Someday Will I Be The Greatest Alchemist?

Chapter 603: Growing Child of God

There had been a crumbling church at the edge of this now ghost town.

Yes, it had been crumbling.

Its once crumbled walls and roof were now restored. Aside from the color of the building that had once been a holy white to represent Light turning into a dull grey, it was a church that exuded majesty.

However, inside the church at the spot where the altar should be, the 『Flesh Tree』 towered high into the ceiling.

The 『Flesh Tree』 , an amalgamation of a multitude of faces and limbs of man and monster resembling a clay sculpture made by a child, was holding a dark child.

Born from the fragment of the Evil Spirit Anat, it was revered as the child of God.

Though it’s skin was dark it did resemble a human baby, but it was evident from its rapid growth that it was far from human.

The body embraced by the Flesh Tree had already grown to the size of a three year old.

It was then that five shadows approached that place.

「Ou! How wonderful!」

「I look forward to Their growth.」

The first to speak was a seemingly aged man, followed by a horse-headed man with a deep voice, and lastly a four-armed lion-headed man.

「Everyone, you are being too noisy in front of the Child of God.」

「He’s right. Could you not disturb the Holy Child’s sleep?」

Then a bespectacled man in his prime and a bewitching beauty chided the first three.

「Ho ho, that won’t do.」

「Yeah, I ended up raising my voice.」

「Umu, it was not my intention to disturb their sleep.」

The five that gathered in front of the Flesh Tree were, of course, neither Human, nor Beastkin, Elves, Devils.

They were beings produced beforehand by the Flesh Tree to protect the child born from the fragment of Anat.

The one that appeared elderly was Agares.

He was created based on a human who held the position of a priest of the Light God Faith.

The 2.5m tall horse-headed gigantic man was Gamigin.

He was created based on a human who used to work as a woodcutter, with a massive axe on his back.

The four-armed, lion-headed man with a physique not much different from Gamigin was Malphas.

A fighter born from a former templar knight. He had four swords, two on each side of his hip.

The bespectacled civil official-like man who chided the three was Buer.

He was created from the magistrate of this city before it became a ghost town.

Among them, he and Agares become the peacekeepers.

And the sole bewitchingly beautiful lady of the group was Gremory.

She was created from a harlot from a brothel in this city.

Her appearance was beautiful and bewitching, and had her skin not been a dark grey, she would have looked no different to a person.

「The Holy Child growth is progressing well.」

「Umu, He is growing so well it goes far beyond His years.」

Gremory made a remark upon seeing the child cradled by the Flesh Tree, and Agares nodded in agreement.

「Though it is going favorably, the Holy Child’s growth still requires much time. Until then, we must amass our strength.」

「Indeed, we must thoroughly defeat those of the other world.」

「Ohh, all who do wrong by the Child of God shall be annihilated.」

When Buer spoke of how they must take more time in hiding, Gamigin and Malphas filled him with fighting spirit.

The other world that Gamigin noted was what was outside of the barrier that Buer and Agares had built in this current ghost town.

The barrier itself was not that strong, but it had a decisive difference to outside world and city.

The barrier was brimming with miasma.

A normal person would die upon being exposed to it for several minutes, but it was protecting this city.

In a corner of the continent, the sign of evil grew steadily.

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Footnotes:

1. The five protectors were all named after demons / evil spirits

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