Chapter 128. Records of Another World #3
『Records of Another World #3』
The planet Kendoora, invaded by an alien race.
Beneath Kendoora’s purple sky.
A crimson judgment pierced the silver and purple land.
Magma poured down like a waterfall, spreading endlessly and engulfing the ground.
Thus, disaster struck the invaders’ home.
When the red magma flooded the city, terrified screams pierced the sky.
The invaders, classified as low-ranking soldiers, tried to flee in the chaos, but their steps were far too slow.
The magma relentlessly chased them down.
It swallowed all, whether they ran, resisted, or surrendered.
［Ki, Kieeekk!!!］
［Kkiiik! Kkiiieeek!!!］
The magma burned and melted the invaders’ bodies, taking their lives.
Death was not instantaneous.
The agony dragged on, and the invaders’ screams echoed across the planet.
In the face of the crimson wave of death, their power was as insignificant as grains of sand.
The streets turned into a river of blood in an instant.
Cries for salvation were soon drowned in the magma and disappeared.
The once prosperous city of the invaders transformed into a sea of red death.
Despite consuming an entire city.
The magma, as if still hungry, continued to spread, devouring everything connected to the invaders.
The rulers were no exception.
They mustered all their powers to resist, but no ability could stand against the magma’s force.
The majesty of the rulers, who once instilled fear in Kendoora, was now less than dust.
As their bodies slowly sank into the magma, their eyes were filled with an unprecedented despair and fear.
The Grand Ruler, who stood closest to the magma.
He believed his own strength alone could stop this disaster.
Unaware that his faith was nothing but an illusion.
［Do not flee! How shameful to be afraid of mere lava!］
The Grand Ruler raised both hands high.
Then, a green light flashed in his eyes, and energy surged from his entire body.
At that moment.
The sky split, and a massive storm poured down.
The storm charged toward the magma that was flooding the planet.
For a moment, the advance of the magma halted.
A faint smile appeared on the Grand Ruler’s face, but it didn’t last long.
One second after the magma’s movement stopped.
The red magma swallowed the storm and continued its advance.
［Wh-What…!］
Despair filled the Grand Ruler’s face.
It was the moment when his arrogant belief in his invincibility shattered.
Eventually.
The Grand Ruler, who once invaded and ruled Kendoora, sank into the magma and slowly melted away.
His screams also echoed through the sky, but soon were swallowed by the magma.
The wave of purification, the crimson wave of death, showed no favoritism.
Whether ruler or Grand Ruler, regardless of rank or status, all were consumed.
Not only the bodies of the invaders, but everything connected to them was annihilated.
The buildings they constructed.
The tools they used, even the breaths they exhaled.
Even the traces of the invaders that lingered in the atmosphere were purified and vanished in the red heat.
It was as if Kendoora had turned back time, returning to its state before the invasion.
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Time passed.
As the magma that had flooded the planet slowly receded, Kendoora’s new appearance was revealed.
35 years.
The poisonous fog that had covered the planet for so long dissipated, and the once purple sky cleared, revealing a bright and clean blue sky.
The land, once silver and purple, now turned green as life began to sprout.
Iris, who had been watching all this from space.
The current Kendoora, as seen through Iris’ eyes, was quiet, unlike before.
The traces of the invaders had completely disappeared.
The planet was engulfed in a hollow silence.
Yet, within that silence, the stirrings of new life could be felt.
The wave of purification brought by the mysterious power of the red magma breathed new life into Kendoora, and the planet was now ready to open a new chapter in its history.
Iris descended back to the ground.
And she delivered the news to Kendoora’s natives that the purification process was complete.
Some time later.
The sound of the bunker door opening echoed through the clear air.
Seven hundred natives emerged.
Survivors who had clung to life for 35 years, hoping for liberation.
They stood in awe, speechless as they gazed at the now purified planet that had regained its life.
Then.
Tearful laughter erupted from different corners.
The natives bowed endlessly in gratitude to the man they called a god, and carefully stepped onto the green fields.
The firm steps they took echoed with their resolve for the future, and the soft sound of the budding sprouts beneath their feet became the prelude to Kendoora’s new era.
『Records of Another World #3』
─ The Red Magma of Purification ─
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【Yumi】 ─ Covering the planet with magma for real······.
【Mysticism】 ─ 😱😱😱
【Pururu】 ─ ???
【Pururu】 ─ What am I even looking at right now?
【Mir-Stin】 ─ Wow··· I can’t believe what I’m seeing··· Was that even possible···?
【Bubble Bubble】 ─ Do you all now get a sense of how dangerous SS-class really is?
【Luna-chan】 ─ You’re only seeing it on a screen, so you still won’t fully grasp it. SS-class strength is something you need to witness firsthand to truly understand. Kyukyu.
【Bubble Bubble】 ─ True, I didn’t fully realize how powerful SS-class was until I experienced it myself.
I, too, had underestimated Black Magma Slime.
The time it took for the Black Magma Slime to engulf Kendoora was an hour.
No, it was actually a little less than an hour.
“It ended faster than I expected. I thought it would take at least two hours.”
Well, it made sense in a way.
The Kendoora planet, as seen from space, was smaller than I expected.
If it had been Elemencia, it would have taken much longer.
Elemencia is dozens of times bigger than Kendoora.
Some of the assistants were still in shock.
【Mir-Stin】 ─ Wait, is that for real?
【Mir-Stin】 ─ SS-class was really at that level? I’m so shocked I can’t even close my mouth.
【Pururu】 ─ I knew SS-class was incredible, but seeing something this absurd is a first, so I’m stunned.
【Yumi】 ─ Same here. It’s completely different from the power it showed in the labyrinth···.
【Bubble Bubble】 ─ Well, its power was nerfed in the labyrinth.
【Yumi】 ─ There were times when its power wasn’t nerfed, though. Like when it explored with Iris but didn’t bring Geon’s severed arm.
【Bubble Bubble】 ─ That’s true. But back then, there was no need for such large-scale attacks.
【Luna-chan】 ─ I think Yumi-chan has a bit of a misunderstanding. Just because an attack has a wide range doesn’t mean it’s a strong one! ><
【Mysticism】 ─ Ah! I know that! The Jellyfish explosive spheres are compression attacks! 😃
【Rizenova】 ─ Hmm. It’s possible that even the attack range is constantly nerfed in the Ancient Labyrinth. Just like how the body size is always nerfed.
【Pururu】 ─ I don’t think they’d go that far with nerfs. The labyrinth is tough enough to withstand most attacks anyway.
【Bubble Bubble】 ─ That’s probably only true for the inside of the cave. There are many softer areas outside.
【Mysticism】 ─ 🧐 But why are certain terrains so sturdy?
【Luna-chan】 ─ The places where no attack works and are abnormally sturdy are probably that way because they’re the ends of the world~ It’s designed so you can’t break through and escape to another dimension~
【Mysticism】 ─ 😮
【Pururu】 ─ Anyway, Black Magma Slime is amazing.
【Mir-Stin】 ─ For real. It’s like divine punishment.
【Pururu】 ─ Could the little one achieve that level of power too?
【Mir-Stin】 ─ Maybe by spraying threads all over to tie down the planet!
The chat was relentless.
It seemed they were all quite shaken.
【Yumi】 ─ I’m still in shock, honestly.
【Mysticism】 ─ 😶 Same! It’s still unbelievable!
【Rizenova】 ─ But what’s even stranger is what everyone is surprised by. It’s amazing that the planet was covered in under an hour, but even more astonishing is the ability to attack selectively.
【Bubble Bubble】 ─ Rize is right.
【Luna-chan】 ─ Indeed, the ability to attack selectively is more surprising. The planet was completely purified. o_O
【Pururu】 ─ Why do you keep squinting one eye?
【Pururu】 ─ Anyway, at first, I thought the goal was to destroy the planet, but I never imagined that magma could be used for purification like that.
【Yumi】 ─ Exactly. Geon really made good use of Black Magma Slime’s power.
As I glanced at the assistants’ chat scrolling at the edge of my view, I used Iris to guide the natives who had been waiting in the bunker outside.
The invaders were gone.
The polluted air and land were now thoroughly purified on Kendoora.
The natives stared blankly at the sight, each with a different reaction.
Later.
Once their heightened emotions calmed down a bit.
They knelt before Iris.
They apologized for irreverently doubting the god, and repeatedly expressed their gratitude to me.
They also declared their intention to become my followers.
Then they stood and walked on the green fields, and after a while, they arrived at the nearest city.
At the entrance of that city, there was a small temple.
I heard that it was a temple once dedicated to a non-existent god.
─“I’m sorry. We’ll use this place as a temporary temple for now.”
─“We’ll build a new temple as quickly as possible, so please forgive us.”
─“Ah! We’ll get rid of this trash immediately!”
One man cursed the false god who had done nothing when humanity was led down the path of destruction by the invaders, and he destroyed the statue made in the image of the god.
He also tore down the altar in the center of the temple, where offerings were made.
Sensing the moment, Iris used the dimensional altar installation authority that I had granted her, setting up a new altar in its place.
「Dimensional Altar installation completed.」
「Location, New Kendoora.」