335 Episode 331: Goddess Sama's True Prayer

"Hey, Makoto, what do you want?"

In a clear voice, Lord Noah asks.

"Noah, I want my people back from the witch of disaster." Please help me. "

I put my knees down, bowed my head, and told them what I wanted.

"All right, leave it to me."

It was a reliable reply.

I'll put my head up.

Then there was a beautiful flower garden with a white table and two chairs.

Then, on the table, there were tea cups filled with steam and brightly colored sweets and fruits.

I was confused by the unexpected scenery when I thought it was the upcoming operation meeting of the witch against the disaster.

Lord Noah?

"Come on, come here."

The goddess greeted me with a greeting.

Confusedly, I sat in front of Lord Noah, as I was told.

Lord Noah is elegantly enjoying his tea.

"Noah! I'm waiting for Noel and the Moon Goddess outside!" If you're doing this..... "

"Yes, ahhn"

"Mugu"

Some kind of fruit is thrown into my mouth to block my words.

Shari...... chewing on it overflowed a lot of fruit juice and spread an aromatic fragrance all over my mouth.

And most of all, it's incredibly delicious.

Dunno, my heart beat so hard.

What the hell is this?

"... what is this?"

"The fruit of life. It was all growing in the garden, wasn't it? Makoto has only a few minutes of remaining life. If you eat that, your life will be restored."

"A few minutes..."

I forgot.

Speaking of which, in order to summon the Spirit of Time, I devoted most of my life to sacrifice.

Ah, thank you, Master Noah.

"And don't worry about keeping Noel and Nyal waiting." The space we're in is slowing down time, so it's been less than a few seconds since Noelle and Makoto broke up. ”

"Oh, is that so..."

Saying "Sarari" is a ridiculous thing.

It was the goddess who unlocked the seal and regained her power.

It will be easy to do so.

Makoto, it's getting cold.

I look at the tea cups with tea pouring in front of me.

Lady Noah was in a good mood and was carrying the tea treats into her mouth.

I was thrilled to gently lick the powder of sweets on my fingertips.

Yes, thank you.

When I put my mouth close to the tea cup, it smelled like a peach.

When I took a sip of black tea, I had the illusion that the whole body was floating around.

Escaping the witch of disaster, the fatigue of daily challenges to the submarine temple disappeared in an instant.

"It's as if I drank a psychic (elixir)..."

I went on to try eating a bite of something like macaron from the sweets I had in front of me.

"Ah!?"

After the sweetness that pierced through the brain, the feeling of happiness that made me trance spread in my mouth.

Of course, it was a taste I had never tasted before.

"This tea and sweets were left behind by Eil." It's not bad, is it? "

"Is this from the goddess of water (Eil)..."

All of them have a taste that I don't think is in this world.

Everything was made of Heavenly Realm materials.

"Is it delicious, Makoto?"

"Y-Yes... I can't put it into words."

Oh, right?

Lady Noah, who laughs with a giggle, is beautiful.

Then, for a while, he chatted with no one else.

I've been impatient with the world crisis.

For the goddess, it was time to commemorate the release of the long seal.

As an apostle of the goddess (Noah), I tried to rejoice in her resurrection first.

By the way...

Lady Noah's tone suddenly changed slightly.

"You said you wanted to help your people."

Yes, yes.

Return to a serious look from the chat mode.

"Who do you want to help?"

"That's... first of all, a princess trapped by a witch of disaster."

When we last met, Furia-san's words suddenly resurrected in her brain.

- I'll be right back, my knight.

Her voice, which pointed at me with a weeping smile, was stuck in my brain.

That's right, it's true that Furia-chan is pathetic, isn't it?

Can't you do something about it?

Huh? It's going to be fine, isn't it?

When I asked with a prayer, Lord Noah replied lightly.

"Can you help me!?"

"That's right."

What am I supposed to do?

I stepped out.

"I wonder if the surest thing is to be reincarnated with one (...) death." Since two souls are mixed in Furia-chan's body, separate the body and soul before separating them. Reincarnation is under the jurisdiction of the Goddess of Destiny, so Makoto has a connection, right? "

"No... that's... a bit..."

To say the least, I'm upset with Noah.

I understand the reasoning, but it is not very easy to get Freyae to die for it.

Huh, is there any other way?

"That doesn't solve the problem, but I wonder if the personality of the witch in the disaster will be asleep forever." That way, only Furia-chan's consciousness will appear on the surface, so you'll see it all the time. "

I-I see.

If that's the case, I can't say that it's back to the original Freyae-san.

How do we do that?

"If you manipulate the Spirit of Time, you can do it." Well, I wonder if Makoto will be able to train for 50 years. If you want to train, you can do it at the submarine temple, so it's safe. "

"50 years..."

It takes too long to do anything.

We can't keep our people waiting that long.

"That's a bit..."

Well, it's a bit long for the humans, isn't it?

Master Noah smiled bitterly.

It was too different from the goddess that had existed since the Divine World War.

However, it turns out that there is something to do.

And there are other people besides Furiae who want to help.

Noah, is there a way to help Lucy and Sae-san who are fascinated by the witch of disaster?

"Ahh, that crafty charming magic... how pathetic of you to be deceived by it."

It's a magic word that attracts the whole world, isn't it?

I'm a little more vocal.

To be honest, I can't imagine how I could prevent such a magic on a global scale.

"Oh, I can override all the creatures on this planet in five minutes." You don't have to wonder about yourself like that, and you'll feel like you're in your dream world. "

"Five minutes...?"

This is ridiculous.

For Noah, it seemed like it was a good breakfast.

However, if you do that, it will violate the Divine Realm regulations, so it's impossible.

"...... right?"

Anything is possible if Lord Noah does it directly.

But I can't do that.

Because God can't interfere with the ground (rules).

That's right ~ If you want to blow away the curse, I'm good at the Spirit of the Wind.

"I can't see the spirit of the wind, so that's impossible..."

I'm only qualified for the Spirit of Water.

Wind magic cannot be used.

"Fufu, take a look at Makoto's Book of Souls (Seoul Book)"

Soulbook?

I take it out of my pocket and spread it out.

[Spirit user] skill... enhanced by the resurrection of goddess Noah. It is possible to talk with the spirits of all (·) and (·).

"I-It's..."

"With the resurrection of the goddess Noah (I), the [spirit user] skill has been strengthened, and the spirits are also getting better." Makoto, my apostle, certainly benefits from it. Now Makoto can handle spirit magic of all classes. "

"Ohh..."

I accidentally stared at my hands.

"I started with Water Magic and Beginner and ended up here..."

Well then, if you ask the Wind Spirit, you can also decurse the Witch of Disaster!

"It's a good idea to have the Windy Spirit (Sylph) help you." If you get along just as well with the Water Spirit (Undine), you'll blow the curse off this planet. "

"Well, it took me a thousand years to be like the Great Spirit of Water..."

I was able to train for a thousand years in the space of the Goddess of Destiny (Ira).

I suddenly noticed it here.

"Maybe... with Lord Noah's miracle, even if it's been a thousand years inside the submarine temple, the outside world has only been gone for a day... can you do that?"

Yeah, I can.

Oh, my God!

Then I can train here.

”Fufu, would you like to spend a thousand years alone with me?”

Oh, that's...

While giggling, Master Noah made a fascinating suggestion.

But I soon noticed it.

”... I couldn't live a thousand years because I wasn't in a dream”

Oh, by the way, that's right.

I guess I didn't mean it.

Noah didn't seem to mind either.

"Well then, what should we do..."

I put my arms together and thought about it.

There are no realistic plans.

Makoto, let's take a short walk.

Lady Noah stood up and snorted her fingers.

The chairs that had been sitting before, the tea cups and the tables lined with sweets, disappeared.

Not only that, but the flower garden that surrounded me and Lord Noah was gone.

Instead, inorganic floors and pitch-black ceilings appeared.

What is this place?

It looks like the Divine Beast has returned to the deep sea.

I can see that it was a familiar dark sea view.

The Divine Beast Leviathan is back at the bottom of the ocean.

It seemed that Lord Noah was using magic to project this image.

Katsukatsu Katsu, and Noah proceeded to the back of the submarine temple.

I followed it a little way back.

Where the hell are we going?

Noah, who can read my mind, should have conveyed my doubts, but he didn't have an answer.

Instead, I get a different topic.

“Makoto, you know there are three final labyrinths on this planet, right?”

“Yes, of course I do. [Heavenly Tower (Babel)], [Naraka (Abyss)], and then this [Submarine Temple], right?”

I answered.

If you've ever been an adventurer, it's common sense.

That's right. Do you know what you can get by conquering each of the final labyrinths?

"Well, that's..."

I dig up memories I once learned in the Temple of Water.

― ― Sky Tower (Babel)

A huge tower rises in the middle of the southern continent.

Each tier is wider than the city.

It is rumored that the top of the tower penetrates through the clouds and reaches beyond the atmosphere.

The height of the hierarchy is 1,000 stories.

The highest level reached by mankind is five hundred floors.

I think there's only one person in a thousand-year history who has finally reached half of it.

And when he has overcome the thousand steps of misery, he has the right to step into the heavenly realm.

With the permission to enter the heavenly realm, he is given "eternal life".

It is said that those who climb the tower of the heavens shall be given immortality.

- Naraka (Abyss)

End of the North.

A huge hole in the Arctic continent.

It is said that its bottom is connected to the underworld, and it is also connected to the demon world.

Naraka (Abyss) is inhabited by demonic beasts and phantom beasts that are much more powerful than on the ground.

And in the hundreds of years of cycle, the number of cities destroyed by the "monster rampage from Naraka (Abyss Stampede)" overflowing with monsters from Naraka may be.

It's also known as the Labyrinth of Disasters, but the adventurers who dive there will never stop.

Because in Naraka (Abyss), national treasure class magic stones, sacred silver (Mithril), and god iron (Oriharkon) are rolling around.

Furthermore, the deeper you dive in Naraka (Abyss), the denser the magic power (mana) in the air and the more it affects the human body.

There is also a frowning anecdote that the adventurer, who was ridiculed by his weakness and surroundings, obtained a formidable body and powerful magic power while continuing to challenge Naraka (Abyss) at the risk of his life, and returned to become a demon king.

A labyrinth of dreams for a thousand dollars.

The world's most high-risk, high-return labyrinth.

It is said that it is Naraka (Abyss).

Finally - the undersea shrine.

A labyrinth in the deepest place in the world.

In the middle of two mid-ocean seas.

Further down from the bottom of the deep seabed.

The seafloor shrine sits quietly in the deepest cracks of the earth.

Unlike the other two, the labyrinth is in a difficult place to reach even the entrance.

The most difficult labyrinth that many adventurers have ever given up.

Even Uther Melikrius Pendragon, who is called the King of Adventures, says in his own book, "It doesn't fit the price."

... really, you've been challenging this labyrinth a lot, me.

Even when I tried it, I was so shocked that the Undersea Temple didn't pay off.

Without Lord Noah, we would have turned back.

Well, it's generally a good match.

Does the final labyrinth (last dungeon) have anything to do with fighting the witch of disaster?

"Fufu, that's right."

In response to my question, Master Noah smiled meaninglessly.

"Incidentally, the name of the heavenly realm of the labyrinth, which you call the tower of the heavens, is" Ladder to the heavens. "A labyrinth created by Altena with the intention of creating a new race of gods from the people of the earth. Although I haven't achieved any results at all."

"Hah..."

This is the first story I've heard.

Pretty important information, isn't it?

"Naraka is a completely natural labyrinth (dungeon), opposite to the Heavenly Tower." It is constantly flooded with magical power (mana) that is close to the spiritual Qi (ether) from the big hole that connects with the demon world and the underworld. It's a treasure trove of rare magic stones and metals. However, there are many people who are too close to the underworld and demon world to be pulled back. "

…………

Lady Noah's explanation continued.

At the moment, I didn't know what the intent was.

"Well, here we are, Makoto."

Lady Noah, who was walking a little further, turned back to us.

Glittering silver hair flashes and arcs.

"Look at that."

"...... What is it, huh?"

What was there was a gigantic device of some kind.

It is like a pedestal, and there is a rotary push lever in the middle of it.

It's a big lever that needs a few adults and can be turned.

I don't think I can spin on my own.

"It's okay, Makoto can move it." Come on, touch it. "

Lord Noah ascends to the pedestal and gestures.

I approached Lord Noah.

Then I touched the lever like a giant pillar.

"Ah... really. It's lighter than I thought."

For what it looked like, the lever was light.

...... The lever easily moved as it made a sound.

I still don't know what the lever is for.

Lord Noah opens his mouth to answer my questions.

"Only those who reach the submarine temple on their own have the right to turn this lever." If you say so, it's a reward for the final labyrinth. "

"This is... the right of those who conquered the final labyrinth?"

The eternal life of the 'Heavenly Tower'.

Treasures and powerful powers obtained from Naraka.

Even if it is said to be comparable to that, there is no pin.

By the way, Makoto, do you know what the Divine Beast Leviathan is called?

The topic changed again.

"Um, the guardian god of the sea..."

There were other names such as the guardian of the ocean, the gatekeeper of the deep sea, and so on.

"But the actual Leviathan didn't protect the ocean." We just need to get rid of anything approaching the submarine shrine. "Well, that's because the goddess Noah (I) was sealed..." The original Sea Divine Beast has another important role to play. "

A role other than protecting the undersea shrine?

I've never heard of it.

If you're strong enough, I heard you took part in the Battle of the Gods in the Divine Realm War.

It is an ancient story dating back 15 million years.

I have not heard of any thing that the beast of God has done since.

"...... Fufufu"

Master Noah is laughing in a good mood.

“How did you do?”

“I've never heard of it, of course.”

“What do you mean?”

It's hard for Master Noah to answer my questions.

Continuing to speak slowly to a child who is slower to understand than to be unwanted.

Makoto saw a lot of creatures in the courtyard of the undersea shrine before he got here, didn't he?

Yes, there were monsters, livestock, and even dragons.

At first, I was surprised, but the monsters were harmless.

Everyone was just hanging out with each other.

Do you know why the creatures are gathered?

The goddess of water (Eil) is trying to protect the creatures on Earth, right?

“Why do I need to protect you?”

So that the creature won't go extinct, right?

What could happen to the creatures on Earth?

"... if a Cataclysm occurs"

What have you been asking me? Lady Noah said.

I get a little irritated by the boulders.

"I'm sorry, Makoto." I think it's time I gave you an answer. There's a world where Makoto used to be called a nuclear weapon, isn't there? If a nuclear war breaks out, the earth, the sea, and even the atmosphere will be polluted and the creatures will no longer be able to live... I don't know if you've ever heard of it. "

Yes, but... there are no nuclear weapons in this world.

“Yes, but other planets have often developed weapons of mass destruction similar to those of the past. And when it's used in war, no living thing can live on that planet."

…………

You can't know the history of another planet.

But it sounded like it had nothing to do with our world, where the whole planet is about to be cursed.

It's time for Leviathan.

Master Noah laughs meanly.

I thought that smile looked a little like the goddess of the moon.

"Excuse me. I'm not as black as Nyal."... I'll come to a conclusion. The role of the Divine Beast Leviathan is to rebuild a planet that is no longer inhabitable. This is the gift of the gods and beasts given by the sea gods. "

"Reset...?"

Refute the meaning of words.

Master Noah said.

redoing (resetting) the world.

"I mean..."

"Wash away all the dirt from that star."

”That means... destroying the world, right?”

I asked in a trembling voice.

”Oh (...) um (...) right (...)”

Lady Noah replied lightly.

……

The Divine Beast I challenged was a monster whose purpose was to destroy the world.

I didn't know, but I survived.

But it's not just about destroying them.

Suddenly, Master Noah's voice bounced.

"You saw the creatures in the courtyard of the undersea shrine, right? The creatures protected there are 'chosen' children who are promised to live in a resettled world. That's why the world isn't going to be zero. Even if Leviathan the Divine Beast sinks the world into the sea, only the creatures can survive in the submarine temple."

That's why it's everyone's turn, isn't it?

All the monsters and beasts in the courtyard of the undersea shrine were married.

It was my turn to have children and to keep my offspring alive.

By the way, the switch that destroys the world is the lever that Makoto is holding right now.

"...... Huh?"

Grind and rush to distance yourself from the lever.

"I just turned it a little bit earlier..."

It's okay. If you don't rotate it once, there won't be a 'big flood'.

Well, please say it first.

It's bad for the heart.

"In any case, you have a bad taste. It's a bad joke that a reward for trying your best to clear the final labyrinth can destroy the world."

I let out a small sigh.

There is no point in destroying the world.

What are you thinking about, Kaijin-sama?

Speaking of which, is the Water Goddess operating on your behalf now?

"I knew Eil-sama was scared too..."

At that time, I felt soft on my back.

I immediately realized that Master Noah was hugging me from behind.

Um... Noah-sama?

"Of course, that's not all." Well, that's something you won't be rewarded for. The hero who captured the submarine temple... is given the "right to destroy the world". And then, "The right to choose the one who will survive in the next world."

Master Noah whispered sweetly in his ear.

For a moment, the words became unintelligible and stiff.

Slowly, the brain chewed Noah's words.

The beautiful voice of Lord Noah is spinning more words.

"This device was also a [Summon] device." Look, there's a magic circle a little further away, isn't there? Just go in there and remember, and the children Makoto wants to call can be summoned to the Underwater Temple. Lucy, Aya, Sophia, you can all go to the undersea shrine. I wonder if it's okay for all the people of the Land of Water. That's about it. It's getting a little narrow. The entire western continent is impossible to hit by the boulders. It's up to Makoto to choose. "

"Master Noah...?"

I couldn't say it was a ridiculous joke.

The tone of Noah's voice was sweet and gentle, but he was never joking.

I'm not joking.

"Let's call Furia-chan too." The Witch of Disaster will follow me, but if I'm near the goddess Noah, my charm will be overruled. I was in charge of the fascination magic. You're the hero of the sun goddess, but you can also find Makoto's childhood friend, Ljowski. Noel-chan is lonely. Momo-chan, the half-vampire, and Mel-chan, the white dragon, are also part of Makoto. Even if you're a monster, don't be shy. "

Is it okay for other goddess believers to come?

“Of course, I don't tie anyone up. However, as long as you are near the goddess Noah (I) in the submarine temple and you are not fascinated by me,

Oh, I... I can't do that.

It was impossible not to be enchanted by the resurrected goddess, Lord Noah.

I'm sure you'll change your mind as soon as you come to the undersea shrine.

If you are not called to the undersea shrine in the first place, you will perish with the outside world.

From the gratitude you've survived, you're more likely to change your faith from yourself.

I'm sure the people of the new world will only believe in Goddess Noah.

I was sure of that.

The world will be Noah's.

"That's not true, Makoto."

Lady Noah denied my thoughts.

There's a warm breath in my ear.

"The world will be yours, Makoto." You, the messenger of Goddess Noah, will be the king of the world. "

"Lord Noah..."

Noah's voice is sweet and gentle.

The goddess who has always guided me since I first met her.

Something went wrong, and I believed that voice.

Lord Noah won't give me orders.

He always tells me to move freely.

That's why this time.....

Makoto. I have a wish.

I noticed that Master Noah, who was supposed to be turning his arms from behind, was standing directly in front of me.

With sparkling eyes, Master Noah clenched my hand, which dyed my cheeks slightly.

The goddess's palms were as soft as marshmallows, and they were gruesomely warm.

"What...?"...... Master Noah "

I swallowed it, trying to say whatever I could.

It's unusual for Lord Noah to ask me a favor.

But I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you a favor after this...

The words come from the bright pink lips.

“Let's destroy this world and create a new one for us.”

The smile full of compassion was not cloudy at all, and my dear goddess (Noah), who believed in me, wished for the ruin of the world.