Chapter 146: God, Machine Person, and Slime
A Chaos Spawn. The accursed race that destroyed my hometown slime village.
The Star God had indeed stated that the true identity of the Karkinos was the king of those Chaos Spawns, Chaos.
“Do you… know about Chaos Spawns?”
“Indeed. They are an aberrant anomaly where a single Arche is mixed with a Species and an Attribute. Chaos, possessing the Species of a plant, generates its kin as fluff and scatters them over a wide area. And after the death of its kin and the hosts they have parasitized, it recovers their Arche, continuing to grow even after reaching the limit of its Soul Accumulation Value (Level).”
“It recovers souls? Then the ones I’ve defeated so far…”
“Nay. For some reason, your Tier Ability (Unique Skill) can inhibit Chaosification. You can slay its kin without them being returned to Chaos. Therefore, you are an unprecedented hope.”
It’s a bit complicated and hard to understand, but it seems my Unique Skill allows me to level up without Chaos stealing my experience.
Well, I’ve been leveling up normally after defeating Chaos Spawns so far.
After that, I gave a rough explanation to the Sage, who had a “What are Chaos Spawns?” look on his face.
“I see, so it sends out its kin to various places and plunders Soul Shards (Experience). In that case, it would be best to subjugate it as soon as possible. Star God-sama, where is Chaos located?”
“Chaos is entrenched in the Eastern Continent. A great demonic realm of plants where the ‘Green King’ is at its feet, sucking its blood and flesh.”
“A great demonic realm…”
According to Ergo, the merchant’s son, there are five continents in this world.
We are currently on the Central Continent. A peaceful continent where humans prosper.
However, it seems that there are hardly any humans on the outer continents to the east, west, north, and south.
The reason is simple. The Demon Beasts are too strong.
Dense Mana, far surpassing even Feral Beast territories, is abundant, and the plants and animals that absorb such Mana possess extraordinary Stats.
This leads to an inflation of Levels, creating a demonic realm where even Feral Beasts cannot stand at the top of the food chain.
Hence, it is called the “Great Demonic Realm.”
It is a world of carnage where even a Marcher Lord is stationed to deal with the Demon Beasts that occasionally cross the sea.
And it is also my next destination.
“I have a question. The prophecy said that the surface would be destroyed soon. But if it’s just sending out its kin, wouldn’t the people on the surface be able to fight back?”
“Nay. The current peace is because Chaos is focusing on its battle with the ‘Green King.’ The ‘Green King’s’ life will soon be extinguished. Then, Chaos’s eyes will turn towards this continent.”
Whether a plant Demon Beast can move, or whether it can cross the sea, such questions are pointless.
If they are Calamity Beasts or Demon Beasts that have reached higher Beast Ranks, they have long since overcome biological weaknesses.
“Hmm? But in that case, shouldn’t we go there sooner? If we join forces with that ‘Green King’ person, it’ll be two against one. My friend has magic that’s convenient for travel, so I think we can get there relatively quickly.”
“With Barrier Affinity (Area Code), you might make it in time for the fall of the ‘Green King.’ However, cooperation is meaningless. If Chaos could be defeated by numbers, I would have given the message to the Ten Kings through the Beginning Machine Person.”
The Beginning Machine Person seems to be referring to the Sage.
She was confused for a moment, not knowing who the words were referring to.
According to what I heard, there are nine Demon Beasts in this world that have evolved beyond Calamity Beasts to King Beasts, excluding Chaos.
Adding them to the “Demon Lord” of the Sixth Canon, they are the Ten Kings.
They are the truly strongest monsters in the world.
But even if they could cooperate, they would not be able to defeat Chaos. They lack a decisive blow.
“Its Attribute is Chaos. It has no form, no boundaries, and it engulfs, swallows, and assimilates everything. Therefore, ordinary attacks are meaningless, and even I and my Angels were defeated.”
“Then wouldn’t it be the same even if I went?”
“Nay. As I mentioned earlier, your power is effective against Chaos Spawns.”
“But isn’t that just because my Experience Points aren’t stolen?”
“That is so in the current situation. However, your Unique Skill is still developing, with the Sixth Tier remaining. There is no longer any possibility of defeating Chaos in my Gaia. However, if your Sixth Tier, which even my power cannot foresee, could perhaps destroy Chaos.”
S-So it’s just an estimate…
No, but maybe that’s the only thing we can rely on.
The Star God has the ability to view the Status of all living things.
Through this, he explored all possibilities and realized that defeating Chaos was impossible.
The result of struggling to avoid his own death was me.
Even if the probability is low, there is no other way but to bet on it.
“I understand the situation. So, I just need to train my Unique Skill while heading east, right?”
“Nay. That power is honed in battle. Therefore, you must first subjugate the Ten Kings. The deadline is twenty-eight days from now. This will be the watershed.”
“Four weeks, huh…”
Whether you consider it long or short is up to you, but let’s think of it as a positive long.
My Unique Skill allows me to grow relatively quickly.
“Ah, but I don’t know where the Ten Kings are. The only one I know is the Demon Lord.”
“One in each of the four Great Demonic Realms. One in the sky somewhere. The remaining four are aquatic. Look at this if you want to know the details.”
Saying that, the Star God created something like a globe on his hand.
Judging from the shape of the continents, it must be a model of the star we are on.
Nine markers are displayed on the star.
It seems that the King Beasts are there.
“But it seems difficult to visit them all.”
No matter what angle you look at it from, you can’t capture all nine markers at the same time.
The globe-like object is rotating, so it’s not difficult to grasp the positions, but moving this distance would be tough.
“It is not necessary to slaughter them all. By the time you have defeated half of the Ten Kings, your Unique Skill will have reached the Sixth Tier, and your Soul Accumulation Value (Level) will have reached its limit (999). There is also ample time for that.”
So, five is enough.
With Paula’s Barrier Magic, we can shortcut our travel, and with four weeks—,
“Five days until the ‘Green King’ dies, two days until Chaos reaches your continent, and considering human resistance, it will take a month for Chaos to reach the Demon Lord. The Demon Lord’s Attribute is the only power in this Gaia that is effective against Chaos. Even if it doesn’t kill it, it can provide some assistance. You must cooperate and deal with it.”
“—Huh?”
It was at this point that I finally realized the gap in understanding between the god and humans.