The Evil God Beyond the Smartphone

＜ 51 : under the name of the evil spirit (3) ＞

Guilford, who had visited Estasia, had to come out without doing anything in the end.

It was because everyone around them was hostile to Guilford and the mercenaries.

No matter how good Guilford was in battle, it was impossible to wield a sword against an opponent without a weapon.

Besides, even the old men and children around Estasia were throwing themselves away to stop Guilford.

He didn’t take the path of a hero to cut them down.

Guilford Plow.

For him, the path of a hero was to protect people and punish evil.

A hero who exists to harm innocent people is meaningless.

So Guilford had no choice but to leave Estasia alone and descend to the bottom of the mountain empty-handed.

“Captain, are you okay?”

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Maybe it was because he was constantly showing his energy while coming down from the mountain.

Guilford, who was sitting blankly looking at Ascalon, spoke to the wizard Jenny, who was next to him.

At Jenny’s worried question, Guilford’s gaze turned to her.

Guilford nodded and spoke to Jenny.

“…Yeah. No problem.”

“Are you really okay?”

“It just took some thinking because it was a headache. It seemed impossible to convince people at all.”

Having said that, Guilford recalled the figure of Estasia in his head.

Contrary to Ascalon’s story of a fallen angel, it was an obvious angel that was there.

It is also an angel with the ability to heal people.

Even if she claimed that she belonged to an evil spirit toward an angel who heals people, they only denounced Guilford as a madman.

Rather, there were those who claimed that only the one who sent down her, an angel, was the only true God.

What kind of means can you use to convince those who have experienced miracles?

It seemed impossible to Guilford, who had only wielded a sword on the battlefield all his life.

“Because everyone seemed to like angels… Maybe it’s going to be difficult for us to convince, right?”

“Since he showed me the miracle of healing people, it would be impossible to convince me with just a few words.”

“And that too… Oh, how about this then?”

Jenny, who was contemplating in front of Guilford, showed that she had a good idea.

Guilford then turned to her.

“How?”

“The sword that the leader has, isn’t it something called a shinigami?”

“You mean Ascalon? It’s definitely something like that, but…”

“I’m asking that sword to have the goddesses send down angels.”

He sends down angels using Ascalon.

That was Jenny’s plan.

It was a story about responding to angels with angels.

“You’re sending down angels?”

“Angels are messengers of the gods, so if it was a goddess, would you be able to send down angels too? If there were angels on our side, wouldn’t people listen to them?”

“If possible, not a bad plan.”

In the end, the problem was the angel who came down from heaven.

If we can send down the same angel from the other side, we will be able to solve this problem to some extent.

First, we should ask Ascalon if it is possible to summon an angel, though.

Guilford judged that way and looked at Ascalon.

gimmick——.

After receiving Guilford’s gaze, Ascalon began to emit light.

“Ascalon. Is the story that just came out possible?”

– “…it’s impossible right now.”

But Ascalon’s answer was firm.

Goddess cannot send down angels.

He denied Jenny’s plan from the very beginning.

Guilford grabbed the handle and asked about Ascalon’s story.

“Why? Angels must be servants of the goddess. Can’t a goddess not even be able to move her own servants at will?”

– “The gods, bound by the law of causality, cannot actively intervene on the earth, because the karmic scales do not tolerate it.”

“For the same reason as I said before.”

The scale of karma. and causality.

He said earlier that these two factors will be a problem for heroes in this war.

Again, causality was an issue.

Even the angels can’t manage it properly, so they make them go down to the earth, and they can’t even send an angel to deal with the problem.

It was a contradictory situation for anyone to see.

There are so many things that evil spirits are capable of, and that goddesses have many things that are so impossible.

It was a reality that even Guilford, who was chosen as a hero, could not understand.

Did he feel something from Guilford’s attitude like that?

Ascalon talked to Guilford about other possibilities.

– “The gods cannot interfere on the earth. But if you have a divine spirit, it may become possible someday.”

“Is it possible? When is that?”

– “When most of Ascalon’s sealed power has been awakened. When that time comes, you too will be able to summon angels.”

“After all, was it a story that there was no hope for a while?”

Even if the sealed power was released and it became stronger, it was unknown when the seal would be released.

Guilford, who was stunned by Ascalon’s story, stood up.

It is difficult for an outsider, Guilford’s party, to convince the angels’ followers.

Right now, there was no clear solution.

As Guilford stood up from his seat and looked at the ridge where Estasia would be, Ascalon showed a strong blink once again.

– “At the beginning, it’s not that difficult to solve this kind of thing.”

“If there was a way, I should have told you sooner.”

– “There would be no need to worry so much about leaving the simple method. I don’t know why you keep insisting that you need an angel.”

“What do you mean?”

– “These people over there are members of the denomination. It’s a story that doesn’t deserve guilt by killing them.”

Guilford was able to guess Ascalon’s intentions from the unusually flowing conversation.

“Are you telling me… to cut down all those people with my own hands?”

– “That would be the most reasonable and simple way.”

Ascalon’s story was simple.

All the people over there are heretics, so it meant that there would be no problem even if they were to be executed.

Guilford’s eyes narrowed at Ascalon’s words.

It was because he couldn’t believe the words the shingi he was holding uttered.

He looked at Ascalon again while holding on to the scabbard that Ascalon had entered.

“…are you serious about that now?”

– “The members of the church are like a tumor. If left alone, it will grow bigger and bigger and encroach on the body. If you don’t cut it when it’s small, it will spread slowly.”

“you…….”

– “If we move on to being the same human being, the entire human race will eventually explode. Are you going to wrap it up as the same human being even then?”

Guilford’s gaze at Ascalon became increasingly harsh.

The hand holding the scabbard looked stronger than before.

A voice filled with emotion escaped Guilford’s mouth.

“I’m not crazy.”

– “Also, every time you kill a member of the Order, the balance of your balance will come back.

The balance of the scale is partially restored.

And even the followers of the evil gods who can become the aftermath can be removed.

It may seem like a good enough story for Ascalon, the new god, to think about it.

If you look at it from the point of view of Ascalon, who is a god, that is.

“……”

– “You are a hero to save mankind. Think of the people you carry.”

However, Guilford personally met people while climbing the mountain.

Someone kindly guided Guilford, and someone threw themselves to block Guilford.

The fearless little child even stabbed Guilford with a slender twig.

As Guilford was climbing the mountain, what he encountered was a living, breathing person.

It was not the karma of tilting the scales, nor was it a tumor that corrodes the human body.

Killing a kind person who didn’t even have a weapon was something he couldn’t do easily, even if he became a hero.

“Are you calling such a being a hero?”

– “Yes. That’s the hero’s duty.”

He became a mercenary to cut people.

However, not everyone was holding a sword to cut.

He wasn’t even a knight of honor, he was just a mercenary.

Even so, from the moment he first held the sword, there was at least one rule that was engraved into his heart.

That’s why Guilford talked to Ascalon, who encouraged battle.

“Ascalon. I’m not a knight, and I don’t even know about honor, but I do know the morals of a human being.”

– “What are you talking about?”

“It is a story that no matter how much a member of the denomination does not kill a child.”

shudder.

Ascalon, who had been pulled out halfway, completely slammed into his sheath, and Guilford turned around.

Then he looked at the members of the mercenary corps who looked at him.

Jennie. Garp. And many mercenaries who follow him.

They looked at Guilford, waiting for his decision.

As the commander of the mercenary corps, Guilford gave instructions to such companions.

“I’m leaving here. I’ll follow you right away.”

– “Gilford Floud. A hero’s duty——.”

“There’s no need to kill a guy who’s helping people. I don’t think this is an urgent problem to solve right now.”

After speaking, Guilford immediately packed up and started moving.

The mercenaries who had been chatting while leaving Guilford joined the ranks following the moving commander.

All that was left was Jenny and Garp, who were staring at him blankly.

Jenny said, looking at the back of Guilford’s head as she moved out of the mountain range.

“After all, you only see the angels and do nothing.”

“Well, isn’t it a man’s life to go crazy sometimes?”

“……man?”

“Anyway, let’s chase after it! Everyone will be waiting for us.”

Garp, who shouted loudly at Jenny, moved in a hurry and started chasing the party.

Even Garp disappeared after chasing the mercenaries, but Jenny couldn’t be the only one left here.

Jenny also grabbed the staff and followed Garp and the mercenaries.

The sound of Jenny’s footsteps moving in a hurry spread through the dense forest.

It was one summer day when the sun was scorching hot.

* * * * * *

“It’s a good yet difficult performance.”

I muttered while looking at the newly acquired items through the payback event.

It was because of the annoying characteristics of the newly acquired item.

The unique characteristic of [Holy Relic: Etalia’s Compass] that appeared in the 10th draw, ＜Sacred Follower＞.

The characteristic of ＜Following the Divine＞, which seems complicated from the name, had the following effects.

– Relics belong to the wearer until the first wearer dies.

– While the sun is rising, relics will have the following functions.

– While the effect of ＜Follow the Holy＞ is active, the relic indicates the direction of the relic that the wearer is thinking of.

– If the distance to other relics is too close, the detection function is lost and a warning is displayed.

– While the effect of ＜Following the Holy＞ is active, the wearer cannot use magic power.

– If the effect of ＜Follow the Holy＞ ends, it cannot be activated again until the next sun goes down.

It can detect other relics that the character has in mind.

When you look at only this part, it was an item with tremendous performance.

If you give a command to the character, the AI will automatically detect the target.

It is easy to find out the direction of the relic wherever it is.

If you use this relic, the difficulty of finding the stake of Ergus you are targeting would also go down.

However, the problem was the strict conditions below.

“If it’s attributable, you have to give it to Yutenia, but it’s ambiguous that you can’t use magic.”

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Magical power cannot be used normally while the ＜Following the Holy＞ attribute is activated.

I was going to give this item to the wizard Yutenia, so it was difficult to use magic.

It was because the story that a wizard could not use magic was effectively disarming.

Of course, there was no way to use magic.

It was possible to use magic again if you stopped using the relic.

“It looks like you can use magic again when you finish using it…”

However, after the activation was terminated, there was a considerable length of cool-time until it was used again.

Since the next year can be activated after the sunset, in effect, I had to wait two days.

If you cut off the effect of the relic to use magical power, the search will be delayed for two days due to game time.

It could not be a strong penalty commensurate with the powerful effect.

However, it is not possible to give the bound items to a guy named Philip who is next to Yutenia.

“Utena? Evan? No, Evan is also a magic swordsman, so if he doesn’t use his magic, he can’t fight properly.”

Reluctantly, I looked at the [Holy Relic: Etalia’s Compass] and pondered for a long time who I should hand it to.

Evan and Yutenia. and Roan.

The figures of the church passed through my mind sequentially.

The figure of Kueberg passed through my mind for a while, but it was fortunate that I did not put the relic in my mouth.

Of course, there was nothing to say about Estasia, who was locked in her seat and did not move.

After thinking about the owner of the relic for a long time, I came to one conclusion.

“Ha… Let’s think about it after giving it to Utenia or the magic book we have.”

First of all, he decided to continue thinking about the magic he had drawn out and handed it to Eutenia.

After making a conclusion, I turned over my inventory and opened the page with [Spellbook: Giga Lightning].

[Spellbook: Giga Lightning].

This time, it was a magic book that was newly acquired in the draw.

In the past, I would have used it as soon as I pulled it out, but now I have a family that comes with me, so I had no choice but to do it.

It was for maximum efficiency to give Yutenia a spell book and let her learn magic first.

“I wish I could learn it quickly and return it. Because I also want to try a new magic once.”

After Yutenia had mastered all the magic and returned the spellbook as an offering, it was then my turn to learn ＜Giga Lightning＞.

If I learn the magic of the thunderbolt system, Evan who has [Shingi: Astrafe] will also be able to use it.

In addition, Roan’s [Magic Sword: Ednos] had the effect of storing magic.

A total of four people, including myself, will be able to use the same magic.

Four people can use it together with just one newly acquired magic.

It could not have been the greatest growth efficiency anyone could see.

“Eutenia was… probably in the west.”

After opening the inventory containing the Spellbook, I started looking for Utenia to be somewhere.

From my memory, it seemed that Euthenia was passing through the middle position between the Church and Estasia.

Whoops. Shh.

I flipped through the map at high speed and wandered around looking for Utenia, which was moving west.

And the moment I found the figure of Utenia moving in a wagon.

New messages started appearing one after another at the bottom of the screen.

– ＜Cultist＞ has died.

– The amount of karma obtained according to faith is reduced by one.

– ＜Cultist＞ has died.

– The amount of karma obtained according to faith is partially reduced.

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– ＜Cultist＞ has died.

– The amount of karma obtained according to faith is partially reduced.

A decrease in the amount of karma obtained by the death of a cultist.

That was the content of the newly emerged message.

Embarrassed by the sudden message, I immediately checked the appearance of Utenia.

There seemed to be no problem in Euthenia, who was reading the book.

If so, this fact meant one thing.

“My followers are dying…?”

A problem arose with the believers somewhere.

It is also a big problem that believers with the characteristics of ＜Cultist＞ will die.