Day 171-180/Day 176

undefined '''Notes: Needs to be edited with an emphasis on cross-checking. Also, this is quite a long and hard to translate day but at least I finally finished it. Enjoy. ~Mistelone'''

Due to yesterday’s war, a lot of members had ranked up; a Half Ice Lord, a Half Smith Lord, a Yafuru, and a Gill-Ogre appeared.

This time, there are many new species. Since there’s too many members to talk about, I’ll only talk about those who have 【Divine Protection】.

First is the 【Half Spell Lord】, Supesei, who had ranked up into a 【Spell Lord Variant】.

She had received 【Divine Protection】 from the 【God of Magic】 and the 【Demigod of the Staff】, strengthening her magic power and casting speed. Her abilities and the magic power within her body are quite extraordinary and something to be proud of.

As a Lord, her physical abilities had also improve. She is now capable of participating in more active maneuvers and is now more like a mobile artillery than a fixed one.

By the way, her physical appearance didn’t change much.

Next is the 【Half Blood Lord】, Burasato-san, who ranked up into a 【Blood Lord Variant】.

She had received 【Divine Protection】 from the 【God of Blood】 and the 【Demigod of the Sword】. Her abilities peculiar to the Blood Lord species, her combat abilities, and her sword wielding skill had greatly improved.

Thanks to the 【God of Blood’s Divine Protection】, a great change in her attitude can be seen when she’s in battle though for me, she just seems more reliable than before.

Just like Supesei, her appearance didn’t change much. However, all of her muscles are more developed and her height increased by about 10 centimeters. Overall, her body’s physical capabilities as a Lord are far greater compared to when she was a Half Lord.

After that is Redhead who, despite not participating in the battle, managed to gain the 【Demigod of War Beast’s Divine Protection】.

Recently eating monsters from the wild with a raw taste probably caused this to happen. I do think it matches Redhead whose personality resembles a wolf or a dog.

Since her movement and agility got enhanced, she might be able to defeat Rusty Iron Knight.

It felt somewhat pitiful to think of Rusty Iron Knight that way considering who the teacher is supposed to be. No, since he has a lot of battle experience, he should be alright. Probably.

In addition, the other blessings obtained are; Seiji-kun’s 【Demigod of Affection’s Divine Protection】, Dodome-chan’s 【Demigod of Observation’s Divine Protection】, Gurufu-chan’s 【God of Corrosion’s Divine Protection】, and the five ogre squadron’s 【Demigod of Color’s Divine Protection】 which grants one color for each of them; 【Red】, 【Blue】, 【Yellow】, 【Green】, and 【Ash】. By wearing equipment which corresponds to their respective color, they will receive a large power boost.

Truthfully, Gurufu-chan’s 【God’s Divine Protection】 would most likely make her untouchable. Compared to everything, I am quite pleased with it. That’s something that shouldn’t be said out loud though.

For now, there are other matters to deal with.

Though as expected of a large-scale battle, it was quite satisfactory since experience was obtained efficiently.

So today, with the Tomboy Princess who was dressed in an attire exclusively used for war on my shoulder, we boarded my skeleton centipedes and headed to the castle where the Strong Grandson is staying in, guarded by 800 troops.

Because the inconspicuous King had already been released from the spire, he is currently handling the cleanup in the Imperial Capital. Due to that, it is possible to fight the Strong Grandson without any problems.

The march from Imperial Capital began early in the morning, arriving safely at the place the city where the Strong Grandson was holed in, ≪Sengrey≫, around noon.

Although the Tomboy Princess’ forces have already surrounded and repeatedly attacked the city, they couldn’t get close due to enemy's 【Magic】 and arrows. As a result, they were unable to get any effective results.

Assuming that the castle walls of this world are reinforced against 【Magic】 from enemies, weak magic won’t be able to break through it. There are also defensive mechanisms incorporated such as rocks, boiling water, and spikes of iron plates which are dropped on enemies who get to close.

Usually, even the defending side would need additional troops in order to counter those besieging the castle. However, since the Tomboy Princess’ forces didn’t have much numbers to begin with, breaking through the front is already impossible.

Still, the Tomboy Princess' arrival on the battlefield is as scheduled. After quickly greeting the Duke, I decided to swiftly end the siege by using some new useful equipment.

When I said new equipment, I was referring to the 82mm caliber mortars.

Mithril, steel, and black bone materials were used for it. The main mechanism uses my clone which is located at the bottom of the barrel to shoot compressed air into the shell which generats a small peculiar firing noise.

Each mortar shell is made from 10 restructured 【Burst Seeds】. Naturally, its explosive power is greater and it’s possible to destroy a large area with just a single shell.

There are 20 completed mortars available.

Only 10 were brought along today but they’ll all be fired at the same time.

For the first time, the enemy soldiers using arrows and magic on the castle walls were blown off in an instant by attacks from the sky. Unlike magic, the shells are small and quiet so it is nearly impossible to detect and intercept them.

The soldiers on the wall are torn to pieces as the bombardment continues, not stopping until the castle wall is destroyed.

I then sent out the Armed Corps led by Minokichi-kun towards the castle gates which are now unnamed.

With a single blow from his axe, the castle gates were crushed and turned into wooden splinters, allowing us to enter the city.

Of course, our companions didn’t remain silent either. Using Tomboy Princess’ 【Mind Reading】 to gather a lot of information while she was on my shoulder, we were able to understand that we had to get through enemies that are being forced to sacrifice themselves in order to get to the Strong Grandson. With my clones that had been turned into 【Communication Mediums】, all the corps were able to respond in real time.

Using pincer attacks, surprise attacks, traps, and dividing them into smaller groups, the enemy got cornered and could not escape other than forcefully breaking through or surrendering. They got desperate and continued to fight, dying as a result.

We advanced while clearing the way, finally arriving at the robust mansion where the leaders of the 【Noble Faction】 and the Strong Grandson were holed in. Naturally, we encountered Water Hero who is overflowing with fighting spirit. With his five companions at his side, he is staring at me, no, at the Tomboy Princess who is sitting on my shoulder.

With each holding a weapon in hand, the area was brimming with the intention to fight.

I lowered the Tomboy Princess and entrust her to the Boy Knight. Along with Kanami-chan, I took one step forward.

Taking notice, the Water Hero unsheathed his beloved sword clad in water.

Not only does it have amazing speed, the characteristics of the streams of water created had a rather peculiar movement style.

【Night Sky’s Child 【Heresy Nemesis】 has been activated】

【From this, Night Sky’s Child has performed “Hostile Action／Those Who Have Awakened the Psalms” against the 【Heretic／Those Who Have Awakened the Psalms】 of the 【Eschatology Conquest War】 - the start of the battle has been declared】

【Until the fight is settled, Night Sky’s Child abilities will be increased by 【300%】 】

【Due to the 【Two God Class’】 Joint Battle compensation, Hekaterina’s abilities will be increased by 【210％】 】

【Special Skill 【Heresy Nemesis】 will last until the conclusion of the battle】

Just like that time against Avenger, an announcement flowed into my mind.

The Water Hero probably received a similar message. While he was surprised for a moment, his face changed into a fierce smile as he bared his fangs and instantly attacked.

I smiled back at the Water Hero as I roared and raised my vermillion spear in one hand.

After the fight started, almost ten minutes had passed.

Most of the surroundings buildings had collapsed from the aftermath of the battle while numerous innumerable cracks marked the ground.

While we were injured, I and Kanami-chan are still up while the Water Hero and his party were now bleeding while down on the ground.

The Water Hero’s five companions were already unconscious yet he's still looking at us with hatred in his eyes despite having fallen down. It was quite annoying so I took his consciousness away by hitting him with the butt end of my vermillion spear.

At the same time, another announcement flowed into my mind.

【Conclusion has been reached】

【Special Ability 【Heresy Nemesis】 has been removed】

【Because Night Sky’s Child won against the 【Heretic／Those Who Have Awakened the Psalms】 of the 【Eschatology Conquest War】, a reward will be granted】

【Night Sky’s Child has obtained 【Quivering Water’s Soul Sword, Neiletis】!! 】

【According to the Lunar Eclipse God, the defeat of the 【Heretic’s／Those Who Have Awakened the Psalms’】 【Those who struggle together／Companions of the Important Existence】 by Night Sky’s Child has been confirmed】

【As a bonus reward, 【Random Treasure Chests［Superior］】 will be awarded】

And again, just like after the fight against Avenger, I obtained some new trophies.

Along with two 20 centimeter long and tall gold and silver treasure boxes, I had also received a sword similar to the Sunlight’s Soul Sword, Hisperion that I lent to Avenger.

At first glance, the blue sword looked like it was made of water yet it managed to maintain its shape and best of all, it is quite hard. I could say that it’s made of metal that had the characteristics of water.

In the meantime, I try to eat it.

That turned out to be fruitless as I couldn’t even chip it.

Somehow, I felt like I could eat it but that was apparently my imagination.

Really, looks like the questions on why I couldn’t eat it would never run out.

I wonder when I’ll be able to eat items of this level.

Not discouraged, I try to read the information of the 【Quivering Water’s Soul Sword, Neiletis】.

Name: 【Quivering Water’s Soul Sword, Neiletis】

Category: 【■■／Sword】

Class: 【■■■■】

Abilities: 【Neiletis】

【Heresy Nemesis】

【Quivering Water’s Explosion】

【Water Fairy Generation】

【Quivering Water Penetration】

【Ability Boost】

【Locked】

【Locked】

【Locked】

【Locked】

Description: ■ sword of ■■■■ class obtained by Night Sky’s Child after victory against the 【Heretic／Those Who Have Awakened the Psalms／Main Cast】 of the 【Eschatology Conquest War】.

The gods existing in the world can take on three forms, ≪■■／■■／■■≫, where the sword is one of the ■■. The blade has been tempered with clear water and is always transparent, constantly quivering.

Only Night Sky’s Child has the capability to touch this sword. Any person who touches this sword without permission would have an unimaginable disaster befall them.

Since it is ■■, all exceptions other than destruction are absolutely impossible.

Do you wish to view further information?

≪YES≫ ≪NO≫

Despite the different details, the description is similar to Hisperion. It’s just as useful though despite the different abilities.

Since I prefer weapons with longer reach like the vermilion spear over swords, it will remain in my item box until needed. Giving an item of that level to someone unskilled would be a big waste.

As for the treasure chests, I decided to confirm the contents later.

Since the Water Hero is a part of the Book of Psalms like Avenger, I didn’t kill him and just left him as is as I quickly head towards the mansion.

Right now, the Strong Grandson was cornered in the depths of the mansion. Excluding the 【Hero】, he is probably still hiding other trump cards and is making a last stand.

Well, other than expecting that a Chimera formed from a Jadar Wyvern would be a hard fight, let’s put that aside.

The Chimera had a shape just like a Dragon Meatball.

Sewn together in its huge round body are hardened dragon meat and several layers of dragon scales that are overlapping each other. It is capable of breathing a combination of 8 different Dragon Venoms used for torture and has 14 wings, long claws, and fangs made with magic metal, the sharpness and hardness incomparable to poorly made swords.

While it might have a grotesque appearance, I still felt thankful to the Strong Grandson since he took the trouble in preparing such a delicious surprise.

After roasting its entire body, I ate it along with everyone else.

Taking the opportunity, I also ate the strong ones that I killed after putting the idea off till the last minute.

Ability learned: 【Confusion of the Dead】

Ability learned: 【Wailing Wyvern’s Body】

Ability learned: 【Demigod of Treading Dance’s Divine Protection】

Ability learned: 【God of Shaping’s Divine Protection】

With this, the job is mostly finished.

The mastermind, the Strong Grandson, had been caught. Most of the people who participated in the coup d’état had also been arrested. How they would be treated from now on is up to the Tomboy Princess, something I have nothing to do with and had no interest of.

Well, whatever happens, it would probably fix things up.

By the time everything is over, it's already dark. It's quite troublesome to go back to the Imperial Capital right now so we decided to spend the night at ≪Sengrey≫.

Because not all the members that I recently mobilized and the members that were already present before could return to the Imperial Capital right now, it's quite fine.

I was a bit tired so upon plopping myself on bed after various things, sleepiness quickly hit me.

【All hidden conditions of Section 11 【Superior Apostle】 of the World Psalms [Legend of the Black Eclipse Demon] Fourth Chapter 【Kingdom’s Advancing Revolution】, ≪Courageous Enemy’s Defeat≫ ≪No Unreasonable Kills≫ ≪Excessive Gluttony≫ has been cleared】

Looks like the hidden conditions were cleared smoothly. However, are they really hidden conditions? is what I asked in my mind, just as I went to sleep.

Notes:


 * One of the Rank Up's mentioned in the first line, ヤフル (Yafuru), is actually also known as 猿鬼 (Monkey Ogre). However, I decided to use the Katakana just to remain the same with the other species names though I'd note it here just for clarification.
 * The author seems to have made a mistake in Ji's name (the cleric). Usually, the character used for his name is 治 and that's what I saw in the raws from previous days since he got introduced. However, in this Day, the author uses 冶 for the one time the guy is mentioned. If you notice, the only difference between 治 and 冶 is one less stroke for the latter so this is most likely an honest mistake. Still, this actually threw me into a loop since I couldn't find information about the guy with the name 冶 which is pronounced as Ya until I saw the similaries between Ji's name and the wrong character used.
 * There is a lot of messages, names of species, and gods here and it caused quite a bit of a trouble when I tried to translate them, especially the message when Rou started and finished his battle against Water Hero. One of the things that definetely needs to be checked over but it should still be accurate enough to be understandable.