The Outer God Needs Warmth-Chapter 258: Will cruelty ultimately win? (8)

"Tiana isn't not doing her lessons because she's worried.

The afternoon lessons passed by just like usual.

However, the boy was missing from his seat. I guess he left the school. Since we were in the same class, he must have developed some sort of desire towards Victoria.

Whether it's a crush or something more carnal, I'm not sure.

Interestingly, rumors didn't seem to spread, and even when class was over and it was time to go home, nothing unusual happened.

Considering Solindigus had come by, I expected something to happen after the lesson, but it's strange.

Why, you ask?

If it was something related to Solindigus, even a small incident would quickly spread throughout the school before class ended.

Especially this year, when it’s the last day for anyone at the Royal Academy to meet Solindigus, it’s even more likely.

It’s the final opportunity, after all.

It was the same last year, and I don’t think it’ll be any different this year.

The rivalry is rather terrifying. Jealousy is always ugly.

And it’s the same for Aurora as well.

Although, there’s a bit of a different atmosphere here. The first princess, Lunari, is studying abroad, while the second princess, Aurora, is here.

When it comes to the second princess, there are always men who think they have a chance and hover around her.

However, the directions of the girls’ and boys’ groups are a bit different.

The girls try to move ahead while stepping on the ones in front of them, whereas the boys rush forward, mocking those who fail.

Either way, it’s pretty grim.

But at least, there's one common factor: information spreads quickly.

And yet, everything is so quiet?

The doubt wasn't resolved until I returned home.

Even Kanna knew what had happened by the time classes ended.

Or maybe something will happen tomorrow?

I’m curious.

If the third world’s questions are building up, the fourth world is easy to understand.

Zever finally won.

Whenever a strong mage appeared, Zever immediately rushed over and handled things with his psychic powers.

When a group of mediocre ones gathered, he sent out artificial humans.

If they tried to resist, he would change the magical combinations of the collected magicians and send out new artificial humans.

He kept winning like this.

There’s a reason for this.

You can drive metal needles into a person's head to extract their memories, right?

The magic extracted like that fits well with artificial humans who inherit the blood of the original magician.

To put it in game terms, the genetic technology extracted from one individual can be passed down and taught to their descendants.

Of course, it’s not as strong as the original individual.

But so what if it’s only half as strong?

You just make a lot of them. That’s what Zever did.

And the older generation of mages, including Zever, prefer to fight alone the stronger their family line is. Mages naturally have a need for attention.

They can’t stand not boasting about their power.

When that gets combined with aristocracy, the higher the family’s prestige, the worse it gets.

They think of themselves as the main character of the world, and the world is just an audience. They want to show how cool they are by defeating their enemies. This is the basic mindset of mages with noble families.

So, they lost to the inspection system that targets weaknesses and tackles things as a group.

Zever would have lost if it weren’t for me.

Because of this, even when the royal family calls on mages, their pride prevents them from going out all at once. They go out one by one and get defeated one by one.

Furthermore, they never think about joining forces after their allies are defeated.

If the first one to go out loses, they think of him as a fool who acted all proud and ended up failing. Then they proudly step forward, thinking they’ll be different.

They didn’t expect all the mages to lose in the end.

Even the royal family, who has solo mages, tried all sorts of tricks, but they were stopped by the artificial humans.

A mage from a noble family is strong, but prefers to fight alone. A mage who is trained separately may fight in a group like an army, but they’re weak.

So when the royal family’s mages, who came to support the kingdom, and the mages from royal families lost, this attack was effectively over.

Yes.

Zever won the civil war.

A kingdom without strength isn’t really a kingdom. It’s just a defeated magician family.

Did that change the world?

Not yet. It’s only been a few days since the victory, so it hasn’t really changed.

When you think of war, you usually think of full-scale warfare, but it’s not like that at all. It’s actually closer to the atmosphere of a team that had been winning but lost, and the team that couldn’t reach the top ended up winning.

Why?

Because for the citizens, war is someone else’s problem.

Sure, during the fight it’s a bit uncomfortable, and when you lose, it’s embarrassing, and taxes might go up.

But it’s not something that risks one’s life for.

Actually, mages fighting is more like an entertaining spectacle. So, during the war, the harvesters who were in the city were eating and drinking in safe places, cheering for Zever.

When Zever returned after defeating the enemy mage, he waved his hand like a famous athlete.

It’s not that he dislikes being watched, but rather he thinks it’s natural that people are cheering for him.

Even the third world wasn’t quite like this, but the fourth world has a totally different culture.

Maybe this is why this world has developed like it has.

On the surface, it may look like a magical civilization, but if you dig deeper, the society of ordinary people and the society of mages are completely separate.

And the gap between the ordinary people and mages is so huge that it has continued to be separated like this.

So even if artificial humans die recklessly, no one is afraid.

When humans with the same face appear in large numbers, it’s obvious that they’re not human, right?

If you listen to what the man who became a harvester during the rejuvenation event says, they call it some amazing magic of the nobles. It looks like a person, but since it’s inherently strange, they just overlook it.

Without even realizing that it’s at the cost of a fellow citizen’s sacrifice.

So, ordinary people live in a civilization powered by oil, and mages live in a civilization powered by magic.

There’s definitely some overlap, and they influence each other.

Ah.

I know where I’ve seen this before.

In a faded memory, it’s like Greek and Roman mythology.

If you replace mages with gods from Greek and Roman mythology, it’s pretty similar.

It’s like the world of gods and the world of humans are separate.

If you are reading this translation anywhere other than Novelight.net or SilkRoadTL, it has been stolen.

Occasionally, mages come down to the village, take a pretty maiden, and impregnate her, which is just like how the gods in myths take maidens and impregnate them, only to abandon them afterward.

From that perspective, Zever is like a priest who helps humans in exchange for collecting money and resources.

A priest in a theocratic society.

Looking at it like this, it’s no different from primitive humans, but there are vehicles running on oil. Plus, it’s an era where electricity is used to light fires, but there are no TVs or even radios.

For me, the fourth world feels like a mess.

But here, this is the norm, right?

It’s not like one side is necessarily right.

In such a chaotic world, Zever doesn’t seem to be satisfied with his victory.

How do I know?

Because even though he won, he’s still working harder than ever.

Moreover, Zever opens up maps and contacts other nobles, thinking every day.

When you make a bunch of artificial humans, it becomes an army.

It seems like he doesn’t plan to stop here.

Every night, he writes letters in his room to send to other noble families. Most of the content of these letters contains revelations that the royal family is trying to eliminate noble families and create a unified nation.

However, there’s no mention of joining forces.

The content is mostly about not interfering with his plans.

Compared to the third world, it’s a direct, raw letter.

But these people don’t need to drag others down to maintain power, so they probably wouldn’t develop.

Magic ability is everything.

In other words, it’s like a primitive tribal leader, but with power.

No, but making so many clones, it’s like a techno barbarian... or maybe a magical barbarian?

That’s the type.

Zever is diligently preparing for his revenge.

And I’m expecting something from Zever.

Zever doesn’t have any real morals.

It’s not that he hasn’t learned them, but there are no proper morals developed in this world. There’s morality that binds human society, but there’s no morality binding mages.

So, once Zever invades the royal family’s territory, after that, he knows what he’s going to do.

Making one kneel is hard, but the next part is easy.

Once the royal family disappears, those who were close to them will rebel.

If they challenge him, he’ll strike back, and if they challenge him, he’ll strike back. /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ And when there are no more enemies, will he rest easy?

The world is strange because when you take care of one enemy, they turn into many.

Goodwill easily fades, but hatred spreads explosively.

If Zever becomes strong enough that those many enemies won’t even dare to retaliate or hide in the dark, or if he’s as destructive as a natural disaster like a typhoon, then it’s fine.

But Zever isn’t that strong.

So, Zever, who defeated his enemies, will certainly think this:

Why not just rule it all?

He has loyal subordinates who will obey him.

He has psychic abilities that can make any enemy listen to him.

Who can stop him?

In the fourth world, this is how I see things.

When the conveyor belt moves, artificial humans grow so quickly that their limbs become uneven and their organs swell up like chunks of meat. One of them comes toward me.

I recite the contract, and the artificial human becomes a harvester.

The artificial human becomes a beautiful human form.

Then, the artificial human is pushed down the conveyor belt, and a new one comes toward me. Then, I recite the contract again.

This is how I produce harvesters.

I produce Zever's army.

To harvest warmth for me.

Hehe.

The fourth world is great."