Chapter 191 (1/2)
Volume 2
The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 6 Chapter 5
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The Spirit Kingdom, Lucretio.
In the past, there was a country that was called like that.
It was said that that was the country that the race known as Elements who believed in the God of Darkness Dagulas lived in.
Unlike the other races of mankind, the Elements did not possess bodies of flesh.
It was said that they had immaterial bodies that were composed with magical power, which were called magical power bodies.
Maybe due to that, Elements were extraordinarily proficient with magical power techniques.
A Golem Creation technique.
A technique to dwell in things like armor and move them as if it were their own body.
A technique to increase the concentration of their own magical power and strengthen various abilities, which could be called Strengthening Magic.
They were able to handle various magics and abilities that the other races couldn’t use.
They always had freedom.
Due to possessing lifespans that were longer than any other race, there was no need for them live in a rush.
Due to not being bound to bodies of flesh, they could easily fly through even the sky.
Due to being extraordinarily susceptible to the influences of magical power, their bodies were changed to fire and water as well.
If there was any problems at all, it was the fact that their population size was small. And then, due to the fact that they did not possess flesh bodies, it was inconvenient to interact with other races.
However, the Elements considered those problems to be trivial and didn’t mind them.
For them, they had a long time.
They thought that there was a great number of things that could be resolved during that time.
But, that calm attitude of theirs was seen as arrogance to the other races.
The Elements did things that they themselves couldn’t do, and could go to places that they themselves couldn’t reach.
Moreover, they didn’t even have to work hard to carry out those things.
No, they were scorning their efforts.
That sort of jealousy had created a crack within mankind which should have had equality under the Gods.
And then, at the same time, fear was also born within the other members of mankind.
The Elements possessed power similar to the Gods.
With that power, wouldn’t they eventually bring about harm to us?
If they were to attack, would we be able to oppose them?
They look down on us.
No, there’s no mistake that they feel that they already rule over us.
Come to think of it, I heard rumors that they killed someone that ruined their mood.
Ahh, how scary.
The rumors that came from such fear spread, and gradually, the Elements became something to avoid within mankind.
Some were openly obsequious with them, some would raise screams the moment they met them, while others devotedly fell prostrate to them.
It was at this time that the Elements started to harbor a sense of impending crisis.
However, there was no one that would tell them just what in the world was going on.
Even so, the Elements desperately thought.
They didn’t know the reason, but they were alienated.
Just what in the world did they do wrong?
They didn’t flashily break anything, nor did they hurt anyone.
In that case, just what was the cause?
They desperately thought, but the answer didn’t come to them.
They didn’t consider at all that it had started from trivial jealousy.
It was because the Elements were long unrelated from that sort of emotion.
However, even so, they thought.
First, they decided to endeavor in communicating with the other races more than ever before──however, there was no one that would open their hearts to them.
How about inventing useful magic and trying to spread that──They were suspected of having some sort of ulterior motive, so the magic didn’t spread.
Going “in that case”, the Elements went to various places, and set out to solve various problems.
The people that had their problems solved were delighted, and the Elements were convinced that this was it.
However, the ones that were grateful to them were only a handful of people.
The great majority of people that were unrelated to them feared that the Elements had finally started their invasion of them.
A mountain of protests came to the Elements from the upper echelons of every nation.
Saying that if they continued interfering with the domestic affairs of other countries anymore than this, they would send their armies.
The Elements reluctantly stopped solving the problems of other countries.
There was no longer anything that they could do.
There was no longer anything that they should do.
And so, they gave up and stopped interacting with the other members of mankind.
For them who didn’t possess bodies of flesh to begin with, that wasn’t even a hard blow to them.
Even for the faint voices that reached them seeking help, they no longer responded.
Even the people that said their thanks to them had forgotten those debts of gratitude before they knew it, and ended up supporting the irresponsible gossip.
Finally, it started to become a trend to push the causes of bad events all onto the Elements.
And then, time flowed, and the Spirit Kingdom Lucretio broke into an era of a single young queen.
The Spirit King Ystia.
The Elements were delighted at the birth of the young queen that was overflowing with talent and had received strong divine protection from the God of Darkness Dagulas.
However, the Elements hadn’t even noticed.
That the birth of the Spirit King Ystia was the start of their end.
For them, who let the races other than themselves precipitate to the bottom of their hearts, and had severed their relationship to others and to emotions that could seethe and boil like magma, there was no way they would notice.
And then, at this time, not even the God of Darkness Dagulas had noticed.
No, there was no way he could notice.
It was because he was also a being unrelated to that sort of emotion.
「……Just what in the world happened?」