Chapter 23-24: Fire God

  • 23: Fire God

The Fire God Nova is one of the five Gods of creation and the God that governs fire.

Burning everything, turning it into ashes, and from there, create new things; a God of destruction and rebirth.

This guy is also the one Mirack and the Fire Church follow.

Why am I hearing the voice of that Fire God…from this monster?

(…It has been long, Dark God Entropy. Since the time I joined forces with the others to seal you 1,600 years ago. I still remember your mortified face when you were about to be enclosed in that eternity, you know?) (Nova)

Karen-san and Mirack, who are farther away, showed no reaction.

It is probably a thought channel that only works between Gods and he is speaking directly to my head.

(I didn’t know you came back, moreover, to think you would reincarnate in a human. Looks like your bad habit of supporting this frail insects is still there.) (Nova)

In other words, you…reincarnated in a monster huh. Into that fire cow Phalaris.

That would explain a variety of things. This big frame and strength that overwhelms that of other monsters. Actions that don’t apply to the usual pattern.

If a God is dwelling inside that monster, it is obvious that it would be cheat-like in a lot of things.

(How did you come back? In our calculations, you should still be sealed for a while more.) (Nova)

(I was brought out, by the Light Goddess Inflation.) (Haine)

(Tch!! That fox woman, so she is scheming something again in a place we don’t know of!! Can’t lower my guard with her since 1,600 years ago!!) (Nova)

(Well, that’s fine. I have a lot of things to ask you guys. It is convenient for me that you have come yourself.) (Haine)

(You have been sleeping for 1,600 years so you have been left out from the flow of time and became a complete country bumpkin huh. Okay. We are both Gods. I will answer to a certain extent.) (Nova)

(First of all, it has to do with that interesting figure you have right now. Regarding monsters.) (Haine)

(Hah?) (Nova)

(Monsters. Before I was sealed, such monsters didn’t exist. But now, they are appearing here and there in this world and causing problems to the humans. Who was the one who created them?) (Haine)

(Who do you think?) (Nova)

(You guys. The five Gods of Creation. Even if they are warped, they are still a form of living being, and creating living beings is the act of Gods. In that case, there’s no other ones capable of doing this but you guys. You are Gods after all.
In the first place, it is suspicious that monsters have elements. There’s wind element monsters, fire element monsters.
There’s no doubt the ones who created those are the five Gods of their respective element.
The earth element monsters by the Mother Earth, Mantle; water element monsters by the Water God, Coacervate; wind element monsters by the Wind God, Quasar; and fire monsters by the Fire God Nova, in other words, you.
The children will resemble their parents. Hence, the monsters that were created by their Gods, hold the element of their respective creator.
As if it were a brand. ) (Haine)

(You said you wanted to ask questions, and yet, you already answered it all yourself. What are you trying to achieve here?) (Nova)

(There’s the need to check for the answer when deducing, right? You only have to answer with a Yes or No.) (Haine)

The Fire God that is wearing the skin of a monster makes a: ‘Gufufu’ sound inside this telepathic conversation, and answers,

(……Yes.) (Nova)

As I thought huh.

(Why are you doing something like that? Didn’t you five Gods already obtain total control rights after sealing me?
In this world that you could do whatever you wanted, why are you destroying it yourselves?) (Haine)

(…Because it couldn’t become ours.) (Nova)

(What?)

(Because it wouldn’t go as we wanted. Dark God Entropy, in the time you were asleep, the world has changed. Changed into something unsightly and distorted. Everything began…right, with the thing called ethereal.) (Nova)

  • 24: The Truth of the World

(Ethereal? The new material that was discovered by humans around 100 years ago? The one that releases energy, powers machines, and advances civilization heavily?) (Haine)

(That’s right! That’s no good! Humans can’t advance!!) (Nova)

Hah?

(There’s no need for humans to evolve. They just have to stay stupid, weak, prostrate to us Gods and obey us. And yet, when that shit called ethereal was dug out, they used it to make running machines, machines that create fire, machines that purify water, machines that plow the earth; they created a variety of machines. As a result, humans began to think by themselves, and began to move on their own!) (Nova)

(…Isn’t that a splendid thing?) (Haine)

(No, it is not! Thanks to that, the children of those damn humans have stopped worshipping us!!) (Nova)

Ah.

It is exactly the same as what the Vice-captain Grades said at the Light Church.

With the birth of machines and the advance of civilization, people forget about God. It is still in the step where they are still on the verge of being forgotten.

(People forgetting about God is something that shouldn’t happen! Humans should be dependent of Gods for eternity! And yet, they are insolently trying to escape from our hands! That’s why we decided on bringing punishment to them!!) (Nova)

So that’s where the monsters come in play.

Creating atrocious monsters that are out from the natural order, you had them attack humans.

That became a big problem, and the humans that were forced to do such a needless fight have delayed the advance of human civilization.

(I see. I understand the reason why you guys created monsters. Accurately speaking, that sophism of yours.
Well then, one other question.
Why did you even create heroes? The heroes, the light knight corps, the fire militant corps; that divine power they utilize was something you Gods gave to them, right?
If you created monsters in order to punish humans, why did you go through the trouble of giving humans the power to go against it?) (Haine)

(That wasn’t my plan. Another guy said it. If the humans that have fallen into the threat of monsters are saved by the power of Gods, those fools would also remember their gratitude towards their God.) (Nova)

I see. This is something that’s more in the alley of the cunning and clever Coacervate.

To think they would utilize such an underhanded method to maintain the faith of humans…

In this 1,600 years, Gods have really fallen low.

(But I…thought that method was too lukewarm.) (Nova)

…..

(There’s no way a repeat of cornering and saving will get all the prayers back. What humans need is…fear. If their fear towards Gods is edged in them to the point that they can’t say no, everything will be fine. Gratitude, trust, reverence, and love are not needed. All that’s needed is for humans to fear God.) (Nova)

The God that has turned into a fire cow bellowed.

(Fear creates the purest of prayers. That’s why, I took action. Like hell I would go acting all leisure like the others. I will teach all the humans how sinful it is to forget about God!!) (Nova)

(Are you saying that’s why you reincarnated as a monster?) (Haine)

(That’s right! I created the strongest monster I could bring out with my power. This is the product of it! Dwelling in this thing that humans call fire cow Phalaris, I finished my preparations. Now it is only a matter of time. For the time when this body has grown to have plenty enough of my divine power!!) (Nova)

(Then!! The reason why the fire cow Phalaris acted differently from the other monsters and was staying in one place was because—!!) (Haine)

(I was waiting for its growth! But it may be time already. It would have been fine to get a bit bigger, but since you have come, this is a good chance!! Let’s begin, the Divine Punishment to the humans that grew conceited!!) (Nova)

 

“Haine-san! Haine-san!! What’s wrong, Haine-san?!”

I notice that Karen-san was shaking me by the shoulders.

Looks like I was immersed in the conversation with that guy.

“You suddenly stopped moving and was staring into the distance. The monster also suddenly stopped moving so that’s fine but…you are being too carefree in the middle of a fight!” (Karen)

“Karen-san! It is true that there’s already no time to waste!” (Haine)

“Eh?”

“That thing is also moving. To a point that it has never done before!!” (Haine)

It was at that same moment I said this…

The gigantic fire cow, a person would have to look up to see, stomped on the ground and walks while making the mountain tremble.

Until now, the most it has done was releasing heat, but now, it is stomping with all its legs and moving. Moreover, the direction it is headed to is…

“Impossible!!” (Mirack)

Mirack who was watching over the situation all this time, muttered with despair in it.

“The direction it is headed to is…the city where the Fire Church headquarters are located, Muspelheim!!” (Mirack)

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      Oh no, the copy cat is back!

      … or should it be copy Nepu?

  2. Thanks 4 the chapter!

    Gods should be just like parents, once civilization has advanced enough they should meddle less and less with the affairs of humans.
    The thinking of these gods are like those lousy parents who think that their children are investments and leeches of them, even if the children are poor and have a family of their own to support.

  3. Wow. Entropy just totally sold Inflation out. Obviously selfish motives aside, that’s kinda ungrateful, isn’t it?

    Well, at least we’ve confirmed that the gods do not see eye to eye for the most part. Thinking back on it, I guess that’s a given.

    Speaking of which, good job Reigokai for figuring out the names for all the gods. We have plenty to work with now. Is there any consistent theme among them?

    1. It’s also interesting how Nova said that had been watching out for Inflation’s schemes ever since the sealing of Entropy. She most probably had been making several different planes to unseal Entropy.

    2. And she(Inflation) probably had also been trying to treat human a little better, with time(not from the beginning), such as not making monsters, so that Entropy doesn’t become her enemy once she unseal him.

  4. … ahhh thats why there’s no monster with light element. the Light Goddess seems not so fall so low like her other Gods…
    She seems wants her ‘beloved’ to correct them.

  5. So,

    Dark God: Loves humans ad wants them to grow on their own feet..
    Fire God: Wants to make humans completely subservient for all eternity
    Light God: *scheming something*
    Water God, Wind God, Earth God: ????

  6. Thx for the chapter o/
    I am surprised the Fire God just awnsered all his questions, i wonder how their relationship was before they created this world…

  7. Many Thanks for the chapters!

    To be honest, I’m not really surprised by Gods falling this low. I suppose it’s something quite natural with the advance of science? Either way, I’m ready for screwed baked cow.

  8. Thanks fro the chapter, so why does the GOD of fire sounds like a five ear old child throwing a tantrum??? Since when humanity faith is so weak to feel cornered by mere technology???

    1. That because mankind in that kind of world is missing something towards acknowledgment and advancing. The missing is the principles, ethics, realization, values, codes and predicament. If you have none of those then seeing new things would overwhelmed you degraded you in sense of morality to a fledgling.

  9. I get why the Fire God is named Nova, I get why the Mother Earth is named Mantle, I get why the Water God is named Coacervate, I get why the Wind God is named Quasar, and I get why the Dark God is named Entropy, but why the hell is the Light Goddess named Inflation?! Lol, seems kinda random to me. Feels weird for an econ student like me. Is it Light because a certain level of inflation shows the growth of a country’s economy? I don’t even know anymore.

      1. Coacervate is a chemistry term. It’s a “colloid-rich viscous liquid phase that may separate from a colloidal solution on addition of a third component.”
        While Quasars are known to generate “winds” of some sort. (Not really sure about this one. Anyone with enough physics knowledge care to explain?)

  10. Thanks for the chapter Reigokai!
    Damn, I fell sleep before reading. Well, it doesn’t matter. It seems I and a few others were painfully right about the reasons for the monsters creation and their origin. Now the, to read the other chapters! Hope Haine kicks that giant ass.

  11. thanks for the chapter!

    (But I…thought that method was too lukewarm.) (Nova)
    lukewarm said by the fire god sound like a pun

  12. Thanks for the chapter. After reading this it made kind of realize that the “Death March” series is going through the same problem. The God’s their will not allow humanity to advance in technology for if they do the God’s there will destroy that kingdom or any other kingdom involve. Haine instead of holding the title for “God of Darkness” you should switch it over to the “God of War”. It is time for a revolution for that world.

  13. Thanks for the chapter!

    So, The Fire God gives divine power to The Fire Hero to fight monsters while turning himself into The Fire Cow monster that is now trying to destroy the Fire Church HQ?

    Eh? What?

    E-Eh? Ehh!!??

    Σ(・Д・)!?

    1. Heroes weren’t the Fire God’s idea. But if the other churches had a hero, his had to have one too.
      He’s now following own plan of instilling fear deep into humans. Might as well start with his own straying flock.
      Thanks for the chapter

  14. all it need is fear, huh? Didn’t he know that would never last?
    Why is a powerful being that lives for centuries so stupid? It’s like they never grow at all for at least 1600 years while human just needs 100 years after finding ethereal to grow.. that’s just questionable.

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