The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

Side Chapter 2 The only remaining god of the eleven gods

Alda, the god of law and fate. The only god of creation still remaining in Lambda excluding the subordinate gods. The god who possessed the most power even including the evil gods.

The source of that power lay in the followers and servants who respected him and, most importantly, the number of believers who offered him their prayers.

He had suffered deep wounds during the battle against the Demon King and the one against Vida who was supposed to be his ally, but even so, Alda's power was vast.

He was depicted as an austere-looking, white-haired old man holding a heavy book, a stern-eyed young man holding a large sickle of judgment in his left hand and a torch in his right, or as a shining moon. All of these were Alda's forms, his symbols.

Alda had been worried about many things in the past few tens of thousands of years. What he was worried about, of course, was the future of the world of Lambda that he loved.

To be more precise, he had always been worrying. He had contemplated, listened to the voices of the people, thinking about how he could keep the world in the light, how to preserve its order, how to bring about and maintain peace, how to spread these ideals to the people and make them understand them. He was always thinking about these.

However, things had not gone favorably in the past few tens of thousands of years.

"I suppose this means it is time to revise the policy that has been in place up until now. It is truly irritating that I have no choice but to agree with the words of that god of reincarnation. However..." Alda whispered to himself, trying to gather his thoughts.

"Please wait," said another voice. Curatos, the God of Records who was a subordinate god of Alda's and his close aide, had appeared at his side.

Curatos was one of the servants (Equivalent to angels on Earth) created by Alda shortly after the birth of the world who had risen to become a god. He did not possess his own divinity; he was merely Alda's close aide and this was symbolized by the book that he was holding in his hand.

"My lord, there is no need to pay any heed to the words of one such as Rodcorte," Curatos advised. "The 'development' he speaks of is merely a pretense."

"Calm yourself, Curatos," said Alda, reassuring his servant. "It is not that I have acknowledged that there is a need for the 'development' of which Rodcorte speaks."

Rodcorte had told Alda and the other gods many times that this world was inferior to other worlds and that 'development' was necessary.

However, these words did not ring true in the hearts of Alda and his companions; it was little more than a vague, meaningless complaint.

The development and passing on of culture and art, the stable continuation of a civilization. These are very wonderful things.

But for Alda and the other gods, these were not the things that needed to be prioritized the most.

For the god of law and fate Alda and his subordinate gods, the gods that supported him such as Yupeon, these were times of war. The Demon King and Vida had been defeated, but the evil gods were still making hidden movements while monsters and the races created by Vida were building their nests.

The first thing that needed to be prioritized was the battle against the evil gods, the monsters and the races created by Vida. What was the use in prioritizing the world's 'development' over that?

And then Alda had realized the true intentions behind the 'development' that Rodcorte wished for. Rodcorte simply desired for the population of this world to increase. Because as the number of souls going around in the cycle of reincarnation increased, that god's power would increase with it.