Maou no Hajimekata

Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist

OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!

The little girl laughs like a spoilt rich lady, apparently having an immense amount of fun from looking at the Sun Gods dumbfounded expression. In stark contrast to that, a destruction on an unparalleled scale was happening all around her. Spears of earth, waves of magma, icy needles and even sandstorms were being thrown at her one after the other.

But despite that, none of that attacks left even a single scratch on Mari.

Impossibleimpossibleimpossible! Why?! WHY IS NONE OF MY ATTACKS CONNECTING?!

He is omnipotent. He can see all of Maris moves before she even decides to make them and act accordingly to that prediction. But even so, when he tried to attack her with a slash that was supposed to cut through everything, even dimensions, it went over her head when she rolled forward. Then the same astounding thing happened, but with the gazer of boiling magma aimed at her feet. It was supposed to burn her to a crisp, but it missed her by a literal inch when she stopped for a brief moment to sneeze. And again, the all-drying sandstorm did little else beside sending her off into the air, only for her to land back on he ground as if nothing had happened.

Wow, that was so fun! Do that one more time!

And she had the audacity to ask him to do it one more time?!

All of her actions just now, all of that miraculous dodges of hers its not that she intended to do any of them. It looked like she was not getting hit by sheer luck alone!

Once or twice would have been fine, but if the same thing happened ten or twenty times then something was clearly wrong here. He doesnt get it he does not understand how such a thing can be possible even with all of his accumulated knowledge.

Then how about this?!

The Sun God collapses the entire ground where Mari stands. Unfortunately due to how close they were to the Dungeon, even the smallest damage to its structure would damage him as well. But his omnipotence was telling him that he absolutely needs to stop Mari here and now and in order to do that, it was necessary for him to stop worrying about minor inconveniences such as wounds that he could heal later anyway.

Ahahahahahahahaha!

But Mari laughed happily and rushed back into the underground corridor without even a shred of hesitation.

Hahahahahahahahahahhahahaha!

And another laughter overlapped with hers.

Mari has always been under the rule of an almighty sovereign. Shes always felt like that, ever since she came to Aurs Dungeon as a little child that was offered up as a sacrifice. But now she realized that it was nothing but an illusion. Back then she might have been able to only be protected by others, but now

Lets do this, LOGAN!!!

On it like a loli nun on a cucumber field!

The four-armed demon that jumps out of Maris shadow blows the falling rocks away with ease while she herself slips through the gaps and cracks like a cat.

Right now, in this moment, Mari felt that she is unstoppable.

There, I opened up the hole in the rocks just like you requested. Was that good enough my husband?

Yes. Thank you, Iwanaga. You really saved our hides.

When he thanked her, Iwanaga happily snuggled up to Aur.

Well, its only natural for a good wife to do everything in her power to help her husband. Also, if possible, Id like you to call me Chiru from now on.

Chiru?

Konohanachiruhime. That is my real name.

A princess clad in blooming flowers, huh? Thats so unlike her that it just might fit.

Is there something else youd wish me to do, dear husband?

No, thatll be all for now. The two you helped us with are enough.

Aur asked Chiru to help them with two things. First, he asked her to create a space which the Sun Gods eyes wont be able to reach. The other was to make a hole in the part of the area she protected.

So, what exactly did you do, Aur?

Secured us the means of fighting back against him.

Aur explains as he rubs Chirus head. Still in her loli form and not happy about this in the slightest, Lilu placed his hand on her head, also expecting an affectionate head pat.

Do you remember how Ive reverted Tena back to her younger self when weve just arrived here at this continent?

Now that you mention it, there really was something like that, wasnt it?

It was an underground passage made under Tenas village. The more you progressed forward through it, the further the time was reverting for you.

Through Mishas power Ive fused that passage with the one Chiru created here. The effects of that are as you can see.

Aur pointed to the image of Mari that was being displayed in real time on a nearby wall.

Yeah, okay, but arent you supposed to get weaker where you revert back in time?

She wouldve been able to understand if it was Aur or Tena, but she couldnt understand how was turning Mari back to her five-year old self of any help. Essentially that was like shitting all over the physical and mental growth she underwent while she lived in the Dungeon.

Maybe so, but she was blessed with good luck ever since our paths first crossed.

What does good luck has to do with it?

Lilu leans against Aur who smiles strangely.

More than you might think. Take her curse for example. Its essence is the reversal of cause and effect. In her case, its not the spark that ignites the fire, but the spark ii created because the is fire. To put it in more understandable terms, nothing will be able to harm her until she reaches adulthood.

But is that curse enough to counter something as overpowered as omnipotence?

Any magic or curse is supposed to have a clear limit, a point that it absolutely cannot cross. Although it could reverse causality, it shouldnt be able to do anymore than Aurs abilities would allow it to.

No, of course not. Such a power doesnt exist after all. Rather, it is a catalyst.

Which makes sense if you think about it carefully. If Aur possessed such power, with his level of magic ability he would be practically untouchable, because almost nothing would have any effect on him. But more importantly, that curse should be effective no more since Mari has already reached the age of adulthood.

A catalyst for the Law that should make her truly invincible. And compatible.

Compatible?

So it has something to do with the Laws that Mari is able to use. Contrary to magic that creates something from nothing and makes the impossible possible, Laws are the techniques that strengthen the natural rules of the world and increasing their possibilities, their source being the God of Heaven who was said to once battle the Sorcerer King on even footing. So shell be able to compete against the Sun God because shell be using the same power as him.

With Laws, the stronger you believe in them, the stronger youll become. And right now Mari believes in herself, Logan Aur and the others more than ever before. She understands that much. But Lilu was still unable to figure out what the compatibility with omnipotence had to do with it.

Marinas revelations and Tenas predictions. What do you think are their common drawbacks?

Not being able to know exactly whats going to happen?

That was what Aur has spoken about so many times before, especially with Tenas foresight. The exact future can never be predicted because it changes with each foresight, preventing the one using it to know what will happen with a hundred percent certainty.

Yes. Because knowing it would distort the future.

That is why Marinas revelation shows only the best way to achieve the result without showing the result itself.

Ah, wait a sec, I think I get it now.

Unexpectedly, Lulu raised her voice.

The Sun God is omnipotent.

Yes. But his omnipotence is not a literal one.

If it was not so, then there would be nothing they could do about it. He would have killed Tatsuki and Misha to prevent them from utilizing both the sea and the boundary in their assault. If he did that, they wouldnt be able to win.

But he didnt do anything like that.

That is why he talked with Aur and Tena when he met them for the first time. He wanted to make them believe that he was really all-knowing, while in reality, he was scanning Aurs memory.

Almighty, all-knowing and able to cope with everything we threw at him because we allowed him to become like that.

Then what Mari was doing right now leaving everything to nothing but sheer luck that was something that the Sun God could not do.

Almighty Ignorant. That is what Mari is now.

He can read her mind, guess her behavior and look for its cause all he wants, but you wont find the cause where there is none. This is what it means to leave it all to Lady Luck.

And backing her from the shadows of the stone chamber was Aur, observing and analyzing the flow of the battle like the movements od the pieces om the chess board.

Ignorantly Almighty Sun God and Almighty Ignorant Mari. Such descriptions may look like they dont make a lick of sense, but there is no need to distinguish between the two. Because

At the end of the day, he will be the one to lose everything.