Chapter 491: Fenrir and The Evil God
Fran’s eyes widened as she heard the man introduce himself. Well, even I feel the same way you know?
Even though I thought it might be possible, I was still surprised to hear it from him. I was so surprised that I didn’t raise my voice.
「Fenrir? the magic beast with a threat level of S?」
「That’s right. I’m that Fenrir」
『As what I’ve guessed huh…!』
「It seems that master already knows about me huh. I was going to reveal it a little earlier, but I got a little behind」
「Why?」
「I’ll tell you about that too. But first, let’s talk a little about me」
His name was Fenrir. It seems that his human form was a temporary form he created to communicate with us and that he was actually a giant wolf over 100 meters long.
I don’t know exactly how big he was, I just guessed that he was big enough to kill an Invisible Death with one bite.
「A long time ago, I used to be called a Divine Beast 」
『Does the fact that you’re a Divine Beast mean that you have some kind of connection to God? Or did you just call yourself that?』
「Describing oneself as a Divine Beast would hurt, right?」
Fenrir chuckles at my words.
『Then』
「Aah, yes. My Lord is one of the Ten Great Gods, the Goddess of the Silver Moon」
I see. In the mysterious image that Forrund saw, there was an emblem of the Goddess of the Silver Moon. So, he’s connected to that huh.
「The mission I was given by the Gods was to eat the pieces of the Evil Gods and purify its power. To do so, I was given the ability to take in the power of the person I ate and make it my own, thus I was born」
That’s probably the source of my ability to absorb magic stones and gain power from them. And from what I’ve just heard, it sounds like a God created him right? So, he’s a God’s direct subordinate huh.
「I came down to earth, and in my first day, I succeeded in defeating and devoured pieces of the Evil God」
『Is it possible to meet the pieces of the Evil Gods that quickly?』
Or were the pieces of the Evil Gods roaming around all over the place since a long time ago? However, it seems that is not the case.
「A fool who sought power broke the seal. Originally, I was created to defeat that Evil God」
After that, Fenrir found the seal of a relatively weak Evil God piece, defeated it, and ate it. Including the first pieces he defeated, he had devoured four of them.
He was truly worthy of his name, the Divine Beast that eats Evil Gods. People revered Fenrir as a spokesperson of the Gods, a Divine Beast, and a Divine Messenger. It is said that Fenrir was even treated as an entity on the same level as a God.
However, humanity’s faith did not last long. After all, Fenrir himself went on a rampage and began to attack the humans.
「The delusion of the Evil Gods must have been beyond the imagination of the Gods. I couldn’t fully purify the evil I took in, and it eroded me into the opposite direction」
When he had taken in the first piece of the Evil God, it had seemed to not affect him at all.
「But now that I think about it, I suppose it affected me from the start. Without even realizing it, my appetite and desire for destruction had increased. And driven by this desire, I hunted down the pieces of the Evil Gods at a pace faster than my purification speed」
In the end, Fenrir was unable to resist the temptation to “destroy everything” brought about by the soul of the Evil God he had absorbed, and he then began to run wild.
He caused more damage than the unsealed pieces of the Evil God, and the continent of Zilberd was in danger of being destroyed. Several countries were destroyed, affecting the lives of tens of millions of people.
No, if Fenrir had really gone out of control, there would have been much more damage. However, Fenrir hadn’t completely lost his reason.
「I was like a runaway and struggled all over again. Oh right… Do you remember the Lich from the floating island we fought before? I might be similar to him」
The main personality and the Lich’s personality are fighting for control of the body, and while one of them is awake, the other is asleep huh? I see, so Fenrir’s original personality and the runaway personality that was corrupted by the Evil Gods were both taking turns to show up.
「As my body was gradually deprived of control, I came to this plain with the last of my strength. Well, there was no forest of exhaustion back then though」
「Is that so?」
「Yes, it was created later by the Gods. The pieces of the Evil Gods were separated and sealed here with me, so it wouldn’t get out of the plans」
『Eh? In other words, this plain is……』
「The pieces of the Evil God are sealed in here. It’s a fusion of four pieces of the particularly strong pieces of the Evil God……」
Not only me but also Fran and Urushi stared at the ground unintentionally. It was such a shock. But the man did not laugh at us.
「I know how you feel, but it’s okay. So far, we haven’t had any problems with the seal coming loose.」
『Really?』
「Yeah.」
Thank God. Something is going on with the seal inside me, and I was worried that this one will be okay too. But the situation is not like “The Evil God’s seal is about to be broken!” “Please do something!”
『But still, you said you have separated and sealed the Evil God pieces, right? How did you do that?』
「That’s a good question. Only the Gods would be able to seal the pieces of an Evil God」
「Eh? Then, what did the Gods do?」
「You know…」
When Fenrir arrived at this place, he didn’t have a specific purpose for coming here. He was simply looking for a place where there were few people and animals, and then he found this place.
「A Divine Beasts cannot commit suicide on its own. Because they’re a part of the Divine part of the system that runs the world」
That’s probably why he was looking for a place where he could at least not bother the world.
「But, I heard that even for the Gods, it was difficult to tear the piece of the Evil God out of me and seal it. But then a person appeared.」
『A person?』
「Yeah. Elmera, the Divine level blacksmith. She was the one who made the Cherubim, she was looking for a place to dispose of it」
The creator of Cherubim. In other words, the person who made up the sword part of me. I perceived myself as a sword. Strangely enough, I felt more like a sword than a person.
When I first came into this world, I think I was very conscious of being a human once upon a time. Maybe I got used to being a sword while I was living here as one.
So that’s why I had a strong image of Elmera as my creator. It’s not like she is my parent, but I feel she is somehow close to that.
「Elmera」
「That’s right」
However, Fenrir once again uttered a surprise.
「Well, at first we’re trying to kill each other though!」
『Huh? You were trying to kill each other?』
「You fought her?」
「That’s right. Elmera heard a rumor that I was here, and then she came here to the plains.」
So, she’s been coming here for Fenrir from the beginning huh.
「She thought that if she was going to dispose of the Cherubim anyway, she would unleash all the power of the Divine Sword and defeat the Divine Beast, Fenrir」
『How did that get you to cooperate?』
「I was ready to be defeated by Elmera, trying to somehow hold back my body that was trying to take action on its own… and the Moon Goddess also asked the other Gods to try and save me」
It seems that the Gods, especially the Goddess of the Silver Moon, called out to Elmera and asked her to help Fenrir. So Elmera accepted the request.
「It was probably partly because the Gods had asked her to, but Elmera was also happy that there was still a use for Cherubim」
That’s a Divine level blacksmith there, just like Alistair. She doesn’t want to destroy the Divine Sword as much as possible.
In order to save Fenrir, it was necessary to separate Fenrir’s soul from the Evil God’s soul. So, the Gods decided to separate only Fenrir’s normal soul, leaving the Evil God’s soul in Fenrir’s body, which had already been fused with the Evil God’s pieces.
「The problem was where to store my soul. Because when you cut off a part of a soul, it will drain its power tremendously」
If Fenrir’s soul was left without any vessel, it would disappear in a flash. Then the vessel that was chosen was the Divine Sword Cherubim.
「My body was sealed deep within this plain along with the Evil Gods, and I fell asleep within the discarded Divine Sword」
As a result, the evil beast Fenrir disappeared, and the continent of Zilberd was saved.
『But that didn’t make it a happy ending, right?』
「What do you mean?」
『Well. After all, you’re not in the story now. There has to be a continuation』
「Well, you’re probably right. But my original body is happy you know? Being sealed by the Gods. They even created a barrier for me」
「A Barrier?」
『Could it be the Forest of Exhaustion?』
「The sky too. They are also a barrier against the Evil Gods in case they would resurface. They also absorb the magic power of the surrounding area and gradually weaken the Evil Gods that lie beneath these ruins by continuing to perform purification techniques on it」
The uneven distribution of magical beasts in the Plains of the Demon Wolf was actually due to that barrier. Due to the forest of exhaustion, the Plains of the Demon Wolf is a land where magic power easily accumulates and magic beasts are easily born. Therefore, the Gods also suck up the power from the magic stones of the magic beasts and use them in their purification techniques.
Magic beasts increase in number through breeding, but other than that, they are born from the accumulation of magical power. When a magic beast is born from a pool of magical power, a magic stone is first created, which then becomes a magical beast when it is covered with magical power.
Therefore, the magic beasts themselves are weakened by the Divine Barrier that sucks up the magical power even from the magic stones that have just been created from the pool of magical power. In addition, the closer we get to the ruins, the stronger the barrier power becomes, and the closer we get to the center, the weaker the magical beast becomes.
The magic beast that is born is also unwilling to go near the center because they hate the ruins that suck up their power. It is said that only small magic beasts such as goblins, which are almost immune to the effects of the barrier would come close to the center.
「Will Urushi be okay here?」
「He’ll be fine here. The Forest of Exhaustion sucks up magic indiscriminately, but the barrier of the Plains chooses its target」
He said that since my magic is registered and Urushi is my followers, he will not be affected by the barrier. That’s convenient huh.
「The magic power gathered by the God’s barrier is purifying the pieces of the Evil Gods that parasitized my body every day, but that is not the problem. It’s my soul that’s the problem」
「What’s wrong?」
「Well, to put it simply, I haven’t been able to completely rip the Evil God out of my soul.」