Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"What happened? Was it an earthquake?!"

"No... We've already calculated and observed the surrounding environment beforehand; there shouldn't be any possibility of an earthquake!"

The possibility of an earthquake was immediately ruled out.

So people changed their premise of thinking—this is not simply a natural phenomenon.

Rather, it was done by humans... or rather, by other races.

"Kron!"

Rick and Hugh quickly ran out of their room.

They saw the cave, which served as a human settlement, suddenly shake, and tiny pebbles fell from above along with dust.

This wasn't an earthquake; the instant this happened, Rick had already gotten the answer from Shubi.

"...According to data detection, there are active fluctuations of two races, the Dragon Spirit Race and the Skywing Race, about thirty kilometers away from here."

Dragon Essence... Skywing Species.

Rick's heart sank when he thought about the hierarchy these two races represented in the world.

Then, without hesitation, he went to find his sister... another person in charge of management in the human tribe.

She is her own sister, Chloe Dora.

Inside the enormous cave, people were in a state of panic and chaos, but soon they saw a girl called Chlorine Dora calmly and methodically evacuating them.

"Richard! This is bad!"

“I know, Kron. You are now in charge of evacuating people from the cave. Then, Shubi and I will take some necessary documents with us.”

"How could you do this... What if the cave collapses during this time, or what if those warring races break out into conflict? You'll be buried alive!"

His sister looked at him with great concern, but Rick still looked at her resolutely and said.

“I have to do this kind of thing.”

"...!"

"You also have to complete what you're supposed to do, and I won't go into the specific reasons... you and I both understand."

Rick's sister, Kron, after a brief pause, could only grit her teeth and turn away without looking back to evacuate the crowd from the cave.

The cave collapse became increasingly severe.

Rick took a deep breath and ran back to his room to grab all the important things he could bring.

Without these, humanity would never have the chance to stand up again.

"Rick...! It's okay, Shubi will protect you...!"

"If the Dragon Spirits and the Skywings clash, even if that happens, Schwi, can you still protect me?"

"Shubi... based on the current combat stats of the mecha, if war were to break out..."

Even Shiro, being a Machine Race member, couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.

"...The odds of winning are probably less than 20 percent."

"Ha... For us humans, this is already a very, very high chance of winning. But Shubi, you should be able to teleport me out of here when things get really dangerous, right? That would be great."

"But... if the attacks from the Dragon Spirits and the Skywings are too intense, then... it might affect things within a hundred kilometers... If that happens, everyone in the settlement..."

"If that's really the case, then even if we're the only ones who survive, we have to do it."

Rick spoke with unwavering conviction, for what followed concerned the very survival of their human race.

"And believe me, Hugh... if we can just get through these few times, I think we'll have a chance to start implementing our plan."

The human condition of merely surviving continues unabated.

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then.

It is located high in the sky, 30 kilometers away from the cave.

A dragon-like monster hovered there... and opposite it were several winged girls also flying in mid-air.

"...So you winged creatures are starting to run around everywhere too?"

Dragon Essence Seed.

In fact, the Dragon Spirits can be considered the most powerful race in the world... They as a whole possess combat abilities that surpass those of the Skywings.

but.

If there are enough Skywing species, they might pose a threat even to a single dragon.

As things stand at the moment—

The Skywing species before us... numbering more than five, is enough to put us in a fight.

"Don't get in our way, Dragon Spirits."

The girls from the Skywing race all looked at each other.

"Interesting. Tell me, what are you planning to do?"

"Level the surrounding land and find the murderer who killed our Skywing sisters."

Do you really think that such pointless actions will help you find the so-called murderer?

"Of course we can, and that's not all... We will also hunt you down here."

"Humph…"

The dragon in front of him couldn't help but sneer.

"—You winged monkeys?"

boom!!

In an instant, an incomparably powerful aura exploded out from the dragon's body.

"Waaaaah—!"

The girls of the Skywing race couldn't help but retreat under the influence of this force, and at the same time, they also felt a shock from the perspective of time and space.

This is only the roar of the dragon in front of us.

"...It actually managed to distort the connection between space and time so easily?"

“We Dragon Spirits are a race that transcends dimensions and time; this little matter is not worth mentioning at all.”

The girls of the Skywing race can use their power to distort space and time, thereby manipulating time and space.

However, dragon spirits are born with this ability.

They can not only manipulate space and time, but also transcend dimensions, beyond multiple dimensions... and gather their own power from countless different time periods to make themselves stronger in the present.

This is the Dragon Essence Seed.

Their words are powerful enough to distort the world and change its laws... that's the extent of their power.

nowadays.

The Skywing race before them were planning to clash with this Dragon Spirit race.

"Hmph! If you're planning to throw your lives away, then don't blame me for being impolite!"

"That's perfect. During the previous battle against the Dragon Spirits, a large number of our sisters were indeed wiped out because of you. This time, we'll settle that blood debt in blood!"

boom--!!!

The terrifying power of the Skywing species and the Dragon Essence species instantly coalesced.

As one of the dragon spirits roared, several more roars followed in the distance.

"That…?!"

Those Skywing races who originally planned to attack were stunned and stood frozen in place after seeing that scene.

They are dragons... There must be at least six dragon spirits that flew in from afar.

"How...how is this possible? There are so many?!"

Even just one dragon spirit is troublesome to fight, let alone six of them.

But the dragon spirit in front of them did not stop attacking.

With just a sweep of its tail, immense power surged forth.

Thump—! At that moment, all the girls of the Skywing race were struck by this force.

Like dust, countless Skywing girls were blasted away.

"Charge them!"

As the dragon spirits roared, the other dragon spirits that had arrived also attacked them.

At the same time, the Skywings hovering in the sky also began to move.

This instantly transformed into an unparalleled war.

Dragons and Skywings... the two forces constantly clashed and fought in the air.

The shockwave alone instantly reverberated over an area with a radius of tens of kilometers.

Boom! The ground was immediately reshaped.

The distortion of time and space is constantly being amplified... and that's not all.

Both the Dragon Spirit and Skywing races were affected by the powerful attack.

"Roar--!!"

Several dragon spirits opened their mouths one after another, spewing out radiant light like breath, which continuously shot towards the winged creatures.

It penetrated completely.

Several Skywings were killed after being directly hit by those beams of light.

The remaining light waves instantly shattered the distant earth.

"Damn it... lizard!!"

"If you're not happy, then come and fight! You winged monkeys, you're just like those races on the ground that are called humans, nothing more than ants to us!"

“To call us, the identities created by the noble Lord Artesius, those damned human monkeys… that alone is enough to condemn you!”

The two sides combined their different forces, which then erupted at a single point.

The constantly erupting forces not only conflicted the physical realm, but also caused spacetime to be distorted one after another.

If this continues, not only will everything within a radius of 100 kilometers be destroyed...

At least the race called human is not one that can escape it.

then.

At the moment when the power of the dragon and the winged race was about to reach its absolute limit—

The world fell into stillness.

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Every blade of grass, every tree, and all things in the world return to tranquility.

Both the Skywing and Dragon Essence species can manipulate time and space. In fact, the Dragon Essence species are even extradimensional life forms. They can concentrate the power of all timelines—past, present, and future—into a single point, rendering attacks on time and space meaningless to them.

But they were simply left standing still.

In a static world, the only thing that can move is...

There was only one person.

He slowly descended to the position where the Skywing and Dragon Spirit species intersected, raised his hand, and poured all his power into his weapon.

The golden longsword stretched out in one breath.

And with an extraordinary strike.

Completely cut through all incoming attacks.

boom--! ! !