(This is a bonus chapter.)
At noon on Saturday, after celebrating a pleasant birthday and consequently sleeping in, Abner hastily finished breakfast and arrived at the southeastern edge of the Kalaston Region, at the former Alder Town, now the capital of the "Duchy of Hydra," Hydra City.
The reason for choosing that name was also one of Abner's jokes. After all, this was the territory of the "God of War and Destruction," and the current main body of the "God of War and Destruction" was Vincent Miranda, the "Lord of the Dead."
Since he was the "Lord of the Dead," how could he not "live" in Hydra?
Abner had now deeply realized that the higher his Sequence rose, the more he needed to strengthen the distinctive aspects of his Humanity. Otherwise, even with the Unknown balancing Divinity and the Anchor, he could hardly ensure that, after further advancement, his fragile Humanity would not be tainted and assimilated by any one of them.
After all, once he advanced to an Ancient God, before a new balance between Divinity, the Anchor, and the Unknown was established, Humanity, compared to those three, would be like a small boat sailing amid a stormy sea, liable to capsize at any moment.
"No wonder the 'God of Luck' was so melodramatic, even calling herself something like 'Goddess's Poem'... And Reinhardt, Vincent, Alvin, Derrick, Evans, and the others all had such distinct personalities. That was the result of the 'me' from different periods magnifying the profound parts of my own character..."
As his thoughts turned, Abner had already arrived before the central cathedral of the newly risen city of Hedler City. He passed directly through the cathedral's prayer hall and headed toward the council chamber in the rear.
Since the Duchy of Hedler had only been declared