Simultaneous travel: invincible from the beginning of the anime!

Chapter 514 Plotting the Tools Left Behind by the "Eight Desire Kings"
"Seiya, you insisted on choosing this commission, you must have other purposes, right?"

After leaving the Adventurers' Guild, Lajus immediately asked the question that had been bothering her.

If Seiya wanted to quickly increase his adventurer level, he would be able to complete a greater number of quests in the same amount of time, given his strength. There was no need to choose this type of quest that required long-distance travel.

Despite the generous reward for this commission, comparable to that of a high-grade commission, Lajus didn't believe that Seiya, the third prince of the kingdom, would be short of money.

Now that he had decided to work with "Blue Rose" and Seiya intended to train them for the kingdom, he no longer needed to hide his true purpose.

"Going to the southern desert to hunt those giant desert scorpions was just a side thing. My real target is the ruins that lie dormant in the southern desert."

"Ruins of the Southern Desert?"

"That's right, I don't know if you've heard of the legend of the 'Eight Desire Kings'?"

When Seiya asked, Lahagi and the others from "Blue Rose" shook their heads. Only Evilue, who had lived for over two hundred years, frowned slightly, because she seemed to have heard the name from the old woman Rigd.

"Legend has it that every so often, powerful beings descend upon this world, causing turmoil throughout the entire world."

These unknown forces that have descended upon the world may be righteous, bringing benefits and development to the world, or they may be evil, bringing massive death and destruction to the world.

The "Six Great Gods" who founded the Slane Theocracy over six hundred years ago are one of these unknown forces.

And Lajus, your ancestors' "Thirteen Heroes" were also among them.

Finally, there's the "Eight Desire Kings" I just mentioned, another unknown force that has descended upon this world!

"The Eight Desire Kings are very strong, even stronger than the Six Great Gods who descended into this world earlier than them."

According to legend, they destroyed all the nations of the time in the blink of an eye and ruled the world with absolute power.

Even the ancient Dragon Kings were no match for them, and the entire dragon race suffered heavy losses at their hands.

Lahoz and the others had never heard of such a secret before, so their faces showed extreme surprise.

“Holy one, according to your meaning, the Eight Desire Kings are so powerful that even the entire dragon race is no match for them, so how were they destroyed?”
You just said we were going to the southern desert to find the relics of the "Eight Desire Kings," right?

Lajus was puzzled. If the "Eight Desire Kings" were invincible, then why was the Slane Theocracy, founded by the six earlier gods, able to survive to this day, while the kingdoms founded by the even stronger "Eight Desire Kings" could not, only five hundred years have passed?

Even the matter of the "Eight Desire Kings" has almost completely disappeared into the dust of history.

"The Eight Desire Kings are ultimately beings who bring destruction to the world, so it's normal that their history will be erased."

Legend has it that their demise was entirely due to internal strife.

Their final kingdom, the capital of Eluneteu, was located in the southern desert, where a large number of powerful magical artifacts were stored and guarded by thirty city guardians.

The "Thirteen Heroes" had also been there and gained the approval of the guardians, obtaining some super magical items. As a descendant of the "Thirteen Heroes," Lajus idolized her adventurer ancestors the most, so she was quite excited when she heard this.

"Why would you, the third prince of a kingdom, know these things?"

Compared to Lahas and the others, who were already completely excited upon hearing the legend of the "Eight Desire Kings," Evilue looked at Seiya with some wariness and asked a question.

She, who had lived for over two hundred years, had only heard snippets about the "Eight Desire Kings" from Rigurido. It was quite unreasonable that Seiya, the third prince of the kingdom, knew so many secrets.

The matter of the ruins of the "Eight Greed Kings" in Elunetio is a secret known to few, but it is not entirely unknown. Even Fluda of the Empire went there, but his strength was not enough to gain the recognition of the city's guardians, so he was unable to take anything with him.

I have my own special intelligence sources, and I originally planned to go alone with Kang Jinlong. If Miss Yibiluai feels something is amiss, you can choose not to come.

"You guy..."

Faced with Seiya's somewhat impolite rebuttal, Evilue also got a little angry, but Seiya did not choose to indulge her.

He originally intended to go with Kang Jinlong to scavenge the various magical items and equipment left behind by the "Eight Desire Kings" in order to use them in future battles against Ainz Ooal Gown.

He's already willing to bring "Blue Rose" along out of respect for Lajus, and yet Evilue still doubts his intentions, so naturally he won't give her a friendly look.

The level of "Destroying a Nation" is around 50. After all, someone who can fight two combat maids at once is indeed considered the strongest among the natives of this world.

However, such strength is nothing compared to that of Seiya and Kang Jinlong now.

"Alright, you two stop arguing. Ibiruai, Seiya and I grew up together, I know his personality very well, he would never do anything to harm us."

Seiya too. Evilue's personality is all bark and no bite; she only asked that question out of caution.

Because Lahoz acted as a peacemaker, the two of them naturally didn't actually start arguing.

Moreover, no one would be uninterested in powerful magical items and equipment, so after making some preparations, Seiya and his group set off for the southern desert in a grand procession.

"What you said before, every time this world goes through a period of turmoil, a powerful unknown force will descend upon this world."

Based on the timeline and the factions that emerged, the "Six Great Gods" from over 600 years ago were righteous, the "Eight Desire Kings" from over 500 years ago were evil, and the "Thirteen Heroes" from over 200 years ago were righteous.

Does this mean that the next unknown force to descend upon this world will be another evil entity that will bring harm to the world?

Sitting in the eight-legged carriage heading to the southern desert, Ibiruai kept thinking about what Seiya had said before. After discovering the pattern in it, she finally couldn't help but look at Seiya and ask the question that had been bothering her the most.

Seiya didn't hold Ivilue's previous behavior against him, after all, he knew a bit about the arrogant personality of the country-destroying loli.

"To be precise, aftershocks occur every century. The 'Six Great Gods,' 'Eight Desire Kings,' and 'Thirteen Heroes' are merely those who have left their mark on history during these aftershocks."

(End of this chapter)