Chapter 6

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"What? You can't hear the divine message?"

"Yes. Since yesterday..."

Turcorize Kingdom, the royal castle.

In the audience chamber, the king received a report that was hard to believe.

The voice of Gaia, the main deity of this country, could no longer be heard.

For the past 20 years, the divine messages had been heard almost daily.

This was indeed an abnormal situation.

"Have the offerings been made?"

"Y-Yes. As the divine message instructed, we offered the bounty of the earth... usually, the offerings would be illuminated, but today, nothing happened."

The high priest's words made the king stroke his beard in deep thought.

This country had cultivated crops and enriched the land by listening to Gaia's divine messages.

However, the messages stopped being heard just yesterday.

One or two days, such things could happen.

It wasn't time to panic yet.

"I understand. Continue your faith. Do not slack until we receive a divine message from Lady Gaia."

"Hai!"

The high priest left the audience chamber.

Then, the guild master of the Adventurers' Guild burst in, his face pale with urgency.

"K-King! A great calamity has befallen us!"

"What's all the commotion?"

"I-It's... our guild's strongest warrior, the Sword Saint, can no longer use any of his skills!"

"...What?"

The Sword Saint was the title given to the strongest warrior who could wield all sword skills.

He had just been awarded a medal recently.

For him to lose his skills... this was a serious matter.

"Is it psychological?"

"N-No! He says he suddenly can't use them...!"

"That can't be! There must be some reason!"

According to legend, the Sword Saint's skills were granted after overcoming the trials of the sword spirit.

The power of the spirit was absolute.

It was impossible for the skills, which were a manifestation of that power, to stop working.

The king sat on his throne and held his head.

Unfathomable events had been happening since this morning.

The divine messages from the Earth God Gaia were no longer heard, and the Sword Saint could no longer use his skills.

(What's going on, all at once... a coincidence? ...Yes, it's possible. It's probably just a coincidence. It must be.)

Just as he concluded this, a large number of people rushed into the audience chamber.

"W-What's happening!?"

"I-I apologize, Your Majesty!"

"We will immediately remove them from the premises!"

"H-Hold it, all of you! Calm down!"

The guards tried to hold them back, but the sheer number of people overwhelmed them, filling the audience chamber.

"K-King!"

"Your Majesty, it's an emergency!"

"Your Majesty, the water quality has suddenly worsened!"

"The crops are withering!"

"The holy maiden of our guild can no longer use her powers!"

"The great mage of our guild as well!"

"Even our alchemist!"

"The air is becoming polluted!"

"Reports of a horde of monsters approaching!"

"The court mages say the barrier protecting the capital is unstable!"

(W-What...?)

The ominous reports came in like a tidal wave.

At this point, it couldn't be a coincidence.

Something was happening to this country.

Why these events were occurring one after another was unclear.

But if they weren't stopped here... the Turcorize Kingdom would fall.

A certainty, akin to a gut feeling, filled the king's chest.

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"Ack"

"Hm? What is it, Gaia?"

"I forgot to say goodbye to the high priest."

"It doesn't matter. Once we left the country, its destruction was inevitable. Whether you said goodbye or not makes no difference."

"Umm... well, okay."

"If you're saying that, I've also revoked all the sword skills I granted to humans. They are no longer necessary for a country that has wronged Lady Kohaku."

"Indeed!"

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