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Talhand was surprised:

"Isn't that so? If my estimate is correct, even a Saint-level swordsman wouldn't be able to leave a mark on that kind of thing, right? Even if it were forged with the flames of the Mineral God, it would take tens or even hundreds of hours to turn it into molten steel."

It is undoubtedly a divine weapon. Even without the numerous magic circles that grant it various special functions, the fact that non-king-level swordsmen cannot cause effective damage to the wearer alone makes it one of the most valuable heirlooms in the empire's treasury.

But Gawain only smiled at Lokisi, then shook his head at Talhand, without any sarcasm or denial:

"you are wrong."

Gawain raised his hand, and black sand appeared out of thin air on his palm, spinning and condensing quickly. Talhand's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Of course he recognized it. This thing was black steel, finished black steel, without any forging, it was created directly by magic.

The first generation mining god who died in the Battle of Laplace more than four hundred years ago was able to use divine earth magic to create dreamlike steel out of thin air and use it to forge magical weapons.

Of course, Talhand had personally touched those divine weapons that had been passed down through the generations. Even though they were made with the skills of the Mining God, their materials were still half as good as the black steel. Therefore, Talhand felt that taking out the black steel would surely make the new generation of Mining God admit that copying the skills of the first generation of Mining God also had its limits. It was necessary to break the rigid tradition in order to take the forging technology of the charcoal mining clan to a higher level.

But...

"This? This this this???"

A piece of black steel ingot was easily created in Gawain's hands. Gawain was too lazy to give Talhand time to calm down, but continued to comment sharply:

"I still say the same thing. If that's all you think, then you're wrong, and the traditions of the coal miners are wrong too. Look, this is the truth. Even fire magic is unnecessary, isn't it?"

Gawain grabbed the steel ingot with his backhand. The black steel, which was so strong that it could only be damaged by Saint-level or higher swords of light, flowed and deformed in Gawain's hand like plasticine or water. In the blink of an eye, a large piece of steel ingot turned into an exquisite one-handed sword. The sword guard was hollowed out and carved with thousands of flowers blooming. The blade was embroidered with mythological poems of the six gods in light and dark. It was so sharp that even a snowflake passing by would be cut in two.

Gawain casually swung his sword, and the thin clouds in the sky moved away in panic.

Talhand was stunned.

At this time, Gawain raised his hand again, and pure white sand gathered in his hand. This time he did not deliberately slow down, but used the same speed as when he fought Orsted yesterday to create a weapon made of Vitrum material that could barely bear his full strength, a white sword that was exactly the same as the black sword.

Gawain struck the two swords together, and the black sword broke into two pieces like mud. He grabbed the broken blade and instantly melted the black sword into a scabbard. He sheathed the white sword and threw it into Talhand's arms:

"This is a gift."

Talhand's body instinctively hugged the sword, protecting it more than his own life. After being stunned for two or three minutes, Talhand came to his senses and stubbornly argued:

"That's not all, Lord Gawain, that's not all I think!"

Under the stimulation of the true divine weapon, Talhand instantly realized what he had been rebelling against. It was not that his people were unwilling to use wind and water magic in forging, but that they were clearly able to find a better forging method by just letting go of their prejudices, but they stubbornly refused to change. So the answer was very clear:

"Forging should be flexible!"

Results are everything.

Gao Wen nodded with satisfaction:

"you're right."

He casually grabbed a large amount of pure water from the air, squeezed it into a clear sword of solid ice, and handed the weapon to Talhand. Although it was an unknown how low the temperature of the ice was, no matter how close or touching it, one could not feel the coldness, and there was no sign of melting at all. It was simply a magical skill.

Gao Wen said:

"Take these two weapons and return. You can become the new Mining God, or the ruler of the Coal Mining Tribe, who is different from the Mining God. I want the Coal Mining Tribe to be loyal to me."

Talhand agreed.

He was not deciding the fate of his compatriots who had grudges against him, but he was very clear that it was impossible for his people to resist the meaning of these two weapons.

So, the three former members of the Black Wolf Fang agreed to gather everyone together for a drink next time, and then they dispersed.

Gawain, Roxy, and Elina Lijie also set off for the magical city of Shalia.

The Great Shift is over.

End of volume remarks

(Please scroll to the last separator for the next update plan)

In my opinion, this volume is a bit too long, but after all, it has to write about the love line, the human-god line, the rescue line and so on, so it doesn't seem to be able to be compressed.

After all, at least part of the content of Re:Zero is centered around growth, which is the so-called "no-job flavor."

in conclusion.

Several key pitfalls at the end of this volume:

First, the [Emperor Vitrum Training System] is a tribute to the values ​​of the pure-blooded Vitrum people in the original "Invincible Young Hero," but I think it's logical. The Vitrum Empire values ​​its civilizational qualities and so-called glory more than life itself. Even if it means sending Gawain away, they will absolutely do everything they can to ensure that Gawain can share in the glory of the empire's values.

Of course, judging by the outcome, we all know this honor is bullshit. The Uyghurs crave all the emotions, all the desires, family, love, and friends, but they're just too patient, having been completely deceived by Nazi-style collectivism.

Second, the stories of the main characters of the original work.

Rudeus's growth is almost over. As for the part after he becomes a husband and a father, he still has to learn from scratch. In any case, he will definitely not become the super-godlike and super-ghostly patriarch in the original work.

Roxy's development may have surpassed the current "Snake Foot Three," but she still needs to learn how to be a wife and a mother from scratch. Although she's still a bit clueless, she's not insecure or withdrawn, and she can often maintain rational thinking. At least she doesn't see herself as a mistress or concubine.

As for Sylphy, after all, this work has changed her growth experience from the source, and because of the problem with the emotional line, it is still twisted. This is Gawain's fault. He should take the blame honestly and then slowly make amends and correct himself, and then he can get back on track.

Alice is not a major character in this game, but she has changed a lot. On the one hand, her relatives are still alive, and on the other hand, her relationship with Rudy is more stable. In addition, she will not learn the Sword God style, so the brain she has cultivated with great difficulty will not degenerate.

Then came the Greyrat family:

Even if Senis's problem cannot be cured, she can still resume normal communication with the outside world. In addition, Paul is alive, so there is no problem at all. The character change is completed in the first volume.

I wonder if anyone has noticed that Paul has actually reached the Saint level. Currently, as the head of the Notos family, he will continue his long career of atonement.

Lilia took off her maid outfit in the first volume and psychologically considered herself a member of the family rather than a servant. She may still feel inferior, but this distorted idea can no longer affect and hurt others, such as Aisha.

We talked about the sisters’ future in the group before.

Both Noren and Aisha are much happier in this work than in the original, so they will grow up like normal children living in happiness, and will later go to school in another world with more advanced technology.

The words of the Lortz family—

Lolz, Debbie: Watch the commercials and wait for resurrection

Third, the must-eat list in Re:Zero (Zero - Starting Life) is [Human God Lord].

In the setting of this work, the human god can see Gawain's future destiny (only within the human world. If Gawain leaves the human world in the future, the human god will not be able to see it. In His view, Gawain is still living at his original pace, consistent with those influenced by Orsted). This, like Gawain's acquisition of a magical physique, are all additional settings.

Therefore, in the eyes of the gods and men, Gawain is far more dangerous than the Dragon God.

The reason why the human god targets the dragon god is largely because he is fighting back and cannot accept the existence of an entity outside of his control.

But Gawain is different. As I have complained many times before, once Gawain's mental state becomes unstable, in the future vision of humans and gods, the human world will be destroyed in various ways.

No one can stand it.

(Note: It was not until the latter part of the Roya period that the Human God determined that Gawain was the culprit.)

In fact, it was the human god who was forced into a desperate situation from the very beginning. He had no means to deal with the ten-year-old Gawain. Even if he took out the Fighting God Armor to fight against Badigondi, the result would only be the complete destruction of the entire human world.

Even if the human world is destroyed, the human god may not necessarily die, but it is equivalent to being locked up in a place with nothing and serving a life sentence. It is almost the same as the ending in the original work. Obviously, the human god cannot accept such a thing.

Therefore, humans and gods have and can only gamble - the Dragon God may be able to kill Gawain, or may drag Gawain to death together, and in the process, the human world will not be destroyed.

Therefore, the human god had to force Gawain to lose his mind, but he couldn't let him lose his mind completely. He needed Gawain to have some concerns (such as Sylphy, Roxy, Rudy, and the possibility of his parents' resurrection), and couldn't let Gawain unscrupulously exert his full strength.

He even assisted the Dragon God (

It can be said that the Dragon God is the last and greatest hope of humans and gods.

Eventually, the two reconciled.

The human god has actually already lost.

The subsequent countermeasures were only to prevent the centipede from dying but still being stiff, and how to defeat the human god head-on and turn him into a being with infinite lifespan and red stone survival.

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The fourth volume of Re:Zero (Zero - Starting Life) won’t be very long.

I guess 30 chapters?

But I haven't finished writing the ending of the fourth volume, so I need to delay it for a while. Next, I will update the content of the IF line first.

A tribute to the legendary chapter of the original work "Diary Chapter".

It's just a non-existent if that has nothing to do with the real world line, a pure fantasy plot.

The turning point of the world line lies in what Rudy said in the first volume (not really).

Since this if was written on a whim in the early stages of the first volume, the plot direction is quite different.

Specifically:

1. In the later period of Buena Village, Gawain did not reluctantly drag everyone to conduct a large amount of research and development of new magic and magical technology.

This stems from the difference in Gawain's mentality. In the real world line, although Gawain was stubborn and didn't admit it, he actually took his feelings more seriously. In the IF line, perhaps because of Rudy's bad mouth, Gawain was more stubborn in believing that the people of Vitrum were very different from the mortals in the human world, and that the Vitrum Empire was where he belonged.

Therefore, there are not many non-chanting magic techniques including [Momentum Magic].

2. Because of Gawain's emotional development and orientation, his feelings for Sylphy are actually deeper (Sylphy is the only one who has them).

Therefore, Gawain's feelings towards Lokisi are much worse than those in the real world line. During the Great Transfer, he easily agreed to let Lokisi be responsible for a place alone, and the two did not get along for a long time.

Therefore, in the IF line, Gawain was not exposed by Roxy about the truth of the [Emperor Training System of the Vitrum Empire], nor was he helped and saved by Roxy, and the relationship between the two only remained at the level of mutual affection.

3. This is a separate setting for writing the IF line, that is:

The IF line's six-sided world allows entry but not exit, and Gawain's Vitrum technique cannot allow him to leave the six-sided world. In short, Gawain is trapped in the six-sided world and can only find a way out from the perspective of the six-sided world's rules.

And for the IF version of Gawain who regards the Empire as an absolute omnipotent man, this is obviously something that can drive him crazy.

4. It is still because Gawain in the IF line did not care about the potential of the magic rules of the six-sided world in the early stage, so he did not care about the countries in the human world at all, and did not have a strong desire to transform and reshape his real hometown like Gawain in the real world line.

In the real world, Gawain subconsciously hates the nobles, royal families, and wealthy businessmen (such as slave traders) in the human world, so his methods are very brutal, even though the actions of these people are not considered immoral or bad in the eyes of the Weixing people.

But in the IF line, Gawain only imitates Sylphy and the others' values ​​and outlook, and does not have any real understanding or empathy, so he is too lazy to waste time on transforming and influencing the human world. Instead, he feels that transforming the world will only waste his time and disturb his normal life. In short, it is an outsider's perspective.

(Just like when playing a game, players don't indiscriminately kill NPCs who are just data, just because they don't want to ruin the normal gaming experience.)

Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World - Academy City

Chapter 1: Alliance? Cession!

On the way to Sharia, Loki asked curiously:

"Gawain, why do you want to recapture the Coal Miners? You won't have any use for their forging abilities, will you?"

Even in front of Li Jie's mother, Gao Wen still admitted nakedly:

"That's not the case. The charcoal miners are useful. As long as their culture and education are reshaped, they will be a good vassal even in the Vitrum Empire."

In other words, slaves.

Gawain had once witnessed the forging of a contemporary mining god. His skills were quite primitive, not much different from a child playing with mud, but that guy's talent was undoubtedly high. After strict and scientific training, he might even be qualified to enter the Vitrum Empire's Materials Research Institute and become one of its basic researchers.

It might sound unremarkable, but considering the population ratio of the charcoal miners, the probability of a genius of this level emerging is quite high. Besides, haven't they undergone optimization screening and genetic modification yet? In other words, the potential is limitless.

If it were during the heyday of the Vitrum Empire, races like the Coal Miners would have been absorbed into the empire's slave system, with a chance of becoming the dominant servants of countless Forge Worlds.

In order to fight against the human-god, Gawain would at worst not want such a good tool to fall into the hands of the other party. After all, Gawain was not sure how much Vitrum technology the human-god had stolen, and he was not sure whether it was any.

In short, it would be best to take control of the entire human world as soon as possible to prevent the possibility of further development of the human-god forces. Gawain did not want to see interstellar war weapons in this small world. The only difference between using those things in the human world and using them on the colony satellites was whether the life living inside would be evaporated or frozen into slag.

Fortunately, Gawain did not have the technology to develop planet-destroying weapons. Otherwise, if the human god had come up with that thing, even the purest Vitrum people would have been amused. The effect of firing in an indestructible enclosed space would have been absolutely amazing. The human world would have been directly steamed into a pot of particle soup. Except for Gawain, no solid object would have survived, including the Dragon God.

Soon, the three arrived in Shalia.

Luo Qixi and Elina Lijie went to a real estate agency to choose a suitable residence. This city also has an office of the Vitrum Chamber of Commerce, so it doesn't matter if you don't bring any money. The funds that the branch can easily gather together are enough to buy a street.

In fact, according to the plan, they intended to buy a large piece of land for use, but the magic city of Sharia was jointly governed by the three magic countries and the magic guild, and there was no clear lord. If they wanted to purchase too large an area of ​​land, they had to get the approval of the managers of the above four parties.

So, Gao Wen will be responsible for taking care of this matter.

After saying goodbye to his future girlfriend and his mother, Gawain first went to find Orsted in the unused woodcutter's hut at the edge of the forest outside the city. The guy had gotten a set of white dragon skin robes from somewhere and was sitting by the window, calmly reading an ancient book. Beside him, Qixing, without a mask, was copying human words in a book in a dog-like manner.

"I'm going to visit the capitals of the three magical kingdoms one by one. Orsted, do you have any advice for me?"

Gao Wen pushed the door open without any hesitation, crossed his arms and said to the man with three white eyes sitting at the door.

The interrupted Qixing looked up in dissatisfaction, but after realizing that the rude guy was someone, he frantically searched for his mask. Orsted had already noticed the movement of Gawain and his group flying over, and he spoke out his thoughts:

"The three magical kingdoms are all worthy of being won over. Their royal families enjoy high prestige among the people. It would be more beneficial if we don't force them into opposition."

Gao Wen understood that he had to kill him later. This reminded him of another matter that he had not yet dealt with, and he asked:

"What about the Asura royal family and the upper echelons of the nobility? They shouldn't have any messy and disgusting so-called fates, right?"