Chapter 209 Great Mother Mirialia
The new war system, which had been miniaturized, gamified, and entertainment-ized, seemed to be working well on the surface.
In reality, for about half a century, pseudo-wars had been occurring frequently, and yet a peaceful world had been realized.
However, when conflicts arose, winners and losers were born, and with winners and losers, disparities emerged. And once these disparities emerged, they became an entrenched class system that was hard to overcome, and the society that had achieved equality had regressed into an unfair one.
And in this unfair society, those who were dissatisfied tried to escape their oppressed and exploited situation by attempting to destroy the social system itself.
As a result, terrorism began to occur frequently all over the world.
However, since the form of war had shifted to Sports War, all magical weapons were placed under government control. Each faction was too powerful to use them practically, and maintaining them was too costly, so they handed over the ownership of these magical weapons to the government.
In other words, at this point, only the Pangaea government possessed magic weapons.
Therefore, it was thought that terrorists who couldn't use magical weapons would be easily suppressed by the government.
But that's not what happened.
The troublesome thing about terrorism is that it's unclear who will take action until they actually do. And sometimes, they can inflict massive damage on civilians and government agencies with a simple suicide attack that doesn't even care about their own lives.
This characteristic and the "Jobs System," a product of war, had a perfect affinity.
Compared to magic weapons, it was extremely miniaturized. However, individuals who had their bodies reinforced and could use skills and magic through the "Jobs System" had powers that were akin to those of superheroes in the old world without magic.
Because they were small and compact, these weapons were difficult to use and sometimes even broke themselves.
In this society where the value of human life was cheapened due to the class system and wealth disparities, humans became the cheapest and strongest weapons.
The "Jobs System" developed to realize a primitive and safe war competition turned out to be an extremely dangerous system, and humanity finally realized it.
However, the solution was simple.
They could just restrict terrorists from obtaining Jobs, or implement a licensing system, or permission system, and that would be it.
But humans sometimes have the foolishness to trip each other up.
The strict regulation of the "Jobs System" posed the danger of ending the modern war competition. Jobs that could be applied to oneself were limited by Talent and abilities, and training was necessary to fully utilize them. If strict regulations were imposed, it would affect the development of soldiers for war.
That's why each faction refused to comply with the government's intentions and rejected them.
And it wasn't a difficult task. At this time, the government's power wasn't that great. The fact that they possessed magical weapons meant nothing. Those were unusable weapons and shouldn't be used.
If they were to use them against their own citizens, it would lead to the government's downfall.
――Anyway.
As a result, the regulation of the "Jobs System" failed.
However, the government wasn't just sitting around twiddling their thumbs. They attempted to develop powerful, easy-to-use, and low-cost weapons to counter the frequent terrorist attacks.
In short, they tried to develop superior soldiers that could utilize the "Jobs System" like terrorists, but with complete supremacy.
The foundation of the "Jobs System" is composed of [Gods] specifically built for this system. These are archetype intelligences that collect, store, and manage human-developed skills and technologies through Psycho Network, also known as [Magic gods] or [Skill Gods].
Even with the assistance of the "Jobs System" application, individuals cannot master all magic and skills. There will always be differences in physical, magical energy, and mental aptitudes, resulting in some technologies being suitable for one person and not for another.
There are limits to an individual's power.
In a chaotic world, humans were too weak to bring order.
However, it's not necessarily bad if they're not human.
Instead of giving humans jobs and using them as soldiers, what if they gave physical form to the [Gods] that govern each job? Wouldn't that create stronger soldiers?
In each field governed by a god, they can expect the highest performance without needing to mention all magic and skills.
With this idea, research was conducted to copy the original archetype intelligence's self-information and grant it to human bodies.
However, even if artificial, the [God]'s spirit is too vast compared to humans. Forcing a [God]'s replicated self into a human body would only lead to mental collapse and death.
A human body is too small to be a vessel for a [God].
However, modern magic technology is a result of the discovery and research of super-abled individuals who possess extraordinary abilities. And it's not just psychokinetic or pyrokinetic abilities, but something more.
From ancient times, there existed individuals who could connect with the enormous, chaotic Spirit God's Body in the deep unconscious collective region using only their abilities.
Priestess. Shaman. Prophet. Cleric. Sorcerer.
Call them whatever you like. They possessed abilities to connect with spiritual entities and sometimes even saw into the future, granting prophecies. These individuals have had a significant impact on human civilization and history since ancient times.
What if their abilities, unlike deceit or delusions, were real, just like those of super-abled individuals?
Researchers searched for individuals with such abilities and soon found them. That's because, in any era, these individuals have always been by the side of those in power.
――They discovered a gene that exhibited characteristics of high sensitivity and receptivity to the Spirit God's Body.
Researchers further enhanced and developed this gene, granting it to humans, and succeeded in creating Design Children who possessed transcendent intelligence, surpassing human capabilities.
Each of them was equipped with special armaments: the "Aron Series", "Caduceus Series", "Gridavor Series", and "Kirke Series"――above all, these 4 types of human weapons were able to wield immense power, having [magic gods] or [Skill Gods] within them.
And that's not all. In addition to the ability to bring down gods to their bodies, "they" possessed a special ability that could be called a byproduct.
――"Possibility Perception"
A power to see into the future, also known as divination, prophecy, or clairvoyance.
Of course, it's not an all-powerful ability. The futures that can be seen are limited, and the accuracy decreases significantly when it comes to events unrelated to oneself or those that are far into the future.
But even so, their ability was effective.
In cases where they couldn't help but be caught off guard by terrorism, they were able to anticipate and prevent it. Or, even if they couldn't prevent it, they could shorten the response time and minimize the damage.
The girls who were deployed for counter-terrorism used their "Possibility Perception" and "God's Descent" abilities, achieving great results in no time.
With their beautiful appearance, mystical aura from their special abilities, and great achievements, they gained immense support from the people.
And so, the Pangaea government thought to themselves.
If they could mass-produce these human weapons, wouldn't they be able to regain their absolute power as a nation?
However, before that could happen, an incident occurred.
A experiment was conducted using one of the earliest Aron series, individual name Lucia Aron, with the goal of further enhancing the abilities of human weapons.
[Magic God] or [Skill God] can grant this much power just by being summoned, so if they were to summon the replicated ego of "Great Mother Mirialia", the [Supreme Administrative God] who governs all functions of the [God Realm], including the "Jobs System", wouldn't that make them the strongest existence, capable of controlling all magic, all skills, and all magical machines and weapons scattered throughout the world, as well as the entire psycho-net communication infrastructure...?
And so, the experiment was carried out, and Graat Mother Mirialia's replicated ego was successfully summoned into Lucia.
And at that instant, the replicated Mirialia within Lucia began to go berserk.
This marked the birth of a being known as an [Evil God] in this world.
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"......"
I fell silent upon hearing Lucia's story up until now.
However, my silence this time wasn't because I didn't understand the story. There were many difficult parts to understand, but I managed to grasp them.
――A vessel for fighting by summoning a god within oneself. A human weapon.
The names of the weapons created, bearing the names of the 4 esteemed families we're familiar with.
It's likely that this marks the beginning of the [Four Great Families of the Seals]. However, when I hear "summoning a god within oneself", the first thing that comes to mind isn't someone from the [Four Great Families of the Seals].
"""......"""
Lady Eva, as well as the members of the ≪Wooden Sword Way≫, couldn't help but direct their gazes at Fiona.
Meanwhile, Fiona herself was pale-faced, her expression stiff.
It's true. She couldn't help but think that she might be a created weapon, and hearing that kind of story makes me...
But Lucia calls out to Fiona, in that state.
"Fiona, you don't need to be shocked. It's possible that the blood of the 4 families is mixed in somewhere in your ancestors, but I think that possibility is low. Your abilities are natural talents and those granted by your Jobs. Even if the blood of the 4 families is mixed in, it's not like all members of the 4 families are the same, so you don't need to worry. You're not a weapon."
"...Yeah."
"And besides, we weren't just treated like weapons back then either. When we saved a lot of people from terrorism, we became super popular. We were the greatest heroes in history and unprecedented idols. We broke 2 billion viewers on live broadcasts, and our donations even reached one-twentieth of the national budget."
"Uh, yeah...?"
"Our final channel subscriber count was 20 billion people. By the way, the world population at that time was around 20 billion people. We were the idol group with the most support in the world."
"......"
"I, The archangel Lulu (Lucia-tan), was even entrusted with the Center position. Hehehe!!"
"...Uh, th-that's amazing..."
"Yeah, it's amazing. If you can access [God Realm], you should be able to see the archives even now. ...It's just that the modern communication infrastructure is sealed, so it's tough, but if you try hard, Fiona, you can become the savior Fi-fi (Fiona-tan) and a top idol in the world..."
"...No, I'll pass on that."
"Really...?"
Lucia's ridiculous story had Fiona raising an eyebrow and shaking her head.
It seemed that, to some extent, she had recovered her energy. At least, she had avoided getting too caught up in her thoughts and becoming depressed.
Perhaps Lucia had anticipated this and continued to spin her absurd tale.
In any case, Lucia nodded back at Fiona, looked around the room, and continued.
"Let me summarize what we've discussed so far.
With the sportification of war, humanity began to wage war peacefully.
However, as the war continued, the gap between the haves and have-nots grew, and terrorism began to occur frequently worldwide.
To combat terrorism, the government developed a human weapon by downloading a replica god.
The development of the weapon was successful, but when they conducted an experiment to bring down the highest god, Great Mother Mirialia, the replica Mirialia went berserk.
...In other words, the Mirialia that descended upon me went berserk, and I completely lost control over my physical body."
...It seemed that the story had finally caught up to the circumstances surrounding the birth of the [Evil God].
And from here, Lucia would talk about the [Evil God]'s purpose.
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