That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime (WN) - Chapter 297：Visit to the Unknown

A dozen or more battleships were lined up in the sky, creating an imposing scene.

In the bridge of the flagship Lordaran.

General Kristoph’s sharp eyes were observing the Six Tyrant.

It had a diameter of 100 km. And it was covered in a rainbow-colored layer known as the Ether Ring Barrier.

Inside, a violent madness that surpassed anything that could be imagined in this world was erupting.

A gigaton level nuclear bomb—It was a weapon that created a sun on a smaller scale on the surface.

The things detonated at six different points at the same time.

Heat rays and shock waves all bounce off of the barrier and push inward, and then are repelled…resulting in immeasurable destructive power.

“Surely there will be no survivors…”

Kristoph muttered to himself.

The new Emperor, Fudora, had given him a mission. The annihilation of the Resistance.

Jegyll had led them on the right path, successfully gathering the majority of their current fighting force together.

She had made them believe that security was weak. And so the pathetic prey had come here to the land of death.

The first stage of the plan was complete. Now he would move to the second stage.

Now that the resistance had lost the majority of their fighting force, he would attack their hideouts and capture them so they could be used as material for experiments.

“Indeed. It is most fortunate for me as a man of science to be able to witness this superweapon in action.”

The leader of the scientists said. He was giddy like a child.

As far as they were aware, this was the greatest amount of energy ever seen in this world. And it was being controlled by a layer of skin that was the colors of a rainbow.

It was the fruit of the wisdom of their race.

The scientists were all curious about the strength of the Ether Ring Barrier.

During the last great war, it had been an undefeatable shield that protected the city.

And it had worked as expected yet again.

However, there were a few points that should be mentioned.

Unlike the city, where power had to be provided in order to maintain the barrier, this one converted the heat into energy directly.

This astronomical energy that had been created through the gigantic atomic bomb was converted into energy that kept the Ether Ring Barrier running. The theory had been put into practice.

It was a model of the Star System that only the Machinery Four had, which could completely control a thermonuclear reaction.

The Machinery Four’s high-power thermonuclear reactors were equipped with finished Stars Systems. They were very rare, as there were only three completed ones in existence.

Now that Almsbine was dead, it was an impenetrable system.

There was not one person who understood how it worked.

Kristoph nodded without any particular emotion. Then he started to open his mouth to give the next order.

However, his eyes then caught the distortion of space.

Thin cracks then started to appear on the surface of the Ether Ring Barrier. It was the energy that seeped out of these cracks that were causing the distortion.

Kristoph was quick to realize this…

“All ships activate anti-shock barriers!! And land the ships at once!!”

He shouted.

They were at least 20 km away from the Six Tyrant. However, if the Ether Ring Barrier really did break, the destructive power that had been pressurized inside would lay waste to the area faster than the speed of sound.

Kristoph followed his instincts and ordered a retreat in order to escape the danger.

His soldiers were sharp from training, and they obeyed his order without question.

It was the scientists who showed surprise.

“General Kristoph. What is happening?”

The lead scientist asked, clearly dissatisfied with the decision.

However, before Kristoph could answer him—an alarm sounded, and something hit the ship’s barrier from the outside. Had all ships not landed, there would have likely been casualties.

After that, there was an earth-shattering roar.

It turned into vibrations and it was so loud that you could hear it inside of the ships in spite of them being soundproof.

“Hey, what’s happening!?”

“Surely it can’t be that the Ether Ring Barrier was unable to contain the energy of the Six Tyrant?”

“So a gigaton level hit was the limit…”

“No, perhaps it was due to maintenance being impossible? Perhaps there was a malfunction.”

The scientists weren’t stupid.

They quickly understood the situation and began to give their own explanations.

However, there were some who questioned it.

“I still don’t understand. Most of the energy should not be depleted yet. Considering the difference of pressure inside and outside of it, the aftermath should be much worse than a mere shockwave.”

“Hmm. And look at the monitor. There are no balls of fire. There was an explosion, but it was very small, no?”

“So perhaps the chain reaction failed and the nuclear reactor was incomplete?”

“No, it’s not that. Look at the density of reactants in the air. It is not at all normal.”

“Indeed. The explosion happened as it should. However, something caused most of the energy to dissipate. That is probably what happened.”

The scientists stared at the observation systems on the bridge and shared their opinions.

Kristoph looked at them and opened his mouth with a grim expression.

“The top tower of South City has been destroyed.”

“What!?”

“What happened?”

“It seems that a part of the Ether Barrier Ring broke off first, and energy spilled out of it all at once. And it just happened to pierce the tower.”

Kristoph explained mournfully.

“It can’t be…!?”

“Could it be a coincidence…”

“No! Don’t you know that His Majesty is currently there in order to analyze Michelle’s body structure!?”

Kristoph nodded at the shouting scientist.

“Yes. Thankfully, Alvin is also there, in case Michelle gets violent. But I am still worried about His Majesty. I’m going to return. You all continue down south and see if any of the resistance have survived.”

“Yes! Understood!”

“General, I doubt there are any survivors.”

Kristoph agreed.

With the violent power that defeated the Ether Ring Barrier in front of them, what could the resistance have done to save themselves?

Still, it was dangerous to presume.

And so Kristoph decided to hammer in the final nail.

“Hmm. But don’t let your guard down. Once you are sure of their annihilation, you will continue on to the second part of the plan, as scheduled. Do you understand?”

“Understood!”

“Understood!”

“Understood!”

Kristoph nodded with satisfaction. Then he exited the ship and flew into the air.

He was headed for South City.

It was 100 km away, but Kristoph could reach it in the blink of an eye.

◆◆◆

“Now, the time has come for me to finally accomplish my greatest wish.”

“Yes, Lord Fudora.”

The joy welled up within him.

Fudora suppressed it as his hand rose towards Michelle’s chest.

He would take the fruit of wisdom.

Fudora had stolen the seat of the Emperor Almsbine and become the most powerful in the land.

And now, in order to learn the secret of the Mobius System that he had dreamed of for so long, he had captured Michelle.

The Mobius System-it was an astonishing system created by the genius scientist, Almsbine.

By some practice that wasn’t nuclear, he had created an unending cycle of eternal energy.

Humanity’s dream. The answer to all problems regarding energy.

“Al, your father, was much too kind. He feared sacrifice and hindered the advancement of science. And yet with that brain, he would have succeeded when he was still young. But he feared the results and abandoned the completion of the Mobius System. It was unfortunate. As his junior, I was very disappointed.”

Fudora talked as if to himself.

Michelle had not noticed the change that had come over her adjutant, and she had come in for maintenance after the battle.

When she did this, her brain’s features were switched to protection mode, and she was put into a sleep that she was unable to wake from by herself.

After that, he just needed to search for the Mobius system hidden within her body—it was exactly as Fudora had planned.

Almsbine had performed modification surgery on four people himself. The four cyborgs with the highest combat ability—Machinery Four.

Three of them had the Star System, which was the final form of nuclear fusion.

As the name implied, they had small stars fixed into their bodies.

They were now incredible beings that were able to supply an entire city with energy, just by themselves.

However, the Mobius System was on a different level.

It allowed a single person to provide energy for a whole planet.

Fudora had supported Almsbine with all his body and soul in hopes of this dream being fulfilled.

However, right before its completion, Almsbine had abandoned his research forever.

Fudora could not accept it.

Had this system been completed, it would have meant the realization of a world where all of humanity could live happily. Knowing this, he was unable to give up.

‘Sir, why are you doing this!?’

‘It’s too dangerous. This is too much power for human hands. One mistake, and it could destroy the entire universe…’

While he was unsatisfied with this, Almsbine would not change his mind. Fudora had no choice but to pretend to agree with him.

However, that did not last.

He had developed Biocomputers for Bionoids which boasted computing abilities that surpassed quantum computers.

With this ability and Fudora’s mind, they could surpass the genius. He should be able to analyze the Mobius System and lead it to completion.

“Sir…that dream we once talked about. I will finish it myself.”

Fudora muttered. And then he got to work…

He had decided to use the Six Tyrant as a way of turning the eyes of those old scientists away from him.

There was no point in having a weapon that you could not use.

And so it was also to gather data.

Besides, once the Mobius System was complete, the Star System would become a thing of the past.

That was what Fudora thought, and so he gladly gave his permission.

Now he would be able to concentrate on his work without anyone disturbing him.

His hand sunk into Michelle’s chest and connected to her nervous system. He was interfering with the arithmetic element connect to her brain, and then he touched the secret door.

What lay beyond it, was the light of hope.

That was what Fudora believed as he opened it…

Perhaps if the timing had been slightly different, things would not have turned out the way that they did.

Had he been better prepared, he might have been able to do something.

However, the worst thing happened at the worst time.

It happened just as the door opened. As if the devil were smiling at him.

“…Hmm!?”

It happened in an instant.

Fudora detected energy of incredible density. The kind that instinctively filled him with horror.

At the same time, Alvin, who stood by in case of an emergency, began to move.

He created an Ether Ring Barrier as if to protect the capsule that Fudora and Michelle were inside.

Immediately after, the tower that was seen as the safest place in all of South City, evaporated.

Fudora had barely escaped death.

Still, his face turned pale.

“NO! The Mobius System is running…”

Even when it was off, the excess energy exceeded that of the Star System.

And now, the Mobius System had activated outside of the city, where there were no facilities.

Fudora frantically tried to stop it. However, it was impossible.

The energy being created was too strong, and his hands were full just trying to stop if from going out of control.

“No, could it really be so…!?”

He abandoned all sense of calm and used every cell in his Bionoid body in order to try and control it. And yet still, he found it difficult to stop the flow of energy…

“Help me, Alvin!”

“Certainly.”

Alvin’s Ether Ring Barrier helped neutralize the overflowing energy.

However, it was only delaying the inevitable.

(—I see. So this is… This is the Mobius System!? So he…Al really was a genius!!)

Surprise. And an emotion like joy.

Fudora’s instincts as a scientist caused him to feel things that seemed inappropriate given his situation.

But also, there was fear.

-It could destroy the universe if they made a mistake—

The words of the genius.

And those words were true.

(Yes, this really is too much power for human hands. This is what he…)

In spite of himself, he found a renewed sense of respect towards Almsbine.

However, that genius was no longer here.

Fudora realised his own arrogance now.

He felt regret too.

Because he had opened the door to destruction…

◆◆◆

Kristoph arrived at the scene. He was shocked.

The top of the structure—that had been supported by the space elevator, had been blown off.

Without support, the elevator was dragged down by gravity, wreaking havoc on the city below.

As the city’s defense systems had protected the main part, it seemed that no residents had died from it. But the facilities at the top were destroyed.

The scene reminded him of the end of the war.

“Your Majesty…”

Kristoph searched for signs of him. And then he detected Fudora’s signal a short distance above him. It seemed like he was all right. Kristoph was relieved.

However, that did not last long.

Kristoph tried to head towards Fudora, but he then stopped in his tracks.

His sensors were telling him that some unfamiliar and gigantic energy was approaching him.

It was coming directly towards him as if it had a will of its own.

Kristoph’s senses were telling him it was an enemy.

And—

“KAAAAA—HAHAHAHA! I have arrived!!”

“And so have I!!”

Kristoph encountered them.

Something unreasonable beyond imagination.

“You rats. How did you crawl into here?”

He asked. His voice was filled with rage.

However, Veldora seemed not to notice.

“Oh, you seem to have a decent amount of power too. Nothing like me, of course. I don’t mind letting you go if you won’t bother me. So you should leave while you can.”

He said grandly.

Kristoph could not hide his discomfort.

Even though he was a Bionoid, the old Kristoph’s memories and emotions were still there.

“I see. So you are just a fool who doesn’t know his place. But it’s no surprise that a mere member of the resistance doesn’t recognize my face. I will give a name you can take with you to hell. I am Kristoph. Surely even a rat like you has heard that name before?”

No one had ever heard that name without feeling a sense of dread. Or so Kristoph thought, as he said it.

What was important now was that Fudora was safe. It would be a waste of time to get into a fight here.

He could deal with the rats at a later time.

Kristoph didn’t mind allowing these pests to escape. Of course, all of this was very funny to Veldora.

“Oh, Ramiris. Did you hear that? Uh, Kristoph, was it? Have you heard that name before?”

“Hmmm. It sounds familiar? Actually, how would I even know who is famous in this world.”

“That’s right. Well, it really doesn’t mean anything. Kristoph, or whatever your name is. I am Veldora! The great dragon and dear friend of the Great Demon King Rimuru. Would you like to find out just how foolish you have been? I don’t mind showing a weakling like you just how great I am, you know? Kaaa-hahahahaha!!”

Veldora saw that Kristoph had no intention of retreating, and so he decided to amuse himself by toying with him a little.

And Kristoph as well, was prepared to teach the fool in front of him a good lesson.

“I have no choice then. You will die!”

Boom! The air seemed to explode.

Kristoph had compressed the air and shot it out, faster than the speed of sound.

Airblast-One of the secret Machinery Arts moves.

The fired air-bullet went straight for Veldora’s face.

Normally, this would have resulted in his head being blown off.

It should have.

However, Veldora was not normal.

It did no damage.

This level of attack was not even enough to make him itch.

“Hey, hey. Don’t you realize how pointless such attacks are? Now give it your all. Maybe it will be a half-decent fight.”

Veldora said as he folded his arms. It was like he was instructing a student.

As for Ramiris…

“Why don’t you just give up? You’re really beneath our notice.”

Ramiris always acted like this against people she knew she could beat.

She had no interest in Kristoph’s pride a warrior.

Ramiris didn’t mean to do it, but her natural personality was only making Kristoph more angry.

“You arrogant rats. You called yourselves Veldora and Ramiris, I believe… Yes, Jegyll said something about that in her report. Some secret weapon that Michelle fought with. Unfortunately, it seems that Michelle held back and now you have a false sense of confidence. You think you are a god in this small world, but I am here to give you a taste of reality.”

As a fighter and Hero.

Kristoph saw Veldora as an enemy.

An enemy he did not have to hold back when fighting.

“Kahahaha! You think you can beat me? How amusing!”

“I don’t think this guy is going to quit. Get him, master!”

Veldora laughed in reply. Ramiris was leaving it all to him.

There was no need for Ramiris to act reserved when their victory was assured.

And Veldora didn’t need any encouragement.

“Hehehe. This reminds me of those days when I trained with Zegion. You have some good points as well. Your martial arts make sense, not that they would be effective on me.”

As Kristoph looked on in shock, Veldora continued to be as calm as was possible.

“You’ll regret your boasts in hell!!”

With those words said, Kristoph himself turned into a speeding bullet of light.

Veldora still stood there, confident.

He would crush the insolence out of him.

The afterglow remained like an illusion, confusing the senses of the enemy.

Through leaving energy behind, you could disable their heat sensors.

As you were moving faster than the speed of sound, measuring the sound waves was pointless.

And like that, a most deadly attack was created at an incredible speed.

“Maximum Impact!!”

The body of a Bionoid could change shape at will and also regenerate when damaged. One of only three Star Systems that existed in this world was installed in him. This man, who was the greatest of fighters.

General Kristoph, the strongest of the Machinery Four.

His fists had never seen defeat in the battlefield before, and they now thrust into Veldora…

…And.

All of the kinetic energy bounced off into his fist.

The result.

Kristoph’s right arm blew off at the shoulder.

“…What!?”

He couldn’t help but move away from Veldora in shock.

All the while, he could hear Ramiris and Veldora talking.

“I knew it! Master, it’s just as I thought. This guy isn’t too different from Zaza and Karman in terms of energy. So that Michelle woman must have been special!”

“That’s true. I wasn’t able to see it with Appraisal. But this guy’s energy flow is easily read. It seems like it really will be best if we cooperate with her after all.”

“Yes, yes. And then we can install that engine in Beretta!”

“What? What exactly are you trying to do with him?”

“Why not! Then Beretta can have a major power up!”

In spite of Kristoph being there as an enemy, the two seemed to have forgotten about him completely.

(This is ridiculous. Can they really not see me!?)

His brain felt like it was burning. A rage was welling up deep within him.

He had never felt so much emotion since he had been reborn as a Bionoid.

He was a being who stayed calm no matter what the situation. A pawn to be moved at Fudora’s command…That was how Kristoph had seen himself.

However, it seemed that he was mistaken.

(So the warrior within me has not died…)

He had never felt happy about being worshipped as a Hero.

He just wanted to live up to the expectations of his friend, Almsbine. That was his only wish.

He remembered that now.

Kristoph looked at his dismembered arm and then looked back at Veldora.

Now, his heart had calmed completely.

“What did you do? My fist should have had you. It had an Ether Ring Barrier around it!”

He said slowly. At the same time, he tried to regenerate his right arm.

He was a new Bionoid, and the features of his body obeyed his will spectacularly.

In the blink of an eye, his arm was restored.

“—Still, I appear to have underestimated you. Forgive my insolence. I was convinced that there was no substance that could withstand my strength. But I suppose it is not so much a feature of your body, but a type of art?”

Kristoph swallowed back the anger and admitted that Veldora was powerful.

The fist that destroyed everything had been blocked-the answer to this, could only be that Veldora was a master who had acquired skills that were not a part of Machinery Arts. That was what Kristoph determined.

And so he tried to talk to Veldora in order to receive a hint as to what it could be.

The strongest attacks were based on ultimate defense.

And Kristoph had attacked safely. He hadn’t been reckless. And yet, the result had been the loss of his right arm.

It was no wonder that he was shocked.

However, he had still not given up winning.

He pretended to talk, all the while, he ran the Star System at full power.

“Oh, you can tell? ‘Flexibility trumps strength’! To put it simply, it is the secret of martial arts.”

Veldora answered proudly.

Of course, it was all lies.

The reason that Kristoph’s attack hadn’t worked, was because Veldora was a spiritual life form.

It was simply a matter of energy density that caused Kristoph’s attack to be pushed back.

Veldora hadn’t even defended himself.

It had nothing to do with ‘flexibility trumps strength.’

If anything, it should be, ‘strength trumps flexibility.’

Kristoph was the strongest man in this world.

The reason for his defeat, was that he was fighting against someone from another world who seemed to move by completely different rules.

It was a fight that Kristoph had no way of winning in the first place.

However, Kristoph was not able to accept the reality.

His ideas of the world got in the way, and he could not see any other possibility.

How could it be true that Veldora hadn’t used any form of defense…

Kristoph had been the strongest being in this world.

And so when something of another level appeared, he was unable to process it.

No.

Perhaps his instincts did realize it. However, he was in denial.

After all, Kristoph was supposed to be the greatest work of the genius Almsbine.

And so he continued to judge things by what he knew.

And he challenged Veldora once again.

“Nonsense! Don’t you dare think that you’ve beaten me with that level of skill!”

Kristoph shouted. He was risking everything based on his reputation.

However, it would not pay off.

“Dragon PUUUUUUUUNCH!!”

Veldora allowed much of the force to weaken as his fist slammed into Kristoph.

And yet, in front of such a fist, Kristoph’s Ether Ring Barrier was meaningless.

It broke in an instant. And the impact caused Kristoph’s body to go numb.

His rising energy had no place to go and began to disperse into the air.

“No…it can’t be…”

Kristoph could not admit defeat. He meant to fight as a warrior until the end.

However, his timing was bad.

Veldora had already lost all interest in him.

After all, Fudora had just opened the door.

—The door to destruction.

Veldora’s instincts told him of this.

He had had a bad feeling the moment that Michelle’s energy began to rise rapidly.

That’s why he knew that this was no time to be playing. It was an emergency and Veldora sensed danger.

“Sorry. It seems something has happened with Michelle. So I don’t have time to play with you anymore. Maybe next time. I suggest you train a little more!”

Veldora said with a boisterous laugh. And with that, he and Ramiris left.

Kristoph remained…

“He-hehehe… Surely not. They couldn’t really have lost interest… But he was strong… Is he human? No, more important, I…”

Confused, troubled, he thought.

He was so disturbed that he could not stand up.

Veldora’s attack had freed him from what control Fudora had over his body that had been printed into his instincts.

But it would take a little while longer for Kristoph to realize this…

◆◆◆

Veldora reached Michelle in a single jump.

It was an emergency, and so he did not hold back.

He used ‘Teleportation’ without hesitation.

But he almost regretted what he saw once he arrived.

“…Master. This looks really bad!”

“I know, Ramiris. There is nothing I can do now. Let’s leave and pretend like we didn’t see anything.”

“But, wouldn’t that mean abandoning, Zaza, Sharma, Rindo, the children, Karman and everyone we met in this world? We can save ourselves, but I don’t want to abandon them as well!”

“Hmm. Yes… However, there really is nothing…”

“Even you can’t do anything, Master?”

“I can’t. After all…”

After all, the scene in front of them was very appropriate for signaling the end of the world.

Alvin was making a desperate attempt to neutralize the energy that flowed out of Michelle. Fudora’s eyes bulged, blood-shot as he attempted to control it.

Neither of them even noticed that Veldora and Ramiris were there.

Veldora understood what was happening at a glance.

His reading had revealed that Michelle had more energy than Beretta, and now it was all being released.

But what was more dangerous…

(To think it would be this bad. I hadn’t been able to read the power reactor, but it seems different in principle from the others. This isn’t a sun. Once a sun’s life is exhausted, it becomes a supernova—no, collapsar? The energy that is being discharged is immense, but what is most dangerous, is the speed at which it absorbs the matter surrounding it…)

—This is bad, Veldora thought.

It wouldn’t be impossible to nullify the leaking energy, but it would be hard to stop the power that was absorbing things.

If he waited until the collapsar was satisfied, it might eventually stabilize. However, that was only if there was a single collapsar.

But Veldora’s eyes caught two of them, and they were growing larger at an alarming rate.

One of them was sucking the substances in, while the other unleashed pure energy.

In other words, it would never be satisfied. It reminded him of Beelzebuth and its insatiable ‘stomach’…

“…Because it’s like Rimuru’s power?”

“Exactly.”

Ramiris found the answer, and Veldora nodded.

“What will you do? If this continues, everyone will…”

Veldora could not immediately answer her question.

Had he seriously wanted to neutralize it, he would be able to buy them quite a lot of time.

However, any other methods—for instance, isolating it with a barrier… It would still be difficult to control this much energy.

Eventually, it would break through, and the world would be destroyed.

After all, this was on a different level.

While it was fine now, if left alone, this was bad enough to swallow up the entire universe.

“Oh, well… I don’t feel like it, but I’ll do what I can to stop it.”

“Are you sure, Master?”

“I have no choice but to try.”

There was no option that included leaving things as they were.

Yes, he had talked about running away, but he would have done so by now, had he really meant it.

Veldora was fond of the people here who lived so desperately.

The arrogant Zaza and the brazen-faced Karman.

Serious Rindo and surprisingly tough Sharma.

The children, who never despaired regardless of the situation.

Veldora would never abandon such lovable people.

Perhaps their meeting had only been a coincidence, but there must be some meaning to it.

Even a chance meeting is due to fate-There was no difference between coincidence and the inevitable to Veldora.

He would succeed if he was going to do it at all.

Veldora’s pride would not permit failure.

And so Veldora decided to use whatever he could.

“It will stabilize if you can succeed in neutralizing it while I hold it back. Are you listening to me, humans? I don’t really want to, but I will help you this one time. It must be tuned speedily and completely so the size of the Mobius is identical!!”

He requested help from the people who he assumed had modified Michelle; Fudora and Alvin.

Asking help from humans was incredibly humiliating for dragons.

Veldora’s sisters would have been furious.

However, in that respect, Veldora had a rather flexible mindset.

He quickly unleashed his aura towards Michelle and shouted as Fudora and Alvin stood there in shock.

“Bu-but. Even Al said it was impossible…”

“Silence! I am trying to help you. Stop whining and get to work!! Look here, you’re all humans, all right? While there may be differences, you cannot say that it is an unscalable wall.”

Veldora was talking recklessly as always.

However, there was someone there who was moved because of his reckless idealism.

“Let’s do it, Lord Fudora. If we give up now, all of our actions would become meaningless. Let’s save Michelle. My sister.”

“Alvin…you…”

“This is no time to hesitate. If you cannot stop this, your ambitions will be crushed as well.”

“…You… Has your consciousness returned!?”

“It never had to. I was acting all along. I thought that this might happen one day, and so I used a ‘brain’ decoy. After all, you had no intention of killing us, did you, Lord Fudora? That Bionoid didn’t destroy my decoy brain.”

“Tsk. So you tricked me. You are his son, after all. Smarter than I thought…”

“You’re exaggerating now.”

“But why did you pretend to obey me?”

“It was because I agreed with you, Lord Fudora. Of course, had I known the Mobius System would be this dangerous, I would have opposed you.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. This is purely my ambition to…”

“I think that Jegyll and Kristoph would have regained their own will by now as well? Wasn’t that your plan from the very beginning? You would play the villain so we could defeat you?”

“This is foolishness…”

“But I think you were a little too thorough, seeing as you got rid of people who knew too much and could get in the way. Well, it doesn’t matter now. Let’s hurry up and save Michelle!”

The conversation was over. Alvin tried to intervene with Michelle’s Mobius System.

As for Fudora, while he was reluctant, he knew his priorities.

If they failed to control the Mobius System here, everything would be lost.

This was no time to lose themselves in an argument.

“Yes, it must be done quickly. Or else, I might also run out of energy.”

Veldora said in an unusually serious voice.

It was easy enough to nullify the energy that was flowing out, but the other side that kept on absorbing it, now that was the real problem.

If it continued to receive energy, the absolute value would increase, as would the amount of energy discharged.

And then of course, so would the power to absorb.

And even worse, there was no regularity to the type of energy that was being unleashed.

“Wait, Master. Isn’t it fundamentally impossible to calculate this!?”

Ramiris cried.

It was no wonder, considering the energy coming from Michelle was constantly changing its condition.

Yes, just as if different kinds of energy were being pulled out from a different dimension…

“Yes. If not, I would have already connected the corridors so it would circulate!”

Veldora said. He felt like crying as well.

Even when he used his Seeker of Truth though his Ultimate Skill, ‘Nyarlathotep,’ he was unable to read the laws of energy that was constantly changing. The result, the only thing he could do was to read the energy that had leaked out and nullify it. It was a passive measure.

Furthermore, he had to use his aura to stop the other side from absorbing. This process was not only very difficult for Veldora, but it was harsh and seemed to be without end.

And time kept moving along.

There was no end in sight.

Just like the number of Pi, prime numbers continued to spread out before him.

Something that seemed to be there but wasn’t.

Something that was there but seemed not to be.

It was ruled by laws that could not be seen and that surpassed human knowledge.

Even if you had the calculating ability that exceeded a quantum computer, you would not be able to find an answer.

If told to solve the problem right here and now, the only thing he could say was that it was impossible.

Still, no one would give up.

Alvin sent orders to the different departments, as the city was in an uproar. And all the while, he organized the information.

Fudora read the information, his brain working hard in order to find laws that may or may not be there.

As for Veldora and Ramiris, they desperately attempted to keep Michelle in her current state.

However, the scale began to tip. And the black sphere started to grow larger.

All of them could see that their limit was reached.

And then the rhythm was broken again, and the energy balance collapsed.

Veldora frantically adjusted it and prevented an explosion, but it was now big enough for anyone to see.

It was too big to be called a micro black hole now, and if it were to be unleashed again, Veldora would find it very difficult to stop it.

“This is bad… At this point, I don’t even know if I can…”

Veldora couldn’t help but mutter.

However, no one was complaining.

This was because Fudora and Alvin had already realized how abnormal he was.

He had already used brute-force to control the Mobius System several times, as it discharged.

Had Veldora not been there, the world would have been long destroyed.

But even if they all did their best, there simply was not enough time.

It was just as the room filled with despair.

Baaam!!

The sound echoed off of Veldora’s head.

And then…

“Hey, hey. What’s going on here?! I’ve only been gone for one week, and you guys are already trying to destroy a world!!”

Well, the voice sounded very irritated indeed.

The thing that floated there was a mysterious slime with a paper fan.

It was…

Great Demon King Rimuru had come to take Veldora and the others back.