Maou no Hajimekata Volume 2 Chapter 6 part1

Translator: Jay_Samuel, Editor: Krizzeir

Chapter 6: Let's Defeat the Ancient One, Part 1

「We must prepare our forces as soon as possible」

　Deep inside that mountain of trial, is where Sakuya the God of volcano originally inhabited.
The major members of the labyrinth were gathered in the conference room which was made by digging out rock surfaces anew, and the Demon Lord Aur broke the ice with that.

「This is the current situation」

　To Respond to Aur's words, the surface of the wall is distorted and some icons are displayed.
　It was a map.
　Two elongated peninsulas protruding to the left significantly, and two countries are in battle formation to gain control of the roots.
　And an enormous mountain range stretching out as if to demarcate them.
　The mountain range where Yamata no Orochi that was defeated by Aur and the others inhabited.

「This is the country where we are currently. It is called Yamato」
()「The continuing mountain range are like walls and probably act as a border which divides the countries? So, it is referred to as Yamato」

According to Aur who displayed the peninsula, Sakuya supplements that.

「Even though Orochi is now gone it's not easy to cross over this gate……But, it is not impossible.
「I see. When spring comes, the armed forces of the Sahara will likely attack us」

Thena who is a priestess and possesses precognition ability nodded to Aur's words.
It is difficult to feel the changes of the seasons in a Dungeon, but it is currently winter in the outside.
Crossing winter mountains is almost equivalent to suicidal acts, but in spring that is not the case.
Thena's divination clearly caught the appearance of soldiers coming along with snow melting.

「Sahara as in?」
「South of the two neighboring countries. I heard that it is a scorching Earth-covered country. A vast and barren sand plain that stretches endlessly. ()Therefore, it is a country of Sahara desert」

Sakuya replies Lilu's ignorant query.

「By the way, conversely, to the north is a land of intense cold. A country covered in snow and ice. ()It is known as Himuro country
「Again that is also extreme!……」

　Scorching heat in the South and intense cold in the North. In any case it is hard to say it's inhabitable.

「Yamato is a small country that cannot be compared to Sahara or Himuro. It will likely be easily destroyed if attacked」

The mountain range serves as a defensive wall that protects Yamato, but at the same time also a cage that closes it in.
Unlike Yamato, which is only allowed to prosper inside a confined and small peninsula, Sahara and Himro dominates vast lands, so there is a big difference in their national strengths.

「Much less with only the little troops of this dungeon, it's not even worth mentioning. Which is why we must prepare our forces. And also, within the short time of only one season」
「Isn't that impossible……」

Sakuya is a God that governs the mountain, and disinterested in the world of men.
However still, they knew Aur was asking for the impossible.

「Ah. Which is why I want to ask you guys something. Do you have any idea of the God that governs the void?」
「God that governs the void……is it?」

Aur nodded "Yes" to Sakuya who was ruminating thoughtfully.

「I once talked about our headquarters being in another continent, right. Majority of our forces are there but……」

The country that Aur governs almost extends over the entire continent. Speaking of size alone, it's even more huge compared to Sahara and Himuro joined together.

「It took me a month when I came to this continent by boat. It is probably possible to make it shorter, but with that it's still two weeks. The limit is likely a hundred people at once」
「A month for round trip. That is three hundred people in three months. Even if we started building ships now, just building alone will take more than a season」
「Although being able to build a ship that is capable of ferrying hundred men across the ocean in a season is even more frightening」

Sakuya once again shuddered at Lilu's nonchalant muttering.
Their fundamental national strengths and technical capabilities are too far apart.

「If it's ships, should Tatsuki transport them」
「You will? How?」

Suddenly, Tatsuki who has been listening to the conversation seeming bored raised her hand up.

「Like, Zabaaan! like that」

She who is the God of the sea, has the ability to manipulate the waves.
The tea prepared on Tatsuki's palm swirls, it swells up greatly and carries the teacup——
Due to the excessive force the teacup was sent flying, it hit the wall and got pulverized into pieces.

「Yep, it's going to capsize」
「So it's no good huh……」

Tatsuki hangs her head down in despondence at Lilu's assertion.
Since declaring to be an ally, she has changed completely and become cooperative unlike before when was only interested in food. Although, her efforts are mostly misdirected towards the wrong direction, and still quite fruitless but.

「If it were that red-haired who is always present……Umm, Ms. Yunis? With her ability, can't she easily transport people」
「Ah. That's the main point of the story」

Aur nods to Sakuya's question.

「Though it may not sound familiar to you guys, but we manipulate two disparate powers of magical powers and energy, each of which are used in sorcery and magic arts. Both can be used to teleport to a distant location instantaneously, but each comes with its own unique restrictions」
「By restrictions……, what do you mean」
「To put it briefly, it can be said that sorcery has almost no limitations regarding actual amount of people, but it is impossible to hop across distances enough to separate continents. On the contrary, with magic, distance is not an obstacle in the least, but it can transport about two to three people at most」

By using magic circle in sorcery, you can instantly transfer things inside it.
Just for the tedious task of increasing battle formation although it can send as many numbers as possible, but the amount of magical power it consumes will intensify in magnitude as the distance increases.
　Yunis' magic on the other hand ignores both distance and barrier, but her movement is only limited to the things she can carry her.

「It's hard to please everybody, something like that huh」
「Therefore, I am placing my expectations on the arts you guys practice. It seems that Spiritual power is a combination of magical power and energy. Then perhaps there may be a way to circumvent the flaws within both」

「even if you say that……」

Sakuya expressed a perplexed expression.

「…….If it is a kind of travelers' guardian deity which governs the road, there are lots of it, but that one simply just safeguards the road. Nor have I heard anything like it being able to connect to faraway locations. Though there are gods that are able to cover long distances in a day, but when it comes to crossing thousands of miles……」

So as expected it won't be that convenient. As Aur thought that, Sakuya suddenly raised her head up as if something just popped into her mind.

「There is……one god. Though I don't know whether or not he can fulfil Aur's wishes」
「Is he a difficult individual?」

Aur asked Sakuya who was expressing a somewhat gloomy expression.

「Difficult……right, could say that. In the sense that I would rather not be associated with him, that may be exactly right」
「I see. Again this is……」

Reading the future of Sakuya's words, Thena too frowned her face.

「Could you possibly mean him? Tatsuki, dis-likes him」

Not only that, even Tatsuki of all people too said something like that.

「What the heck kind of god is he」

To answer Aur's query, Sakuya in a serious manner opens her mouth.

「His name is Sainokami————he is one of the oldest gods in Yamato」

Chapter end