Hellmode ~A Hardcore Gamer Becomes Peerless in Another World with Retro Game Settings~ - Chapter 546: At the mountain's peak

As the cave within collapsed, the mountain imploded to half its size.

Using Floating Wings, Allen’s group landed on a stable rock that remained on top.

“Allen, what’s that thing? It’s pretty big, but they called it a seed or something.”

Allen was the only one in the group to have obtained a drop from the Spirit Beast.

(Hm, Cecile left the Mirror of Truth behind.)

After Cecile used the Mirror of Truth during the fight, she had just thrown it to the side.

Now it was still in the cave, crushed by the falling rocks.

Such items usually just ended up abandoned in a warehouse or large bag, and never used again. But losing it also made Allen feel like he was missing out on other events involving it.

Allen just looked down at the orb wrapped in leaves, the [Sacred Tree Seed].

“I wonder what it is, they called it the Sacred Tree Seed. Maybe…”

Allen took out a Sacred Beast Stone and pushed it onto the Sacred Tree Seed.

It would show some sort of message if he could get an S Rank summon from it.

‘The Sacred Tree Seed hasn’t sprouted yet, you can’t turn it into a Grass S summon like that.’

(Oh? It’s not the Grimoire’s logs telling me that this time, that must mean…)

Lupto had also managed to get out of the cave, and now stood next to Merus.

“I see, so this is to get a Grass S summon…”

‘Also, I’m sorry but I’m not allowed to answer any further questions.’

Allen wanted to ask more, but she could not say anything. The Gods did not allow her.

Merus sighed watching them interact like that.

While Allen continued rubbing and hugging the loot he obtained from the fight, Ponzu and Konzu ran up to the mountain’s peak.

‘Wh-what has happened here… What did you do, kon?!’

‘So it was you who did this, pon! You’ve destroyed the mountain of the Great Spirit God that governs over all life, pon!!’

Both of them seemed enraged by Allen’s group.

(And now these idiots want to yell at us.)

Allen glared back at them with annoyance.

The two spirits tried to get closer, but then the Great Spirit God Easley appeared, holding the Mirror of Truth in its mouth. He looked at Ponzu first, who received the mirror.

(There’s the Mirror of Truth. I just noticed the purple gem in its handle. A gem…)

‘Don’t be so angered. They were merely completing the task I gave them, that’s all.’

Allen was examining the Mirror of Truth instead of listening to the Great Spirit God.

‘Understood, kon.’

‘Understood, pon.’

The two spirits remained silent after that, while Allen’s group approached the Great Spirit God.

“That was truly a difficult task to overcome.”

Allen spoke first, emphasizing the fact that they had completed the task.

‘I could see that. But I’ll admit your courage and tenacity to overcome it.’

Sophie and Luck exhaled in relief hearing that.

“Still, I’m really sorry that the mountain enshrining you ended up like this…and the Spring of Life.”

“Yeah, though the issues of elves and dark elves just have been postponed now.”

Sophie and Luck also spoke to the Great Spirit God. They had defeated the Spirit Beast, but the issues of elves, dark elves, and the Spring of Life still remained.

(There’s too many elves and dark elves involved. We can’t just solve that in one instant.)

While solving the issue would take longer, that was also the more realistic answer.

Formar remained silent about the matter, letting the princess and prince deal with that.

‘The Spring of Life? Thanks to you, I believe I can see a future for it.’

“Huh? What do you mean, Great Spirit God?”

Just as Sophie asked that, the rubble of the mountain began shaking, and everyone had to keep their balance as Dew of Life began to leak between the gaps of the rocks.

As it increased in power, a large rock was blown out to allow a torrent of Dew of Life out.

Allen and the rest were on the peak, everything just pooled into a lake in the dent left on the mountain.

“Is this the Dew of Life the Spirit Beast was leaking? There’s so much of it.”

Luck remembered how the Spirit Beast let out Dew of Life after spitting the Sacred Tree Seed.

There had been so much of it that it filled the dent into a lake.

‘Yes. The Divine Power you gathered from ghosts returned to the Spiral of Life, turning into Dew of Life.’

(We defeated more than 10 Demigod Rank ghosts, so Rosen and Fabre gathered a lot of Divine Power from that. I guess it worked better than I thought.)

Merus had mentioned that ghosts were souls that escaped the Spiral of Life.

Allen had defeated many ghosts in Shandar, which had ended up replenishing the Spring of Life.

“Will this be enough for the spirits to live without worrying then?”

‘Yes, I believe that will be the case. The lake will return to its original form.’

It was quite convenient that now the Spring of Life was being refilled now.

“I’m relieved to know the Spirit Paradise won’t be in trouble anymore then.”

Allen’s friends grimaced seeing him act like he had been worried about the Spirit Paradise.

‘Also, Allen. Would you mind showing me the contracts signed by spirits?’

Allen had made thousands of spirits sign contracts, which had not been fulfilled yet.

“Of course. It’s a bit of a shame that so many thousands of spirits won’t get to enjoy the replenished Spring of Life though.”

Elves and dark elves had promised to take care of the thousands of spirits that signed the contracts, which also aligned with Luck’s desire to bring more spirits to his village to make it prosper.

‘…I see. Konzu, gather the contracts, and select which spirits will actually head to the surface. I doubt there’ll be more than a thousand though.’

“Understood, kon.”

“Ohh! Spirits will come to my village then!!”

Luck looked happy to hear that.

‘So this is the result of giving the people of the human realm a task, so this is the power of those in opposition. Lupto, I hope you can understand what this situation means.’

‘Huh? What do you mean?’

The First Angel Lupto had watched everything that happened, and was surprised to hear the Great Spirit God talking to her now.

‘As you can see, my Shrine has been destroyed, and I need to select spirits to send to the surface. I can’t report all of this to the God of Creation Elmea, so could you do it for me?’

The Great Spirit God was offloading that task entirely on Lupto.

‘Wha-?! You must be joking!! Why do I have to do all of that!!’

The Great Spirit God turned to look at Ponzu and Konzu.

‘You don’t understand while seeing all of this, pon? That’s the least you can do, pon.’

‘Why do you think a First Angel was brought as witness here, kon?’

The gatekeepers Ponzu and Konzu also acted like that was Lupto’s duty now.

‘I-I have even more work to do now…’

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(Hm? Why is Lupto looking at me like that?)

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Allen just looked away and hummed, pretending not to notice her, which only brought more attention to himself.

‘Allen, is something wrong?’

“Great Spirit God, I understand this might not be the best time to bring this up, but there’s something Lord Rosen asked for 10 days ago, which we haven’t received yet…”

Allen was not satisfied yet. Quests existed to gain rewards, and there was something Allen had not obtained yet.

“Allen, how are you not- Ahh, you mean what Rosen asked for.”

Cecile quickly understood what Allen was getting at. Rosen had been judged just as he was asking the Great Spirit God for a Divine Artifact he could give Sophie to fight the Demon King, bringing her to Extra Mode in the process.

“Yes, Cecile. We’ve completed all of our duties, but that conversation never reached a conclusion…”

Allen’s only priority the entire time was to strengthen his party to fight the Demon King.

‘You asked for power to fight the Demon King, right? I have no opposition to the granting of a Divine Artifact and Unbounding their potential. What do you think, Lupto?’

‘Huh? Ah, right. While this is the first time such a task has been cleared, I’m sure Lord Elmea would allow it as well.’

Lupto replied, her eyes downcast on the ground.

(This is the first time? I knew it was a ridiculous task.)

The Spirit Beast born from two Spirit Gods had been incredibly strong, and could only be defeated by using everything available to them. It was a miracle everyone survived.

‘Alright then, Rosen, Fabre.’

Hearing that, Rosen and Fabre stepped forward.

Seeing that, Formar finally opened his mouth.

“Lord Rosen…I’m really sorry, Lady Elize…”

(Hm? Formar sounds a bit downcast. Did something happen?)

As silent as he usually was, Formar still felt the necessity to apologize to Rosen.

Allen and the rest did not know what had happened with Elize, and how he came back to life.

‘…So you met Elize. Was she doing alright?’

“Yes, very much so.”

‘Hahah, I see you’ve experienced her overwhelming personality then. But I’m glad to see you’ve gained power as well. That gives me security in what we’re about to do.’

“Huh? What do you mean, Lord Rosen?”

‘This is goodbye for us too, Luck.’

“Wha-?! What are you talking about, Fabre?!”

Luck sounded shocked by Fabre’s words.

‘Once we’ve given you our power, you’ll have to make that seed sprout no matter what.’

After that, Rosen and Fabre explained the final blessing they could grant Sophie and Luck.