That’s right. I have Bioplant Seeds in my pocket.
I deliberately take out a Bioplant Seed and call on the Plant Modification icon.
With a *beep*, the modification icon appeared, and I smiled.
What the hell is this, it’s too obsolete.
No matter how I look at it, it’s obviously at the level of a toy made by a child.
Manual operation that only raises and lowers the established stats, it’s too ridiculous.
I activate the Gene Modification skill concurrently.
When I do, minor static occurs in the Plant Modification screen, and a new entry....the Free Word entry appeared.
What should I make?
Hmm... first I need a castle, to be used as a base.
I enter the word ‘castle’.
A list of the equipment and materials required for the modification appears.
Yeah, that fake is definitely a Homunculus in Raphtalia’s form.
From the information this Shield imparted unto me, I know the workings of Homunculi.
A Homunculus is able to perfectly mimic a person, but for them to have prolonged life, they must go through constant maintenance. Even with that, it’s difficult for them to live very long.
I can’t call something like that living.
I activate my Human Experimentation and Gene Manipulation powers, and use it on the slave before me.
My goal is to treat the warping to the best of my ability.
From my Shield, a light blue pattern of formulas and letters fly out. They wrap around the slave.
 “!?”
Without any ways of escape, the slave shakes violently. It tries to let out a scream, but no sound escapes its lips.
The other slaves retreat further into their corners as they look upon the scene. Perhaps they believe that this is the time when they will be disposed of. Eventually, the patterns shine brighter, and... The treatment finishes.
“Ah...”
The slave who had undergone treatment blinks as it stares at me.
“How do you feel?” (Naofumi)
“It doesn’t hurt. I’m not in pain... My consciousness doesn’t feel faint anymore.”
“I see.” (Naofumi)
“I think you were... The person who occasionally came by to give us medicine. Did you save me as well?”
“Yeah, now you’re definitely back to normal. If you want, try running around outside. Firo, play with him a bit.” (Naofumi)
“Yeah!” (Firo) “Thank You!”
not like I’m omnipotent. Even if I have been granted a complete understanding of Alchemy, there is no precedent to reviving the dead
 Using the dragon pulse, I can rapidly elevate its level. This skill sucks up the experience lying dormant in the earth, and allows me to grant it unto people. It’s a higher form of an ability wild monsters naturally possess.
At the moment, the maximum I can grant is up to level 30.
I press my Shield to the cultivation tank containing the monster, and I flip a switch.
The effect I activate is Ability Bonus: Bio Custom, Alchemic correction, and also.... Gene Modification.
Geometric Symbols and letters fly out, wrapping aound Rat’s precious monster.
... Strengthening it is all about imagination.
What sort of strength is he seeking? That’s the most important.
Even though he isn’t human, I shouldn’t do any modifications he doesn’t personally wish for.
“Now then, imagine what you wish to become. I’ll assist you to the best of my ability.” (Naofumi)
Rat’s monster nods once more, and its ideal image enters my mind. ... Well then.
Rat wanted to make a monster like a dragon, with overwhelming vitality. One that wouldn’t die easily.
That will has perfectly transferred itself to her precious specimen. Perhaps their hearts are linked in some way.
However... This is a bit over the physical capacity of this monster.
 If modifications exceed a monster’s capacity, then my Human Experimentation and Gene Modification capabilities don’t work.
In that aspect, the Bioplants have an extremely large capacity.
Of course, to activate it, a large amount of magic and SP is consumed. But with the Shield’s recovery ability, if I rest a bit, it will replenish on its own.
That’s just how high my current level is. What should I do...
“Sorry, but please lower your expectations a bit. Otherwise...” (Naofumi)
Rat’s monster stares at me and conveys its strong will.
Well, if I do a slightly lower modification, there are still other ways of strengthening it.
I edit the image Rat’s monster sent me, lowering it a bit, before presenting it back to the monster.
This much is quite possible.
Luckily, I already have all of the necessary materials in my Shield. Though some of them are a bit rare.
“I see... So this is the strength you long for? Show me that you can withstand any pain, any curse, any suffering to attain this strength!” (Naofumi)
I activate the Gene Modification.
The modification will take a bit of time.
Something bangs against the walls of the Culture Tank, and the water in it churns violently.
 Rat’s monster needs further modifications... I start framing the components.
I made it so that the monster will live in a sort of core and can be transplanted into different bodies.
For its first body, I do large modifications on a First Generation Raph body.
The current body I’m making is 3 meters in height.
A Raph even larger than Firo floats in the tank in front of me. It’s the body Rat’s monster will inhabit.
Eventually the modifications finish, and Rat’s monster shows its new form. It’s a red... round crystal.
Rat’s monster has evolved to one that controls a body from a core.
At that moment.
Something shattered. The outside of my shield falls to pieces, and the New Deadly Sin tree disappeared.
And then I blacked out for a second
Furthermore, there’s even a strange skill like ‘C’mon Raphs’.... the things this shield has. When used, I can summon the Raphs by portal.
 With Atlas’s help, I used a technique that wasn’t a skill. I deploy Collect at the raining fire. As if it were draining down a large funnel, the rain gathers, and heads towards me. Based on how strong this attack is, I’ll change the battle plans.
In that time, the Heroes began concentrating attacks on the Lower Altitude bird that rushed at us.
The rain of fire comes into contact with my shield, and stops.
It just feels like a normal rain hitting the top of an umbrella. What I currently have equipped is a reinforced Spirit Turtle Shell.
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Spirit Turtle Shell (Awakened) +8 70/70 SR Ability Bonus:
...
Equipment Bonus:
Skill S Float Shield , Reflect Shield Special Ability:
Gravity Field
C Soul Recovery
C Magic Snatch C Gravity Shot
」「」「
 Tenacity Enhancement Magic Defense (Large) Lightning Resistance SP Drain Null
Growing Power
Proficiency Level 100
Item Enchant Level 8 Defense 10% Up Dragon Spirit Defense 50 Fire Resistance Up Status Enchant Magic 30+
Where Houou was standing, is now a ball of fire as brilliant as the sun.
And it’s still expanding. The ground below it scorches and melts. Nothing is left in its path. At the same time, far, far away... the flames could be seen, even from Melromark.
Curse Series. Wrath Shield, Blessing!
Blessed Series. You have unlocked the Shield of Compassion!
You have fulfilled the conditions to unlock the Soul Shield!
You have unlocked the Demi-Human Series! Series Completed!
 You have completed the Slave User Series!
You have unlocked the Comrade Series! Series Completed!
You have dispelled the Curse of Blutopfer!
Blessed Series
The Blessed Series is a series granted only to those who have overcome their curses. A powerful series of weapons.
There is a default form, and it can evolve to other shapes.
The Equipment Bonuses are based on the Shield it changes to.
Bless Series
Shield of Compassion
Ability Bonus:
...
Equipment Bonus:
Skill Change Shield (Attack) Iron Maiden Meteor Wall Special Ability:
Benevolent Temptation
Enchant
Blessing
All Resist
Spell Support
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 Naofumi: “Too noisy”
I catch the pests by their talons and throw them towards the ground.
“Kyuiii!?”
Just like how the body needs a soul to complete itself...
Just like how a Legendary Weapon needs a Hero...
We’re bound by a single thread. I search for the point that connects me.
To counter this separation, that was supposed to be impossible, I need to form a stronger bond. The body was made for the soul, and the soul was forged for the body.
Let the truth be unraveled once more. My Shield is...
Tact’s weapon flashes, and a single light flies from his hand to mine. A strong light fills the area and blinds everyone present.
And in my field of vision, the nostalgic Shield Icon manifests.
“Wha- Impossible!”
」「
 Before using Vanzin, Tact turns to me. And I prepare to take his attack head-on.
“Hmph!”
Using my Shield, I repel and nullify his signature move.
Now that our lost bond has been strengthened, this attack is nothing to me.
My status has returned to that of when I had the Shield before... no, it’s risen several levels. Though my attack power is the same as always.
A cage made of Shields surrounds Tact, and through my Change Shield, they all become Shields furnished with spikes.
I’m holding back to an extent where it won’t kill him, so there are no problems.
U-understood! All Revelation Aura X !” (Naofumi)
Upon receiving my support magic, we start off towards the boss monster.
The Aura Spell, All Revelation Aura, casts a status buff on all those I consider an ally within a limited area.
」「
 I concentrate my attention on the Shield, put in my Chi... and release.
Meteor Wall X !
This was a skill from the Shield of Compassion Atlas bestowed upon me.
It’s ability is... deploying a Meteor Shield around all those I recognize as an ally. A high-class skill.
What’s more, when the group enters a close formation, its area of effect grows.
Right now, all of those at the Wave’s origin point, starting with Motoyasu, Glass, and Midori, all get covered in a large barrier.
Of course, it also has its flaws.
I have to shoulder a portion of the damage dealt to the Meteor Wall. But only if they’re able to overcome my defense.
Because of the influence of the Shield of Compassion, I can’t use my Wrath Shield or Blutopfer.
I feel like I could do something about it if I was in the condition I had when I was beating up Tact, but it’s currently impossible for me.
Spirit Turtle Shell Shield (Awakened) +8 70/70 SR Blessed (Compassion)
Ability released.... Equipment bonus, Skills [S Float Shield][Reflect Shield]
Special Abilities: Gravity Field, C Soul Recovery, C Magic Snatch, C Gravity Shot, Vitality Up,
」「
 Magic Defence (Large), Lightning Resistance, SP Drain Nullification Growing Ability
Proficiency 100
Item Enchant Lv8: Defence 10% Up
Dragon Spirit: Defence 50, Fire resistance up Status Enchant: Magic Power 30+
When I checked, icons appeared at the bottom.
Incidentally, what the Blessed series’ Shield of compassion does to the other shields.... seems to be in a different category to Enchant or Synthesis.
The Blessed Series can’t enhance but it assimilates with the normal shield and manifests its abilities.
No matter how weak of a shield it may be, it’s fine to think of it being endowed with a part of the Shield of Compassion.
For the time being, let’s try endowing this shield with the Soul Eater Shield.
Ah, the Shield of Compassion has the special ability Spell Support but that has a weaker ability than Trash’s cane.
But I’ve gone off topic.
Synthesize the Soul Eater Shield!
Spirit Turtle Shell Shield (Awakened) +10 70/70 SR+ Blessed (Compassion)
Ability released.... Equipment bonus, Skills [S Float Shield][Reflect Shield]
Special Abilities: Gravity Field, C Soul Recovery, C Magic Snatch, C Gravity Shot, Vitality Up, Magic Defence (Large), Lightning Resistance, SP Drain Nullification
Growing Ability
Proficiency 100
Item Enchant Lv8: Defence 10% Up
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 Dragon Spirit: Defence 50, Fire resistance up
Status Enchant: Magic Power 30+
Soul Eater
So it also increases the Enhancement value and Rarity?
Ah, Soul Eater Shield’s Enhancement value and Rarity have been reset....
As a test, I tried synthesizing other shields which had been enhanced but whether it will increase or not depended on the weapon’s strength, and it seemed there were limits.
So it won’t go that well....
Or I should say, with this my skill, Reflect Shield, seems like it’s turned into a dead skill but.... Well, it can still be put to practical use so it’s fine?
ut it can’t be underestimated, this system.
Portal Skill Scope Up, Monster Drop Chance Up, Money Acquired Up, there are many skill bonuses I’ve never seen before
The so-called Seven Star Weapon Enhancement Methods can be summed up as follows.
Axe: Body Modification
Hammer: Weapon Synthesis
Gauntlet: Skill Enhancement
Cane: Magic Enhancement
Claw: Magic and Skill Proficiency Level Whip: Growth Elevation
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 Projectile: Strengthening by Money Carriage: Item Encyclopedia Bonus
First is the Axe’s Body Modification.
Using an energy stored up besides EXP, you can additional points to your Stats.
It’s like doping. Like in some RPGs, how certain seeds and other items can permanently raise a stat.
It seems plain at first, but the amount of points you can distribute is high.
Its main advantage is that you can get an additional bonus on top of those for the weapon you have equipped.
Next is the Hammer. This one allows you to transfer special abilities from one weapon to another.
To put it simply, if Ren had a Sword that was highly effective against Dragons, he could transfer that ability to one with higher stats.
Ren seems to have developed an interest in the system, and his curiosity has proven that new weapons can be unlocked using it as well.
Like, gathering all Dragon-Based skills on a single weapon will unlock something.
By the way, the amount of syntheses that can be performed depends on the weapon.
The Cane and Gauntlet need no further explanation.
You can distribute skill points onto Magic and Skills to increase their output.
The Claw is the growing form of that.
By using the same skill again and again, a point value separate from the Gauntlet’s skill points are stored up, and the output and ease of use increases.
The one that’s really easy to understand, but hard to use, is the Projectile. Strengthening by
 Money is, as it sounds, using money to break the limitations of the Enhancement Methods we already know, apparently.
If the item you’re modifying is of low ability, the amount you need is low, but it costs a fortune to modify high level stuff. Before awakening an item, you can even pay to unlock their hidden abilities.
The Whip is troublesome in another way.
Increasing Growth Potential may seem convenient at first, but it’s a little different.
While it may increase the innate amount of stats gained during a level without affecting weapons, it decreases the level of the person it’s used on in proportion.
That person will have to level up all over again.
But by the time they’ve reached the same level, their stats will have become much different than they were before.
The projectile’s cost is too high.
By expending your wealth, you increase the bonuses brought by other weapons.
I’ve tried it on the Axe and Hammer, but based on the sum I spent, I can also increase the rate of proficiency gain for the Claw, and the amount of growth gain from the Whip.
Is the fact that it’s practically useless if its user doesn’t know the other strengthening methods based on the personality of the current user?
No, perhaps the fact that it cost money is based on the fact that projectiles were originally expendable items.
Whatever the case, now that I know all the strengthening methods, I can have grand expectations for the results.
Finally, the Carriage’s Item Encyclopedia increases stats based on how much of a certain type of item has been placed into the weapon. It’s quite a pain.
But as I’ve already put in quite a bit, I think I can expect something of it.
 Now then, where is that Faker’s soul?” (Naofumi)
If I equipped the Soul Eater Shield, I think I could see it, but I ask Glass anyways.
You have cleared the conditions to unlock the Shield of Ø!
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Shield of Ø (Awakened) 0/0 – Ability Bonus:
...
Equipment Bonus:
Skill Shield of Ø
Special Ability: Arbitrator of Truth, The Hand that Protects the World. Proficiency Level: 0
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Fumu, a Shield just as Motoyasu described is unlocked.
And as he said, all its stats are 0. It’s worse than the initial Small Shield.
』『
 What’s this?
Let’s try changing to it.
Its appearance is exactly that of the Small Shield.
Shield of Ø
The moment I use a skill, the Shield starts emitting light.
Oh... it sure looks cool. I’ll try it out later.
It doesn’t seem to have any strange effects, so there’s no problem.
The Shield itself is too weak to be of any use, but its abilities may be useful. There are games where weapons like these make their appearance as well.
And now to report on the Shield of Ø’s abilities, or more like the abilities of the whole series. It is a joke skill just meant to show off.
After unlocking it, I try using it to take on monster attacks, but nothing happens, and I can’t defend against them.
It shatters instantly.
Raphtalia’s Hammer of Ø and Firo’s Claw of Ø ...
They look flashy, but they can’t inflict a single point of damage against monsters. It doesn’t have anything to do with holding back. The skill literally does 0 damage.
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」「
 Raphtalia’s surrounds hers with light... and displays a special effect cool enough to make one want to shout out the skill name with great emotion...
Its Cooldown time is 0, and its SP cost is 0. It really is a joke.
Was there a necessity to spread something like this around all of the Heroes?
I do think the starry sky is pretty, but I really can’t see where I’m going. Even with the light of the spirits, that doesn’t really change.
“Here? Would you understand if I called it the dimensional rift?” “What?” (Naofumi)
“It’s the space between one world and another. Each and every light you see floating in the sky is but another world.”
“It appears you don’t believe Me.”
“Of course not. If someone like you existed, then why isn’t she dead yet?” (Naofumi) “Hey, you see... please look up at the sky.”
As told, I look up.
Infinite worlds stacked up next to one another.
 “I’m just a single person, you know? There are as many people plotting such things as there are stars in this sky. And for a long time, many of these problems have been breaking out simultaneously. There’s no way I could deal with all of them.”
“As many as there are stars in the sky?” (Naofumi)
“Yeah. Since you’ve kept up with me this far, I guess I can tell you what sort of beings they are.”
The robe started explaining things one at a time.
“They’re generally the results of worlds too ancient.” “Ancient?” (Naofumi)
“Putting it in your world’s standards, if science and technology continued to advance without end, what do you think would happen?”
“I wonder...” (Naofumi)
“Well, they number few, but there are some who put their efforts into stopping death.” “I... see...” (Naofumi)
“Eventually, that research comes to fruition, and the populace becomes immortal. Bodies that don’t die no matter how much you cut them up. Souls that don’t wither no matter how many millions of years pass.”
“Yeah. She sucks magic and life out of the world, and converts it to her own power. And if that happens, the only thing left for the parched world is to disappear. Well, I’ll bet the number of worlds she can turn to power is limited.”
 “She used attacks with things like infinity, and 100% and unlimited in their names. If you don’t know exactly what she did... I guess they were conceptual attacks. Since she attacked past, present, and future, it looks like she can do temporal attacks too. If she even attacked parallel worlds, she really, REALLY wanted you dead, man.”
“Conceptual attack...” (Naofumi)
I try to remember that Damn Goddess’s attack. I died without knowing anything.
It was probably that.
“Right. She just faces her enemies, and declares as such. It’s like the logic of a child’s game. The means don’t actually matter, as long as she transmits the message The Enemy has Die d across. Even if you used all the means in the world I doubt you would be able to beat an enemy like that. She politely told you she was eternal, and immortal, and perpetual, or something like that, and she seemed to be obsessive over her speed too, so she must be quite the battle maniac.”
Pushing messages onto people...
Honestly, I have no idea what he’s talking about, but let’s forget common sense for a second.
Normally, you would have to damage an enemy, and they would die in a pool of their own blood.
If you take away the damage and the blood, the enemy dies without anything happening to them.
I really doubt such a thing is possible, but she definitely did something crazy and illogical like that.
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』
 “That’s right. Let’s compare this all to a paper. You can place a light stone on it, right? But what about if the stone were heavier? You’ll need a paper thick enough to support it. The paper is the world, and the stone, god. No, it’s probably completely different, but I guess if she just came down as she pleased, there would be terrible aftereffects.”
A paper and a stone...
After the world assimilation started, the monsters levels all rose drastically. The paper’s capacity wasn’t high enough, so it spiked its level?
The world has its own width, and a set amount of weight it can carry. She gets it just big enough to sustain her before coming down.
I guess there’s some sense to it.
“The one who latched onto your world seems to be playing. Like a game, she makes the countries and people of the world fight just to see who will win. And regardless of whatever country comes out on top, if she senses a threat coming closer, she’ll immediately suck up all the power in the world, pack up, and run away. In order to see those that believed in her, those that were delighted at their own victory, fall into despair, and laugh. I’ve heard about something like that. People who find delight in things like that.”
To put it simply, it’s devolved down to a situation where the world will be destroyed at the push of a button. It’s not within the scope where it can be saved. Too late. Even with her grand talks of the past, present, or future, once the world itself is gone, there’s no reversing time. There’s only something like migrating to another world.”
“But that doesn’t mean I can give up!” (Naofumi)
 “If you get close, isn’t the world done for?” (Naofumi)
“That’s because she can sense protecting worlds. I... can’t be sensed by the Spirits, so I can go undetected to some extent. I think it’ll be fine.”
Firo’s Claw of 0 preserved its shape and size as a claw while it was used.
But the claw the robe showed me looked as if several swords had been stacked next to one another.
It’s probable that the power he lent that world was that bottle Fitoria kept in the ruins. That means... this guy is my life’s savior.
On the way... I’m occasionally forced to take a break before I walk again, further, and further. Eventually, various worlds start passing me by.
Honestly, I remember hallucinating that I was lost.
Sometimes I found myself in a desert, or a forest... This really is the gap that connects worlds. But I never met anything, be it monster, animal, or human.
My disposition is for Healing and Support. The Shield interfered, but it’s still the same.
 Then let’s wring out that nature.
Let’s refine the magic within me to its limits, and create one that can combat her.
Those thoughts eternally... until I began losing sense of myself, they continued circling around my head, and I remembered the Dragon Pulse Order.
Revelation was a mixture.
The Dragon Pulse Order manipulates the power outside.
With it... based on how you approach it, it’s like... borrowing power from the world.
What if I change the borrowing to theft, and abuse it as power of my own. Isn’t that how Medea’s rules work?
That’s why I’ll place importance in the borrowing part.
Luckily, here I’m able to accomplish that.
In the worlds I stopped by, I began polishing the Dragon Pulse Law.
Eventually... I worked out a way to release my own magic outside, and take the pulse within. I searched for a way to borrow the world’s power, and fight.
In order to fill up your empty body, you borrow power from your surroundings.
While I was thinking about it, I felt the sensation of myself mixing with the world.
There’s still a way. Let me... grasp the nature of this.
Law of cause and effect, was it?
In the worst case, even if the Shield lends me power, will she be able to tamper with it to do unreasonable things?
Thinking back, wasn’t her attack based on that concept in the first place? Then the changes my Shield carried out in my world were of a similar suit.
 I can’t use the Shield forcefully like she does. Or perhaps I don’t have enough power.
“The first sip will give you everlasting pain, and the second will give you an immortal body to watch those around you die for eternity.”
“The third was a dreadful end, right?” (Naofumi)
“This is, you see... The Elixir, Amrita, the Eternal Peach, Soma, Tajiku Nakaku. All of them are medicines of immortality. Well, it’s something like that.”
(TL Tajiku Nakaku is a mystical tree in ancient Japanese Legend whose fruit is said to give eternal youth. It is pursued by Tajimamori)
“Why something like that? She didn’t speak a word of it.” (Naofumi)
“I think it was a promise. Or else she would have been treated as an existence that threatened the world.”
“I see.” (Naofumi)
She may be a dim bird, but she’s one who honors her promises I guess.
Thinking about it, she was an existence that opposed the near-immortal Dragon Emperor, so she had to have been something like that.
“Dragons have a different role. I’m tolerating their actions for now.” “I see.” (Naofumi)
“And I might add, in that world this medicine has been diluted several hundreds of times. Its effects are low. There are rules, you know.”
“Rules, you say.” (Naofumi)
“Looking at immortal beings, what do you think?” “That’s unfair.” (Naofumi)
 “Right. In this world, it’s against the rules, right? If possible, I would like to have the heroes kill her.”
I see...
“This is the undiluted form. If you take three sips of the diluted one, you’re forcefully summoned as a Hero, eventually set to die. But what do you think will happen if you drink this one?”
“It’s the concentrate... right? What’s more, this is... not that world.” (Naofumi) “That’s right. What do you think?”
“In the first place, is there any need to kill... ah.” (Naofumi)
For incidents caused by those immortal, I guess.
“I’ve left it with a trusted child, so I think it’s fine for now. If something happened to it, I did plan on retrieving it.”
So Fitoria is his acquaintance.
two sips will make you immortal, right? Then after that...
“Yep, It will grant you power for a battle without end. If you look at it from another angle, you become something like god. Easy, right?”
“...” (Naofumi)
“But... it may not be necessary for you guys. I mean, after you’ve made it all the way here.”
And Arc closed the bottle.
 “Us guys? Unnecessary?” (Naofumi)
“Ah, I’m sorry. Should I have warned you? As I thought, you never noticed. You guys, slipped through dimensions, so your awareness of it seems to be a bit off.”
I try using the new power I had attained.
Following his lead, I try to increase my perception. I try tuning into the channel of world where all my comrades are.
“Naofumi-sama!” “Raphtalia”
And there, was Raphtalia.
From her power, I could tell.
Raphtalia also talked with him, and came here by following the path. The fact that our thoughts coincided made me a little happy.
“Fine, I know. Let’s go pick up Ren and Motoyasu.” (Naofumi)
We should be able to find and bring those two back. Like us, they should be clinging onto life somewhere.
We prepare ourselves to cross worlds once more, as we start drifting through space.
 I concentrate... those two’s locations.
... Motoyasu is close. He’s somewhere parallel to that world.
On the contrary, Ren is far.
If I were to compare it to Outer space, it’s like he’s a world a galaxy away. Is that Ren’s world?
“Ah, when you’re fighting, I think this will prove handy to you. Whatever happens, remember it’s only for spirits. Don’t go about drinking it.”
Saying that, Ark tossed the medicine of immortality over to me.
It’s not the watered down version, It’s the real thing.
Just how high would be the output on the skills unlocked through the undiluted formula?
“I pray for success in your battle to come.”
We change to light, and head off to Ren and Motoyasu.
“Okay, then we’ll jump through time, and grab the you right after you got here. Is that fine?” (Naofumi)
 With the powers we have as Gods, and the Spirits abilities to change cause and effect, it’s not impossible.
It will take a bit of power, but I don’t think anyone will complain about it. It’ll be like rewinding Ren alone.
I activate the Shield, and look for a skill I can use.
As long as the world allows it, all skills that the Shield can use in the world have been unlocked!
Defense Link EX !
I hold out the Shield, and call out a Skill Name.
This is the first time I’m using this one.
It’s the first time I’m learning a skill directly from the Shield, but there’s no way I can’t use it. The Skill Defense Link was just as it sounds.
Its effect was... all attacks those I consider allies take are treated as attacks directed at me. I can shoulder all the damage.
EX is... a Hero’s limit.
There are some levels above, but so the Goddess won’t notice, I’ll stop at this.
A barrier-like membrane is deployed around a large area, as I activate the skill to protect my comrades.
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 The radius is about 20 meters. If I raise the output further, I feel the bitch will notice it.
“It seems there was a Fake Atlas here. Did that Goddess look through someone’s head and make it?” (Naofumi)
IF she had, she would have immediately erased me with a conceptual attack, or something. If that happened, I would immediately counterattack, though.
I’ve even made countermeasures for that attack.
With the long time I’ve spent, I’ve thought long and hard about defeating her.
But to do that, I’ll need to stall for a bit more time.
Honestly, it’s best to think that I have absolutely no means of attacking until Raphtalia gets here.
Just as with when she appeared, she vanished in an instant. It appears that she’s really gone.
 Reviving the dead... Unless I actually look at them, I won’t be able to tell what she did to them, but if I were to put it honestly, I don’t know how to deal with it.
If I had their soul, perhaps it would be possible, but I’m not going to go ahead and try it. It’s just that I know that revival isn’t very good for the soul.
... When I look closer, I find her tail is fake, prosthetic.
Her swimming form is pretty to a human like me.
I can’t leave that as it is.
I use high level healing magic... no in this case, I guess it’s been elevated to regeneration magic, and start treating her.
Her wounds visibly start closing, and she returns to the Sadina I know.
The simple fact that I’ve become able to do this gives the time I spent trekking down that endless path meaning.
“Yeah, because that’s the only thing I can do. Even having obtained this much strength, I can’t inflict a single scratch onto my enemies, you know.” (Naofumi)
To prove it, I pounded my fist into Sadina’s stomach with all my might.
“Ara... that didn’t even tickle. As expected of Naofumi-chan.” (Sadina) “Just to let you know, I didn’t hold back there.” (Naofumi)
 It’s something I decided for myself, but was making it so I couldn’t do a single point of damage going too far?
In the past, when I attacked a Balloon, I was able to do 1 Damage per hit.
But the current me doesn’t have a single stat point in attack, so even that 1 has turned to 0.
he shape of one’s soul is a complex thing in this world. I guess they also reincarnate.
But those souls flow in the dragon pulse, and once they’ve become pure white, blank slates, they’re reborn as new forms of life.
If the bitch were to drag Trash’s family out from that, she would have to tamper with the world’s laws.
That would take a considerably large cost, so for the Goddess who merely liked playing around and tormenting her enemies, there’s no way she would do that.
The reason she could recycle the Queen and the granny was probably because it hasn’t been too long since they died.
She could make them act so that even the ones in question wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
This is just hearsay, but apparently the granny acted exactly as she always did up to her betrayal.
No, perhaps she was brainwashed, or directly controlled. I don’t know which.
I mean, the fake Atlas was a manifestation of Fohl’s desires, so she tried to abuse me, it seems.
Naofumi-sama, how about you use some of your power?” (Atlas)
“Reviving the dead is an act that twists the world’s order and its law of cause and effect. I don’t think it’s impossible, but...” (Naofumi)
If I use it, she’ll notice me instantly, and the recoil is too large.
What’s more, the Queen’s soul is already in the hands of that Bitch Goddess, so it’ll be difficult.
I chant some fatigue-recovery magic, and remove some of his tiredness to a reasonable extent. Even if I take away the fatigue with magic, I can’t do anything about the mental fatigue he has.
Do they understand that once she’s done playing around, she’s going to erase the world all at once?