Opportunity in the Game Becomes Reality Chapter 289
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Opportunity in the Game Becomes Reality Chapter 289
61. My Goal (5)
After sending Arc Scarlet and Dark Square to capture Bug and Maryang, I examined the skull those two had sent as a gift.
The letter stated it was obtained by killing a god named Huitzilopochtli.
Upon searching, he appeared to be an Aztec god how did he end up being killed by Bug's group?
'No matter how senseless those guys are, they wouldn't have killed a god just for fun....'
It has yet to be confirmed what problems might arise from killing a god that has appeared on Earth.
Because of that, caution was necessary in many respects.
If left alone, they might continue hunting gods from mythology, so I ordered the two Demon Kings to capture Bug's group.
"Could I revive it?"
While remaining in the office, wrestling with Huitzilopochtli's skull, I raised my Mana just in case.
Normally, to revive a dead person using 9th-circle Resurrection, the spell must be cast within a few minutes of death.
But now that I had ascended to the god race by partially absorbing the Creator's power, I might be able to perform a miracle.
"Resurrection."
So I condensed Resurrection into the skull with the maximum output I could muster.
"..."
But as expected, no god was revived from a skull that had been dead for over a day.
I shrugged and was about to place it into subspace when.
"Hm?"
Not only had the red jewel embedded in the skull's eye socket turned purple, but I also noticed it had absorbed some of my Mana I couldn't help but look surprised.
The energy it originally possessed was immense, but now its capacity had grown even further.
"It can accumulate Mana and increase its storage capacity?"
This is a function that ordinary Mana Stones or mana jewels cannot produce.
If a material capable of this existed, it would have been possible to create an artificial Dragon Heart.
"This isn't merely a material superior to Dragon Heart."
I need to research the maximum storage capacity and how much Mana can be output at once, but I couldn't deny it.
This is an incredible item.
If equipment were made using this, something terrifying would be born.
Apparently Bug and Maryang don't know about this function it was truly an unexpected gift in many ways.
After storing the skull in subspace, I had to let out a hollow laugh.
* * *
As a new era began, Earth's great powers suffered enormous damage.
Of course, the great powers that suffered the most damage were China, which was split into over twenty nations, and Japan, which lost its national sovereignty.
The damage to America, which represents Earth, was by no means small either.
America had safely overcome the Great Disaster and, backed by its powerful military, had successfully repelled monster ambushes.
However, with the appearance of Rondel, Earth's military power became meaningless, and America's reputation began to crack.
In the end, America failed to protect the title of 'world's strongest.'
The word 'world's strongest' now belonged to a single person rather than a nation, and America found itself in a position where it couldn't guarantee victory even against Rondel's middling nations.
It was an undeniable Ruin/Downfall.
No one feared America anymore, and America was now in a position where it had to watch the moods of the Peace Organization and the nations belonging to Rondel.
America was already troubled and full of grievances, and on top of that, fortune didn't favor them either.
"Does the god called Sepia wish for America's Ruin/Downfall?"
"..."
Divine beings that began appearing centered around mythologies from around the world.
In America, a vast land, two gods appeared.
One was 'Chinigchinich,' revered among California Indians as the first being who created humans.
The other was 'Raven,' who appears as the creator in Alaska Eskimo mythology.
However, since America itself was born through the invasion of Native Americans, the gods of the Indians and Eskimos were by no means friendly to the current government.
No, rather, it would be correct to see them as hostile, merely refraining from direct attacks.
"Korea's gods are so kind to Gift users giving them skills and even helping them hunt so why are ours like this?"
At the lament of American President George Michael, his aides could not offer any reply.
Just as he said, nothing was going the way he wanted.
Not only that, but they were now under pressure from a new force that had recently subdued South America and even advanced into Central America.
"How is the investigation into Trinity going?"
"It has been confirmed that they are currently staying in Cuba. It appears they are helping the people there and gathering followers."
"What? Cuba is right in front of Miami, isn't it?"
From America's standpoint, the growth of this organization called 'Trinity' could only be a burden.
If Central and South America had previously been a Warring States period where cartels divided power among themselves, now they were showing a unified will.
It was unfortunate for the locals, but America had always been more reassured by a chaotic South America than a peaceful one.
There was already more than enough to worry about, and there was no capacity to worry about neighboring countries as well.
Yet Central and South America, reorganized around Trinity which had dropped out of the sky had become far too great a threat.
"And...."
"What now?"
"It seems Trinity has succeeded in bringing the Maya's Quetzalcoatl under their command as well."
"What!? No, is this Pokémon? Are they collecting gods one by one?"
Trinity's most frightening aspect was that they commanded beings from mythology.
If before they had commanded Viracocha of the South American Inca, now even the Maya's Quetzalcoatl had joined their side.
President Michael felt his head throbbing and rubbed his temples.
The gods in mythology are beings with abilities surpassing those of dragons.
There was a high possibility that even nuclear warheads would not work on them, and if they set their minds to it, vaporizing a single city was no big deal.
From America's standpoint, they could not help but be furious.
It meant that the military they had painstakingly built up was rendered useless by just a few irregulars.
"Tsk, with this, Trinity's objective has become clear."
"Yes, it appears their goal is the collection of myths."
"They kill beings from mythology that do not follow them and spare those that do? Quite a radical group. I'm worried in many ways."
They had already confirmed that the Aztec god had been killed by Trinity's hands.
Since the Aztec god had carried out a massacre for the purpose of human sacrifice, rumors were spreading of Trinity as apostles of justice.
But the American government never regarded them as apostles of justice.
They judged it all to be calculated action.
"Radical as they may be, looking at the results, one can tell they are very cunning."
"That they are."
Trinity's activities could be divided into two categories.
One was the collection and cleansing of beings from mythology.
The other was using the collected beings from mythology to topple the cartels that had been tormenting citizens and bring them freedom.
As a result, all of South America and Central America became admirers of Trinity.
"Would it not be better to ask the Peace Organization for help instead?"
"Hmm...."
"Whether it be the two gods within America or the emerging force Trinity in Central and South America, they are all threatening us. Is it not their role to save member nations from such threats?"
"That they are."
President Michael agonized over it.
If they reached out to the Peace Organization, they would become the 'first relief requester.'
For them, who had regarded the founding of the Peace Organization as distasteful, it could only be deeply humiliating.
"President!"
But then.
The office door burst open and the CIA director entered.
At that, doubt and unease rose on the President's face.
For the CIA director to come rushing in, it surely could not be a light matter.
"It is reported that Trinity's female leaders sent a package to Argentina through a proxy."
At first, he was puzzled, not knowing what the CIA director was talking about, but.
At the fact that the location was Argentina, the President's expression gradually changed.
Currently, Argentina is one of Earth's three major neutral zones used as a base for nations belonging to Rondel.
The CIA's report, in other words, was a story that Rondel might be behind the three female leaders who made up Trinity.
"Have you found out the recipient as well?"
"The recipient of the package was Grand Duke Lawrence!"
"What!?"
-Bang!
The President struck his desk with a furious expression.
"Damn it! In front they pretend to be righteous, pretend to be for peace, and behind the scenes they pull something like this!?"
It was an extremely natural misunderstanding.
Bug, Maryang, and Miel, the leaders of a faction called Trinity, were enjoying adventures without a care in the world, and Adrian did not interfere much with their activities.
However, from a third party's perspective, if one gathered information on this situation, one could not help but make the same misunderstanding as President Michael.
"Despicable Rondel bastards."
President Michael gnashed his teeth.
If that information were true, it seemed that reaching out to the Peace Organization might be what Adrian wanted.
A different approach needed to be devised.
"What is it? I'm busy right now.... Yeah. Yeah. What?"
And then.
Even in front of the President, the CIA director, who had no choice but to answer the call due to the emergency message, contorted his face mercilessly.
Could there be anything more problematic?
The President swallowed his anger and looked at the director.
"What is it now?"
The director answered with difficulty, his voice laden with displeasure.
"Trinity's three leaders have crossed over to Miami."
"You've got to be kidding...."
"However, two demon kings called the Four Heavenly Kings among Grand Duke Lawrence's subordinates are in a standoff with Trinity's leaders."
President Michael thought of Adrian and had to bite his lip, wondering what scheme this was now.
* * *
Baghdad, Iraq.
The people gathered in the underground cavern marveled at the sight before their eyes.
"Ohh!"
"Truly amazing. You've created something tremendous!"
"It's all because you gathered the materials I wanted."
"Not at all! No matter how good the materials, without skill, what one produces would be insignificant."
Mustafa, the brother-in-law of the Iraqi President and head of the international hacker group Randi, and Albert, an Iraqi tycoon known as a political rival of the current President, gave a thumbs-up toward Ea, the Sumerian god.
It was a natural reaction.
And for good reason what Ea had revealed as his invention was an 8-meter-tall steel giant.
"It's the new weapon called Gigant from Rondel."
"That's right, I built it based on that. But the interior contains Earth's technology, Rondel's arcane engineering, and Sumer's essence in equal measure, so it won't fall short compared to Rondel's."
"Hooh?"
"Of course, I won't know for sure without fighting with it directly, but the cost-effectiveness of this is far superior."
"What is the production cost?"
"Rondel's Gigant costs over 500 million dollars (500 billion) per unit. The reason it's expensive is because large amounts of diamond and Mithril are added to the core components, but this isn't like that. If made in the current environment, the production cost is about 100 million dollars (100 billion), and if a mass production system and facilities are established, it's possible to make it even cheaper."
Admiration came naturally.
Mustafa and Albert were convinced that forcibly bringing in Ea was the best choice.
"How does it operate? I heard Gigant can only be used by Rondel's Knights is the one you made, Ea, the same?"
"At first I intended to make it exclusively for Gift users, but that wouldn't be fun."
"What do you mean?"
"Ordinary people can use it too. The downside is that since it's rechargeable, its operational time is shorter than Gigant's. Well, as it gets improved, even that drawback will disappear."
"As expected, Rondel's technology is, in the end, made by humans! What the great god of Sumer, Ea, has made is on a different level!"
Ea shyly scratched his cheek at the two men's praise.
"Have you decided on a name for this?"
But to Mustafa's follow-up question, he answered seriously.
"Yeah!"
"What is the name?"
"Geomdan."
"...."
However, at Ea's naming sense, they could only shut their mouths.
It was because it sounded far too much like a knockoff of a Japanese anime.
Nevertheless, they said they understood for now and changed the subject.
"If you happen to have a blueprint, would it be possible to build it without you, Ea, personally participating in production?"
"I'll have to make Sumer's essence myself, but other than that, I think it can be managed somehow. Making Sumer's essence is simple. If I put my mind to it, I could make even 100 a day."
"Is that so?"
At Ea's explanation, Mustafa's lips curled upward.
Ea asked back.
"What do you plan to do with this?"
The ownership of the item naturally belonged to Ea.
But Ea cared quite deeply for the humans cooperating with him, and if they asked for this, he intended to hand it over without hesitation.
"I plan to find a nation that hates Rondel and gift it to them. I'm trying to create an anti-Rondel force."
"Really? Well, do as you like."
Mustafa gave Albert, who was beside him, a meaningful look, and the two nodded and smiled as if they had reached an understanding.
Ea unreservedly entrusted them with the weapons he had made.