I, the anti-superman, have hacked into the chat group.

Hearing this, Kurumi Tokisaki rolled her eyes from the shadows and said, "You probably have some misunderstanding about simplicity."

The spider on her back stared at Karl with its eight bright eyes. At this moment, she was extremely envious of Karl's power. If she had such power, what would she have to fear from the Queen Spider and the Demon King?

By the way, speaking of the Queen Spider, I wonder how the parallel consciousnesses that were thrown into her soul are doing? Have they managed to devour her mother's, the Queen Spider monster's, soul? If the Queen Spider is about to die, the Demon King will definitely be very angry.

However, no matter how angry she was, there was nothing she could do, because the Demon King couldn't teleport, Spider thought smugly.

Wait, why do I feel a fluctuation in the space? This familiar and stable feeling... could it be the manager arriving?

No, it's the Demon King who's here.

"The Demon Lord Ariel makes her dazzling appearance!" The Demon Lord, uttering strange words, suddenly appeared in front of them.

Chapter Thirteen Reconciliation

The Demon King was much more lively than when they last met, and seemed more befitting her small stature. She kept muttering strange words and striking various inexplicable poses in the air.

"Wait a minute, why am I in mid-air?!" Halfway through her action, the Demon Queen suddenly realized something was wrong. Spatial teleportation seemed to have sent her high in the clouds. She couldn't fly!

There are many kinds of magic in this world system, but there is no flying magic. If you want to move in the air, you either need to have wings or use spatial magic to create a foothold in mid-air. Unfortunately, the Demon King does not meet either of these requirements, so she can only fall helplessly.

With nowhere to grab onto in mid-air, the Demon King had no choice but to cover his head with his hands, preparing to face the impact upon landing.

However, a few seconds later, the expected pain did not come, and his fall stopped.

"Are you alright?" It was Karl who caught the Demon King just as he was about to land.

"Oh, thank you." The Demon King thanked him readily, then lightly jumped to the ground.

"However, we are still enemies, and this reincarnated being must die," the Demon King said with a smile.

The reincarnated being she was referring to was Spider Child. Her own familiar, the Spider Monster Queen, had been weakened by Spider Child's parallel consciousness. Spider Child possessed a skill that rendered the Queen ineffective against external (soul) attacks, forcing her to passively accept being devoured. Normal creatures simply couldn't withstand such attacks.

Even the Demon King himself was accidentally invaded by a parallel consciousness when probing the Queen's soul. Even she, the strongest in the system, only managed to merge with the parallel consciousness after struggling against it.

The current Demon King is still the Demon King in his mind, but his personality is closer to that of the socially awkward Spider Girl. He has also gained some of Spider Girl's memories and knows that she is a reincarnated person.

Karl no longer intends to fight the Demon King. There's no benefit in winning anyway, so he'd better make peace quickly and then get on with the main storyline.

“Wait a minute, we didn’t actually intend to fight. We left earlier mainly because we couldn’t understand the language of this world, but now that we’ve learned it, can’t we talk? Maybe it’s just a misunderstanding,” Karl said, trying to persuade them.

"Is that so? Alright, since you caught me just now, we can talk. Well then, let me state my request: stop attacking the Queen Spider Monster, or I will not accept it."

After his consciousness was assimilated with that of the Spider Girl, the Demon King's fighting spirit actually decreased a lot. At first, the Demon King wanted to win over the Spider Girl, but after being rejected, he changed to his current state in order to protect his own followers.

Carl turned to look at Spider-Man, who was perched on his shoulder, and said, "Spider-Man, what do you think?"

Spider nodded and agreed to the Demon King's request.

She could only agree that Karl had his own world and would only stay here for a month. Unless Karl helped her kill the Demon King now, trying to reconcile was the best option.

"Then let's hurry back to the labyrinth; the Queen is already very weak," the Demon King said.

Without a word, Spider used spatial teleportation magic to bring everyone to the lower level of the great maze, to the lair of the Queen Spider Monster.

The Queen Spider Monster was tens of meters tall and had spread her own spider silk throughout the cave. No movement could escape her senses. The moment she sensed the spider, the Queen Spider Monster wanted to attack and kill this unfilial daughter, but the Demon King stepped forward in time to appease her.

She gently stroked the queen spider monster's large head and said, "Just bear with it a little longer, it'll be over soon. Hey, hurry up and take your consciousness out."

Spider-Child stepped forward and, using the bond between himself and the Queen Spider Monster, issued the instruction to return to the parallel consciousnesses.

The parallel consciousnesses, having eaten their fill, returned laden with their spoils. Each of them had devoured a large number of the Queen Spider Monster's souls. Now, upon their return, Spider Child felt full of power.

I tried using the appraisal on myself and was surprised to find that all my ability values ​​had exceeded 2, and I had also gained a lot of new skills.

Then look at the Queen Spider Monster, it's in a terrible state. Her original 2 stats have been reduced to only 6, and she has lost more than half of her skills.

Spider was very satisfied with the current result, praising his parallel consciousness in his mind, which was a huge success.

Speaking of which, it seems like one of my consciousnesses is missing. What? It went to the Demon King, and it seems like we can't call it back. It's probably been merged with it. Goodbye, former head of the body department. I will remember your sacrifice.

In contrast to the spider's cheerful mood, the Demon King was in a very bad mood. His familiar, who was a dungeon boss, had been reduced to an elite monster. No one would be happy about that.

Sensing the Demon King's feelings, the spider timidly crawled behind Karl, only its head peeking out as it looked at the Demon King.

No matter how unhappy I am, I won't give it back to you, and there's no way to do so. Not everyone can easily merge with another's soul like Spider-Woman. The Demon King is an example; even merging with a parallel consciousness greatly affected her personality.

Fortunately, the Demon King was very magnanimous and did not intend to pursue the matter: "Forget it, in a fight, one side will always suffer. You were able to gain benefits from the Queen despite such a large disparity in strength, which is quite an achievement."

The group had officially reconciled, and Karl could finally begin to understand the world through the Demon King. He gestured for Kurumi Tokisaki to take out Potimas's head.

Then he asked the Demon King, "We encountered this guy in town before. Because of the spider, he mistook us for your subordinates. During the fight, we found that the things he used were out of place in this world. Do you know who he is?"

The Demon King laughed as soon as he saw Potimas's head and said, "Potimas, you actually killed one of his clones. Well done! This guy is a complete scourge on the world. His actions will only hasten the world's demise."

Karl noticed an undeniable phrase in the Demon King's words: "The world is going to end? What's going on?"

Hearing this, the Demon King was a little puzzled. Spider-Girl should know this, so she tilted her head, pointed at Spider-Girl, and asked, "Didn't she tell you?"

The spider tapped its head with its forelegs, trying to get away with being cute, even though it only made people feel scared.

Having obtained some of the Spider's memories, the Demon King could roughly guess that this guy wasn't good at communicating with others, so she explained, "Simply put, this world is about to be destroyed, and the system exists to extend the life of this planet, but it seems to be nearing its limit."

"And that old monster is still extracting energy from the planet under these circumstances, just to satisfy his desire for immortality."

"It's not that simple after all," Karl thought.

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Chapter Fourteen: The Past of the World

"Speaking of which, what is your background? You suddenly appeared and are using power outside the system. It's very strange. What is your purpose?" the Demon King asked Karl.

Karl replied, "We are Spider's friends, from another world. We don't have any particular purpose; we're just here to help Spider overcome this difficulty."

"So you don't have anything to do then," the Demon King said, clapping his hands. "In that case, I'm heading back to the Demon Realm. Do you want to come with me?"

The Demon King revealed his intention to win over Karl and his group, extending an invitation to them. This action was exactly what Karl wanted, as it was the main quest he had been looking forward to for a long time.

“Alright then.” Carl pretended to hesitate for a moment, but quickly agreed.

The demon territory is far from here; it would normally take several months to travel there on foot, not to mention that it involves crossing many human countries, which would make the journey even slower. Karl would only be staying in this world for a month and didn't have much time to travel, so Karl suggested that he lead the Demon King and the others by flying over.

"Okay, then what are we waiting for? Let's go."

Unlike Kurumi Tokisaki, who can stay in the shadows, or Spider Girl, who is a monster and can lie down anywhere in Karl, the Demon King is not like that.

Before takeoff, Karl had intended to find a carriage or something similar for the Demon King to sit in and move around in, but the Demon King didn't care about that, so Karl simply picked up the petite Demon King and flew into the sky.

In order to speak with the Demon King, Karl maintained a steady, moderate flight speed as a regular passenger plane, heading towards the Demon Realm.

During this time, Karl continued to ask the Demon King for more details, such as why the planet was about to be destroyed, how the system was keeping the planet alive, and why Potimas's mechanical technology seemed out of place.

These are all things Carl wanted to know.

The Demon King is a good person. Although he has the title of Demon King, he is clearly not the kind of extremely cruel Demon King in traditional stories.

"Alright, let me start from the beginning." In response to Karl's question, the Demon King began to explain carefully.

The Demon King knows many things; she has a title: Ancient Divine Beast, which shows how long she has lived.

"The energy that keeps the planet running is called MA energy. Without it, the planet will be destroyed. A long, long time ago, evil humans discovered this energy and began to forcibly mine it in large quantities, ignoring the goddess's advice."

"Later, the true dragon race from outer space came. They forbade humans from using magma energy. Foolish humans, of course, refused and, relying on the goddess's favor, fought against the dragon race. In the end, the dragon race left with a large amount of magma energy, leaving this planet on the verge of destruction."

"Later, in order to save the world, a system appeared. The skills and abilities that everyone on this planet cultivates are all about expanding their souls. When they die, the system will restore their souls. This process will cause some damage to the souls, and the excess energy will be used to repair the planet."

"Then where did the system come from?" Karl asked.

The Demon King shrugged and said, "The system was created by another god. I don't know much about it, but the core of the system is the goddess."

At this point, the Demon King became very displeased: "It's clearly humanity's fault, yet the goddess has to bear the greatest cost in the end. It's outrageous."

Karl remained silent for a moment, waiting for the Demon King's anger to subside before continuing to ask, "So, before the system appeared, this world actually had a very high level of technology, right?"

The Demon King nodded: "After all, we've extracted so much energy from so many planets. In order to fight the dragons, humans have invented a lot of weapons."

Just then, Karl flew to a desert area, and the Demon King pointed to the ground.

He said, "Look, the wasteland below was one of the battlefields back then. Humans dropped a kind of poisonous bomb, which made this place completely barren, and it is still desolate to this day."

Nuclear bombs? That was the first thing that came to mind when the three of them thought of bombs that could leave the land barren.

Carl knew what a place would look like after being bombed by nuclear weapons; he himself had been hit by several. When he first moved the moon, he was met with a fierce counterattack from Earthlings, who even launched three nuclear missiles at him.

Carl survived one nuclear explosion, and after the other two were destroyed by heat vision, they were thrown directly at the White House gate. Since then, virtually no one has dared to challenge his control over Metropolis.

Getting back to the point, Karl looked down at the ground to see if there was any residual radiation. In addition to his farsightedness, his vision allowed him to see many things that ordinary people couldn't, such as electromagnetic waves and radiation.

Looking deeper underground, Carl found no radiation, presumably because it had dissipated over time. However, Carl discovered something else noteworthy.

That was an underground base, entirely made of metal, filled with all sorts of high-tech weapons.

Carl revealed his discovery: "There's a military base beneath the desert, very well preserved and probably still operational. It contains a large number of troops, robots, tanks, fighter jets, and even UFOs?"

Carl used his X-ray vision to see the situation inside the base. His vision was only blocked by lead, so everything inside the base was clearly visible. Judging from the layout, the base basically existed to build the central disc-shaped spaceship, which looked very much like a UFO.

"It was probably left here by some country a long time ago, and it was never used before the war ended," the Demon King guessed.

She waved her hand and continued, "This kind of thing has nothing to do with us. Let the managers handle it. Managers are only useful in situations like this."

Carl nodded. He also wanted to meet the manager. Although the manager appeared during the show, he never made a move. Carl wanted to take this opportunity to see what level the manager was at.

"Administrator Summoning Spell, Qiu Lie, it's your turn to appear." The Demon King used the system to call the administrator; the summoning spell was just something she made up.

Space began to fluctuate, a sign that a transfer spell was about to begin.

Not all dragons left. One dragon chose to stay because it fell in love with the goddess. The earth dragon that fought the Demon King was just a chimera with dragon genes. The one that appeared now is the only dragon on this planet and the administrator of the system.

Once the spatial fluctuations subsided, a man clad in black dragon-scale armor emerged from the magic and immediately bowed to Karl and his companions.

“My name is Churedistiyes, I’m sorry,” he said.

His name is very long; he is simply called Qiu Lie.

Karl was puzzled by the other party's immediate apology. He asked, "Mr. Qiu Lie, what do you mean by this? Why are you apologizing?"

Qiu Lie stood up and calmly said, "I shouldn't be interfering in the affairs of reincarnated people, but I helped Ariel once before, and this base may be something you need to take care of. I'm sorry."

Qiu Lie apologized again.