Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 231

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Karma

“…And so, the Holy War fizzled out, and all the humans have reportedly returned to their home countries.”

Reporting this, the woman trembled slightly.

Her fellow tribesmen, who had worked tirelessly in the sanctuary for this moment without rest, were vivid in her mind’s eye, but in the end, these foolish races betrayed the light, led only by their vain desires.

Even the fairies, who called themselves their servants, had been working here and there, but the results were beyond unsatisfactory, simply a failure.

“The humans of the Holy Prussen gave up without much resistance.”

“Yes.

It seems they judged that there were traitors and demon followers within, and thought it right to start by cleaning up internally.”

“…Were there really demon followers in the Holy Prussen?”

“As far as I know, no. How could they do such a thing with so many watchers?”

At the woman’s words, the highest-ranking celestial, Ru, stroked his chin and pondered.

According to his secretary’s report, Hispania [a region roughly corresponding to modern-day Spain and Portugal] had subtly demanded to withdraw from the Holy War, claiming to have found a connection between the pirates who were causing confusion from behind and the Holy Prussen. The Holy Prussen, also convinced that there were traitors within, immediately turned their expeditionary force around and began an internal investigation.

‘Certainly, according to the report, they moved according to the fairies’ opinion that they could create more believers by moving the bandits to cause confusion.

Why was the internal traitor of the Holy Prussen suddenly mentioned?’

Could there really have been humans with such intentions?

And did the timing of the fairies’ scheme coincide so coincidentally, giving Hispania the best reason to withdraw from the Holy War?

‘Nonsense.’

When coincidences overlap, it becomes inevitable.

And this was too perfectly aligned to be seen as a coincidence.

This isn’t a coincidence; it’s a play someone made into an inevitability disguised as a coincidence.

He didn’t know who it was, but he had created this entire current situation.

He ruined the Holy War, which had been declared with great fanfare, in just two months, making it as if it never happened.

Hispania, which should have returned home with the humiliating words, ‘Those who defy the will of light,’ from the Holy Prussen, instead muttered, ‘Those who do suspicious things behind the scenes,’ and returned triumphantly.

And even the Holy Prussen, who should have been the main force, were sent back to their home country without a word.

‘Who is it?

Could it be that the highest-ranking demons moved?

…No, no. Lilith is sealed, and Bahamut lost his wings, so there’s no one who would actively step forward like this. The only ones who could break our will were all killed in the last war.’

The celestials had fought to the death to slaughter the highest-ranking demons, whom they considered the most threatening enemies.

As a result, they succeeded in killing half of them, but their own damage was too great, so they focused on recovering their completely damaged bodies in the sanctuary.

‘The number of the tribe has decreased to less than half. If we fail once more, the descendants of light will disappear.’

Ru felt a heavy responsibility for that part.

It was important to follow the will of the heavens, turn this land to ashes, and make new seeds sprout from there, but it was also important for his fellow tribesmen, who had to do that work, to survive until then, and to remove all obstacles that could not accept the demons or the will of light.

‘My body has almost recovered, but the numbers have not. If we fight the demons again this time and fail to win, half of the tribe will disappear again, and in that case, we won’t even be able to erase those humans.’

During the century or more that they had been asleep.

The humans, whom they had only thought of as foolish and weak, had grown frighteningly.

They had the shortest lifespan and the shortest generation turnover, but they were sensitive to change and accepted it, rising rapidly as terrifying races.

Although their numbers were small, the number of humans who could fight against the upper celestials was increasing.

Ru realized that if things continued as they were, the very moment when they tried to erase the demons and strike the humans could be the day the tribe perished.

‘So, unlike the fairies who voluntarily became servants, I whispered to the humans who knew nothing, persuading them to become slaves of our tribe themselves.

It actually worked quite well.’

The fairies faithfully created a sense of crisis on the continent according to their will.

The humans spoke and acted as they wished, making themselves unable to grow further, shedding blood, and preventing themselves from harmonizing.

Everything will happen on the day when the seven hornpipes resound widely in the world.

All beings in the world will rejoice and shed tears, welcoming the flames of purification and becoming a handful of ashes.

A new life, a new world, will be born right there.

“Ah, and…”

Ru’s secretary opens her mouth with a more cautious look than before.

She has something more to tell, but she looks like she’s wondering if she should really tell it.

“What else is there?”

“That’s….”

“Speak properly. It’s not like anything gets better by wasting time.”

At Ru’s words, the woman fluttered her wings slightly and slowly opened her mouth.

“Shaiella has been defeated and suffered a major injury.”

“…That child was defeated? She even suffered a major injury?”

To put it bluntly, the woman in charge of the field command in this matter, Ru’s younger sister, Shaiella, is one of the strongest among the upper celestials.

But she was not only defeated but also suffered a major injury.

At this point, it was necessary to consider that the highest-ranking demon was secretly leaving his territory and attacking the celestials from behind.

“Who was the opponent that she suffered so much from?”

“That’s… um….”

The female secretary, who was watching Ru’s reaction, let out a groan and continued.

“It’s, it’s said to be a human….”

“What?”

An upper celestial can be defeated by a human.

As I said before, it was quite possible.

But that was for ordinary upper celestials, and Shaiella was different.

Originally, she was a being who deserved to be at the top, but due to her unique strange tendencies, and the Holy War that broke out at just the right time, there was a need for an upper celestial to take care of other upper celestials.

Therefore, Ru gave his divine spear to his younger sister, who was not supposed to stay in the position of upper celestial, to encourage her.

“If Shaiella was defeated, the opponent must have been at least a highest-ranking demon. But she was defeated by a human?

Could it be that something was misreported? Or that the demon was disguised.”

“They took that possibility into account and conducted their own investigation. As a result, although her origin is unclear, it is highly likely that she is an ordinary human based on her actions.”

At those words, Ru couldn’t help but be shocked.

Humans had chased not only the upper celestials but also those just below the highest-ranking celestials.

With the number of remaining tribesmen not even that many, the thought that their best card could be neutralized made him feel anxious for the first time in his mind, which had been relaxed until now.

“…How is the work of finding the stigma holders going?”

“Unfortunately, it has been blocked since the third one we found last time. Even those three were the result of barely achieving it with the blessing of God.”

“Not good. Not good at all.”

The celestials also know that things called traces of God are scattered here and there in the world.

If they stand on the opposite side and use that power, they will have to face the worst enemy, so it was only natural that the celestials tried to bring those with that power to their side.

‘At least the fairy with the will of the forest is with us. But there is no news from other alien races, and above all, I don’t know how many more traces remain among the humans, who are the most numerous.’

Ru strongly felt that if he continued to work as originally planned, he could end up completely failing.

He would start a Holy War to cleanly eliminate the demons with the help of humans, incite the antipathy of other races to attack those humans, and then weaken all those people and kill and injure the strong.

And then, he would cleanly burn and purify this world, where there would be no one left to resist the power of light.

Originally, that was the picture and future that the celestials wanted, a beautiful world.

But unlike expectations, the humans were moving quite well, and conversely, their plans were not advancing but only retreating.

“Where did you say that human came from?”

“Hispania.”

“If it’s Hispania….”

“According to reports from the tribe and fairies outside, they were the last to accept the teachings of light, have the fewest believers, and seem to have a tendency to push out the Church of Light in secret.”

“…It could be quite an uncomfortable existence from the perspective of the Holy Prussen or Nudia.”

“We have already taken control of the royal palace in Nudia, so it is no different from the Holy Prussen.”

If the light defines them as enemies, there are many who will immediately take up spears and swords and shout for a Holy War.

Previously, they had simply instilled an ominous aura here and there on the continent, making them call for a Holy War themselves, but if they deliberately set a fire in one place, they could flock there.

They were avoiding direct involvement or conveying their intentions as much as possible, lest anyone suspect their tribe even a little.

Ru muttered so and looked at the map of the continent spread out in front of him.

Originally, the spear was stuck in the north of the continent, the land called the land of death by humans and the cursed place by his tribe, the homeland of the demons, but Ru slowly picked it up and began to move it somewhere.

“I was originally going to move after taking Hispania, but the humans have deviated from our expectations too much. I didn’t want to see more blood than I originally thought, but if it comes to this, there’s no other way.”

Clack.

The spear that had been placed in the land of death was moved to Hispania.

Then, Ru, who accurately pointed to that point, opened his mouth in a low voice.

“I will change the plan to erase the demons. I will withdraw all the spears and swords heading to the cursed place and turn their ends elsewhere.”

“Is that the destination?”

The woman pointed to Hispania on the map.

If Ru, the leader of the highest-ranking celestials, said that much, it meant that the humans, their collective called Hispania, were more dangerous to the tribe and the will of light than the demons.

“Until now, I only hoped that the flames would rise by blowing the wind, but not anymore. It’s time for us to stand up, and since there are already more than enough supporters of light in the Holy Prussen and Nudia, there’s no need to hesitate anymore.

We can’t strike the demons with an obstacle behind us. I wonder what kind of reaction the humans who follow the light will show if we fill Hispania with ominous light and turn them into the enemy of the continent.”

Not to mention the Holy Prussen or Nudia, even the believers within Hispania will rise up at any time if there are those within their country who have the opposite intentions to them.

Because that’s what the teachings of light teach, because the descendants of light want it.

Because they are emphasizing to judge evil and punish injustice!

“Then, Ru-nim. Shall we proceed?”

“Yes. Reset the goal so that we can act more directly.”

“I understand. Ah, and Ru-nim. Shaiella keeps asking to be included in the next mission. She says there is something she must finish.”

“I know. I know what that girl is thinking.”

And he can’t stop her, and he knows that she won’t listen even if he does.

Ru gave the answer to do so, along with a warning to go out only after her injury had healed to some extent.

Since she was not a younger sister who could be stopped even if he tried to stop her, he would rather give her prior precautions like this, and she would thoroughly manage her body in order to want to go out quickly.

‘This girl, it seems like she still can’t get rid of that tendency.’

He was concerned that Shaiella had been defeated by a human, but she was not a foolish person, so she would be able to judge whether she was someone she could fight again and win, or whether she would only offer her life.

If it was the former, she would naturally step forward, and if it was the latter, she would use everything that would appear from now on to weaken the opponent’s strength and then cook in the direction she wanted.

‘The demons are next. I will make the whole continent excited with blood by sacrificing Hispania, and then make them collide with the land of death, making them burn each other.’

What if they don’t follow?

No, they have no choice but to follow.

That is the karma of those who reigned above them with the excuse of themselves and the pretext of the will of light.

Where in the world is there anyone who can directly refute the true descendants of light, who bring the flames of purification to the world as the true will of light!

‘Yes, that is the karma of the humans, and at the same time, it is the karma of you who blocked the sacred work of the tribe.’

If you just obeyed the blowing wind and the raging waves and just lost your strength.

It is the karma of you who recklessly blocked this brilliant flame, daring to block it.

And shortly after that decision was made.

Strange rumors began to spread little by little from Nudia.

―――――――Author’s Note―――――――

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