Chapter 124: Questions & Answers and Collapse (1)

Chapter 124: Questions & Answers and Collapse (1)

“Confronting target. Pending suitability determination. Awaiting response from ‘Mother Goddess’.”ViiSiit novelbi/n(.)c/(o)m for latest novels

The humanoid alien was speaking Korean, my native tongue, but it muttered something I couldn’t make out... Goal, suitability... It mumbled something unintelligible.

He seemed to be communicating with a ‘Mother Goddess’.

More than that, I wondered how he came to speak Korean.

I was now in a situation where I was Zetto, a game character I created.

Even though I didn’t speak Korean or anything else, he started to speak Korean after scanning me.

[What is he muttering about...Disciple, why don’t you break it?]

His mumbling was getting on her nerves, so Sierra asked me.

“...”

But I didn’t make a rash move.

I still hadn’t gotten any information, let alone their intentions.

“...Checking for conformity. Recognizing the conformist with the ‘crown’ as the ‘king’ as of this time. Changing the chain of command.”

The otherworldly species is quiet for a moment, and then he turns to me and bends to one knee.

“Airframe number X-05, greeting the King. As commanded, I will take the ‘king’ to the ‘Mother Goddess’.”

He holds out his giant palm to me, as if to say, “Climb aboard.”

[...]

“...”

Sierra blanched at his behavior, and I did the same.

I wasn’t even wearing a ‘crown’, but from his words and actions, it seemed that I was the king the humanoid aliens were looking for.

It wasn’t entirely unexpected, but it did take me a moment to realize that he wanted to take me somewhere.

Who is ‘Mother Goddess’, and why are they looking for the king?

The only thing that came to mind when I thought of the Mother Goddess was Mother Earth, the world tree of the elves.

However, it is unlikely that their mother goddess, who seems to be quite distant from nature, is a world tree.

Their destination is an ancient ruin.

If they had a base, the “Mother Goddess,” might be there.

I wondered if I should follow them or not.

My senses picked up a sense of someone approaching this place at breakneck speed.

“Detecting energy response. Appears to be the hostile faction ‘Pantheon’. Unable to survive if engaged in combat due to the magnitude of energy measured. I will not be able to fulfill my orders....King, make your choice.”

The humanoid alien who called himself ‘X-05’ bowed his head, urging me on.

Yeah, I didn’t have much time left.

When he said “Pantheon,” he must have been referring to Aizel, who was racing toward us.

If he was right, he would most likely be torn to pieces when she arrived.

Having finished thinking about it in the blink of an eye, I pulled out my sword.

There was not much time left so I quickly climbed up his arm and landed on his shoulder.

“......”

The otherworldly races that had come from a place called the Otherworld, a supposed future Earth and the king they sought was an Earthling that transmigrated in a game world.

Unintelligible descriptions of conformity, crowns, and a “flying” humanoid alien species I’d never seen in a game before.

Questions rolled in like waves but they will be answered soon enough.

***

A ‘knight’ with a missing arm led his massive frame into a darkened room.

The knight approached a dimly lit sphere.

Embedded in one of the walls, the black orb appeared to be connected to a long cylindrical tube that fed something into the orb.

“...Mother Goddess.”

The knight dropped to one knee and bowed his head.

The knight was imitating a human knight since it was programmed that way.

Soon, a voice came from the sphere that called itself Mother Goddess.

“Unit number X-05, confirmation of return. Reviewing data.”

A long cord from the sphere retracted itself and lodged itself in the back of the Knight’s head.

As if on cue, the cord snaps into place and the sphere receives the ‘data’.

Normally, this ‘classical’ method would have been unnecessary, but now that they’re out of their normal environment, it’s a cumbersome but necessary step.

Soon, the sphere looked at the data.

The ‘data’ was a memory and a video of the knight’s encounter with the ‘king’ through the knight’s eyes.

The knight held out his hand to their King, who wore a pure white crown and the being that had brought them here.

Sadly, the king did not answer the knight’s call.

Gently cutting off the knight’s arm, the king whispers in a low voice in the language of their old country, a language they had forgotten.

“Stand down. I will find you.”

The king’s order is followed by the knight’s retreat and the video is cut off but that was all the information the sphere needed.

The sphere replayed the video a few more times, quickly analyzing and calculating the situation. But it was a small amount of information, and since this was my first contact, it required a lot of calculations.

The sphere merged it with the information it had, pruning and organizing the myriad branches one by one.

“...”

The sphere finally understood the king’s intentions.

“I rescind my previous order to track the ‘King’. All units are to go into cloaking mode for the time being, prohibiting combat with hostile forces.”

The sphere issues orders to the units under his chain of command.

To await the King’s visit.

The sphere thought for itself and made judgments. There was a clear difference between it and the other machines.

Soon, the sphere’s invisible gaze rested on the ‘knight’ in front of it.

“I see damage to the left arm of unit X-05. I’m going to request procurement of parts ...You’ve had a hard time.”

It understood the meaning of the word difficult but that was all it knew.

The knight inclined his head once more, then pushed himself to his feet then left the room.

The sphere looked at the knight and pondered his words.

Just seeing the video footage of the knight encounter with the king had changed it and the same emotions that humans possessed were sprouting in the sphere.