Chapter 364: Father
364 – Father
I can only think that the conflict over territory between monsters and humans is a charade. Most likely, God’s Voice intentionally drove the divine skill holders, the Demon Lord and the Hero, into conflict so that they would destroy each other.
Like me, the Hero had God’s Voice. If it’s the same person behind both of ours, then they’re advising both humans and monsters. No matter how I think about it, they would have to be intentionally inducing the sacred skill holders to fight one another.
However, now that I know there were the Six Great Sages, there’s a possibility that there’s a different person behind my God’s Voice and the Hero’s. The Human Great Sage and the Monster Great Sage could be each manipulating those who inherit their powers in order to wage a war by proxy… That theory might be the most consistent with what I’ve been told.
However when I remember the Hero’s confusion in his last moments, I can’t help but have doubts. It seemed he was cut off from God’s Voice. Right after that, his [Human Realm] skill passed over to me. To me, that whole situation looks like we were two pawns made to clash so that the survivor could be chosen.
I can’t even be certain what it is that God’s Voice is scheming, or what my place in it is. It would be one thing if I was being sent out as a Demon Lord candidate from the start, but it’s not like I had a sacred skill at the beginning.
The candidate to be my father, Dragon King Eldia, also has [God’s Voice], so are they simply laying claim to all monsters that look like they might be strong…? There’s too little information, so there’s not much use in thinking about it here. If the Hero had only been someone who could be reasoned with, we could have exchanged information.
I return my focus to the world around me to see my partner staring up at me from point-blank range. Startled at her closeness, I rear backwards.
…Oops. Sorry, I got lost in thought a bit.