WM – Chapter 25: Epilogue

Parting with the mortals, he moves within the earth veins.

It is freedom he has gotten after 15,000,000 years.

It feels good.

He comes out slowly from the ground.

This is somewhere west of the continent.

Endless lush forests spread out. 

But…

“…I don’t like it.” 

The Spirits were acting as if they were hiding themselves and don’t have energy.

This would be unthinkable in the times when we Titans strided on the surface.

Instead, I feel the presence of those guys looking down from the heavens.

I did hear about this from the Spirits, but the current mortal plane has changed.

(How truly annoying.) (Noah)

“…Noah-ojousama.” 

The youngest child of the Titan Gods that we serve.

The other Titan Gods have been confined by them and the only one pitifully left in the mortal plane is her.

(Can you please not call me pitiful?) (Noah)

Oh, sorry for the rudeness.

“…This time around, I managed to awaken from a long seal… But it was really convenient that someone with the eye to see through the God’s seal appeared.” 

It shouldn’t be something a normal human can see through.

That place was also under a spell that made it hard to find.

(There’s no way something so convenient exists. I was the one who called him. I gave that merchant-kun Divine Power temporarily through my dagger. The effect is already gone though.) (Noah)

Ooh, is that so.

But I don’t think he is your believer though, Noah-sama.

Was it the believer Makoto?

Wouldn’t that boy suffice?

(It wouldn’t. He doesn’t have any decent skills.) (Noah)

You really say some harsh things.

Isn’t he your only believer?

He was set on saving you, Noah-sama.

(Right. But did you see that boy’s mana? He runs out of mana after 1-2 elementary grade spells, you know? I gave him the Spirit User skill, but it doesn’t seem like he can master it at all.) (Noah)

(Moreover, that boy is weak, and yet, he charges right into strong enemies, you know?!  I can’t stand watching that!) (Noah)

She is mad.

It is rare for Noah-ojousama to complain about the actions of a believer.

Titan Gods are Gods that love freedom.

The Gods themselves, and their believers too.

The current rulers of the God Realm seem to love supervising things, they are forcing their believers to pray, is what I have heard. 

I hope Noah-sama hasn’t been affected negatively by their practices.

(I have not been influenced by them.) (Noah)

I wonder.

I can’t say I condone pushing a pure boy like that.

I heard that 1,000 years ago, you used a believer of yours and brought chaos to the world, Noah-ojousama.

It didn’t go well though.

(…I am surprised you know that.) (Noah)

I may have been under the petrification seal, but I was listening to the Spirits regarding the movements of the world after all.

It seems like the only Titan God, Noah-sama, has been doing her best. 

It hasn’t shown much results though.

(I failed 1,000 years ago. But I will be careful this time around. I will have the Olympus shits cry and beg.) (Noah)

I can see the dark shadow of vengeance in that voice of yours.

To think you could bring out such a voice filled with hatred.

That cute Noah-ojousama seems to have been warped.

(Hmph, I am cute even now.) (Noah)

Must be, must be.

Noah-ojousama was believed to be the number one beauty within the Titan Gods.

Seeing that appearance of yours, mortals, animals, and even demons would be charmed by you.

At the time when that boy was going to become your believer, he must have seen your appearance and couldn’t maintain his sanity.

He has probably been charmed to the point that he can only think about you, Noah-ojousama.

(…Right.) (Noah)

“…What’s the matter, Noah-ojousama?” 

(It’s nothing. By the way, what will you be doing now, old man?) (Noah)

I plan on going around the world searching for our sealed comrades.

(Yeah, that sounds good. Even if we were to wage war on the Olympus, we need numbers!) (Noah)

So you really haven’t given up yet.

But right now you can only move a single believer. 

It seems you can affect the people that touch that dagger for a brief period of time, but you probably can’t do much with that.

Speaking of which, you were the one who told me to make the comrades of the boy stronger, Noah-sama.

I got that order from you the moment the seal was undone.

(That’s right, you did well, old man. That boy goes wild on his own and gets in near death situations, so if I don’t make his comrades stronger, it would be dangerous.) (Noah)

Honestly speaking, I don’t understand what that was for.

You didn’t give any orders to that important believer, right?

It seems like he is at least aiming for the Deep Sea Temple you are in.

Though, I don’t think he would be able to reach there…

(It is okay. I have my own plans. Fufufu!) (Noah)

Well, you seem to have some deliberate forethought.

I will simply obey.

“…Farewell, Noah-ojousama.”

(Move carefully. Don’t let them notice you.) (Noah)

After saying this, I couldn’t hear the voice of Noah-ojousama anymore.

Now then, let’s go search for our comrades. 

◇◇

“Maan, Takki-dono! That comrade of your Goddess is one great guy.” (Fujiwara)

On our way back to the city.

Fuji-yan was real energetic.

“Now that you mention it, why did you take the finger of that giant, Goshujin-sama?” (Nina)

“Aah, that was something I am interested in as well.” (Makoto)

Nina-san and I ask.

“Fufufu, this finger of the giant is a magic crystal that has unbelievable energy in it. If it is used as a weapon, it could destroy a single whole country.” (Fujiwara)

“Eh? Wait! Isn’t that dangerous?” (Lucy)

Lucy immediately takes distance from Fuji-yan.

“I won’t use it for something like that. But man, that was a really fruitful adventure-desu zo.” (Fujiwara)

“Right, I got an incredible divine protection.” (Nina)

Fuji-yan and Nina-san were all smiles.

“Fufufufu!” (Lucy)

Lucy is holding the staff that the old man giant modified with real care.

She tested out her spells a number of times with it, and it seems like it has become quite the cheat weapon.

It apparently activates the spell just by putting the mana in.

It has bad mana cost, but it works perfectly for Lucy who has mana to spare.

They are all really satisfied.

I look at the dagger of the Goddess.

I feel like the Goddess this time around wasn’t acting like herself.

There weren’t short snides like usual.

And she interfered directly in a way as if she timed it.

Moreover, what was deep inside the dungeon was a comrade of the Goddess.

I felt some sort of prefabricated air from it.

I am the only believer of the Goddess.

This is something I learned not that long ago, but it seems someone that can see the figure of the God and converse with them is called an Apostle.

An Oracle is considered sort of an Apostle.

They can only hear their voice.

Apostles can see their God.

Apostles can hear their God’s voice.

If the Apostle worries, the God will give them advice.

If the Apostle gets lost, the God will show them the way.

If the Apostle prays, they can obtain Divine Protection.

It is a whole bunch of good things.

But…Apostles can’t go against the orders of the God.

Once an oracle comes, the Apostle cannot go against it.

They have to perform the order of the God even at the cost of their life.

That’s the rule apparently.

The Goddess said:

“Get strong.” 

“I won’t forgive you if you die.” 

“Devote yourself.” 

These are apparently ‘requests’.

The current me probably cannot perform the orders of the Goddess.

I am weak.

I am an apprentice mage after all.

But…

It should be clear one day.

What is the true wish (order) of the Goddess.

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53 thoughts on “WM – Chapter 25: Epilogue

  1. Thanks for the chapter!!😉
    I hope next volume would be more exciting!! Cant wait for the next chapter😁

  2. Thanks for the chapter! Loving the series so far. Interested in how the major plot is going, just hope they don’t make Noah a villain since I like her character.

  3. This chapter truly increased the depth of the story, not by much because its still a basic isekai but its so nice to see a good story actually trying

    And i guess the goddess is annoyed that her beauty didn’t charm the MC, nice

  4. Finger of the giant is a gigantic magic crystal that can destroy a country…. Wonder who Fuji-yan is gonna sell it to.

    1. If he’s smart, he’ll probably use it rather than sell it. There are risks with putting it into circulation and many flexible uses for essentially a massive power source.

      1. He already knows the dagger can slice it, so he could also get Makoto to chip away at it, forming smaller slivers of high-quality magic crystal that he can sell rather safely.

        Also, “I heard that 1,000 years ago, you used a believer of yours and brought chaos to the world, Noah-ojousama.” I knew Noah was the Moon Goddess/goddess of the Demon Lord. Makoto preferred those game routes where he became the Demon Lord, after all.

  5. he is probably going to use it as a electricity generator for like, hot baths, lighting and other stuff similar to what you find in everyday modern life. On other note, I just hope when the goddess noah reveals her true order to makato, its not something similar to go kill monsters until you draw your last breath or something similar.

  6. Love it. Kind of sick of reading OP mcs so about damn time i read a slowly growing mc. Love the story I though it would be story full cliche or something but now im curios on whats going to happen. Thanks for the chapter.

  7. He’s growing too slowly. I wonder if there’s away to increase mana. It’s not well explained, on how mana works in this work.

    1. The way I see it, he will never increase his mana but make great allies of the water spirits, and maybe unlock others elementals magic and make friend with their respective spirit after reaching 100% proficiency in water magic. So the spirits will compensate for his poor mana pool. ^^
      And with his insane water magic proficiency he will be able to go through the Deep Sea Temple like a walk in the park with this much water available. x)

      1. You don’t want to fight a water bender at the bottom of the sea.

        Granted, most of the creatures there are presumably deep-sea dwellers. But that just means that Takatsuki can instant-kill them by pushing back the water and letting the depressurization destroy them.
        Controlling outside water seems to take zero mana, after all, so as long as his proficiency can match, water pressure should be nothing to him.

  8. “I heard that 1,000 years ago, you used a believer of yours and brought chaos to the world, Noah-ojousama.”
    a 1000 years ago…. what happened a 1000 years ago?
    oh right the demon lord was running rampant bringing chaos to the world until the hero of light and lighting killed him.
    so the demon lord was noah’s believer?

    1. I wonder how I (and the comments I read) didn’t think about that when Noah can have one follower every 1000 years and the demon lord was also that long ago.

      1. I believe that Noah can only have one believer every 10 years not 1000. And perhaps that condition was created after the cahos the DK created.

        1. I think it was after every 100 years. I remember thinking it was intentionally made unfeasible to keep an old believer alive while being free to recruit a new one.

  9. Ooooh. Now this was packed with some reveals.

    It looks like Noah was responsible for the Demon Lord from last time around. Now she’s properly sounding like an “Evil God”. A proper schemer and with some dark desires to boot.
    Takatsuki is no dummy either. He noticed, but…well, what can he really do? I hold that Noah is a lot of fun though, so I’ll roll with it.

    …Also, is anyone else getting a “Butler” vibe from the giant? Maybe mixed with a little “Uncle”.

  10. Thanks for the chapter, wonderfull translation as alwys. Yep is confirmed our boy Makoto will end up as some sort of infamous figure, a DK or something like that.

  11. Thanks for the chapter! Wonder if our boy is gonna learn about his predecessors in the next volume? Since it seems they made a huge mess in the world in the past

  12. Thanks for the chapter.

    I can understand Noah’s desire for revenge and I’m not against it, but the way she manipulated Fuji-yan is detestable considering how big of a bro he is.
    Moreover the way she made her intervention more scenic remembers me of Itsuki from Rising of the Shield Hero, and that’s kinda pathetic.😏

  13. Thank for the chapter.

    Is the goddess… tsundering? Or just annoyed that Makoto didn’t get charmed?

    An ugly foreshadow in that last line, but it held great promise too.

    Again, thanks and see ya next time!

  14. Oh, wow. Looks like I drastically underestimated Noah-sama. I can’t wait to see what happens now!

  15. I am a little confused with the dates. It says that the giant was sealed 15,000,000 years ago. But then they say that he is in the know about the events of 1000 years ago. Suppose he could somehow observe this, but then why was he surprised when he first came to the surface (about the fact that the spirits are now weakened)?

    1. All the information he knowd about is via the Spirits telling him.
      Maybe he knew already, but seeing it himself would still cause a reaction… Though the reaction he had, I wouldn’t call it ‘surprised’ more than confirmation.

    1. Well firstly, I believe it’s every 100 years. I remember thinking that her old one would’ve died by the time she could get a new one.

      Secondly, I think it’s more about permission than just getting it. She needs to reach out and get someone to follow a powerless goddess, which is probably pretty hard with her reputation as an Evil God and all the current gods snatching people up as soon as possible. Takatsuki is a weird case on every count.

  16. Great chapter, but the part where “apostle can’t argue their god oracle” intrigued me little bit

  17. LOL. So her previous believer was the Demon Lord, so if she got a new believer and they say the Demon Lord will reappear… Does that make the MC the next Demon Lord? xD

  18. sigh this is what I’m talking about so weak

    he can’t really fight anywhere just by himself… all he has is tricks that doesn’t really pack a punch

  19. So far, I’m enjoying the novel. It’s a pretty basic isekai, but it gets so many things right. The protagonist has a clear goal. He isn’t a blatant wish fulfillment. Him and his companions are generally likable. And the goddess is getting some character development. It’d be so easy to just turn her into a slapstick comedy character or a basic bitch waifu.

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