With the help of Paulah, we soared high into the sky and swiftly reached the domain that emerged in the midst of the battlefield.
“D…domain…?”
Judging by Johanna’s extreme confusion, it wasn’t one of our disciples who used it.
Then it must be the opposing side.
It’s highly likely that it was the Isla Empire, who must have clashed with our children on the battlefield.
Mahomet.
Could it be her?
A century ago, she had reached the level of a Master and was a formidable opponent, but… was she really able to ascend to the level of a deity and use a domain in just a hundred years?
Not even mentioned in [Deus Ex Machina].
Generally, gods cannot freely exert their full power on the ground.
‘Chaos’ also couldn’t unleash its full power during its invasion.
Yet, to use a domain in this realm…
It indicates that the one who declared this domain is either a demigod without proper divinity or…
Received power from a divine being like the tyrant Dominic.
Let’s hope for the former.
“Paulah. Can you destroy this domain?”
“…I’m sorry, Lord.”
After glancing at the domain, she replied.
“It seems difficult to negate the domain itself.”
A ‘unique domain’ is a finishing move used by a god, comprising the very concept of the god itself.
With Paulah’s limited power, it’s impossible.
“However… I can temporarily create a gap.”
What?
“Total interference with the domain isn’t possible in the current state, but I can create a temporary gap for one to enter.”
One person.
That means only one of the three of us can enter.
At present, I have lost the divinity I once possessed and am in a weakened state.
I can’t calm the battlefield on my own.
If Paulah wasn’t here, it would be a dire situation.
But if we wait any longer, it might be too late.
The declaration of the domain being lifted means that the domain is no longer necessary, which means by then, all our children…
I have almost no options to act against a god who can fully utilize a domain, but I have no choice.
“I will go through. Open the gap.”
“I shall follow your command.”
With unwavering faith in her eyes, Paulah focused as she placed her hands on the domain.
Johanna, standing beside her, was also looking at me with trusting eyes.
…Though I don’t have a plan for when I actually enter.
With a loud crack
The domain split, creating a small gap just big enough for one person to pass through.
I launched myself into it.
Thud
And landed in the center of the domain.
To my right stood familiar figures.
Simon, Aurelia, and my disciples, who had matured over the past century.
They looked more mature, and while they all surpassed human limits, they appeared as if they were in their late twenties to early thirties, having skated past the flow of time.
Along with them were Lydia, Dia, Sunny, and Meiru, all matured figures from the Calandra Empire.
On the flip side, to my left was an unfamiliar army of Dark Elves and Dwarves…
And Mahomet.
The Dark Elf I had encountered in the Rashdoon Desert was floating high up.
“Everyone stop.”
It seems I interrupted the fierce battle between both sides.
What a perfect timing.
No matter how strong our children are, they can’t win against a god who declared a domain.
“Wha… What?”
“Really?”
“No way you’d come here…!”
It seems the disciples and allies from Calandra immediately recognized me.
“I command you in the name of Luke Christos to cease this battle.”
I declared, gazing at them all.
“…Luke Christos?”
Mahomet spoke among the astonished crowd.
“No way. I heard you died a hundred years ago. Are you still alive?”
Dia is here… and they continued to fight despite seeing her?
Did they forget the me that once defeated her and handed her the scripture?
That would be a problem.
“But even so, nothing will change! Luke Christos, false Satan impersonating the Son of Deus! I shall kill you here and exalt Deus’s glory to the heavens!”
Thousands of swords began to whirl fiercely around Mahomet.
– You’re going to attack my son in the name of exalting my glory?
Deus muttered next to me.
It would be nice if I could borrow her power.
But she too has lost her divinity and is now one with me.
“Mahomet.”
“…Hmm?”
“I would have appeared to you in the form of an angel and commanded you. ‘Read.’”
“What are you saying now….”
With a desperate heart, I used my only power that I could wield.
A power exercised based on the divinity gathered from faith in me.
The ‘Gift’ that grants me the strongest power despite my uselessness.
A brilliant light enveloped my entire body.
Moments later, as the light subsided…
I transformed into the angelic figure of Dia that I had met in the realm of thought.
“That angel from that time… Deus’s angel?”
Mahomet looked bewildered.
She seems to remember my figure as I had handed her the scripture back then.
From now on, I would borrow the angel’s form to appear to her.
It is also the truth.
“As a servant of Deus, I command exaltation of Deus’s glory in this world, so why do you persecute Deus’s lambs!”
“Th-that is…!”
Her shock seemed to reflect my identity, and the truth of who had commanded her.
…Just as planned.
*
What is that heretic saying?
That day.
The being who delivered the words of Deus to me was… that person?
Are they saying that being borrowed the form of an angel to come to me?
The angel of Deus, who had approached me while I was nonchalantly resting in the desert, unaware of heaven’s heights.
She had defeated me and handed me the scripture.
The energy I felt from that angel.
For some reason, I felt the same energy from Luke Christos.
Could it really be… that person, no, that being was the angel who had come to me that time?
Is it a trick to deceive me?
No.
I can’t confuse this energy with anything else.
I’ve mulled it over countless times since that day.
The messenger and angel that God sent to me.
The impact of that being, who had pinned me down at that time, was too strong.
Having awaited another meeting with the Lord.
…Yes.
I may have unconsciously known.
The angel who sought me, was not just a messenger, but my Lord.
And that’s what I had been waiting for.
I’m certain.
The man before me now.
Luke Christos.
The Son of Deus and the one with her, the one true Triune God.
My Lord.
Wait a moment.
If that’s the case, then who delivered this ‘unique domain’ power and divinity to me?
Is it not Deus…?
The being that instructed me to purify the heretics Katorikus and Christos and bestowed this power upon me is…
Could it be?
Have I been following the commands of Satan, not Deus, all this time?
*
Whoooosh
The swords that had menacingly rotated around Mahomet began to slow down and vanished one by one.
And Mahomet slowly descended to the ground.
Thud
She approached me and knelt down.
“Forgive me, my Lord! Creator of heaven and earth, my Lord who created me!”
Is this… good?
This is a high-stakes gamble.
The key was whether I could make her submit to my few words and an angel’s form.
It was about incorporating her, who had independently fulfilled the role of a religious leader for a hundred years, under the order of Luke Christos.
It went better than expected.
Much better.
I never imagined she would yield like this.
Did she perhaps have doubts about her faith before?
Then, Dia came into my view.
Ah, I see.
She met me amidst her shaken faith and confusion after seeing Dia.
“I was ignorant and pointed my sword at you, my Lord! Please forgive me!”
It ended rather anticlimactically.
But thankfully, everyone is safe.
Luckily, it seems there are no fatalities among our children.
They all look quite battered, but healing should do the trick.
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