I Became the Companion of the Gods

29 – EP.9 Toward the North -1

Looking back at the recorded history, there have been countless precedents of humans being attacked by divine beasts.

The divine beasts have appeared in various places such as the ground, the underground, the sea, and the sky.

We attacked at various times, including day, night, dawn, weekdays, weekends, and anniversaries.

Their existence, which could suddenly happen anywhere, was like a disaster to humans.

Natural disasters can be predicted to a certain extent or have countermeasures to reduce damage, but the invasion of divine beasts did not.

Because divine beasts were so out of the question that no matter how much humans could fly and crawl, their claws couldn’t even get dirty.

The limit of human beings is that they cannot even respond, let alone predict the appearance of such a being.

And now, we humans are once again afraid of the threat of divine beasts.

“It’s dangerous.”

“Oops!”

“Terrible.”

“This is really too much~!!”

“… ….”

Senior agents gathered in the director’s office, Director Edwinner, and me.

Usually, if we gathered together like this, we would have had a good time chatting, but today we couldn’t.

Everyone’s expression was severely distorted.

A village in the north covered in snow.

The village, which was said to be peaceful yesterday, is said to have come to a terrible end overnight.

As evidence of that, all the buildings in the video were collapsed into blocks of ice, and the streets were littered with chunks of meat that had been torn apart beyond recognition.

It was easy to see that the pure white snow bed was dyed completely red, that the masses were people and their pets.

“This is the work of the Shinsoo.”

A word from Miho who earnestly affirms as soon as he sees the video.

After hearing this, I looked at her Yata side, and she nodded once as if she was right.

Is it confirmed… ….

“Everyone will notice, but the above video is not a video of damage from terrorism. It is the first disaster in 15 years.”

“If it was 15 years ago…… You mean this incident was caused by Shinsoo~?”

“Yes.”

Exactly 15 years ago, when I was 5 years old, the country went into a state of emergency.

The reason is the attack of the divine beast.

I remember that the divine beast that invaded from the sky split the ground and even caused thunderstorms, leaving more terrible damage than the video you are watching.

Shinsu from 15 years ago, who brutally killed people and pets and destroyed everything around him.

I couldn’t see it myself because I went back after raiding a place far from where I lived, but I was able to see it through a photo someone took with their lives…….

When I saw the photo of Shinsoo, I realized one fact.

Shinsoo is like a monster that can never be defeated…… My instincts taught me that.

And now, one such monster has once again attacked human dwellings.

It may be different from the monstrous Shinsoo of 15 years ago, but I could see from this damage video that it was a Shinsoo that was as good as that monster.

“Chief, are there any other videos? Knowing what kind of Shinsoo you are, you can deal with it even a little more!”

“Seriously, Agent Dahye. This video was also obtained through the government’s hard work. The rest of the cameras in the village are all damaged and cannot even be restored, so we have no way to know in detail which divine beast has attacked.”

“Then even the survivors of this town…… !”

“It’s really unfortunate, but all the villagers died, and not a single survivor was found.”

“That… It can be!!”

Basically, Shinsu’s senses are superior to those of any other animal.

So even if people ran away after seeing the Shinsoo, the Shinsoo would have located all the fugitives and killed them.

So it’s only natural that there are no survivors.

“But fortunately, there is no information at all.”

“Yes? But the director just said that there were no survivors…….”

“There was a group of travelers who were lucky enough to survive because they left the village before the divine beast attacked.”

“Oh!! If so, the appearance of the Shinsoo… !!”

“They won’t know what Shinsoo looks like, Dahye.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Think about it, Dahye. If they were at a distance where you could see Shinsoo’s appearance, would they have been alive~?”

Nine out of ten, he must have been discovered by the divine beast.

In the first place, it is not possible that a Shinsoo who was meticulous enough to kill all the villagers and smash all the cameras would have left survivors…….

The fact that they are alive means that they are already out of range of Shinsoo, so vivid information can never be expected.

“As the two agents said, they were so far away that the next day they knew the Shinsoo had attacked, so I couldn’t get any good information. But… ….”

“Just… ?”

“Only one thing, I was able to get information about Shinsoo.”

“What is it?”

“The cry of a wolf. As soon as they got out of the forest near the village, they all testified that they heard a loud wolf cry from the village.”

“So, does that mean that the god who attacked the village is a god who is related to wolves?”

“Ah, there are actually teeth marks from the wolves on the corpses of the villagers, so it must be true.”

“If it’s the divine beast of a wolf…… Are you also a wolf that devours the world, Director?”

“As Agent Khan said, Fenrir is the only wolf god that comes to mind right away, but it is difficult to conclude that way.”

The wolf that devours the world, commonly known as Fenrir.

The wolf god is the first god that comes to mind, and its existence was identified as an incident that occurred 600 years ago.

Fenrir, a monstrous wolf who eats and digests just about anything.

There has been no damage to humans since 600 years ago, but the damage at that time was so shocking that it is a divine beast that is well known to modern people.

600 Years ago, Fenrir roamed over 20 villages in one day and ate all living creatures, as well as man-made structures.

The next day, the day after that…… Fenrir, who continued to ravenously devour everything, seemed to be announcing the end of mankind.

Fortunately, Fenrir changed course, perhaps because he changed his mind halfway through, and thanks to that, humans were able to avoid extinction.

However, the fear of the wolf never went away, and the humans gave Fenrir the nickname of the wolf that devours the world.

“If it was Fenrir for the first reason, there would be no trace left of that destroyed village, because it would have been eaten away. Besides, that divine beast will never be satisfied with just one village.”

It was strange that Fenrir, who was certainly known for his gluttony, went on his way without even eating a single village.

To compare it to human beings, it was like a famous food fighter who drank about 3 spoons of appetizer soup and then went home saying he was full.

“The second reason is that the ability is different. As you can see from the video, it was a block of ice that seemed to be made with the ability to break the village structures. But I’ve never heard of Fenrir handling ice.”

The ability of Fenrir, which is known to people, maintains the status quo.

Assuming that Fenrir bites a creature with the ability to literally maintain the status quo, even if you try to stop the bleeding or suture the bite, the wound will never heal and will not disappear.

As this maintenance of the status quo applies to inanimate objects, it was a special ability that even if a single stone was placed on it to restore the building that Fenrir had bitten off, the stone would automatically disintegrate and disappear.

Because of this ability, the traces that Fenrir devoured 600 years ago remained in a desolate state for at least one year.

A void in which no life forms have grown and nothing has changed.

“Anyway, it seems difficult to confirm that the wolf god is Fenrir for this reason.”

“Then what the heck… ?”

When everyone gathered here was suffering from not knowing the identity of the divine beast, I was able to hear the identity of the divine beast from Yata.

“The identity of the divine beast that raided the village is Hatia. I’m sorry.”

Hati?

When I silently tilted my head, Miho, who saw this, gave consideration to me and Yata so that I could have a comfortable conversation by hallucinating the people around me.

“Thank you, Miho.”

Miho responded to my gratitude with a soft smile and a light nod.

Turning her head back to Yata, she opened her mouth to give me a detailed explanation.

“This is the first time, right? That’s right, Hati is a divine beast who lives in the northern snow fields where the temperature is minus 100 degrees.

“100 Degrees below zero… ? A Shinsoo who lives in such a crazy place?”

“Yes, Hati is one of Fenrir’s offspring, an ice wolf who is crazy about the moon.”

“I never thought he was the son of a notorious wolf… ….”

“As you saw in the video, the ability is a wolf that handles ice. If I had to pick a unique point, it would be active only when the moon is up?”

“Did that mean being crazy about the moon?”

“He has a crazy dream that one day he will swallow the moon.”

No matter how much it is, to say that Shinsoo’s dream has gone out of his mind…….

Hagiya Yata’s future has changed to the point of being crazy now.

If I could change the future even now, I want to change it.

“By the way, why did a guy who said he never came to a human-occupied area attack you?”

“Of course, who is it?”

“Is it because of me too?”

“If you’re curious, would you like to watch the video over there?”

When Yata turned her head to where her fingertip was pointing, a block of ice floated on the screen.

“Why is that block of ice?”

“If you look closely, you will see the strangeness.”

“Um… ?”

As Yata said, I looked at the ice closely and saw that something was written in small amounts of blood on the ice block.

If you don’t look closely, you’d think it was just blood splattered, but those were clear, albeit unusual, characters.

“What is that?”

“That is an ancient rune that is now almost gone.”

“Rune language… ?”

“You can just look at it as a legacy of old people who have passed away.”

“That, is it? Can you interpret that Yata is a rune language?”

“I can’t read it well, but I can do it because I have some knowledge.”

That means Yata is an old man…….

“Nangguun~? Don’t you think it’s strange?”

“Ugh, ugh! Of course!”

“Don’t you get the strange misunderstanding that I’m old? Even if you see me like this, I’m a green divine beast in the world of divine beasts!”

As expected, you know everything.

Let’s reflect.

“Keuheum! Anyway, I’ll explain it to you.”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Tiwaz, Angsuz, Gebo.”

Yata recites words he has never heard of.

I nodded as if I had finished interpreting the meaning.

“What do you mean?”

“Fight, God, Companion.”

“f*ck.”

The meaning is really simple, isn’t it?

It means to openly fight against me.

Ah, I thought this moment would come one day, but I hate it when it does.

Why does a guy living well in the north come all the way here to fight?

I will live in my nest dreaming of eating the moon… !!

“Are you okay, Nang-kun?”

“I can’t go, can I?”

“Honestly, I don’t want Nanggun to go. But… ….”

Looking back at the place Yata was pointing to, the director and the senior agents were talking about dispatch, saying they needed to get a little bit of information about Shinsoo before Hati attacked again.

“Haa… ….”

“As for the future for Nang-gun, if Nang-gun doesn’t go now, Hati will continue to kill humans until Nang-gun comes out. And Nanggun ends up fighting Hati in regret…….”

“Is that the worst future you’ve ever seen?”

“Yes… Sorry! I wish I had a better future, but… !”

“No. Isn’t it your fault that the future turned out like that? And didn’t I advise you not to make the wrong choice? So, I should be grateful.”

“Nanggun… ….”

I lightly stroked the apologetic Yata’s head and smiled.

Somehow, lest she feel guilty.

“After all, you have to fight…….”

The difference between fighting back before you regret it, or delaying the fight and fighting it with bitter regret later.

It seems that there is no future that avoids fighting itself.

If that’s the case, there was only one option for me to choose.

“Let’s go, to the North.”

If one of the two is destined to die, it can’t be helped.

For the peace of me and my pets, I have no choice but to fight the divine beast…… !