Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

"ID scan completed... Device lock activated."

Accompanied by a strange mechanical sound, the "stone" suddenly began to "deform" and eventually turned into a thin sheet.

This is what Shul left behind in every city or village he passed through. It is a device that can record "history", and only Shul has the method to read it.

"Reading completed."

In just a few seconds, Xuer completely read the contents and immediately knew the thousand-year history of this place.

The reason this city disappeared was that it was destroyed by a group of fleeing demons a thousand years ago, and the direction the demons came from was the Demon King's City.

As the clone, Xiuer immediately understood the reason.

"I see."

......

After retrieving the device, he intended to continue exploring but suddenly stopped.

"Ah, it's you."

A familiar female voice appeared in front of him.

A pair of silver-white ponytails fluttered in the air, and an extremely familiar white elf appeared in front of him, and the calm eyes revealed the surprise of "meeting an old friend by chance".

What was different from that year was that there were two different figures beside the other party, one red and one purple.

"..."

Xiuer did not respond, but the other party seemed to be used to it and did not care, and began to introduce him to the two people next to him.

"Lady Fulilian, who is this?"

The one who asked this question was the purple-haired woman who looked like a giant puff mushroom.

Tomato on the side didn't say anything, but his confused eyes revealed the same doubts as the purple-haired woman.

Because they saw Fulilian's "surprise".

"Then let me introduce you."

As if to show off, Fulilian cleared her throat.

"She is Xiuer~"

After hearing this, Xiuer began to doubt Fulilian's ability to introduce.

But what’s strange is why the expressions of those two people suddenly became so exaggerated?

“Eh—??!”

The first one to lose his temper was the tomato youth, who let out a very loud scream.

But the giant mushroom had an expression on its face that said, "Am I dreaming?"

"?"

Even Xiuer couldn't analyze the reason for this scene.

But the next second, he immediately knew it, because the giant mushroom had already explained the reason.

"She, she is the one who annihilated half of the demons and destroyed one-third of the Demon King's Castle. According to legend, she is the angel of judgment who was sent down to the world a thousand years ago by the will of the goddess—Xuer?!"

What kind of weird title is this?

While recording the words, Xiuer was also analyzing the information he had obtained at the moment.

Unlike the relatively stable Big Mushroom, the Tomato Youth could barely speak clearly.

He looked at Fulilian's condition.

Her proud look seemed to say, "I know someone like this, isn't that amazing?"

Xiuer declined to comment on this.

Just like that, the originally quiet environment suddenly became noisy because of a tomato youth.

......

Chapter 55: A Different Story

"[Suspicious] Has it been so long?"

"Ah."

There was only one word in response to Xuel, and it came from Fulilian's mouth.

Xiuer organized the information he got from Fulilian and established a timeline in the database for easy analysis.

It seems that the "future" he has come to is the future of the timeline with the variable "himself".

According to Fulilian, the Demon King's Castle suffered a devastating blow, and a large number of demons died in the incident. Only the disabled demon king who survived by chance, a small number of big demons, and demons that were originally located tens of thousands of miles away from the Demon King's Castle survived.

At first, Xuer was confused about the Demon King's survival. He didn't know how the Demon King managed to survive from "his" hands.

But he didn't take it seriously. He just needed to pass the information to the command machine and leave the rest to the other party.

After that incident, the demons rarely disappeared from the sight of the world. During this period, the demons were only seen in sporadic incidents, but those were all eliminated by powerful adventurers later.

After this, there has been no more appearance of demons.

Originally, the world thought that the demons had disappeared, but in "recent years", the demons made a comeback and appeared in people's eyes once again.

After that, it was the story of the Brave Fighting Demon King that Shul was familiar with but not completely familiar with.

The difference is that the current demon clan does not have the "Seven Collapse Sages" in the original work, and the brave team has to face "small monsters" along the way.

There are no powerful demons nowadays. It is speculated that such existences were eliminated in the Demon King Castle incident that year.

In this regard, Xiuer also agreed with this speculation. Based on his understanding of himself, he would definitely not let go of these powerful (valuable) demons.

However, the "recent years" mentioned by Frillian gave Xuer a new understanding of the elves' concept of time.

It was also with Fulilian's introduction that he learned the names of the other party's two companions.

The purple-haired giant mushroom woman is named Philen.

The tomato man who looks a little silly is Hugh Turk.

Now that the plot has changed a lot compared to the original, it is surprising that these three people can still get together.

But it doesn't matter, he doesn't care about it.

"[Question] Where is your destination?"

"At the moment, it's Oissast."

"[Question] Oissast?"

"Well, pass a magician exam."

Xuel's expression did not change, but Fulilian had already heard the doubt in his unchanging tone and gave an answer.

Yes, it was magical. Just like facing an old friend of many years, Frillian easily read Xuer's "thoughts".

If the other party had not admitted that he did not use "mind-reading magic" and it had not been confirmed by Xuer, he really thought that the other party's magical power had reached a level that he could not detect.

But in fact, without Fulilian's explanation, Xuer also understood the purpose of their trip.

As someone who had read the original novel, he naturally had information about this plot in his database. Fulilian and her group had to go to the Mainland Magic Association and take the first-level magician exam before they could pass this place.

Philen and Hugh Turk followed quietly behind and listened to the conversation between the two "old guys" throughout the whole process.

Yes, because Xu Er is that legendary figure, they naturally classified each other as "old stuff".

But because Xuer looked too young, they couldn't really treat him as an elder. Just like Fulilian, she was a thousand years old, but her appearance really didn't allow people to look at her as an old person.

Even in Philen's opinion, Fulilian sometimes behaved like a child, especially when she stayed in bed in the morning.

"Will you join us?"

"..."

Although he really wanted to find Celia right now and update his "magic inventory", what Xuer was thinking about more right now was his apprentice Takson.

Because as far as he knew, Takson's strength was no less than Volame's strength in the field of magic.

Logically speaking, there should be some deeds left behind.

So in response to Fleury's request for a "team", our Shuul gave the following answer.

"[Proposal to veto]"

"Yeah."

Although she was rejected, Fulilian was not surprised.

The reason was simple, because she realized that the "Xuer" in front of her was not Xuer himself. The individual in front of her was just a clone of the other party. The request to form a team was just a casual remark. As for whether the individual in front of her would agree, it didn't matter.

Back then, she had experienced similar situations no less than ten times.

"So where are you going next?"

"【Answer】Searching for records of the individual "Takson."

"Tuckson..."

These long years were not a long time for the elves, and that person had left many traces in history. Fulilian quickly remembered the person that Xuel mentioned.

"Ah, you're talking about him."

"Tuckson?"

The big puff mushroom who suddenly spoke, no, it was Philen who attracted the attention of the two people, while Xu Tark beside her looked at his suddenly excited companion with a puzzled look.

"Are you referring to the 'War Mad Taksen' who single-handedly fought against numerous great demons during the siege of the Demon King's Castle and returned victorious?"

Huh? War maniac?

What a unique title.

Also, do the names of people in this world all use this "xx's xx" format?

After complaining silently in his heart, Xuer confirmed that this person was his apprentice Takson based on the characteristics described by Philen.

So, in the following time, Xuer learned most of the deeds left by Taksen from Philen's unilateral narration.

Among them, due to Taksen's missionary work, Thaxul was portrayed as an angel of the goddess, and this fact was later widely circulated by the Church.

After hearing everything that Philen knew, Xiuer's expression remained unmoved. Well, this was normal. As an incarnation, he did not have much ability to manage facial expressions.

He just silently passed all the information he received to the command machine, that is, Xuer himself, without missing a word.

......

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......

The perspective turns to Xiuer himself.

At this moment, he was wearing the Divine Spirit Suit, flying in the air in pure white, with the ground under his feet plowed by artillery bombardment.

The only remaining ruins on the ground allow those who know to see that this was originally the location of the Demon King's Castle.

But now, with potholes all over the ground and crumbling castles, it no longer has the former "prosperity".

The "devil king" in the story is also in a "miserable state" at this moment.

"..."

"..."

Looking at each other in silence...

The Demon King, kneeling on the ground, looked up at the god-like figure in the sky.

Dazzling white light spread out in all directions. Those were the "wings" of the angel Shuul, and each piece could bring down "divine punishment" on the ground beneath their feet.

And what about the devil's minions?

Of course, most of them were killed or injured at the moment they were "raided" by Xuel.

The weak demons failed to survive. Under the carpet bombing launched by Xuer at the beginning, the weak demons were all eliminated, leaving only a few powerful demons with special magic.

Is this Shul's "mercy"?