The Legends Of Creator Hero
Who is our enemy?

By nightfall, Tortoise had stopped moving and started her sleep and healed herself. To overcome that, Rigel had prepared something that could at least ward off the moonlight from touching Tortoise. But because his body was too big, it was impossible to cover it entirely.

Before starting the meeting, the heroes other than Ozaru attended a prayer ceremony to Nanami, the whip hero who had fallen in the war. Everyone had a sad face, only Rigel put up a poker face and seemed not to care about his death. He was present only to appreciate Nanami.

Not only the heroes, but the candidates of the Heavenly Emperor, starting from Alexei, Rudeus, Asoka and Altucray that Rigel brought back were present there. This was deliberately kept secret so as not to cause trouble among the soldiers. Then for those affected by Parasites, Ozaru was healing them. A funeral like this is useless.

When the meeting came, everyone had gathered in one place, including Ozaru.

"The first thing we're going to talk about is what Hazama and I found while walking down Tortoise's back." Rigel begins a discussion of the divination stone he found on Tortoise's back.

"We found something surprising there... Prediction stone..." Hazama immediately told them what they found.

Everyone in the meeting room was shocked to hear it, especially Alexei who was sweating as if scared. Whatever he knows, Rigel will make him talk in this place.

"That was unexpected... The divination stone was on his back, was it also the Stone that was the source of the power that increased the Tortoise's defenses?" Takatsumi held his chin as if thinking hard.

"But, didn't you say that his defensive power came from the moon, did you, Rigel?" Yuri asked Rigel.

"That's what my informant said, but I also cannot deny that the Stone of divination gave him power... Besides, my knowledge of it is very little, perhaps the highest priest knows something about the Stone." Rigel stared intently at Alexei who had silenced a thousand languages since discussing the Stone of divination.

Everyone's gaze turned to him, he realized it, but insisted on pretending not to notice it until he finally started talking.

"I'm sorry, Master Hero, my understanding of the divination stone is just like any other candidate. I only know that the Stone of divination will be a clue as to when Ragnarok will begin and the things that need to be done will be written there..." Alexei tries to evade Rigel's suspicions.

"I don't believe you, you're the kind of person who must have important secrets because you're a priest... Now is not the time to hide secrets, Alexei. If you want to talk, now is the time." Rigel angrily threatened Alexei by issuing intimidation towards him.

Alexei immediately gave up in the face of Rigel's overwhelming pressure, "Alright, Hero sir. I'd be honest if I knew something no one else knew about the Stone."

Rigel smiled happily and held back his bullying and muttered "It's good if you understand."

"There are eight divination stones in this world, each of which has the same function, predicting whatever will be related to the upcoming Ragnarok war. However, there is one fact that only a handful of people, including me, know."

Rigel asked "And what is it?"

Everyone focused their hearing and vision on Alexei so as not to miss anything he said.

"The fact about the Stone of divination is made from the bodies of heroes of the past."

Time stopped running. What Alexei said was really something that could silence Rigel.

"In the story, the divination stone was supposed to be a magic stone created by the gods. But the reality is darker, the Stone is actually made of the body and life of the Hero in the past, at the behest of someone. I don't know who that person is, but from the last message the hero left... The tomb will shine, the eight stars merge into one, the puzzle pieces will be complete and the gate will open." Alexei stopped telling stories.

No one understood the meaning of the message. Rigel racked his brain as much as possible to understand the message. No matter how hard he thought, he could not understand the meaning of the message itself due to the lack of information.

Giving up looking for answers, Altucray asked Alexei. "Where did you know that, Alexei?"

Alexei reluctantly replied, "I can't tell you the source of this information. Even if I want to, I can't tell you."

"Why? as he said, this is not the time for secret play, Alexei!" Rudeus started to be impatient because Alexei did not tell him.

"Be mindful of his words, he cannot tell even if he wants to do so... Which means, there was a condition that made him unable to talk about it. Use your brain a little, fool..." Rigel insulted Rudeus who did not even understand the meaning of Alexei's words.

"From what you've told me, there was someone who told the Heroes of the past to do that, was that person a God?" Continue Rigel.

"I didn't know it myself, Hero Rigel. There is no further information about the person who sent them, but there is one message that may refer to that person. Message is... The real mastermind of the great disaster."

"The real mastermind and the great disaster..." Rigel scratched his hair and pulled his back hair and kept silent afterwards.

"Yes... Rigel?... There's a little thing that makes me wonder, why do you always pull your hair when you're dumb?" Takumi asked curiously.

It is true, Rigel always pulls his back hair with his left hand when he is silent and thinking. Not only Takumi, it seems that everyone is also curious about it.

"It's just my habit if I start thinking... For some people, when they're playing their brains hard, they're doing a habit that can make them concentrate fully on what they're thinking and improve brain performance. Like, touching my chin and pulling hair like me."

Everyone nodded as if gaining new knowledge. Rigel's explanation is very easy to understand, but it will not be easily understood by a Monkey who just digs gold in his nose.

"Yes, let's get back to the topic... I'm speculating that Dalang's intention is probably to pull the thread of chaos and for the great disaster I'm sure it's Ragnarok." Rigel put forward what was on his mind.

"The man who pulled the thread and caused the Ragnarok war to happen, huh. That's quite acceptable..." Hazama agrees with Rigel.

"If that's the case, then a new question arises..." Takatsumi expressed his opinion as well.

Rigel narrowed his eyes in annoyance. Although he hates to admit it, Takatsumi is one of the sharp-minded people.

"Who's our real enemy, huh..." Takumi completes Takatsumi's speech.

A terrible enemy is an unknown enemy. This enemy was one who was able to pit the two god factions to begin the dominance of the stronger mana between the God of light and the God of darkness. It was not impossible either, if the Neutral Gods who proposed war using Angels, Demons, and humans as pawns were the work of that enemy.

Could Azartooth have given me his power to face this mysterious enemy? or perhaps there was a figure much higher and stronger than the Gods themselves?

"Huh~... Just trouble." Rigel massaged his forehead like a headache man.

"You're right... There is no point in thinking about it further, for now we must focus on facing the obstacles that are right in front of us." Nadia tried to return the conversation to the main topic.

"So, we go back to Tortoise... How do you defeat the goddamn creature?" Marcel started asking Rigel.

"Yes, in order to defeat him, we need to do three things: chop off his head, destroy his heart and damage the seal that the hero of the previous generation made." Rigel answered.

"Is that all? halah~ it's not as hard as I thought." Argo underestimated that, he didn't know the whole thing yet.

"Yes, we must destroy all three things simultaneously and it must not be too late, even for a second... Very easily, Ya~" Rigel looked at Argo by mocking him. Argo gritted his teeth at the mockery.

"I understand why you didn't finish him today. We need a mature plan for that." Nadia has an opinion.

"What matters is how we adjust the timing, yeah..." Petra mutters.

"What to worry about? he's got a radio, we can use it to adjust our timing." Again Argo said trivially, unlike Takatsumi, Marcel and other heroes who take this seriously.

"Although we have the tools Rigel made, it's still not that easy. The heart may be destroyed easily, as well as damaging the seal." Takumi replied to Argo.

"The troublesome part is decapitating his head. We even need a lot of effort to do it. It's almost impossible to do it simultaneously." Takatsumi mentioned the main problem. As he said, cutting off his head was such a hard job that it was hard to do so.

"For the location of the Seal and the Heart Tortoise, do you also have it?" Yuri asked.

"Unfortunately I don't have it. But I estimate that his heart is in the middle of his body. For the seal, I have a figure that will lead you to the seal."

"The figure? who's she?" Aland asked confusedly.

"You'll know later..." Rigel answered him indifferently.

"Then, the main problem, who will cut off the head, destroy the seal, and destroy the Heart?" Hazama plunged into the problem.

"I think it would be better to send people who have large-scale attacks that can do great damage. And of course, our strongest defense should help cut off Tortoise's head." Marcel called for his opinion.

"I myself have no problem with that because that is how my weapon is used. Then who's the rest? even though I am a Shield hero, I have a limit on how many people I can protect." Hazama also agrees with Marcel and reveals his shortcomings.

"I'm the mighty ape king who will cut off the head of the Tortoise." Ozaru who had been silent since then started talking. Everyone stared at the Monkey who said himself was great with a strange look. Rigel himself does not matter, instead he does intend to make Ozaru fight and reveal the cards he has.

"Well, then, I, Ozaru and Hazama will take care of the head. For Segel, I'll leave it to Nadia, Yuri, Petra and Aland and the rest take care of the heart. How's it?" Ask Rigel to make sure whether or not other heroes are willing with his proposal.

"I don't have a problem with that." Yuri agrees.

"I agree too." Nadia also agrees and is followed by Petra and Aland.

"Although I hate it because you seem to be the leader here, but I approve of your plan." Marcel said in a slightly angry tone.

"In this way, we're finally united huh? Let's avenge Nanami's death!" Takumi said that out loud and his face was filled with determination.

Before ending the meeting, Rigel asked a Heavenly Emperor Candidate for something.

"Before we end this discussion, I want you to keep the soldiers away from Tortoise. If they were exposed to Parasites again, it would be troublesome... Then, Asoka..." Rigel was about to say something, but before he could finish, Asoka cut off his words.

"Just calm down, Rigel... I know what I'm supposed to do." Asoka said that with a smile on her lips. Rigel replied to her with a smile as well.

"Alright, we end this and rest for our final battle." Rigel stood up from his chair and walked towards the outer tent, as well as the other heroes.

Rigel went away from the camp and arrived at a fairly large expanse of grass. Rigel held a small radio in his ear and contacted someone.

"Ray, have you taken care of the body I asked for?" The man Rigel was calling was Ray, Rigel's loyal knight.

"Yes... I've brought it, but I can't find any other pieces. Most likely, the rest were inside the body of the Being." Ray said with a bit of disappointment.

"No need to worry, I'll look for it while I'm there. I'm sure it hasn't been digested yet so there's still a chance to find it... Then, what about the magic I asked for?" Rigel asked again.

"Yes... It also went well and will likely be ready by nightfall tomorrow. I'm surprised your guess was right so this preparation wasn't in vain. Sorry if I sound presumptuous, Mr. Rigel. But I somehow feel that you're really looking forward to it..." Ray said with little concern that Rigel would be offended by what he said.

"No need to worry, Ray. As you might expect, I expected it from the beginning. After knowing this fact, do you want to turn your back on me?" Rigel smiled wryly and was a little lonely. Although Ray cannot see Rigel, he can sense that Rigel is smiling.

Ray who was at the place where Rigel asked also smiled and said... "I swear, no matter what happens to you, even if you turn into a demon, my loyalty is for you, Mr. Rigel."

"Hahahaha, I'm glad to hear that from you, Ray." Rigel laughed happily.

"It looks like we're going to hell because of this thing we did, yeah." Said Ray.

Rigel looked at the sky and the moonlight reflected in his eyes with a hint of nostalgia. "Yes... It is enough to feel hell... Maybe it's not a bad place~."