After that, I explained a bit more about the Celestial Race and the Demon Race.
How to deal with them when encountered, particularly things to be cautious about, or methods to utilize their characteristics, and so on.
If there’s too much of a power gap, it’s pretty pointless, but at a somewhat similar level, it was a viable strategy.
“At best, the limit is Intermediate.”
Even the strongest students here, Leo and Yena, can’t defeat Upper Celestials or Demons.
Probably even Intermediate Celestials and Demons would barely manage to compete if they went all out.
Just this year’s disaster was an Intermediate Demon.
“…So, I expect the disaster coming next year to be an Upper-level Celestial or Demon. They are entities we absolutely cannot defeat head-on.”
“What about Lady Lily?”
“Yes, me too.”
[Gap]
[OMG]
[I guess they’re really strong]
[If Lily can’t win, what the heck do we do;;;]
[Angels and Demons are OP]
[Hahahahahaha]
[The rewards are probably gonna be insane then]
[Scary…]
[There has to be some way]
Upper-level Celestials and Demons are incomparable strong compared to the Upper-level.
In the past, even with everyone giving it their all, it was tough, but now it’s out of the question.
“But we don’t necessarily have to go head-on. When facing the Kraken, there was the factor of sealing, right?”
“Hmm…”
“When various conditions are met, even strong enemies can be dealt with. Everyone, take out your badges.”
They probably all made them.
As I said this, the students began pulling out their badges one by one.
Most wore them on their clothes, but some had them on weapons or equipment, or just carried them around completely detached.
“Here it is!”
“White?”
“I have a white one too.”
“There aren’t many black ones…”
As expected, there were much more white badges than black ones.
Most people tend to shy away from demons rather than angels.
This has been a very natural phenomenon passed down since a long time ago, so there was no surprise.
“There are 67 whites. 14 blacks. Including myself, that makes 15.”
“Whoa…”
“Huh? Why are there only this few blacks?”
“There could be various reasons. Is there anyone who can share why they chose their badge? Yes, Holy Holy.”
Holy Holy stood up.
He was wearing a white badge, and almost everyone around him also had white badges.
“Usually, when it comes to angels and demons, people tend to regard demons as enemies, right?”
“That’s how the media portray it.”
“Most of the disasters we’ve faced so far have been demons. The Empire’s Magic Lord, the World Tree incident, and the most recent disaster of Gongam.”
The demons have steadily driven the Deoen Continent toward destruction.
“In contrast, the angels didn’t really attack us. They barely showed up, and even if they did, they wouldn’t have been a problem at all.”
I can’t know everything, but the most representative appearance of an angel is the Forgotten Emperor, who sought the Pharaoh’s body.
He was stuck in a dungeon, and while he was somewhat threatening to the users, he wasn’t enough to bring the world to ruin.
“After all, he was an abandoned existence.”
He was more of an embarrassing type to consider a disaster.
[Hmm…]
[That’s true.]
[Honestly, aren’t demons evil and angels good? LOL]
[That’s what I’m saying…]
[Demons do appear a lot more though.]
[Whoa there.]
[Lily’s getting mad.]
[Who is that? He speaks well.]
[For real, LOL]
“And then…”
“And then?”
Cough! Holy Holy cleared his throat suddenly.
He looked like he was wondering if he should even say this.
I nodded my hand up and down to signal it was okay, and finally, he quietly spoke.
“…The ‘Light’ has been continuously helping the people, hasn’t it? All along.”
“……”
“So I chose.”
The Magic Lord, the World Tree, and the Disaster of Gongam.
They all belonged to the ‘Darkness,’ and they were organized by the ‘Light.’
While I might be strong, in essence, the Holy and Magic forces desperately aim to kill each other.
It was most effective for me to step in.
Of course, it wasn’t because I wanted to improve the angel’s image, not at all.
“I see. Please sit down.”
“Yes.”
“Who wants to speak next? Ah, yes, Lady Karu.”
A woman called Karu stood up.
She was a user in the archer class, with attendance and strength similar to Holy Holy.
“I just thought Lady Lily is strong, so wouldn’t the angels have a similar effect? And demons give me a creepy feeling.”
“That might be true.”
“Yeah. And I thought my abilities would match well with the angels, so I chose that.”
“Um… Got it for now.”
She sat back down.
I asked the users with white badges for their reasons, but they were generally similar.
An instinctual rejection of demons.
Numerous tales and stories about demons that spread throughout human culture over countless years forced them into this choice.
It’s more that they hated demons rather than loved angels.
Swoosh.
Of course, there were oppositions.
“I dislike angels.”
“That’s a valid point.”
[Hahahahahahaha]
[Look at that immediate agreement]
[Great Lily]
[True indeed, haha]
[Lily’s beaming, lol]
[Haha, saying she dislikes angels]
A man in a strange robe shining in a soft turquoise hue, holding a peculiar book.
Around the man’s neck hung a similar-colored rosary, making it clear at a glance that he was a worshipper of some sort.
A black badge was pinned on the man’s chest.
He struck his chest as if in sorrow with a bang!
“A heretic that claims to be a god… I cannot forgive such heresy! If it were Satan demons, I would not even glance at them but would eliminate them immediately.”
Flap!
As the man stretched out his hand, everyone’s gaze focused on him.
Though his peculiar speech and appearance were unusual, there were enough people like him among the rankers that everyone had grown accustomed to it.
‘Still, it was impossible not to give him a look.’
“But I cannot forgive those who dare mimic that person! This time, I will surely drive the sword of judgment into the heart of that pretender!”
“That’s a good idea. Just let me know if you need help.”
“Hmm! You truly are a good person.”
The man seemed pleased and sat down.
The man who worshipped the god had chosen the black badge because he, like me, detested angels.
However, the circumstances of the other black badge holders were slightly different; they did not choose it out of hatred for angels.
“If the difficulty is high, they probably give a lot of rewards, right?”
People aiming to gain many rewards through difficult paths.
“Umm! I’m originally a hipster, so…”
Others who take pleasure in walking different paths than the rest.
“Oh, I was originally going to choose white, but for some reason, only black crystals keep coming up.”
…Just someone who chose black because they had bad luck with choices.
Unless they had a special reason like that worshipper from earlier, there were virtually no ones who disliked angels.
I wore a subtly bittersweet smile at this obvious yet unfortunate fact.
By the way, Leo chose white, but she, being a Spirit Sorcerer vulnerable to magic, had suffered too much from the demon race, so she had no choice.
Feeling aimless, Leo lowered her head apologetically.
“I’m sorry…”
“No, there’s nothing to apologize for. It’s a choice.”
[Disappointment in Leo]
[For real, lol]
[Leo, how could you! Lily helped so much!]
[Leo, betrayal!]
[Yena chose white though]
[Hahahahahahahahahaha]
[Waaaaah]
[In the end, there’s no one to trust but Yena…]
Drumroll…!
“Yes. Miss Yena.”
“Miss Yena.”
“I’m just following Lily. This is the right road.”
Yena shook her black badge, shining with a dark glow, and said that.
“And I somewhat agree with what Lily said. It’s pretty standard for angels to betray in animated films, right?”
The angel, who symbolized good, was actually an evil being trying to manipulate the world as she pleased.
And the demon, who was considered evil, was actually the good one in the story.
Of course, in reality, whether it’s an angel or a demon, they’re both bad guys.
“Such a common theme. There’s no reason to argue if the demon is a bad guy or if the angel is a bad guy. I’m going to do whatever I want.”
“That’s a good idea. Please have a seat for now.”
“Meow.”
Yena sat down.
There was no one else to present now.
I hadn’t heard from everyone, but this much was enough.
In fact, the reasons for the choices weren’t that important.
“Honestly, the reason I asked about your thoughts today is nothing special. I was just curious what everyone thinks about them usually.”
It was a more trivial reason than I expected, but it felt even better precisely because it was trivial.
‘In the past, there were way too many people who venerated angels.’
It was to the extent that there was even a Holy Palace.
By the way, one of the few Saintesses in the Holy Palace was me.
Step.
I got off the podium.
The users were still looking at me.
“We need everyone to wear their badges to prepare for the coming disaster. I think it would be good if everyone could help out.”
“Of course!”
“The guild members all have theirs on already~”
“That’s… well…”
“What’s in it for us if we do it?!”
“It feels good.”
[?]
[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[Ah, it feels good]
[Great Lily]
[Newbies, get some support from the rankers]
[???: If you don’t want to die, take care of the newbies]
“I’m just kidding. If you help a lot, I’ll pick some to provide special support.”
“Oh!”
“What kind of support?!”
“Maybe badge enhancement… there could be various methods.”
At the mention of badge enhancement, the users perked up.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t touch the black badge I chose, but I guess Lasty could handle it a bit.
Thus, I finished the lecture and conducted about two more afterward.
As time passed, December 1st arrived.
The next disaster was looming closer than expected.
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