"I see... I understand why. I understand why, but... nothing can be done about it now," said Kouya.
Amamiya Hiroto... Vandalieu, wouldn't care, even if the reincarnated individuals explained why they hadn't noticed him and ended up exterminating him.
Even if he had been serious when he said that he didn't care about the reincarnated individuals as long as they didn't get involved with him, the moment they contacted him to explain the situation, they would become 'involved' with him.
If it was a lie, there was nothing to even think about.
"Now that I have finished explaining things, I will have you make a choice," said Rodcorte. "The first choice is to accept my request and eliminate Vandalieu. If you choose to do this, I will grant you all of the rewards you wish that I am capable of granting, just as I promised Kaidou Kanata. The second choice is to reincarnate in Lambda without accepting my request. Even if you choose this option, there will be no punishment or penalty. As long as you cooperate in Lambda's development, I do not mind. I do not mind allowing you to ascend to become familiar spirits as Shimada Izumi and Machida Aran have done, but be aware that if you do this, it will not be easy for you to become a human again."
Whichever the reincarnated individuals chose, Rodcorte would make adjustments and help them, just as he had done with Kaidou Kanata, or perhaps to an even greater extent.
After hearing Rodcorte's promises, the reincarnated individuals remained silent, looking at him suspiciously.
"Everyone, my Inspector isn't responding, so he's telling the truth," said Izumi.
"Of course I am," said Rodcorte. "As I said before, it would be troublesome if you were to die in Lambda so easily. I want you to understand that the situation has changed for me since the time you died on Earth and you were reincarnated in Origin."
In other words, Rodcorte was in a position where he couldn't afford to easily lose "a few of the hundred" reincarnated individuals in Lambda, unlike in Origin.
"There's no lies in his words," Izumi said, assuring the reincarnated individuals.
And then an argument between them began. Whichever they chose, the threat of Vandalieu would still exist, so they felt that it would be dangerous for one person to make a decision on their own.
"I don't mind if you argue for several days, but please give me an answer within a month. If you cannot come to an answer, do as I, Shimada Izumi or Machida Aran suggest," said Rodcorte.
And while he waited for the reincarnated individuals to make a choice, he turned his thoughts towards perhaps answering Alda's request, which he had put aside and left for a while.
"... If Vida, the manager of the system, could be destroyed, or at least removed from her position as a god, then is it possible?"
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Upon laying eyes upon the thing, the man showed astonishment, and then he began trembling, tears flowing from his eyes. He was so filled with emotion that he had become completely immobilized, on the verge of soiling himself.
The thing he was looking at was what had become of the person he had looked up to as his master.
There was a boy with white, wax-like skin and eyes like those of a dead-fish, half-buried inside the sphere of what appeared to be flesh-colored clay mannequins entangled around each other.
Unable to endure his emotions any longer, the man let out his voice in a shout. "Master! You are the greatest! You did not create a living creature from a pre-existing base life form; even if you did use the relic of a goddess, you created life from nothing at all! This is truly the work of a god!" shouted Luciliano, who, as a life-attribute mage, had been moved to the heights of emotion.
The lump of flesh that had absorbed Vandalieu began to tremble as well.
"Luciliano, please be quiet. Legion is clinging onto me strongly out of fear, and there is a risk of me suffocating," said Vandalieu.
The morning after Lump-of-flesh-chan had become a new life-form, Vandalieu had summoned all of his important allies that he could gather.
So that he could share the information that he had gained from Lump-of-flesh-chan, who had been renamed 'Legion.'
Mouth-like tears had formed on Legion's numerous faces; some were groaning, some were shrieking and some were simply breathing. Even Luciliano had been doubtful as to whether it was possible to understand it, but when Vandalieu extended his spirit form towards it and fused a part of himself with it, communication had become possible.
It was difficult, however, as he would hear a new, different voice take over after several seconds or a minute at most, and sometimes he heard multiple voices at once.
Communication using this method was probably only possible because Vandalieu possessed the Parallel Thought Processing skill and he normally had his spirit form heads split into multiple.
"If there is a chance that Vandalieu-sama is going to suffocate, then perhaps it is time that you let him go?" said Eleanora, sounding a little envious.
"Van, I want to hug Lump-of-flesh-chan as well! She looks soft and pleasant!" said Pauvina; her words were rather dangerous as she could easily crush a log by hugging it.
"It kind of looks like... it would be delicious if it were cooked. I don't mean any harm though," said Basdia, who hadn't eaten breakfast yet, causing Legion even more fear.
Incidentally, the Scylla Privel had collapsed onto the floor, wearing an expression that was as if the world were about to end.
"No way... I can't even win in terms of number of legs... I can't even compete... It's over for me!" she cried, bursting into tears.
"Privel, it seems that you have become confused, so how would you like some tea to soothe your heart?" said Bellmond, offering Privel a cup of tea. "Incidentally, Danna-sama... What would that Legion...dono, like for breakfast?" she asked, seeming confused as to how to address Legion since it contained many female parts but several male parts as well.
Legion seemed to be a life-form, not an Undead. Thus, food was certainly necessary not just for enjoyment, but to maintain life, but... from its appearance, it was difficult to imagine what it would eat.
It looked able to eat things normally, and it didn't seem like it would only eat raw meat.
"It seems that anything will do. Meat, fish, vegetables are all fine. It can apparently absorb any organic matter through its body surface. But if possible, meat is best," said Vandalieu.
"So, it is like a Slime," Bellmond said.
Her words seemed to trigger a hostile response in Kühl; it trembled and began repeatedly trying to change its liquid body's shape to resemble Legion's, failing and collapsing again.
"By the way, is this the kid's kid? Or does this make it his aunt?" asked Borkus.
Legion was a failed product created by Vandalieu trying to create the body of Darcia using Vida's relic, the resurrection device. It seemed that Borkus was curious as to its relationship to Vandalieu.
"Everyone, calm down! Vandalieu has something important to say, so please listen," Darcia urged everyone. "Also, don't scare Legion-chan. She was only just born, after all."
"Still, it'd be great if it'd stop trembling whenever me and Levia-ohimesan get close to it," said Kimberley.
"Uu, Your Majestyyy. I was supposed to spend the whole day within fifteen centimeters of you today. You promised that we'd go to visit Zandia together," Levia complained.
"It can't be helped; Kimberley is made of lightning and you're made of flames, Levia. She seems to be weak to fire, too. I'll join you, so don't be like that," said Orbia.
The Ghosts were muttering their complaints a short distance away.
We'll get nowhere if I don't quickly explain things, Vandalieu thought as he started speaking.
"A number of the guys who will possibly become my enemies... the reincarnated individuals, have died in Origin. About ten of them," he said.
The memories of the Eighth Guidance and the 'Gazer' Minuma Hitomi remained within Legion.
Name: Legion
Age: 0
Title: None
Rank: 1
Race: Living lump of flesh
Level: 0
Job: None
Job level: 0
Job history:
Passive skills:
Mental Corruption: Level 7
Composite Soul
Magic Resistance: Level 1
Special Five Senses
Physical Attack Resistance: Level 1
Form Alteration: Level 1
Super-speed Regeneration: Level 1
Active skills:
Limited Death-Attribute Magic: Level 10
Size Alteration: Level 1
Commanding: Level 3
Surgery: Level 5
Unarmed Fighting Technique: Level 3
Short Sword Technique: Level 2
Fusion: Level 1
Unique skills:
Rodcorte's Divine Protection → Lost due to moving circle of transmigration systems!
New good fortune of reincarnation → Lost due to moving circle of transmigration systems!
God of Origin's Divine Protection
Zuruwarn's Divine Protection
Ricklent's Divine Protection
Gazer: Level 5
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Race explanation:
【Living lump of flesh】
A mysterious combined life form created from a mixture of 'Lump-of-flesh-chan,' who seemed to be a base form of life, the disappearing silver that Vandalieu created, and the souls of all of the Eighth Guidance members as well as the 'Gazer' Minuma Hitomi, which Zuruwarn did away with various procedures and hammered into the body.
The souls were supposed to be inserted one at a time, separate from the lump of flesh and gain bodies resembling the ones they had in their previous lives, or bodies that were at least appropriately-shaped even if they were slightly different.
It has the appearance of a sphere around three meters in diameter, made of flesh-colored clay mannequins entwined around each other. The shapes of the outlines of their heads might share some familiar features that could possibly be recognized by those who knew the Eighth Guidance Members and Minuma Hitomi well.
As it appears, it is made entirely of flesh; it contains no organs such as brains or eyeballs, nor does it contain any bones. In a way, it could be described as a Slime made of flesh.
It has the ability to float in mid-air, but it can also move around by rolling across the ground.
Also, it is the failed product of trying to recreate the body of Darcia, a Dark Elf, so it possesses the Magic Resistance skill that all Dark Elves possess.
Its numerous souls have partially fused with one another, and its mental age has regressed due to having been reincarnated. However, it does possess memories and knowledge from its previous lives, even if they are a little damaged in places.
It has limited death-attribute spells (the abilities of the Eighth Guidance Members), the cheat-like ability 'Gazer' that predicts the future, and various other abilities from its previous lives other than magic of the other attributes as skills.
However, because its body is too different from any of its previous bodies, it is likely difficult to make use of all of these skills.
From its Status, it seems to be similar to Vida's races, but as there are no precedents of such a life-form, it is unknown as to how it will develop from this point onwards. However, it possesses the divine protection of multiple gods, so it is highly likely to become a powerful being.
It had also originally possessed Rodcorte's divine blessing, but because the reincarnated individual Minuma Hitomi was led to Vida's circle of transmigration system, it has disappeared.
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