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The Game Difficulty Is Insane
Chapter 36
The God Yuellos had recently been watching the events taking place in Symphosione.
The God-Slaying incident caused by a human, and the division among the gods that followed it.
“Hey, how many times do I have to tell you before you understand, Nox? Kalungod was not killed by my believer.”
“Hmph. I already told you, didn't I? This has nothing to do with the truth behind the God-Slaying incident. However, the power possessed by that being on the surface will bring chaos, so we must take action.”
One side denied that the incident itself was something they needed to worry about.
The other side insisted that the gods of Symphosione should actively intervene and eliminate that being.
The balance between the two positions was extremely tight.
Because of that, no proper conclusion was reached, and time simply continued to pass.
Of course, even if time passed meaninglessly, these beings were not bound by time.
No matter how long this argument continued, it would make no difference to them.
However, even this tense tug-of-war was coming to an end.
Srrrk—
There were heavenly thrones prepared for the dozens of gods present.
Yuellos, who had been quietly sitting on one of them, slowly rose to his feet.
“Hmm? Yuellos…?”
“The crippled Yuellos has stood up.”
The movement of a god who had not moved from his seat for hundreds of years caught the attention of several sharp-eyed gods.
They began murmuring among themselves and focused their gazes on one place.
“Yuellos stood up?”
“Hmm.”
Minis and Nox, who had been standing on opposite sides with their arms crossed and glaring at each other, also stopped arguing and looked toward Yuellos.
Step, step—
Yuellos quietly walked forward and stopped between Minis and Nox.
“Looks like you're planning to make the decision?”
“Well, fate has begun to move, after all.”
The two gods exchanged glances before focusing their attention on the calm young man.
Soon, all the other gods filling the banquet hall also held their breaths.
Then, in the silence, Yuellos slowly opened his mouth.
“I'm sorry, Minis, but I think it would be better to eliminate that being on the surface.”
His voice was low.
The heavy atmosphere began to tremble as if an earthquake were about to strike.
Soon, the reactions of the two groups filling the banquet hall became sharply divided.
“See?! I told you Nox was right!”
“Kyahaha! Can't you understand even after seeing it with your own eyes? That power is dangerous!”
“Hey, Minis and you useless gods! Why don't you admit it already? It isn't just anyone saying this. It's Yuellos!”
The gods supporting Nox began pointing fingers at the group on the opposite side.
And their mockery intensified when Yuellos added more words.
“Recently, I've felt that the flow of fate surrounding this world has been greatly distorted. I've been searching for the cause all this time. Then I saw the video Nox brought.”
He had also seen the fierce battle between Glenn and Rowen, as well as the divine demonic power that had emerged from it.
“And I saw it. The power released by that being on the surface is twisting the flow of fate surrounding it.”
The golden concentric circles engraved in his languid, dark-brown eyes shone brightly.
Then that sharp and serious gaze turned toward Minis, who had been defending her believer while claiming that there was nothing to worry about.
“Minis. That power is dangerous. If we leave it alone, something terrible will happen.”
At Yuellos's plain statement, the gods supporting Minis fell silent.
The God of Fate, who had remained still for hundreds of years no matter what happened, was saying that the fate surrounding the world was being distorted.
What could they possibly say in response?
“Therefore, this time, you should give in…”
“Fine. I can't help it.”
However, even they had not expected Minis to agree so cheerfully.
“Let's get rid of that child.”
Yuellos frowned.
Until just a moment ago, she had been fiercely glaring at Nox and insisting that they should wait and watch.
Now she was suddenly smiling brightly and agreeing with him.
That made Yuellos feel even more uneasy.
Of course, the eyes of a god that could see through the essence of things could understand her intentions from the smile in her eyes.
“You're planning to interfere from behind, aren't you, Minis?”
Nox also seemed to have seen the same thing as Yuellos, as he looked at her unpleasantly.
Although the two had been opposed to each other for nearly a thousand years, they had once been closer than anyone else in Symphosione.
That was why Nox probably understood Minis better than anyone.
“Well, I understand. You don't want to miss the perfect opportunity to defeat me. But you should be careful about how far you go.”
“Hmm, I don't know what you're talking about, Nox. I simply heard Yuel's words and thought he was right, so I agreed.”
Of course, Minis merely pretended not to know anything, stretching out the ends of her words in her usual manner.
And Yuellos never expected her to quietly back down either.
Avoiding a fight seems impossible.
Still, Yuellos had been neutral even among the higher gods.
Now that he had taken Nox's side, Minis's interference would have its limits.
From the moment Yuellos had chosen to support Nox, the result had already been decided.
Of course, he was not truly taking the side of either Nox or Minis.
As the God who governed fate, he simply intended to eliminate anything that attempted to twist the fate that had already been decided, regardless of the means required.
Even if I have to use Nox, Minis, and every god here to do it.
His dark-brown eyes, marked by golden concentric circles, quietly burned.
To do that, first…
Yuellos's cold gaze turned toward a goddess standing in the corner of the banquet hall.
She was the Goddess of Variables and the Unknown, Sipherinne, whose silver-like gray hair was striking.
She was the complete opposite of Yuellos.
I should deal with that woman first. Everything she has been doing lately has been getting on my nerves.
Ten days had passed since they departed from Raigle Capital.
Glenn and Saint Luceria had successfully crossed the border and were now approaching the center of the Land of Demons.
There were only two people in the group.
Roderick Bernstein, the saintess's assistant bishop, had desperately wanted to come along, but Glenn had not brought him.
Having the strength of a seven-star priest would certainly have been useful.
But they were not lacking combat power in the first place.
He could actually become a weakness.
If they brought him along and, through bad luck, he was captured by the enemy, things would become troublesome in many ways.
Glenn was still human, after all.
It would be difficult for him to keep an eye on two people at the same time.
Of course, the biggest reason was that it would be inconvenient.
If Roderick came with them, Glenn would have to behave carefully as a saint officially recognized by the church.
I can barely stand doing that for a few hours. Why would I bring him along?
In any case, by leaving Bishop Roderick behind, Glenn entered the Land of Demons in a relatively comfortable environment.
Their current location was the outskirts of the Luvini region, where the 2nd Legion of the Demon King's Army was stationed.
It had taken them ten days to reach this place.
They had not traveled on horseback, and they had been forced to take detours to avoid being discovered.
There was nothing they could do about it.
