1 First story: NewGame

..................... dead.

That was the last thought that Elias Takudo (wanted) had.

Consciousness has already fallen into darkness and the five senses have been lost a long time ago.

It was dramatic when it came to incurability, but that didn't make me feel any more convinced about it, all I got was a worthless life of spending a long time in a hospital bed.

It was unfortunate to leave the world at only eighteen years of age, but fortunately it was calm in my heart.

It was the satisfaction of being alive enough, and the miracle of seeing him in the last few years with a game that could be so enthusiastic that he was worried about doctors and nurses.

There is no end to the words spoken, but Takudo Elia died in contentment.

But.

"... hmm. This is the post-mortem world? It's kind of cold."

Consciousness returned to him again.

When Takudo opens his eyes, it's green on one side that's spreading there. From the gaps in the trees that look high overhead, I can see the leaking sun plugging in.

It feels strong on the back. He decided it was probably a pedestal made of stone or something because when I touched it lightly with my hand, it returned a shiny touch.

The clothes are intact, but the depressing infusion needle and artificial respiratory mask disappear beautifully and refreshingly.

On the contrary, his body was so full of strength that it could be said that it was the best he had ever felt.

"Ha, the air tastes good"

Suddenly, the sober air fills his stomach and the green view that spreads in front of him fills his memories of the depressed hospital room that erodes him.

Takudou is still struck by the fact that the body moves slightly, which was also painful to move due to a severe illness, that this is still the post-mortem world.

I accidentally called out to him as he touched his pelvis and body to confirm his condition.

"Are you awake?

An understated voice would belong to a girl if his predictions were correct.

Maybe this is the existence of a rumored angel.

Although it is an absurd prediction, events have already taken place beyond common sense at a time when we are consciously aware of ourselves in this setting now.

If you're an angel who guides you through the post-mortem world, you can't take the rogue.

He hurriedly corrects his disfigured clothes and raises his face toward his voice.

But...

True insanity was the girl herself in front of her.

(- What do you mean?

How stunned is he?

But no matter how blinking your eyes are, the sight remains unchanged.

The girl in front of her was sitting quietly as if she were guessing, waiting for Takudo to digest the confusion that had arisen within.

A pink black robe that envelops the girl's body in dull grey hair reminiscent of ash.

The embellishments made of metal have twists as if they disregarded existing laws, but all of them are beautifully reconciled.

And most importantly, the eyes of that deeply inhaled abyss, which a man cannot hold, are nothing more than proof of her knowledge.

Takudo knew her.

No, she's the only one who won't forget if she dies.

The game he's been playing on the hospital bed.

Dark Fantasy World Staged State-run simulation game, heroic unit featured in "Eternal Nations" Eternal Nation.

"Maybe......" Atu "?

"Yes. - My king."

The girl was the most beloved character in the game he loved most in his life.

Knowing or not the stunner of Takudo, the girl known as Atu responds to Takudo's words with a soft smile and a generous thank you.

"Wang..."

Small discomfort and enormous confusion over the word strikes him.

I haven't even been given time to understand what happened to me, but the only thing I can understand is that she has respect for herself.

I don't want to show you the fuss. I just don't want to be discouraged by the characters in the game I loved the most.

It was only vanity, but it was all to him that he spent time in that hospital room.

It can't exist in his choices, such as showing pity.

If she calls herself king, she must be.

It was no longer an emotion close to paranoia, but it was Takudo's belief and the most honorable thing to him.

(Duh, what am I supposed to do!? ROLEPLAY!? I think king means minogula leader......? Should I act like a king? But how!?

"Phew..."

"-?"

His heart roars so painfully at his little smile.

He used to have a lot of nurses and doctors flying right in, but now he's lucky to never get sick to this extent.

Most of all, that's not why the girl in front of me told me what the grin meant...

"It's okay. Dear Takudo,"

The soft words were enough to melt his nervous mind.

Words that were then spun stunned him more than that...

"Difficulty Nightmare Clear not stepped on by the former! Minogula, a state that is supposedly the hardest to handle to use. Its arm shines as a grand first place in officially recognized user rankings. Legendary Player, Ira-Tact!

"Hey, why?

It was the trajectory he left behind in his life.

Takudo's life was mostly in the hospital room.

Every day is a series of inspections, and I don't have time to rest.

The house was wealthy, but my parents probably weren't as interested in me as they were in my infirm self.

To the extent that he came to visit me compulsorily when I forgot, only solitude was later his daily routine.

But among them, the only one he could find his potential was the "Eternal Nations" in the national simulation game.

A turn-based game that uses a wide variety of races and nations present in the fantasy world to win the world.

The time thief point that a single play time was more than a dozen hours was also a strange match for his lifestyle.

Eventually he forgets loneliness - only in that game he was so enthusiastic about filling it up that he would know he existed if he was a player who would rank and turn up the heat in a ranking contest.

Yes, it is a feat he prides himself on having cleared it in the 'Eternal Nations' highest difficulty, the 'Minogula', a nation that is considered the hardest to use, even though people were told it could not be cleared.

A record was set among players even called legends, precisely because of the presence of a unit called Atu, the girl in front of them.

"I remember everything, too."

Her words, released briefly, had answered all of Takudo's questions, except insanity.

"What Takudou-sama talked to me about, how many times we conquered the world together. That I've been over the game many times. I remember everything."

The words spoken seemed flat, but I can see that they contain emotions on each end.

Perhaps she feels the same way about herself.

Takudo's chest was flooded with inspiring two letters.

"Rest assured. I remember Takudou-sama properly."

Takudo feels his eyeballs getting hot on the words.

Maybe the tears were spilling.

I thought I should say some kind of attentive dialogue, but I can't afford him right now, and I can only vent my inner thoughts so I can plunder.

"It was my style of play to use you... 'Atu' and it was my policy."

"Yes, we've always been with you"

Atu is a hero unit of possibility.

A powerful unit, a hero, that each nation can possess specially. Atu, which can be used by a state called Minogula, has the characteristic of being the weakest of all heroic units in its initial capacity.

On the other hand, it was also the unit that could grow into the most powerful being.

It is also impossible for Takudo, who admired the outside world, admired freedom and continued to admire possibilities and the future, to show a certain obsession.

"Because I was weak. Maybe he wished he could be like you."

"I have shown Takudou-sama all sorts of worlds"

"I'm a little embarrassed to think they were listening to me sneaking around when I was alone,"

"I've always been waiting for you to talk to me."

"... it's good to talk to you in person."

"I, too, would be delighted to talk to Takudou-sama"

Words spinning like a friend for years, even though we first met.

No, the form is different. The trust there has been cultivated over the years.

It was a pioneering road wrapped in unexpected events, but I just wondered if there would be such a miracle in the post-mortem world, and various questions had erupted.

"Is this heaven? Did you call me here?

"No, that's not true. I was here too if I noticed. If you're going to add, I'm also deciding that it's a little different from heaven. One way or another, I feel more like this - an atmosphere similar to the world of 'Eternal Nations'."

Atu shook his head small after looking around.

For some reason, Takudo could understand that she wasn't lying just because of that attitude.

"I don't know, the world......" Atu snorted small at the whining words. I was able to grasp the approximate with the trick.

"If I say miracle...... is it stale (chimp)? But I don't think I mind stale. I'm just glad I met Takudou-sama."

As I replied, Takudo nodded as well.

All the confusion dominates him, but it is no joy to him that Atu and I were able to have a conversation nonetheless.

But there's no way I'm letting myself be happy like this.

Takudou thought so in the calm part left to himself.

In the past he lived every day to the fullest, but now that restriction is liberated.

Then life needs purpose.

It was also an idea close to the paranoia he derived because he was impatient with incurability and made me think so much about something called death that I didn't like it.

Meaning of life.

He was craving a new purpose in his life for what he meant by being led into this situation.

"Dear Takudou... Would you like to start again?

"... Huh?

So the word entered his heart so much that death had departed.

"Now, please stand before it."

Gently prompted, get up.

Apparently, the stone pedestal - he slept in a place like a bed, slightly muscled and stretched lightly.

Atu, who stares at him with such a look similar to charity, sees gaps and connects words, taking care never to interfere with Takudo's actions.

"I don't know where this is. It could be the world of 'Eternal Nations', or the real world where Takudou-sama was. Or maybe a different world. But then again...

- Let's start with you two. Let's make our own kingdom. "

Her wishes were terribly concise and at the same time unchanged.

It was a relationship between the character and the player of the game, but they have made and raised a country many times.

That was their way of life, their relationship.

That is also why I can say that her wishes are not so strange.

And the change that the wish made to Takudo was also natural.

Atu stares at Takudo with his eyes in deep darkness, thanking him supinely and waiting for an answer.

Those eyes couldn't have kept Takudo's heart from moving.

Because she was the character he loved most, an important being, and above all the admiration itself.

(Ha, kingdom. or…)

A tiny one with nothing, no power, no land, no treasure, nothing.

Takudo felt clear that his heart was excited by Atu, who called himself a king like that.

No, even the expression exciting is raw.

He was the best at controlling his emotions and keeping his body from trembling with excitement.

(I don't know what's happening to us. I don't even know where this is. But it's a corner, let's try it again. Let's recreate those glorious days in this world)

Healthy flesh moving without any resistance. Infinite possibilities are now open to him for the departure of the sick.

More importantly, there are characters on his side of the game who have turned up so much heat.

Takudo decided to take a step.

From that world just waiting for a white, gloomy death to the world where, for the first time, you can open your own destiny.

He now has his freedom.

"Atu......"

"Yes, my king."

"Let's make our country. Just me and you."

The contract was made.

Hearing the words No, she turned away from the bewildering look she had just made, a glamour on its face reminiscent of a girl of her age, and nodded loudly.

And then he coughs one small "then," a performance Takudou has seen over and over again in the game - mouthing the words of a contract spinning upon a hero's summons.

"My name is Atu the Sludge. A mud dropper that destroys the world. More than this, my heart belongs to you.

- Come on, let's fall together everywhere. My king. "

Nod forcefully and respond to words.

Thus, for the first time in his life, a man named Takudo Era died,

I had a dream I wanted to fulfill, even at the expense of everything.

* NewGame Start!

Player: ira-tacto

CIVILIZATION: Mynogura

Attribute: Evil

Difficulty:?????

………

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Okay, then we'll talk about it.

After a single ritual, the two of them were savoring the subtle air.

Regardless of Atu, Takudo has never acted this far in his life.

It's also the first time I've ever unleashed a confessional word about creating a country just for two against a beautiful girl.

As a matter of fact, this is the first time that Atu of Toru has received such a word as well.

If we were to describe the situation in the slightest, we were both ashamed of ourselves.

"... it's kind of like this."

"I was a little embarrassed too. I was more than happy."

Two people laughing at each other as if they were a first couple.

But put some time aside and take it slightly seriously.

This place is an unimaginable land for them. Whatever you put down requires action.

Takudo, who so decided, decides to move quickly to action.

"Then you are my only one. Second brains in my heart. Do you understand what the evil state of Minogula, which leads the world to ruin, should do first!?

"Of course! My king!

Did you try to shake off the clumsy shame, or was it another reason?

As Takudo jumps on the pedestal, he releases words against only one belly in a playful manner.

Of course, Minogula's most powerful hero, Atu, answers with his breath.

Even if each other had no words, they understood what policies and with what guidelines they would operate the state.

That's thousands of repeated actions. Stone engraved from corner to corner of the brain no longer.

their style of play. The way they fight. Making their country. Declarations to which they are condensed.

What is Mynogura led by Takudo......

"We're pulling!

"Let's pull!

Despite the official setting of the most wicked state, it was a peaky state of ultra-internal specialization, where all civilizational features were favourable to internal affairs and unfavourable to war.

= Eterpedia = = = = = = = = = =

[Sludge Atu] Combat Unit

Combat: 3 Mobility 1

Affinity of Ruin +2 Affinity of Darkness +1 Affinity of Chaos +1

Evil, Heroes, Fantasy.

* This unit has a constant chance to gain the ability of the destroyed unit.

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~ ~ The great God of Light created man more than mud.

Then an unnamed, tough being created more atu than sludge ~

Atu is a heroic unit of Mynogura.

It is very weak at the start of the game and in some cases inferior to normal units, but has a strong affinity enough to compensate for it.

It also gains the ability of the destroyed units and has the highest growth of all hero units.

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