I just finished rereading the translated chapters. Heinz’s best stats are about equal to Van’s lowest stats after his first growth spurt.
Both are correct, Rod is not a specialist in memories. Rod seems to be able to take memories made inside his realm or something like that, but don't ask for fine-tuning, he can't change someone's personality nor change their memory, in that case, it's wipe or not, this was stated by the Angels who suggested that if Alda gods could maybe brainwash their souls and turn them into soldiers for themselves. Meanwhile all Kanako did was made herself feel interested in changing races, it's not even a proper signal, but she understood the feeling as a signal that a forgotten version of herself could have sent, thus, without even knowing the reasons, she did it, which ended up unnecessary, as Van was already somewhat aware that Rod can spy on them, from the time that the Gods of the BMR all asked for him to guide everyone.
That was only in regards to the cycle of reincarnation. He automatically erases memories and knowledge related to his domain. Anything else; well its subject to debate.
I'm curious what he would think of his soul breaking techniques then. Heck, even Heinz and party too. In my opinion, I'd think that'd be the biggest thing they would disagree on.
Soulbreaking would he find a bit too extreme, but van is'nt breaking souls anymory, he is devouring them, which makes him seem like monster to be exterminated.
If you read the raws already and finished the part about Spoiler The Battle of Morksy. Morski. Mork and Mindy. However you spell it. this comment is a thousand times funnier. Don’t click it. Doooon’t you do it. Spoiler Shoving multiple souls into your mouth and chomping down all of them all at once just to troll someone into having a meltdown is utterly epic.
Ain't it bad then? I mean, then he won't win and there won't be any tension. If heinz loses too badly both in moral views and in raw power then I don't see any reason to have him go through all the shit he's been going through. It would be better to just hand him over to vandaleu and be done with his character
That's why Heinz is training, to make his team strong enough that fighting Van won't be completely one-sided. Though they have to get past this current obstacle to have a chance at that. Spoiler: To keep it vague Also, at the bottom of the dungeon is something that will allow Heinz to fight even the current Van on more than equal ground, assuming he can control and use it properly.
Spoiler its bullshit that Bellwood is supposed of make Heinz equal. Van has eaten several gods, and has been given the powers of most great gods from several worlds and yet this small god can level the battlefield. Van has at least half of the demon king’s power while it took seven times Bellwood to fight it the first time.
You are making a few mistakes, and a few unreasonable guesses there. I will try to keep spoilers low, but since one is already mentioned. Spoiler A God's authority is what makes one powerful or not, but this is not measured in Power Levels, that dictates that the more Divine Power you have the stronger in fights you are. Van has eaten several gods, but most of what he got is Mana. His mana can be compared to Guduranis, and that's all, not HP, STR, DEF, INT, AGI etc. Comparing Van with Guduranis is non-sense, Van has things where he is superior to Guduranis (Breaking soul speed, eating soul capability), and just as many other things he is very inferior. Then we have the deal of Authority. As already said, Rodcorte may be the strongest god in this story, but in combat he is the weakest, Fidirg can take him down, it just would take a long time. Many of these Evil Gods and Gods didn't had combat related authorities. But here are 2 examples that have such ability: Fitun, the God of War, and Bellwood, whose authority is unknown, but seems to be related to "Vanquishing Evil". Bellwood won against Guduranis WITHOUT the weakness of Death Attribute (Life+Light, as shown at the end of the 1st Origin Arc). Heinz has both Life and Light Attributes, Bellwood did not, and both Van and Heinz knows about the weakness. So Bellwood has more STR and AGI than Van by leaps, unless Van eats some god of Speed or God of Flash, don't expect his to boost like that. However, it's not to say Van can't win. Bellwood is a God, and gods have a shitload of limitations on them, if he wants to descent on the physical realm, he will take a shitload of divine power, and will take a shitload of years to recover through Faith, cause unlike humans, Gods need faith to recover. The other way, which is what he used on those first 50K years of "vanquishing evil" is giving his blessing to others, but in this case, rather than some Familiar Spirit the user will need a full Heroic God Descent. Unless Heinz is able to support a Strong God in his body, Bellwood will remain limited combat-wise, even if they are compatible, with Heinz mortal body, and the burden of a divine soul with a normal soul would kill Heinz in the long run. And guess what, even Darcia's soul would feel some burden when descending Vida (Her body should be fine though), and you know her story and specially how her body was made. Heinz has nothing like that.
Just reading till the chapter where van and co met with zantark, farmaun and other gods/goddesses in dark continent. Is it only me who imagined it is like when shanks met shirohige/white beard pirates from one piece? LOL Imagined zantark as shirohige xD
Shirohige had the might to destroy the world. The only god who has been able to kind of destroy the world is rodcorte, but even him became unable to do that to this world.
Well, Gurundis could cause the world to collapse from the destruction of the gods who support it; extrapolating out and saying that if he could kill Roddy, he'd be able to destroy all the worlds under him wouldn't be too far fetched. Even more so if Gurundis ripped up Roddy's circle of reincarnation. But in terms of destroying the world naturally, Shirohige would probably be the only one.
Shirohige has raw power but these gods can change the physical world, even gurundis traveled across worlds with his evil gods. Ultimately a god like rodcorte would end up with complete control of shirohige's soul once he died. So that's why i feel these gods are a step above him.