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So, that's why you're back here again.

Mm-hmm. He has enough power to easily defeat a Heavenly King. And yet...

Workout... workout... workout...

That cautious hero probably has muscles for brains, too.

Even so, it's not like he can do that forever. There's no need to worry.

What I'd guess are G-cups, which have all the male gods so captivated.

I mean, mine are Ds, but I can't hold a candle to her looks or experience.

Aw, I can't wait to take control of Gaeabrande

and become a high-ranking goddess like you, Aria.

I shouldn't be someone you aspire to be.

What are you talking about? You're the super-veteran Ariadoa,

who has summoned heroes for 300 worlds, and saved them all!

No, there was a world that I couldn't save, as well.

Just one out of 300, right? That's quite understandable.

You're wrong, Rista.

To the people who live on that world, it is the only one they have.

It's not quite understandable to them.

Y-Yeah, I know. I know, but...

It was a difficulty level B world. It shouldn't have been a hard mission.

And yet, because of my mistake...

U-Um, uh...

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm bringing things down.

I'll go get some more tea. Would you like some, too?

Ah, mm-hmm, I guess I would.

So here's where you are. I've been looking for you.

Hey!

This is a goddess's room! Would you mind not barging in uninvited?!

L-Look, you've startled Aria, too.

It's okay.

It's okay, Rista.

Huh? Is Aria taken in by Seiya's looks, too?

Why that womanizer--I mean, goddess-izer!

You must be the hero that Rista summoned.

Who are you?

I am Aria. Goddess of the Seal, Ariadoa.

You appear to be in quite a hurry. What is the matter?

No matter how many push-ups and sit-ups I do,

I'm not gaining levels like I was before.

Yes!

He's hit the wall on working out.

There's no way around that. Training by yourself has its limits.

How about you level up while defeating monsters now?

Hmm, combat, huh? This risk is far too great.

I think it's perfectly normal.

Never mind that, can you create some dumbbells

and other training gear for me?

N-No way! No, no, absolutely not! That's just a temporary fix.

You'll hit the wall again in no time.

In that case, what should I do?

Well, like I said, fight monsters!

Seiya, what if, say,

you were to have some of the gods in the Unified Divine Realm train you?

H-Hold on, Aria! Wh-Wh-What are you talking about?!

If he's going up against gods, he doesn't run the risk of being killed,

and he'll gain more experience than if he fought monsters.

Just a little backdoor technique.

Indeed. Not a bad idea.

Aria, come here a sec!

Are you sure you can promise that?

For that matter, can gods even train others in the first place?

I'll allow it. I'll speak to Ishtar about it as well, so don't worry.

S-Still, who exactly would take him on?

I'm a healing goddess, and you're the Goddess of the Seal.

Neither of us is the fighting type.

There is a god hard at work right over there, isn't there?

Him?

If he practices there, it ruins the whole view.

And, though he's been warned about it, he never stops training.

"The Divine Blade: Cerceus"

"The Divine Blade: Cerceus" The stubborn Divine Blade, Cerceus.

Yes. I'll go and ask him.

Ugh, we're getting even further away from a regular adventure.

Hard at work, I see, Cerceus.

Hmm? Well, well,

Ariadoa and Ristarte, as well as... Oh...?

Are you a human?

You're a hero who has been summoned here.

Still, it's better for a human like you

to refrain from strolling around the Unified Divine Realm.

Cerceus, I would like to ask you to instruct this hero.

If a high-ranking goddess such as yourself is asking,

I would be willing to take him on. However...

Hey, human, my training is extremely intense.

I'm not sure a human would be able to withstand it.

Ho, you have spirit. Don't blame me if I leave you in tears.

I won't have you giving up midway through.

H-Hey, what kind of attitude is that? Pretty big talk for a human.

Quit your yammering. Let's get to it already.

Y-Yeah, okay.

What's with this guy?

All of a sudden, the shoe is on the other foot.

Seiya Ryuuguuin, what a formidable man you are.

But then, Cerceus the Divine Blade's power is the real deal.

He is likely to put Seiya back in his place.

He might even become a decent hero as a result.

First, let me see what you're capable of.

Here I come!

Ho...

Imagine, being able to keep up with my swordsmanship...

"First day of training"

I hope Seiya will be all right.

But if I look in on him while he's training, he'll be upset.

Cerceus!

How is Seiya doing?

Hmm, for someone so smart-mouthed, he has more spine than I expected.

He's something else.

He is?

Well, he still can't hold a candle to me, though.

Oh, yeah? So he's managed to do pretty well. That's amazing.

"Second day of training"

But while he's training, there's nothing for me to do.

Hello.

How is the training coming along?

O-Oh, yeah, he's hanging in there.

I-Is he slurring his words?

In just two days, he's acquired a frightening amount of power.

Yeah, that might be due to Seiya's EXP Boost skill.

Shoot, if only I could use my real strength against him.

Divine Realm rules do prevent using godly power against a human, huh?

Yes. If I could use my true power, I might be able to beat him.

Huh? Wh-What did you just say?

O-Oh, nothing. I-I have to admit, though, he's a competitive one.

I really hope everything is all right.

"Third day of training"

C-Cerceus?

Have you dropped a few pounds?

No, not really.

I see. Well, um, so how is the training going?

Hmm, well, not so bad...

Not so bad? Not so bad in what way?

Not so bad as in not so bad.

Okay, how can I put this? Can you give me a little bit more than that?

I am the goddess in charge of Seiya, so...

Please drop it! I'm at lunch, okay?!

I-I'm sorry!

--What was that? --A quarrel?

That was loud.

Sorry, I apologize.

"Fourth day of training"

He looked like he wasn't feeling too well yesterday,

so I wonder if he's resting in his room.

As long as I'm delivering these snacks, I'll check on how Seiya is doing, too.

Excuse me, I've come to get some more nori for my onigiri.

Okay.

♪ Hmm, which kind of nori should I get? Nori, nori... ♪

♪ nori, nori, nori? ♪

C-Cerceus?

Shh! Keep it down!

Wh-What's the matter? It's almost like you're hiding in here.

Not "almost like"; I am hiding in here.

Ristarte, listen closely to me.

Look, your hero...

...is sick.

Yes, I know.

I told him that he has trained enough,

but he says, "Not yet, not yet. Not even close to yet," and won't let me go.

He's been making me train without breaks and without sleep all this time.

N-No wonder you're so emaciated.

I told him that he was already three times stronger than me,

but he says he can't rest easy until he's 100 times stronger.

He's a berserker. No, a berserker would look sweet by comparison;

he's a super-berserker!

So here's where you are.

Your lunch break ended a long time ago. What are you doing next to the nori?

Oh, um, just uh... yeah! My "nori" impersonation.

Huh? What do you mean, "nori impersonation"?!

How tortured an excuse is that?!

So, are you finished with that?

N-No, I'd like to keep at it a while.

Just to let me become more nori-like.

No. We've already lost plenty of time.

No more breaks for the rest of the day. We're powering through training.

N-No breaks...? P-P-Power through...?

No!!

C-Cerceus?

I hate my sword!

I never want to see it again!

The Divine Blade doesn't want to see his sword again?

I hate those narrow, pointy things!

You're not even calling them "swords" anymore!

I hate them. H--

H-Help me!!

H-Hey,

knock it off. He doesn't want to do this.

Here you are, Rista.

Ishtar wants to see you.

Huh? Ishtar does?

She must have something important to discuss with you.

I-I'm sorry, Cerceus. I have to go.

--Please tough it out a little longer. --No, wait!

Please don't abandon me!

Ristarte, how is your hero doing training with one of the gods?

About that... Apparently Cerceus has given up

and says he doesn't want to see his sword anymore.

Cerceus used to be a fainthearted man.

Huh? Cerceus was a human who reincarnated?

I always thought he was born a god.

He was once a human swordsman.

Of course, when he was reborn, he lost his memories as a human.

However, the feelings that are engraved deep into the soul

never seem to entirely disappear.

After having such harsh training demanded of him,

the weaker portion of his soul must have spilled over.

This has been good training for Cerceus.

I-It seems like things got turned around.

This was supposed to be Seiya's training.

Never mind them, there's only one reason I asked you here today.

I want you to go to the next town at once.

Y-You mean, something has happened on Gaeabrande?

The location I chose as a starting point was a relatively safe place.

However, the Demon Lord was aware of our actions

and sent out a powerful enemy.

And apparently, that danger is closing in on the next town, too.

Ishtar's precognition ability.

She looked a little bit into the future for us.

There are important allies for your hero waiting in the next town of Seimul.

Allies? All the more reason!

Yes, I'd like you to hurry along on your journey.

Rista, would you do that for me?

Yes, of course! Right away!

Okay, no matter what kind of fuss he makes anymore, I'll force him to come!

Seiya! We're going to Gaeabrande!

Huh?!

H-Hey! Stop that, Seiya! How can you do something so mean?!

What the hell are you talking about? This is a part of our training.

Oh, i-it is?

This is a surprise. So this is your training, then?

Huh? He isn't saying anything. Is this really training?

So, what do you need?

O-Oh, right.

There's imminent danger on Gaeabrande.

I don't care if this interrupts your training, I'm taking you there right now.

Very well. I'm just about out of things that I can get from this man.

I'm perfectly prepared.

I am fully and completely ready for this.

Mm-hmm, but...

...before we go, make sure to apologize to him!

"Town of Seimul"

This is the town of Seimul. According to Ishtar,

--our allies will be waiting for us at a church.

--This is bad! --Hurry! Hurry! --our allies will be waiting for us at a church.

H-Hold on a second, please! Has something happened?

Krain Castle to the northwest has fallen!

Undead forces will be coming to this town soon!

You should get out of here, too!

Hey, what are undead?

Monsters that are still active despite not having any life in them.

Like zombies and so forth. It's hard to defeat them with just swords.

Then what's the effective way to attack them?

Fire spells. Holy water is effective as far as items.

Ho, holy water, eh?

Holy water, right?

You're facing undead. Best to be fully prepared.

It's a good thing you shopkeepers are still here.

Of course. Our trade is our life.

You can't have too many of these. Buy a whole bunch.

I think I'll do that.

Give me 1,000 holy waters.

Okay, I know I said you can't have too many of these,

but there are limits to that, you know.

One thousand is just too great a number, and you will have too many of them!

First of all, although the holy water comes in small vials,

you can't carry that many of them.

And even if you could carry them, they'd weigh so much you couldn't move.

And another thing, I don't have that many holy waters here in the first place.

What? And you call yourself an item vendor? Order them.

One thousand holy waters, right now.

We'll just take ten!

This isn't enough.

It's plenty! More importantly, I'm sensing the undeads' presence getting stronger.

We have to hurry to the church where our allies are waiting.

Hmph, I sure hope these guys prove useful.

Listen, when I mention allies, you're supposed to get a little hyped up, right?

I'm begging you, try to be pleasant.

O-Oh...

How divine!

You must be a goddess, right? We received a revelation from God

and have been waiting for you to arrive.

These two are descendants of dragonkin and carry dragon blood.

"Dragonkin descendent: Elulu" "Dragonkin descendent: Mash" These two are descendants of dragonkin and carry dragon blood.

"Dragonkin descendent: Elulu" "Dragonkin descendent: Mash" They will team up with the hero and defeat the Demon Lord.

They will team up with the hero and defeat the Demon Lord.

Dragonkin descendants! These two must be our allies.

You must be the hero. Where are my manners? My name is Father Marth--

Huh?

What are you doing?!

Why did you suddenly use holy water?!

Father!

Seiya?

Whoa...

Th-This is the reaction that happens when holy water hits an undead.

F-For real? The hero was able to tell?

A-Amazing!

Not bad at all, hero who killed Chaos Machina!

I was going to get the whole lot of you when you weren't expecting it,

but then I slipped up!

But no matter! I'll still get rid of you all at once.

This is the undead power that I received from Deathmagla,

one of the Demon Lord force's Four Heavenly Kings!

You will experience it fully!

B-Bring it on, you bastard!

Nyah! I'll fight you, too!

How long has that priest been at the church?

H-He came here as a missionary from Krain Castle a couple of days ago.

I see. So he wasn't originally one of the town's people.

H-Hey, Seiya! Go and give a hand to those other two!

Not a problem. I have already immobilized the enemy.

Huh?

--Huh? --Huh?

--What?! --Huh? --Huh?

Ho, even when I take you apart, you don't bleed. You're completely fine.

So this is an undead.

Wh-When the hell did you cut him up?

I didn't even see you draw your sword.

I-I didn't see it, either.

It looks like training with Cerceus has made him even stronger.

But more importantly...

Seiya, how did you know that Father Marth was an undead?

Simple reasoning.

Would you mind telling me what your reasoning was?

The priest was the most infirm old man of the group.

In other words, sooner or later, he'd be undead.

That's why I hit him with the holy water.

I see, "sooner or later, he'd be undead."

Wait, what kind of reason is that?! That's not reasoning at all!

D-Damn it! Don't get too full of yourself.

Right now, Deathmagla's undead forces are heading toward this town.

Marvel at this!

They number all of 10,000!

They'll be here by morning and lay waste to this town!

T-Ten thousand undead? By tomorrow morning?

Hmm, that's all the information I wanted to know from him.

Time to mop this up.

Since you're still fine after you're dead,

I'm going to have to be even more careful than usual.

Everyone, run!

Wh-What for?

What's going on?

Never mind, just run!

Maximum Inferno!

And there it is!

He concentrates all of his ability on cleanup, rather than fighting.

That's the way this hero is.

Th-The church... The historic church of Seimul...

We can relax now. I've completely wiped out the monster.

Yeah, and you also wiped out the church! The sister has collapsed!

W-Well, he's a little--no, make that quite unusual...

...but there's no doubt that he's strong.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Hero.

I'm Mash, a warrior who carries dragonkin blood.

Heh-heh, I'm Elulu. I've known Mash since we were little.

I'm a mage, who also carries dragonkin blood.

Let's all work together from here on.

Mr. Hero, what is your name?

Seiya.

Seiya Ryuuguuin.

Hmm, this one appears to be human.

Wh-What are you doing?!

This one's human, too.

Good, human.

Would you mind not doing that? She's unconscious--

Hey! Why did you pour it on me, too?!

You could have turned undead at some point.

--I never had time to! --J-Just how mistrustful is this guy?

Mm-hmm, he's sick.

Wh-What? What are you looking at?

Y-Yeah, what? You keep looking at me in a funny way.

These are our allies who we will be adventuring with.

We ought to know what their stats are.

Wh-What kind of hero and goddess are you?!

"Mash: Lv 8" Wh-What kind of hero and goddess are you?!

"Mash: Lv 8" You're scaring me!

"Mash: Lv 8" They're more normal than I thought.

"Elulu: Lv 7" They're not a hundredth of what Seiya is,

They're not a hundredth of what Seiya is,

but they're going to get better, right?

I-Isn't it nice to have such great allies, Seiya?

Don't need them.

--Huh? --Huh?

--But they carry dragonkin blood, --Huh? --Huh?

and once they learn the Dragon Metamorphosis skill, they're sure to--

So don't need them.