Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

112. Encounter

#112. Encounter

The karma of death.

A vicious karma that grants the target the fate of death. One of the conditions for its occurrence is when a great amount of chaotic karma has accumulated.

And now Cynthia was in a state of causing it unintentionally.

By the goddess of light, Heron.

The chaos she created was meant to fight against the apocalypse.

So the amount of chaos was by no means small.

Because of this, the magnitude of the karma that Cynthia had to endure was also enormous.

To the extent that it wouldn’t be covered up just by defeating one golem.

[ It feels like a hero’s ordeal. ]

To summarize briefly what Cynthia was going through, that was it.

The hero’s ordeal.

To rephrase it a bit to fit her situation, it might be more accurate to say, ‘the ordeal of becoming a hero.’

If she passes this ordeal, she will become a true hero of this world.

[ By the way, this ordeal is a bit too much. They say that everyone who opens their hearts to the truth will face trials… Isn’t this too much? ]

The mad warrior Arceli.

Sometimes she would lose her mind, but she would still look at Cynthia with a sense of reason.

There was only one reason she was looking at Cynthia.

I was curious as to who the new recruit was who had just stepped foot into the spotlight.

[ I found a new recruit who has just stepped foot into the tunnel for the first time in a while… This guy looks like he’ll die as soon as he steps in. Ugh… ]

After the closed training, something fun happened for the first time in a while, but that fun soon disappeared.

Arceli thought Cynthia would not be able to survive the karma of death.

That’s understandable, because the job was so huge.

It was not a level of karma that a young child who had just stepped into transcendence could endure.

At least a fully awakened transcendent being.

That’s because only a god who has attained divine status can endure that kind of karma.

[ I somehow managed to get through one ordeal, but there are even harder ordeals ahead. How many more will I be able to get through? ]

Arceli watched Cynthia go through her ordeal blankly.

[ By the way… Is this the kid that Berget discovered? It seems right since the location is on a strange planet. ]

Arcelius remembered Berget chattering while he was in closed-door training through the divine revelation.

While I was fighting Simma… suddenly Berget spoke to me.

Thanks to that, I almost lost, but in the end, I won. Anyway, that’s that, and at that time, I remember hearing a story about a planet called Earth? and a person who was watching closely.

Since two such good kids wouldn’t suddenly appear, Arceli thought that the kid and the being Berget had spoken of were the same person.

[ Then that karma… must have been granted by Heron. ]

Arceli felt as if the puzzle was fitting together perfectly. It was hard to imagine how someone who had just entered the realm of transcendence could have accumulated so much chaos karma, but there was a reason.

It was a fact that could be inferred, as she was also a god belonging to the pantheon and was aware of the ‘end’.

[ Hmm. Hmm. ]

Of course, whether the end came or not, the only person Arceli was interested in at the moment was the newbie fighter named ‘Cynthia’, so her attention was focused solely on Cynthia.

She was currently going through a ‘deformed ordeal’ due to the karma of death.

This is a trial that was originally a S-class gate level trial set up by humans, but has been affected by the karma of death, making it difficult for even the most powerful gods to overcome.

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Cynthia was struggling to survive such an ordeal.

[ Oh, this. Seriously, what do I do? ]

Arcelius couldn’t stand the ticklish feeling in her hands and feet every time she saw Cynthia struggling with her throwing knife.

This is a new discovery that I made after ten million years.

The path of dedication is so arduous that few people dare to take it, making its rarity all the more so.

Moreover, most of the existing ones ended up becoming space debris after the struggle.

The small number of devotees did not cause any problems to Arcel’s position or hinder his activities. I’m just bored.

Anyway, it wasn’t strange to feel frustrated since a newbie appeared after a long time to relieve boredom and ascended in vain.

[ Ah, I can’t stand it. That’s not how you use a suicide bomber. ]

Arcelius, who has been using the rocket for hundreds of millions of years, was looking at the newbie with interest.

Although he was using his throwing skills with great enthusiasm, Archelly, who had reached the great battle, saw that his use of them was extremely shallow.

[ Should I… intervene? ]

Originally, interfering with other deities was a dangerous thing that could be ruled out by the law of causality.

But Arceli believed in the possibility and decided to take the risk.

Because causality has never once harmed itself.

Moreover, Cynthia and Arceli are weakly connected through their connection as users of the projectile, so they have a way to avoid the constraints of causality.

Of course, it could fail, and even if it succeeded, a huge amount of divine power would be consumed due to the law of causality, but I could afford that.

A newbie who has finally appeared.

Arceli, whose training instinct had finally been revived, immediately opened the space and sent out her clone.

***

[ Regret your… choice… ]

The ordeal of remorse combined with the karma of death spoke unknown words to Cynthia’s mind.

[ The world wants your death… ]

Kwarrurur- Kwargwang!

[ You will die here . ]

The second door of the ordeal of regret, the door of disaster.

It opened.

“… Crazy. Where am I!”

Cynthia looked around.

When I opened my eyes, I was teleported somewhere in a white space. My intuition told me that I was still inside the gate.

But what does this sight mean?

“An erupting volcano… A tsunami crashing down from far away… And lightning striking without stopping…”

Kwakwakwakwang!

Cynthia frowned as she spoke, feeling her voice drowned out by the sound of lightning.

‘The world is trying to kill me… .’

After the Golem, we were faced with this ridiculous natural disaster.

Cynthia was dumbfounded.

Why do these trials come to me?

Thanks to that, I became stronger, but… I started to think that I wouldn’t be able to live a smooth life like this.

“That’s right. It’s impossible for a stray animal to live a peaceful life. Just as a carnivore can’t live by just eating grass.”

“…?”

“Look behind you.”

Cynthia turned around at the voice’s words.

But there was nothing visible behind.

“Ahaha! How naive. For a child who has decided to walk the path of struggle, she is so pure.”

Cynthia tried to find the source of the voice, but her attempts were unsuccessful.

Because the voices were coming from all directions simultaneously.

Moreover, the sound of lightning pierced through my ears, so it was truly a strange experience.

“Who are you?”

I could tell it was different from the strange voice I heard in my head.

Because her voice was properly full of emotion. And if I wasn’t mistaken… she was being nice to me.

“Contrary to my naivety, I seem to be quite good at seeing through other people’s minds. Well, there are things I haven’t hidden.”

A spirit appeared in front of Cynthia along with a voice.

Cynthia absentmindedly waved her hand at the sudden appearance of the spirit, but her hand merely waved in the air.

“You’re attacking me out of the blue? I guess you’re a newbie, but you’re impatient. Ahem. Well, this is also the taste of a newbie.”

“Who are you?”

“Me? Arceli.”

“…Archeli?”

“Now that I think about it… you’re the owner of Libra? Then it would be quicker to introduce you like this.”

“…?”

“Archeli, a member of the Pantheon. That’s my true identity. To be exact, it would be more correct to call it a clone.”

“The Pantheon…!”

Cynthia thought of the ‘Libra symbol’ drawn on the palm of her hand.

The symbol of the scales of the Pantheon.

It’s a valuable trait that has had a significant impact on her growth and struggles so far.

Sometimes, strange blessings would be activated, saying it was the will of the gods, and it was confusing, but most of the time, useful blessings were given to her, and she was able to overcome various situations.

“But… why are you here?”

Cynthia couldn’t look at Arceli.

Because he is a being who introduces himself as God.

Because, in her opinion, the gods of the pantheon were like children who did whatever they wanted.

‘Even if you have favors for me… I’m not sure if it will be helpful to me.’

The fact that Arcelie was kind to Cynthia might not necessarily be a good thing for her.

“This vigilance… This is definitely a newbie… Hehe!”

Moreover, seeing her keep saying “newbie” and making a strange expression on her face made Cynthia feel even more wary of Arceli.

‘This guy… is weird.’

The attacks didn’t work and his mental state seemed strange.

“Ahem… Anyway, I’ll help you. Just trust me and follow me?”

It was something that seemed completely unbelievable.