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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Rumors had begun to circulate.
There were whispers of strange gatherings and people being arrested for shouting bizarre slogans. The main story was finally beginning to unfold.
The final act of this story would be a war between humans and Majins. No matter how much I tried to interfere, the core storyline would never change.
Humans and Majins were destined to fight.
So, what were the Majins? The best answer would be aliens.
They were beings from another dimension.
Thousands of years ago, an unfortunate accident had opened a rift in space-time, and hundreds of thousands of Majins had poured into the continent.
At the same time, a war broke out between the Majins and humanity.
The reasons were unknown.
I hadn’t included it in the original story. Perhaps it was simply a misunderstanding.
At the beginning of the war, the Allied Forces of humans, beastmen, and elves had the upper hand.
Despite their inferior technology, the sheer number of human soldiers, combined with their mastery of magic, overwhelmed the Majins. It was obvious.
The Majins were fighting in an unfamiliar territory.
But as the war progressed, the tide began to turn.
The Majins, who had initially been on par with humans physically, began to grow stronger. The people of that era quickly discovered the reason.
The Majins grew stronger when they died.
The fewer the Majins, the stronger those who remained. The total amount of power was constant.
The war raged for over a thousand years.
The Majins grew stronger as their numbers decreased, and humanity advanced its civilization, improving its weapons.
It was a war where neither side could hope to destroy the other completely.
The Majins didn’t want to lose any more of their brethren, and humanity didn’t want to suffer the terror of war any longer.
The war finally ended after two thousand years, with only ten Majins remaining.
The ten Majins, who had absorbed the power of hundreds of thousands of their fallen comrades, were each capable of destroying a small nation by themselves.
Tirpitz, who sought peace with humans, made all Majins swear that they would never interfere in human affairs.
After that, some Majins who admired or liked humans hid their identities and lived among them, and the rest lived as they pleased. But since then, there had never been any conflict between humans and Majins.
However, that was about to change.
Strange people, who believed that the Majins should rule over humanity, were about to start causing trouble.
KABOOM!
“…”
A loud explosion echoed in the distance.
I froze, my thoughts stopping. I rushed out of the training room and ran up the stairs.
“Emilia!”
“Hmm?”
Emilia, wearing an apron, emerged from the kitchen. Her ears weren’t as sensitive as mine, and she hadn’t heard the explosion.
The soundproofing of my residence was incredible, but the center of the explosion must have been close by.
Within 500 meters.
“Go to the basement training room.”
“Why? What’s going on?”
“It’s dangerous. Just listen to me.”
“Hmm…”
I grabbed her hand and dragged her away. The incident at the midterms had been a trauma for her. I could never let Emilia be in danger again.
“It’s safer by your side—”
KABOOM!
A flash of light blinded me, and a shockwave slammed into me.
I instinctively shielded Emilia, and we were thrown backward by the explosion. We tumbled across the hallway before I managed to get up and check on Emilia.
She was covered in soot, coughing, but she was otherwise unharmed.
“Damn it…”
I turned to the entrance, cursing under my breath. The door had been blown off its hinges. A large hole, surrounded by black soot, was all that remained.
The barrier had been destroyed, and the explosion had still managed to reach us. If the barrier hadn’t been there, we would have been reduced to ash.
“…”
A figure appeared in the doorway. A hooded man. I had a bad feeling about this.
‘Appraisal’
Name: Unknown
Gender: Male
Description: A nameless tool.
What was this? This was a new type of profile. I felt a chill run down my spine.
“You are trespassing on the chairman’s residence! Leave immediately!”
“…”
“I’m warning you! If you don’t leave, I will assume that you were responsible for that explosion and attack you!”
“…”
“Emilia, step back.”
“Okay…”
He remained silent. Silence meant consent. I prepared to fight. This was the force that had destroyed Alexia’s barrier. He must have an incredible amount of power. I had to test him.
“What…!”
Before I could react, the man rushed towards me at full speed. He wasn’t particularly fast. He wasn’t as fast as Trie or Pelaine. Even a normal human would be faster than that.
“…”
A powerful wave of mana slammed into me.
It was a spell, a simple explosion spell, but the amount of mana was immense. If that exploded, we would die.
But there was one problem.
‘There’s no spell…?!’
I couldn’t find a spell, no matter how hard I searched. The mana was coming from the front. The frequency was increasing. The spell was approaching.
‘Wait a minute.’
I realized what was happening. The spell wasn’t inscribed on the mana. It was inside his body. He had changed his internal circuits into a spell.
‘A suicide attack?!’
He was about to sacrifice his life, an attack that I couldn’t stop.
I tried to create a magic barrier, but—
“Damn it!”
My spell was broken before I could even finish it. Someone was jamming my spells. Then the man reached the entrance.
If I tried to attack him with a sword, he would detonate. I had to use my last resort.
‘Selection and Concentration. One second of power.’
Mana filled my body.
I immediately created a barrier, trapping him inside. I didn’t bother with resistance or interference. I focused only on its strength. I couldn’t break it down.
The barrier blocked all mana.
“Kaaah!”
The man began to scream and hammer on the barrier. He didn’t have enough power to break through. Or maybe he was too stupid to realize it.
He began to distort, and his body started to glow red.
KABOOM!
A flash of light was followed by an explosion.
I shielded Emilia, but it wasn’t necessary. The barrier had survived, barely.
“…”
Only a black stain remained. It was hard to believe that a living human had stood there moments ago.
A quest appeared. That was the explanation I had been looking for.
These were the people I had heard rumors about. They were the ones who wanted the Majins to rule humanity.
Their ultimate goal was the birth of a “one true god.” They believed that the Majins were superior to humans, but they weren’t complete.
Once all the Majins died except for one, that one remaining Majin would gain god-like powers.
They were fanatics, worshiping a god that didn’t exist. They would do anything to force humans to submit to this god, including suicide attacks.
“I should probably go back to the training room. The barrier there is stronger.”
“No. Stay close to me. It’s safer here.”
“Okay…”
I grabbed Emilia’s arm and pulled her behind me. The training room might have been safe against “normal” enemies, but these guys were too unpredictable.
They were just as powerful as the Majins.
“Huu… Just stay close.”
“Where are we going?”
“To take down the flies that have invaded the Imperial University.”
I used my observation magic and found that the main gate of the Imperial University had been destroyed.
There were also other unknown individuals hiding inside. They must have been the ones who had jammed my spells. I couldn’t let anyone get hurt.
I gritted my teeth and walked out of the entrance with Emilia.
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