438 - - Episode I: The Goddess of Mercy

In this world, there is a religion called "Goddessism.

It is a religion that worships a "goddess" who is said to have created the world.

However, it is not well respected.

Beasts, dragons, elves, dwarves, and demons - all powerful species have a strong sense that their own species is absolute. Religion is something that the weak cling to, and races that are confident in their own strength rarely actively respect God.

The only race that is discriminated against in this world (humans) is probably more likely to believe in God than other races.

Nevertheless, because it is a religion that praises the goddess who created the world, there is a high possibility that it will be used for political purposes if the head temple is established in the country of any particular species.

Therefore, the head temple of the Goddess cult was created and existed in the Principality of Six.

The most famous teaching of the Goddess cult is probably "The Creation of the World.

It describes how the goddess created the continents and the six species, and how they were targeted by the evil gods.

The next most famous story - would be the story of "The Demon King and the Brave Men".

In olden times, a "Demon King" was born in this world.

The demon king was so powerful that the species of the time were no match for him, and the goddess, in pity, gave power to four species.

The four seeds that were given the power are the "heroes".

The heroes of the holy sword.

The heroes of the Holy Spear.

Brave men of the Holy Armor.

The heroes of the Holy Seal.

These are the above four.

The four heroes, together with the saints who were given power by the goddess, headed for the extermination of the Demon King.

Facing a huge valley that blocked the way of the heroes of the Holy Spear, they created a new land and created a road with the spear given to them by the goddess - a spear that contained the eruption of the volcano.

Next, they arrive at a sea teeming with powerful monsters.

The demon king was at the end of this sea.

The hero in holy armor crossed the sea with the hero and the saint with the power of the wind in his armor.

The heroes finally decided to fight the Demon King.

The Demon King tried to put a curse on the heroes. However, when the heroes of the Holy Seal prayed with the talisman (holy seal) in their hands, the curse was erased.

Finally, the hero of the Holy Sword defeats the Demon King with the Holy Sword.

The above is the oldest story of "The Demon King and the Hero" in the world.

In this story, the species of this hero changes from race to race, from demon to beast, etc., depending on the species.

The number of heroes increased or decreased, some were directly followed by a goddess instead of a saint, and some married heroes at the end.

In the end, some of the heroes married some of the heroes.

There were so many stories that even today we do not know whether they actually happened or were just fictions.

At any rate, the above is the basic storyline of the oldest "The Demon King and the Brave.

And today, a new story of "The Demon King and the Brave" is born.

The Goddess Church has "recognized the 'Witch of the Giant Tower' as the Demon King," and four heroes have already been born, with the Holy Sword, Holy Lance, Holy Armor, and Holy Seal in their hands.

Furthermore - "The 'Giant Tower Witch' is deep underground in the world's largest, strongest, and worst dungeon, the 'Abyss. The nations should cooperate with the heroes to defeat the "Witch of the Giant Tower,"" he officially declared.

The reaction of each country upon hearing this official declaration of the Goddess Church was very cold.

The racial kingdoms -- I accept the declaration of the headquarter of the Goddess cult.

Queen Elf Nation -- refrains from speaking out against the declaration of the head temple of the Goddess Church

Dwarf Kingdom--concerned

Allied Beastmen -- too busy rebuilding to cooperate

Majin Kingdom -- too busy rebuilding to cooperate

Dragon People's Empire --Response withheld under consideration

That's all.

The Goddess cult officially declares what seems to be based on the oldest "The Demon King and the Brave" story.

Those who have heard the story are astonished, wondering if the upper echelons of the goddess religion have lost their minds in officially promoting a fairy tale for children to listen to.

The fact of the matter is that the statement was made by the world's leading religious organization, so it was impossible to ignore it.

No one in each country took the declaration of the Goddess cult seriously.

However, only the "Witch of the Giant Tower," Wright and the others, are paying attention to this declaration.

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The lowest level of the "Abyss," the office.

I asked Mei, Aoyuki, and Ellie in front of me as I sat in my office chair.

"The Goddess Church has recognized the 'Witch of the Giant Tower' as the Demon King. ...... In a way, this is not important. What matters is that ...... the Goddess Church declared that the 'Witch of the Giant Tower' is deep underground in the world's biggest, strongest, and worst dungeon, the Abyss."

At first, the "Giant Tower" was a birdcage to call Sasha and the "White Knights" and keep them from escaping, a decoy to keep the eyes of the nations from turning to the "Abyss," their home base.

In fact, thanks to this, they succeeded in fishing out Miki and Daigo, who were formerly on the devil's side.

In spite of this, the Goddess Church had pinpointed the home base of Ellie, the "Witch of the Giant Tower," and declared it to be the lowest level of the "Abyss.

I think it's too optimistic to think that ...... is a coincidence." Does anyone have an opinion?

I can assure you that there has been no trespassing, surveillance, or eavesdropping inside the lowest levels of the Abyss.

Nyah~"

Mei, who is in charge of internal affairs at the lowest level of the "NARAku," assured them, followed by Aoyuki, who is surveying the surrounding virgin forest and shaking her head.

Neither of them has detected anything unusual.

Ellie, who is in charge of the "Giant Pagoda," then speaks up.

The same is true for the "Giant Tower. Like Ms. Mei, we have not detected any information being extracted from the outside at this point in time.

It is hard to believe that three people of level 9999 could outwit even the Goddess Church.

I put my hand to my chin and pondered.

I wish I could say for sure that it's all guesswork, but ...... it's hard to tell without any information. I guess we'll have to ask them to continue to gather information about goddess religion, heroes, etc. Mei, Aoyuki, Ellie, I want you to raise the alert to the lowest level of the Abyss, the surrounding area, and the Giant Tower.

Awe.

Nya!

We will take care of it right away.

Mei bowed, Aoyuki raised one hand in cat language, and Ellie responded cheerfully.

Ellie, please arrange for a donation to be made to the Goddess Church in the name of the "Witch of the Giant Tower. As I recall, many countries have given money, but not the "Witch of the Gigantic Tower," right?　I'll pay it in case he's talking nonsense to induce donations, though it may be possible. It's a small price to pay to keep the spears in place.

I'm so sorry," he said. I will make arrangements immediately.

Ellie agreed to my instructions.

I give other instructions just in case.

Aoyuki, just in case this is completely out of the question: ......, Mya and Quone attend the Six Principality Magic Academy, and both of them are "Witches of the Giant Tower"--or rather, "Witches of the Giant Tower." He is an important figure in the "Giant Tower Sect. Since the goddess cult is also based in the Principality of Six, there is no possibility that they will run amok and get their hands on the girls. So, just in case, could you ask them to protect the two of them without them noticing?"

Nya!"

Aoyuki responds immediately as if to say, 'I'll take care of it.

This would make it less difficult to protect the two of them in the event of a problem.

All that remained was to keep a close eye on how the Goddess Church would react.

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