Knights of the Digital World

"I'm sorry. Gullmon is a bit too playful. Ah, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Wizardmon. I'm currently training with my master—Emu."

"Hello, gurgle~"

Gulemon didn't struggle in Wizardmon's arms, waved its little paws, and greeted Darkrai.

"Wizardmon? Heh, not bad. It's a good thing to be able to get out of your confusion and find what you want to protect. Even for a Digimon, knowing what to protect is how you become stronger."

Darkmoon's inexplicable words left Wizardmon somewhat confused.

Emu, however, knew that Darkrai had the ability to see through people's hearts, and glanced thoughtfully at Wizardmon, who was holding Ancientmon.

So you've found something you want to protect? The Ancient Music Beast? It seems that tricking the little monster into protecting the Ancient Music Beast was actually the right thing to do?

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After a lively exchange, Dark Voice said, "Eternal Dream, I originally planned to come and take you back after I recovered from my injuries. However, it seems you still have unfinished business in this world, so I'll head back first. Here's the program for you; activate it if you need my help, and I'll come as soon as possible."

As Dark spoke, five beams of black light shot out from the vehicle. Four beams landed in the arc light machines of the four people, and one beam merged into the body of Wizardmon.

"What you want to protect is not something so simple... I've also taught you my method of communication. If you need it, I'd be happy to lend you a hand."

The Dark One spoke to the Wizard Beast.

After handing over the method of communication, the Darkship sounded its horn and said, "Then, I'll be leaving now."

"Wait, wait, Dark One. I need you to take me to the world of the Saviors!"

Seeing that the Dark Ship was about to depart, Yongmeng suddenly remembered his plan and hurriedly shouted.

The apparent boss of the third season is one of the Four Holy Beasts, or more specifically, the volatile Suzakumon among them. However, the true boss is the being suppressed by the Four Holy Beasts—the Digital Death God, D-Reaper.

Indra possesses the ability to erase data it touches, making it virtually invincible in the Digital World. Even the Four Holy Beasts, top-tier Ultimate-level Digimon, can only curb its spread, not destroy it.

In the third installment, the main characters are unable to completely destroy the Emperor Demon. They can only rely on a small black hole developed by humans to reverse the evolutionary process and send the Emperor Demon back into a dormant state.

However, while the Digimon that were brought to silence were also affected, all of them regressed to their infancy, parted ways with their trainers, and returned to the Digital World, leaving behind countless regrets.

Since Emu wants to protect everyone's smiles, he certainly can't let the story continue like this. However, even with his power, he's no match for Dire Maul. Even if the fragments awaken and he regains the power of the Samurai Gacha, Emu can at most reach the level of the Four Holy Beasts, enough to suppress Dire Maul.

We wanted to eliminate it, but we lacked the power to do so.

However, this doesn't mean that Digimon is unbeatable. Emu knows from the original story that Digimon's power has its limits. Therefore, he will not borrow Digimon's power!

He needs to rely on the true god of the digital world, Yggdrasil the World Tree!

Chapter Thirty-Eight, The Journey Begins, Saving the World! (End of Volume)

"Emu, are you leaving?"

Emu's shout brought the Dark Ship to a stop, and left Takato and the others stunned.

After realizing what was happening, Qiren rushed over and grabbed Emu's arm tightly, saying:

"Emu, why are you leaving all of a sudden? Did we do something wrong? Or did something I said earlier upset you? I apologize, please don't go."

Takato has deep feelings for Emu. Putting aside the fact that Emu lived in his house and spent every day with him, the courage that Emu gave him in the first place, allowing him to negotiate with his parents and enabling Guilmon to live with him, is enough for Takato to treat Emu as his older brother.

He's the most anxious person to hear that Emu is leaving.

Kenjiro had relatively less contact with Emu, and his personality was more introverted. He didn't speak, but just kept looking at Emu, expressing his desire for her to stay.

Ruki's emotions fluctuated greatly. Emu was a great help to her; it was thanks to Emu's communication that she and Youkomon didn't drift apart. She also harbored a budding, adolescent affection for Emu.

Hearing that Emu was leaving, she couldn't hold back any longer. Biting her lip, she said, "Emu, please don't go."

Wizardmon rushed over, grabbed Emu, and shouted, "Master, you promised to teach me to become stronger! I'm not even at the Ultimate level yet, and you're just going to run away?!"

Hearing his friends' pleas for him to stay, Emu was both touched and amused. He shook himself, flicking away Wizardmon and Takato's hands, and said:

"What are you guys doing? It's not like I'm not coming back. And have you forgotten? I wasn't born into this world. I'll leave someday. You should be prepared for that."

"This……"

Keito and the others were speechless. Emu had indeed mentioned before that he was a visitor from another world, but they had all overlooked it.

They couldn't bring themselves to say they would give up their world and stay, but they were truly reluctant to let Emu leave, and their faces all turned sad.

Terriermon and Renamon were the same, and even Guilmon and Gullmon, who were confused and didn't know what had happened, became disappointed.

"Hey, don't make that face. I'm just going out for a bit. The Dark Ship can travel between worlds and control time. Even if the flow of time changes due to different worlds, I'll be back soon."

Seeing their expressions, Emu quickly offered words of comfort.

Dark Number also said, "This world is relatively stable, but it's not my world. My control over the flow of time has weakened. However, I think I can control the time it takes to return to within a month."

"Did you hear that? Just think of me as someone who went on a trip for a while! I still have things to do in this world, so I'll definitely be back!" Yongmeng said.

Hearing Emu and Dark Ship's words, the children finally emerged from their sadness. It was really nothing to be sad about going on a month-long trip.

"However, Emu, this is too sudden. You didn't tell us beforehand, and now you suddenly say you're leaving! That's too much."

Qi Ren's voice was choked with emotion. He had almost cried just now.

When this was mentioned, Emu was a little embarrassed. He had only made the decision to leave after seeing the Dark Ship.

However, Emu's departure now is not without reason. Next, the Twelve Demon Emperors will likely launch successive invasions of the human world, their power ceiling still at the Perfect level.

With the children's accumulated knowledge, they will soon be able to achieve mega-evolution after Emu points out the method of evolution. They can handle these perfect forms completely.

Whether Emu is here or not won't make much of a difference.

If the timeline were to be pushed further back, even if Wizardmon's presence as a bodyguard prevented Gullmon from being taken away and allowed the children to remain safely in the real world, there would still be a scenario where Dreadmon breaks through the blockade of the Four Holy Beasts, breaches the gate between the two worlds, and storms into the human world.

By then, Emu will be even less able to leave.

This is actually the best time for Emu to borrow the power of Yggdrasil.

You can also get a few Royal Knight cards while you're at it.

Moreover, the problems in the third season are not limited to the Deviate Demon; the system where Digimon cannot even leave behind their Digi-Eggs after they die is something Eternal Dream wants to change.

Although the creative team behind the third season of the previous series said in an interview that the reason why the third season set up Digimon to completely disappear when they die was because they did not want to pass on the wrong view of life and death to children, making them think that they can turn back into Digi-eggs after they die.

However, now that Emu is standing in this real world, he still hopes to bring more of the beauty of fairy tales to this world.

These things should be done sooner rather than later. Therefore, without much hesitation, Emu decided to head to the Saviors World immediately.

However, there's no need to discuss these matters with Qiren and the others.

Emu quickly changed the subject, saying, "Anyway, I'll be back in a month at the latest. Let's not talk about that. But you guys... I've already taught you how to Mega Evolution. I hope you haven't mastered it by the time I get back!"

Children are easily provoked, and upon hearing this, the three of them completely shook off the sadness of parting and became full of fighting spirit:

"Emu, you haven't even mastered Mega Evolution yet, have you? Just wait and see, we'll definitely have it by now in a month. If you haven't, we'll laugh at you!"

"Hahahaha, then I'll look forward to it!" Emu laughed heartily.

Then, he looked at Ruki and said, "Ruki, I still need you to keep an eye on Kanako for me. Thank you."

Ruki nodded and said, "Leave it to me. You have to come back soon."

Emu smiled and nodded, then reached out and ruffled Wizardmon's head, wrinkling his wizard's hat:

"Dark Ship says you've found something you want to protect, which is fantastic! Whether you're human or a Digimon, the strongest power is always the belief in your heart. Having someone you want to protect gives you an even stronger belief. Keep it up, I'm waiting to see your Ultimate form!"

Wizardmon smoothed out his wizard hat and replied earnestly, "No problem, Master! But if you want to see my Ultimate form, you'll have to come back and guide me more often!"

Upon hearing this, the young lionmon slapped Wizardmon's leg with its paw, saying, "What's wrong with you? I'm the one who usually guides you. You never say this to me."

“Lionmon, you and Master are partners, you're one. Master is back, so aren't you back too?” Wizardmon declared confidently.

Yongmeng watched them playfully bicker for a while, then gave them what needed to be said, and said, "Alright, I'm off now! You guys wait for me to come back!"

Goodbye, Emu! Remember to come back soon!

The children watched as Emu boarded the Dark Ship, which passed through the void amidst the sound of its whistle, disappearing from their sight.

Chapter 1, The Meeting (First Update)

“Emu, I suddenly remembered something.”

The Dark Ship, carrying Emu and Lion Cub through the world, suddenly spoke.

"what's up?"

"I'm having a strange question with Emu, who's just a lion cub," he asked.

"It's the world you were in before. Hmm... it's a bit strange. Actually, I recovered even earlier. But last time I came here, I was blocked outside the world and couldn't go in."

"Darkship said."

"Stopped from the world? Dark One, tell me more."

Yongmeng frowned and quickly pressed for an answer.

This issue needs to be clarified, otherwise it would be ridiculous if he were blocked from the world when he came back.

"Yes, at that time, the digital world and the real world of this world overlapped. Just like the world we went to last time. The barrier collapsed. Of course, the collapse of the barrier in this world was not as serious, so the resulting spacetime turbulence was not too strong. It blocked me for a while, and then I went in."

"Darkship said."

"The overlap between the digital world and the real world? Oh, I see. It was caused by the activation of the annihilation plan. It's a coincidence, nothing to worry about."

Yong thought for a moment and then answered.

"You can make your own judgment. I'm just telling you this." Dark One was indifferent to it. "Well then, please get some rest. The journey between the two worlds is still long."

Yongmeng shrugged and sat back down. Would a plan like the Annihilation Operation, which had already been proven flawed, really be restarted?

Even if it's started, is it possible that it will just happen to run into him when he comes back?

That's impossible. There's absolutely no need to worry. Instead of worrying about that, you should focus on training with the young lions and evolve as soon as possible.

He didn't want to be laughed at by Qi Ren and the others when he got back!

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"The annihilation plan must be retained!"

Yamaki slammed his fist on the table and roared at the screen in front of him.

"Chief Yamaki, you should know that the annihilation plan has been proven to be a failure. It was exploited by the Digimon you considered a beast, opening the door between another world and the real world. If it weren't for the efforts of those children, a major crisis would have already occurred in the real world!"

The screen in front of Yamaki was divided into four sections. The pattern on one of the sections lit up, and a stern male voice spoke.

"We can't even protect the people, and now we have to rely on a bunch of children to protect them. This is a disgrace, Chief Yamaki!"

Another pattern lit up, and a gentle female voice sounded, tinged with reproach.