Yes, love can save humanity.

The timid mermaid asked curiously, "My lord, my lord, are you really not the reincarnation of the great god Helios?"

The learned mermaid asked seriously: "Your Highness...are you here to help us govern the country?"

The beautiful mermaid said excitedly and shyly: "My little prince... are you here to help us... expand our tribe?"

No...what do you think I am...a rare species in the zoo?

Faced with the questions from the three mermaids, Charles was really speechless, so speechless that he didn't want to answer.

"Please calm down and stop going crazy here." The mermaid leader said, "Don't you see that the little prince is in trouble?"

“““Yes~”””

After being stopped by the patriarch, the three mermaids immediately shut their mouths and stopped talking.

"My unknown little prince..." After the three mermaids fell silent, the clan leader looked at Charles and asked respectfully, "Excuse me...are you willing to live in our land of mermaids?"

"I am a mermaid now, so of course I should live in the mermaid's territory."

"So... may I ask... how should we address you?" The mermaid leader continued, "I'm afraid it might be inappropriate to keep addressing you as your little prince..."

It seems that this mermaid chief who looks like a narcissus merman is indeed a person who understands social etiquette.

It's time for me to give my current identity as a mermaid a new name.

While thinking about a new name, Ciel looked at the mermaids around him and suddenly had a good answer.

I'm already a merman, and these mermen look the same as the mermen in Pearl Tears... How about... I just join the fusion dimension... and reincarnate as the Pearl Tears Elegy Clan?

At least...the strength is guaranteed, right?

"Renohart"

"Just call me Renohart."

With inexplicable expectations in mind, Charles gave his new identity a name.

Chapter 7 Athena lost to Ares? Why did I have such a dream?

After giving himself a new name, Renohart, Charles was taken to his own tribe by four mermaids.

Although Charles knew that the mutated Greek Lostbelt had become a special environment where the Mechas acted independently and engaged in a civilizational competition, he was still shocked by the civilization of the seabed, or more precisely, the mermaids.

Undersea temples, palaces, amusement parks, rail trains... even... Ciel saw a mass-produced defense-type mecha that was as big as a hill...

This...is this really 2000 BC?

Why do I feel... it's more advanced than the TM year 2017 in pan-human history... No, it's more advanced than the year 2023 on Earth before I traveled through time, and it's several levels higher!

This is just the area where mermaids live, and it has not yet reached the core area of ​​Atlantis directly under Poseidon!

The mecha god who masters high technology is so arrogant!

However, although Charles was amazed by the wide variety of high-tech products in the ocean, he did not feel frustrated.

After all, judging from the technological configuration of the mermaid tribe alone, compared with the original interstellar navigation city of Olympus, it is still somewhat biased, backward, and even deformed.

This was because there was no temple that could connect directly to the Mecha God for the people to pray and communicate, nor was there a large library or school, and there was no secret temple that could increase the physical strength of the residents to the level of Heroic Spirits.

Even...the mass-produced defensive mecha placed in the center of the group, in a dormant state, seemed to be lacking in energy.

Of course, this is not the most important thing.

"Sister Chief...are you the only ones left in your tribe?"

Charles looked through the bubbles at the underwater street which was not deserted but at least sparsely populated. Then he looked at the four mermaids beside him and asked the question with an awkward expression.

"Yes... His Highness Renault..."

Faced with the young prince's question, the clan leader's face suddenly turned red, and she explained in an embarrassed manner.

"Because our clan is not the descendant of the great god Poseidon, but the descendant of the father god Oceanus, in order to avoid conflicts with other races, our ancestors moved to this relatively remote area."

"Then... Atlantis built by the great god Poseidon became better and better, more and more prosperous, and even built cities for non-citizens like us..."

"So," Ciel took over the conversation and replied using voice transmission magic, "More and more tribesmen have chosen to move to more prosperous urban areas and not come back?"

"Hmm..." The clan leader nodded and continued, "If we didn't dislike noise and needed someone to stay to worship the Father God, I'm afraid we would have moved to the central area..."

My goodness, it seems that I am still in the remote suburbs, close to the rural areas of Atlantis, or the urban-rural fringe.

From today's perspective, Bo Lao Er has done a pretty good job.

Not only did they build large-scale infrastructure projects on the seabed that were far beyond the level of human technology, they also respected the local natural god beliefs of the planet and even included Oceanus's family in the scope of protection to enjoy the benefits of advanced civilization together.

Although his Atlantis seems to be a bit too urbanized and is about to absorb all the underwater population, it is still pretty awesome overall.

I just don't know...what level does the civilization and system of Atlantis, which was built up with great effort by the second brother, have in this mutated Greek Lostbelt?

"Excuse me, Sister Chief, do you know about the civilization competition among the Mecha Gods?"

"Of course I know this. This is a world event that has been held every hundred years since 8,000 years ago!"

When Charles mentioned the Civilization Contest, the mermaid leader immediately smiled and said, "Our ancestor once won the runner-up in the 11th Civilization Contest beauty pageant!"

"Just the runner-up?" Listening to the history told by the mermaid chief, Charles couldn't help but be a little surprised. "From my point of view, the appearance of the mermaids is not bad, right?"

"Beauty pageants are not only about appearance, but also about art and aesthetics." Seeing her highness so surprised, the clan leader explained with a smile, "Although my clan has an advantage in appearance, we cannot compare with humans on earth in art and aesthetics, so the runner-up is already very impressive~"

"but..."

The clan leader paused and looked at Charles with a smile on her face.

"When Your Highness is seventeen years old and is willing to participate in the competition... I believe that you only need to show your face and smile a little to the audience and the gods... you can win the championship, right?"

what?

Your beauty pageant... does not distinguish between men and women, can everyone participate?

You are so politically correct, are you trying to surpass America by 4,000 years?

What, Greek civilization didn't accept black people? America is still far ahead!

“I have no interest in participating in beauty pageants.”

"Excuse me, sister, which great god won the most gold medals in the last competition?" After complaining, Ciel rejected the mermaid leader's proposal and continued to ask, "Is it the king of gods Zeus?"

"Your Highness really doesn't know history." The mermaid chief sighed and said with a smile, "His Majesty Zeus is the referee, so he won't participate in the competition~"

Zeus didn't even leave?

Isn't he the only Mecha who stands on the ruling side, and he has given up so much ruling power to divide the coexistence Mecha who oppose his ruling policy?

He went to so much trouble...what exactly does he want to do?

Charles was totally unable to understand Zeus's thoughts, but he did not dwell on it too much. Instead, he continued to collect information for himself.

"So... who won the most gold medals?"

"Athena? Poseidon? Or Hades?"

Faced with the answer that Charles expected, the mermaid leader was stunned at first, then he showed an indulgent smile.

"Neither of them~" the clan leader said with a smile, "In the last civilization competition, there was only one great god who won the most championships, and that was Ares."

what?

Ares?

The god of war Ares who is always instigating and urging people to start wars but cannot guarantee victory and always suffers defeat?

"Not just the last one." Perhaps seeing the confusion on Ciel's face, the mermaid chief continued with a smile, "In all previous civilization competitions, the one who won the most gold medals was the great god Ares~"

Oh my god, Ares is still the mecha god with the most championships in history?

He doesn't even have the divine power to "win", how can he win so many championships?

"Your Highness has just been born, so it's not surprising that he is not familiar with history, but your guess is not too bad." The clan leader continued to popularize science, "Because, in this 8,000-year civilization competition, the god with the second most gold medals is Lady Athena."

Athena lost to Ares, why did I have this dream?

If Ares is not open, then we can only say that it is a bonus to the Lostbelt features, right? !

Full of doubts, Ciel couldn't help but ask, "Which civilization is led by the great god Ares? Macedonia or Sparta?"

The second after Charles asked this question, he heard an answer that shocked him, but was extremely reasonable, enough to answer all the doubts in his mind and transform all his desire to complain into an aggressive answer.

"Rome." The clan leader lady explained, "The civilization led by the great god Ares is called Rome."

I tested the Bull Demon, and it turns out that the civilization led by Ares is Rome?!

With a civilization configuration at the level of Rome, Ares will certainly win big!

If it were any other civilization, Charles believed that it was the machine god Ares who exploded himself and led his people to become the strongest.

But if this civilization is called Rome...

Even though this is a mutated Greek Lostbelt, Charles feels that Ares will win without any effort!

This is not just a casual complaint from Ciel. You have to know that in Type-Moon's worldview where the future is not necessarily stronger than the past, Rome can be said to be the most prosperous and powerful in the entire pan-human history. It can even be said to be a T0-level civilization that completely represents the orthodox pan-human history!

In Rome, you can see the supreme god who represents human reason, pan-human history, and the courage of mankind in the face of darkness, and who was promoted to the guardian of civilization.

In Rome, you can see the beautiful golden theater burned out from the falling bright star, but it can also create the hell composed of prosperity and decadence, the beast of disaster that hinders the progress of human reason.

In Rome, you can even see the Son of God, who walked the earth for the only God, shouldering the responsibility of saving the world, bearing the sins of mankind, and returning to heaven again.

Ares? Mars!

You have won it all!

Considering the current situation, it is indeed quite good for Athena to get the runner-up.

After all, Rome is not a civilization that can be challenged by ordinary people in the Type-Moon world.

After listening to the speech of the mermaid leader, Charles had a new question.

This mutated Greek Lostbelt not only retains Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean, but also Rome occupying the Mediterranean Sea, and the territories of other mechas... How big is the scope of this Lostbelt?

The scale must be at least... as large as the distance from Europe to West Asia, right?

With such an exaggerated range...the amount of planetary resources consumed must be quite a lot in the Lostbelt.

No wonder Gaia urged me so urgently, like a devil urging me to die.

These mecha gods in their prime are really capable of creating something!

But then again, no matter how big the Greek Lostbelt becomes, as long as it is still a Lostbelt, it means that it will be destroyed one day.

Because, in essence, the Lostbelt should be a world that has lost its possibilities and cannot continue.

From Ciel's perspective, there are many civilizations in this mutated Greek Lostbelt, and each civilization has maintained considerable competitiveness, thus ensuring sufficient possibilities.

Logically speaking, this could already be considered a new pan-human history world, rather than some kind of anomalous area waiting to be trimmed or destroyed.

Unless... there is still something in this world that is absolutely unavoidable and impossible to stop, and once it is activated it will inevitably be destroyed, or in other words, it is a destructive mechanism that deprives it of all possibilities.

Did Chaos contact a certain mecha god? Or did the alien god Chaldeas lay some trap? Or did something else go wrong?

If it was before reincarnation in the Greek Lostbelt, Charles could directly call on the will of the planet, ask about the specific situation of his bad teammate, and entrust Him to investigate.

But now he can't do that anymore.

After all, he didn't want to reveal his identity as an "invader" and be shamelessly beaten up by the mecha gods again.

Faced with the extremely limited information now, Charles fell into deep thought.

then.

With such little information, I can't solve the mystery!

Anyway, the mission given to me by the will of the planet is to solve the Lostbelt, not to solve the puzzle. After I join forces with Chaldea, I will go and ask the smart people over there. Isn't this more comfortable than just imagining things here? !

My goal now should be to grow quickly, then find Fujimaru Ritsuka and help her join forces with Chaldea, and then consider slapping Mecha God in the face and getting revenge for my wife Skadi!

I am not in the pan-human history camp, so I will leave the rest to pan-human history and trust in the wisdom of Chaldea!

That's right.

Charles started.

"Your Highness? Your Highness?" Seeing that Charles hadn't spoken a word, the clan leader asked nervously, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you? Are you hungry? Do you want me to get you something to eat?"

"I was just thinking, nothing happened."

"Thank you... By the way... What's your name, Sister Clan Leader?"