'd.a.m.n…'

The watch over them had become much stricter than before, so it wouldn't be easy to move around anymore either.

'… Kang Hansoo, what would you have done?'

Samuel turned around from the barrier and looked in the distance with a complicated expression on his face. The mountain was shaking, but nothing was actually happening to the giant creature that had Hansoo sleeping inside of it since Hansoo's execution date had been pushed back by a whole week.

'No… There was no other way.'

Samuel looked at the various s.h.i.+ps floating outside the barrier that were watching over them. As the giant barrier was formed, the Neropa Union's s.h.i.+ps that had been buying time against the Pompeion Empire had also been left outside. Though they wouldn't be able to receive the protection of the barrier, that wasn't a huge issue since they just needed to fly out from the radius of the explosion when the explosion happened.

Though a few Pompeion s.h.i.+ps that acted quickly alongside the Neropa s.h.i.+ps would survive, that wouldn't be much of an issue either. Where would those s.h.i.+ps receive energy and supplies once their entire hometown got destroyed?

The chances of them surrendering was close to a hundred percent, and even if they did resisted, it still wasn't an issue. Kang Hansoo's execution would come after that.

Once they cleared the Pompeion Empire and removed the barrier, the s.h.i.+ps would descend back to the ground. If the three clan heads and the hundreds of s.h.i.+ps attacked continuously, even the giant mountain would melt away.

Even if the mountain managed to resist the attacks, the land underneath it would melt away. Then, it would be game over.

'It would fall straight into the core of the planet… How am I going to tell this to Mihee?'

He hadn't even told the other humans about what was going to happen.

Samuel had a complex expression on his face as he walked into the residence. The fancy interior of the terrace welcome him. It stood out within the ruins of the terror that had been made by the members of Reunion.

'Well… They did focus on important locations, so a living s.p.a.ce like this is still fine.'

Then…

"Oh, h.e.l.lo."

"... How did you get in?"

Kiriel giggled as she looked at Samuel and his expression froze.

"I won't take you in, so get out of here. This place is under watch. Soon, either the clan heads or the Dragon G.o.d Soldiers will…"

Kiriel giggled again.

"Under watch?"

Tiririring!

Countless panels appeared before Kiriel's eyes, panels that showed various places within the city they were in.

"What the…"

'She stole the authorizations?'

Kiriel spoke in a leisurely tone, "The capital has been blown away. The other cities nearby have been destroyed as well. There's no way they would be able to maintain their systems at this point."

The capital, Neorime, had been entirely blown away. All of the important facilities and the scientists had died as well. And not only that, but the secondary systems that should be holding the city when something like this happened were also destroyed by him and Reunion's terrorist acts. Even the people who could restore those systems had long fled or died.

Though the internal systems of the giant s.h.i.+ps floating in the sky were more than enough to stabilize the systems of the entire continent, they were all floating outside of the barrier and could do nothing.

Meanwhile the Technorats of Reunion had survived, so crawling into the cracks and stealing authorizations was easy in a situation like this.

"No need to go that far. This is good enough. Good job."

They couldn't destroy the clan heads, nor the Dragon G.o.d Soldiers, nor the s.h.i.+ps with the authorizations, so there was no need to go that far.

This was enough, enough to do things comfortably.

Chiii-

Kiriel ended the call with Metionel and then spoke to Samuel, who was still standing with a dumbfounded look on his face.

"I heard about your plans."

She had listened in on the orders sent to the s.h.i.+ps, so she already knew what was happening. She even saw Samuel worrying through the hacked system, which is why she had come, to solve everything.

"Stop dawdling around and help."

"What do you want me to do?"

At Samuel's question, Kiriel answered, "It would be good if Hansoo woke up in time but… We need to prepare in case he doesn't."

If Hansoo woke up within a week, that would better, but they needed to prepare, just in case he didn't.

"... You are talking about stopping the plan that is going to shake the entire planet."

Kiriel nodded.

'I must stop Hansoo from being submerged in magma no matter what.'

Even if everyone else all died, she had to stop it.

Samuel's expression remained cold as he replied, "Why must I help?"

It was true he didn't like how the things were unraveling right now, but one wrong move could end everything. He wouldn't even be able to guarantee his own safety at that point. There was too much to lose for him.

Kiriel giggled as she spoke, "Actually, I spoke to someone else before you."

"What?!"

Then...

Tiriririring.

A panel appeared in Kiriel's hand.

"Mihee…"

Samuel was at a loss seeing Mihee's rage-filled expression through the screen.

.......

Rumble!

"The way it's beating is disturbing."

It was beating faster and stronger as time went on, as if a change was occurring inside of it.

'We need to hurry and get rid of that…'

K-Merrow Nell frowned at the mountain that was shaking disturbingly, but he quickly changed his focus to the ones that were making him constantly nervous, though not as much as the mountain.

'I hope they don't try anything reckless.'

That would be for the best.

K-Merrow Nell thought of the abnormally quiet humans and mumbled to himself.