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CHAPTER 5 – CONNECTING THE DIFFERENT THREADS
PART 01
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This time, I wasn’t going to hope for things to just fall into place. After Bahamut’s betrayal, all the “stories” were now caught in a deadlock.
I needed to start all over again.
Well, not that I had any other choice.
First, I needed to find a loose end that linked up to the “story resolution”s.
“Lea, do you know if Bahamut has any weaknesses?”
“
No, sorry.”
Lea shook her head sadly.
“He is ‘the perfect creature’. As his names suggests, he does not have weaknesses.”
“Argh
I see.”
Hmm~ With that sudden realization, it seemed like a stalemate. Why did the gods think it a great idea to create something so ‘perfect’?
“Well, why don’t we think of how to get back to Earth first? If Bahamut closes the door, it’ll be game over for all of us.”
“Oh!”
Satsuki’s suggestion came as a major shock.
“No, there is no need to worry,” Lea hurriedly assured us.
“What do you mean?”
“When he first locked me in here, he did so to avoid a battle because we were still evenly matched. Now, the difference in our levels of power does not worry him anymore. He may be a swindler, but he is the type who would love to take advantage of such a situation.”
“
What a despicable fellow.”
“But we still need to come up with a strategy as soon as possible.”
We continued to share ideas, until,
“Erm
”
“Hm?”
Tetra timidly raised her hand.
“Tetra may know something about Bahamut’s weakness
”
“Huh? Really!?”
Before I knew it, I was leaning towards Tetra in enthusiasm.
“Yes. It was something she found while reading through the village’s legends
 She thinks it should be true
.because that legend was left to us by the gods.”
“
?”
Why did Tetra seem so hesitant to speak, as if the words were being forced out of her? If Bahamut really possessed a weakness, then it was the best news for us.

.But wait. Something wasn’t right.
Back at the “Nozomiya”, she’d said that the method to seal away the “monster” was lost to history.
Why would a girl who was seeking help lie about that?
There was another thing which puzzled me.
After listening to Tetra’s story, Satsuki had used the Great Magic of Creation to try to recover the lost legend.
However, Satsuki had said that sealing the “monster” required a special tool that was now lost.
If the special tool needed to seal Bahamut was really lost, then Tetra wouldn’t be raising this point now. In short, the method to seal the “monster” away was still possible.
So why did Satsuki lie back then?
With these questions plaguing my mind, I waited for Tetra to continue.
Then,
“Bahamut’s weakness
is the guardian’s blood. Tetra’s blood.”
It was the worst answer.
“What

!?”
“

”
Satsuki averted her eyes in silence at my shocked reaction.
“A guardian’s blood will burn and cause his body to become inflamed, and should it enter his body, it will poison him to death. Tetra and her people were created by the gods for the sole purpose of killing Bahamut,” Tetra continued.
“In the case that Bahamut should break the seal, he would be extremely hungry since there is no food present in this fake world. Therefore, the villagers living right next to the ‘sealed space’ will be his first target
 In short, Tetra and her people are a trap created by the gods to kill the ‘Monster of Haishin’.”
“So
the gods created Tetra and the villagers to be eaten by Bahamut!?”
“That’s right. Rekka, do you recall the goddess wielding the sword in our temple?”
“Erm, yeah
”
“That sword was placed there in the event that our blood is not enough to poison him. We are supposed to stab ourselves with the sword and pour our blood into the casket, and pray so that its volume multiplies to what is required
”
“Whaaaaaat!???”
My brain was instantly flooded with boiling rage, as my hands balled themselves into fists.
Creating life so that it can be destroyed. That was totally not normal!! To be honest, it was just plain suicide!! You must be joking!!
Lea had said that the gods weren’t perfect, and now I understood why. Such bastards could never be perfect.
I also understood why Satsuki had lied, because she couldn’t bring herself to suggest the method
 Similarly, it couldn’t be helped that Tetra had lied as well. For someone who wanted to rescue the village, a method that called for the sacrifice of the villagers was definitely out of the question.
Yet she was sharing it with us now, because,
“So if Tetra lures Bahamut to eat her
”
I knew it.
“Idiot, nobody’s gonna let you do that.”
“But there is no other way.”
“We’ll find one if we think hard.”
“But if the ‘monster’ continues to block the door, then all of you won’t be able to leave. So-”
“Shut up.”
I would never resort to such a cruel method, even if it costs me my life. I mean

“You talk of suicide so easily, but how can I sacrifice someone who’s so frightened that her knees are trembling?”
“

!”
“Tetra, stop thinking that you have to do this yourself. Don’t try to shoulder the burden on your own. Rely on me, on all of us. If you want to save Ziz village, then talk to the villagers. Don’t stop trusting others. So let’s all come together now and think of a way to defeat Bahamut.”
After convincing Lea, I found it easier to speak of my feelings now. Both these situations were desperate, but it just strengthened my spirit.
Yes, there was no need to give up.
We would all think of a way to defeat the “perfect” bastard.