Chapter 322: I am here (1/2)

A woman named Muller.

She is called a beauty by hyumans, and even when compared to the people that praise her to high heaven, she not only isn’t inferior but surpasses them in beauty.

She was a bit ambitious for a dark elf that lives peacefully.

But well, that’s as an elf.

For hyumans it would be regular in that regard.

She simply has slightly longer ears than a hyuman, and lives longer.

That’s probably why she is accepted in this society.

Having her beauty acknowledged by the favorites of this world, and be loved by the god too. That’s Muller’s modest dream.

But for hyumans and the Goddess, a demi-human having that dream is excessive.

Her dream didn’t become reality.

Even after 100 years or 200 years.

A world where no matter if you push or pull, it won’t change a single thing.

What does it have to change in order for hyumans to understand the beauty of demi-humans?

Even when thinking about it, it didn’t lead to many places.

The result of those thoughts was…the Goddess.

If something is done about the god, the people will change too.

We just have to make her change. We can have her gone.

Who is going to be troubled by her being gone?

The Dragons or Spirits might be able to take her place.

They surely can.

And in this way…Muller met the Anti-Goddess Cult.

A group of people that have many doubts towards the order of the Goddess.

Comrades that challenge the rule of the god and don’t give up by any means.

Muller obtained a new objective after meeting them.

She obtained the answer for the question she has had for a long time.

“That thing isn’t an all-powerful God. It is simply one more existence that has power.”

“Her power is overwhelming and gigantic, so she was able to rule over this world for a long time. You of the Anti-Goddess Cult also don’t know when to give up. You are finally even causing a war to overthrow a major power. Doesn’t look favorable though.”

“Yeah, it doesn’t.”

Muller agreed at what her conversation partner pointed out as if she didn’t care.

“…You admitted it so easily. I thought you would complain a whole lot more.”

Rio didn’t seem to find it amusing.

Muller and Rio.

Aside from the part that they are living a spontaneous life in a hyuman settlement, these two have nothing in common, but are acquainted.

For Rio, Muller is a VIP.

Selling the kidnapped hyumans and demi-humans to the Anti-Goddess Cult brings out the best type of expressions from those kidnapped.

The same goes for the other side.

For Muller, Rio is a priceless asset to obtain slaves and comrades as well as special goods.

“It is true that I got a bit hurried there in retrospect. I wanted to make a way too big of a step like creating a major power that doesn’t follow the will of the Goddess. We remained in obscurity for a specially good while this time around, so everyone had high fervour.” (Muller)

“It definitely would be interesting if it were to come true. Well, we are talking about you here. Are you going to go into hiding again and play the long waiting game? I don’t understand your intentions, but I have fulfilled my part in the cooperation. We crossed a dangerous bridge here putting our public face in danger, so I am counting on you here, you know.” (Rio)

‘It would be interesting if it happened’, the words of Rio had dark expectations from it.

A country that doesn’t look favorably towards the Goddess.

Moreover, a major power.

There’s no doubt people would sell well there.

It will most likely become a great country where many demi-humans that want hyumans as slaves, and many hyumans gather.

If you take one step out of Tsige, that kind of society could expand.

Rio spread rumors as a request from his VIP customer and old acquaintance of his, and he found it worthy of helping out with that image in mind.

“…About how we will be associating from now on?” (Muller)

By the way, Muller has a number of hyuman slaves.

The happiness and taste of it was of course something that Rio taught her.

“Of course.” (Rio)

“I will properly tell the successor about you. Don’t worry.” (Muller)

“Successor?” (Rio)

“I am currently the Top of the Anti-Goddess Cult. At the time when we fail after making a big move like this, there’s no point for the executives and I that made conspicuous moves to be able to escape, right?” (Muller)

“…You are planning on dying?” (Rio)

The woman that has been living for several centuries and was talking about the beauty of demi-humans all the time without giving up and moved according to it is going to choose death.

Rio was honestly surprised.

His face was fluently saying how unbelievable it was for him.

“Of course. I can’t let the progress of the Anti-Goddess Cult stop. Also, there’s still the possibility that we could recruit the Devil-sama and make a comeback. That’s why this is not a definite decision but just a temporary plan.” (Muller)

“There’s no point in a leader, you say. Even though you finally managed to climb to the top. You can just slowly advance from now on, you know.” (Muller)

Elves have the weapon that is time.

When the same person can look after an organization for a long time, there’s times when it is more convenient to do things slow and steady.

“We are a colony, Rio. The Head is there to die when they fail and make the enemy lower their guards. There’s more and more hyumans as you go higher and higher in the influential powers of the Goddess. They will die soon. It is a repeat of replacing in a short span of time and they soon forget about things of the past, and their sense of danger also dims. That’s why us, the Anti-Goddess Cult, still exist.” (Muller)

The era that has been experienced and the era that hasn’t been experienced.

Personal experience and knowledge.

There’s a slight divide between these two.

From the eyes of a long-living elf, this is a decisive weakness of the short-living hyumans.

It is a deep rooted problem that will be an eternal issue in hyumans and demi-humans with low lifespans.

“…How tenacious. You hate the Goddess so much you are willing to melt your individuality for the sake of the swarm, huh.” (Rio)

Rio directs eyes of pity towards Muller.

If they were to just ignore the Goddess moderately, they could have lived peacefully.

Because they are bothered by things like the Goddess and beauty, they are going as far as forsaking their selves to fulfill their roles in the organization. It is something unthinkable for Rio.

Even if you become the top, you are simply someone that serves the role of the top, but you are simply just a pawn with a different name.

Rio has also been in something that’s similar to an organization for a long time, but for him, an organization is simply a tool to efficiently fulfill your own ambitions.