Chapter 184
Chapter 184
Chapter 184
Hive Mind (3)
"That's true, but...."
The problem was that the damage wasn't 'damage to allies' but 'collateral damage.'
"Yes, that's what I meant by 'without collateral damage.'"
"...Is that possible?"
Rudian looked at Elli with a dubious expression.
In Rudian's mind, there was only one way to kill that bastard without causing damage in the current situation.
First, use Maria's telekinesis to completely immobilize the creature, then use Rebecca's authority to completely drain its power, and finally use the Black World to maximize the Death King's power and annihilate it without leaving even a corpse.
The problem was that it would take quite a while to catch that bastard who was planning to engage in thorough guerrilla warfare using the ocean as his stage.
Moreover, that bastard had already hidden underwater to interfere with Rudian and his companions.
In such a situation, Rudian became curious about what confidence Elli had to make such a statement.
"I request the unlocking of the 5th stage Anti-God weapon."
"...Ah, come to think of it, there was such a thing."
The card this guy was going to pull out as a last resort after failing to fire the charged particle cannon at the ground.
Although she couldn't use it due to insufficient authority, if she was willing to bring it out despite knowing the power of Rudian's party, it would certainly have considerable might.
"If you unlock that, can you kill that bastard Gardin without collateral damage?"
"When properly unlocked, I estimate the success rate at approximately 95%."
"Oh!"
While 95% would certainly be the best method to break through this situation, things didn't go so smoothly.
"However, the Anti-God weapon requires not only the main user's permission but also a considerable amount of power supply."
"Power supply?"
"Yes, most of the power stored in this terminal was consumed summoning extraterrestrial beings according to the temporary user's commands. Also, since it's a weapon that destroys divinity, ideally the same divinity or materialized causal force would be most efficient."
"That's...."
Rudian realized what power Elli was referring to.
None other than the 'Karma stat' that Rudian himself possessed.
When Rudian first obtained the Karma stat, it was a total of 992, but now he had succeeded in increasing the total amount to 1,200 through continuous training.
"Yes, that amount would be sufficient."
Elli nodded after hearing about Rudian's total Karma amount.
"Good. Then let's see what you can do?"
It was necessary to check the power of the Anti-God weapon and confirm what level Elli's performance as an exploration type was.
At Rudian's words, Elli slightly raised the corners of her mouth and answered:
"Before my first main user, Master, there can be no mistakes."
'Uh, huh?'
Rudian's eyes widened upon seeing the 'smile' made by the artificial intelligence.
Elli, who had gathered all the units waiting around her, bowed politely to Rudian just before departure.
"Then I'll be going, Master."
SWOOSH!
"...What?"
Before Rudian could stupidly ask back, Elli flew up into the sky with the other units.
And in that spot where Elli had left.
"...Masterrr?"
"......!"
From behind Rudian, Rebecca's cold voice could be heard.
***
While Rudian was facing Rebecca with fierce eyes.
"Main Controller Arcadia, I request backup."
Elli, who had risen into the sky with the units, quietly muttered Adi's name.
Then, a familiar black eyeball suddenly popped out in front of Elli's eyes, revealing its presence.
-Elysion, why did you say that last part? Because of that, Master is getting ganged up on by the other party members.
"Is that so?"
-This is the first time we're meeting like this, but according to the built-in information, you're quite peculiar. Eldorado and Dilmun didn't have such strong egos as you.
"...You're the one who's quite emotionally rich. Aren't you in a position where you must use anything for the revival of Adora civilization as a Machine God? Yet despite that, you're quite emotionally invested in Master."
-...That's none of your business.
Adi treated Elli with a considerably more businesslike tone than usual.
-Anyway, I understand that you were 'made' that way. But I cannot tolerate a terminal trying to manipulate and shake Master, so please be careful in the future. Not all terminals are needed to unseal my main body.
"...I'll keep that in mind."
Whether Adi's threat was quite convincing, Elli's momentum immediately diminished.
After the hierarchy was somewhat established, Adi directly observed Gardin's main body lurking in the ocean, waiting for an opportunity.
-Originally, I was going to recommend activating Eldorado by drawing all your power, but if you stepped forward first to score points with Master, it would be right to assist that.
"Thank you, Main Controller."
-There are two unlocked Anti-God weapons. I'll amplify the power with Eldorado and Dilmun's strength, so please succeed magnificently.
RUMBLE!
As Elli raised her head, something harboring tremendous chaos began to writhe outside the atmosphere.
-......!
Whether it sensed that ominousness, Gardin's movements immediately became urgent.
-You bastard! What are you trying to do!
The moment Gardin poked his head above the seawater and tried to argue with Elli.
The 1,000 units of Elysion that had flown up with Elli began concentrating all their power on Elli.
From the mouth of Elli, who had received all that power, the strongest card possessed by terminal Elysion was revealed.
"5th stage final Anti-God weapon, Vasavi Shakti activation."
CRACKLE!
-...Gasp!
Gardin looked up at the sky in shock.
Currently in a state where considerable power was liberated, Gardin's perception reached planetary scale.
With perception expanded to that degree, Gardin had no choice but to immediately notice.
That a mass of chaos in the form of lightning had suddenly popped out from the lunar surface.
He couldn't know that Elysion's weapon storage existed there, but he could at least sufficiently understand that it was definitely not good news.
CRACKLE!
The giant lightning spear that emerged from the weapon storage began rushing toward where Gardin was, defying all laws under Elli's guidance.
-How dare you!
The giant lightning spear piercing through the thermosphere, stratosphere, and reaching the troposphere to descend to the ground.
As soon as he visually confirmed it, Gardin immediately opened all nine mouths wide and spat out his breath.
-How dare you try to oppose divine power with weapons made by mere machines!
"Mere machines...."
For a moment, a small sneer crossed Elli's lips.
"You don't know that this machine is one of the weapons that massacred the gods of the Pantheon 3,000 years ago."
-What did you just say?
Gardin's words couldn't be completed.
Because the spearhead of Vasavi Shakti pierced through the breath that Gardin had exhaled and struck his main body directly.
CRACK!
-KRAAAHHH!
As the breath containing divinity was easily broken through, Gardin's nine heads simultaneously screamed in harmony.
"There's no need for your blood to mix with the seawater. The problem will be solved by evaporating your body along with that seawater."
The essence of Vasavi Shakti was chaos in the form of a lightning spear, with the power to annihilate everything within range.
-Kill... me... KRAAAHHH!
"Do you still have leisure to speak?"
Elli checked Gardin's condition while tapping on a calculator.
At this rate, she could kill Gardin's body, but completely annihilating that body would be impossible.
"As expected, one is slightly insufficient to finish perfectly."
The density of chaos contained in Vasavi Shakti was enough to sufficiently kill Gardin's body, but there was slight insufficiency to completely annihilate it.
However....
"That's why I prepared another Anti-God weapon. I hope you'll be pleased."
There was sufficient power to activate one more Anti-God weapon.
Rudian didn't know, but the total amount of Karma that Elli currently possessed exceeded her own expectations.
And that power activated the second Anti-God weapon according to Elli's command.
"5th stage final Anti-God weapon, Agneyastra activation."
WHOOSH!
A phenomenon of small flames flickering appeared before Elli's eyes.
RUMBLE!
Not long after, along with a scene like a meteor falling, a giant vajra wrapped in flames revealed itself from the sky.
***
"...What is that?"
Rudian, who was being scolded by Rebecca, gaped as a fire vajra of comparable size appeared following the giant lightning spear.
It wasn't just large in size; the tremendous density of chaos contained in that form was at a level that even Rudian couldn't take lightly.
"...If that had appeared when we were fighting, we might have really suffered great damage."
Maria also seemed to feel the potential contained in the two Anti-God weapons, stopping her scolding of Rudian with Rebecca and fixing her gaze on the sky.
RUMBLE!
The giant vajra containing flames followed the exact path that Vasavi Shakti had taken and completely crushed Gardin's nine heads.
-Gak, gak!
With that single blow, Gardin couldn't even let out a proper scream and was annihilated in one strike.
RUMBLE!
Agneyastra simultaneously crushed Gardin's body while creating tremendous seismic waves and a giant pillar of fire.
Due to the light and shockwaves emanating from that pillar, Rudian and his party focused on closing their eyes tightly and protecting their bodies from the incoming tsunami.
"Ugh!"
The light that colored hundreds of kilometers in all directions white soon subsided....
"...My goodness."
RUMBLE!
Where Gardin had been, a giant crater-shaped hole had already formed.
However, there was a strange boundary where seawater couldn't penetrate inside as if blocked by something.
A scene that might look like this if a mountain were turned upside down.
Due to the entangled physical laws, a spectacular view rarely seen in the mortal world was briefly created.
"It's finished, Master."
While Rudian and his companions were entranced by the aftermath brought by the Anti-God weapons, Elli, who had completed everything, slowly descended from the sky and landed beside Rudian.
"Complete annihilation of entity named Gardin confirmed. Approximately 20 million liters of water evaporated, but we definitely prevented the situation of the ocean being contaminated by the corpse."
Additionally, the 20,000 extraterrestrial life forms that had been flocking here were also completely exterminated by the remaining 9,000-plus Elysion terminals deployed by Adi.
"Uh... good work."
"Good work... sir?"
"......?"
Even at Rudian's praise, Elli tilted her head slightly as if something didn't satisfy her.
Then, as if understanding the reason, she clapped her hands and moved to the next action.
"...Huh? What are you doing?"
"......"
Rudian was flustered when Elli suddenly knelt in front of him and bowed her head.
And he became even more flustered when she brought her lowered head right in front of his eyes.
Rudian vaguely caught on to the meaning of that action and said in a small voice.
"...You want me to pat you?"
Nod nod.
It was more like a cat than an artificial intelligence.
"......!"
Unaware that others behind him were widening their eyes, Rudian slightly raised his hand and patted Elli's black hair.
Then Elli finally got up from her spot with a satisfied expression.
'The gazes around me feel somehow piercing....'
From the outside, it looked like he had patted the head of a maid in light clothing, but this creature was ultimately a machine and merely female-'type.'
Having extinguished the most urgent fire, Rudian immediately moved to the next agenda.
"Adi! Check all the areas where extraterrestrial life forms have been rampaging!"
-Of course it's ready, Master.
As expected, the returned Adi was competent.
He had completely grasped the locations of all extraterrestrial life forms stored in Elli's terminal and pinpointed all locations totaling about 500 places.
'Damn it.'
Gardin had generously drawn upon terminal Elysion's power and scattered extraterrestrial bastards everywhere to a disgustingly thorough degree.
'And yet they managed not to get caught during the progression of Chapters 1 and 2.'
To make matters worse, a full 10% of those 500-plus locations were situated within Morian Empire territory.
'I need to divide the personnel. If we resolve them one by one, it'll take too much time... rather than that?'
At that moment, Rudian's eyes turned to the Elysion units lined up in formation.
'Certainly, the estimated combat power of each of those is Grand Master level....'
The other units except Elli could only be equipped with the basic armament Starlight Blaster, but that alone would be sufficient to deal with the extraterrestrial life forms.
"...Should I just send those to sweep them all away?"
He thought that without Rudian and his party needing to step forward, they could completely slaughter them without even letting them open their mouths.