Kamen Rider Zi-O, Dimensional Descent

"We must not let down the efforts these people have made. We can step in and offer help, but we must never hand over the results directly to them."

"Because success is something that people in this world have to achieve for themselves."

Admittedly, Rick's plan alone would not have been able to bring everything to an end so quickly, but with Yan Ming and the others' efforts, what would have taken about ten years to start a war can now be accomplished in just one day.

And that's all their work is about.

The rest, such as how to make the Star Cup manifest and how to consider the affairs of this world, are all matters for humanity itself.

Yan Ming is indeed the kind of king who wants to save others.

But he would never act unilaterally under the pretext of salvation, without considering anything else.

"Although you are the Demon King... you are exceptionally gentle."

"Let's avoid using those overused words so often. Save your energy; we have important things to do."

"Understood, then my Demon King... please allow me to do my utmost to assist you."

"The plan should be to do everything in our power to assist the people of this world, don't forget."

And so, the fate of this world was sealed.

Volume 7, No Game No Life ZERO: Chapter 302 The Intruder...Only One Person?

The world fell silent.

However, rather than describing this silence, it's more accurate to call it a cold war.

The Forest Elves, the Goblins, and the Skywings, the three races that currently possess the strongest combat power in theory, are each in a stagnant Cold War.

"Tsk...what a hassle!"

Nina Clyver, the main leader of the Forest Elves, is currently sitting in her headquarters, sulking.

With an enviable appearance like that of a beautiful young girl, she sat on her throne, contemplating the current events.

"What on earth are those goblins up to? And the winged race... Is that guy Altshu really planning to start a war?!"

All their races had gathered various kinds of intelligence.

First, on the goblin side, the forest elves learned that the goblins possessed a powerful weapon called "Marrow Burst," while the goblins learned that the forest elves possessed a powerful technology called "Void Zero Protection."

If one's trump cards are revealed to the opponent, it can be a very serious problem for a race.

But the real trouble doesn't end there.

The ruler of the Winged Race, the God of War, Arteshu—

That guy seems to be planning to start a war.

It's unclear where this information comes from, but many people have already collected similar information from various places, including goblin, forest elf, and even machine races.

If Althu really intends to do this, it means that... the entire Skywing race will become an enemy of all the other races in the world.

This is precisely what made Nina Cleaver very resentful and sullen.

"What's with the attitude! Altshu is just someone who fought and won against the Yanlong, does he really think he's the ruler of the world?!"

Among the countless races in this world, the most powerful should be the so-called divine race.

However, there are many species among the gods, and Alteshu is ultimately just one of countless species among the gods.

Therefore, Nina Cleaver really couldn't imagine what Altshue intended to use as his trump card in an attempt to fight against all races in the world.

In her view, this was simply because the so-called God of War was too foolish, which was why he was so arrogant and ignorant.

Even the divine species are ultimately just living things, and they are ultimately just life created by this planet. As long as they are life, they will inevitably die one day.

In that case... there's nothing scary about Althu at all.

Nina Cleaver has always thought so.

"Lady Nina."

"What is it now?"

Nina sat proudly in her seat, arms crossed, while her subordinates came to report to her.

"I heard there have been some recent developments among the Skywing race. It seems their strongest individual was attacked and is currently in serious condition."

"Oh...? The strongest extra-extra individual... could it be that little girl named Jibril?"

Nina raised her eyebrows in surprise.

In her mind, Jibril was a very powerful Skywing species. Even ordinary Dragon Spirits would have to think twice before confronting her.

What kind of person would inexplicably beat her into such a severely injured state?

Then, at this very moment.

—A strange tremor suddenly swept through the entire forest elf stronghold.

Boom!!

"Whoa—?!"

The enormous fluctuations, exceeding the magnitude of an earthquake, caused the very tall ancient tree to sway.

Nina's subordinates were all implicated.

"What's going on...?"

Nina herself quickly realized what was happening and immediately used magic to stabilize her body.

despite this--

"Lady Nina! Report the situation! Just now, attackers suddenly launched an attack on this place!"

"say what--?!"

They launched an attack on the headquarters of their Forest Elf race? How could such a thing happen?

Nina couldn't even accept this fact for a moment.

"What about defensive magic? Didn't we prepare many defensive magic circles covering the entire ancient tree? Even the goblin fleet and the dragon elf's 'Roaring Roar' couldn't break through, so how could this happen..."

"All the defensive magic has been destroyed, Lady Nina... and the intruder is right outside us now!"

After hearing what her subordinates said, Nina's expression became even more surprised.

Because she grasped the key point.

"You mean, the so-called intruder is actually—one person?"

"…Yes."

"How is that possible? You mean the defensive network that even those goblin bastards couldn't break through was destroyed by just one person?!"

Shock is an inadequacy to describe Nina's emotions.

After briefly assessing the situation, Nina quickly ran outside with her subordinates. They all went to the tower-like area at the top of the trees to look out.

In the end, they all saw who the culprit was who had destroyed the superb defensive magic array set up by all the forest elves.

It was a human figure.

It was a body suspended in mid-air, with a lightning-blue body and wing-like thrusters on its back.

"He's the intruder!"

At this moment, countless forest elves can be seen fighting back with all sorts of magic against the intruder.

But none of this could harm it in the slightest.

The opponent was merely suspended in mid-air, yet it seemed to possess an invisible force that easily blocked and tore apart all the magic.

…wrong.

Nina used all her strength to observe the other person's movements with her magic as closely as possible.

Slow down all the movements to several tens of times or less.

Then, Nina finally saw it.

It wasn't some unseen force that blocked the forest elves' magic... it was something that the blue figure did on its own.

His hands were cutting through the space in front of him at a speed that even the forest elves could not possibly comprehend.

However, even though Nina used all the magic she had to observe the other person—

'Can't...see?!'

Even so, it was impossible to see the details of the other party's movements. No, she couldn't even see the general movements. All Nina could see were countless afterimages flashing back and forth as fast as light.

The opponent, with overwhelming speed, completely blocked and neutralized all of their forest elf attacks.

More than that.

The blue figure slowly raised its hand, and a dark blue claw strike... instantly attacked them from directly in front of it.

"Watch out! Protect Lady Nina first!"

The forest elves quickly deployed their magic circles, trying their best to create a huge protective net.

Bang—!! The dark blue claw marks, like blades piercing paper, easily tore apart their magic circle, and the aftershocks also easily sliced ​​through the entire tower.

Even the ancient trees beneath the tower were deeply shaken.

Nina stood there, stunned, while the figure in the dark blue armor, clad in unknown materials, only briefly met her gaze.

Then he turned around and sped away.

"Lady Nina! What should we do?!"

"...catch up with him."

Clenching her teeth, Nina finally came to her senses and fully realized the situation.

"We have to catch him no matter what! No matter who that guy is... we absolutely can't let him get away!"

And so, the entire forest elf faction devoted itself to chasing a mysterious person of unknown identity.

What they didn't know was that the same situation was happening on the other side, among the goblin race...

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"...Her injuries were very severe."

Avant Heim, this is the gathering place of the Winged Race.

Countless Skywings live here, and so does Azriel, another special individual.

But her expression at that moment didn't look good.

Standing in front of a capsule that resembled a culture tank, Azriel gazed at the petite figure slowly floating in the green liquid.

"We don't know who did this, but at least the level of destruction is far greater than that of the Dragon Essence Seed."

"..."

"Based on the natural recovery time, she should be fully recovered in fifty years, but... it's best to avoid any disruption during this period, otherwise..."

The Skywing Clan member in charge of security did not continue speaking.

"Oh, I see... So that means Xiao Ji can't go out to play anymore, right?"

"Lord Azrael..."

"It's okay, you've all done your best. There's nothing more you can do."

Azriel... She was the first individual created by Altshu, an existence created even earlier than Jibril.

And now, Jibril, whom he regards as a sister, is undergoing restoration work.

The restoration work is also very extensive and will take at least fifty years to complete.

…Based on the investigation, Jibril has exhausted her physical strength and almost all of her power.

She unleashed Sky Strike, yet still suffered such severe injuries.

But what Azriel really cared about was Jibril's injuries.

"Who...did this?"

She clenched her hands tightly, her displeasure growing stronger.

On one hand, it's because the Skywing race, as a legendary being created by Arteshu, should theoretically be the noblest race... yet they've been injured to this extent, which is simply the greatest defilement of that supreme god.