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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 20

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Page | 12 The third prong in the plan was to recruit warriors for combat. This was the primary goal, as far as Orsted was concerned. He’d rather other fighters take on Laplace instead of him. If we managed to lift Orsted’s curse so he didn’t have to fight solo anymore, then we could even have our new recruits join the final battle against the Man-God. Orsted and I talked over who would be a good fit, and finally settled on this profile: The warriors already fated to battle Laplace, but who won’t easily become disciples of the Man-God. For instance, titles such as Ogre God and Ore God— their current holders had no hate or love for Laplace, but future generations would oppose him later on. Same for schools like Water God Style and Sword God Style—the current practitioners were far removed from Laplace, but their apprentices would face him down as well. We also planned to ask long-living warriors like North God Kalman the Third or Death God Randolph. Some held personal grudges against Laplace—Ruijerd especially. Ruquag’s Mercenary Band could locate the ones whose whereabouts were unknown, after which I could visit them personally and negotiate on my hands and knees. I imagined that some of them would ask me to make it worth their while. But for now, the plan more or less came down to asking all the strong and capable people that came to mind. Now, then. Once we assembled all those resources, we’d be faced with final bottleneck: the Man-God. Knowing him, he was sure to send his disciples to get in our way. For the most part, we didn’t know who might end up serving as one of the Man-God’s disciples. Orsted said that he could estimate the odds in any normal loop, but since the disciples in this loop already included people who’d never joined the Man-God before, it would be hard to tell for certain. If I wanted to carry out my missions, then I had to risk-proof them against disciples that Orsted wouldn’t see coming.