Chapter 144 - World War – 4 (1/2)
World War – 4
“What did you do with the dwarves?”
“I didn’t kill them, it was just a movement based magic.” There were one woman and three men, each wearing clothes with useless ornate decorations. The magic contained in their clothing wasn’t negligible, though. It was hard to tell their nationalities by appearance. No doubt, they changed when they entered the higher system.
“Are you the terrorists who hit the large companies a little while ago?” The man who seemed to be in charge spoke up. I thought about responding for a bit before concluding that a fight would occur unless I told them everything. Which meant it couldn’t be helped.
“No, brother!” Just as I tried to pull out Annihilation, my sister caught my hand.
“They haven’t done anything but ask. Killing them is wrong.”
“… You’re right, I’m sorry.” If I killed four people pointlessly, then the value of each life for me would fall. I put away my dagger and looked at the man who had gone stiff from me, drawing my weapon.
“Right. I am the terrorist.”
“Also!”
“I don’t have time to talk to you. Excuse me.”
“I can’t let you go…” I sent my party first through the portal, kicking the man who was approaching me. One of the others moved up to catch him.
“Well, damn it…”
“You.” Before stepping through the gate myself, I decided to ask them what was on my mind.
“Who’s backing you?”
“Nobody!” The man I kicked replied while summoning his magical power. His colleagues were shaking their heads like they had been waiting for this to happen. As I let out a laugh at them, only the woman made an embarrassed expression.
“Yes, I knew it.”
“Explain yourself!” I could feel his skills activating in a rush of mana. It was much more refined than Katsuragi’s, matching the title of a higher entity.
“Oh, sure…” I threw myself through the gate, taking all of the energy with Predation as I went. They just stood there, unable to reach out for me. It appeared that there were higher-level entities that had no connections to the Elakatra or the demons. Which meant my enemy wasn’t just the Elakatra. It would’ve been nice if we hadn’t met again, but unfortunately, they also possessed the power of the upper-level system. While saving the dwarves, we had to face them again and again.
“You’re really bothering me.”
“Where are you taking those dwarves? Please let us know.” Only the woman acted charmingly to me, but at least they were all aware that we didn’t need to fight, at least not yet.
“If the reason is good, we’ll help.”
“What are you talking about, Emily?!”
“It’s not like they’re bad people. They’re helping the dwarves.”
“But they’re definitely not human!”
“We’ve evolved further than humans can, they must be similar to us.” At least I had found out her name was Emily. Sighing at the useless information and glaring at them, I watched the man I kicked stomp around angrily.
“Unlike him, I am pure human! We are warriors who set out to save mankind from the crisis of the Great Fusion.”
“The war happening now looks like a crisis for humanity.”
“Humanity is responsible for that, we have no intention of stopping it. We only remove the non-human beings that have emerged from the Great Fusion.” It was a tangible goal with no time for others, or at least that was what he probably thought.
“Yes, warriors.” Confirming that the record was no longer reacting to the dwarf’s mana, I glanced at him.
“Now, there will soon be countless dungeons appearing soon. Of course, if you want to save humanity, you should get rid of them, right?”
“Dungeon? How do you know that?”
“Idiot. They appeared right after the dwarves did last time.”
“I was still in the middle of training back then…” Anxiety arose in me whether I could trust them to take care of anything, but Emily gave me a soft smile that made me decide to.
“Fate, you can’t cheat.”
“That’s why I don’t pay attention to you.”
“That’s unfair!” I drew a world map in the air with mana, pushing Mireina away from me. It wasn’t detailed, but it was enough to distinguish between countries.
“What great control.”
“I’m still not good enough.”