The Third World Collision
When creating a legendary creature, a sacrifice is normally required. The traits had already provided a significant portion of the necessary points, but it was still possible to offer more.
“In addition to the 3,268 bonus points gained from traits, I will evenly sacrifice half of the life in my ecosystem.”
“Understood. That means 2,042 points will be added to the legendary creature, while an extra 561 points will be consumed. Is that acceptable?”
“Doesn’t matter.”
Just like when Abhojuth was created, a terrifying vortex began to form from the fragment of the old god.
The vortex seemed to devour only living things. It endlessly swallowed slightly more than half of all life. Grass in the freshwater, fish, reptiles, insects, frogs, jellies, gels, and puddings. It greedily, ravenously sucked in every single organism in the Dessert Legion except for Abhojuth.
Twitch—! Twitch—! Twitch—!
The old god’s fragment began to swell. The fragment, now covered in gelatinous, glassy, and ceramic-like skin, kept inflating like bubbles and floated into the air. It resembled a balloon, but more bubbles kept attaching themselves to it, forming round spheres inside.
Shwoooooosh.
“Oh my god. How is that thing even flying?”
A light gas had been injected into its body, and half of it was magic. It floats by filling its body with light Wind attribute magical power.
From its body—which looked like a mix of bubbles, chunks of meat, and rock—tentacles grew for manipulation. Tentacles that formed the hand seals necessary for casting magic. And other vicious tentacles capable of touching and destroying other objects on their own.
Bulge—!
Then it opened its eyes. Two in the front. Two on the upper layer. Two on the lower layer. And two in the rear. The creature, covered in multiple crystalline eyeballs nestled between bubbles, stretched out its tentacles and filled its flesh with a deep yogurt-colored blood.
【O Great Creator of mine. Yogur-tosoth, whom you have shaped, has descended upon this world.】
Ecosystem. Influx.
【I have entered this ecosystem.】
Not bad. It possesses extremely high intelligence, instantly understanding its master’s words.
The world's Military score has exceeded 926 points and risen to Level 4. You may now select a new trait.
The world's Mystery score has exceeded 926 points and risen to Level 4. You may now select a new trait.
Yogur-tosoth had even doubled the Military and Mystery scores thanks to a single ability. The creature was such a monster that it could raise the entire ecosystem’s level by itself.
For the Military trait, I chose Magical Combat. It simply made it fight better when using magic.
“The trait I’m offering this time is quite interesting.”
“Interesting?”
Yogur-tosoth Knowledge Acquisition: Yogur-tosoth gains 926 points worth of magical knowledge.
Water Mystery Specialization: Becomes even more proficient in water-attribute mysteries.
Magical Revelation: Can consume Divinity to accelerate a creation’s Magic execution speed.
Oh. So even on the Mystery side, there were traits that directly strengthened Yogur-tosoth.
“Yes. It’s not as good as strengthening the entire civilization, but it can further raise the stats of a powerful legendary creature.”
Then I’ll go with that. It’s better than the other options.
【My Creator. I am grateful.】
The world's Technology score has exceeded 100 points and risen to Level 1. You may now select a new trait.
“?”
“Ah. The magical knowledge. It seems acquiring that knowledge was counted as technology, pushing it over 100 points.”
“I see…”
So the Technology score was the total value of both the technological level reached and the number of beings benefiting from that technology.
Magical knowledge raised the technology score too, not just scientific knowledge. Was Yogur-tosoth capable of raising its level with nothing but the magical knowledge it alone possessed? Just what the hell was this thing?
For the Technology trait, I chose Magical Development. It intuitively sped up magic development. This one was pretty much exclusive to Yogur-tosoth as well.
Let’s take a look at this guy’s stats.
This thing is insane.
“I can’t even give a higher evaluation. You’re only preparing for the third collision, yet even its lowest stat—charm—is at Level 2 with 279 points. Its highest stats, health and authority, are both over 1,000 at Level 4. Total ability score is 6,236 at Level 3. On top of that, the magic and authorities it’s learned are monstrous. This is a colossal beast that could single-handedly take on an entire civilization even in the fourth collision.”
Angel. Stop praising it and tell me the downsides too.
“Pardon? Ah… If I must, I’d say its energy consumption. The energy drain is so severe that you’d normally need Life at Level 4 to handle it. But since your world’s life level is literally at Level 6 right now, that weakness is completely meaningless.”
I see. So even from the angel’s perspective, that’s how it looks.
Then this guy must be the strongest. No world should be able to defeat my Yogur-tosoth.
“10,779. That is the number of worlds currently capable of hunting Yogur-tosoth with their own power.”
What? Why so many?
“No, that’s actually an extremely small number… There are still over 250 million players remaining. Please consider even those mentioned worlds as merely having a ‘possibility.’
Out of those 10,779, more than 9,000 would exhaust their civilization’s entire capacity hunting Yogur-tosoth, end in mutual destruction, or fail entirely. There is not a single civilization capable of hunting it while losing less than 50% of their total capacity.
In short, every single player currently participating in the game will see their total civilization score drop to less than half just by facing Yogur-tosoth.”
“What if we base it on ecosystems instead of civilizations?”
“Among the remaining players, you are the only one without a civilization, Lord Biin… Obviously.”
I see.
Still, the fact that there are forces capable of hunting it… is a little worrying. Legendary creatures are immortal, so even if destroyed they can be recreated, but reviving them requires another massive amount of resources.
Anyway, I can’t just throw Yogur-tosoth in the moment the dimensional gate opens. I should test the waters a bit and take it slow.
“The world’s total score is actually lower than Yogur-tosoth’s stats.”
“Individual and world stats don’t correspond one-to-one, and you did feed more than half of all life to Yogur-tosoth. Also, honestly, having culture and politics at zero while expecting a high total score… that’s pretty shameless, don’t you think?”
“Still, overall, my world’s total ability score seems insanely high right now, doesn’t it?”
“That is true.”
The next opponent is going to be pitiful.
∞
The first terrain Player Aeung received was a desert. Since Aeung originally possessed a body made of pure elements, it thought this was actually a good environment.
However, Aeung ‘logically’ concluded that in the current structure—where half the players were eliminated each round until only one remained out of a billion—its chances of winning were extremely low.
“Angel. You said unconditional surrender isn’t the only option, and conditional alliances are also possible, right?”
“That is correct.”
Aeung’s angel, who possessed a beautiful elemental body, had told it so. Therefore, Aeung’s strategy had been decided from the very beginning.
First, the moment the first world collision occurred, it immediately requested an Alliance. Before the dimensional gate even opened and the first invaders could damage its civilization.
“Hey. There’s no point wasting energy fighting from the very first match, is there? For now, let’s cooperate perfectly with each other. That way, for the next match we can start with double the weight class by working together instead of fighting.”
Fortunately, the opponent was willing to talk.
“Then shall we keep this up until the game ends?”
“Of course not. While we cooperate, we’ll still engage in internal power struggles to suppress each other’s races. But even if we win the fight for control of the world, we won’t ‘annihilate’ the opponent. Instead, they’ll become our subordinate. Even as a subordinate, they can always gather strength later and rebel.”
“Hmm…”
“When we meet the second opponent, we’ll immediately offer cooperation. Unless the second opponent is exceptionally skilled at the game, they’ll probably be in tatters after fighting the first one, right?
In reality it’ll be a three-way battle. Maybe the opponent also has subordinates or allies, making it a four-way battle… but they’ll still be weaker than us, who have been cooperating from the start. Even if they refuse, we can crush them easily.”
“You’re making this proposal without even knowing what state I’m in?”
“I’m proposing it precisely because I don’t know your state. That’s why it’s actually more trustworthy.”
In short, Aeung had chosen a ‘cooperation strategy.’
Instead of fighting opponents, cooperate with them. And then win through internal affairs and political maneuvering as a member of that world.
Aeung was far more confident in politics and scheming than in direct combat.
“Alright. I accept your proposal.”
Unlike Aeung, who had created pure elemental lifeforms, the opponent’s race was a mouse-like species that consumed almost no water.
Both were surprised upon seeing each other’s races, but once they realized their races’ needs didn’t overlap, forming an alliance became easy.
Aeung’s race occupied areas rich in magical power and elements, training in mystery, while the opponent’s mouse race built cities in valleys, collected desert rainwater, planted crops, and developed technology.
In the second match, the opponent rejected the cooperation offer but was completely crushed by the already perfectly united Element & Mouse alliance. They accepted the surrender and turned them into slaves.
Now Aeung’s world had three gods, two dominant races, and one slave race. The mouse player was quite skilled at politics and didn’t easily yield leadership to Aeung. Whether this structure would hold after the third collision remained to be seen.
Aeung believed no player would refuse the optimal strategy of ‘cooperation,’ and continued making offers while growing more and more convinced that their ever-expanding world strategy was the best.
Even if they lost, as long as they survived as the opponent’s vassal, subordinate, or even slave, they could live on for a long time.
Aeung had that much confidence in politics, scheming, and internal power struggles.
Right before the third collision, there was a sudden patch that gave away Faith points and the chance to create unique creatures, which was quite surprising.
But that was all. Aeung created a creature that provided advantages in both culture and mystery through powerful magic and charm, while its ally player created a powerful war commander.
And so the third world collision began. Aeung and its allied god naturally requested a conversation with the opposing player ‘Biin’…
The opposing player has rejected Conversation.
“What. This one seems to have a violent temperament.”
“You can say that again.”
Aeung’s world had a total score exceeding 6,000. It was the score produced through complete cooperation with the mouse race, and because they worked together perfectly, specialization had been achieved with no weaknesses in any field.
The elemental race and mouse race that entered the opponent’s world were flawless in every category—physical, magical, long-range, close-range, group combat. Their vanguard entered the opponent’s world and saw…
Something.
Floating.
In the sky.
Upon confirming it with divine power, they discovered it was an unidentified mass of bubbles possessing individual stats that surpassed even the total score of the world created through cooperation between the two races.
The moment Aeung and its allied god saw it, they frantically sent requests for Conversation, Alliance, Negotiation, and Surrender.
You have been blocked by the opposing player.
Aeung’s vision went black.
Its allied god didn’t seem to be in any better condition.