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Chapter 98 - The Goddess and Sadaharu

"…Huh? What’s this. A warning?"

In the space created by the Goddess, Sadaharu, who was working on implementing dungeons into this world, stopped when he saw a warning displayed on his monitor.

"The Black Dungeon is being… encroached upon?"

Puzzled by the first-time error, Sadaharu went to the Goddess.

"Goddess-sama. May I have a moment?"

"Oh, Sadaharu! It’s rare for you to come talk to me."

Usually, it was the Goddess who would go bother Sadaharu while he was concentrating on his work. For that reason, the Goddess’s spirits were a little high.

"So, do you have a request for me?"

"No. I’m here to report an error I’ve never seen before."

When Sadaharu held out his hand, a monitor appeared in mid-air. It showed the academy being constructed as if to swallow the Black Dungeon.

"It appears someone in Japan is trying to incorporate a dungeon."

"Oh, is that so."

"‘Is that so,’ your reaction is quite mild."

"The gods of Japan have a good deal of power, so I thought they would do something like this eventually. They seem to be angry that I made a dungeon appear in their divine territory, too."

"Huh? J, Japanese gods?"

Sadaharu had not been told of Amaterasu’s existence.

"Come to think of it, I haven’t told you yet, Sadaharu. In this world, there were already gods in each country before I arrived. Oh, but maybe grouping them by country isn’t right. It feels more like gods are born in places where people worship them."

"…Since you are here, Goddess-sama, I won’t doubt you if you say that the ancient gods of Japan truly exist. I was just a little surprised."

"Right. And about this matter, you can just leave it alone."

"Is that alright?"

"I’m a newcomer god, you see. If I do whatever I want too much, the native gods might start trying to get rid of me. So I’m not going to retaliate just because they took over a low-grade dungeon."

Isn’t she already doing whatever she wants? That’s what Sadaharu thought, but he decided to let it slide since he didn’t understand the scale of gods very well.

"By the way, what is this building? Is it for studying dungeons?"

"I accessed the internet in the human world to gather information. It seems they will be conducting research, but the main purpose is human resource development."

"Human resource development, you mean for clearing dungeons, right?"

"Incidentally, other countries have already established training institutions for dungeon explorers and have begun their activities. Among the developed nations, Japan is the last to make a move. But then, why did this error appear only now?"

"Because only Japan has started to truly analyze the dungeons with the help of its gods. They started last, but they’re closing in on the core secrets the fastest."

Despite the fact that her dungeons were being analyzed, the Goddess was smiling.

"Oh, I’m so happy. Humanity is pooling its wisdom and getting help from native gods to try and conquer the dungeons we created. Just imagining how they will conquer the difficult enemies we made gets me so excited!"

It was a sentiment similar to that of a game developer. There were parts of it that Sadaharu could agree with.

"From this place, someone who will challenge me will appear. I have a feeling."

"Please don’t get defeated so easily. I still have a lot of systems I want to implement."

"I still want to see humanity struggle and grow! I have no intention of losing! You do your best to support me too, Sadaharu."

"Yes. Leave it to me."