At the beginning, unlimited skill tree!

Instantly, various conspiracy theories reappeared in Hermitos' mind.

Other humans and elves didn't think as much as Hermitos.

The concept of Alaya was too lofty and too far away from everyone, so not many people cared about it.

Only Hermitos, as a god, was constantly panicking about becoming a pawn in the game of inhibition because of his embarrassing identity!

(I, Hermitos, am crazy about my imagination! The god of imagination is online! Funny!)

Hermitos felt very dangerous at the moment, as he seemed to have discovered a secret that he shouldn't have discovered!

Chapter 377 Let's all be partners of justice!

[Void Zero Protection] - Annotations were quickly given in the text.

That was a modification of the art of the model god species Kainas of the forest elves, trying to turn it into a power that the forest elves could also master.

The original art was too complicated, and that powerful power was enough for only the forest god to use.

Unfortunately, the God of the Forest had died in the previous war.

Perhaps this is why the forest elves, who had lost their creator, tried to modify the divine arts.

"Died in battle?!" The elves said in disbelief when they saw this.

Then, as if they suddenly realized that they were too excited, they quickly restrained their emotions.

Ahem!

"How could he die in battle! Isn't he a god of the creator level?"

Although the elves were strongly dissatisfied with this news.

However, the article did not give a specific explanation of how the God of the Forest died.

It only left an intriguing sentence.

"The defeated god in the war. He is one of the only two gods killed by creatures that are not gods - Forest God Kenas."

The elves looked ugly, and instantly thought of the previous introduction of the Flügel and Ex-Machina.

The Forest God is the only god killed by [creatures of the Gods], while the Flügel and Ex-Machina are the only races that successfully [killed gods] during the war.

The suspects are obvious!

Let’s not talk about what the elves are thinking. On the other side——

…

“…Even the names of the [developers] are written in code, what kind of thing is that…”

In the book, Riku held a list full of codes in his hand and shuddered.

And those codes were obviously not enough to be cracked with the Elvish language that he was familiar with.

But he still wrote them down so that he could try to crack them later.

After that, Riku and Shubi explored the wasteland for a while, but they did not encounter precious information or things like [Void Zero Protection] on the way.

They were about to leave, but then they encountered the [Death Storm] caused by the increase in ashfall.

The two returned to the wasteland in a panic, which made everyone tremble with fear. It was not until Riku and Shubi played chess and planned to wait for the storm to pass before leaving that everyone let go of their nervousness.

"Hey, Hubie, did you bring a chessboard?"

"..."

"...I'm sorry..." Hubie apologized as if to hide his face, while tremblingly taking out the chessboard from his backpack.

That move——awsl!! A group of people covered their hearts.

"What the Void Zero Protection, what the Forest God Kainas is, it doesn't matter! Hubie is so cute!" Originally, it was thought that the Mechas might be the murderer of the Forest God.

After all, only the Mechas and the Flügels succeeded in killing the God.

And the Flügels didn't know much, so they could only temporarily consider the Mechas as the target of speculation.

But seeing Hubie's cute performance, people except the elves now completely threw that idea behind their heads.

Whether the Mechas killed the Forest God or not, what does it have to do with them!

As long as the Mechas don't directly attack humans, there will be no problem!

Or is Hubie not cute?

"By the way, it seems that Riku and Hubie have played several games. What are the chances of winning?" Someone suddenly started talking to himself.

Then think carefully——

With Riku's powerful layout ability, even as an Ex-Machina, Shubi can't be so easy to crack!

Thinking of Riku's first bet against Shubi, the confident mentality of "the chessboard has infinite possibilities".

Cat-eared girl Yuzuha also thought of this at this moment, and she is a staunch supporter of Riku.

She now has a very high favorability towards the human race!

However...

——One hundred and eighty-two battles and zero wins.

Soon Riku's record came out.

"Ah!...Ah?" The little princesses were immediately confused.

Yuzuha's face suddenly twitched.

1. One hundred and eighty-two battles...zero wins, doesn't that mean all defeats?

Didn't even achieve a draw?

Meow~! Why did she believe Riku's arrogant words before!

It felt very cool to say it! In the end——Humans are really no match for Ex-Machina in games!

Even if they can lure the enemy into a trap, Shubi's calculation ability completely blows up Riku's traps!

Riku's supporters were slapped in the face by Riku's embarrassing performance.

Then there was an interesting dialogue between Riku and Hubie.

This caused everyone to laugh knowingly, and the mood gradually eased.

Afterwards, Hubie and Riku had a discussion. Taking advantage of the fact that Riku kept losing but was unwilling to give up the challenge, Hubie suddenly spoke out Riku's true feelings.

Why does Riku still want to play chess with her even though he keeps losing?

because--

【...Riku does not accept such a result...】

Hubi's words made everyone suddenly stunned.

Don't you accept losing? still--

Before they could think about it.

"...Of course. How can you survive in this kind of world-"

"--no."

Hubby concluded immediately. She interrupted Riku and continued: "...Before...I didn't understand...but...now I understand..."

Immediately afterwards, Hubi's next sentence made Yuzuha and the others tremble in their hearts.

"...What Riku wants...is that he doesn't want anyone to die...no matter who the other party is, even if it is...a race that destroys humans - even Hubi."

…

I don’t want anyone to die, even if it means... destroying the human race.

The air suddenly became silent.

Everyone's brains seemed to have been split open by a sharp axe.

"...Is it because of this that Riku gave up attacking Hubi in the end?" Someone asked in surprise.

When they thought back to before... Riku had the chance to kill Hubi, the Ex-Machina who indirectly destroyed his hometown, but in the end he let Hubi go!

Just for this reason? !

Just because of this, you gave up on revenge?

The little princess's eyes widened.

"Rikuta... is not cowardly or afraid of killing, but he doesn't want anyone to die. Ah! Is that what he thinks?"

It turns out that this is Riku’s [Heart].

——————

"It's really irritating... a person who talks so much truth can be so troublesome." Riku suddenly said.

"……sorry."

"Don't apologize...this is just an idiot getting angry."

[Only scumbags like me don’t want anyone’s approval——]

When seeing Riku's thoughts.

Everyone felt a little distressed.

Is this thinking of the forty-eight human beings who died for him?

Kill one person to save two people, kill two people to save four people.

This cruel thing was once again brought to light.

Until one day in the future, a righteous partner who kills to save others appears again in Andersen's works.

People at that time still felt fragile and powerless about the choice of sacrificing other people in order to save others.

That’s all a story for later!

Chapter 378: The Only God, Star Cup~!

A fantasy as simple and innocent as a child's.

The idea of ​​​​"not killing anyone" - should I say that it is you? Riku!

Everyone's hearts were touched.

...until the [Death Storm] has subsided.

After experiencing this outing, Riku's [Heart Lock] has been completely pried open by Hubi.

Also pried open were Yu Ye and the little princess's inner awe for the gods.

now--

When Riku and Shubi looked down from the window, they saw flowers, plants and trees blooming in bright colors.

That is the only area that is not affected by the [Death Storm] and is protected by the Forest God.

This description of the breathtaking scenery made many people subconsciously look out the window.

When the elf girl Gang finished that action, she suddenly froze.

...?

What is she doing now? Did she want to read this epic book in the first place?

It seems that I was just curious about the promotional poster and wanted to look through it casually, right?

Thinking of this, the elf girl instantly blushed and panicked!

Forget it, forget it——

Those are no longer important, let’s hurry up and see what happens next for Riku and Hubi!

When the elf girl broke the jar, she turned her eyes back.

It was words like this that caught my eye.

"——Hubby."

"Please tell me - the purpose and ending conditions of this war."