Chapter 184 (2/2)

“Hmm?”

As I approached the residence of the magic species, some individuals came to greet me.

But I didn’t notify them of the visit, did I?

“Oh, Great Monarch! You’ve come to such a humble place yourself…!”

They all lowered their bodies and paid their respect.

‘How did they know?’

The answer came from my Mana Core.

The Monarch of Evolution whose entire soul and power I absorbed had answered.

– A powerful divine power lives in your body. It’s natural for them to notice your presence when you’re this close. The sensitive ones among the citizens must have felt unpleasant from a while ago. For many reasons now, they are worshipping you, managing to interpret the foreignness as a sense of awe.

I carefully examined their living conditions since caring for the magic species to get along well on Earth was a contractual condition promised with my soul.

Of course, I instructed them to pay extra attention, so the guild members must have taken measures to make sure nothing was lacking.

As I wandered around, the magic species seemed confused by the gap between the touching emotion of a great leader who carried the Monarch’s will and the repulsion provided by the subtle divine power.

When I saw that, I suddenly wondered.

I murmured quietly.

“Why is it that only the magic species overreact to the divine power like this?”

– Hmm? Didn’t the subjugated Monarch-level devil explain it to you? He must be an ancient devil who was born much earlier than me.

“Weirdly, he never talks about such things in front of me.”

The following was how the Monarch of Evolution explained it.

– You must know we’re the oldest species in existence in this world.

“I know.”

– The early days of the material world were much more chaotic than now. In the species that appeared then, there were many mutagenic traits that are hard to find in the current era. In relation to that, we were born with the trait of objecting to divine power.

He continued.

– Thanks to that, we hadn’t been driven to extinction until now.

What?

“What do you mean?”

– Isn’t it true that the tribes that lived in our contemporaries were destroyed, and only we are the ones left? What do you think is the secret?

“Because you’re a race specialized in Mana?”

– There’s a more important reason. Because of our mutated nature, none of the devils serve a god.

That’s a given.

– Imagine the early environment of the material world. It hadn’t been long since the gods were exiled back then.

“Hmm.”

– They were in the early stages of losing their egos. Thanks to that, the gods were much more involved in the material world than they are now, and their influence was great. Therefore, the races that served a god at that time could perform near-miraculous phenomenons. They borrowed the ability to cut the sky, boil the sea, and move the stars.

“And such races are all extinct now, you mean?”

– Not because of the Red Gate. All of their civilizations collapsed or fought each other for internal reasons. The funny part is that the more individuals served in a dimension, the earlier they were destroyed. Do you know at which point these events started?

“Since the System made a bizarre move?”

I thought it started when the System suddenly changed its attitude, opening up numerous dungeons and properly starting the hunt against the magic species.

– Exactly.

At that point, I could recall the name of a certain species that would have provided a reason for their destruction.

Mercadius.

‘After the System joined hands with Mercadius and granted them a strange “breeding” ability, the first thing they did with its power was… to destroy races full of the gods’ touches?’

I was lost in thought when the terminal on my wrist rang.

Secretary Kim told me that a secret communication was being attempted from outer space.

“I should return.”

*

When I operated the telecommunication machine at home, Bachurka’s face took shape.

She announced the progress of the situation.

– The Roheems have agreed to accept all the terms and conditions we have offered in exchange for avoiding a forced withdrawal from the Union. In the future, they will have to pay the Terrans, to be precise, the organization you lead, a great amount of compensation for the damage they caused. Of course, the political organization behind the scenes also had to be stripped down from their place.

The agenda on Roheems seemed to be ending there.

I hastened the alien for the next story.

“What about Adgons?”

There was only one reason why she contacted me through secret communication, out of all the options, that day.

As a result of the investigation on the Adgon executive we handed over, the Union leadership, excluding the race, decided on the future actions.

– Six tribes of the command, excluding Adgon, have reached a secret agreement. We’re going to strike them soon.

It was the good news that I had been waiting for.

– However, we’re not going to attack their home dimension first. We have a method of hitting two birds with one stone to subdue Mercadius while securing evidence to add to the Adgon charges.

The hologram displayed planetary coordinates that existed in different dimensions.

Places that weren’t unfamiliar since Adam had already researched it before.

– These planets have something in common. Even though they’re all planets that aren’t the Adgons’ parent dimension, the Adgons occupy it and block access to other species, and no native inhabitants remain there.

She also mentioned another common factor.

The Adgons’ security for the planets had risen to a very high level ever since the resurrection of Igras-Sho’s eighth leg.

– We have testimony and evidence secured that something similar to the fragments of the magical god you, Seo Jin-Wook, liberated may be sealed in those planets.

Of course, attacking those places one by one was meaningless.

It would only be like giving the Adgons time to prepare.

The Union intended to carry out a joint assault operation at those target points and take complete control all at once.

That was a declaration of war against the Adgons.

– There’s a reason I contacted you directly this time, not through the Earth’s government agency.

She gazed at me.

– This operation should be carried out without the Adgons knowing it. We have to keep it with maximum confidentiality. And I want you, Seo Jin-Wook, to help us, too. I’m asking you because I know your skills are already superior to the best of the elite warriors of the Union.

I looked at the planets that came up in the hologram.

“You’re asking me to join the squad that’s assaulting one of them, right?”

– Yes, we will leave your target to your wishes.

At that moment-

Shhh!

The broken sword on my waist rose in the air and pointed in one direction.

It was at an angle that pinpointed one of the planets shown in the hologram.

I laughed bitterly at the scene.

“I think a god has already chosen for me.”

The beginning of a pan-dimensional counterattack against the Adgons was just around the corner.