Suddenly, a voice like a rapid and powerful lightning came from the sky, filling the forest. As if splitting like tongues of fire, it showed itself to Saula, descended upon her, filling her with the Holy Spirit and reborn her, making her a true servant of God rather than the harbinger of ‘Chaos’.
Paula Gospel Chapter 12, Verses 3-5
Foolish and detestable servants of the gods.
Though they know little of the Deity, they serve it more faithfully than anything else in this world.
They do not realize how insignificant the deities think of them.
To the divines, believers are nothing more than consumables, useful to use and toss aside, yet they follow like slaves.
My life too was cast into ruin by the deities.
When I hatched as a hatchling from my egg…
-If other dragons find out we had such a child, our kin will despise us.
-…Yes. To think such an abomination is our child. Truly horrific. Please throw it away far over there.
Due to the trickery of ‘Chaos’, I was born in a hideous form, a mix of elf and dragon, and was abandoned by my parents.
Years passed as I wandered the continent, unable to even properly learn the language.
I was discovered by an elf.
-You there, little one. Where did you come from?
A foolish elf cared for an unknown abomination as if it were her own child.
She was a veteran ranger respected by other elves, so though it took a long time, the other elves eventually accepted me, despite my grotesque appearance, as a member of their community.
But….
-How could you bring such a monster before the sacred World Tree! Where are the Elven Guards? Hurry, take them away!
Once again, due to the tricks of ‘Chaos’, I and she were branded as heretics and banished from the elves.
Though she should have already retired as an elf, she could not spend her remaining days peacefully because of me.
In her ill-fated wandering caused by me… she fell victim to the tricks of ‘Chaos’ again.
-Elf! A rather fine looking elf… Paladin Commander? Capture that elf!
-Your Grace! But that elf has done nothing…
-Paladin Commander, Baal has said that all beings other than humans were created for humans. Therefore, that elf must also…
A group of paladins we encountered on our travels attacked us.
We fought bravely, but we could not overcome their overwhelming numbers.
-Saula… I’m going to land one last blow on the leader over there. Once I do, the siege will probably break. You must escape then.
-Understood!
With all my strength, I pierced the enemy leader.
-Kuuaaaah!
-Your Grace! Are you okay!
-I… I did it! Raime!
We managed to create an escape route, but.
Thud.
She collapsed to the ground, completely drained of energy.
-Ra… Raime?
-Haha… Saula, I’m sorry. I have no more strength left.
-No, no, Raime!
-Saula. The humans are regrouping. If we miss this chance, there won’t be another. Are you going to let my sacrifice go to waste?
-No… I…
-If it weren’t for you, I would have lived a life as an ordinary elf ranger without any value. But thanks to you, my life has meaning. I left behind your existence in this world.
-Ra… Raime.
-Kuuaaaah! Damn elf! Paladin Commander! Kill her now!
-Hurry, Saula! There’s no more time! …Saula, I was happy to be with you. …You must live, Saula.
-Raime… Ugh.
I didn’t want to leave that foolish elf behind, but… if I did, it would mean denying her achievements, her life, her sacrifice, so I ran.
Damn ‘Chaos’.
How far will you go to make me miserable?
-Capture that strange creature that was with the elf!
I managed to break free from the encirclement, but they still pursued me relentlessly.
I ran and hid, and finally, they caught up to me.
-Kuhaha. You ran well all this while. But you’re still inferior. You can’t match a human. Especially not against me, the apostle of Baal.
Even after seeing Raime’s attack strike him, he remained unharmed.
Is that what it means to be blessed by the gods?
-How dare you touch me. Seeing how the elf sacrificed her life to protect you, you must have been quite precious to her?
He pulled something out of a small box.
-Then I’ll show that elf what it looks like when her precious one is torn apart.
Raime’s severed head.
After seeing her head, I lost my sanity, and nothing remained in my memory.
All that remains is…
-No, no way! How can an inferior being… no!
-O Mighty Baal! Who resides in the heavens…
-Save me! I don’t want to die! Mother!
-It hurts so much!
-Now… enough. Please kill… me quickly.
The pathetic sounds spewed out by the insect-like servants of the gods.
When I came to my senses, all that was left around me was chunks of flesh and puddles of blood.
-Finally, you’ve come to your senses, my agent.
-‘My’ agent? Speak properly. You mean our ‘Chaos’ agent.
-It has been a long wait.
And then the evil gods of ‘Chaos’ spoke to me.
They informed me that I had awakened as their agent.
That they had sown the seed of ‘Chaos’ in me since the moment I was born.
They didn’t even try to hide it.
That my life had been twisted and manipulated according to their whims.
-But that doesn’t mean I’ll be following your orders.
-You won’t follow?
-I won’t follow you.
No, I will not.
Disgusting deities that arbitrarily change the lives of ordinary people.
If I can purify all the deities from this continent…
I, who will cleanse so that no transcendent can disturb mortals!
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If I manage to purify all those who follow the deities in this world, it’s inevitable that all the deities will perish.
With the power of evil granted by ‘Chaos’, I purified the foolish creatures that believed in the gods during the time the world changed countless times.
Then, I was caught by the middle world races’ coalition army and hid in the dimensional rift to recover for a long time.
Finally, the day came when I regained all my strength and began my purification process once again.
One day, I encountered human knights.
They were unlike any humans I had seen so far.
They had a warm, benevolent, and cheerful atmosphere.
Did they not have a deity they believed in like the other knights?
If that’s the case, they might not be worthy of purification.
However, the name they mentioned.
Deus.
They served a deity I had never heard of before.
Yet, it changed nothing.
Regardless of the deity Deus, they were clearly targets for purification.
Even compared to the humans I had seen up until now, they were quite strong, but to me, who held the power of ‘Chaos’, they were no match.
As I immobilized most of them…
At the moment I was about to unleash my full power and cleanse them, a human boy approached me, and lightning struck down upon my head.
I cast a barrier with the power of ‘Chaos’, but the lightning passed through it.
Lightning that ‘Chaos’ couldn’t block?
And when the lightning struck the ground…
The whole world came to a standstill.
I was awake and my head could move, but… every other part of my body felt as if frozen in place.
-Human. Did you do this?
The mysterious energy emanating from the human boy activated the strange phenomenon.
What on earth did he do?
-How… how did you do this? You stopped time. You, are you really not a human? Are you a deity?
It should be a power not permitted to mortals. No deity could perform such miracles to this extent. Who on earth was he…
-While in this situation, my body’s vision has stopped, but my mind and the sight from my eyes, nose, and mouth have not. Are you trying to bring me despair? Answer me!
“Saula Drakania.”
He knows my name?
-…Do you know me?
“Indeed, Saula. The pitiful one who lost the happy fate she was meant to have due to the tricks of the evil gods of ‘Chaos’.”
-…How, how do you? You, are you a deity? …I will kill you. I will kill you, disgusting deity!
Deity! You wish to bring me despair once more?! Deity!!!
I will kill you!
“Saula, Saula. Why do you wish to harm me and my warriors?”
-Because they served the divine! I must wipe out all deities on this continent. Those who manipulate the lives of mortals as they please. They have no reason to exist!
I must exterminate the disgusting deities!
“Why do you want to obey ‘Chaos’ when you say that deities must disappear? They took your life away and threw you into the depths of despair.”
-I know. Those I want to tear apart… are the ones who took what I was meant to have. But at this point, their support is helping me kill gods. …And after that, if I don’t need their help anymore, I will rip them apart as well.
“Saula, Saula. Do I seem like one who aims to manipulate a mortal’s life like them?”
-…What? What are you suddenly saying? Just look at their state, the ones who were willing to sacrifice themselves for you. You manipulated their lives. You made them sacrifice themselves for you.
“If that were true…”
Huh?
“I will give you my life.”
-What?!
“But if that’s not the case… I hope that from now on, you live a life not for the evil gods, but as an ordinary dragon, Saula.”
As he spoke and pressed his forehead against mine, a multitude of scenes began to appear in my mind.
The moment I was born.
The moment I met Raime.
And…
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