After completely understanding divine essence construction, ordinary gods held no secrets for Ryuga.
As long as he grasped the opponent's divine essence structure, creation or resurrection was just a matter of a thought.
Just as the regenerated Michael had immediately submitted to Ryuga, Okan the God of Forging also became Ryuga's supporter.
The No Game No Life world was inherently one where creations must unconditionally obey their creators. As Okan the God of Forging's creator, Ryuga naturally gained extreme loyalty.
The Dwarfs didn't understand what was happening, but under Okan's authority, they also knelt on the ground, expressing respect and submission to their creator's creator.
"Lord... you can actually resurrect gods?"
The most surprised among those present was Cinque.
She had personally witnessed Okan's fall and his resurrection.
To be able to manipulate even the life and death of gods at will—her lord had already surpassed her imagination.
"Mm."
Ryuga nodded and looked at her, immediately guessing what she was thinking.
"If you have this need, Kainas the Forest God can also be resurrected."
"...I think I'll pass!"
After hesitating, Cinque immediately shook her head, showing no intention of wanting to rescue her main god.
"Although Lord Kainas isn't completely useless, if he were around he would interfere with my work. Even if we were to resurrect him, it should wait until I complete your task."
Unlike Okan the God of Forging, Kainas didn't have a particularly close relationship with his Forest Elves, nor were his abilities outstanding—this was also why Ryuga hadn't resurrected him.
Skipping this topic, Cinque looked regretfully at the submissive Okan.
"Lord, you don't intend to take action against the Dwarf race? To destroy these ugly gophers?"
Hearing this, both the Dwarf race and Okan the God of Forging glared angrily at this woman.
Although submission was submission, the hatred between the two races hadn't disappeared.
To make them forget their hatred would probably be harder than making them commit suicide.
Faced with this contradictory situation, Ryuga wasn't surprised and had no intention of resolving it.
"Like you, the Dwarf race also has god-tier level geniuses with considerable value. Since they've already submitted, naturally there's no reason for destruction."
Hearing this, all the Dwarfs breathed sighs of relief.
No matter what, they had avoided complete annihilation.
"God-tier level genius?"
Okan the God of Forging was slightly stunned and looked at Roni behind him.
"Lord, do you rate this kid so highly?"
Looking at Ryuga's attitude, it seemed he appreciated this kid even more than himself. As the creator, he felt very honored but also somewhat surprised.
Not only him, but Cinque also curiously looked at this genius who was actually rated by Ryuga as being on the same level as herself, then she disgustedly looked away.
In the Forest Elves' aesthetics, Dwarf race were no different from cockroaches and rats.
If not for Ryuga actively speaking up, she would never acknowledge that her talent was on the same level as these rats.
Compared to Okan, Roni's mind was more active. After roughly understanding the current situation, he boldly asked:
"Lord, is there anything we Dwarfs can do to serve you?"
With god Okan resurrected, the great revenge was resolved. Next, he should consider the race's development.
Having seen the strength Ryuga had just displayed, he knew deeply that only Ryuga could not be opposed.
If you can't beat them, join them. He wanted to gain Ryuga's protection by demonstrating value.
And this was precisely why Ryuga had kept them.
"I previously assigned Cinque a task—to extract cosmic energy from outside the Ether Corridor through Marrow, namely Void Zero. This is why she's taking over as the second Forest God."
Ryuga looked at Cinque, then spoke to Roni:
"Now, I'm assigning you the same task. You'll conduct this research simultaneously."
Hearing this, both god-tier geniuses' faces stiffened as they sensed trouble.
Sure enough, the conditions Ryuga laid out next made them shiver.
"Whoever completes the task first can make one not-too-excessive demand of the slower party's race, including but not limited to making the opposing race obey their commands for a period of time—of course, any form of harm to the opposing race's physical safety is forbidden."
He spoke these rather excessive penalty clauses in a quite leisurely tone.
Physical safety wasn't allowed to be harmed, which meant mental humiliation wasn't prohibited.
Although the punishment applied to the race and the gods themselves were exempt from effects, they would lose the most important thing—dignity.
If the Forest Elves won, the Dwarfs might be forced to tattoo "gophers" or "cowards" on their faces, and vice versa.
For other races, such punishment, though heavy, might not be comparable to mortal danger.
Only for the Forest Elves and Dwarf race was this punishment simply more unacceptable than killing them on the spot.
——No matter what, absolutely cannot lose!
At this moment, everyone held the same conviction.
"Lord, I understand! Please wait patiently for news of my success. When the time comes, I will definitely make the Dwarfs perform clown shows befitting their gopher status!"
Cinque covered her mouth and laughed lightly, looking at Okan and others with hostile eyes.
"Lord! We Dwarfs will never disappoint your expectations!"
Roni's pupils also ignited with divine fire, and the entire Dwarf race was now united in righteous anger.
Better to die than lose to the Forest Elves!
"Very good! For fairness, I'll temporarily entrust you with this power."
Successfully motivating both sides' enthusiasm, Ryuga nodded satisfyingly, then casually threw a light particle toward Roni.
The next instant, divine authority belonging to the God of Forging radiated in all directions, but the possessor of this divine authority was Roni.
God-tier geniuses naturally needed to be matched with god-tier power to exhibit their highest level.
"Thank you, Lord!"
Sensing he now possessed god-level power, Roni and all the Dwarfs boiled with excitement.
If their attitude toward Ryuga before was mostly fear and awe, now it included considerable reverence.
Don't underestimate just one additional god-level combat power—for the Dwarf race's situation and status, this was a qualitative improvement.
You should know that the neighboring Forest Elves currently had only one Divine Spirit as well.
"..."
Seeing the Dwarfs' joyful appearance, Cinque sneered.
In research, only idiots thought more people meant better results.
She definitely wasn't envying how their god could cooperate so well with their genius. Definitely not!
Honestly speaking, the conditions for both sides weren't equal, but Ryuga had no intention of further adjustments.
Because what he wanted wasn't fairness, but results.
As long as he could motivate both sides, any means would do.
After successfully handling the Dwarfs, Okan and Roni handed over all their Marrow to Ryuga, not even keeping the Marrow Explosion spells.
Since their trump cards weren't sufficient to change the situation, they would entrust this power to their superior.
The theory based on divine essence explosion meant nothing to Ryuga, and the Marrow Explosion spells were even more transparent at a glance.
So, after roughly understanding their method of creating Marrow, he left with the Flügel.
To defeat the Dwarfs, Cinque also immediately returned to her homeland, wanting to begin her Marrow research as soon as possible.
"So, aside from these artificial Marrow, have you discovered any other targets?"
Looking at the more than one thousand young Flügel girls before him, Ryuga asked.
The Dwarfs' artificial Marrow obviously wasn't his target.
Now that these problems were resolved, if the Flügel hadn't discovered other targets, they would need to resume searching.
"No!"
"None!"
"We didn't either!"
The Flügel all shook their heads. They had all come after receiving distress signals and indeed hadn't made any discoveries before this.
Marrow was extremely rare even in the No Game No Life world.
Fortunately, not everyone came up empty.
"Um, Master Ryuga, I found something!"
A young Flügel girl timidly raised her hand, immediately drawing everyone's attention.
"Though I'm not entirely sure if it's what you're looking for, the search spell did react. I was just about to check it when the distress call came, so I haven't looked closely yet."
"If the spell reacted, then it's definitely right!"
Ryuga said with certainty.
"In that case, let's go check this first... Wait, before that, let me help restore your conditions!"
Looking at the field of young girls before him, Ryuga suddenly felt like a kindergarten principal.
"Restore our condition?"
Hearing this, Azril's eyes lit up, then she dejectedly hung her head.
"It's no use! There's nothing wrong with our condition—it's just aftereffects from overusing power. Even with specialized treatment facilities, it would take several years to return to our prime. Even Lord Artosh can't solve this. Master Ryuga doesn't need to waste effort!"
Hearing this, Ryuga shook his head and extended his right hand.
Instantly, as if something had happened, yet as if nothing had happened at all.
Then he casually inquired:
"How do you feel now?"
"How do I feel... Wait, wait, what's going on? I've directly returned to my prime!"
Noticing that her line of sight, which had been level with Jibril's pale little belly, suddenly moved to her neck, Azril realized she had grown up.
Looking back, not only her but all the Flügel had returned to their prime within seconds.
"How is this possible? How was this accomplished?!"
Azril was shocked again, looking at Ryuga with shining eyes.
"If we Flügel could recover this quickly after releasing Heavenly Strikes, wouldn't we be invinci... wouldn't we be very powerful?"
Thinking of Ryuga, she didn't dare claim invincibility but was still very excited.
Unlimited use of Heavenly Strikes—if they could really achieve this, she was confident in leading the Flügel to take down all Divine Spirits except Ryuga and Artosh.
"Just simple application of space-time power, nothing major."
Ryuga shook his head.
"Since Dragonia can use space-time convergence to overlay their prime state onto the present, then using it in reverse, one can also overlay your state from ten-plus minutes ago onto now."
This kind of space-time convergence creating immortality could also be used to restore conditions.
If the Dragonia weren't greedy for those massive amounts of spirits and didn't infinitely stack their own power, they wouldn't have collapsed from being broken through.
If space-time convergence were used purely as a condition-restoration method, it would be a flawless divine technique.
"Didn't understand, but basically only Master Ryuga can do it, right?"
Azril scratched her head and made this summary.
"If you're willing... never mind, you can't do it. Jibril could learn it though."
After carefully examining Azril, Ryuga shook his head and turned his gaze to Jibril.
Among the many gods he had slain, quite a few involved space-time authority. Similar techniques could be achieved through divine essence power.
"Why can't I do it? I'm not that stupid!"
Hearing Ryuga's evaluation, Azril immediately started crying.
She wasn't so stupid as to not understand Ryuga's subtext.
Seeing her unwillingness to accept it, Raphael on the side patted her shoulder comfortingly:
"Don't mind it, Azril. Even if you're stupid, you're still the Flügel's big sister. We'll take care of you!"
Hearing this, Azril opened her mouth, thought for two seconds before understanding what she meant.
She was instantly devastated.
"...That's not comfort at all!"
Seeing her like this, the young Flügel girls sighed and came forward to console her.
It wasn't until they reached the new area and, under the young Flügel's guidance, found the Marrow sleeping in the wilderness that Azril finally calmed down.
"Master, is this the target you've been looking for?"
Watching Ryuga begin to revive the ink-bottle-shaped Marrow, Jibril asked curiously.
"That's right!"
Ryuga nodded, the power he was channeling stable and clear.
Under his interference, this sleeping Marrow was gradually activated, and the figure of a young girl in shrine maiden attire gradually became visible.
Sensing this young girl's Marrow, Ryuga began converting her allegiance while awakening her.
Before long, the vacant-eyed young girl opened her eyes in confusion. The first thing she saw was Ryuga's hand pressing on her head.
"Welcome back to this world, Holou the God of Suspicion."
To be continued…