Alda did cause an eclipse, just because he was in a mood, so it stands to reason. I wonder if they are really maintaining something that could go out of balance, or if they are just supposed to be monitoring, and holding back harmful extremes, like making sure nobody overloads their Sun magic enough to actually make a sun. You know, just dialing it back a bit whenever people get more powerful, but it doesn't just go into full chaos if the gods aren't around.
It was mentioned, if the elements are not managed, Lambda would be destroyed. It would not happen immediately but over the course of 100~1000 years.
In 185, this was said:“Under the influence of the solar eclipse that Alda caused… to be precise, the ‘eclipse’ that Alda brought about by loosening his control over the light and life attributes and darkening the sun, a number of seals on evil gods that are remnants of the Demon King’s army also loosened,” Based on that, it's probably that they actually are maintaining something, since just loosening up control can cause that eclipse. Things would probably get pretty bad if something big happened that made an attribute be completely uncontrolled, to the point that the planet would be uninhabitable if no other gods took it over.
One criticism of the novel that I fail to comprehend is that some people cite Van's golem attack on the first city as an example of lackluster revenge. Van raised the walls of a city that is positioned right next to f*cking monsters and destroyed various government buildings. I think he also damaged the city's cash crops. Just the economic freefall from that would ultimately kill people. Not to mention that the price for repairing the walls, the price for hiring all of the soldiers and adventurers to guard the city and the price to rebuild the government offices. Also, the sudden, almost miraculous, destruction of a lord's city would be seen as a bad omen, especially in the superstitious society of the Amid Empire. The lord would also lose favor with his peers.
He'd also killed all the bandits in the area, so less guards keeping an eye out, and more monsters moving into those territories, then the town suddenly has no walls.
The actual townspeople there hadn't done much but be happy about Darcia dying, so I can see why the author didn't go full revenge porn mode.
Ya, he took their defense and the source of their livelihood, both at the same time effectively reset the village. They could have rebuilt, with hard work, but odds are they failed and the village died. I would laugh if the settlers who moved to the location of the ghouls old forest were the survivors of the village, so their lives were destroyed by Van twice.
Wait, I thought we knew for sure the city didn't die off since he kept the damage just below the level where that'd happen. He wanted them to suffer for years, not die.
Direct damage, but he spent 3 months or so, making the area safe enough (for mysterious reasons) that they didn't need any defenses. Guards and adventurers lost their livelihood, leaving the area. While he levels up his subjects, that town is safe, then he pulled his troops out, taking their walls, and fields with him.
Which is why the baronet had to call for state assistance. The purpose was not to destroy the town, so unless shown otherwise we should probably assume it didn't happen.
Well it depends on the people. Would the people choose to stay if they had any other choice in a town that lost its walls and its livelihood? Of course there's going to be people that can't move, but richer inhabitants of the town would all definitely leave and move somewhere else.
It's not a wealthy town. It's just a bunch of farmers and a small winery. They make nice wine and nothing else. I don't think there are any wealthy residents to leave. Going somewhere else would likely make them akin to the refugees in the Hartner duchy if they even could.
It doesn't have to be a lot of people. Some merchants, maybe the winery owner and his family. It's unlikely that traveling merchants are going to choose to do business in a town without a wall because it's not safe. That's all it takes to basically kill the town and stop it from coming back.
Realistically speaking, I agree with you. The city should either die off or become super poor with no hope of recovery. I still think it will go the way the story implies it will, though. The author is free to check back and say the town actually just couldn't recover at all and was evacuated but until that happens I'm going to have to assume they've probably rebuilt the walls by now, built some crappy huts to live in and are desperately trying to refertilize the soil. Van wanted them to struggle for years to recover what they had lost just like he did. So that's probably what is happening right now. It's like how we know Heinz will never apologize, Rodcorte will shoot himself in the foot again by no later than the end of next volume and that as soon as Van meets a named snek lady she'll want to lay some eggs for him. It's just how the story works. Though I guess Iris hasn't succumbed to pedophilia yet so maybe he won't have a bride with scales.
Heinz could apologize, I just think it will be in a self-aggrandizing way, like a drama youtuber. Probably put the word out, through the Peaceful faction, that he's learned that Van is alive, and he wants to apologize for what he's done to him, killing his mother, leaving him to die in a cave surrounded crazed fanatics, etc...and also let it be spread that the evils that Van is doing as revenge are wrong, and he should turn himself in. You know, like he really did apologize, but there's no way it sounds even remotely sincere, to any but his fans, since he had to do it publicly, and makes himself the victim who is just trying to do the right thing.
Can someone be so kind as to spoil me, because I'm only up to date with what's on NU, and I'm lazy to read and search 240 pages of content on this forum, not to mention that going to Syosetsu gives only a headache and the wiki just ask more questions than tell me answers
I agree, Van basically left that place as a no man's land, and if they are in a passage area for D-rank adventurers, it should not be a safe place, it is not worth keeping such a place, if we have already seen that it is they leave cities in better condition under certain circumstances. On the subject of farming villages, I doubt that many people from that city have participated in the project, because of time and distance, perhaps by chance, which would be comical comic, some innocent villager who did not even see the execution of Darcia, that from that day on, all of Vandeliu's plans in mirg directly or indirectly destroyed his life. there is a spoiler thread but you can go asking your questions
Well then I am satisfied that they give me an answer on the matter of Alda and Rodcorte, they die, suffer, etc.
Spoiler Spoiler: Rod Keeps doubling down on the stupid, eventually ticks off Alda due to events and gets stakes, then eventually nom-nomed by van. Spoiler: Alda Goes more nutty, declares an all out war on Van and co, partially because due to events Oburam is leaning more heavily to Vida with only 1 extremely Alda dutchy left. Takes actions well beyond what is reasonable, as in potentially end all life or leave them worse off then after the first DK war ended horrible. Other then Ketchup the worst it does is give Van a stomach ache and be annoying as it is basically pandemonium everywhere due to Alda's actions while Van has to race back and forth cleaning up the mess while his allies are stalling. Spoiler: Edgar Rodiots treatment, combined with another Rodiot mistake, backfires spectacularly, he dies as a result Spoiler: Ketchup Really doubles down on taking down Van, after being told not to, nearly ends up with a revived Big G due to his arrogance, but Van steps in and fixes it, with MANY witnesses. Doubles down again on Van must go, and take past in Alda's Var on Van "stealthily" going to Taloshiem, and pulls a move that will likely permanently cripple or kill himself to try and beat Van, after all Alda's other forces have been wiped Spoiler: Botin/Earth Goddess Get freed by Van, immediately demonstrates that she is the most reasonable and mature authority figure in the series.