Mushoku Tensei: Reincarnated as a Beast Race Chapter 405: 404 - Not Found

Despite the great turmoil, the world did not stop.

The days passed, and the recent events continued to be the most talked-about subject almost everywhere.

People spoke of the battle on the Begaritt Continent, the changes among the Seven World Powers, the death of the Magic God, the alliance between figures who had once been hostile, and the unknown enemy that rumors claimed was some kind of God.

The weeks came, and many people began to directly feel the result of so many changes.

The months passed, and everyone gradually began to forget. Or rather, they began to adapt. That was how people were, after all.

One of the greatest worldwide changes happened one month after the Great Cataclysm, when the Asura Kingdom began large-scale trade relations with the Kingdom of Gaia.

This was a huge step for Asura as a nation, considering the attack and massacre the Iron Legion had carried out five years earlier.

That extermination was engraved into the history of the Asura Kingdom as a great disgrace, as well as marking the beginning of a long period of instability.

The newly crowned Queen Ariel was forced to work tirelessly to heal that wounded kingdom, relying on the help of her followers and the remaining third of the nobility, who naturally grew in importance due to the void left in power.

Additionally, major merchants also took advantage of the confusion and chaos to seize a piece of the pie.

But the results of that great purge could be clearly observed over the years.

With more than half of Asura's corrupt nobility exterminated, a new law, drafted and implemented personally by Queen Ariel, was created.

This law severely punished, with death or imprisonment, any acts that damaged the image of the nobility before the people or other nations.

The detail was that this crime would always be judged and punished with priority, which further restricted, reduced, and eliminated any kind of criminal conduct among the nobles.

To those watching from the outside, it was obvious that, despite the conflict and hostility toward the Beast God and the Iron Legion, Asura's high nobility had acquired, above all else, fear.

And this was, without a doubt, a terror difficult to wash away in a single generation.

Everyone alive who had witnessed that selective slaughter of the nobility of the greatest kingdom in the world would forever fear someone capable of such a thing.

To most nobles, Rygar was an irrational beast who disregarded law and political power. This meant he could not be restrained by the common means used by royalty and nobility.

Even so, no one raised their voice to question or speak against Rygar.

Since the most despicable and criminal nobles had been exterminated, those who remained were only people with lesser transgressions, or even no relevant crimes to their names. None of them wanted to risk their necks for a lost cause.

This obviously did not mean the country was free of corruption or malice.

That was impossible, no matter the place. Not even the Kingdom of Gaia was free of it.

The difference was scale.

With the presence of the Beast God and the Kingdom of Gaia growing more and more in the world landscape, the Asura Kingdom could be considered a puritan monastery compared to its past, afraid to show its fangs while a greater predator prowled nearby.

Queen Ariel, in particular, had looked at the Kingdom of Gaia as a possible ally from the beginning.

This view caused controversy and hostility among the nobility, but through her efforts, Ariel finally managed, with the help of her knights, ministers, and aides, to convince them that the current Kingdom of Gaia could not be contained.

So, if you cannot beat them, join them.

Asura's friendly relations also officially established Gaia as the greatest power in the current world, whether in political, economic, or military strength.

The kingdom had influence in practically every nation, with the exception of a few isolated regions.

Even Ranoa Magic Academy began communicating and exchanging knowledge and experiments with Star Rise Academy.

The meeting between Headmistress Aisha Greyrat and the council of the Magic Triumvirate marked the beginning of a friendlier cooperation, overcoming the competitive tension from before.

Now counting not only on her influence as Headmistress, but also on her status as Second Rank among the Seven Great World Powers, Aisha had her name known throughout the entire world.

Countless scholars, historians, and political figures began wanting to learn more about the most influential woman in the world.

Becoming a disciple of Rygar Adoldia while still a child, she built her influence through unmatched effort, charisma, and talent.

She became a Saint-level Mage at four years old and reached God-level at sixteen, officially becoming the youngest God-level Mage recorded in all of history.

Despite her frightening talent in the field of magic, for which she was recognized worldwide, this woman also reached the rank of Emperor in the Water God Style under the guidance and training of Reida Lia, showing that her talent extended to swordsmanship as well.

And, above all, her greatest achievement was none of those things.

Instead, it was the creation of an educational academy.

Star Rise Academy.

It could be said that this institution, which became the greatest educational institute in the world, was the turning point for the Divine Sorceress, marking the beginning of her own path.

Although she was very young when she created it, she had always shown herself to be ahead in every aspect compared to her age. It was not for nothing that, even as a child, she received the title Genius of All Things.

In some places, if people were asked who the greatest authority in the Kingdom of Gaia was, they would answer Aisha Greyrat, disregarding even the Beast God, due to his distance from politics, and even King Gustav Dedoldia.

When those historians finished their research and reports, they all reached the same conclusion.

This woman, now twenty years old, would still cause unimaginable changes in the world, changes that would remain engraved for countless years to come.

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That same incredible person, who was being talked about across the entire world, was currently facing one of the greatest challenges of her life.

In the Magic Tower near the Combat Temple, Aisha looked at a large blackboard, filled with runes, magic circles, and various writings in the ancient language of the Dragons.

She was sitting in a reclining armchair, her hair loose and casually dressed in a white shirt and a red embroidered skirt that went down to her knees.

Her legs were crossed, her feet bare, and her relaxed posture displayed a naturally trained, attractive, and voluptuous body, with many curves that Aisha was very proud to have inherited from her mother, Lilia.

She stared at the black board with a pen in her mouth, as if looking at it long enough would solve her problems.

She remained like that for a while.

In the background, instrumental lyre music could be heard, played by one of the magical devices recently created by Rufus.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up.

"Ah! I got it!"

Aisha stood up excitedly, almost bouncing.

But stopped midway.

The pen slowly lowered in her hand, and the excitement vanished from her face.

"No... including the magical variation through that enchantment would drain the Divine Core, for sure."

She looked at the board for a few more moments.

"Aaaaah! Damn it!"

Aisha began walking in circles around the room.

"Why did those bastards leave everything half-finished? If we at least had the teleportation parameter, this would not be so difficult!"

In the research of the Dragon Race contained on the penultimate floor of the Dragon God's Hole, there were records and advances made by those researchers for teleportation between worlds.

Apparently, when there were Six Worlds instead of only one, it was impossible to travel freely from one to another, unless you were one of the Six Gods, or were with one of them.

But the First Dragon God, as well as the other Gods, wanted to change that.

And they did, in fact, succeed in that field, reaching the point where it became possible to travel safely between worlds.

But this technology was never put into practice.

Due to Hitogami's schemes, instead of achieving harmony by being able to cross the worlds, the Six Worlds plunged into the tragic war that led to the destruction of five of the six originals.

The final objective of the research being conducted jointly by Aisha and Rygar had several stages, the main one among them being to discover a way to kill Hitogami without the world being destroyed in the process.

Although they were advancing slowly, they had recently obtained new tools.

The research of the Dragon Race.

The false Divine Core obtained on the last floor of the Labyrinth, which was the key to travel between worlds.

And four of the five Sacred Artifacts necessary to reach the Void World.

Now, both of them had defined an alternative short-term objective, easier to accomplish.

Traveling to another face of the world, one of the worlds destroyed by the Dragon God.

In this objective, they were already very close to success, because all they needed to do was modify the standard teleportation created by the Dragon Race, adapting it to the destroyed worlds instead of the stable worlds as they had once been.

As the reports from the Future Guide left by Oldgar mentioned, despite their destruction, the other five worlds had not ceased to be part of the structure that composed the Six-Faced World.

That structure was basically a cube.

Six sides, each originally containing a world, and, at the center, the void.

Now, five of those worlds were nothing more than destroyed shells, but they still existed, although their exact form was not known in detail.

Either way, although easier, this research was anything but simple. It was only possible because of the broad support and the tools they had at their disposal, and even so, it was quite exhausting.

After complaining and spinning around the room for a while, Aisha sat in the armchair again, tossed her hair back, reclined, and released a sigh.

A sound that was not the music caught her attention.

Rygar entered the room, also dressed casually.

He looked around, and when he saw Aisha, a smile formed on his face.

Aisha quickly stood up and recovered her composure. This was another problem she had been facing since the end of the great battle.

She had promised herself that she would take the initiative when Rygar returned from the Labyrinth.

But he had returned from the Labyrinth, and she had returned from the battle.

She had gone back to work at the Academy, and even started joint research with him.

And nothing.

"Any progress?" Rygar asked while handing her a cup of coffee.

Aisha took the cup without looking directly at him, and her ears turned red.

That was the worst part of all.

"No, nothing," she answered, trying to sound normal. "Honestly, I think we should have explored the possibility of gravity magic distorting the anomalies in our favor more, but going back now would be a major setback."

Rygar sat down while looking at the notes on the blackboard.

At the same time, he observed Aisha from the corner of his eye, feeling her heartbeat accelerate as she regained control of herself.

That was the worst. Rygar knew exactly how she felt.

She was no longer even capable of hiding it.

Her heart sped up, her ears turned red, and it happened even during silly interactions.

Even worse, sometimes she desired him deeply. That was absolutely embarrassing.

Rygar continued, looking at the board:

"Well, we can still resort to mana saturation. We have not tested that yet. Although it is not a very technical solution, it might wor—"

"Would you like to take me on a date?"

Aisha interrupted without thinking.

The question came out so directly that, for an instant, even she herself did not properly understand what she had just done.

Then she realized, and her hand tightened around the cup.

Her ears, which were already red, grew even hotter.

Rygar stopped in the middle of his sentence and looked at her, clearly surprised.

That did not help at all.

Aisha felt as if her mind were giving off smoke. She was simply having a system failure.

All her reasoning, all her calculation ability, all the composure she had used to face monsters, gods, and Hitogami's apostles disappeared.

Rygar took a few seconds to process it.

Then, instead of laughing, teasing her, or pretending he had not understood, he smiled with anticipation.

"I would. Why not?"

Aisha heard the answer, understood it, and still could not do anything with it.

Aisha's mind stopped working.

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