Chapter 519: The Whole Story (6)
"Co to think of it, that planet called Alphauni only used the expression 'seawater.' In reality, its internal composition was completely different from Earth's oceans."
"Above all... the binary star system was so hot that real water molecules and the like would evaporate instantly."
"Right. Terms like 'cold' were all just evaluations based on our criteria as aliens."
The [Dragon's Eye] leisurely rolled.
"Then the answer is clear now. It seems the reason our binary system was sizzling was that the parent star had drawn too close."
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"The place we lived in was an old world where the star's lifespan was coming to an end."
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"But only we, cosmic illiterates, were unaware of that fact. Moreover, now that thousands of years have passed in that strange fashion, the situation at ho has grown even worse."
"Could it be that the massive star has actually begun to expand?"
"It seems our binary stars were in a state of old age where they could die in what is, quite literally, a blink of an eye. Though a 'blink' in cosmic terms... happens to span a period of thousands of years like this."
Kang Changho took a few steps toward the empty fish tank and continued speaking.
"So, to put it bluntly, for the Alphaunis on the other side, the planet is no longer the issue."
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"Because they are now facing the death of their system. Exploration within the sa binary star system has beco unimportant."
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"Because of this damn reason, they were rather looking for an escape zone as far away as possible, and ended up setting their sights on an isolated island in the universe like Earth."
It was more shocking news than anything else. The docunt Kang Changho showed had terrifying phenona like supernova explosions written on it; then could it be that the magnificent ho of the Alphaunians would also be completely ruined in a similar manner?
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The alien lifeform organized his thoughts with open eyes for a while.
"So that's how it is."
That attitude didn't last long. Because Kim Giryeo considered that this wasn't the ti to lazily feel regret.
"I understand everything now."
"Lemming..."
"Back in our hotown, I would sotis predict the future based on a massive amount of information."
"Wasn't your calculation success rate close to a whopping 100%?"
"I know why I couldn't figure out the formidable enemy called the Alphaunis until now. I didn't know the fact that not everyone experiences ti equally, so my resulting values were inaccurate."
Excluding the ti spent on the soul traveler, it was certain that the inhabitants of the binary star system couldn't have influenced Earth for at least 1,000 years. Kim Giryeo skimd through the nearby docunts again with his eyes.
"But setting aside figuring out the enemy's identity... these matters are genuinely interesting."
"Is that so?"
Kang Changho responded lightly to this.
"Well, at first, I was also lost in admiration after realizing the hidden excellence of Earthlings."
"Right?"
"But after encountering sothing called the Theory of Special Relativity, I actually wanted to annihilate Earth's scientific community..."
Just what exactly was the true nature of that theory for Kang Changho to react like that?
"Just what level of magic do the Alphaunis from 3,000 years in the future have?"
But anyway, for now, there were overflowing problems more important than that. Since the identity of the Dungeon Master had been revealed, it was now possible to gauge their power to so extent.
"By the way, is a race great enough to succeed in planetary migration deliberately imitating past creatures like the [Gis imche]?"
Swish.
Though it definitely didn't make a sound, the hoowner moved his gaze noticeably enough to be blatant.
"That's because the Alphaunian mages suffered a loss of technical knowledge due to the aftereffects of being pushed to the brink of extinction."
However, after answering like this, Kang Changho began to show an even stranger attitude.
"If you need more detailed information than this, I could let you analyze the 'traces of the Alphaunim possessed entitled that I am currently storing."
"Oho!"
"Before that, Lemming, there is sothing I want to seriously ask you."
The Earthlings' astrophysics and space technology. When discussing such conversation topics, the alien engineer also seed quite excited. But Kang Changho suddenly pushed aside the docunts he had been boasting about until now. Hardening his expression, he asked a question.
"For so reason, it seems a certain Archmage is still assuming a confrontation with the dungeon creators even after hearing everything I've said."
"Hmm?"
"Do you perhaps plan to continue being hostile towards the Gates in the future?"
The owner of the mansion had a negative tone. To ask if I would remain hostile towards the Gates even after hearing his story.
"Isn't it unavoidable?"
It was the mont Kim Giryeo was lost in thought. Kang Changho, who had brought it up first, suddenly moved to one side of the room. It seed to be to pick up a long power strip that was sprawled on the nearby floor.
He said he lost his knowledge of magic, but it seems he certainly can't handle simple tasks like drying his hair with sorcery anymore..."
But for so reason, Kang Changho dragged the power strip all the way over and went out of his way to turn on the hair dryer right in front of the kidnapped victor's nose.
Whrrrr.
It was about the ti the wind-generating machine made a noise. Anyway, since Kim Giryeo was on the receiving end of the question, he answered Kang Changho's recent story in his own way.
"Yeah, I will maintain my hostility towards the Gates for the ti being."
Whrrrr.
"But this is a bit strange, Engineer, why do you outright deny it like that whenever Gates are ntioned?"
Whrrrr.
"Could it be you have so connection with those things from the other world? Ah, co on- And that machine is too loud, so turn it off for a second!"
Looking at Kang Changho using the hair dryer while saying this was an action that didn't carry any particular aning.
"I can't talk because my voice is being drowned out"
What followed was a critique from the person tied to the chair. Even though Kang Changho heard Kim Giryeo's words, he didn't stop the machine's operation for a while.
"--The reason, I, an Engineer, view hostility toward the Gates unfavorably is..."
Rather, he turned up the heat of the hair dryer and engaged in the conversation.
"Well."
"What?"
"Ah, right. But before I answer, that's sothing I need to say first."
"That's out of nowhere."
"It definitely just ca to , but actually, after I knocked you out, I personally examined your body a bit."
Kim Giryeo just tilted his head without changing his expression.
"As expected of the genius of the century I acknowledged, you processed that body well so that the sa tragedy wouldn't happen again."
"That's right."
"But as an Alphaunin myself, it wasn't like I completely lacked any ans to use."
Kang Changho briefly cast a sideways glance at the Archmage, who had a dry expression.
"I could at least slightly open the valve that His Lordship the Archmage didn't consider important at all."
"Valve?"
Following this flat conversation was a shocking action.
"To be more precise, I temporarily released your pain restriction."
Whrrrrrrr.
Kang Changho suddenly moved the hairdryer, which had beco scorching hot at the tip from running for a long ti. And he pressed the nozzle of the object in his hand right under Kim Giryeo's chin. The hot plastic opening touched his laryngeal prominence.
"Dammit!"
Moreover, it wasn't a lie that he had secretly manipulated his sense of pain. It was only natural for this kind of reaction to co out. Kim Giryeo was startled by the approaching pain to smash Kang Changho into the wall. The restraining force of the sinister chair, which seed capable of conjuring and binding even non-existent ghosts, had literally long been torn apart by force.
Dash!
By the way, this house really ought to have had a soundproof barrier if he didn't want the neighbors running over...
"Lemming. Why such an overreaction?"
Trickle. Drip.
Fortunately, it seed magical processing for durability had already been applied. A pitiful voice soon flowed out from around the living room wall, which only ended up cracking.
"I just... thought that since you've been living comfortably without feeling pain, you might have forgotten your sense of alertness, so I personally gave you a warning."
"What are you saying after attacking out of nowhere, you b*stard?"
The blue purple-haired man's head was slightly cracked open from being hit by the Archmage's attack, but this was imdiately healed with his usual [Super Regeneration].
"Lemming. And if you've started living as an Earthling, it's natural to keep your sense of pain alive as much as possible."
"Hah. Really."
"For the record, I've always lived like that, including when I was burning in your flas."
"Are you crazy and wanting to die from shock?"
"When in Ro, do as the Romans do."
Kang Changho engaged in the conversation even without wiping his flowing nosebleed.
"Well, anyway. To continue with the question you brought up earlier... actually, the reason I reacted negatively whenever gate-related topics ca up is simple."
"Simple, my foot."
"The opponents are Alphaunis who are thousands of years older than us."
"I know that now too."
"But should a precious soul like you really step forward and confront sothing like that personally?"
He, the owner of this mansion, stood up. For reference, around this ti, Kim Giryeo fell into his own thoughts. Like the fish tank proudly displayed in the corner of the house filled with nothing but water.
And the way he initiated conversation without any change in expression, even after being shoved hard enough to crack his skull by his competitor. No matter how much he was the benefactor who saved him, the other party was certainly an engineer with many strange aspects. Kang Changho led the conversation while unabashedly revealing such a bizarre atmosphere of his.
"Lemming. Don't do that; let's just enjoy Earth's culture to our heart's content and et our end at the appropriate ti."
"Does that an you want to die?"
"That will look better. If we struggle unseemly, we'll only end up seeing a bunch of truly dirty sights."
At this point, one would rather have doubts about how he had managed to only show a smiling face all this ti.
"By the way, Mr. Engineer, do you happen to know exactly what the Alphaunis' final goal is?"
Kang Changho straightened his disheveled bath robe. Kim Giryeo asked the question while facing such a figure standing far away. Then the answer returned imdiately.
"An invasion of Earth. They're trying to evolve the natives here to use them as vessels for long-distance migration."
"No, shit. Then it's only that we naturally stop that. What do you an give up already?"
"It won't be stopped even if we try, you know? It's not like I haven't run simulations myself."
The monster who had an endless amount of red in his past life opened his mouth.
"This is also information I obtained by rummaging through the soul from 3,000 years in the future that attempted to enter Earth. It seems our superior..."
"What?"
"The mory of what his final appearance was like is a bit fuzzy, but anyway, the Planetary Manager who has led the Alphaunis for quite a long ti."
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"He is definitely still alive, but it seems he's gone quite mad in the anti because he's survived for too long."
Before long, the room was cast in a cool shadow created by the tilt of the sunlight. They conversed with the empty fish tank devoid of a single fish between them.
"The stage where words could get through has completely passed."
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"But what on earth are you planning to do about the Alphaunis from thousands of years in the future, practically dominated by such an eccentric leader?"
Kang Changho wiped his blood around this point.
"Since you're supposedly an Archmage, do you have the confidence to beat such monsters?"
But contrary to this, Kim Giryeo had no hesitation in his actions or remarks.
"Of course, I don't have absolute confidence in victory either."
The blonde man spoke calmly.
"However, now that I know they are targeting this planet, I have to do what I've set my mind to even if I hate it."
"Why bother?"
"In my past life, I was left with a lingering regret simply because I couldn't run my life according to my own will."
"Lemming..."
"So when soone tells to just tuck my tail because the enemy looks strong, do you think I'd be moved by that?"
"We didn't have tails in our past life, nor do we in this one."
"Don't change the subject! As the Engineer who dare to pity and rescue , you should understand this feeling even more."
The other party was a soul who was excited because the fact that he saved him was discovered. Now that this fact was confird, there was no pointless beating around the bush. As Kim Giryeo continued his argunt with his uniquely clear remarks, Kang Changho stopped his nosebleed and moved the [Dragon's Eye] thoughtfully.
"Still, it goes like this, Earthlings will end up benefiting from the sacrifices of real mages like us..."
"Earthlings?"
"I still don't think they have that much value. Even now."
The mixed-blood body that had continued this evaluation for a mont ford a new sentence.
"But if you, Lemming, insist on struggling, there actually is a good thod."
This one was a sowhat interesting story.
"What thod?"
However, by the ti the next sentence followed, Kim Giryeo sharply lost his vitality once again.
"The breakthrough I had been thinking of alone is precisely 'stopping the enemy from creating any more Gates'."
"Oh?"
"A genius that no one in the highly advanced Alphauni could ever surpass..."
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"With the power of the First Archmage alone, the spell structure I envisioned can finally be operated."
"I'm feeling uncomfortable because you're hyping up too much."
"It's a very objective evaluation. Honestly, you can tell just by seeing that the Alphaunis haven't crossed over to Earth yet. They are pathetic things who still don't understand the 'structure of the soul'."
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