The Devil Who Grants Wishes - Chapter 216



216 – After that (1)

It was an hour later that I was released from everyone.

I told them so much that we should first clean up the garbage, but the children, who were already distracted by my slip of the tongue, did not even try to listen to me.

Even though I had barely recovered, my strength was so strong that I could not escape the children’s spell.

Without being able to raise a hand or a foot, time just passed quietly.

Fortunately, Irene and Stella listened to what I said and nodded, acknowledging why I had to be so late.

“…So, that’s the reason? Excuse me, but maybe that’s not the case.”

[Ugh… Let’s not talk.]

No, should I say that I acknowledged this after seeing this?

Rather than admitting it, it’s just, “If you say so, that’s right.” Or, “What can they expect from you?” I think it feels roughly like this… Uh…

It’s unfair.

I really meant to save you guys first.

“…First of all, I burned all of these waste materials. Even the small things that could not be burned will naturally disappear over time, so I don’t think there is any need to worry anymore.”

Desperately changing words.

When Irene and Stella see me, they sigh deeply as if they have guessed my intention in an instant, but they soon join in on my unreasonable remark.

“Yes, the great flood has disappeared. But are you saying there is no need to worry after seeing this?”

“That’s… I see.”

However, I was unable to say anything when Irene pointed out something that followed immediately afterwards.

Suppose you burn something, does the burned object simply disappear from existence?

No.

When you burn something, the unique characteristics of that object combine with oxygen through the combustion process and release something. If you burn something containing carbon, won’t carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide, which is made of carbon, be released?

So what kind of things did these waste materials release when burned?

It can be said that these purified objects are made up of all the demon energy that I have released so far. The waste materials that looked similar to oil were hit by my holy magic and were all burned up, releasing a lot of things made of demonic energy.

In other words, the huge basin we used as a sparring ground…

“

“Keeek…!”

It has become a huge human demon mirror.

All kinds of things arise from moment to moment.

As if time had fast-forwarded, a sprout sprouts from the ground, turns into grass, and then instantly turns into a tree. The tree eventually produces eyeballs, lifts up its roots, and walks around with a strange human face.

Stones and dirt are splitting, dividing, and coming together, giving birth to all kinds of demons and monsters. If you watch one being born, 60 more monsters and monsters will be created during that time.

The generation speed is so fast that it seems like there is no use in killing these demons and monsters. Heavy snow has been falling from the sky all day, and it feels like snow removal.

More than anything else, the cause is the high density of demonic energy that fills this basin, so killing demonic beasts and monsters without resolving the cause is extremely unfortunate.

“hehehe… Nice, nice.”

“Looking at it like this, it looks surprisingly cute, right?”

What’s even more troubling is the children’s attitude.

In the past, when I saw such monsters and monsters, I would have swung my weapon at them without asking or answering questions, but now no one does that at all.

These are demonic beasts and monsters born from my demon energy.

From the children’s point of view, these are not something to be hated, but rather cute juniors.

The demons and demons are also doing various things, such as taking a posture of submission or acting cute, when looking at the children, making it a very surreal sight.

A demonic beast growing all over the place is scanning the children with rolling eyes, something with arms and legs growing mushrooms like a sea urchin is wiggling its hands and feet because it wants to be loved by the children, or a dog with only flesh and no skin. Just seeing them panting and wagging their tails makes me feel like I’m going to lose my mental energy and summon some dangerous god.

Even such hideous monsters and monsters are together with such beautiful children, laughing and laughing. The embarrassment that comes from the unbalance is no joke.

“What on earth have you done…?”

[This is how the children who were so faithful…]

And Irene and Stella seem to have thought that I had caused all of this.

No, I didn’t do it. I don’t know why it happened like this either. You must be mistaken.

“Lucia, don’t touch those things!! They’re filth.”

“Hey, croquette, what do you think? It’s not like you’re hurt. Nero and Flora seem happy to have met their friends, so enjoy it.”

“I’m saying this because you’re hurt!! How in the world would you touch slime that spews out hydrochloric acid and nitric acid with your bare hands!?”

From a distance, Aigoceros can be seen looking excited and trying to stop Lucia.

A while ago, it was extremely dangerous as if its existence would be obliterated by the Big Bang unleashed by the spirit of light, but it seems to have recovered well in its own way thanks to this waste material that filled the entire area.

Sorry, ice croquette. No, Aigoceros. I know it’s hard, but I’ll leave it to you.

“Well, it’s all over now anyway-“

[It’s not over.]

“Eh?”

Irene, who seemed to have noticed my gaze and smiled while looking at Lucia, soon became embarrassed upon hearing Stella’s words.

It’s all over… That’s not true.

[What do you mean it’s all over? Not yetㅡ]

“There are still limits to the system and life.”

After interrupting Stella in the middle, I take over and continue speaking.

Since it is the system that has maintained the system of the Divine Wisdom until now, it is certain that it will make some kind of gesture since the Divine Wisdom of Light has been destroyed. At best, you can get rid of the divine power, but if it is created again, it will be quite a headache.

Above all, the limitations of life that have been governed by the divine power of light must be dealt with. It is a countdown to the extinction of the world if left unattended.

……

“…It’s been a really long journey.”

Anyway, after roughly cleaning up the basin covered in demonic energy, she told Gaia everything that had happened.

There was no special reason why I spoke to Gaia. This is because Gaia is the god of life, or rather, the being who was the god of life, and is closely related to the limits of life.

“I can’t hear the holiness in your voice anymore.”

“Thanks to you. Well, I feel relieved as all the responsibilities I have to do as the God of Life are gone. Still, the elves plan to protect me until the end. Although I briefly turned my attention to that crazy b*tch named Seraphia, I still feel relieved for thousands of years. You’ve served me for so long, right? I have to repay you.”

“It seems like her personality has changed a lot. No, is this really Gaia’s original personality?”

It seems that Shinwi had a great influence on his personality. Although there were some family members whose heads were turned upside down by the God of Light, it seems that there was something that changed the personalities of not only the God of Light but also the other Gods.

In the past, Gaia would have ignored the elves, thinking that just living was enough for them to watch over her, but she does not do that now. She is trying to become a benevolent guardian deity who directly protects the elves.

“Anyway… To answer what Faust said, you don’t have to worry about it anymore.”

“Really?”

“Yes, according to what I have researched as much as I can, the limit to life is, in other words, the limit of the numbers that the world can handle. It is not necessary to count only life capacity. Things like divine powers are also included in that limit.”

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“…I see.”

What Gaia says is clear and very persuasive. No, it’s not a high level of persuasion, but I also vaguely thought that might be the case, so after hearing Gaia’s words, that thought changed to certainty.

So, to roughly compare it, you can think of it as a storage medium in a computer.

Shinwi are games or ultra-high definition videos that take up hundreds of GB of space, and living things are just text files that take up a few bytes at most. Since all the spiritual energy that was taking up a huge amount of capacity has been removed, you won’t have to worry too much about the life limit.

If this happens, it will be impossible to destroy the life limit that we were aiming for in the first place, but… Well, that’s okay. In theory, for the life limit to be exceeded, the entire surface of the earth would have to be densely covered with living things, but that is physically impossible.

The most important thing now is to destroy the system that has the possibility of using the remaining capacity arbitrarily.

“Thank you for the advice.”

“hehehe, if I’m grateful, can I ask for something in return?”

“Huh?”

“The devil grants wishes and gets paid for them. Is there a law preventing me from doing the same?”

Anyway, after getting what I wanted, I left my seat and tried to think about what to do with the system, but the moment I did that, Gaia grabbed me and said something strange.

…It’s a price, yes. That’s right.

Even Gaia suffered a significant loss because I destroyed the divine power of life, right?

It’s not too much of a stretch to ask for compensation.

I came here to save the world, but I can’t say enough about it.

“…Let’s listen first.”

“You don’t need to be so guarded. I’m just asking for one child.”

“Child?”

“Irene, she doesn’t even know she is lonely because she has always lived in loneliness. Why is she there? They say priests who have never been in love don’t know the pleasures of carnal pleasure and don’t crave the opposite s*x. Living creatures. “For you, that’s a very harsh curse, isn’t it?”

And, ignoring my caution, Gaia said something so unexpected.

She even mentioned carnal pleasures. Does Gaia want me to do that to Irene?

No, she put everything else aside and called Irene, who is thousands of years old, a child. What do you mean, Gaia?