Monsters: Evolving from Titans to Ancient Gods

As time passed, the Garden of Eden, humanity's home, gradually expanded, becoming a vast city-state that housed tens of thousands of people.

Although a large portion of these tens of thousands of people are children under ten years old, they still constitute a real population for humanity.

Humans no longer need to hide or rely on ordering some to sacrifice themselves to give more people a chance to survive.

Throughout history, the first essential tasks for human survival have been to fill their stomachs, the second to migrate continuously, and the third and fourth to have children.

But now, they no longer need to migrate. With their basic need for food satisfied, humans have an additional necessity besides reproduction: learning magic.

Humans have an amazing ability to learn from the magical books left behind by extinct races, and in just ten years, many spellcasters with considerable skill have emerged.

This astonishing ability to learn instilled fear in all races.

They began searching for areas where humans had once lived, and from the clues that hadn't been destroyed, they uncovered a terrible truth.

This wisdom and learning ability were not brought about by the divine race. They have always possessed this ability, but it has been buried because they do not have the Elven Corridor within their bodies.

Ultimately, many races that examined traces of humanity discovered a chilling truth.

Over the past tens of thousands of years, humans have unanimously pretended to be like wild beasts in front of other races.

So that the powerful races wouldn't notice them.

Humans succeeded; they successfully disguised themselves as monkeys and beasts in the eyes of other races.

Regardless of how fiercely different races fight each other, they have all instinctively ignored the fact that humans are a race with an amazing learning ability, which is why humans have been able to successfully reproduce in this world.

Only the orc race, who are often so hungry that they lose their minds, frequently use humans as a backup food source.

Faced with the rise of humanity, many races can only regret not noticing humans sooner, and now they can only grit their teeth and swallow their anger.

Now all races know that the rise of humanity is an unstoppable trend.

...

On the edge of Eden, children learning magic while playing noticed a group of figures approaching in the distance. They instantly became alert and ran towards the adults.

But as the newcomer gradually became clearer, the children cheered again.

The team that explored the abandoned goblin warships returned to Eden, bringing back many valuable technological advancements, and was warmly welcomed by many.

A purple-haired child nestled in his father's arms, a young girl awaited her lover's return, and an old man standing in the distance breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his child return safely.

Rick, who had become the leader, couldn't help but laugh as he watched this scene. He then instructed the members of his team to take the collected items to the workshop for further study.

In recent years, humanity has resumed its exploration, showing an astonishing desire for the traces left behind by powerful races.

Humanity's footprints have spread to distant places once again, and other races have officially regarded humans as rivals vying for the Star Cup, thus igniting a series of battles.

Initially, the various races' impressions of humans remained unchanged from the past, but through countless battles, they discovered that humans were growing at an alarmingly rapid pace.

They are like a low-end combination of forest elves and machine armor, not only with excellent spellcasting abilities but also with terrifying learning abilities.

It often happens that the knowledge brought back in the previous year is analyzed, learned, and applied in the following year.

Gradually, even the divine beings became somewhat interested in this matter and quickly came to a conclusion.

Humans evolved naturally, step by step from single-celled organisms. They are not perfect, and therefore possess infinite possibilities.

The various races created by the divine races, and even the creations meticulously nurtured by each divine race, will basically have no chance of further breakthroughs unless the gods intervene.

Since then, the focus of the conflicts between various races and humans has gradually shifted, no longer fixated on killing more humans.

If he kills a human, he will return to the side of the God of Vengeance and become an even more terrifying being.

Now, the alien races' strategy against humanity has completely shifted to destroying the heritage of various races that humans have their eyes on, so as to prevent humans from learning those things and turning them into techniques used against them.

"..."

"It's become harder to get things from other races lately," the cheerful man sighed helplessly, holding his child, a sentiment echoed by the rest of the group.

"Huh? We've encountered orcs again? Or vampires?" Kron, who came to collect the spoils, was surprised and turned to look at Rick.

Rick put down the instrument in his hand and shook his head. "No, this time it was a demon species. It was huge and destroyed the goblin warship we found. But we did get something out of it."

"Please analyze these things. If you can't, go ask that statue. This seems to be very important information."

Rick recalled these items, along with the battle maps, markings, and manuscripts, and keenly realized that they contained very important intelligence, so he entrusted them with this important task.

Upon hearing this, Kron realized the importance of the matter and nodded heavily. He then led a group of people to another location to begin analyzing the spoils.

King Kong dragged the cart, gesturing for everyone to put their spoils on it, then dragged it away, with Kron and the others following behind.

But soon, Kron realized something was wrong. She didn't hear Rick's footsteps, so she turned around and saw only his back.

"Rick?"

Kron tilted his head and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Aren't you going to report this to Lord Mara?"

"Anyone can go, right? He doesn't care anyway, and he's too lazy to bother with us." Rick turned around and waved a map, but his steps didn't stop at all. "I found a map of a forest elf ruin. I'm planning to go take a look. Maybe I can find a lot of books about spells."

"But..." Kron hesitated, worried that Rick might be in danger if he went out alone.

But Rick simply waved his hand, pulled up his hood, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Really..." Kron sighed helplessly, shook his head, and turned to follow King Kong.

"..."

Rick walked among the ruins of the forest elf's dilapidated buildings, surrounded by traces of the horrific attack, as if the entire city had been destroyed in an instant.

The most likely candidate to cause this level of destruction is...

"The Skywing race?"

Rick stopped and looked at the astonishing scene around him. The sheer amount of destruction here was enough to send chills down his spine. He couldn't imagine the despair the forest elves had gone through.

After a long while, he resumed his actions, disregarding what was in front of him and behind him, and finally found an unexplored underground space, stepping inside.

After he entered the space, a petite black figure appeared, and her cold body followed without hesitation.

In the dark cave, Rick found traces of the remaining spell. He carefully avoided the traps and the unactivated defenses. The pain he felt when he rescued King Kong as a child still lingered in his mind, and he would never want to go through it again if possible.

Soon, some manuscripts about the secret spells of the forest elves and information about the movements of the goblin race came into view.

Using his newly developed detection magic, Rick sensed the absence of elven energy and then carefully checked for any physical traps.

Only after finding nothing did he gently pick it up and brush off the dust.

Just then, a slight sound came from behind him, making him instantly aware of it. He turned around and raised his hand to prepare to cast a spell.

"Finally showing up, huh? That guy who's always following me around..."

The presence of Rick revealed his true form, causing him to abruptly stop, the spell he was preparing instantly halted.

Cannot be attacked.

Even if you are killed, you must never attack.

In the shadows before him, a pair of lifeless mechanical pupils appeared first, followed by a body resembling that of a human child, and cold steel wings.

She has many obvious mechanical structures on her body. Although she is petite and has no murderous intent, her mere presence is enough to make most of the lower races lose their will to fight.

The Machine Race, a mechanical life form, has killed the Dragon King, a dragon spirit equal to a god.

Although they are considered a lower-ranking race based on their adaptability, they are one of only two powerful races in the world that have a history of killing a "god".

Attacking even one individual is tantamount to declaring war on that machine race. Even the mindless weapon-type Skywing race will try to weigh the pros and cons upon seeing them.

Rick instantly lost his will to fight. He hadn't expected that the one following him was a machine, which gave him a terrible headache, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

But the machine-like creature standing in the darkness suddenly pounced on him and knocked him to the ground, causing him to hit the ground on the back of his head and feel an unusual pain.

Rick suppressed his urge to retaliate several times, but the machine reached out and removed the mask from his face, uttering a string of raunchy and inhuman words.

"Onii-chan, I can't take it anymore!"

"Turn me into a real **!" The petite Mech said expressionlessly, then lowered her cold head and moved closer to Rick's head.

Rick froze upon hearing this, his gaze becoming unusually blank, his eyes revealing a sense of bewilderment. "Huh?"

...

"So, this is your reason for bringing her back?" Inside the palace of Eden, the obviously cold body of the being who had released the girl's appearance turned to look at Rick, revealing an expression of looking at him as if he were scum as he went deeper into the underground palace.

The girl, draped in a cloak, followed Kron. The gaze of the statue behind her and the presence in front of her triggered the program's frantic alarm, making her hesitate.

"I...this...that...it's her..." Rick didn't know what to say, and he was completely incoherent.

As the three of them unknowingly walked to the deepest part of the palace, the majestic silhouette of the king sitting on the throne came into view. He slowly opened his eyes and looked down.

Kron took a deep breath and respectfully said, "Lord Mara, we have obtained information that the goblins are conducting weapon testing related to the creation of divine essences, as well as information about the forest elves' new spells."

"And..." Klein instinctively glanced at the trembling girl beside him, somewhat at a loss, and finally nudged Rick with his elbow, whispering, "You'll have to explain your own mess."

Rick scratched his head, hesitating several times as if he wanted to speak, but recalling the unbearable memories, he didn't know where to begin. Should he say that he was pinned to the ground and wildly kissed by a machine-type creature, and then almost forced to lose his virginity?

Mara gazed at Rick, Klo, and the unnamed Kai, realizing that the final war was imminent, and spoke indifferently.

"Oh, I see. I already know."

"..."

Rick was stunned again upon hearing this, his face flushed red, and his mind was filled with a turbulent storm, as if a depth charge had been dropped into his head, screaming incessantly in his heart.

"No way, they can see it from this far away?"

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