Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

Subsequently, they completely adhered to Yan Ming's entire body.

So what Yan Ming is going to do... no longer needs explanation.

With a slight tremor of his right hand, he strolled leisurely toward the Leo cavalry.

"Battle begins."

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Volume 4: The Great Knight War: Chapter 70 Knights, Monsters, and...

boom!!

The outcome of the battle was a one-sided affair with no suspense whatsoever.

With the added power of the Faiz armor, his own physical skills, and technical expertise, Yan Ming easily overwhelmed the Leo cavalry, who had a numerical advantage.

Their number exceeded ten.

But that's completely meaningless.

The Leo cavalrymen drew their weapons and approached head-on, but Yan Ming easily subdued them with his fists and feet.

He gripped the crimson light blade tightly in his hand.

Without even needing to unleash a finishing move, the sheer increase in output phase alone created a crimson blade that extended fifty meters in length.

one strike.

All of Leo's cavalrymen vanished on the ground.

However… there is one thing that Yan Ming finds very puzzling.

Whether it was the defeated shadows or the Leo cavalry—

He saw it all in the instant he reverted to his transformed state after being defeated…

"people…?"

Are there actually living, breathing humans inside?

However, the moment they were defeated, those human bodies vanished from their original positions at an imperceptible speed.

He is not dead.

Yan Ming could tell that it was as if something had teleported their bodies back to somewhere else.

Or rather... the people inside these armors aren't the real thing at all?

"My Demon King, many more heavily armored knights have arrived from your side."

Countless shadowy riders riding watermelon-themed armored vehicles then appeared in the sky.

Yan Ming raised his head and calmly took out the motorcycle control panel that he had just retrieved.

It is to be materialized into the world once again, and then—

A deep red Faiz mark pierced through its locomotive.

The moment the penetration was complete, the motorcycle transformed into a robot-like form, similar to a mobile suit.

Auto Vajin.

After receiving the command from Yan Ming's system, the mobile Pegasus, which had transformed into combat mode, immediately maintained its relative speed above the truck.

Countless machine guns fired directly at the incoming watermelon-themed armed forces.

The watermelon-themed armed forces that were hit by the bomb were all driven back. Just as they were trying to catch up again, the motorized Pegasus charged forward once more.

Explosions flashed in mid-air one after another.

The motorized Pegasus returned to Yan Ming's side, and the surrounding Leo cavalry and shadows had all been repelled by Woz.

The truck swerved into a hard-to-find corner and escaped the area in one go.

The Kamen Riders who had been chasing after them were all unable to find the truck and Yan Ming's trail.

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After a long time, the truck finally stopped in a deserted forest.

We're quite a distance from the city we just left, so there's no need to worry about the knights catching up.

Lloyd and his family of three quickly got out of the car and saw Yan Ming and Woz standing next to the car.

"Thank you both so much for your help!"

Then, they treated the two men with great gratitude and respect.

"If it weren't for the two of you, we would never have been able to escape from those guys' grasp so easily."

"Thank you so much... Anya, you should thank the two older brothers too."

"Thank...thank you...brother?"

For some reason, the little girl called Anya seemed somewhat confused as she looked at the two people in front of her.

Are you the only ones?

Yan Ming looked around the car; there didn't seem to be anyone else there.

However… the system’s thermal imaging did show him that there should be more than three people in the car.

Lloyd and his wife Joel exchanged a glance before finally getting into the back of the truck.

They opened the tightly locked cargo door in the back.

Then... out of there came children.

There were a total of thirty-eight people.

Most of the children are no more than ten years old, and the oldest are probably only around eleven.

"Kids, these two big brothers... are the ones who just helped us."

"Come on, don't be nervous, and make sure to thank these two older brothers properly."

"It's okay, they won't hurt you."

The couple quickly pulled the children out of the truck. You could see that each child's eyes held a mixture of unfamiliarity and curiosity.

At the same time, there was also a hint of fear.

But with the couple's help and persuasion, they eventually bowed to thank Yan Ming and Woz.

"We are so grateful to the two older brothers for saving us..."

"Alright, we don't need to make these kids do this anymore."

Yan Ming quickly stopped the two of them, saying that there was no need for such unnecessary formalities at a time like this.

"So... could you explain to us what's going on with this world?"

About this world…

After hearing each other's questions, Lloyd and Joel immediately had a better idea of ​​what to expect.

"So... you two, like Mr. Kusaka, are from another world?"

"Kusaka... is that the man on the motorcycle from earlier?"

"Yes, although it seems he may have been lost, Mr. Soga called us before he left and said he would come to find us soon, so there's no need to worry."

So Lloyd stood in front of Yan Ming and Woz.

"Then, I'll explain the situation of this world to you both in a very simple way."

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A long time ago, this world was probably a relatively normal world.

Although there are conflicts between nations, which even lead to battles involving secret espionage, such a world would still be far better than the current apocalyptic environment.

until a certain day.

Suddenly, a being called Kamen Rider appeared in this world.

"The first to appear were the brown and black knights, and then all sorts of knights appeared in groups."

"...Are all knights like those mass-produced knights?"

"Mass production? I don't know... but basically they are all the types you just saw."

The more Lloyd recalled the past, the more distressed his expression became.

"After they appeared, a tower also appeared in the center of this world, and it seems that knights are constantly emerging from that tower."

"Then, not long after... human civilization in this world was completely destroyed."

All that remained were countless Kamen Riders and the tower that stood at the center of the world.

"The tower's name seems to be Arcadia, which means utopia or ideal land."

"Heh... How ironic! This place, which keeps creating so many Kamen Riders to attack this world, is named after a so-called utopia."

Is this all there is to this world...?

"No...it's not over yet. After humanity was wiped out by those Kamen Riders, they still don't intend to let us, who are barely clinging to life, go..."

At this point, Lloyd and Joel's expressions turned angry.

"They... began attacking us surviving humans, capturing as many as possible and taking them into that tower, then selecting those they captured to be modified."

“Those who escaped or survived told us that their so-called rehabilitation… was like a game to them.”

"They chose to randomly assign the people they arrested."

"If someone is lucky, they might be forcibly given the equipment to become a Kamen Rider, and then stripped of their own mind, turning them into a tool for their use."

"...Will those who are unlucky be executed?"

Woz casually mentioned it, which only elicited a wry smile from Lloyd.

"It would be great if he were really executed."

"...?"

"People with bad luck will be transformed into... weirdos."

Even Wozniak and Yan Ming were momentarily stunned.

"That's right. Although we don't know who those people in the tower are, it's clear that they're doing all this for a so-called game."

"They plan to turn fifty percent of the world's humans into Kamen Riders, and forcibly transform the remaining fifty percent into monsters."

"Once you become a monster, there is no way to undo it. Your mind and body will be transformed into the consciousness of a monster, and you will suffer a transformation process that is worse than death... Even children are no exception."

"Then, they will have humans transformed into knights and monsters engage in racial battles in this world."

This is the battle between Kamen Rider and monsters.

"I once heard someone who escaped say that those people did it simply because they wanted to play a game called justice versus evil..."

Lloyd's hands were even trembling slightly.

"To them, those transformed into knights are 'justice,' while those transformed into monsters are 'evil.'"

"In the end, did justice prevail over evil, or did evil prevail over justice? They wanted to find the answer to this question."

"So... that's why they used the people of this world as test subjects, thus starting the so-called great war between Kamen Riders and monsters?"

The righteous knight defeated the evil monster, or perhaps the evil monster defeated the righteous knight in turn.

For them, it was just a game with an uncertain outcome.

The price for all of this is the peaceful life of all humanity on this planet, and the inevitable extinction of all humanity.

"That's really going too far..."

Even Woz couldn't help but utter such words.

Lloyd and Joel must have experienced something similar many times in this kind of world, right?

"Have you... managed to get through all this time like this?"

"…Yes."