Chapter 37

“Considering that it was never decided from the beginning how to raise it, Ul Kanadiel’s words are not wrong. We should proceed with the wager as it is.”

“What! Are your long, protruding eyes just for decoration? Can’t you see even with them? Shall I pluck them out for you?”

“Bruwon Krishaka, if you intend to do everything recklessly every time it becomes unfavorable, why did you gather us? If you continue this stubbornness, we will withdraw from this wager. However, let me be clear: this is a bet concerning the legitimacy of your spirit. If you break the wager and continue your wanton destruction, we will side with Ul Kanadiel.”

Watching the snail-like Roa turn its body slowly, the other Roa began to back away hesitantly.

No matter how much Bruwon Krishaka might be, if he turned Ul Kanadiel and all the Roa against him, it would be unmanageable.

Although Bruwon Krishaka was enraged, with fur bristling to an extent, he did not cross any further lines, and the wager proceeded as planned.

The result was a crushing defeat for Bruwon Krishaka.

To begin with, ordinary life forms could never win against beings that completely broke away from the natural tree of life by being selected for the best traits of the species and sharing the powers of Elder Roa.

In battles measuring aggression, agility, and strength, they were torn apart.

In contests for survival in extreme environments, they were no match either.

At least in terms of reproduction, it was a victory for Bruwon Krishaka.

The beings created by Ul Kanadiel were exceptional, but they had no counterparts for mating.

With the result of having lost everything except for reproduction, Bruwon Krishaka, filled with anger, demanded the fulfillment of the wager from Ul Kanadiel.

“I would appreciate it if you refrain from meddling in whatever I may do from now on.”

“■■■■■■■–!!!!”

Ignoring the screams of Bruwon Krishaka, Ul Kanadiel disappeared with his followers.

The giant stone monkey, fueled by rage, struck the ground repeatedly in frustration, causing continuous tremors for a while, resulting in a large chamber that was said to have formed with no visible bottom.

“It was so deeply hollowed out that it remains even now. Bruwon Krishaka’s energy was so thick that even beasts wouldn’t approach it.”

Having finally calmed down from his long rage, Bruwon Krishaka crawled up from the cavity he had created.

Then he plucked the fur from his body and blew it away.

The fallen hair gradually swelled and transformed into various forms.

It became a muscular green monkey, and among the green monkeys, some turned into cunning small monkeys, some became two-legged dogs, and others were endowed with the traits of various beasts from originally dexterous monkeys.

Bruwon Krishaka thought about the realm of “reproduction” he had achieved victory over Ul Kanadiel.

“This nature is about survival of the fittest, not about the strong preying on the weak! The superiority of reproduction, the ability to pass on information of numerous lives to future generations, is what truly determines the excellence of a species!”

He was said to have shouted this around.

While not entirely wrong, deep down he did not want to acknowledge his loss to Ul Kanadiel and was simply lifting up the realm he felt victorious in.

Regardless, as his words suggest, the individual excellences were inferior compared to Ul Kanadiel’s followers, but in terms of numbers, they were overwhelming.

“Those that come from me, tear apart the repugnant creations of Ul Kanadiel!”

Bruwon Krishaka’s followers spread out in countless numbers and began attacking Ul Kanadiel’s followers.

Even without Ul Kanadiel stepping in, his six followers ripped apart every incoming foe, but the numbers were so overwhelming that they became a nuisance day and night.

Furious, Ul Kanadiel approached Bruwon Krishaka to confront him.

“Is this not contrary to the promise of the wager? Fulfill your promise.”

Bruwon Krishaka replied cheekily, digging in his nostrils.

“The promise was to not chase you. Those nauseating creations of yours are a different matter.”

Returning the wordplay from the wager to Ul Kanadiel, Bruwon Krishaka laughed.

Ul Kanadiel, although intending to defeat his wager, had begun to feel affection for the followers he had created.

They were certainly exceptional beings, but fighting against countless enemies to the extent of being mindless would wear them out someday.

Being a species close to merely being a prototype created originally for the wager, there was only one individual.

The Roa referred to these children of his as ‘Einherjar,’ meaning ‘those who fight alone,’ as they were the only kind.

But if it continued like this, they would become the only ones left.

In any case, Bruwon Krishaka couldn’t kill him due to the oath.

These followers were merely created to win the wager, and now he was free.

Despite that thought, Ul Kanadiel gifted species modeled after each child for the children, whom he now considered as his own.

Though significantly degraded compared to the first offspring, they still became a ‘race’ that could support his children and prosper on their own.

Already exhausted from creating the first offspring and weakened despite degradation, he found it hard to be compared to an Elder Roa like Bruwon Krishaka while birthing numerous lives by shedding his own body.

Even though they were no longer just fighters alone, the first six children of Ul Kanadiel, who were called ‘Einherjar,’ referred to Ul Kanadiel, who sacrificed himself for the future of his children, as the ‘Great Father.’

Thus, the Einherjar of Ul Kanadiel began to slaughter Bruwon Krishaka’s followers with the races they led.

As exceptional individuals commanded their races, they were undoubtedly no match from the beginning.

Bruwon Krishaka was understandably furious and began to pluck his fur again to create more followers.

But even with numbers in the thousands, they were headless and fell into traps, being slaughtered every time; Bruwon Krishaka sought out the cause.

“Perhaps that which they believed in, was the existence of our Einherjar.”

Thus, Bruwon Krishaka also created beings like Einherjar to lead the followers he made.

At this time, the term Einherjar began to be used not for those who fight alone as originally intended but as the foremost followers representing the species created by Elder Roa.

“And thus, a meaningless war began.”

Just as Ul Kanadiel consumed energy while creating followers, Bruwon Krishaka naturally consumed energy as well.

With the clash of Ul Kanadiel’s Einherjar and Bruwon Krishaka’s Einherjar, it turned into an arena of honor for the Elder Roa.

While Bruwon Krishaka had greater numbers, Ul Kanadiel’s Einherjar had accumulated experience over a long period, leading to a standoff.

In a frustrating situation, Bruwon Krishaka, who was originally volatile, continued to pluck his fur, continuously creating more troops.

As he continued relentless creation and depleting energy, the once plush stone monkey’s appearance gradually transformed into a barren and unappealing bald creature.

“And that was the starting point of tragedy, the reason why the continent of Eastern lands fell into eternal war for centuries without development and became desolate.”

Surprisingly, this weakened Bruwon Krishaka was killed by the very Einherjar he had created.

“From the beginning, Bruwon Krishaka believed that life was about progressing towards a better direction through struggle. His followers inherited that nature, seeking to evolve into better beings by any means. A weakened creator was merely good prey for such followers who could not directly assist themselves.”

Bruwon Krishaka’s Einherjar and species consumed the colossal corpse of their creator, enhancing their energy.

“Due to Bruwon Krishaka being killed by the followers that emerged from his own fur, in the Eastern lands, the phrase ‘being pricked by fur’ is used when one is betrayed by someone they trust or faces perversion.”

Even the remaining fur was born into countless soldiers, acting as the last will of the Elder Roa.

“From that point onward, we began to be pushed back. The opponent was beings that had directly consumed the energies of the strongest Elder Roa, existing since ancient times.”

Moreover, the species becoming followers of Bruwon Krishaka, as he had hoped for, rapidly multiplied due to their excellent reproductive capabilities, beginning to desolate the entire Eastern continent.

They had a strong sexual drive, reportedly simply violating any similar-looking species, regardless of whether they were the same species or not.

They displayed genetic superiority so well that even while mating with different species, they often produced offspring that were hardly influenced by the genetic traits of the mother.

However, fundamentally due to their strong desires, they showed no restraint, consuming all resources, leaving nothing behind.

Even Bruwon Krishaka, who couldn’t recognize the birth of other Elder Roa, found that his own Einherjar began to fight among themselves.

And that chaos was said to have continued for a long time.

Many species went extinct, and many Roa died.

“Perhaps it’s still like that. The era of chaos that began after that never ended until I left. Almost no beings belonging to the true nature’s hierarchy remain, excluding those originating from Bruwon Krishaka and my father’s followers.”

As the prolonged wars continued, Ul Kanadiel’s followers also began to grow weary.

All life in the Eastern continent was forced into meaningless struggles from the moment they were born.

Primitive nature had almost disappeared without a trace due to consumption.

“…And then an incident occurred on our side.”

Rarely, a sense of anger was felt on Alia’s face.

“Gadiak, our first despicable eldest, an imp’s Einherjar, teamed up with Orcus’s Einherjar, Algul, to murder our father.”