Meiou-sama ga Tooru no desu yo! - Ch. 15

[kaminomikan]

come on mc, destroy the world.

 

[MrSkeltal]

It’s ironic in their rush to stop the dark star from being born they rushed its creation. If iris and Him were just spending their life like normal he would have seen iris to her old age and passing while staying away from humans. But nah gotta get that prestige.

This is a classic prophecy trope, epitomized by the story of Oedipus. Though, the trope is actually one of the oldest in recorded history.

The Babylonian god of the earth was prophesized to fall to the underworld due to meeting the goddess of wheat. The other gods did everything they could to prevent them from meeting, but it only resulted in hastening their fate. A lot more stuff happens but I'm not gonna explain all of Babylonian mythology here lol

 

[Baelgun]

Say what you will about their attitudes, but I can respect how these guys are utterly unafraid of death.

They're unafraid because they have a mountain of bodies to shield them (the holy knights) but i assure you the second they're not here they'll sell neighbors, friends and family to live 5 seconds more.

 

[Epic_GamerXD]

Why the churchs people always soooo soooo retarded? Like bruh, you gotta be kidding me

 

[MontDilanus1343]

Spoiler

What's with these ships a P12 ?

Spoiler: Major web-novel universe spoilers

That's not an art error.

This continent is indeed a regressed post-magitech-apocalypse one, with the Church of Grineer causing these contorted beliefs.

Summarizing least-spoilery part:

The human civilization on this continent are the survivors of collapsed human magitech civilization fleeing a post-war / runaway magitech-bioweapon overrun continent. Literally, survivors hiding in bunkers, fleeing on boats, abandoning the continent entirely. (Spoiler: said apocalypse caused by human stupidity, hubris, and greed.)

The church's orignal commandments were "DON'T MESS WITH KING-CLASS MAGIC CREATURES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES". And "El Magia is our creator". And "People should be kind and help each other (to survive as refugees since we're nearing extinction due to our own stupidity)". Finally, the taboo "DON'T GO TO THE LOST CONTINENT".

That was their bloodied writing on the wall when the survivors fled, and technology was lost, causing dark age regression. But due to political corruption over time, the power-hungry church central authority contorted that 180 degrees.

• Church glory-seeking hawks trampling on other "factions" of survivors/churches. Poaching awakened mages to assert dominion over weaker nations holding differing religious/ideological beliefs. Xenophobic-extremist misinterpretation of "Don't anger king class" as "KILL THEM ALL" against magic creatures (note: they are sapient vs beasts which aren't... see Shu's village. Also... take a guess who "El Magia" is). Misinterpreting/selectively hearing ambiguous prophecies from weak miko power holders, hoarded/kidnapped by the church over millennia.
  
  
• As well as the machinations of a pre-apocalypse (close to creation of world) secret society. Due to those immortals wanting to take revenge against the Church's and humans' idiocy, as revenge for people mistreated like Iris in the past. (I wrote a comment earlier describing what happened to Iris' parents.)

All this leads to the nation of Holy Grineer Church acting like a petulant child, going back to the abandoned continent seeking glory (once technology improves after massive timescale arc), pissing off those very sleeping giants again.... circumventing the original teachings. (Like they just did here with Shu.)

I've read WN pretty far (500 chapters or so / 6 timescale arcs of millenia) and there's a lot of lore.

 

[theShear]

Isn't she kinda immortal

As long as she has Mana. It has a Limit.
On a side note I avoided the big Spoiler blocks but I assume "and then the humans did something extremely stupid" will be a common theme.

 

[revengeZN]

Does anyone know which part of the webnovel this chapter coincides with?
I'd like to read from there.
15 manga chapters after 2 years is a little too much for me.

 

[MontDilanus1343]

Does anyone know which part of the webnovel this chapter coincides with?

Chapter 20 (Shu searches for Isis) -> 21 (Iris POV).
Be warned the events are slightly different in WN than Manga.

The manga artist did a great job with art to make the story more a visual delight.
But also meant had to take liberties to make it more dramatic to convey Shu's "emotions".

Don't worry too much; as due to the massive timescales in the WN ""small"" events like this don't matter.
People, places, things, are completely steamrolled by the sands of time. Get used to that sort of storytelling.

IIRC I don't think he blew up the "local" church with a steam explosion...
...he just snuck in, read some documents, shredded the room as sabotage, then left.

 

[wahyurockajn]

It’s ironic in their rush to stop the dark star from being born they rushed its creation. If iris and Him were just spending their life like normal he would have seen iris to her old age and passing while staying away from humans. But nah gotta get that prestige.

well iris will never died of old age thought since her power is literally almost the same as immortality thought she still can died by other means but not of old age

 

[FrostyAshs]

Thanks for the release

 

[AlaAlba]

This is a classic prophecy trope, epitomized by the story of Oedipus. Though, the trope is actually one of the oldest in recorded history.

The Babylonian god of the earth was prophesized to fall to the underworld due to meeting the goddess of wheat. The other gods did everything they could to prevent them from meeting, but it only resulted in hastening their fate. A lot more stuff happens but I'm not gonna explain all of Babylonian mythology here lol

Like Kronos devouring his children in fear they would topple him leading to Zeus toppling him in the end

 

[RayREI]

Can't get over how stupid those guys are, even disregarding those that think they have a chance to kill him, even those that know they don't keep on provoking and telling him he'll die at the hands of their holy knights, sure they trust them to kill him but those guys aren't exactly there right now to save your life now are they? One would think you would just keep that thoughts to yourselves and to NOT provoke the being that just obliterate all your comrades in a flash. Also, if you think that they will be able to kill him, then why do you feel the need to keep mouthing off and risk getting killed when you could just let him go off to his own death? Seriously.

 

[arlindofrancisco]

The woman that gave the profecy created the profecy because she saw inside of the Black door... if she could open that door she could have look inside of the other door... she gave the profecy tô create the demon king.

Even the woman of the Church Last chapter realised that they Did this before pointed tô Iris.

He is going to nuke everything

 

[arlindofrancisco]

Can't get over how stupid those guys are, even disregarding those that think they have a chance to kill him, even those that know they don't keep on provoking and telling him he'll die at the hands of their holy knights, sure they trust them to kill him but those guys aren't exactly there right now to save your life now are they? One would think you would just keep that thoughts to yourselves and to NOT provoke the being that just obliterate all your comrades in a flash. Also, if you think that they will be able to kill him, then why do you feel the need to keep mouthing off and risk getting killed when you could just let him go off to his own death? Seriously.

That is why i dont like stories of religion bad look... or humans bad look.

The only bad thing i have tô say about this manga

 

[AbsoluteZeroIcedTea]

Shit I caught up

 

[Lanfear]

Have I ever seen more low in humans in a manga before?

 

[DyI]

This manga is so good, totally deserves more recognition

 

[LeElFreil]

There some modern looking ships underground with some whale fossils, is this history in a post apocalyptic turned fantasy world?!

 

[Chizan]

There some modern looking ships underground with some whale fossils, is this history in a post apocalyptic turned fantasy world?!

See above spoiler. TLDR version; yes

 

[Madetoread]

Its strange how no one seems to have noticed that among the civilians there is the merchant sweating profusely as he realized he sold the clothes to the demon king.