God of Beginnings
Afterwards, we had a snack.
I was listening to Layla talk about mythology over a cup of hot tea.
“Well… as far as I know, there are several gods that people believe in, but there are two central gods among them. It is said that everything began with those two gods.”
Lyuu, who was also drinking tea with us, then joined the conversation.
“Oh, I know that too! Basically, the Warwolves worshiped Fenrirs, but I heard about those two gods from the old granny of our village, who was also in charge of offering prayers. When the festival was held for these gods, the village would serve a sumptuous al along with offerings, and everyone would rejoice.” (Lyuu)
Lyuu recalled her hotown with a nostalgic look on her face.
Wow, there were people in that line of work, after all.
“What about you, Lefi? Is there such a legend in the Dragon Tribe?” (Yuki)
Hearing this question, Lefi, who was also drinking tea, answered, “Well, there is no human religion in the Dragon Tribe, but perhaps the myths you are referring to have been handed down. The God of Beginnings and the Goddess of the Earth, right?”
“Oh… it’s interesting that Lefi and the others also have the sa myth.” (Lyuu)
“True, did soone intentionally spread it a long ti ago?” (Layla)
The girls were excited to learn sothing I didn’t know.
“God of Beginnings and Goddess of the Earth… is that the Primordial God?” (Yuki)
“No, it’s two gods ntioned simultaneously, but that’s not how it works. It is said that first there was a God who is called [God of Beginnings], [the Primordial God], [the One], and so on.”
God of Beginnings…
It was the source of all things, an imnse being of imasurable power, but it did not have a consciousness.
It simply existed.
It never moved.
For it, even the concept of ti was vague.
And then, one day, the Goddess of the Earth appeared.
No one knew where she ca from, or whether she was created by that God. However, it was said that it all began when she encountered the God of Beginnings.
She harnessed the power of the God of Beginnings, and created the earth and the ocean in the blink of an eye, giving birth to life one after another, and eventually this world ca into being.
The Goddess that Nell worships was apparently one of the daughters borne by the Goddess of Earth.
She was the goddess of love and courage, a goddess that so warriors have believed in, and was ntioned to have a human-like appearance, and therefore was believed in by humans in general.
Incidentally, although the sect seed to be different, the Goddess they believed in at Nell’s place seed to be the sa Goddess worshiped in the Rogard Empire, which recently beca a part of my Dungeon Realm.
I handed over the reigns in managing the empire to the King of the Demon Realm. The people of the empire and the demon realm were currently busy rebuilding and learning about each other’s cultures.
“…” (Yuki)
“There seem to be so deviations in the mythology’s content depending on the species, but the general idea is the sa. The mythology that Lefi ntioned is probably a much closer variation of it, which might prove that those underlying events actually did happen. Yuki-san? Is there sothing wrong?” (Layla)
“…No, nothing.” (Yuki)
God of Beginnings, Goddess of the Earth, right?
Using the power of the Great One, she expanded the world and created living creatures.
How very, very Dungeon-like and… similar in structure… I guess.
It was exactly similar to what I was doing with Dungeon.
I recalled my eting and conversation with the forr emperor of the Rogardian Empire before I went back to the Demon Realm.
I see.
Did that man also think that this world was similar to a dungeon because he knew this myth?
Was the God of Beginnings… like the Dungeon, or rather like the [System] itself?
A being that did nothing on its own, but ca into being when soone else manipulated it.
Then, I wondered about the Goddess of Earth.
Where on earth did she co from, and how did she et the God of Beginnings?
Or did the God of Beginnings itself create the thing that controlled it?
“What are the nas of those two gods?” (Yuki)
“The only na that has been handed down is the na of the goddess of the earth [Gaia]. God of Beginnings is just called as it is.” (Layla)
Layla’s words were denied by Lefi.
“Is that what they ntion outside? The Dragon Tribe has heard of it.” (Lefi)
“Is that so? God of Beginnings has a na…?” (Yuki)
“Stop, kyaaa, don’t jump at so suddenly, you startled .” (Lefi)
Lefi replied with a wry smile, saying, “You’re still the sa, aren’t you?”
“–[Dominus]. That is the na of the God who started everything.” (Lefi)
It was at that mont.
With a “boom”, the nu screen opened on its own.
Displayed was one of the nu items, the [Dungeon] item for internal modifications.
“…”
I froze for a mont, and then when I operated the page that opened in the Dungeon Log, I found it among the letters lined up in a row. That Log sent a shiver down my spine.
It was sothing that would be available only after consuming an overwhelming amount of DP, sothing that I probably wouldn’t be able to reach even after a thousand or two thousand years of accumulating DP.
There had never been an item like this before.
Was it because I heard about it?
Did Dungeon decide that it was okay to show this to now?
So parts are garbled and not all of it was readable… but here’s what it said.
[Domi? Nus? set??]
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