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"Oh, it wasn’t freaking easy just getting on the ’friendly’ terms in terms of favorability." – replied Maparapara.

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<<...Yeb. Forcing these people to work for me would be stupid.>>

<<"Hey! You will die! But if you don’t want that happened to you! Become mine and fight for me until you die!">>

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"And that if we should start off our religion now or later." – said Phantasia.

"Honestly speaking, the vampires are.... Well, you know."

"I’m going to be honest here, I would like to create a new base somewhere else, but at the same time, I would like our main base here to expand even further."

"What about Maparapara? She also needs her own divinity." – said Thanatos.

"The slimes will need some time to recover anyway and they will also need to gain some trust in us if they wish to work with us in finding their new home."

"Still, there seems to be another reason why you wanted to talk with us."

"Yeah, there is." – sad Phantasia.

"My divinity."

"The Goodness Of Oasis And Beauty."

"...Yeah... Why the hell you have a divinity that is a polar opposite of you?" – asked confused Maparapara.

"I got to agree with her, it does seems quiet... Weird to say the least, for you to have that kind of divinity." – said Thanatos.

"Oh shut up. We don’t have really luxuries to choose what divinities we want." – said annoyed Phantasia.

"Still, I got to say, the first skill that I’ve obtained from this divine class is something special."

"It is construction type skill and I want to transform the whole city using this skill."

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"Transform?" – asked Thanatos.

"Yeb. Transform." – replied Phantasia.

"I will need to somewhat rebuild the whole city... But once it is done, I can turn this entire place into something special."

"Still, that skill does have several restriction, for example building in one of them, since we need to make a fitting settlement in order for me to use this skill."

"However, we have now a problem."

"What if Maparapara divinity will also have somewhat same type of skill as me?"

"Honestly I still want to hold out with construction, until we at least find the divinity for Maparapara.

"But what about the religion?" – asked Thanatos.

"Well, that is also a problem."

"It would be nice if we could start it as a ’trio’, not something like a duo and one guy who was late."

"...True, it would make far more sense." – said Thanatos.

"..."

"Obvious question." – said Maparapara.

"But do we even know where to find the divinity for me?"

"I’ve gotten some leads from the guy called No-Beast, he was the priest in charge of my trial." – said Thanatos.

"It seems that guy theory about old land was correct."

"A places that are far older than history of the invaders."

"Then again, this may not always be the case."

"The temple where Arthur had obtained his divinity or the temple where Apple obtained his, they both were covered by the civilization."

"The slime swamp was somewhat ancient place in the first place though...."

"..."

"Aim for the places where the history is unknown nor their origin is known." – said Phantasia.

"And aim especially at the places where they could defend or hide something from prying eyes."

"Let’s focus on gathering the information for now and trying to use what we know to pin point the current possible locations." – said Phantasia as the meeting came to the end, splitting up the group as Phantasia began his information gathering, while Thanatos alongside Maparapara just walked through the castle.

"..."

"So... Divinity... Huh?" – said Maparapara.

"Is it really that broken?"

"Yeb." – said Thanatos.

"I only have single skill now... But it alone is already fucking broken."

"Still, this skill does require bit of practice though, so I can barely use it in real combat."

"Huh... So, it can be somewhat interesting?" – said Maparapara.

"..."

"Say... Is there a chance... I don’t know... That the slime race could be kept out of conflict?"

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"What do you mean?" – asked Thanatos.

"I mean... Can they just stay hidden and what not?" – replied Maparapara.

"I really like those guys, you know?"

"I didn’t really had any real friends in real life... And those bastards were the first real friends I’ve had since I’ve started this game."

"I was kind of a lone wolf back then? A mercenary player who got hired by the parties to be a tank and what not."

"I just wanted to play this game to have some fun while also possible earning some cash in between."

"But now? I’m here."

"Honestly I still don’t know how to wrap my head around it all." – said Maparapara as she and Thanatos arrived at the balcony where they could watch the city from below.

"I mean, look at this fucker."

"He created a city and he even made his own ’people’."

"Hell! From what I’ve heard, you were nobody before yourself. A PK player for a hire."

"..."

"Well, you know what this fucker is planning on doing, don’t you?" – said Thanatos.

"...Yeah... He told us his plan." – said Maparapara.

"And yet, you are still working for him?" – asked Thanatos.

"..."

"Yes... I’m." – said Maparapara.

"Hell. At first, I thought he was just weird fucker when I’ve first encountered him."

"And after the tournament, he was the one who reached out to me."

"The fucking tournament was the first ever time I’ve ever met the fucker."

"And yet, he fucking wanted to recruit me."

"...You asked me once before, that I have a choice to just walk away."

"That I could just get the hell away from that madman."

"..."

"But I didn’t do it in the end."

"I just decided to work with the fucker."

"Why?"

"Well... I’m going to be honest here."

"It is fun."

"That is just it."

"Life seemed somewhat boring compare to before... But now?"

"I’m having a fucking thrill of my life!"

"..."

"Still, call me hypocrite if you like, but I don’t really want these slime bastards to suffer."

"Honestly speaking, I really don’t care if they die or not at this point... But still... I like them."

"..."

"Do you really don’t care if they die or not?" – asked Thanatos.

"..."

"Meh. Now that you say this, I’m not sure myself." – said Maparapara.

"I’m just lost in thoughts."

"..."

"But you are still willing to go with that bastard’s plan?" – asked Thanatos.

"Of course." – said Maparapara.

"I want to have fun myself!"

"Anyway, I’m going to check these guys. See ya." – said Maparapara as she walked away, leaving Thanatos all alone.

"..."

"Fun?" – said Thanatos to herself as she looked down from the balcony.

(She won’t betray us.) – thought Thanatos.

(Still, what this bastard is trying to do is fucking crazy.)

(Then again, was he ever sane in the first place?)

(I don’t really think so... Or maybe.)

(He pretended to be normal all this time in real life and once this game came out, he shown it.)

(His "inhumanity".)

(This game really ended up letting a monster loose on this world.)

(...)

(Still... I can’t say it will not be FUN!)

(I’m really and I mean REALLY fucking interested about the future.)

"I’m looking forward, to the hell this man will bring to this world."