Published at 27th of July 2022 11:33:11 AM

630 Suspicions of Miia

Fine. Thatll do. If you ever feel like telling me, please do.

Ive given up on getting Miia to tell me more about Gods Voice for now. I dont fully understand her reasoning, but shes refusing to say anything more.

Maybe its because she doesnt trust me. She probably thinks that, if I heard how strong Gods Voice is, Id run away. Ill try asking her again in a bit, when she hopefully trusts me more.

Then, there are two more things Id like to ask. That [Naraka Realm] of yours Also, about God of Madness. You understand what I want to know, right?

Until now, I didnt know of the existence of the [Naraka Realm] divine skill. The divine skills seem to conform to the Buddhist Six Realms. But, this is the first Ive actually heard of this one in this world. I want to know why she has it and how she got it. I absolutely need Miia to explain this to me.

The other one is, of course, about [God of Madness]. I had thought [Dark Frozen Prison] would protect her from it, but she still has [God of Madness (minor)]. I cant overlook this. I also need to find out how long we have until it begins to set in for us.

Theres no problem with God of Madness. At present, Im not feeling any particular negative influences. I hope you can tell that Im rational from our conversation. But its also true that I dont know how much time I have left, so Id like to hurry.

Is that really true I wonder? Is it really possible for [God of Madness] to appear, and for there to be no negative effects? Wellfor now, I have no choice but to take Miia at her words.

How many days was it until you started feeling something was off?

As you know, this place messes with your sense of time. But, I think it was about seven days, maybe?

I look at Aro and treant.

Hmm Being pessimistic, I think its been about four days

Aro says, a little confidently. Treant nods his head slightly. I also think its been about that long. But, thats an upper estimate, so in reality it might only have been three days.

If this all is solved by beating the hecatoncheir, then it shouldnt be hard for us to leave before it sets in. This is assuming Miias telling the truth, of course And, if defeating the hecatoncheir doesnt give us a way out, we might become quite short on time. Besides, if Miias [God of Madness] progresses before were able to escape, wed really be forced to fight her.

For now, weve no choice but to believe

I say without thinking. Treants shoulders shudder in surprise. I begin to put myself on guard as a result of my careless mistake, but then Miia suppresses a laugh and says Id be grateful if you did that. I sigh out in relief.

I got [Naraka Realm] by defeating the sacred beast that was sealed in a stone in the Holy Country of Liarm. That county is closely entwined with Gods Voice. In any era, Gods Voice raises the Saint to become zealous. It might be because the religion makes them easier to control, producing more loyal useful pawns.

S-sacred beast?

That bit trips me up. I get that it was hidden In Liarm. But, a divine skill should be an important thing, closely related to the foundation of this world. Im surprised to hear it was left in a place where Miia would be able to find it like that.

Are you that distrustful of me?

Isnt it strange that your other divine skills were removed, but just [Naraka Realm] was left? Are you really not hiding anything here?

I ask, pressing the matter. It might anger her, but I really dont trust what shes saying. Perhaps shes only saying whats convenient to her.

I dont have them now, but for a while, I had five divine skills and [Laplace Interference Authority: Lv8]. As long as I had that, I could block the meddling of Gods Voice to some extent.

[Laplace Interference Authority: Lv8]

I think Gods Voice probably only has [Laplace Interference Authority: Lv9]. That reminds me, Umukahime did say that Miia had a skill that let her block out Gods Voice. That was about [Laplace Interference Authority], I guess.

Well I was attacked directly, so it didnt matter in the end. Gods Voice sent me to this forest and tore away my divine skills. They probably thought I had no way out of this forest. Thats why they didnt hurry to finish me off.

Gods Voices personality is awful, after all. Its easy to imagine them taking their time to slowly kill the antagonistic Miia. No, Gods Voice might have had some other use for her in mind.

Gods Voice probably intended to watch me struggle before finally tearing off the last sacred skill as I succumbed to God of Madness. Once my last divine skill would be removed, Id die to God of Destruction. That could have been avoided with replicas though, but either way Gods Voice would have taken it back. Thats why, at the last moment, I dived into the [Dark Frozen Prison]. Ive been in there ever since.

I see, so thats why

Yeah. Gods Voice could have killed the origin matter, but fortunately I was found by you guys. I truly am grateful for you giving me another chance to point my sword at Gods Voice

Miia says, glaring up at the sky.

For now, her story makes sense. It would be a lie to say that none of it sounds strange. But theres no point doubting her here.

Her story is logically consistent, and Im starting to get a sense of what Gods Voice can and cant do. Theyre pretending to be a god, but they only seem like one. Theyre not completely omnipotent, and are just confident in their overwhelming advantage.

I might be more wary of Miia than I need to be. Looking at her status, her true form is that of Legendary undead. It might simply be that Im sensing her power, which is making me more on edge around her.

Its true that shes suspicious in all sorts of ways. Our ways of thinking are so different that our objectives might diverge, she easily got the [Naraka Realm] skill that I hadnt even heard of until now, and she wont tell me the details about Gods Voice.

But, its true that cooperation is needed to escape this forest, and it would be reckless to try to search for others who might not even exist. I need to cooperate with Miia. In the end, Im going to depend on her a whole lot. It cant be helped that Id want to be certain of her.