One-way traffic

It was a scythe wreathed in crimson lotus flames, its tip tinged with blood.

The sharp edge of the scythe perfectly blocked—cutting through the strongest part of the Sky Strike.

The cut-off portion was completely weakened and dispersed into the planet's atmosphere.

Unscathed.

Not only did they not hurt him, they couldn't even touch his fingers.

"I don't have time to waste that much time on you."

The human who took the blow head-on said these words, word by word.

"You shouldn't have any objections to taking me down in one blow, right?"

next second.

A sweeping, overwhelming blow mercilessly shattered the girl's "Sky Strike".

*Pfft!* It seemed as if blood was gushing from its mouth.

Not only was the Heavenly Strike neutralized, but the Crimson Lotus Slash, which seemed to cover the entire atmosphere, directly struck him with inextinguishable karmic fire.

His abdomen was cut open, and his whole body felt an intense burning sensation.

Finally, consciousness simply faded into dust.

It affects both body and mind.

The girl's body was falling towards the ground, but—even during this descent, she was constantly thinking about one thing.

To date, although we have seen a series of powerful beings such as the Dragon Spirits and Giants.

But they are all different.

Compared to that monster with a human face, but completely beyond the ordinary—

They are utterly insignificant.

Thus, after a long descent, the girl understood what her fate would be.

Bang! !

With a loud thud, she lost consciousness as she fell at high speed.

—

Accelerator landed on the ground along with them.

This area seems to be entirely wasteland. Even though the battlefield has been moved so far away, there is still only a desert here.

If that "Sky Strike" had landed, this place probably wouldn't even qualify as a desert anymore.

With this in mind, Accelerator became even more certain of one thing.

An overly powerful attack is indeed very strong, expressive, and intimidating.

However, releasing outputs exceeding those of nuclear bombs or displaying power capable of destroying an entire island at the drop of a hat will certainly have a large-scale impact.

If possible, we should pay more attention to enemy attacks in the future and try our best to minimize such disasters.

As Accelerator thought this, he also looked in the direction ahead.

There were many people lying on the ground.

They were all Skywing race members who lost consciousness after being defeated by themselves.

"Tsk... there are just more and more troublesome things coming my way."

He kicked away a pebble at his feet with displeasure.

"Quickly erase these guys' memories of me, figure out why they're doing this all-out bombing, and then leave immediately. I don't want to get involved in this kind of annoying stuff again, you bastards."

The first one cursed as usual.

Chapter 563 Rick and Shubi

"oops."

How should we explain this situation?

However, whether we explain or not, let's at least get out of this messy pit first.

Including Rick, the 179 ghosts were getting up from the pit in a rather disheveled state.

We have just experienced a massive, earthquake-like attack.

"We actually survived in this situation!"

"Ah... I almost thought we were all going to die."

"In this situation, it would be a miracle to survive."

"It's not easy."

The people present were all ghosts who had faced death countless times, but an earthquake of this magnitude was nothing to despair, and it didn't even frighten them.

However, Rick did start to care about something.

The world has hardly experienced any natural earthquakes or tsunamis, largely due to various human factors.

For example, wars between other races.

Those monsters are on average powerful enough to destroy a city, and they can unleash the power to restore civilization at any moment. The aftershocks alone are beyond the natural environment of this world to withstand, and causing earthquakes is just a piece of cake.

If these monsters were to actually fight, destroying this planet would be an easy task.

but.

This attack was different from previous ones.

If this attack is indeed following the same pattern as before, it could be a consequence of a conflict between two races that has spread to this area.

They should have had no chance of surviving.

Even so, we survived... Was it just pure luck?

impossible.

Rick knew this very well. It was precisely because he had witnessed too many instances of monsters' battles destroying everything over the years that he understood there was no room for luck.

Something special happened that blocked the aftershocks of that battle.

In this world, no race has a reason to help humanity continue, and humanity does not possess the power to stop the monsters from advancing.

--No.

What if there really is such a high probability that it exists?

"Rick...! Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Schubert..."

Helped up by the girl beside him, Rick immediately reassured her with words of comfort.

The petite girl draped in a brown cloak immediately looked at her, her beautiful, ruby-like eyes filled with worry for Rick's current situation.

…Worried?

“I’m really envious…”

"Ah! When will we have a girl as cute as Shubi-chan to care about us~"

"Could you say less? If you keep going, I'm afraid even the boss's wife will get shy."

"Even the boss himself hasn't said anything yet, so I guess this kind of thing happens every day, right? Cough cough, at night."

“Tsk, tsk, tsk—”

The barrage of unwarranted jeers left Rick feeling helpless, but—

He had indeed just seen that look flash in Shubi's eyes.

But that should be impossible.

…unless.

"Let's leave the plan here for now. I'll assign you tasks one by one later."

Let's suppress these thoughts for now.

Rick regained his calm demeanor and looked at the ghosts who had stood up one after another, unaffected by what had just happened.

The ghosts also raised their hands, making a gesture as if taking an oath.

"—Swearing an oath to his legacy!"

"No, no, no, you're all wrong."

But then he smiled and waved.

Seeing Rick's rare happy expression and hearing his words, everyone looked over in surprise.

"First of all, we must stop saying that phrase."

"Why...?"

"Because, everything we do from now on will no longer be for the sake of our legacy, but to swear an oath to the rules we have agreed to."

and so.

Holding onto the hope of survival, and the idea of ​​ending the game and achieving victory.

Rick took the lead, sporting an elegant, glamorous, and handsome smile.

He raised his hand.

"—I swear to the same will…!"

That's it.

The actions of the 179 ghosts began silently, and in this world, humanity's true counterattack began.

So what if we're facing monsters capable of destroying the world?

That is precisely why we should act with hope for life and the desire to restore fairness to the world.

All right.

Let's begin the game...!

Rick thought to himself, all alone.

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I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Besides those guys from before, it seems that other races have also started to move around on a large scale.

"They're called Forest Elves and Goblins, right?"

Accelerator has already left that wasteland.

As for what intelligence he obtained—

To be honest, it wasn't very useful.

'...First, it confirmed the existence of something on a much larger scale in this world.'

He obtained more information by reading the mental domains of those Skywing girls.

The various deities in the world each correspond to a different race.

Among them, the divine race belonging to the Skywing race... seems to be the strongest being.

God of War, Artesius.

He is an unparalleled god of heaven, representing war and destruction.

This god of war has not left his temple for hundreds and thousands of years, and during this time, no one has been able to defeat him.

It can be said to be the world's "strongest," without exception.

"The strongest... Ah."

The first person, who also held the same title, couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"However, apart from that... there's nothing else useful."