The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing.

Chapter 613 6000 Years Later (Part 3)

Since then, Sora and Shiro have defeated the Orcs, Elves, and Winged Ones. With a deeper understanding of each other, the siblings, feeling that they cannot trust the Ten Covenants too much, began to discuss their next plan.

And at this moment——

The unfamiliar ringing of the bell left Sora, Shiro, and Stephanie completely bewildered.

"Brother...the phone..."

"Haha, little sister, you should know that this phone of yours is a dedicated gaming phone, right?"

He picked up his phone, feeling utterly self-destructive.

He couldn't even remember the last time he heard that ringtone. After all, not out of arrogance, but because he had zero friends, nobody would ever call him. So it was either a wrong number or a delivery person.

……Wait a moment.

Sora, who was about to press his thumb on the 'hang up' button, suddenly stopped and looked at Shiro with a blank stare.

This was such an abrupt and unexpected phenomenon that even feeling strange was a beat too late—why would the phone ring in this alien world where there was no signal?

But after only a second of thought, Kong pressed the answer button without hesitation.

"Hey, who is it?"

However, all that came through was static.

"What's going on? There's just pure static!"

"A phone call that sounds like a curse... or something?"

"It would be better if it were a cursed phone call."

It is clear that the concept of radio waves does not exist in this world.

If the electromagnetic field is generated by some kind of magic—for example, by sporadic, indiscriminate interference—not only will it be impossible to make a call, but the phone and tablet might also break down immediately if the power is not cut off.

Then, as if in response to their wariness and confusion—

"Code, rules... deciphered... magnetic field control... attempt...?"

The eerie noise mixed with sounds made Kong and Bai instantly turn pale.

Stephanie was also startled by their expressions and quickly asked, "What's going on? What happened?"

No one could answer her question; after all, even Sora and Shiro couldn't figure it out. Nevertheless, they both knew that this was a dangerous situation that could give them a strong sense of crisis.

That's right, it was interfered with by technology from another world!

In a world without radio waves and base stations, encrypted mobile phone calls have been made—no, terminals that should not even be aware that they are making calls are now being interfered with.

Could it be a cursed phone call?
"Two-way communication established—"

"Call successful."

After making such a declaration in such a short time, having completed the entire process of revealing, analyzing, and mastering a technology that does not exist in the present world, with a clear voice free of noise, a man's voice followed.

"I hope to meet you, kings of the human race, will-bearers. We are the machine race."

Just as I feared, they are an adversary who are deliberately interfering in this direction and cannot be ignored. In other words, we must ascertain the extent to which they understand our true nature and intentions.

This statement was made regarding an entity that could potentially overturn their entire strategy...

"Sure. Let's meet then."

Sora answered the phone in a voice devoid of emotion.

In that very instant.

There was no sound, no wind, no impact, no tremor, not even a trace. The distance from the main gate of Elchia City to the throne was instantly transformed into a path of rubble.

After staring blankly for several seconds, he finally managed to squeeze out a sound. In front of him, facing the all-black corporation slowly walking along the rubble path created after the destruction of the royal city, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

How could the royal city be destroyed in an instant?
Under the Ten Covenants, it is simply impossible to destroy someone else's property without their consent!

How is it done?
Sora's first thought was that during the great war, the machine race had cooperated with the human race to push the One God to the throne. Did the other party have some unreasonable privileges? That was impossible.

After playing the game for so long, he discovered that although the One God was somewhat insensitive in some ways, he was extremely fair—as a referee, he absolutely did not favor any race.

After all, he was a hands-off manager.

"elder brother……"

Bai tugged at Kong's sleeve, who was lost in thought, gesturing for him to look at the group of people in black.

They discovered that with each step the group took forward, the rubble behind them twisted and then disappeared. Then, when they reached the front, it was as if nothing had happened.

"...Because we cannot move to locations within our field of vision or outside our known coordinates, we used spatial rewriting. Please forgive our rudeness."

Between the thrones, now fully restored, the dark group confronts the Sky Alliance.

"I mean... before that, didn't you think there were countless procedures like knocking on the door and calling for help?"

"Kong, the royal city is currently under lockdown. All the people inside have gone on vacation."

"Brother... calm down... face... reality!"

Because of the overwhelming shock of the events unfolding before him, Kong's thoughts had strayed into a strange direction, and Bai shook his body vigorously in an attempt to pull his consciousness back.

Without uttering a word, the members of the Dark Group mechanically removed their robes.

There were thirteen men and women dressed in black suits like the Grim Reaper—no, to correct you, they weren't thirteen people, but thirteen machines. What protruded from beneath their skin wasn't flesh and blood, but metal. And what stretched to the floor weren't tails, but cables.

Even Sora and his ilk knew that they had seen it in the game that recreated the great war, just as they claimed to be.

It ranks tenth out of sixteen races.

—Machine-type.

The machine-type creature, having removed its long robe, had all twenty-six artificial eyes fixed on Kong.

It felt like being in a server room, filled with an immense, inorganic atmosphere... and an oppressive sense of pressure that made it hard to breathe. It was as if every gesture, every step, even the beating of my pulse, was being observed and analyzed by them.

No, that's not an illusion!

They are really observing!

Why are the races that the Blank considers the most likely to lose a direct confrontation here, and why are they watching them?

Completely disregarding the other party's chaotic state, one of the thirteen bodies stepped forward and greeted the others.

"...Please forgive me for not having a name to refer to myself. My main body is always referred to as the Total Link Command Body (Einzshi). It is a machine-type... well, it should be considered as a machine that is equivalent to a total agent."

He looks about twice as old as Kong Nian, and at least from his appearance, he looks like a male.

With a doll-like, dignified appearance, reddish black hair, and blue-white eyes, it still gives the impression of being an artificial object.

The machine, who called himself Einzshi, walked step by step into the sky. Looking into his eyes, one could see not only a clear intellect that was purely mechanical, but also emotion.

This fact caused both Sora and Shiro to break out in a cold sweat.

If it's just ordinary machinery, then of course it's nothing to worry about. Even if the opponent is a supercomputer, machinery is still just machinery.

Especially in the realm of games.

There are various methods that transcend mechanics.

However, they defeated the strongest god, Altshu, and together with the one true god, created the race that ended the great war. They possessed the ability to learn infinitely, and after accumulating countless battle experiences, they finally defeated even the strongest race.

If the other party knows your true identity and considers you as an adversary.

To win or something.

It's practically impossible.

Chaos and anxiety were gradually turning into a clear sense of crisis, yet Kong's thoughts froze as the mechanical man approached. He should be able to protect himself from harm, given the Ten Covenants.

Then he saw the mechanical man in front of him take something out of his pocket, and after Kong retreated with extreme vigilance—

"Please accept this."

"…………Eh?"

After a long while, Kong finally came to her senses and stared blankly at what the other person was handing over... no, it wasn't a thing, it was a living creature.

"This is a pair of lovebirds!?"

Stephanie suddenly screamed.

"What?" Kong stared blankly at her, then took the pair of birds from her. "Stephen, you actually know about these birds?"

I never expected that people from another world would know about this mythical bird.

But before that.

He had to admit again that it was truly unintentional. It was like someone suddenly shoving something into your hand while you're on the phone, and you instinctively take it.

However, Stephanie looked at him with an incredibly complex expression, her expression seeming to say—

"...Kong, I never expected you to have such a hobby. No wonder you haven't done anything to me all this time."

"Hey, what does this mean?"

He realized that something seemed wrong.

Stephanie explained, "Although the One God favors the human race, the human race is not a race he created. According to the kingdom's records, the One God only created a pair of birds."

"Lovebirds?"

"Yes. I thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true."

"So what? Stephen, you haven't gotten to the point at all!"

"That... because the lovebirds are hermaphroditic, they are considered a symbol of love. It's said that they were created to commemorate the love between the ancestors of the human race and the ancestors of the machine race during the great war, and the lovebirds being given by one to the other is considered..."

"What do you mean by 'view'?...Hey, don't stay silent now, what exactly do you mean by 'view'?!"

Stephanie's increasingly strange expression made Sora feel uneasy.

finally--

“This is seen as an acceptance of the marriage invitation.” Einzsch gently stroked Kong’s cheek and confessed affectionately, “I have always wanted to see you, my dear. Come, let us nurture our love.”

She was stunned by his sudden declaration of love.

In front of the petrified Bai and Stephanie, who was inexplicably happy and covered her mouth with her face flushed, he silently recited a sentence in his heart with immense intensity and forcibly shut down his consciousness.

—It's all God's fault!
(End of this chapter)