Book 10 Chapter 0
Anyone would find it frightening.
No one would want to experience it again for as long as they lived.
But everyone knew there was no avoiding it if you lived long enough. Earthquakes, volcanoes, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, sandstorms, and deep freezes – the type of threat differed between country and region, but everyone was exposed to that fury at some point. It had no concern for people’s schedules and could not be canceled and pushed back to another day.
So everyone was left with the same thought.
Please let this be the last time.
I can’t bear any more of this and I already have my hands full, so please let this be the end of it.
But those pleas were only what people wanted. Nature wasn’t going to listen.
Yes.
Natural disasters are not always isolated events.
[Unkown_Storage] The Underside of the World [file01]
Absolute Noah.
A stateless group formed to avoid the Calamity, a global catastrophe thought to be arriving soon. They once used the Bright Cross to do their dirty work. Their goal is to physically rescue a selected few using a massive structure they call an ark.
In truth, it is not known if the world-ending Calamity will actually happen. But since the group is willing to perpetrate inhumane acts to prepare for it, it is possible they have their own unique book of scriptures or prophecy that mentions the Calamity.
Currently, their ark was destroyed due to infighting and the entire group was driven to a partial standstill. There is a good possibility that this infighting was sparked by an external source.
It is unknown if they still possess the ability to rescue anyone, but their words still hold a certain level of sway in various industries.
Their representative is Amatsu Yurina.
She is actually Archenemy Lilith, a true Demon Lord sometimes counted among the Seven Deadly Sins.
JB.
An organization that wishes to stage a “jailbreak” from this tedious world. They created a massive military simulator named Freischutz and seem to have a long-term plan in place to achieve that goal.
The specifics of the plan are unknown, including who or what they wish to escape from and where they intend to go.
Their technological power is overwhelmingly superior to others, as seen in their simulator design, their disaster manufacturing, and the multiple witness accounts of them interfering with the higher beings known as gods.
Hijacking a god does not appear to be sufficient for the freedom they advocate.
Their representative is unknown.
The Freischutz simulator may qualify in the sense that it directly influences the group’s decisions.
JB almost certainly played a role in Absolute Noah’s destruction and Absolute Noah suspects as much. Thus, it is feared an armed conflict could break out between the two groups.
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