Pick Me Up!-Chapter 300.2: Ragnarok (5) (2)

Ding!

[All heroes in the field receive “Death Protection”!]

[During battle with Loki, heroes will not permanently disappear upon death. Instead, they will revive after a set period, albeit with reduced levels, stats, and skills.]

Ding!

[All heroes receive “Supreme Goddess’s Blessing”!]

[All hero stats increase by 200%, and all skills and engravings are enhanced!]

Ding!

[All heroes in the field receive...]

They were stacking buffs like crazy from the start.

I tossed aside the empty biscuit wrapper.

It was about to begin.

Ding!

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[Dimensional Channel (GM Exclusive) – 3 Participants]

[GM Largo – Kihihihi! How dare you defy the CEO? You deserve to die a hundred times over! Just die miserably over there!]

[GM Sendain – Our CEO is the Supreme God! No one can defeat him. I’ll make sure you experience his power until you’re sick of it!]

[GM Ueryl – Frey? A lowly fairy thinks she can have a name? Puhuhuhu!]

I shrugged.

Plenty of Masters were watching the chat, yet the GMs weren’t even trying to hide their intentions.

I guess they didn’t care anymore, since the game was as good as dead.

<Master Loki!>

A dignified male voice echoed across the battlefield.

It was imbued with immense magical power—likely the commander of this raid force.

<We do not know what you truly are, nor what exactly you have done. However, one thing is certain. If you do not wish to see your heroes perish, surrender immediately. We will settle this with your life alone.>

“.......”

<Do not think this will be like El Cid! We will not make the same mistake twice. Your synthesis ability will be useless here. This battle is meaningless!>

I raised my right hand.

Shrrrrk.

Countless invisible threads extended into the air, spreading like a spider’s web.

Transparent filaments stretched in all directions.

“Frey.”

[Got it. Connecting now!]

Frey’s eyes glowed blue.

She was scanning and reading the data of the current battlefield.

“I see it now.”

A flood of data flashed before my vision.

It was a realm imperceptible to human interpretation.

But I could read it.

[000010101010101010101010.......]

[110101110100101010111011.......]

[010010111010010101011100.......]

[011111010001010111010101.......]

“So that’s how it works.”

The system governing this world resembled the source code of a program.

“Three thousand.”

That was the total number of hunters gathered here.

Since casual players had already quit, only the hardcore veterans remained.

The battlefield was filled with fully maxed-out, six-star heroes equipped with rare skills, gear, and engravings.

<Stop your airship and drop your weapons at once, Loki! I will not warn you again!>

But the Anytng did not stop.

It continued advancing, cutting through the encircling fleet.

The enemy ships spread out, attempting to surround us.

[Analysis complete!]

“You can stop now. Good work.”

[Ugh... Ughhh... I’ve never done something like this before...]

Frey, drenched in sweat, collapsed from exhaustion.

I gently placed her on the deck.

<If you refuse to comply, our fleet will reduce your airship to dust...>

“I can hear you just fine. Stop talking already.”

<So you’ve finally come to your senses?>

I furrowed my brows.

A few hundred meters ahead, a man clad in silver armor stood on the bow of an enormous warship.

That must be the commander of the raid force.

Behind him stood a large number of elite heroes, standing at attention.

<I am aware of your great achievements. I wish to treat you with respect. If you surrender willingly, I will spare your territory. Stop your airship at once...>

“Move aside.”

<...Are you out of your mind?>

The commander’s voice dropped.

<How arrogant. I had hoped to resolve this amicably, out of respect for your reputation.>

“So, you’re not moving?”

<I will leave nothing of you behind.>

I clenched my right hand.

Shrrrrrk!

The countless threads that had stretched out now recoiled back to me.

‘ID acquired.’

If they had heroes capable of interference, this would be a different story.

But it seemed they didn’t.

Heroes like Seris were rare.

Even for me, killing 10,000 people at once would be a bit much.

I didn’t want to be a mass murderer unless necessary.

“So instead...”

Half.

<Prepare for battle!>

The commander drew his sword.

The magic cannons, already aimed at me, began charging their energy.

The Anytng continued accelerating.

Just as the enemy fleet was about to unleash a full barrage—

<Fire all—

Snap.

I flicked my fingers.

BOOM! BOOMBOOMBOOM!

All the thousands of shells flying toward me disappeared.

And then—

<......>

The Anytng drifted past the enemy fleet, unscathed.

They had been shouting about surrender /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ so loudly moments ago, yet now, silence filled the air, as if they had been doused with cold water.

<W-What... What the hell is this...?>

The commander was still alive.

Since I had set the probability to 50%, he must have been lucky.

But behind him, exactly half of his subordinates had vanished.

If I had been a little more meticulous, I could have absorbed them, but low-tier heroes wouldn’t even make a dent in my strength.

I smirked, wrapping my cloak around me.

[Uh, Loki?]

“Hm?”

[Balancing the universe... It’s not exactly fun, is it?]

“What kind of nonsense is that?”

[I just... wanted to say it once.]

BOOM!

The airship crashed into the dimensional boundary once more, piercing through to the other side.

Server 1’s entrance was now right in front of us.

“......”

Crackle.

For a moment—

It felt like I had lost another memory.

But I chose not to think about it.