Monsters: Evolving from Titans to Ancient Gods.

"... "

"It's become harder to get things from other races lately," the cheerful man sighed helplessly, holding his child, a sentiment echoed by the rest of the group.

"Huh? We've encountered orcs again? Or vampires?" Kron, who had come to collect the spoils, was surprised and turned to look at Rick.

Rick put down the instrument in his hand and shook his head. "No, this time it was a demon species. It was huge and destroyed the goblin warship we found. But we didn't come away empty-handed."

"Please analyze these things. If you can't, go ask that statue. This seems to be very important information."

Rick recalled these items, along with the battle maps, markings, and manuscripts, and keenly realized that they contained very important intelligence, so he entrusted them with great care.

Upon hearing this, Kron realized the importance of the matter and nodded heavily. He then led a group of people to another location to begin analyzing the spoils.

King Kong dragged the cart, gesturing for everyone to put their spoils on it, then dragged it away, with Kron and the others following behind.

But soon, Kron realized something was wrong. She didn't hear Rick's footsteps, so she turned around and saw only his back.

"Rick?"

Kron tilted his head and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Aren't you going to report this to Lord Mara?"

“Anyone can go, right? He doesn’t care anyway, and he’s too lazy to bother with us.” Rick turned around and waved a map, but his steps didn’t stop at all. “I found a map of a forest elf ruin. I’m planning to go take a look. Maybe I can find a lot of books about spells.”

“But…” Kron hesitated, worried that Rick might be in danger if he went out alone.

But Rick simply waved his hand, pulled up his hood, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Really..." Kron sighed helplessly, shook his head, and turned to follow King Kong.

"... "

Rick walked among the ruins of the forest elf's dilapidated buildings, surrounded by traces of the horrific attack, as if the entire city had been destroyed in an instant.

The most likely candidate to cause this level of destruction is...

"The Skywing race?"

Rick stopped and looked around at the shocking scene. The sheer amount of destruction here was enough to send chills down his spine. He couldn't imagine the despair the forest elves had gone through.

After a long while, he resumed his actions, disregarding what was in front of him and behind him, and finally found an unexplored underground space, stepping inside.

After he entered the space, a petite black figure appeared, and her cold body followed without hesitation.

In the dark cave, Rick found traces of the remaining spell. He carefully avoided the traps and the unactivated defenses. The pain he felt when he rescued King Kong as a child still lingered in his mind, and he would never want to go through it again if possible.

Soon, some manuscripts about the secret spells of the forest elves and information about the movements of the goblin race came into view.

Using his newly developed detection magic, Rick sensed the absence of elven energy and then meticulously checked for any physical traps.

Only after finding nothing did he gently pick it up and brush off the dust.

Just then, a slight sound came from behind him, making him instantly aware of it. He turned around and raised his hand to cast a spell.

"So, they've finally shown themselves? That guy who's always following me around..."

The presence of Rick revealed his true form, causing him to abruptly stop, the spell he was preparing instantly halted.

Cannot be attacked.

Even if you are killed, you must never attack.

In the shadows before him, a pair of lifeless mechanical pupils appeared first, followed by a body resembling that of a human child, and cold steel wings.

She has many obvious mechanical structures on her body. Although she is petite and has no murderous intent, her mere presence is enough to make most of the lower races lose their will to fight.

The Machine Race, a mechanical life form, has killed the Dragon King, a dragon spirit race equal to a god.

Although they are considered a lower-ranking race based on their adaptability, they are one of only two powerful races in the world that have ever killed a "god".

Attacking even one individual is tantamount to declaring war on that machine race. Even the mindless weapon-type Skywing race will try to weigh the pros and cons upon seeing them.

Rick instantly lost his will to fight. He hadn't expected that the one who had been following him was a machine, which gave him a terrible headache, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

But the machine-like creature standing in the darkness suddenly pounced on him and knocked him to the ground, causing him to hit the ground on the back of his head and feel an unusual pain.

Rick suppressed his urge to retaliate several times, but the machine reached out and removed the mask from his face, uttering a string of raunchy and inhuman words.

"Onii-chan, I can't take it anymore!"

"Turn me into a real **!" The petite Mech said expressionlessly, then lowered her cold head and moved closer to Rick's head.

Rick froze upon hearing this, his gaze becoming unusually blank, his eyes revealing a sense of bewilderment. "Huh?"

...

"So, this is your reason for bringing her back?" Inside the palace of Eden, Kron released the girl's obviously cold body, turned to look at Rick, and as he went deeper into the underground palace, he gave him an expression of looking at scum.

The girl, draped in a cloak, followed Kron. The gaze of the statue behind her and the presence in front of her triggered the program's frantic alarm, making her hesitate.

"I...this...that...it's her..." Rick didn't know what to say and was completely incoherent.

As the three of them unknowingly walked to the deepest part of the palace, the majestic silhouette of the king sitting on the throne came into view. He slowly opened his eyes and looked down.

Kron took a deep breath and respectfully said, "Lord Mara, we have obtained information that the goblins are conducting weapon testing related to the creation of divine essences, and that the forest elves are using a brand new spell."

“And…” Kron instinctively glanced at the trembling girl beside him, somewhat at a loss, and finally nudged Rick with his elbow and whispered, “You’ll have to explain your own mess.”

Rick scratched his head, hesitating several times as if he wanted to speak, but recalling the unbearable memories, he didn't know where to begin. Should he say that he was pinned to the ground and wildly kissed by a machine-type creature, and then almost forced to lose his virginity?

Mara gazed at Rick, Klo, and the unnamed Kai, realizing that the final war was imminent, and spoke indifferently.

"Oh, I see. I already know."

"... "

Rick was stunned again upon hearing this, his face flushed red, and his mind was filled with turbulent waves, as if a depth charge had been dropped into his head, screaming in his heart.

"No way, they can see it from this far away?"

Chapter 176 Provoking War

“I heard from Dragg that your subordinates found a Kai species that had become disconnected from the swarm in the wilderness.”

A deep female voice echoed in the empty palace, carrying a profound meaning.

"That is indeed the case," Mara's voice rang out, giving an affirmative response.

Under the cover of night, the massive silhouette emitted bursts of laughter, and even its mountain-like body trembled: "Hehehe, they really dare to do this. Even among the Skywing race, this is an astonishingly bold act."

"Not only that, they also seem to be planning to use the intelligence they have gathered to incite wars between various races and make them fight to the death."

"This world is so crazy that I don't recognize it anymore. Humans, a race that was not even worth mentioning a few years ago, have started to play such big games."

"Humans are really bizarre."

"but…"

Regin Levi looked into the distance, taking in the group of humans diligently practicing their spells under the cover of night. Then he turned to look at the god-like being, radiating golden light and standing like a statue, and spoke with a hint of annoyance.

"Could you please get your ass off that damn throne before the war even begins?"

Reginlev stared at Mara, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. How could this guy have sat on this throne for more than a decade?

When she first came here, Mara was sitting here; the second time, the third time, and now, He has always sat firmly on the throne.

It's like his buttocks are welded to the throne.

Doesn't He have anything to do?

Why was He able to remain so calm in the face of an approaching war?

It's important to understand that although Mara has allied with the dragon spirits, the opposing side consists of the strongest war god and thousands of formidable war weapons.

Doesn't this guy have any sense of urgency?

Reginlevy was completely baffled by this.

Mara's expression remained unchanged in the face of Regin Levi's words, and she seemed quite unconcerned about Mara's doubts, simply replying casually:

"It's just unnecessary. I can accomplish what needs to be done anywhere. There's nothing in the outside world that can attract me except for the Star Cup."

For Mara, going out was not a very important thing. As far as the essence of vengeance was concerned, after all, He only needed to enhance the power of mankind and collect the souls of the dead.

The only other things were the research on the essence of the dragon and the analysis of the dragon spirit's talent and the power of time and space, and these tasks had already been completed over the past ten years.

Now all He needs is for humanity to prepare for revenge. When that time comes, He can officially lead humanity to launch a campaign of revenge against many races.

After He has completed His revenge on humanity, He will officially begin to seize the Star Grail.

Once He obtains the Star Cup, His goal is considered accomplished, and He can return to His original world.

Looking at Mara's constantly changing face, Reginlevi was at a loss for words.

She suddenly realized that all of these creatures born from the Elf Corridor seemed to be incredibly reclusive.

They never leave their homes except to fight. This is true of the god of war, the god of forging, and the god of the forest. Even now, Mara, who is burdened with the powerful purpose of revenge, remains the same.

This made Regin Levi somewhat suspicious: did all the gods have a strange quirk of being afraid to be seen by others?

This seems to be a question worth considering.

Just then, Mara lowered his gaze and looked at Regin Levi. "So, what brings you here this time? Are you here to act as an advocate for the God of Forging?"

Over the years, the goblins gradually realized that something was wrong. After seeing their allies leave, they felt very insecure and thus persuaded the gods who were more passive to give up.

They wanted to try to join the alliance between the God of Vengeance and the Dragon Spirits in order to increase their chances of survival in future wars.

Since the alliance between the Dragon Spirits and the God of Vengeance, the world's various forces, large and small, have been divided into two tiers.

The God of War and His Winged Race, the God of Vengeance and the Dragon Spirit Race are on the same level. The two forces have become two giants. Excluding the Machine Race, the remaining forces combined will only be crushed by one of them.

Therefore, the two giants are the strongest, and all the remaining forces can be classified as "others".

The goblin race didn't want to die, and they couldn't persuade the neutral machine race, so they could only try to join one of the alliances.

The strongest war god and that group of madmen naturally don't have the concept of an alliance. Getting close to them would only result in their deaths. The god of vengeance is their only choice.

Over the past decade, the goblin race has made numerous attempts to have the dragon race convey their demands to the god of vengeance.

But without exception, Mara rejected them all.

Regin Levi sat relaxed on the ground, his long tail swaying, stirring up a gentle breeze, and casually uttered, "Ah... is that so?"

“I knew you wouldn’t agree, so I didn’t plan to mention it to you at first. I was going to stay here for a while and find a dragon to go and report back.”