"Ha ha! A fine warrior! You actually intend to annihilate both me, a God of War, and the strongest Dragon King at once! I have only ever seen such peerless bravery in my ancient nemesis!"
"If I'm going to confront Artosh with {strength}, that much is only natural."
Roland folded his arms across his chest and spoke solemnly.
"Besides, fickleness is the very nature of a Heretic God. If I don't deal with you two, who are nowhere near Artosh's level, together, who knows what your attitude will be once you recover all your avatars?"
A Contract Spirit's assimilation condition was its obsession, and that would not easily change.
His defeat at Artosh's hands had completely trapped Verethragna, so he would rather turn his entire being into the blade of the Contradictory Principle than leave that defeat unavenged.
But then was then, and now was now.
A Heretic God's disposition was affected by his condition. In the original story, when Verethragna's avatars were incomplete, his nature as a guardian god had prevailed. He could converse and compete amiably with ordinary people, and hand over the Prometheus Stone Tablet, which could counter his own avatars, like a hero, hoping it would prove useful in the future.
With his avatars incomplete and his combative nature diminished, it was perfectly normal for Verethragna's conditions to be lenient. But who knew whether he would change his mind after becoming the God of Victory again? Better to settle everything once and for all from the outset.
Perhaps because those he associated with were either reverent yet courageous mortals or divine beings like himself, born of concepts, Roland's blunt words, projecting his own thinking onto others, brought a troubled look to Verethragna's face.
"Your trust in gods is far too low... Did you experience something unpleasant