The Anti-Intellectualism Demon King’s World Invasion

Chapter 42. The Strongest Player 2

Anyway, I moved my consciousness to the chat room and took out my avatar to sit in the chat room chair.

And the moment the opponent’s avatar entered this chat space, it felt as if the non-existent sky opened up and the entire flow of the universe was drawn to him.

Bang!

What entered through the door was a creature resembling a Tyrannosaurus Rex of Earth. As soon as it entered, it roared in all directions.

All things in the world vibrated as if they were happy to meet their master, and even the system creation seemed to applaud him.

And he narrowed his clear eyes and gave me a brilliantly refreshing smile.

“The true immortal Mihun has descended here.”

I just stared at him, speechless. Then he started talking on his own.

“Oh ho. Is that quasi-immortal over there Biein? I’m curious about your world, which is said to be the most abundant among all the scattered pieces, but since we met like this, let’s talk first.”

His angel, who resembled a sparrow, followed him through the door belatedly.

“Oh~ Mihun, you shouldn’t use more power than allowed…!”

“Don’t worry. It’s just a flashy trick, I have no intention of breaking the fundamental rules of the game.”

“But you don’t have to show off that you’re special…”

I stared blankly at him, who had unusually muscular arms for a Tyrannosaurus and even held a fan in one of those arms.

Since this game is played on a dimensional scale and is also linked to a fantasy world, I expected all sorts of strange characters to appear.

But isn’t his setting a bit excessive?

“You seem very surprised by the presence of the true immortal, quasi-immortal Biein.”

“Of course I’m surprised… I’m playing a game dealing with the fragments of a shattered god, and the very god in question appears before my eyes.”

“That makes sense. You seemed to be just an ordinary person before participating in this game.”

“…”

Tyranno immortal? Taoist? Immortal being? I don’t know what to call him, but Mihun seemed to be a species similar to a theropod dinosaur, and further explanation revealed that the avatar we see now is just a replica of his mortal body, and he has transcended humanity for hundreds of thousands of years.

But he says he’s not a god.

“A god! Indeed, my powers may be akin to those you call gods, but I am not a true god. Rather, I am training to become a true immortal, known as a divine immortal. Providing my mortal body to the organizers of this game was part of that training.”

I then argued with the angel.

“You said it was a fragment of a being called a god?”

“I didn’t directly say it was a god.”

“No, you definitely said it was a god.”

“It’s easier for ordinary people to understand that way. In fact, Mihun possesses powers that would be considered god-like by human standards. He can manipulate time to rewrite history and alter the future, has the power to destroy galaxies, and can exercise various other extraordinary abilities.”

“Um! With just that, you can become a true immortal, but you cannot be called a divine immortal.”

The terms “true immortal” and “divine immortal” must be different concepts since they are not speaking in Chinese characters or Chinese.

“That’s correct. You understood it precisely.”

Although I was quite bewildered, my first impression was…

“Anyway, so the organizers’ goal is not to piece together the scattered fragments of the god to resurrect the god.”

“Haha! Of course not. How could you think that? No matter how you piece it together, the shell I shed cannot become me again.”

“Even though you laugh at it, the majority of participants who discovered that the terrain is a fragment of the god must have thought so. Honestly, I thought so too.”

“I told you last time about that doubt, but I firmly said no. I’m glad I can prove it now.”

Alright. If I believe everything the organizers and that guy said, I have to present the next question.

“You, aren’t you practically the pre-determined winner?”

“Not at all. The abilities and understanding of the main event may seem omnipotent to an ordinary person, but there are clear limits. According to the angel’s explanation, the main event’s ranking is at the top, but it’s barely in the top 0.1%. If I hadn’t met a reliable helper, I would have fallen further.”

Helper? Does he mean a subordinate god? Since he doesn’t hesitate to use the community, he might be talking about other alliances.

“Is there anything you don’t know even though you’re strong enough to be called a god?”

“Hehe. In your world, is there a scholar who knows everything? Or a martial artist who has mastered all martial arts? There isn’t, right? The main event is just strong. Rather, it should be seen that I participated in this game to realize what I don’t understand and don’t know. I’m learning a lot.”

It’s not an unreasonable explanation, but…

“This is the part that needs the most clarification. If you lose, in other words, if you have to face soul annihilation, what happens?”

“It depends on where you get eliminated, but if you get eliminated without gaining enough enlightenment, you’ll lose as many lives as you initially participated with.”

“Lives?”

“To put it simply, you’d lose the cultivation accumulated over about a billion lives. Of course, if you earn a lot of points, you’ll lose relatively less.”

“Is that all?”

“Ha! As expected of a mortal, you know how to make me laugh. You only have one soul. It doesn’t seem like that life is very long either. I’m betting nearly a billion lives, how can you say it’s light?”

“Why did you bet something so precious and participate in the game?”

“Even a true immortal is not an eternal being. Before participating in this game, I had already reached the limit of my essential life and was destined to perish according to the laws of the universe. To overcome the life given to me, I had no choice but to challenge the ascension ritual, and I negotiated with the organizers to conduct the ascension ritual in this form. Is this explanation enough?”

Hmm… Honestly, from the perspective of an ordinary human living on Earth, hearing that the other side is practically a god who can manipulate time and destroy galaxies doesn’t really impress me.

I can’t prove if it’s true right now. There’s a possibility that the organizers are some kind of scammers.

However, there’s no evidence that they are scammers, and there’s no reason for the organizers to go through such a complicated scam. So, it’s better to simply believe it’s true based on simple logic.

“I’ll believe everything. Honestly, it’s not because I genuinely believe it’s true, but because it doesn’t seem to matter to me whether it’s true or false.”

“Oh.”

“Just one last thing. What should I say… Is it okay for such a great being to play games with insignificant beings like us? As you said, there must be many who act disrespectfully, not just me.”

Then, Mihun smirked and chuckled.

“Of course, there are many insolent ones. Those who have gained the rank of Junseon through trickery, yet dare not recognize the capabilities of me, Mihun, a true Seon. When I see such lowly creatures, worse than insects, defying me, I can’t stand it…”

“……”

“Hehe. Truly, huh. I can’t stand it…! Uhuhu… When was the last time I was scorned, huh. Kuhuk. Kuhuhuhuk…!”

Drooling…

“It seems to be now.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

It’s fine if you didn’t understand… Yeah. Though it got tangled up strangely, in the end, it means you’re an equal player to me.

Then there’s only one thing I want right now.

“I’m sorry for causing trouble out of shock. Mihun, can you convey a firm competitive desire to the creatures that don’t seem to belong to my ecosystem?”

“If you didn’t mix lies in the announcement, it should be possible.”

“Good. If you help with that… Yeah. I’ll give you ecosystem consulting, earning 4 points per contribution, just like I did for others. No matter what kind of world you have, you’re probably less of an expert on ecosystems than I am.”

“Of course. That’s why I contacted you.”

We made a non-aggression pact and crossed into each other’s worlds. I sent a clone, and they sent a divine clone (since they did it without any traits, I wondered what ‘Divine Unity’ would become, but I heard that unlike mine, which has the same senses as the perfect self, theirs has limited functions and anyone can do it once they get used to it).

[Mihun: Wow. This world is really amazing? I didn’t expect it to thrive so much without creating any civilization or intelligent beings.]

Mihun’s clone sent a message. Does that guy become normal when he speaks through messages? What a strange concept.

My clone would handle things over there, and I took a look around Mihun’s world. Dinosaur-like humans resembling Mihun were building and living their own civilization.

The peculiar thing was the number of different species. Were there unexpected allied gods? I wondered, but naturally, there were no allied gods. Like me and Sesaisa, they had wiped out all opponents and risen.

So, they must have played a game of embracing conquered species. I first scanned Mihun’s world.

Overall, it was a mountainous terrain. The mountains were quite high. So high that clouds were draped over them. There were even lands floating in the clouds…

They existed in the game too. In the fantasy world, were they called sky islands? Celestial islands? I can’t remember the official name, but there were terrains floating in the air.

Looking at it that way, it seemed like a rugged terrain, but there were many basins, and the rainfall was adequate. And it wasn’t just mountains; there were terrains extending to the ground, reminding me more of the lush forests and rivers of East Asia than the barren, high mountains like the Himalayas.

The main industry was agriculture, and the terrain level… What? Why is the terrain level so high? I abandoned a few terrains because I didn’t know how to use them, but this guy has one level 10 terrain, three level 9 terrains, and the lowest terrain is level 4?

Is it because they are the original inhabitants of the body? Did they play a game of raising the terrain level immensely…?

And as I continued to scan the world, I couldn’t help but be astonished.

“Huh?”

Oh. What is this world?

At first, I just thought the population density was low and nature was well-preserved…

But it’s not something to be overlooked.

I understand why all the terrain levels are high.

The terrain was almost untouched.

It’s a miracle they even managed something resembling agriculture. How low is their “technology”?

They seem to be stuck at a level barely above Neolithic primitives, and this is after the fifth collision. At the very least, they should have cleared land and increased their population to the point of forming bronze-age tribal states…

They don’t even have an “army.” Yet their “military” score exceeds 60,000 points. What on earth? Where did they get so many military points…

As I looked around, I discovered something shocking.

It was a dinosaur-human meditating alone in a mountain cave. But the important thing wasn’t its behavior.

“Yeondanwoo, ‘Legendary Unique Ascendant’

Strength LV.7: 8,034

Combat LV.8: 29,645

Skill LV.7: 17,486

Intelligence LV.7: 12,304

Charm LV.8: 18,294

Spirit LV.8: 22,063

Authority LV.9: 32,946

Magic LV.7: 8,152

Total Individual Score LV.8: 148,924″

What is this? This guy…

The current final boss of my ecosystem, Yog-Tosos, barely surpassed level 6. Despite intense training, it barely reached around 60,000 points. Well, not barely. At this point, it could probably single-handedly destroy most of the world.

But… what? Level 8 at this stage? A total ability score of about 150,000? Are you kidding me? This guy alone could take on 2.5 Yog-Tosos.

Looking around, Yeondanwoo was unique, but there were four other epic-level entities at around level 5. Whether they were his disciples or children, they were all abnormally strong hero entities with the title of “Ascendant.”

Ascendants are individuals who have surpassed the limits of their species with some powerful technique. Unlike the archetypes, they have no inherent racial limits. Not that this makes them superior or stronger; there are pros and cons…

This guy literally cultivated his world into a xianxia world.

A world where a few extremely powerful superhumans monopolize all resources, and ordinary people exist merely to feed them.

No need for armies, societies, or civilizations. Just the strongest units, who have trained for half a millennium, can single-handedly sweep through enemy armies, destroy castles, and obliterate cities.

A fantasy world where such feats are possible.

But there was a madman who realized this theoretically impossible build at this point in time.

His true form looked at me and smiled.

“How is it? My world?”

“Quite astonishing.”

“So they say. My reliable ally also said so. It seems extremely difficult to win. What do you think?”

Hmm… It might be a bit difficult, but…

“I don’t think my ecosystem will lose.”

“Hehehe… Such confidence. Truly.”

“And to leave such good land idle is pathetic.”

“Oh. So you mean you can develop this wonderfully cultivated fragment of the main line to a higher level?”

Of course.

I keep saying, but I’m not an extreme environmentalist. If this guy is an extreme hero build focusing on terrain and heroes, then I just need to tune the world accordingly.

Just wait a moment. Your eyes will pop open.