Chapter 47: Tremendous Destructive Power
A few days later, a piece of heavy news spread throughout the Labyrinth City of Orario.
Esdeath, the one who had defeated Ottar, wasn't a member of any Familia at all, but rather someone from another world.
At first, this news was treated as total nonsense, and many people simply didn't believe it.
Another world or whatever, how could such a thing even exist?
Something like this was pure fairy tale, even more absurd than the most ridiculous fictional story out there.
Anyone who believed words like these had to be either a fool or an idiot.
It was really treating them like three-year-old children.
Yet, for some reason, this rumor spread like wildfire until everyone knew about it, with many people claiming that Esdeath was indeed an outsider from another world.
The people who initially doubted the news, under the heavy pressure of public opinion, slowly found themselves half-believing and half-doubting.
Could another world really exist?
Was Esdeath truly someone from a different world?
But the problem was that Esdeath had actually defeated Ottar, so honestly, not many people dared to go and question her to her face.
When the news reached the ears of Yumesaki while he was having a meal, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Whether Esdeath was from another world or not, how could he not know? After all, he was the one who had personally brought her from that other world with his own hands.
So this news wasn't wrong at all; Esdeath was indeed an outsider.
In fact, not only Esdeath, but even he himself was from another world.
But the issue was that he didn't recall telling this to anyone else.
Why did this news suddenly leak, spreading in such vivid detail and causing such a massive stir that the entirety of Orario knew about it?
Who exactly was playing tricks behind the scenes?
The first person that came to Yumesaki's mind was, of course, Freya.
After all, Freya had met Esdeath and the others, and she possessed the ability to see right through the radiance of a soul.
It was highly possible she had seen something different within Esdeath's soul, confirming that Esdeath wasn't from this world.
And then she had spread the word across the Labyrinth City of Orario, intending to put a bit of pressure on Esdeath.
Thinking about this, Yumesaki couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
If that was really the case, then this world might become unlivable.
After all, the gods of the DanMachi world, every single one of them had sealed their Arcanum just because they had lived for so long and grown bored in the Upper World. They came down to the Lower World and established Familias.
Their goal in doing this was solely for one thing: to find entertainment.
To put it bluntly, they were a bunch of pleasure-seeking deities.
Though that didn't rule out a few gods who truly cherished their Familia members like their own children.
But the vast majority of them were just looking for amusement.
For the sake of entertainment, this bunch of gods could do plenty of things.
This didn't rule out the possibility of them using certain methods to target Esdeath, all to find a way to another world.
Right now they hadn't moved, not because they were kind-hearted, but because they hadn't fully confirmed whether Esdeath was truly from another world.
Once they were certain, they would definitely make a move.
At the very least, Yumesaki could feel that over the past few days, quite a few hidden gazes had been sweeping over Esdeath and himself.
Especially himself.
Yumesaki figured that he was highly likely already exposed. After all, he was a foreign god who had suddenly shown up in the Labyrinth City of Orario, which would inevitably trigger the curiosity of the gods.
When they discovered that not a single soul had ever seen Yumesaki before, this curiosity would turn into suspicion.
What was more, right by Yumesaki's side was Esdeath, who was suspected of being from another world.
This made people, and even gods, even more suspicious.
Just as Yumesaki was pondering whether he should leave this world or not, Loki suddenly paid a visit.
The ones who came along with Loki, besides Riveria, included Ais.
However, Riveria had already returned to her normal state by now, no longer the palm-sized Elf from back then.
"Yo, the kid from my place has received quite a bit of attention from you."
The moment Loki arrived, she immediately dominated the conversation, sounding as if she had come to hold him accountable.
Yumesaki stared at her with a flat expression, then pulled out a chair and sat down.
Seeing that Yumesaki remained unmoved, Loki burst out laughing.
"When I saw you last time, I felt something was really off about you. I didn't expect that you were actually a god from another world."
"Interesting, this is really highly interesting."
Yumesaki noticed that when Loki said this, it wasn't a question, but a firm assertion.
It was as if she had already found definitive proof that he was a deity from another world.
He was quite curious about what basis Loki had to be so sure.
"It's the magic. Did you forget what you did to Riveria?"
Loki said with a mischievous grin, "After Riveria was turned tiny by you, I specifically researched your magic a little bit, and found that the magic you use is entirely different from any magic I've ever seen. It's a completely new system."
"So from that moment on, I began to suspect that you weren't a god of this world."
Upon hearing these words, Yumesaki instantly realized everything. He had still underestimated the gods of this world. Sure enough, not a single deity who had lived for so long could be taken lightly.
Even humans grew incredibly shrewd as they aged, let alone a god.
Of course, a certain someone named Aqua was an exception.
That idiot wouldn't change much even if she lived for hundreds of millions of years.
But Loki was no Aqua; she had spotted the discrepancy within the magic in an instant.
"So the news about Esdeath being from another world, you must be the one who spread it."
Yumesaki glanced at Loki and questioned.
Loki waved her hands and said, "It has nothing to do with me. When I guessed that you were a god from another world, I actually wanted to secretly strike a deal with you to get some benefits."
"I never thought about spreading your origins all over the place to cause a massive scene."
"So this incident wasn't my doing. My guess is the most likely culprit is that Freya woman."
"Who told your person to go and defeat Ottar anyway."
As she spoke towards the end, Loki couldn't help but indulge in a bit of schadenfreude.
Yumesaki couldn't help but mutter quietly to himself. This guess was identical to what he had imagined.
"So your army looking for me today surely isn't just to hold me accountable, but rather to make a trade with me?"
"Exactly."
Loki nodded and admitted it bluntly. She had indeed come today to make a deal with Yumesaki.
Yumesaki asked curiously, "What kind of trade do you want to make?"
Loki said calmly, "That depends on what you have."
Speaking up to this point, Loki paused for a moment, then continued, "Actually, I'm quite interested in your magic. A magic that can make people small is indeed rather interesting, but I don't know if the members of my Familia can learn this kind of magic."
"There is basically no problem with that."
Yumesaki spoke honestly, "The magic I master, whether it's a human or a Beastman, whether it's an Elf or a Dwarf, anyone can learn it."
Magic in the Fairy Tail world was just like this; it didn't have any strict racial barriers. As long as a person had the capacity to learn, they could master it.
The only thing that might pose a barrier was each individual's innate talent.
Some people learned magic and progressed at an incredible speed, while others faced numerous difficulties.
Even if it could be mastered, the results produced would be entirely different.
Hearing that the magic could be learned, Riveria's eyes instantly lit up with a brilliant light.
As the strongest Mage in the Labyrinth City of Orario, her obsession with magic could not be matched by ordinary people.
Hearing that there was a new magic system available to learn made Riveria happier than anyone else, even downright thrilled.
"Tell me first, what kind of magic do you all want to learn?" Yumesaki asked.
Loki asked curiously, "What kind of magic can you even do?"
Yumesaki: "The magic I know is quite a lot. There are roughly thousands of entirely different types of magic."
Thousands of types?
Hearing this sentence, Loki couldn't help but widen her eyes.
Ah, this... ah, this...
This had turned into something she completely didn't expect.
A god actually mastered thousands of completely different types of magic. This was simply absurd.
Even though she mastered magic herself, she didn't know thousands of kinds.
Even in the Upper World, there weren't many deities who mastered this much magic.
"Are you actually a God of Death or a God of Magic?"
Hearing Loki's complaint, Yumesaki said with a gentle smile, "I am a genuine, uncounterfeited God of Death, but you can call me The Wizard King."
Loki: ...
She admitted that she seemed to have lost her usual momentum when facing this guy.
"Just tell me, what kind of magic do you actually want to learn? You can tell me your desires, and then I will teach you the appropriate magic," Yumesaki said.
Ais thought for a moment and then said, "I want to learn magic that can make me stronger."
Yumesaki couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Saying it that way is far too broad. There are simply too many types of magic that can make you stronger."
"For example, Time Magic. After learning it, you can stop time, and at that moment, you can carry out a massive slaughter among a horde of monsters."
"Aside from that, there is High Speed Magic, which can make your speed faster than it has ever been before."
"Your own speed is already fast. If combined with this kind of magic, you would be so fast that monsters wouldn't even have time to react before being slashed down by you."
"There is also Dragon Slayer Magic, which allows you to gain immense power, but during the process of casting the magic, your body will turn into a dragon."
Riveria couldn't help but be shocked. Turning a human into a dragon, to think such terrifying magic actually existed.
Loki subconsciously blurted out, "No way, absolutely not! Ais-tan must never turn into a dragon."
It was a known fact that the dragons in the Dungeon were all monsters to be subjugated. If Ais really turned into a dragon, it would be better to just let her die.
And she absolutely wouldn't allow someone as cute as Ais to turn into a dragon.
Even Ais herself looked a bit resistant.
Subjugating a dragon was fine, but if it meant turning into a dragon, forget about it.
"Then how about Earth Magic? You can freely control the earth and the ground, making the terrain change shape according to your thoughts."
Yumesaki said, "If you possess enough power, you can even alter the entire structure of the Labyrinth City in an instant."
Ais couldn't help but shake her head. Although this magic sounded incredibly strong, she wasn't very willing to learn it.
What she wanted to learn most was a type of magic that possessed immense combat power and destructive force.
Yumesaki thought for a bit and then said, "If you are only pursuing sheer combat power, magic isn't the best fit for you. On the contrary, a Devil Fruit would suit you perfectly. Would you like to consider a Devil Fruit?"
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