“Are those god eaters… Lady Renystar, we can’t fight those!”
Yells Chita.
I look at the things called god eaters that are chasing us, but they just look like wolves.
And then there’s the one leading the way. It’s larger than the others, and there’s something that looks like a doll on its head.
It’s the same as the one that attacked Hilda and her father with that black curse in my house!
If I’m to believe Her Eminence Taula’s oracle, that’s a pawn of the evil god called Araysla.
I unleash all the power in my eyes, with no restrain.
The world is painted with color.
The scenery in front of me is shown in multiple layers, and suddenly there’s a lot of stress in my brain.
I feel a dull pain, like it’s being slowly constricted, but this pain has been here since I was born, so I can take it.
My father calls this the ‘four forces magic eyes’.
I heard that people from my mother’s family are more likely to have magic eyes, but no one has ever had ones like mine.
The power of my magic eyes makes it so the world in front of me has five layers, but it doesn’t change those things that look like wolves and are after us.
Those things are very strange.
A cold sweat runs down my spine. If my magic eyes are to be believed, that means those things contain all four forces that make up this world.
I understand on an instinctual level why these things are called god eaters. Under the right conditions, those things could kill even a god.
That means we probably need ‘purifying light’ to defeat them. Chita is right, we shouldn’t fight them.
‘Purifying light’ is a legendary azure light. My father told me about it a long time ago, and how it was the foundation of a homunculus that ascended to godhood.
It goes without saying that this isn’t a power I have.
“Hilda, let’s run!”
“Got it! If you say so, Reny!”
We make a quick judgment and accelerate our riding beasts.
Hipota speeds up, but it doesn’t look like Hilda’s Nokoshika can keep up.
The distance between them gradually increases, and the god eaters are getting closer and closer.
They’re going to catch her! What should I do!?
I look around. Apparently the capital Putaresque was once a wasteland.
The soil is still being improved, and trees are gradually beginning to grow more thickly, but I don’t see anywhere we can take refuge.
“Miss Chita!”
I call out to Chita, who is sitting behind me, without even thinking. I have the faint hope that since she knows what those things are called, she might have an idea in mind.
“…I wouldn’t really recommend it, but…”
“Do you have any ideas!?”
“It’s said that god eaters are confused by water and darkness. There is a dungeon up ahead where an underground waterway passes.”
I have heard that Putaresque was built where there were once ruins that stood on top of a dungeon. So there should be a dungeon and ruins around here that I don’t know about.
We don’t have any other option, so I jump on Chita’s proposal.
“Really!? Then let’s go there right away!”
“Understood. Follow my lead!”
“Yes! Hilda!”
“I heard it! Lead the way!”
I drop Hipota’s speed a little and yell behind me, and Hilda answers.
And so, we run towards this dungeon with an underground waterway, with the god eaters not far behind.
