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Rainbow of Blessing
Karin-san was surprised at the fact that everyone was surprised.
“Could it be that you didn’t know?!”
“Even the thing about the spirit world, it’s my first time hearing about it, you know?”
Frank-san briskly scratched his hair that was like a corn’s beard while he skilfully avoided the area where Luan was sitting on.
“It is said that the world of the dead is also called as the spirit world. The gods once resided in this very land. Even the young ones in the elves’ village know this, though?”
“Seriously…?”
Frank-san, who was looking up towards the sky, was a priest. That was why, perhaps he had received shock from knowing that the legend that he had been believing until now was actually different from the truth.
“Humans and beastmen aren’t like elves that live a long life, after all. Perhaps this kind of folklore was lost in translation as it was transmitted during the long time.”
“So, what kind of story does the Genesis that Karin know?”
Amanda-san bent her body forward in order to hear better, and Karin-san put her hand on her chin as she said, “That’s right.”
“Once upon a time, there were a lot of powerful gods in this world. However, lots died during when the wars between gods enfolded, and the gods whose power weakened due to losing followers then departed to the spirit world with more primordial power.”
“How come the gods who lost their followers also lost their power?”
“Now, I don’t even know what really this existence is we call as ‘god’. So, I can’t answer that. However, I am certain that this is what I was told about. It’s said that the followers imitate their god’s figure, so Leviathan’s people should have a figure resembling them.”
“Similar to those mutated Sahuagin from earlier? But they weren’t that similar.”
“Since it said that they were its servants, they might not be the followers that had power.”
“I wonder if their form changes if they hold some power…?”
Is it something akin to evolution?
There are monsters of affiliated type in Elysia Online.
For example, in the area where only weak monsters appear, the monsters that appear in the coast are only Sahuagin, but in the area where a slightly stronger monsters appear, Malenti appear.
In the coast where an even stronger enemies appear, Dragonewts appear, while in areas with formidable enemies, Sea Dragons appear.
If those Malenti’s evolved form were the Dragonewt…
What if we were to consider that the followers’ forms evolved, for example Sahuagin → Malenti → Dragonewt → Sea Dragon, just like that?
In other words, the monsters that appeared were originally the ancient gods’ followers?
Eh, but if that is the case, why are the monsters attacking humans?
“Hmm. Still, Leviathan said that it was just its transient form, huh? If that’s the case, the mutated Sahuagin were also transient, then? …Hmmmm. The slimes in the dungeon were odourless, so… I see. This place might be something like the shadow picture imitating the spirit world. That’s why, the dead monsters are absorbed by the dungeon. The phantom returns to the spirit world.”
“Errr… I don’t really get it, but to put it simply, the monsters in this dungeon aren’t the real deal?”
“That is most likely.”
Karin-san nodded in response to Amanda-san’s question, and Frank-san also muttered once again, “Seriously…?”
“I’ve gone through dungeons when I was still an adventurer, but I was completely oblivious about it up until now.”
“Frank-san was an adventurer before?!”
When I asked in surprise, Frank-san touched the tip of his nose as he said, “Well, yeah.”
“He was [The Dawn’s Seeker]’s leader.”
“Eeeeeeeeeeh?!”
I reflexively raised my voice after hearing the truth from Virna-san.
“Then, Frank-san and Virna-san were colleagues?”
“Yeah.”
Frank-san answered, while Virna-san nodded as her tail swayed.
Really, Frank-san and Virna-san were members of the same party?!
Eh, but if so—
“Since Simon-san is there, does that mean Frank-san didn’t function as a priest, but rather fighting alongside everyone?”
“Ah—. Nah. I was in [The Dawn’s Seeker] before I became a priest.”
“Eeh—?”
Upon hearing the detailed story, it seemed that Frank-san was an adventurer who used a large sword, befitting of his appearance.
By a strange coincidence, he formed a party with Gazad-san the dwarf and Naruruth-san the elf, then with the addition of an old priest, [The Dawn’s Seeker] was formed.
Receiving the influence from that old priest, Frank-san chose the path of becoming a priest instead of an adventurer, and he left the party not too long after Virna-san had just joined [The Dawn’s Seeker].
“I thought he’d return quickly.”
Everyone nodded at Virna-san’s words.
After all, Frank-san really didn’t look like a priest. When I heard that he was originally an adventurer, I was like ‘Aah, I see’.
“Knowing that I’d be the laughingstock of y’all, there’s no way I’d return.”
Frank-san muttered as if he became sulky.
…It was certainly hard to train to become a priest after he had fully grown up as an adult.
“Well, although they aren’t cute, I also had some worthy disciples. It wasn’t all that bad.”
Simon-san, who was his disciple that he probably thought of cute in his heart, expressed his interest in learning more about the world, so it seemed like Frank-san introduced him to [The Dawn’s Seeker] who was looking for someone who could cover the role of the old priest—Frank-san’s teacher—who had retired by that time.
Hee~. So that kind of thing happened, huh?
“Let’s end this reminiscent talk, shall we return?”
Everyone agreed to Frank-san’s words.
In the end, the divine beast Livyatan appeared from the treasure chest and Ar-niisama received the blessing…
I’m glad we came here.
Could it be that there are other dungeons where divine beasts appear just like this one…?
Upon exiting the hidden room, the usual semi-transparent window appeared.
▼ The following quest has been cleared.
▼ Defeat the boss located deep within [The Cavern of Ordeal]
▼ Quest cleared!
Reward: Received the blessing from the divine beast, Azure Dragon Livyatan.
It is now possible to summon Livyatan.
Quest cleared, hooray—!
I wonder how this summoning Livyatan would work?
Aah, I’m excited to find out!
After we exited the Cavern of Ordeal, the blue sky was laid out for us to see. Then, over there—
“Ooh, look. The rainbow of blessing appeared.”
A beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky.