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"True creator..." Jin said.
Everyone has thought about it at least once. If Gods created the world, then who created Gods?
The answer to that question is usually similar. Either there is another God above the Gods, or it began to exist on its own.
Orgal claimed that it was the sun god, 'Kinzelo'.
Unlike the countless fraudsters who have claimed to be the sun god so far, Orgal's assertion had clear credibility.
Jin had personally experienced the power of the sun god. Valeria, who had suffered a fatal injury, was completely healed within the area formed by the residual energy of the sun god, which Zipfel referred to as a holy land.
Furthermore, what about the Bale of being a creation of the sun? He was born with tremendous power, not to mention divine combat prowess, and even resistance to manipulation of history. Without any training or enlightenment.
"How about it, Sir Jin!? You just discovered the greatest secret of the world. Isn't your heart racing!?"
Margiella asked Jin eagerly.
Jin shrugged his shoulders in response.
Even if the sun god truly existed, it wasn't a particularly interesting story for him.
Rather, it added another problem. If he couldn't overthrow Kinzelo in time, he would end up in conflict with such a higher-level being.
Of course, it was a story of when the sun god truly existed and resurrection was possible.
"Well, I'm not sure. Bale, what about you?"
"I'm not very curious either."
Bale's nonchalant reply made Jin sigh inwardly.
If Bale had any longing for the enigmatic creator who made him, it would only add another source of unease.
Bale's sole concern was Sarah Runcandel. Now that he faced the fact that Sarah had died a thousand years ago, this world was nothing more than a vast battlefield to him.
However, in that battlefield, there were those who killed Sarah, as Jin had informed him. For Bale, the remaining meaning of his life was to eliminate them.
[Bale, aren't you curious about the being that created you?]
"Are you deaf? Why do you keep asking the same thing? It's annoying. I'm not impressed, and I'm not curious."
Bale's aggressive response left most of Kinzelo's executives bewildered, and Orgal seemed somewhat saddened.
'It seems that Orgal, rather than Bale, has a longing for the sun god.'
Orgal is a demon, especially a demon king with the nickname of the demon beast king. Jin thought that the combination of him and the sun god was quite incompatible.
[It's a pity that the fragment of the creator is no different from other orphans. You must have known since the moment you realized that you were a creation of the sun god. Cough...]
"Hey, Jin. I don't like him, can I just hit him once? I feel like he is treating me like a fool."
"You shouldn't hurt someone who is sick, especially since we're allies now."
Most of Kinzelo's executives continued to feel disappointed by Bale's actions, which they had been eagerly anticipating.
Jin, on the one hand, understood their disappointment. He had felt a similar way when he first saw Bale.
"Lord Bale, imagine a world where the sun god returns and the world is purified."
Bale snorted as Margiella spoke with a bright smile, almost like a fanatic.
"I don't want that."
"In that world, lord Bale, you will be able to meet the person you love the most again."
"Sarah... I can meet her again?"
"Of course. The Sun God will never overlook Lord Bale's deep sorrow. After all, Lord Bale is a fragment of the sun god, and your sorrow is his too. The only way it can be purified is for Dame Sarah to come back."
At that point, Jin came to understand more clearly the reason why Kinzelo used Zipfel to make the Demon God's orb in the past and the background of their obsession with Bubare Gaston.
'Fragment... it's probably up to Bubare, that disgusting bastard, to collect and put the fragments of the sun god back together.'
If that's the case, beings like Bale might not be unique.
Once again, Jin couldn't help but think that Kinzelo wasn't just a bunch of foolish idiots. The dangers they possessed were far too extreme.
All of Jin's enemies are like that. Even thinking about Rosa alone made him daunted, but his head kept throbbing because of the demon king and the sun god.
Jin observed Bale's reaction once again. He seemed somewhat swayed by the idea of being able to meet Sarah.
Jin decided to silently observe how he would respond.
"Fuck this bullshit. Even if the sun god were to resurrect Sarah, it wouldn't be the Sarah I knew. It would probably be another Sandra Zipfel. So don't mention Sarah again. If it weren't for the golden seal, you all would have turned to dust and scattered to the ends of the earth."
"Oh...."
Jin exclaimed in admiration.
"That's a good answer, Bale."
Seeing how Bale wasn't seduced by Kinzelo, who had even mentioned Sarah, Jin felt strangely proud.
"Lord Bale, it seems there was a misunderstanding. What I meant was..."
"Enough with the pointless talk. I allowed you all to tempt Bale out of my own consideration. It's true that I somewhat disregarded your kindness. I've heard a bit about Zito as well. But since it failed, don't cling to Bale anymore. It means to show me how Orgal will recover."
[Cough!]
"Look at this, you're still coughing as if you're about to collapse. How can you even fight Rosa with such a feeble state? Orgal, when I unsealed Bale, I briefly saw Rosa. She seems to be getting stronger faster than you anticipated."
-Everyone seems worried about when Rosa will move, but let me tell you one thing. It will take at least a year for her to take action. Until then, there won't be any threat of the world's destruction.
During the first temporary alliance meeting, Orgal had mentioned that there was almost no chance of Rosa being active within a year.
"It's only been about three months since the first meeting where you said it would take at least a year. But the Rosa I encountered when I unsealed Bale... she seemed much stronger than when I attacked the Garden of Swords. Orgal, didn't you feel anything about that?"
[I didn't. But if what you say is true, the day of the final battle may be approaching sooner than expected.]
"Yes. The already limited time has become tighter. That's why I brought Bale here, even though I knew it would benefit Kinzelo. I'm not here to quench your thirst for the sun god."
Orgal nodded his head.
[To recover, I need Bale's power to be unleashed.]
As Jin gestured, a ring appeared above Bale's head, and wings formed on his back as a golden energy emanated from him.
Then, Orgal's body, which was composed like smoke, began to thicken at a rapid rate. Just as the dry land absorbs rain.
Bale felt a bit uncomfortable with his energy being absorbed, but he remained still.
"Jin, he's taking away my power. Shouldn't we stop it?"
"If it causes permanent damage, try to stop it for now."
"It's not that... It's at a negligible level."
It was only negligible from Bale's perspective. The energy of the sun god he possesses is close to infinite by human standards.
Watching Orgal's body become more and more distinct, Jin thought of Murakan.
'It feels similar to when Murakan absorbs my shadow force and recovers. It seems to work much better than that, but...….'
Orgal absorbing Bale's energy is quite similar to the time when Murakan woke up in the storm castle and tried to inhale Jin's shadow force.
Then it means that Orgal is an existence created by the sun god. It's like the Guardian Dragon receiving power from their god.
[Whoa...….]
When Orgal took one big breath, he was no longer in the ghostly form as before.
His features were properly displayed, and his hazy body turned a distinct gray color.
There are still some blurry parts left here and there, but if he covers it up, he becomes similar to other normal demons.
However, further recovery seemed impossible through the energy of the Bale.
"Finally the cough has stopped. Now, you have become close to other demons."
[It's been a while since I've felt this good...….]
"But it seems that the recovery through Bale is the limit, isn't it? In order to recover more, you need the Holy Land of Zipfel."
It was not difficult for Jin to guess that the power of the sun god remaining in Zipfel's holy land was far more pure than the one possessed by the Bale.
"Congratulations, Master."
Zephyrin knelt on one knee before Orgal and spoke.
Although Jin didn't feel any noticeable change in Orgal's energy after his recovery, he recognized through Zephyrin that his power had become immense.
Zephyrin was emitting a tremendous aura that was incomparable to before.
When they first met at Black King Mountain, Jin's story would have ended there if Zephyrin had this much power.
Zephyrin is a being that derives strength from Orgal. And up until now, she had always forcefully drawn upon Orgal's remaining power. However, even though Zephyrin's energy had become more enormous than ever before, there was no apparent impact on Orgal.
"I finally have a little bit of faith, Orgal. I wondered what would happen if you pretended to be sick until the day of the final battle came. By the way, don't tell me that your condition would be bad again if you use more than a certain amount of power like in the Kaldran snowfield?"
[Don't worry about that. Unless it leads to death, I can now maintain this level of condition at all times.]
It was a pleasing answer to hear if Jin only considered the showdown with Rosa, but it was a dreadful prospect when imagining the future battle with Kinzelo.
[However, I suppose I will need an adjustment period like an evil god. It should take a few days.]
"A few days is fine. Don't overexert yourself and get carried away with the power you've regained after such a long time. I'm saying this because you've been so helpless all this time; it's just needless worry."
Orgal looked at Jin and smiled.
[I've only regained about 10% of my power, so I'm not ecstatic to the point of jumping for joy.]
"Just 10% and it's already at this level..."
[Didn't I mention during the meeting that if I were in my prime, things wouldn't have turned out like this?]
While Orgal's words didn't sound like empty boasting at all, Jin felt somewhat uneasy.
Bale turned his head sharply and threw this question at Jin.
[He doesn't seem like a patient anymore, can I beat him now!?]
Jin chuckled and burst into laughter.
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