Chapter 837

EP.837 Part 3 Chapter 2 Section 19 My Tera Needs No Men

England, Stonehenge.

This ancient relic, constructed in a distant era, had long been speculated to be connected to special abilities.

And as expected, something happened.

“Haa, haa, what is this…?”

Queen Aruel of England personally confronted and defeated the monster that appeared at Stonehenge.

“A different lifeform from the Demon Dragons…”

The unidentified monster.

More beast-like in form than Demon Dragons or Monsters, it was truly bizarre.

Its outer skin shimmered like armor, and its body structure resembled condensed magic power.

Fortunately, its strength was only at S Rank, so it was easily defeated, but it was powerful enough to require Queen Aruel’s direct intervention.

“What should we call this…”

“…Maybe an ancient spirit?”

The cat perched on Aruel’s shoulder spoke!

No one around her was surprised when the cat began speaking.

Stronger even than Queen Aruel herself…

‘Sir Kim Penril.’

Some called him a demon cat, but his true nature was far beyond such simple categorization.

“Ancient spirit? This clearly came from another world.”

“So it’s an ancient spirit. There aren’t just one or two other worlds, you know? Since Tera fell and connected to this world, other worlds could certainly exist too.”

“That means… people from other worlds coming into this one.”

Aruel bit her nails.

“Is another interdimensional invasion starting…? We’re already operating at reduced capacity.”

Of the seven goddesses who saved the world, three have mysteriously disappeared.

The Goddess of Flames vanished along with a Pluto monster, while the Goddess of Water and Earth have also gone missing.

Officially, the disappearance of the latter two goddesses has been attributed to ‘retirement,’ but if word got out they were really gone, many would go berserk.

As the threat from monsters continues to decline…

When all monsters are eliminated, only humans and specials will remain.

That’s when the villains will come out in full force.

“This is insane.”

“Your Majesty, a report.”

A blonde middle-aged knight in armor approached and knelt on one knee.

“We’ve sent samples to ‘Professor’.”

“Good job, Sir Gawein. It’s fortunate we managed to obtain some evidence of the other dimension.”

“All thanks to Your Majesty and Sir Kim Penril.”

During the battle at Stonehenge against the strange monster, they successfully tore off what appeared to be part of its shoulder armor.

“Her Majesty personally swung her sword to remove the armor.”

The monster let out cries of great pain, and the magic power within rapidly collapsed before finally disappearing.

It was almost too easy to defeat.

That fact alone made Aruel uneasy.

“I thought peace was coming to the world, but after just a year, these threats start again.”

“Your Majesty…”

“I’m sorry, Sir Gawein. With all the trouble both inside and outside the country, I couldn’t help but vent a little. You’re the only one who’d listen to my rambling.”

“…I’ll always be here to listen. As your knight, but more than that…”

“That’s enough. Thank you, hehe.”

Further words weren’t necessary.

Sir Gawein looked upon the now grown queen with a fatherly smile.

“We need to thoroughly monitor ancient ruins and other places from now on. I apologize about the Round Table.”

“Hehe, no need to apologize.”

Currently, Sir Gawein is no longer a member of the Round Table.

In fact, the Round Table itself has ceased to exist.

“The Round Table failed to provide proper aid in saving the world, and half of them turned out to be villains anyway, so their dissolution was inevitable.”

The Round Table is gone.

Those hailed as heroes who saved the world were actually committing disgraceful acts behind the scenes.

Taking responsibility, Sir Gawein stepped down from his position as leader of the Round Table.

Without a central figure, the Round Table became ineffective and eventually disbanded.

Though the heroes who saved the world have disappeared, new dangers continue to threaten the world.

“Hmm…”

“Why the concern, Sir Kim Penril?”

“Nah, nothing.”

Kim Penril tilted his head while looking at where the strange monster had vanished.

“Familiar yet nostalgic smell.”

“…Could it be the homeland of spirits?”

“Huh? That’s ridiculous.”

Kim Penril swished his tail back and forth.

“Tera has already fallen and no longer exists. If anything came through, it wouldn’t be Dragon Demons, right?”

* * *

“Master, the attempt failed. The interdimensional beings put up quite a resistance.”

The small figures in uniforms bowed their heads to the petite woman.

Wearing attire distinct from those of Gaiana, she shook her head.

“Their resistance isn’t the issue. You need to uncover the reason. Why does magical power exist in the land of barbarians?”

“We deployed spirits to investigate…”

“It wasn’t enough. Didn’t the spirits’ powers weaken significantly when crossing between worlds? Even our top-tier spirits were reduced to less than a third of their strength and struggled against the enemy. This isn’t what Great Mother Earth desires.”

The clerics prostrated themselves at the resolute words of the priestess.

“Great Mother Earth desires victory. She seeks overwhelming triumph through unmatched strength. Though they may have the advantage of their land, that doesn’t mean we can’t overcome them.”

The priestess gathered a tiny amount of magical power.

“Send small entities without alerting them. And gather information as we did before. Knowledge, weapons, and powers from their world! They will be the foundation for us to become a new humanity.”

The priestess spread her arms. Her robe billowed back, revealing hair brown like the earth.

“All humanity living in small forms is truly a blessed world. We’ve seen possibilities in their world. We’ve witnessed the truth of their world. People…”

Her eyes flashed pink.

“Love the people of Gaiana above all else.”

“Ohhh…”

“Forget not. We can do it. Not just the people of the Gaiana Kingdom, but everyone in Tera can be transformed into beautiful young maidens.”

The clerics all knelt and raised their hands skyward.

“A world filled with only beautiful youths and maidens. That is the world Great Mother Earth desires.”

“Aah, that’s right!”

“Gather data. The place is Europe. Find those who researched this magnificent method of human conversion there. If they no longer exist, find the methods they left behind.”

The cleric tapped the ground with a staff.

The staff traced a pattern resembling a windmill blade, forming a ‘卍’-like shape.

“We must convert the people of Tera. Eliminate all who exceed the size of life’s branches, and remove ‘growth hormones’ from future children to prevent further growth. Thus, after a hundred years, no, hundreds of years, Tera will be…”

The cleric embraced themselves with a blissful smile.

“Filled only with beautiful young men and women.”

“For the New Humanity.”

At the heart of the Gaiana Kingdom.

Unbeknownst to anyone, the Gaiana Kingdom was quietly transforming.

“To the glory of Gaianism.”

“Hail Hydra.”

The clerics addressed the priestess as ‘Hydra.’

* * *

After capturing the city of Trois in the Gaiana Kingdom.

I coerced the commander of Trois’ defense forces into handing over all military secrets.

To confirm geographical advantages? No.

While understanding geography is useful, we’ll obliterate everything with overwhelming firepower, so tactics utilizing terrain aren’t particularly necessary.

To give legitimacy to the Blue Wind Sect’s uprising? Somewhat.

The uprising of the Blue Wind Sect was triggered by Gaiana Kingdom’s horrific ‘Sun Icheol Strategy.’ Though Trois had many purebloods, it also had a significant number of mixed-bloods.

Even if it didn’t directly affect them, parents with children were shocked at the possibility of terrible things happening to their offspring, leading them to support the Blue Wind Sect.

Those already dissatisfied with the Gaiana Kingdom became even more actively supportive of the Blue Wind Sect’s rebellion or hoped to join directly.

I released some of the military secrets I obtained.

Though doing so would likely result in being captured for leaking military secrets if caught by the Gaiana Kingdom, the revelation of these secrets caused the revolutionary fervor in Trois, symbolized by the blue flames, to burn even brighter.

A good sign.

But it still didn’t satisfy my ‘curiosity.’

‘Venus Gas.’

They lock children underground and release gas.

An act reminiscent of something elsewhere, giving me a sense of déjà vu.

‘There was a villain in Europe who did exactly this.’

Historically, such events occurred, and in the original story, gas was dispersed under the guise of being ‘Monster Transformation Gas.’

‘Are psychos with similar mindsets present in every world?’

The actions of the Gaiana Kingdom were too similar to events on Earth.

This isn’t 20 or 25 years into the future of Earth; it’s eerily similar to historical events I know.

“Someone might think it’s the Nazis.”

If Jews were replaced with mixed-bloods, it would be exactly that.

The idea of leaving only purebloods with durability and eliminating everyone else is one thing, but forcing mixed-bloods to resemble purebloods in appearance and behavior is another absurdity altogether.

So, I sought to find out.

Whose twisted mind conceived this plan?

If it was purely the priestess’s idea…

“Hm?”

Among the military secrets, something different from the other papers caught my eye.

I immediately pulled it out and examined it, receiving a shock as if struck by a hammer to the back of my head.

“My goodness.”

I couldn’t read it.

Though my avatar could naturally decipher Tera’s language using magic, these familiar yet strange characters were indecipherable.

“Why is there alphabet here?”

Sentences written in the alphabet.

And next to them, what seemed like a translation guide.

“This…”

No need to translate.

Whoosh.

I burned the paper and immediately logged out.

Then I converted the visual data stored in my avatar into an image file.

“Incredible.”

Nazis have infiltrated Tera.