The Prodigy Sefiria’s Overpowering Program

2 years, 6 months, 5 - Ancient Heroes

"I remember... I see that's what happened"

My little uncle, who hoarded a beard as rich as a mop, nodded with a strange face.

The location is in the centre of the mining city of Legperum, in the reception room of Taishou Hall.

Opposite us in front of us is an uncle named Darnia, Lord of this Hall and Taishou of this mining city.

And as we proceeded with the conversation with them that surrounded us to be vigilant and led us this far, it turned out to be an unexpected fact.

Apparently, Mr. Rümmyfort is what he calls' amnesia '.

Mr. Lulu, the longest relationship I've had with her in this, said he didn't remember Mr. Rümmyfort since the beginning of his encounter.

Knowing who she was and remembering only her name and how to fight, she continued to wander down the continent with her feet fluttered and eventually surrendered near the imperial capital, Beorant?

Mr. Lulu, who told me about that time, turns a jittery glance at Mr. Lümmyfort with a deep sigh.

"Lyummy just showed up at a time when the Empire was in turmoil because of the Demon God commotion and started attacking the Empire soldiers."

"... no. It was the soldiers who attacked me. legitimate defense."

"You were caught smelling food and stopped by you! How hard it took me, Ver and Magcalo to disable you......!

Recently, when I think of Mr. Rümmyfort's bullshit fighting power, which has decimated every mountain of giant dragons, I rather admire the fact that he has often been stopped from being the strongest of this people.

Looking at Mr. Lulu with respect that way, he noticed that gaze, while Mr. Lulu frowned badly.

"I'm telling you, I didn't win. Me and Magcalo were dying. At the end of the day, Lumie just destroyed herself."

It seems that Mr Lulu, who says so, is not going to talk about this any further, and he turned his gaze to Mr D'Arnia to undo the story of his derailment.

Mr. D'Arnia shrugged in a squeamish voice, "I see," as she listened with interest to Mr. Rümmyfort's past story.

"I heard rumors that 'demon gods' once appeared to the Empire. If there's any other rumor, there's still a reason why Non and the others should be late for The Demon God."

"And say?

As we sit on the couch with Mr. Rümmyfort in the middle, Captain Dundee hammers to encourage us to go ahead.

Not to make me uncomfortable with that, but Mr. D'Arnia, with an unusual and calming atmosphere after hitting him earlier, opened his lips, covered in mustaches and no longer visible.

"They are descended from the brave."

And to that one word that Mr. D'Arnia let go, we blinded.

Brave? That's a legend told by bravery...?

I didn't seem to be the only one who thought that, but to us like that, Mr. D'Arnia snorted boringly.

"It is not a mythical uncertainty, as the Lord thinks. This is a clean historical fact. It has been handed down for a long time. The presence of Mr. Roxward and Mr. Rhumyfort is more than proof."

"What do you mean?

Ms Lümmyfort, who says she has amnesia, stuffs herself with the momentum to bring her body forward to that Darnian word.

I couldn't imagine it from my usual attitude, but she said, 'Who am I?' Seems like you are truthfully demanding the truth besides your thoughts.

"What am I?

Always apathetic, empty dark gold (garnet) eyes. Having carefully narrowed her eyes at no time, she uttered a question that approached her own root.

Mr D'Arnia, who took it, is also a serious face and will return that answer without much.

"Master Lümmyfort... if you say so in one word, there is nothing else to say 'brave man'"

"... brave man?

Mr Lümmyfort, who flatly repeated Mr D'Arnia's words, somehow looked at me for a moment and then turned back to the front again.

And Mr D'Arnia, too, must know that that alone is a lack of explanation. I'll make up for what I said earlier for those of us who are strangely inclined to the neck.

"As I said earlier, the sons and daughters are descendants of the 'brave'. Beyond ancient times, when a being strikes that brings great evil to man's world, he will surely appear and deliver the people. … it is the role of the clan that lives in Legperum to protect the system and pass it on to future generations."

"Of the brave...... system?

"Dear Left, man is too helpless against the leader of the devil clan with great power, not to mention a disaster called the demon god. Whether some people are powerful or unplugged from time to time, their lives are short. It is not necessarily the case that the person will be present at the time of the catastrophe to come. So what do we do..."

I am stunned by the outrageous fact that Mr D'Arnia has told me.

Roxward suddenly emerged from the ruins. And when the 'demon god' and the others attacked the empire, Mr. Rhumyfort encountered the spot as if he had lost his memory but was invited.

And to think of Mr D'Arnia's words together today, it was a terrible fact to be derived.

"No way, is that ruin... a 'brave man' depository (...)?

To my words, my colleagues surprise me with a hazy face.

And when Mr. D'Arnia said, he just nodded quietly with a strange face.

"There is a coffin in the Yogpejoroto Bedroom (...) that can stay asleep for a long time. Then - protect the mighty one who once left the Demon God so that he can wake up whenever he needs to."

When I heard that fact told out of Mr. D'Arnia's mouth, I grabbed my little fist.

I feel magic leaking out of my body, myself.

... So you're saying that Mr. Rhumyfort or Roxward were heroes who fought and defeated the 'demon gods' for the people a long time ago?

And when the same thing happens again, if there's no one I can defeat, it's bad, so you keep me asleep all the way through the long haul until that time comes?

Every time I wake up, my family and friends are dead, and in the absence of a single acquaintance, they throw me out in front of a substandard enemy that no one else can defeat, and when I think I finally defeated them, I get stuffed in the coffin again and keep sleeping...?

"I'm kidding, I'm kidding......!! What do you think people are!? Damn, treat me like a handy weapon......!!

I stood up unintentionally, slamming Mr D'Arnia on the accusations that came out with my mouth open before I thought about it.

However, Darnia, who is only as small as me and as long back as elementary school, who is now as fit as junior high, just looks up at me in silence with some sad eyes and tries to argue with nothing.

Still, when I went on and tried to open my mouth, I was suddenly pulled on my arm, and I let go and fell back.

But the feeling I felt on my buttocks and back is not that on the couch, it's accompanied by body temperature. Looking back in surprise, what I saw was Mr. Lümmy Fort's face approaching in the immediate vicinity. What was on that face, unlike the usual faceless expression, was some troubled, but delightful bitterness.

Mr. Rümmyfort turns to Mr. D'Arnia, still in the shape of a cuddle from behind me.

"I got the story. So, how is Roxward hostile to people?

To Mr. Lümi-Fort's terminal inquiry, Mr. D'Arnia eventually began to open his heavy mouth, although he showed a slight crucifixion.

"The last time Lord Roxward woke up and defeated the mighty Demon Clan... the king of the people at the time set him in a trap in an attempt to monopolize Lord Roxward's power"

"Trap?"

"They took a woman who was fighting with Master Roxward hostage and tried to put her under control. Regardless, there was no way that the human ethnicity could bind Master Roxward, but it is said that in that dispute women lost their lives"

I'm not sure about Roxward's prowess, but assuming he has the same power as Mr. Rümmyfort, I can also understand what the king and the others of that people want. I'm not convinced, though.

And I don't know if it was an accident, or a hit on Roxward that you can't get, but as a result, he said the woman who Roxward didn't hate lost her life and Roxward became hostile to people.

"... that? Then why did Roxward sleep in the ruins so manly? I wish I had been violent against that country at that time if I were to be violent."

When I uttered such a question, Ms D'Arnia looked at Mr Lümmyfort chillily and answered, even though she seemed a little spicy.

"Exactly, Master Roxward apparently attacked the country at the time with momentum that had just destroyed it. The royal family was breathless, and the collapse of the country was not far off. That's where I stopped Master Roxward, Master Ryummyfort."

"... me?

"Master Roxward, who was exhausted wielding his power against the country, was defeated by Master Rhumyfort, who suddenly appeared. Once again, Mr. Roxward, sealed in a coffin, was moved deep into the ruins of each coffin, so he stayed asleep until this day and age."

And that's when Mr. Rümmyfort was also injured in the fight against Roxward, he said. It is Mr D'Arnia's view that the wounds at that time may be responsible for amnesia.

Speaking so far, Mr. D'Arnia took his mop-like white beard and stroked it, turning his sorry, white-extended brow into an eight letter.

"Perhaps the collapse near the room where Master Roxward's coffin existed was not a coincidence but a 'seal' made by Master Rhumyfort. I thought it had collapsed naturally, just like any other weathered place, and I dug it up."

"But Roxward kept his hatred of people, even as times changed."

"... you're right."

Was the woman in the example of being dead a lover of Roxward or something? At least killing the royals that caused it still seemed so important that hatred could not subside.

But even if I sympathize with the situation, I can't support it.

For us, Roxward is a peace-disturbing terrorist and an enemy to be defeated.

That perception seems to be common among us, followed by Mr Rümmyfort's throwing the central question.

"What is Roxward trying to do with the magic of the Vortex of Demons (Luminite)?

As soon as Mr. Lümmyfort spoke of the name of the Vortex of Demons (Luminite), Mr. D'Arnia's wrinkles and narrow eyes opened wide, conveying breathtaking signs.

"The Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite)... then... no way, that's it..."

"If you know anything, let me know"

Mr. D'Arnia was stunned but leaked his whining in a small voice, but Mr. Rümmyfort prompted him to mouth the facts of the shock as he seeped through the tension.

"The Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite) is a seal placed to disperse the power of the Demon God and prevent him from exerting his true power, showing himself at every milestone of his time and wielding his misfortune."

"Sealed? Isn't magic leaking out?

"It is sometimes said that a great stream of magic flows under this earth… dragon veins, etc., but such streams have properties. It's a trait that attracts you to places with a lot of magic."

A place with a lot of magic...... that means more magic pours into a place where a little leaked magic accumulates over the years and eventually becomes known as the Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite)?

The more, the stronger the power to attract magic… is it similar to the greater gravitational pull on a giant planet?

"The Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite) exists all over the continent, but if you liberate any one of them, the amount of magic that was flowing into it will flow into another place. It'll be easier to locate, and the magic you get."

"So Roxward is after that growing magic...?

"... maybe, but I can also think of something more horrible"

To my inquiry, Ms D'Arnia spoke of its potential to squeeze it out, carving a deep wrinkle between her brows.

"I would have said that the disaster of 'demon gods' is recurring over a period of time. It is believed to appear when the amount of magic accumulated in the Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite) exceeds a certain amount. Because the position that emerges is often near the Vortex of Demons (Luminite)."

"...... Huh!!

"You've noticed, you're a good daughter. Perhaps Lord Roxward is trying to summon the Demon God by unlocking all the Vortex of Demons (Luminites) everywhere."

That's... the worst assumption, but a very sensible tactic. Much more surely we will be able to cause 'ruin' than to acquire the magic of the Vortex of Demons (Luminite) and challenge ourselves to fight.

If Roxward's people are not a group with a desire for ruin, they may be willing to fight for themselves, but Roxward is not the only one with a true purpose in his belly.

"As I said earlier, the previously naturally occurring 'Demon God' was summoned by the magic accumulated naturally in the Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite) … manifested by the minimum amount of magic required, so to speak, incomplete manifestations. The Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite) is present everywhere because it helped to reduce the frequency of occurrences and also to sharpen the power of the Demon God."

"That means..."

"Dear Left, If you were to unleash a large number of Vortexes (Luminites) of the Demon God within a short period of time, the strength of the Demon God being called would not be the same as before. Even going back to the age of mythology, there's a great chance that the most powerful demon god in history will emerge."

The Roxward one, I can't believe I was thinking about that big thing......

If that became a reality, it would certainly be quite a catastrophe. I don't know in detail what a demon god is, but even a demon god so far has never been strong enough to be compelled to produce something like a brave system.

If we were to artificially enhance that, it couldn't be terrible.

"Shh, excuse me, do you have a minute...?

Then Mr. Nelvia, who had been listening in silence until now, was raising his hand in the way he said he was afraid.

"What?

"Um, how does anyone know that when they know so much about the conditions for the emergence of the 'demon god', etc.? If we put in place a proper system, wouldn't we have to make demon gods appear?

In response to Mr. Nervia's inquiry, Mr. D'Arnia sighs like a shudder and shakes his neck to the side.

"There is no Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite) in the place where the people live, because every time the Demon God once appeared, he crushed all the appearance points. How it was crushed is now lost. … but don't let the Vortex of Demon God (Luminite) in the Demonic Realm, which was at war until recently."

"Ah..."

"Even if we can do it, in a hundred years there will always be stupid people out there, trying to exploit it it and wield disaster. That's how our ancestors created the brave system as a coping therapy. The point is, it's not because of stupid people."

Well, it makes sense. Humans easily forget the pain if they pass their throats. If all generations who know the pain die in their lifespan, it's no surprise that people show up to think stupid things.

Even the Demons who seek strength will want to get it if they know where the Vortex of Demons (Luminite) is located. Just like the Yonarpoka we repelled during this time.

"But this isn't a bit of a problem. But when the demon gods appeared about ten years ago, they should have appeared near the empire. In other words, there was not much magic accumulated in the Vortex of Demons of the Demonic Realm (Luminite). If Lord Roxward's purpose is as he thinks it is, the number of Vortexes of the Demon God (Luminites) that need to be opened up to accomplish it may be less than his thoughts."

How could there not be magic accumulated in the Vortex of Demon God of the Demonic Realm (Luminite)? It seems it takes a long time for the Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite) to accumulate, but then someone was going around releasing the Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite)...?

That said, the power gained by absorbing the magic of the Vortex of Demons (Luminite) is powerful. If you do that, that demon tribe should have gained a number of pretty powerful abilities and become famous...

... with more than one pretty powerful ability, famously...?

"……… Ah"

Exlia!! Nemesi!! You guys ahhhhhh!!!

Then Roxward will go and solicit both of you! Because if you think about his purpose, he's the best person in Dompisha!! Instead, I've already contributed quite a bit!!

What are you doing? Extra!!

"Well, I'm not even so pessimistic. In the depths of the demonic realm," A Vortex of Demons (Luminites) "has never been attacked before in history. But there's no record of demons showing up from there."

"Huh? But if they don't release me, the magic keeps building up and the demon gods come out...?

"I don't think so...... a theory seems to rest there 'God's Armed' sucking the magic power out of his surroundings indefinitely"

God's armed…? You've got another hell of a keyword. If it gets into Roxward's hands, it's going to be a big deal.

"So even if you unleashed all the other Vortex of Demons (Luminites), if magic gathered there, no demons would emerge?

"No, if we don't free up a place other than that place, we'll be allowed to emerge. Then at least magic may flow into the Vortex of the Demon God (Luminite) and be mitigated to some extent."

"I see, the better, the more likely you are to halve the power of the demon god."

"Conversely, if you let go of it, it would be quite a mess, but no matter how early it takes to attack Mr. Roxward, it would take years."

Years...... a number I can't be optimistic about as a limit the continent could perish, but if you think of a period of time to stop Roxward as a few years, you can say that there is quite a respite.

Besides, the period of a few years should assume that Roxward is triggered by the Vortex of the Demon (Luminite) attack. Then you can see that if it is an attack while escaping our exploration and diving through the obstruction, it will jump even further in duration and difficulty.

I felt a little loaded on my shoulder, and I asked Mr. D'Arnia.

"So, what kind of place is that Vortex of Demons?

"Hmm. I don't even know where Noh is, but I hear it's the secret realm behind the mountain. It is said to be the place where the Beast King Lakifel fell, and it is called 'The Mausoleum of the Beast King' and so on"

……

……

"............ hmm? What's the matter with you guys?

Mr D'Arnia, who is unaware of the circumstances, asks strangely, but we are not at that point.

I held my head for a while, but eventually, I never, ever opened my mouth.

"... excuse me. That's where we attacked the other day…"

Try to squeeze it out. When I said so, Mr. D'Arnia opened his mouth wide, poking under a mop-like mustache, relieved.

"... is not a place in history where no one has ever been able to attack...? Isn't that some kind of mistake?

"In a cave in the back of the mountain called the mausoleum of the Beast King, I broke through a space where my body would be hurt the moment I entered, defeating the giant of the black crystal. That's where I got it..."

That said, I drag the golden fluid out of the inside of my clothes. It instantly changed into a golden sword in my hand.

As soon as I saw that, Mr. D'Arnia would keep his back on the back of the couch flat and sink in.

"The place and the trials are consistent with the legend...... there were no details in the literature about God's soldier costumes, but I hear he chooses the owner"

"No one but me could pull out. Maybe because I attacked the trial..."

"... well. They suck off the magic around them, but are you okay to carry them around?

"Because I seem to have a strange amount of magic."

"............... right"

Both me and Mr. D'Arnia keep their mouths shut just like that, and the indoors are full of silence.

It was me who attacked the tomb guard's trial, me who was chosen for the artifact gram, and me who collapsed the mausoleum of the Beast King...

... If you say it in a way that makes you feel better, isn't it more serious than the Exulians?