Anyways, we were able to safely receive Fluga-sama's power.
Since her power was 'destruction', many of Combat Arts and Magic
Arts she gave had high destructive power, some even allowed me to
move as fast as lightning; they'd definitely be very useful in combat.
And as usual, I also received a skill.
『Skill――"Absolute Destruction":Able to destroy everything in
existence, but the effect is halved before the power of god.』
It was practically the same as the power Fluga-sama had
demonstrated earlier, and it could be said that I'd be invincible
against opponents who didn't have the power of god.
But putting it in the other way around, this skill wouldn't be so useful
against opponent who had the power of god. For example,
possessors of Sacred Treasures, which was the crystallization of the
power of god.
Sacred Treasures—even until now, they were still a mystery to us.
Hence, I decided to ask Fluga-sama about what these 'Sacred
Treasures' were and who 'The Goddess of the End' was but,
"…I see. Goddess of the End and Sacred Treasures have appeared
again, huh…"
Her reaction was somewhat complicated.
I supposed they weren't a pleasant topic for her.
"Yes. Do you know something about them, Fluga-sama?" But the
threat that was the 'saints' was imminent, I couldn't drop it just like
that.
Fluga-sama heaved a small sigh, before scratching her head and
saying, "—D'you guys know the story of 'Goddesses of Genesis'?"
""""""?"""""" We all tilted our heads.
Fluga-sama slow and carefully explained, "Goddesses of Genesis
are twins. The humans call one of them 'Goddess of Creation'.
You have heard of her, right?"
"Y-yes. We are taught that she is the goddess who bestow skills
upon us…" Magmell answered.
Fluga-sama nodded, "Well, that's not totally wrong. After all, the
Goddess of Creation—Olgou is the one who created humans."
""""""!""""""
Goddess of Creation—Olgou.
She was the one who created us humans.
Then the one who created demi-humans was…
Without waiting for me to ask, Fluga-sama shrugged her shoulders
and said, "Incidentally, the one who created demi-humans was
Olgou as well. Or more like, everything that lives in this world is
basically Olgou's creation."
"Fumu. Then what did the Goddess of the End create?" Arca asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Fluga-sama said matter-of-factly, "—She created
the monsters."
""""""!?"""""" We all instantly lost for words.
"But," Fluga-sama continued in a lonely manner, "don't get the wrong
idea, okay? She didn't create them to disturb harmony. She, the
Goddess of the End 'Phinis', just wanted to be a mother."
"A mother…?"
As Tirna curiously titled her head, Fluga-sama said with a regrettable
look on her face, "Yeah. Olgou had the power to create 'life'. Well, to
be more precise, she had 'the power to create lifeforms that have the
cycle of being born with skill, growing, procreating, and dying before
being reborn'. Now, with all that being said, isn't it about time you
notice it?"
"Uhh, could you be referring to the fact that she owned the traits of
all of you the five goddesses?"
When I asked reservedly, Fluga-sama nodded with a bold look on
her face, "I expect no less from my husband. You're pretty
perceptive. That's right, Olgou had all the powers of us five. That's
because, Olgou was our original self."
""""""Wha!?""""""
As we went wide-eyed due to Fluga-sama's words, her expression
changed back to a lonely one and she continued, "…But fate is cruel.
While Olgou had such a power, her twin, Phinis, didn't. No, she
actually had the same power, but it was the polar opposite to her
sister's."
"Polar opposite?" Zana asked.
"Yeah, that's right. Simply put, everything Phinis created had the
tendency of 'destroying' Olgou's creations. The monsters are a good
example of that. They have no particular reason behind why they
attack you humans. They just have the thought of 'destroy Olgou's
creations' planted in their instinct."
"T-that's the reason why our lives are threatened every day!?"
Magmell couldn't hold herself back from snapping.
"Yeah," Fluga-sama mercilessly nodded.
"That's just awful…"
"The reason why Olgou rebirthed as us five goddesses was to
protect the beings that live in this world. But well, a very long time
passed and we ended up neglecting our duties! I mean, there were
you saintesses and saints to take care most of them anyway!
"Dahaha!" Fluga-sama laughed seemingly feeling no guilt. As we
were looking at her with dumbfounded eyes, she suddenly changed
her expression to a serious one and said, "Okay, that's it for the fun
talks. Cause now, we'll be getting into the war with the Goddess of
the End Phinis."
""""""—!?"""""" Of course, we were taken aback.