While I was making those moves.
Hitogami reappears in a dream.
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A snow white space. I'm in the middle of a empty world.
"Wow, it has progressed better than I expected."
Yes.
Just as you instructed, I will fight Orsted.
"Fighting alone isn't enough. If you don't kill him..."
You seem to be in a good mood.
Do you really enjoy having me dance in the palm of your hand that much?
"Even I can't tell the outcome, how exciting!"
Right.
By the way, since you're appearing like this, in other words, what you said before, that you can't appear without matching frequencies, that was a lie?
"Yep. I lied."
You shameless bastard...
Then I guess you can only contact specific individuals was a lie too?
"Yep. That too. But don't you feel special to be chosen by God?"
Pssh...
Well, forget it.
Eventually I will tell Sylphy and Roxy about fighting Orsted.
If I die, my descendants will surely consider Orsted their father's murderer and hate him, that's why...
"That alone won't be enough to change their fate. If you don't kill him for me, I will wipe them all out. No matter how long it takes."
Wipe out? Don't say something so scary.
Anyways.
Regardless, finishing the magic armor will take a while.
The principles are completely uncharted territory, even Cliff is feeling stuck.
I'm putting my all in development as well... but it would take at least half a year more.
"Cliff, let him concentrate on magic circles needed to strengthen the armor core. You just focus on the necessary stone shielding and joints. For magic circles for rest of the body, use the Arrestar method [1] instead of Vindo ones [2]. That should do it. Also, get Zanoba to design it a little bigger. That way, the consumption increases, but you can lay a redundant magic circle layer under the first one. With the two layers repairing each other, you can still move even with major damage."
Eh, ehh?
Aren't you well informed?
"OF course, I'm Hitogami! Since I know about Fighting God's armor, I can give you some pointers."
Hitogami...
Say, people of this world call you Human God.
What's up with that?
Is Hitogami your alias?
"Human God is just a nickname. Hitogami is my real name. Somehow or another the Human God name becomes known instead." [3]
That sounds like a lie.
Well, it doesn't matter what you call yourself.
Hey, will I win?
With magic armor, traps, and sneak attack?
"Well... your magic equals Laplace. If you put in the effort, who knows what might happen?"
How irresponsible.
Can't you give me your usual advice and help me win?
"Then, go pick up some magic tools. The sort that shoots when you pour magic into it. You can find those on sale anywhere. Those things have limiters for regular people. But if you really want to, you can channel as much magic through it as you like. Sky is the limit. Like that Zariff's Arm you guys made, make a magic tool with enormous output that only you can handle."
Oh, I see.
You actually offered some pretty good advice this time.
"Since you have been a harder worker than I expected, I ought to offer a hand as well. My desire to see Orsted dead is true."
... Feels likes you have some hidden motives again.
Tell me the truth, for the magic armor too, nothing will blow up during the production process, right?
"... Whose life will you wager for the answer to the question? Aisha? Norn? Lilia? Zenith?"
Pssh...
I can't win.