The human god is a god of battle. Fire is at His command.
So I fight, wielding fire.
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It’d be a sign of the apocalypse if I got a delivery of steak from my parents.
Hey guys, it’s PotatoStarch, your resident foodie bandwagoner. Meat is so delicious. Maybe it’s because it’s been carefully grilled, but I find it a perfect marriage of a crispy outside and a juicy inside. Some slow-grilled fish cake would be excellent, too.
Fire is magnificent, isn’t it? Maybe I should re-examine my lifestyle of eating instant food and microwave-based meals. By the way, things seem to be going well in DDR. I’d love to raise a toast to it, but I promised not to drink alcohol anymore. Plus, wine or dry Japanese beer would go best with this juicy meat. No! Prohibition!
So, let’s toast with a cup of tea! Here’s to the continued rise of faith in the Devil God. Cheers! Man, things are looking up. Faith in the Devil God has started to spread far and wide, through the western towns and even to the fort. Coupled with the results of our vampire hunting, total faith points have exploded like a high school-level quadratic equation.
This must be thanks to Kuroi and Sira. Like, because I’m sending out an Apostle and her servant, the people around them are deepening their faith? I don’t really know. There was no such element to the game when I played as an elf or a vampire. Faith in the Demon and Dragon God are pretty much natural to those races. They’re filled with fear that their god might curse them one day.
Maybe because the humans have no Guardian God, part of the fun of the DX version is in missionary work. Look, everyone around Sira is praying. And around Kuroi, too.
Mmh? Ha! Aha ha ha! When I switch between Kuroi and Sira, they look up at me in confusion. This is fun! Click, click, click. Swapping between them at high speed! Too funny. Damn, the devs are so thorough. Oh? A new system message? Let’s put my servant viewer in a separate, smaller window and... there.
Ah... yeah, I guess switching quickly between views isn’t an endorsed way to play. Why do I feel like a child being scolded? It’s as if someone just yelled at me for not being able to control myself.
Okay, let’s move on. Time to focus on planning for humanity’s great victory! The basic idea is to improve our forces while whittling away at the vampires. I could steal their land, but in the end, the Demon God will show up and kill everyone, rendering it all meaningless. It’s the timing of the Demon God’s appearance that I’m estimating. The trigger for this event is the number of vampire Apostles remaining. So, what’s the state of the contested lands in the center of the territory? For some reason, Thunderstorm and Absolute’s markers are there.
Hm, I can’t tell... At least I know that the Apostles are there, but... I’m guessing they both have about ten thousand soldiers with them. This is the final battle, after all. Worst case scenario, both the Demon and the Dragon God will show up. To put it in real-world terms, they’re like nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons, nuclear strikes, nuclear war... Let’s pray that never happens. Seriously.
Hm? What’s this? One of them appears to be moving south. Oh, there! They moved again.
This isn’t good.
Is Thunderstorm not going to engage in the usual push and pull between east and west, but instead aim for an opening from the south? That would be a real pain. We’ll be smashed to splinters if we collide with the vampires’ main force. An army of vampires ten thousand strong is akin to a calamity. It’s apocalyptic, even.
What do I do? If they invade the south with those numbers, we’ll be screwed. But I have to do something! At any rate, Kuroi’s definitely not going west anymore.
Actually, Sakiel is at the Frontier. She should be able to hold off Thunderstorm for a bit. After that, all I can do is trust in the speed of my horses. If she can buy enough time, the elven main force should arrive... so much is relying on “shoulds”! These estimates are so optimistic. However, I can’t just abandon the Frontier. Never.
Godspeed, Kuroi. And follow me, handsome knights. Our first stop is the Hell Expanse. We’ll resupply there and then move straight to the Frontier!