not a game, it's a reality, so there are a lot of problems, but nevertheless - the knowledge that only we have was available with certainty.

So too did the demon god... crushing the 'heart', which can only be seen as a weakness that existed in the center of its flesh, blowing the remaining flesh to such an extent that it left no trace. I thought that was enough...... apparently the crushed 'heart' was the main body.

"In other words?"

"Because you crushed the body, only that crushed number of family members are born."

The moment I heard the words, I felt like I was getting heavier than I could possibly shoulder. It hurts to the back of your head, holding down the temple area with your fingers.

I don't know. Maybe I'm the reason.

"But that's not the problem"

"Hmm?"

"Good for you"

"... thanks for the kind words"

"And the language is back to normal."

"Thank you"

When I say it again, the goddess shivers her shoulders without hiding her mouth.

Is it as usual that we can afford to say it is a crisis in the world? With that in mind, exhale.

"So. Am I supposed to crusade around that newborn family?

"That helps, but you probably won't make it"

"Can't you make it?

I feel uncomfortable listening back to the way I said it.

If the newly born family is a crisis in the world, it is strange to say that they will not make it. Then what the hell do you mean you can't make it to 'what'?

Wait for that answer, and I'll whisper too.

"The crisis in the world means that the Demons are trying to revive Naifer."

"Resurrection"

Ask back like a parrot, followed by a word that sounds familiar and explores memory.

That was quickly found. It was when I dealt with black orcs and demons in the magic city. The demons should have spoken at that time. The Demon King (Sherfa) refuses to revive the Demon God.

Thinking about it, is it part of the Demon Nation or the vast majority that is trying to revive the Demon God, but the Demon King is not on board?

I can't imagine what that Battlemaniac is thinking, but it's still something to think about. No matter how much I think, if I don't listen, I won't get an answer.

"But the end of it - the range, you know. I wanted the same thing a year ago."

"... oh"

Just as I wanted Elle to be resurrected and Elmenhilde was born... I'm sure the Demon God (Naifer) will be resurrected as a completely different being.

That's what Astraela's talking about.

What kind of god is that 'completely different being' - isn't that the problem?

"I don't know what it's like."

"What do you mean?

"Is that as Naifer - a will as a pillar of God, or a totalization of destruction with only power... is it just a vessel"

"I don't know."

"There have been times when God resurrects human beings and subhuman beings who are His creatures, but this is the first time that a non-family being resurrects God."

That too, I thought.

Even Elle, born of the magic of the goddess, could not be fully resurrected using the power of the goddess.

You can't even imagine what would happen if the demons were to revive the demons instead of reviving them?

Even though it's a world crisis, there's a sense of vision (Dejavu) or something I think - maybe because I'm doing the same thing. I met a partner named Elmen Hilde, but I'm sure Naifer would be - in a different way. That's very sad, it's hard... and a lot of people sacrifice it.

That demon god, no matter how much he hates, doesn't hate enough. I'm sure, if that's the right way to come back to life... I might do my best to fight again. Even if you know how many sacrifices are pregnant with the act.

He said he was bored.

As Astraela watches over the lives of everyone living in this world, as Zeneria prefers to sleep in peace and peace... that monster needed a struggle.

I don't know if it will stay, if it's just power, or if it will just become a vessel. But - you can't leave God alone who wants such a struggle.

"So, what were you saying you weren't gonna make it?

"The body of the crushed Naifer is too numerous when its shards are also present. I'm sure it's impossible to crusade all of it by the resurrection."

Is that so much?

I'm about to ask, but I decide not to. If I ask you anyway, I guess it's a number that makes me unmotivated.

If I can't do it on my own, I can tell Soichi... I think so, but because Astraela says so, I'm sure there are not enough dependents.

"Then what do I do? If you want me to kill Naifer again..."

I'm not enough alone. Power, life... everything.

- Seven constraints imposed on Ermenhilde. Now that I know all of that, I can't fight God alone, though not very much.

"My Will to Fight"

"Willing to Protect Someone"

"Promise to your people"

"Fighting God or His Families"

"Get protection from Astraela"

"Death of a Companion"

... and the seventh.

I can't fight alone. Without a lot of companions, we can't free up all of that power. More importantly - we will have to feed on many sacrifices.

I'm not strong enough to free (clear) all of that again.

I'm sure if I could unlock all seven constraints, I might even beat the Demon God (Naifer) one-on-one. No, you can win. Me and Elle's... because Elmen Hilde's power is exclusively about killing God.

But...

"I'm not."

Realizing that inside of me, Astraela smiled and spoke to me.

"I was going to prepare a replacement for Naifer after the demons have shrunk a little more."

"Naifer's, instead?

"The world today is leaning towards the side of the demons because of Naifer's influence as well. So I was thinking about expanding the power of the goddess (man) and the spiritual god (beast man and subman) and rebalancing the world."

That was the first time I was told.

But I think. It is true that the world is full of demons, but the Arbenelm continent, inhabited by demons and demons, has little human or subhuman influence. That means there will continue to be more demons and demons on Arbenelm.

Even now that humans are being killed by demons, demons continue to grow. Sure, then, I can't balance it.

So now that the demon god is absent, he was trying to balance the three pillars?

But the Demons are trying to bring Naifer back to life on their own.

"Yes, then again, the demons will strip human beings, subhumans and beasts of their teeth."

I don't even have to think about what the consequences will be. It's also the beginning of the war.

A world where even children and old men take swords and are slaughtered and killed rather than plowed fields. That hell begins again.

... Just thinking, I think I'm going to get dizzy (dizzy).

"And. A world exhausted in the battle against demons is unbearable"

"For saying that, it looks like you can afford a lot... are you out of your mind?

"No."

When I hear it, Astraela slowly shakes her neck to the side. Silky silver thread swayed further as it moved.

"Range, there's one thing I wish for you"

"Oh."

"Lead a new demon god - a demon god who hates battle, to the throne of God"

However, the words were too unexpected.

"... Huh?

"Didn't you hear me? I want you to lead the new God to Arbenelm."

"I know that..."

I know that's necessary, and I know it's important.

But.

Once I was one of those heroes who saved humanity, the demon gods are enemies that humanity should defeat. It is the natural enemy of humanity living in this world. I can easily imagine what it would be like to prepare a new demon like that.

You wondered about me not responding, Astraela tilting her neck and looking at me. Even with such a cute trick, I don't want to shake my neck vertically easily. Please.

"Need an explanation?

"Please."

Out of my mouth was a surprisingly flat voice myself, but I couldn't afford to fix it.

Look at me like that, shaking my shoulders, and put those thin, supple feet together again. Now if you hang it with glasses, you won't even look like a beauty teacher.

I think so because I said that a few times in the past and Kudo was acting like Astraela today. I'm sure you're imitating it then. That's the only really negative impact, Kudo and Kotaro.

"This world has not recovered enough to withstand the next battle. Therefore, set the Unable Demon on the throne of God. Then the demons will grow up."

"... how come there's a demon?

"Ning, I'd like to hear that."

"What?

"How come the Ranges don't realize that the demons are moving more vigorously after Naifer's defeat?

In one word, I felt all the yarn connected.

At the same time, heavy heavy...... exhales like it came out of the bottom of your belly.

"In other words?"

"Don't you understand if I don't tell you? Or do you want me to say it?

"- No."

And for the first time in this space today... Astraela laughed out loud enough to be small but heard by me.

Seeing Astraela like that, my heart just gets heavy.

I mean, it is.

The demons are rampant as they please because there is no longer a suppressing presence called the Demon God. Eat when we want to, and break out when we want to. The nature of such a demon was suppressed by the presence of a demon god (Naifer).

That means that I'm the one who killed the demon who created the situation where the demon is now raging. No, everyone will know I had to... but still, it's not funny to laugh that I'm the culprit.

... What did that monster want to do after all?

I hate Naifer.

I'm sure Naifer wanted me like that.

Did you want to be killed or did you want to destroy the world? Even so, the demons were suppressed because Naifer was there.

In the end - what happened ahead of him? If I had lost and Naifer had survived... how would the world have changed?

"Range, when's the next time you're coming?

As I was about to hold my head, a quiet voice called me.

I think the unshakeable voice, as if on the water, is the original voice of Astraela. When I heard the voice the first time I saw him, I just felt a little calm.

However, it was a personal matter that I could not hear about when I first met him.

"… Next"

"Aren't you coming?

"No, I think it's coming"

"Really?"

I'm really conscious when I can show that smile because I have seriousness flesh.

Maybe, but if there was no flesh, or light, or shaky appearance, I might have said it.

"Soon"

"I don't seem to like to wait. Next, show me your face as soon as you can."

"Yes."

Shake your heavier head gently as you return the raw reply.

"Range"

"Hmm?"

"It was a corner festival, so I wanted at least one voice"

"... because when you go out into the city, it's not a festival noise"

That way.

I felt the pressure I felt from her increased as I sighed out of sight.

"I've been waiting for you"

"... I don't know."

Mouth words that may even be taken as disrespectful and sigh to hear.

"You don't need a meal for this body, but you have a taste, don't you?

"Because I know"

I know that because I have invited you to the stall several times before.

I'm sure that woke you to the entertainment of eating. I know that's a good thing, but that's why you always tell me.

Even if it wasn't me, Soichi or Jiu-Jitsu - that's what you'd do to Astraela in two replies, such as Kotaro.

After all, are you going to tell me because I'm the first one to take you out of this space?

"Freshly baked meat is delicious, isn't it?

Making a statement wondering if she was a goddess, she wasn't turning a cold glance at me and looked somewhat obstinate. Being faithful seems necessary as a god, but an unusual goddess who prefers festivals to prayers and celebrations.

No one would want to see her, arguably an endless beauty, stick to a skewer of oak meat bought at a festival stall. I don't want to see it either.

Still, that's how the goddess in front of her wants to eat meat. I'm not sure what God thinks.

"Next time I come, I'll buy it."

"No, Range. I want to eat baked meat."

"... that way"

How do you want to get out of this space?

Well, I don't even know. Once you remember something like entertainment, maybe this space of nothing is boring and you can't help it.

Is that my responsibility for taking you out of this space?

"You used to take me out so many times."

Even when it comes to me, it would be part of the will of the goddess Astraela.

"I'm so young."

"From what I can tell, you're still young. You are."

"Thanks for that."

"And the way you talk is always preferable. I think so."

"... Yes"

So, once separated from the conversation.

"Where is the next demon god I'm taking you now?

…………

But in that next moment there was a surprise in Astraela's expression.

"Are you serious?

"Something strange?

"No, you're really only sensitive to hostility."

Is that to say, darkly, that I am dull?

When I got a little mucky, I smiled at Astraela loosening only her mouth again as to whether that had appeared on her expression.

"The family you called Turtles. She was the girl who slaughtered his family."

"Turtle?"

I leaned my neck for a moment to a name I was unfamiliar with hearing in this world, and then immediately remembered.

Turtle. Rather than that, it would be about the family of the demon god that Kotaro named "Xuanbu".

Huge as a mountain, blunt-footed. From above, it can be described as the tortoise itself… it is the family of the demon god who was also said to be the greatest and most powerful on the continent of Imnesia. Hearing that nostalgic name, then where you crusaded that turtle, and….

"... solnea"

When I uttered the name, the goddess deepened the smile that floated in its beauty.