After explaining roughly what the gods within the World of Toril were like in relation to the Pantheon.
The projected casualty figure Lady of Pain had reported became much easier to understand.
It was equivalent to a subsidiary expecting layoffs of around twenty percent of its total workforce.
That was the scale of it.
While it was not a small number, neither was it especially large.
Clearly, it would not harm the foundation.
It reflected the somewhat conservative attitude of Lady of Pain and the others.
After all, in their view, the world still needed gods to shoulder a certain degree of rule-maintenance work.
If too many truly died or were injured, who would do the work?
The answer was obvious with a little thought.
If there were not enough people below, then the leaders would naturally have to step in and get busy...
And Lady of Pain and the others naturally had no desire to let things reach that point.
Especially AO, who was primarily responsible for maintaining the various worlds.
However, such matters held no particular meaning for Orsaga.
Since the intensity of the entertainment was only that much...
He began entertaining other ideas, wanting to find some different amusement...
Gradually, after thinking for a while.
An idea of playing a game with Lady of Pain slowly surfaced...
"Why not take this opportunity to play a little game?"
Hearing that, Lady of Pain asked, not quite understanding:
"What little game?"
Orsaga explained with a smile:
"Guess a number—guess whether the number of gods who ultimately fall will be even or odd."
"The Fate Stone Tablet being returned will mark the endpoint."
"Along the way, under the premise that we do not personally enter the fray to slaughter gods, we can each send down avatars and carry out all