LRAB Chapter 809: The dumplings were made specifically for this plate of vinegar.
Chapter 809: The dumplings were made specifically for this plate of vinegar.
Chapter 809: The dumplings were made specifically for this plate of vinegar.
Public opinion tends to favor one side or the other, mainly depending on which side tells its story better.
The opposition to the "heretics" who accept and rescue adventurers has been creating a clash of opinions in Orario since the protests began. They oppose the "heretics" who believe that these monsters possess intelligence and will inevitably become a major threat to Orario in the future.
Every day, you can hear people from different social classes discussing this topic on the streets and alleys.
Overall, the majority of people are unwilling to accept those who are not heretics.
After all, the preconceived notion of monsters is not good, and the idea that they are intelligent and can save people is just hearsay.
"However, there is no need to kill those monsters, nor is it necessary to accept them."
After all, the guild was right.
Regardless, those intelligent monsters did save some adventurers who were on the verge of death.
"Haven't you heard that it might have been staged by the actor himself?"
"I've heard about it, but didn't the guild say they would investigate this matter thoroughly?"
The situation has not been found out yet, and it may just be a conspiracy theory rumor deliberately spread by some extremists.
The guild still has credibility in Orario, as evidenced by the fact that two Orario residents, one supporting the conspiracy theory and the other denying it, started arguing in the street because of their differing opinions.
A message from an adventurer requesting the Hestia Familia's help to resurrect a dead monster came flying like a whirlwind.
"What the heck, resurrecting monsters?"
"Yeah, I heard that guy was covered in blood when he rushed out, but he was clutching a magic stone tightly in his arms and wouldn't let go."
They'd heard plenty about reviving fellow adventurers, but this was the first time they'd heard about reviving dungeon monsters. Upon hearing this news, a group of people with differing opinions rushed to Orario's central square whenever they had a spare moment to check on the situation.
Soon, the central square was packed with people.
On the Tower of Babel, seeing the huge crowd outside from inside the resurrection chamber, Broly, the lead actor, pretended to have just finished work and was only now coming downstairs.
He went straight to the male adventurer actor who played another lead role and asked directly, "I heard you want my help to resurrect a dead monster?"
"Yes, Mr. Broly, Noel saved me in the dungeon—"
The male adventurer, with an air of seriousness—or rather, with a genuine sense of reality—spoke out loud in front of a group of onlookers who had come to watch the spectacle, about how he had met the intelligent monster girl in the dungeon and become friends with her, and how, during this adventure exploring the dungeon, he had encountered danger and been saved from a fatal blow by the monster girl beside him.
"Mr. Broly, please save Miss Noel!"
After recounting a story that was scripted but actually happened, the male adventurer immediately knelt before Broly and began to plead.
"You know you can't give your resurrection item to others, right?"
"Know."
"Are you familiar with the pricing standards for resurrection services?"
"I understand, but I'm willing to take responsibility."
"I must warn you, I have never resurrected a monster before, only a dead person. This kind of resurrection may not even be possible. Even if it is, the monster you resurrect may not be the monster you know. It might become an irrational, mindless monster that attacks you immediately after being resurrected. So, are you still sure you want to resurrect your monster friend?"
"I----"
The adventurer's face showed a look of struggle and hesitation, but in the end, as if he had made up his mind, he said firmly, "She saved my life, and I must repay her with my life."
Upon hearing this, some of the onlookers who had come to watch the spectacle immediately cheered: "Although the object he wants to resurrect is a monster, his attitude of repaying kindness shows that he is truly a hero among adventurers."
Lorne, hiding in the crowd, rallied them, and many of the uninformed spectators immediately agreed with his words.
"Are you all idiots? That guy wants to resurrect a demon!"
"Ha, he's willing to take on the heavy debt of resurrection for the monster that saved his life. What if the person who saved him wasn't a monster, but a normal surface race teammate? Even intelligent monsters in dungeons are willing to resurrect, which means they would also be willing to resurrect normal teammates. How many adventurers can do that?"
"Regardless of whether it's a monster or not, that guy dared to take on a huge debt for his savior, so I respect him as a true man."
Adventurers actually have a relatively low bottom line, so when someone with a high bottom line appears, it immediately draws cheers from the audience.
At this moment, it doesn't matter who is being resurrected; what matters is the adventurer who is willing to bear the enormous debt of resurrection for others.
However, at that moment, someone in the crowd brought up the conspiracy theory of intelligent monsters, but was quickly criticized.
"You said that rescuing the adventurers was a conspiracy orchestrated by those monsters, and I won't say much about that. But you said that those intelligent monsters are now using their own lives to stage this so-called conspiracy?"
"Are you fucking an idiot to say that without knowing if you can be resurrected by magic?"
Hidden among the crowd were the Hermes Familia's servants, who, in a coordinated effort, brought up the hottest topic of contention in Orario at this moment.
In front of everyone, by taking the path of others and leaving them with no path to take, the so-called conspiracy theories in the rumors were shattered.
"If the resurrection fails, that guy is absolutely finished. Over ten million falies for resurrection is an astronomical figure for a low-level adventurer. He'll probably be a slave to debt for the rest of his life."
Someone else in the crowd said the same thing.
In the center of the square, the Saiyan boy seemed to have heard these words, and a look of sympathy appeared on his face. Looking at the adventurer kneeling in front of him with the magic stone in his arms, he said, "How about this, I can help you revive your monster friend for free."
"?"
The adventurer looked up, his expression one of surprise, and stared at him.
"However, not now, nor here, but in a specific place."
Broly said loudly, then looked at the large crowd of onlookers around him.
"Isn't Orario currently embroiled in a heated debate about whether to accept intelligent monsters in dungeons?"
Perfect timing! Now there's an opportunity. Later, in the arena of the Ganesha Familia, I will resurrect the monster represented by the magic stone in this person's arms.
If the resurrection fails, that's fine, but if it succeeds, it'll be perfect for Orario's audience to witness firsthand the specifics of the resurrected intelligent monster from the dungeon—"
Broly seemed moved by the adventurer's plea to revive his monster friend and publicly offered to revive him for free, but also proposed to do so in front of more Orario citizens.
The Ganesha Familia and Hermes Familia later jointly announced that they would broadcast the resurrection of intelligent monsters and heretics to all residents of Orario through commentary and live divine power broadcasts.
When Dionysus saw the live broadcast of Ganesha's promotional announcement appearing on the divine screen above his own people, he knew that his propaganda plan was useless.
I wonder if the resurrection of the monster will be successful?
That's blatant lying.
Through Philevis, Dionysus already knew that the Hestia Familia had successfully resurrected a group of dead heretics.
This also made him realize that his self-righteous confrontation and disruption were all part of someone else's plan. The intelligent monster died to save the adventurers, and the adventurers, with their sense of justice, wanted to resurrect the dead intelligent monster. This was simply a propaganda drama carefully planned by someone.
As Dionysus had predicted, the god was invited to witness the monster's resurrection show that very day.
In the Colosseum, Broly resurrected the centaur actor, who did not act irrationally after being resurrected.
After a look of panic appeared on her face, her gaze locked onto the male adventurer next to her who was calling her name.
"Miss Noel!"
"Mr. Chad!"
The two, one human and one monster, raced towards each other like actors in a stage play, with the half-human, half-bird monster girl leaping directly into the male adventurer's arms.
In a close-up shot deliberately shown by the divine screen, the two said to each other: "It's so good that you're alright."
"Slap slap slap—"
In the arena, applause gradually rose, while Dionysus gasped in shock.
A love story that transcends race, life and death, the surface and the dungeon, between humans and monsters.
The person who planned this play really understood the characters of the gods.
"Love has infinite possibilities!"
Aphrodite, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed goddess who symbolizes love and beauty, exclaimed in praise.
"Praise be to love~"
The gods cheered; they never hesitated to praise beautiful things.
Under the leadership of these gods, even ordinary people have changed their views on demons.
After all, the resurrected half-human bird is quite beautiful.
(Actors specially selected to represent the outside world of heretics and perform for the public)
There's a saying that goes, "One's values follow one's appearance," and this moment is proof of that.
Dionysus could sense the change in the atmosphere among the mortals present. They were no longer prejudiced and hostile towards intelligent monsters. He could only secretly admire how well they had done their job and how they had created such a spectacular show.
If he hadn't been aware of some of the inside story and had only been an observer, he might have been influenced by this drama and believed that intelligent monsters understood love and were incomparable to ordinary monsters.
"A wonderful performance."
Dionysus was also clapping, and he was praising sincerely, simply because he was also a god who liked to design scripts and secretly plot and plan grand performances in reality.
Although he didn't like the current comedic drama of mortals and demons being one family, he preferred the tragic epic and elegy of mortals struggling to survive while being hunted by demons, and mortals and demons fighting each other, revealing their most ferocious and painful appearances, fighting for life. However, he could not deny the ingenuity of the grand drama that could put him on the spot.
"Gentlemen, I have made a very important discovery—"
Broly spoke again after the performance by the man and the monster.
"I now understand the reason for the birth of these intelligent monsters and heretics!"
He spoke directly, ignoring the surprised looks of the audience.
"As everyone knows, monsters are born in dungeons, but when I used resurrection magic to revive this half-human bird lady, I still opened the gates of the underworld."
Therefore, I have a guess: the so-called intelligent monsters in the dungeon, the Heretics, are not actually mutated individuals that appeared in the dungeon. Rather, they may be adventurers who died in the dungeon, whose souls were partially captured by the dungeon labyrinth because they did not have time to return to the underworld. This is how they were conceived and gave birth to monsters that possess intelligence, love, and other emotions that only we originally have.
The recent buzz surrounding the Orario monsters, and today's monster resurrection drama, were all designed to raise this speculation and then make it seem plausible and widely known.
As for whether the existence of Heretic is a miracle born from the dungeon, or whether it really appeared because many adventurers died in the dungeon, no one knows, including Heretic itself, as well as Uranus, who discovered Heretic's existence fifteen years ago.
Broly chose to interpret the situation in a way that would be more favorable to the acceptance of the heretics by the surface races. As long as the situation wasn't actually verified, no one could refute it. And in this world, only his side could actually go to the Underworld to verify the situation.
In other words, he has both the power to investigate and the final right to interpret.
What? You're saying gods can go to the underworld to investigate the truth?
That's true.
However, gods who have returned to the celestial realm cannot return to the mortal realm in a short period of time. If a god wants to investigate the specific situation, then the other party should be asked to return to the celestial realm and investigate in the underworld. After making a discovery, after a cool-down period of several hundred or thousands of years in the mortal realm, they can come down to the mortal realm and tell the mortals who have been replaced by countless generations.
If, by then, the heretics are still not accepted by the surface races of this world, then Broly should just admit it.
After the grand spectacle, the residents of Orario began to change their opinion of the Heretics. In particular, Broly's explanation of the Heretics' origins as reincarnations of some souls, which he gave in public, directly changed the Heretics from hateful monsters who killed their relatives to the possibility that they might be reincarnations of deceased relatives.
This caused some Orario residents, who had previously hated monsters and resolutely refused to accept heretics, to waver in their resolve.
"I think it's not impossible to accept heretics into Orario, after all, they might have been one of us in a past life—"
"Lord Penea, do you think it's possible that my parents have become intelligent, benevolent monsters?"
The orphans at the Daedalus Street orphanage innocently asked the God of Poverty this question.