Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

[The war has begun, evil dragon]

[I will expel all dragons from this planet! No one will be left alive!]

[We, the Roaring Blood Clan, are launching an invasion of this planet right now! As a prelude to the war, our first invasion will begin in thirty minutes, when we will crush any trace of luck and naivety in your hearts! ]

This concludes my speech.

The spacecraft hovering above Osaka City also disappeared before the next moment, and the entire sky was clear and cloudless.

But in people's eyes, this clear sky is covered with a layer of dark haze.

And thirty minutes later, just as Zieg announced—

“Buzz——————————————————!”

The highest peak on the planet.

The Sword Peak, where the world's strongest swordsman, Biyi, lived, completely disappeared from the planet in a beam of light that fell from the sky! Not only did the Sword Peak itself disappear, but also the people who were entrenched nearby and wanted to challenge the world's strongest swordsman disappeared!

——【The war has begun! 】

The disappearance of Jianfeng Edberg announced the end of the peace on this planet that had been maintained since the end of the war decades ago.

As the title says, today's update will be late because it's my mother's birthday. Although I didn't celebrate it much in the past few years, it seems that I have to celebrate it grandly this year. I remember I was told before that I should pay special attention to my 18th, 21st or 25th birthdays.

Anyway, that's it. The update will be around 8 or 9 o'clock. I have to work overtime today.

124. Civilization bound by gravity

Once upon a time, humans wanted to reach for the sky.

They believed that they had completely conquered the earth, so they launched various satellites into the sky and confidently took the first step in exploring the universe.

They want to connect with other life forms in the universe and dream of one day reaching another planet with the same environment as Earth.

However, humans never imagined that before they truly left their mother's arms, invaders from the other side of the distant universe had already arrived in their homeland.

......

Europe, [International Magic Knights League]——Headquarters.

In the office of the alliance chairman on the top floor, dozens of computers are turned on on a round table occupying the center of the room.

Each computer represents a branch chief of the alliance branch.

"Is everyone here?"

Next to a chair at the farthest end of the room, a young man with a feminine appearance and wearing a white military uniform and a blue cape on his shoulders glanced around the room.

His name is Norman Creed. He is the Deputy Chief of the Alliance Headquarters, whose status in the International Magic Knight Alliance is second only to that of the Alliance Chairman Whitebeard. He is also known as the White-Winged Prime Minister. He is the world's most powerful teleportation magician and can travel freely around the world through his 777 sword-shaped spiritual equipment, the Gate of Heaven.

"Thank you for taking the time to attend the meeting during these extremely urgent circumstances."

Prime Minister Bai Yi said in a deep voice.

"To make a long story short, I believe everyone is clear about the main purpose of this meeting. 30 hours ago, Ziegler Fehr, who claimed to be an alien, hijacked the world's communication network in an instant by some means and openly issued a declaration of aggression. And after that, every minutes, an area of ​​the world will be destroyed by light falling from the sky."

"So far, more than 60 areas have been affected, and the countries affected are all over the world. France, Russia, Egypt, Italy, Britain, the United States - both the Alliance and the Allies have received varying degrees of aggressive attacks. As he himself said, he really intends to conquer everything on this planet within this week."

Prime Minister Bai Yi's words made every branch chief attending the meeting look solemn.

Starting from Jianfeng Edelberg near Estonia, a place in the world will be attacked every thirty minutes.

The Palace of Versailles, Notre Dame de Paris and the Eiffel Tower in France.

The Kremlin and the Petrovsky Theatre in Russia.

The pyramids, the Sphinx, and the port of Alexandria in Egypt.

......

Without exception, in all the countries that were attacked, their historic landmarks were destroyed, as well as all buildings within a five-kilometer radius of the landmarks.

But the magical thing is that after the light that fell from the sky disappeared, only the [buildings] disappeared from the earth, and there were almost no casualties. Some of the few casualties were accidents and accidents that occurred during the riots, and the other part were various magical criminals who fled abroad for fear of crime.

In this sense, Siegfried could be said to be doing good things, but as a result of his attacks, various countries suffered great losses.

“Things have evolved to the point where they can no longer be easily resolved.”

"As representatives of the alliance member countries, we hope that at this meeting we can determine the details of the campaign against Sieg Fell and the Roaring Blood Clan."

[Crusade? ]

A woman's voice came from the computer representing the French branch chief.

[You mean that the Alliance has decided to go to war with the Roaring Blood Tribe? But I don't remember us holding a meeting to decide this matter - was it Lord Whitebeard and you who made the decision? Prime Minister White Wing]

"Now that things have come to this, do you think there is still room for reversal?"

Norman Creed replied: "Ziegfell himself said that he would not accept surrender, cooperation, or rebellion. From the beginning, he had no intention of negotiating with us. He only wanted to invade this planet unilaterally."

"We have no choice but to fight it."

[Prime Minister Bai Yi is right]

The voice of the Japanese branch chief, Kurotsuchi Takeshi, rang out from the computer representing the Japanese branch chief.

[Before that, as the head of the Japanese branch, I need to apologize to everyone present. Siegfried has lived in the area I manage for more than a year, but this time he committed such an atrocity. The Japanese branch will do its utmost to assist in all aspects of the subjugation operation.]

[Humph! What's the point of saying this now? ]

The branch chief of a small country spoke coldly.

[We should have dealt with that guy when he caused the riot last year! ]

[It's no use talking about this now. Let's think about how to fight it. I want to hear the Prime Minister's opinion first.]

The French branch chief spoke again, interrupting the useless fight that might have been provoked in time.

[Using your teleportation ability, is it possible to decapitate him? ]

"Unfortunately, I can't do that."

As the White Wing Prime Minister, who was second only to the emperor, he stated his opinion directly: "Since he disappeared at the Seven Star Sword Festival, Siegfried has not appeared anywhere where he can be seen. It is certain that he has been hiding in the spaceship since then."

"If we want to decapitate it, we need to enter the spaceship. However, at this stage, we can't even get close to the spaceship."

According to satellite observations, apart from an airstrike every thirty minutes, the Clinshid has always remained in Earth-Moon orbit. With the current technological means of mankind, it is too difficult to reach there, even if we use all our strength to finally reach there -

"That ship has a [Transmission Ability] that is superior to mine. It can directly complete an ultra-long-distance space movement of 38 kilometers in just a moment."

"Besides, apart from the light weapons that have destroyed various countries and regions many times, it is uncertain whether the ship has other weapons. There is no chance of winning a battle with it in outer space."

[In other words... we can only take action when it enters the atmosphere? ]

"exactly."

"In addition, judging from the current situation, that spaceship... or the Roaring Blood Clan itself, has the ability to hijack the world's communication network in an instant. We are at a natural disadvantage in terms of intelligence. In addition, some time ago, politicians from various countries were assassinated by the Roaring Blood Clan-"

【To fight against it is almost like hitting a rock with an egg.】

The civilization on this planet is still just a civilization bound to the ground by gravity.

Faced with the invasion from an extraterrestrial civilization capable of space travel, this planet is at an absolute disadvantage in all aspects.

"Also, the search in the Edberg area was completed ten minutes ago."

"I'm very sorry to tell you, or I'm very lucky to tell you - the world's most vicious criminal, [Biyi], has been confirmed dead."

"It is certain that the Roaring Blood Clan's initial attack on Edelberg was to eliminate several of the highest known combatants on this planet."

Not to mention beheading Siegfried, Siegfried had already beheaded the planet the moment the war began - as long as the most powerful people were eliminated, all that would remain would be mere numbers.

【….】

Deathly silence enveloped the conference room.

125. Is this really a war?

Just as people on Earth were meeting to fight against the threat from outer space.

38 kilometers away from the ground, inside the Clinshid, which is sailing in the Earth-Moon orbit.

"Ding~~~"

Along with the sound of the oven timer ending, a sweet smell suddenly wafted through the dining area of ​​the Clinshid.

Wearing gloves, Edwards took his masterpiece out of the oven and brought it to the dining table in an apron. He smiled and said, "It's done. Freshly baked apple pie. Try it while it's hot."

"Oh~~~ It smells so good. The teacher's cooking skills are really good."

Looking at the caramel-covered apple pie served on the table, Sieg, who had been sitting at the table for a long time, sighed slightly, and then cut off a whole half piece for himself!

Seeing this, Tina, who was sitting on the side, glared at him and said, "Why did you take so much? You can bear half of the loss by yourself! Give me half!"

“Woooooooooooooooooooooo (Isn’t there still half a piece over there)!”

"Don't eat it all!"

Seeing Zieger and Tina starting to fight over the food, Edwards smiled and said, "No need to fight. I've baked some other things. The cookies should be ready soon. There's also cake in the fridge. There's no problem feeding everyone."

"But it's too much for this guy to eat half of it by himself!"

“Wuwuwu…..mmmm!”

Swallowing the apple pie in his mouth, Zigg smiled proudly and said, "This is called first come first served. Who told you to be quick, Miss Tina?"

"Asshole... wait for me during the training, I will tear all your intestines out!"

Tina said this harshly while picking up half of the remaining apple pie with a fork.

Placing the last quarter of the piece in front of the third person, Edwards said, "Sarah, try it too. You usually don't eat well, so you should eat more this time."

“…Scary.”

Sarah Labdlily shrank her neck as if she was a little frightened.

She couldn't understand her current situation. A few days ago, after reaching an agreement with Sieg, Sarah remembered that he knocked her unconscious. When she woke up, she found herself like an experimental subject, naked in a container filled with strange liquid.

Sarah couldn't remember exactly how long she had been soaking. She didn't care much about time. The room where the container was was very dark, making it even more difficult to judge the time.

It was not until half a day ago that she was released from there by a woman named Brunhilde, and was taken to the shower room to be washed thoroughly from head to toe, inside and out. After being forced to change into a clean and simple set of clothes and having her whole body simply dressed up -

Sarah, who was brought to the dining area, saw this scene.

As a painter, Sarah was certain that she was now in a spaceship or base cabin that often appeared in science fiction works. Based on the cause and effect analysis, this was probably Siegfried Fehr's hiding place?

But who could tell her why Edwards was here?

And why would she be busy in the kitchen like a cook, baking desserts for the two people beside her?

"Biyi...you..."

Swallowing her saliva, Sarah mustered up some courage and asked, "Why are you here? Where is this place?"

"Hmm~~~~ I think it's for the same reason as yours, right? Or it could be said that... it's to cooperate with the plan of a certain unfilial student."

As Edwards spoke, he glared at Sieg who was eating happily beside him.

When she glared at him like that, Sieg straightened his back subconsciously, with a hint of embarrassment flashing across his face.

"Anyway, my current situation is similar to Wang Ma's situation in Akatsuki Academy. In order to help Sieg achieve some goals, I am here as a guest of honor." Edwards retracted his gaze, "As for where this place is... Sieg, you tell me."

"Okay, okay!"

After recovering from the pressure of his teacher's gaze, Sieg looked at Sarah: "This is my ship, Sarah."

"Boat?"

"Yes, it's a space battleship called the Clinshid, and it's where you'll be living for a long time from now on."

Space...Battleship?

Sarah was slightly stunned: "You...you are an alien?"

"Oh? You can think of this, you are worthy of being a painter." Sieg nodded, "I am indeed an alien, although from my perspective, you are the aliens. Do you remember our previous agreement?"