Chapter 40

It's been a while, everyone! It's Maruman here!!!

Well, the book version of "The Misunderstood Hero's Tale of the Bottom-Dwelling Lord" is finally out! Yayyyyyy!!!

The illustrator is Falmaro-sensei, and on the cover, Otsuichi-sensei has provided a comment!!! Please, please check it out~~!!!

Furthermore, the manga adaptation of this work has also been decided!

So, while I'm at it, let's dive into a side story for some promotion!!!

"Roaaaaar! Die, Rizeee!"

"You die, Yaldabaoth!"

Spreading wings compressed from the sun and wings condensed from black holes, the supreme goddess and the man fought to the death.

Months after the duel with the goddess Yaldabaoth, Rize Beibaron was, as usual, fighting her (???) energetically from morning till night.

Every time they clashed, the shockwaves shattered the Earth, but in this world, it had become a daily occurrence.

Even the unprecedentedly intense collisions were now just a post-breakfast warm-up for them.

Moreover, thanks to Rize, who had mastered healing magic, all of humanity had been modified to survive in zero gravity and temperatures of hundreds of billions of degrees, and they had become so accustomed to the collapsing dimensions that they would chat casually, saying things like, "Oh, Lady Rize and the goddess are fighting again today~" and "I wonder who will win today~" as the dimensions crumbled around them. It was madness.

A few minutes later, the battle was decided when Rize threw an uncountable number of black hole cows at Yaldabaoth, sending her flying.

Despite her defeat, Yaldabaoth, with a regretful expression, blushed slightly and shouted at Rize,

"Grrrr... So I lose again today...

Ah, as expected of my eternal rival! The greatest man I've found after living for a hundred and thirty years with sheer willpower, Rize Beibaron!

Go on, finish me off! As the victor, do with my life and body as you please—!"

"No thanks, you'd just come back to life with your willpower...

Alright, now that morning exercises are over, let's fix the universe. Healing magic, here we go!"

With a casual wave of her arm, Rize restored the collapsed dimensions and repaired the Earth and all its structures, which had been reduced to cosmic dust.

This was Rize's current power. Through her battles with Yaldabaoth, she had mastered healing magic to the point where nothing was impossible for her.

If we were to put it in stats, her magic power would be 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999