Urgh...this sensation is...!

Beep-beep... Whirr... Boop!

An identical reaction to the time on Bectas has occurred in both of you!

That means...you guys got some of your summoning power back!

It...seems like we have. Well, it's still not fully recovered, as expected.

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The Mystical Wolf...

I was... I see now... I was ruled...by that power, then...

The Mystical Wolf...it returned to normal!

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Wielders of the power of summoning...I cannot...tell you much.

Under normal circumstances...you and I...would be enemies...

Huh? Enemies?

But...I will...tell you this...

You must hurry...if you intend...to resurrect the sealed gods...as the pillars of summoning.

The power that contaminated us...will soon...consume all the worlds...

If it does...nothing that exists...will be able to avoid...annihilation.

H-Hey, wait! Contaminated?

Do you mean by the power that made you go berserk? What was that power?!

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It is what we were...originally...called to...seal by...the great...Holy Emperor.

The Holy Emperor?!

Goodbye...wielders of summoning.

If you...proceed to unleash that power...we shall meet...again...

The Mystical Wolf...

Child...it did not awaken me...but your call...did reach...me.

What?!

Because of that...I placed...all of you...in danger...

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The Mystical Wolf...

Liana, I'm so happy for you!

Thank you!

And we've gained a much better understanding of things, as well...

The sealed gods are beings that were called by the Holy Emperor.

Currently, they're contaminated by the power they were originally meant to seal, and are running rampant...

And the power that contaminated the sealed gods...is trying to devour everything.

Now that you mention it, when the Mystical Wolf was going berserk...

...it felt like it was possessed by an entirely different consciousness...

It definitely did...

Wonderful... I wonder how the Summoners of Old will look at me when I report this?

Uh... Goddess Tilith, I guess...I owe you my thanks.

Huh? You do?

Thank you...for keeping us safe.

And also...I'm sorry that I shoved you when we first met.

I am so sorry...

Oh, no need to worry about little things like that!

Little things...?

After all, it's only natural to protect your friends and heal them when they're hurt!

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Did I say something weird?

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Reda, are there a lot of gods like Tilith in your world?

Well...

I can't really say, since there aren't a lot of humans that have contact with the gods, anymore...

But based on what I know and what I've heard about the past...

...I'd say that the split between gods who side with humanity and gods that oppose humanity...is about fifty-fifty.

You can't lump them all in together just because they're all gods.

I see...

But if there are other gods like her...I mean, like Tilith...

...then I want to visit your world someday...

All right, it's time to go.

I wanted to take it easy here for a bit longer, but...

...the message from old man Grahdens made it seem like I don't have time for that.

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Nothing to say as usual, I see...

...I have said this many times.

This is Ishgria.

If you wish to speak to me as an equal, then show me power equal to my own.

...I wanted to ask about my mother, though.

Ah...Mariela.

Mariela...was that my mother's name?

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If you want to ask more, get stronger...yeah, I get the message.

Hmph...

Fine... I'll get stronger and come back.

And you'll tell me more about my mother when I do.

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Argh...

Hyahh!

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Hmph... I suppose that'll be good enough to pass. Barely.

Thank you...very much.

Now I can finally set out after him!

I'll show you, Hans.

I'll show you how much I've learned while you were off playing on the beach with Tilith!

Your training is as merciless as ever, I see.

So...you're the one who was watching earlier.

It was her idea. She asked me to complete her training...

She was most likely inspired by a message from Grahdens, though.

That girl is desperate, too.

She mentioned someone she wanted to win respect from.

Well, I can remember being like that when I was young, too.

Hmph...