I began traveling the world to investigate.
I thought there must have been some mistake in the reports of the savior's death.
I didn't distrust the intelligence network of my spies, but the story was simply too outlandish.
However, before long, the information was proven true.
Recently, every single person who had claimed to be the savior had died.
There were no elaborate disguises—they had truly lost their lives.
The causes of death were varied.
First to emerge were death in battle and death by illness, which were still somewhat acceptable.
The simultaneous nature of these events gave me pause, but the forms they took were still natural.
Considering the state of the world and individual health, nothing was particularly suspicious.
What demanded attention were the other causes of death.
The most frequent was accidental death, and the nature of these accidents was the problem.
Simply listing specific examples gives me a headache.
Falling from the second floor of an inn and breaking their neck.
Walking down the street and being instantly killed when a vase struck their head.
Tripping over a small stone and being run over by a carriage.
Having their entire body blown apart by a mysterious explosion while concocting medicines.
Being struck directly by ordinary lightning, not magical in nature.
Falling into a pit a child had dug and choking to death when dirt filled their throat during the fall.
Every one was a minor, highly coincidental accident.
What would normally be dismissed as mere misfortune accounted for eighty percent of the Savior's cause of death this time.
This simply cannot be ignored.
Therefore, I conducted a thorough investigation of the accident site.
However, no traces of suspicious magic or special abilities were found, eliminating the possibility of assassination.
In other words, it was a complete accident.
Such misfortune struck Saviors across the world simultaneously and spontaneously.
Frankly, it is absurd.
It would be tempting to dismiss it as a malicious joke.
But this is undoubtedly a fact.
Without question, the will of the world must have been activated.
There is no other explanation.
While being the polar opposite of a miracle, it shares the same essence of making the impossible happen.
(What exactly is the purpose?)
Upon returning to my room, I contemplate while referencing materials gathered from various regions.
The will of the world is constituted by the collective desires of humanity.
The factions wishing for the Savior's sudden death are likely a minority.
The vast majority of people received their activities positively.
When comparing the volume of desire, the will of the world should not have run amok.
Basically, the wishes of the majority are prioritized.
To eliminate me, perhaps the Savior was destined to awaken to tremendous power.
However, for everyone to die suddenly all at once was clearly abnormal.
It was an incomprehensible phenomenon.
This unprecedented crisis was plunging the world into chaos.
The timing was particularly bad, coming just as the Savior's influence was on the rise.
This succession of accidental deaths was causing damage across every front.
The Demon King's army had prepared responses to counter the Savior's continued emergence, but even that was now rendered pointless.
This time, the flaw in the World's Will had been exposed.
It was supposed to draw forth and realize what people desired, yet through some unknown mechanism, it had produced the worst possible outcome.
Spectacularly, no one had gained anything.
(Perhaps it's some kind of omen?)
Staring at the causes of death of the Saviors, I held my head in my hands.
I considered various possibilities, but no clear answer emerged.
For now, I would have to continue the investigation.
I had a distinctly bad feeling about this.
I didn't sense that this was the end of the World's Will's rampage.