Velosian calculated quickly in his head.
Adin had lost all the fa that once exceeded 1.2 million.
What remained was around 300,000.
‘How much fa does Kaeld have right now?’
Back in that mud fight with Mide, Kaeld had the upper hand for a while.
The fa he gained then hadn’t been diminished.
Humanity still hadn’t managed to link the fall of the Celestial God with Kaeld Wake.
Though it was only a matter of ti.
‘If I transferred Adin’s remaining fa to Kaeld…?’
With his decision made, he spoke.
“Mr. Adin. As you know… I can handle fa.”
Adin brightened.
“Oh. Right, you could.”
“Of course, raising or lowering fa itself is only possible through humans. But the fa humanity accumulates, I can shift it from place to place at will.”
“I know. That’s how you transferred Impelium’s fa to , isn’t it?”
Indeed.
Even if that petty, foolish Adin had collected fa, how much could he have gathered on his own?
The majority, no, nearly all of Adin’s fa had originally belonged to Impelium.
Velosian had simply “moved” it.
He had transferred Impelium’s fa to Adin.
Normally, transferring soone’s fa to another was impossible.
It violated the laws of the world.
But Velosian was the only one who could.
That was his authority.
A power that, though limited, allowed him to interfere with the very laws of the world.
“I intend to do the sa thing now.”
“Hm? You’re saying you will transfer Mide’s fa to ? Is that even possible?”
“Impossible. For fa to be transferred, the target has to die first. That’s why Impelium was killed.”
“R-right. That was your authority after all.”
“……”
“So what exactly are you planning?”
“I intend to kill you and pass your remaining fa on to Kaeld.”
The words were flat.
Spoken so smoothly and naturally that Adin thought for a mont he had misheard.
He tried to ask again.
But he couldn’t.
Pook.
His chest had already been pierced through.
“V-Velosian…”
“You have worked hard until now, Mr. Adin. And I’m sorry, for ruining your hobby.”
“Y-you can’t do this to . We have been partners, working together for so long…”
“Yes. Partners. And now that the business has failed, I’m simply replacing my partner.”
The light faded from Adin’s eyes.
Velosian dusted off his hands and turned to Kaeld.
“I have transferred Adin’s fa to you. Adding it to your current total… it cos out to around 800,000.”
“S-so quickly?”
“What, did you think I would need so grand spell? Transferring fa is one of my authorities. It doesn’t require elaborate preparation.”
A smile spread across Kaeld’s lips.
“Then right now, humanity must be showering with imnse praise. I must confirm it at once.”
“Praise? Don’t flatter yourself.”
“…?”
“I deceived the world, not the humans living in this era. Now that Adin has fallen, the hero he created will soon be the target of humanity’s scorn.”
Kaeld couldn’t understand what he ant.
Velosian muttered as if to himself.
“So I need to hurry. Once humanity denies you, that 800,000 fa will start eroding away.”
“……”
“And if you pull another one of your idiotic stunts, the rate of decline will be even worse.”
“T-that won’t happen.”
Kaeld denied it, but Velosian wasn’t listening.
He continued his own thoughts.
‘Mide can now wield the power of 1.2 million fa. Resisting that with fa alone is impossible. And Kaeld isn’t the type to ever steel his resolve.’
Transferring Adin’s fa had been fine, but it was only stalling for ti.
What awaited Kaeld now was simply the erosion of his fa.
His fa could rise no further.
Velosian made up his mind.
“No other choice. I will share my power with you.”
“Your power? Then why bother using at all? Why not kill Mide yourself?”
“Because I still can’t leave the special room. And even if I could, I wouldn’t be able to defeat Mide outside it anymore.”
“Then what are you saying?”
“Co with into the room. There, I will grant you a portion of my power.”
He turned his back.
Showing plainly that he didn’t care whether Kaeld followed or not.
Of course Kaeld followed.
Neither Velosian nor Kaeld thought of burying Adin’s corpse.
Their figures vanished completely.
And minutes later.
Crackle.
The air above the starting point split apart.
Through the rift stepped Idria.
To her right stood Pirensha.
And to her left, the third finger of Lies, Batore.
Idria quietly looked down at Adin before speaking first to Pirensha.
“So this was the true identity of the so-called Celestial God.”
“Yes, Mother.”
“His soul?”
“I have secured it.”
Pirensha swallowed nervously.
“Though he was a fake god, centuries of playing that role made his soul enormous. I have handled countless souls of the underworld, but never one with this kind of presence.”
“As expected.”
“…Will you consu it?”
Pirensha could throw a soul as feed to empower another.
If she did the sa now, the Celestial God’s soul would raise Idria’s power to a whole new level.
But for a Demon King to swallow a god’s soul…
Knowing how much her mother had cursed the Celestial God, Pirensha hesitated.
Yet Idria nodded surprisingly easily.
“I don’t like it, but I must.”
“A-are you sure? This is the very one who sent down Bion and killed you countless tis.”
“I can’t afford to refuse on those grounds. I will set aside personal feelings for now.”
“Yes, Mother.”
Snap.
Pirensha flicked her fingers.
Adin’s soul began flowing into Idria’s.
Even for Idria, absorbing such an imnse soul would take ti.
She didn’t rush, simply savoring the staggering growth of her power.
Half an hour later.
Ssshh.
Idria opened her eyes.
Pirensha asked.
“How is it?”
“Tasteless.”
“Ah.”
“Pfft. I jest. Hm… I can’t quite feel it yet.”
“Take your ti. Kaeld was too small-minded, once he exceeded his vessel’s limit, he imdiately weakened. But you, Mother, have absorbed Adin’s soul completely and still have room to spare.”
In other words, this power wasn’t temporary.
Idria had fully and permanently absorbed Adin’s soul.
A faint smile touched her lips.
‘Fine. I will check it later.’
What mattered now was sothing else.
Idria turned to Batore, who had been silent all along.
“By the way, Batore. What are your thoughts on all this?”
“I am deeply astonished.”
“Such a plain response. Still, it’s been so ti since I last heard your voice.”
“……”
“Heh. You fell silent quickly.”
Swoosh.
She pointed at Adin’s corpse.
“Velosian. Adin. And that thing called Impelium.”
“……”
“It seems the world is full of secrets I never knew. And I must uncover every last one of them.”
“Give the order.”
“I’m sorry to ask you this, but could you eat that filthy corpse for ?”
Batore nodded as if it were only natural.
Soon he opened his mouth.
Very wide, so wide it could swallow a whole corpse in a single bite.
Crunch. Crunch.
Adin’s body was dragged into Batore’s gaping maw. His fangs tore him apart, and his molars crushed his bones.
A few minutes later, Batore’s mouth had returned to normal. Smacking his lips, he said,
“It is done.”
“Then transform.”
“Yes.”
Ssshhhk.
Batore’s body began to change.
His hair turned white, wrinkles ford on his face.
Before long, he had beco “Adin Press.”
This was Batore’s power.
He could transform into whatever he had devoured.
And it wasn’t only appearance. He could draw out all of the target’s knowledge, information, and mories as if they were his own.
The only thing he could not use was the target’s “power.”
But that didn’t matter, since Idria had already absorbed Adin’s power through Pirensha.
Idria’s eyes glead as she asked,
“Have you absorbed all his mories?”
“…Yes. They were so vast it took so ti. My apologies.”
“What are you saying? It didn’t even take a minute.”
“Shall I tell you right away?”
“Hm. No. Let’s go back first.”
Snap.
Idria flicked her fingers.
Once again, space split open.
“Secrets of the world. Such rare tales shouldn’t be kept to ourselves. Let’s share them with the others.”
Pirensha and Batore bowed deeply.
And said together,
“As you will.”
After everything was settled, we took so rest.
Physically, this incident hadn’t exhausted us too much.
But ntally, we were completely worn out.
We spent almost a full day glued to our beds, and only gathered again the following afternoon.
In the room of an inn, our companions yawned with just-woken faces.
“Haaaahm.”
And they began light chatter.
It seed they wanted to loosen up a bit before getting into the main subject.
I used the ti to speak to Trail.
‘Kept you waiting long.’
[Yeah. It was hard holding back.]
‘Sorry. I was too exhausted.’
[Well, it’s not sothing I couldn’t understand, so I will forgive you. …But what exactly was I waiting for?]
I couldn’t help but chuckle.
He had answered without even knowing what I ant.
‘My fa has passed 1.2 million now.’
[That’s right.]
“‘That’s right,’ you say so lightly. Don’t you see? It ans it’s finally ti to raise my Eye of Omniscience’s level!”
Trail fell silent for a while.
Perhaps stunned he had forgotten sothing so important.
I grinned and continued.
‘Well, since you can understand, I will forgive you.’
[Hmph. Copying now.]
‘Anyway, let’s do it right away.’
[Alright.]
Soon a window popped up.
Up until just now, my level had been “Very Famous.”
Now it had risen to “Incredibly Famous.”
I tilted my head.
“‘Incredibly Famous’? That sounds a little off. At 1.2 million, shouldn’t it be sothing like ‘Unprecedentedly Famous’?”
[I don’t know. Never really thought about it.]
“……”
[Still, since it’s the highest level, don’t sulk over just a na.]
No.
I shook my head.
“Impelium once said there’s a rank above S. Back when the two of us were talking.”
[Huh?]
“You saw it too, the forty Eye of Omniscience windows he projected at once. That was the full Eye of Omniscience Impelium used.”
[Hoooh.]
Trail let out a sound of amazent, or perhaps disbelief.
I turned back to the window.
“So how much fa is needed for the next level?”
[…I don’t know.]
“What do you an you don’t know?”
[You’re asking soone who thought S-grade was the last one.]
True enough.
Until now, whenever my fa rose and my level was uncertain, a ssage always appeared:
–Fa points required for next level.
Almost as if to remind not to forget.
But now, that ssage was gone.
“Don’t tell the next level isn’t reached by fa.”
[If we assu there is a next level, that’s the only guess we can make.]
“Hm. What could I be lacking?”
[Think about it later. For now, I’m more curious how far that bastard Kaeld’s fa has fallen.]
Oh.
I unconsciously rubbed my palms together.
Right then, Neril spoke up.
“Enough chit-chat, right? Let’s get to the point.”
“Yep.”
“Mide, you said your fa has passed 1.2 million… Then what about that bastard Kaeld?”
That’s right.
In this incident, we had dragged the Celestial God’s fa down to rock bottom.
We hadn’t explicitly asked humanity to reject Him, but by raising my na above the God’s, they had effectively done the sa.
Xenia nodded.
“That should be the first thing we check.”
“Mm.”
“The hero is chosen by the Celestial God. But if that God is trash, then the hero chosen by Him, Kaeld Wake, must also be trash.”
“……”
“Perfectly logical.”
Logical or not, I asked Trail.
“Show his fa. Compared to mine.”
[Hold on.]
……?
At first I tilted my head.
But soon my face hardened.
My companions’ expressions grew serious as well.
“Hyung, what’s wrong?”
“Kaeld’s fa is 880,000.”
“What? No way. Wasn’t that cockroach at around 500,000 before?”
“……”
“And you said Adin had fallen to the 300,000s. Then how the hell did the fa of Kaeld, his chosen hero, jump to 880,000?”
Exactly my question.
For a hero’s fa to surpass the God who gave it, impossible.
Did Adin pull so trick again?
“What’s Adin’s fa right now?”
[One mont.]
Another window appeared.
“……”
The instant I saw it, lightning struck my mind.
“Ah!”
“What, what is it?!”
“Adin’s fa is zero.”
“What? But yesterday you said it was still in the 300,000s!”
Drip.
Cold sweat trickled down my forehead.
I wiped it lightly with my palm.
And muttered low,
“Kaeld absorbed Adin’s fa.”
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