Ultraman: I am really just a human.

Chapter 386 Journey to Another Land

This world.

Knight School, Skynet Center.

The teleportation device, which had been idle for a long time, started up again, and its rotating glow leaked out with a whooshing sound, casting streaks of light on the waiting knights below.

Hiroko Asami changed into a combat uniform and led a total of 10 selected newcomers into the venue with a solemn expression.

Among the 10 newcomers who qualified to participate were the bespectacled boy and the chubby boy from before. Unlike the nervous others, the two of them kept observing the senior knights around them.

Kotaro Minami (RX), Michinaga Gasai (Hakubu), Maya Kimishima (Denki), and Hiroko Asami, who can transform into W, all the level six riders on the list are present.

There are also five-level knights, including Ryota Murai (Kurokuga) and Goto, who becomes a "hero".

There are more fourth-level knights remaining, roughly around 10 in total. Among them, 3, along with Ryota Murai, are students of Instructor Kaminaga.

"So many senior knights are participating in the competition! Almost all the level 4 and above knights are here, right?" the chubby boy exclaimed in amazement. "Can that Golden Fruit really grant divine power?"

I occasionally see high-level knights at school, but I've never seen anything as spectacular as this.

Although no one transformed, the chubby boy automatically imagined a group of knight armors.

The most elite forces of the Knights Era have all gathered here, and these newcomers have actually been given the opportunity to join them.

Even if our goals are different, we can still brag about it for the rest of our lives.

"What are you thinking about?" the bespectacled boy said disdainfully. "Many knights haven't recovered from the final battle against the God of Games yet, and it's not just Kondo who's injured and hospitalized."

The chubby boy swallowed his words, glared at her angrily, and strode to catch up with the newcomers.

"Cheer up, Jinghe!" A cheer rang out from the crowd.

"Go back, sis, this is so embarrassing."

Sakurai Keikazu blushed and pulled her older sister, who was cheering her on, aside quietly.

"I'll be fine. I'm not a child anymore, and besides, this isn't my first time entering a dungeon..."

"But Jinghe always comes back injured from dungeons."

Sakurai Sara said matter-of-factly.

"Nothing has gone smoothly for me since I was a child. I couldn't find a job. I finally became a knight. If I don't work hard, I might get fired."

"Knights aren't going to be fired." Sakurai Keikazu looked embarrassed, feeling that other people were starting to look at him strangely.

"Just be careful," Sakurai Sara said reluctantly as she left the Skynet Center. "Even if you can't beat others, it doesn't matter. Just come back safely."

"I understand, sis."

Sakurai Keikazu clenched his fist secretly, watching his sister's departing figure, and the memory of when his gaming addiction flared up again in his mind.

He was certainly happy that his sister was back, but he never wanted this to happen again.

He participated in this battle hoping to gain the power to protect his sister.

Although that level eight divine power is very far away from him now, it does represent the future.

If possible, changing the main rider system would also be a good option.

Relying solely on the Desire Drive is truly despairing. The small dungeons mostly yield ordinary items, and even Goto, who obtained high-level items, failed to become a Level 5 Desire Knight. In the end, he broke through the bottleneck by using the Game Knight "Hero".

If Mr. Goto can do it, he certainly can too.

In a world where the power of an eighth-level god exists, there should be more opportunities for advancement, right?

Sakurai Keikazu lowered his head and took out the Sengoku Driver.

He spent a lot of points to redeem this belt, and his purpose in participating in the competition was the same as those new students: to seize this opportunity to secure his future.

Regardless of whether a powerful seed can be obtained in another realm, level breakthroughs are likely to be far more significant than those driven by desire.

As for that so-called golden fruit...

To hell with the golden fruit.

Even if that kind of thing is good, it has nothing to do with a nobody like him.

Only someone with a screw loose would think about fighting for it. You should know that RX wasn't absent from this operation, and there were quite a few other level six and level five knights as well, and none of them were ordinary knight systems.

Will gods appear in other realms?

The super-powered boy, Tsugami Taro, curiously observes the light emanating from the teleportation device.

As Agito, he was not interested in other knight systems; he only participated because it involved the power of an eighth-level god.

Agito's power originates from the gods.

As an experimental product imitating a deity, Tsugami Taro has always wanted to trace his origins and uncover the truth of his own destiny.

Whether it was his father who was killed because of the Agito gene or his sister who disappeared without a trace, they were both eternal pains in his heart.

It's one thing for the Agito dungeon to be closed, but now that we've finally found a clue to the gods, we can't afford to miss it.

"It seems the Alliance hasn't found any news about the gods," Wataru said, stroking his chin. "Those who eat the Golden Fruit become gods, so there shouldn't be any gods for now, right? Otherwise, wouldn't the battle be pointless?"

"I have a feeling that Group X is hiding something from us."

Ryota Murai also stared at the teleportation light.

As a Kuuga, his recovery ability far surpasses that of ordinary knights, but the injuries he suffered in the last game's God War were also considerable, and the spirit stones in his body have not yet fully recovered after these days.

The reason I joined the war was because I dreamed of an alien forest.

The ultimate transcendental Kuuga, walking through the mist, gave him hope for evolution.

If that represents his future, then this operation absolutely cannot be missed.

"Whoosh!"

The teleportation channel quickly stabilized, and a psychedelic otherworldly forest could be faintly seen through the torn spatial rift, with pollen-like mist drifting around and eerily avoiding it when it approached the rift.

"Is that another world?"

As the second group of knights to pass behind Kotaro Minami and the others, Natsuki Kirishima paused as she passed Hiroko Asami.

After Swan's contracted beast was devoured by Xia Chuan's Peerless Dragon, she could no longer transform into Mirror Knight "White Feather". Only now has she made a comeback through the Desire Driver and finally become a Level 4 Desire Knight "Swan" after many hardships.

This wasn't the first time she had met Hiroko Asami, who had a close relationship with Natsukawa, but she had never been so annoyed as she was now.

Originally thinking that she had caught up and made a glorious comeback, she found that Hiroko Asami had become a Level 6 Knight W, and had even teamed up with her idol "Kaminari".

This is infuriating!

Even if someone has to transform, it should be her who does it!

After giving Asami Hiroko a long look, Kirishima Natsuki quickly walked towards the teleportation portal.

She was able to become a fourth-level knight through her own strength, and she is definitely no worse than Hiroko Asami.

"This person..."

Hiroko Asami checked her equipment in confusion, but she still couldn't figure out what was going on until Natsuki Kirishima disappeared into the passage.

As an investigator for the Alliance, she was no stranger to Kirishima Natsuki, since all fourth-level Alliance knights had to be recorded.

If I remember correctly, she shouldn't have offended the other party.

Where does this hostility come from?

"Hiroko-senpai?" Kazumi Takahashi called out from the side, "Are you sure there's no problem? Those researchers have already withdrawn."

"It's alright," Hiroko Asami said, gathering her thoughts to complete the final preparations. "If there are any problems, I'll retreat immediately. It's just collecting lock seeds."

(End of this chapter)