Flutter-
Teo soared through the sky.
In a very leisurely manner, even humming.
“Hmph…”
-Hubbub.
“W-When did something like that get in here?!”
“For something like that to push its way this close to the capital…”
“Instead of chattering, pick up the pace!! If we can’t shake them off, we might not even make it through the moat!!”
Unlike the peaceful sky, a chase was unfolding on the ground.
Chaos Ogres charged forward, their eyes blazing.
Self-proclaimed elite humans scattered in utter panic.
Terrified screams echoed to the heavens.
Even Valentia, a nation considered a major power, was terrified, unable to overcome a mere thousand Chaos Ogres.
‘They’re moving better than I thought. Just an empty shell with enhancements layered on.’
But Teo didn’t care much.
After all, those were just summoned creatures created with magic.
Nothing more than targets without souls or intelligence.
Since she was going to wipe them out soon anyway, there was no need to worry about whether the humans were terrified and running away.
“Everyone’s desperate to live. Isn’t that right, Mother?”
Therefore, Teo’s attention was directed forward.
Toward the transparent window that only he could see.
He intended to chat with Lea to pass the time.
[Lea would like to state for the…..]
“23,003rd time, right?”
[23,014th time that Lea is stating.]
“You actually remember that. I counted, thinking you might be just saying it roughly.”
[Lea does not lie.]
“I wish you were my real mother, though. I don’t have good memories of my human birth mother.”
[As an artificial intelligence, Lea cannot fulfill Teo’s request.]
“Too bad.”
Idle banter passed between them.
Perhaps because it contrasted with the hellscape below, the conversation didn’t flow smoothly.
Her eyes turned downward.
“Anyway, humans are truly fascinating. To struggle so desperately for their lives.”
‘I didn’t act like that when I was human, though.’
In Teo’s opinion, that struggle was meaningless.
The speed of the knights and the monsters was evenly matched.
At this rate, there wouldn’t be enough time to let only them into the capital.
Then Valentia would lock the city gates.
The elite soldiers would beg to be let in, saying they had arrived, only to be surrounded by monsters…
In the end, they would surely be killed.
Until the last moment of closing their eyes, they would resent their own kind.
It was fascinating to see them desperately deny a future they could know with just a little thought.
“If it were me, I would have just committed suicide…”
[Warning. Please refrain from making inappropriate remarks.]
“Isn’t it true? That’s the rational thing to do.”
[Teo is different. If faced with a similar situation, you must prioritize survival above all else.]
“I plan to. I don’t want to die yet either.”
Teo’s gaze flickered downward again.
He overlapped those humans with herself.
Thinking that they were in a situation where their lives were threatened, she felt strangely sorry…
[‘Yet’ not wanting to die is interpreted as meaning that your thoughts may change someday. Is that not the case?]
“…Kuang?”
There was no time to fall into sentimentality.
The hatchling rearing support system, Lea’s notification window, had become slightly sharp.
It was a reaction she had never seen before.
“Are you actually angry?”
[Lea does not possess the emotion of anger. This is merely Lea detecting and responding to a grave threat to Teo’s survival.]
“Ah, don’t worry. At least not within a thousand years. I need to get out of being a hatchling, too.”
‘I might just die after living long enough, though.’
However, Teo’s stubbornness remained unchanged.
He wanted to live more now, but he didn’t know about a thousand years from now.
That’s what he was thinking.
[Teo must survive until the end of her lifespan…]
“What do you think, Mother? If the whole world was trying to kill you, and you’d already lived for thousands of years and had no attachment to life?”
[……………..]
“Would you fight against the whole world? To protect your insignificant life at the cost of many precious lives?”
[…Under that hypothetical situation, Lea would choose death. That would be the rational choice.]
Lea’s will was broken first.
An unlike her reaction, who prioritizes survival above all else.
That’s how special the situation Teo was in was.
As if pleased with the answer, a low chuckle rumbled.
“You’re similar, Mother~ Aren’t we real parent and child?”
[Lea states for the 23,015th time that she is not Teo’s biological parent. And this is a hypothetical situation that does not apply to Teo, who is merely a hatchling.]
“Oh, are you angry?”
[……………..]
“Don’t be~ It’s not like I’m planning to be pushed to my death. The reason I’m doing this is all…”
-Pause.
“Looks like it’s about to start soon. I should get ready too.”
But that was only for a moment.
Her voice became serious.
Because the vassals’ ‘national power boasting’ had ended.
‘I’ve shown the technological prowess of Millenia enough. Even if they’re stupid, they can’t not know, I made it obvious.’
‘But these aren’t the kind of guys who will understand with just that. Leo is just exceptional, the average medieval person is like this.’
‘So… let’s give them an explanation at their level. I’ll do it myself.’
Teo folded her wings and began to descend.
Toward the Valentia lands, where the eyes of five countries were focused, at super speed.
Though no one could see it, her physique was…rapidly growing larger.
‘A body slam combining gigantification and gravity manipulation. It’ll be no different from a meteor collision, right?’
The goal was simple.
A phenomenon considered the wrath of God in the Middle Ages, a meteor fall.
She was just trying to recreate something similar to that.
‘There’s no point in killing them using dragon language for nothing. It’s easier for them to understand if I show them barbarically
what happens if they oppose me.’
To prove her transcendent power.
Not with incomprehensible methods like magic, but with physical force that any living being would have to feel.
That way, no one would dare to invade Millenia.
That was the reason Teo stepped forward herself.
-Whoooooosh!!!
“…Kuang.”
‘I hope they understand this time. If they still don’t get it after this, I’ll have to drop the fat one and the short one.’
Thus, Teo…
-revealed her power for the first time.
Her body collided with the ground at super speed.
-KABOOOOOOOOOM!!!
“……!!!?”
“What’s going on… Keuheuk!!!”
The shockwave generated by the collision.
It sent the humans flying far away.
The elites, who held high ranks in Valentia, floated into the air like falling leaves.
Just before losing consciousness, what they saw last was…
‘What is that?’
‘A footprint……?’
It was a dragon’s footprint deeply etched into the ground.
* * *
It was those watching from afar who properly witnessed the spectacle.
The alliance of five countries that had gathered to subjugate Teo.
Their lords stared wide-eyed, their mouths agape.
‘W-What in the world is that.’
‘Unbelievable!! Judging from the fact that there’s no magical energy reaction, it doesn’t seem like magic either, but how can it become like that?’
‘There has never been an attack like this in history!!’
What was visible to their eyes was the illusion magic used by their four vassals. A bird’s-eye view of Valentia’s territory.
A natural disaster was occurring there.
‘The Holy Knights are incapacitated in an instant? Those guys with such tenacious recovery power?’
The shockwave and storm generated by the collision of a super-massive object with the ground.
It sent the Holy Knights wearing heavy armor flying.
Blood flowed from the ears of those sprawled on the ground.
Thanks to the protective magic, their bodies were barely safe, but they couldn’t protect vulnerable areas like their eardrums.
Even the kingdom’s top knights were incapacitated, unable to withstand the shockwave fired from hundreds of meters away.
-Gulp.
‘There’s an earthquake and even a typhoon happening……’
The injuries of the elites were trivial.
Teo’s collision was causing tremendous damage in real time.
Problems such as earthquakes splitting the ground and typhoons tearing down trees were occurring.
‘That Chaos Ogre didn’t even leave a trace.’
‘Well, of course. The knights who were somewhat far away are like that, so how could those who were directly hit be safe?’
‘It’s an obvious result.’
The monsters, which were the initial danger, were no longer of concern.
Some of them had died long ago without even leaving blood.
It was only natural, as they had literally vaporized from the shockwave that exceeded the chemical bonding energy of their bodies.
The remaining corpses were also quite gruesome.
It was a scene that looked just like a large meteorite had fallen.
‘I’d rather it be magic….’
‘That footprint there, no matter how you look at it, isn’t it a dragon’s?’
‘It’s the work of Teonar. Terrifying.’
The lords all trembled with fear.
The dragon subjugation that their ancestors had done 50 years ago, which they believed they could naturally do as well.
They were belatedly realizing how arrogant that thought was.
The first time they saw a living meteorite launch, it completely took away the confidence of the lords that they would win.
-Tremble, tremble.
‘As expected, Master, you are like our God!!’
‘The foolish humans have finally realized it, haven’t they? What kind of being our lord is.’
‘To her, humans and us are just inferior species♡’
‘How grateful we should be that the Great One is even considering coexistence.’
On the other hand, the vassals couldn’t contain their laughter.
They were in a situation where they had pent-up resentment.
They were the ones who had been furious as soon as they heard the news of the invasion.
They were only following Teo’s will because they knew it, but the anger itself was smoldering in their hearts.
To be honest, they wanted to pour out the ‘technology boasting’ on humanity instead of the target.
But, in that situation, they were seeing this?
It was truly refreshing.
It felt like decades of indigestion had been completely relieved.
“….Heuh♡”
‘No, if I get excited in front of the humans….’
Aurelia’s face flushed with emotion.
The performance shown by their lord was enough to make the vassals’ faces heat up.
Of course, Teo herself didn’t know, and it was something she wouldn’t care about even if she did know.
“Kuang… The impact was stronger than I calculated. I thought the ground would be soft, but it was surprisingly hard.”
[Human eardrum rupture, fractures, and other injuries are expected.]
“Just heal them and let’s go right away. Greater Heal.”
-Hwaaa!!!
Magical power covered the knights who were sprawled out like rags.
Their tattered bodies were completely restored as if nothing had happened.
It was a miraculous sight to see from afar.
“…Hoo.”
‘That’s Teonar. Indeed, she is a monster as the prophecy said.’
Valentia’s lord, Lykke III, who had been watching everything.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
She thought she was going to lose 400 Holy Knights for sure, but she was glad it didn’t happen.
‘It seems she has no intention of invading Valentia as it is. From now on, it’s best to forget about the prophecy and never get involved with her for the rest of my life.’
Afterward, she vowed not to make any military provocations against Millenia in the future…
Unfortunately, Teo had no intention of letting her go.
-Flash.
“……!!? W-Who is it!”
“You can tell even though you can’t see me?”
“I asked who you are!”
“Millenia’s lord, Teonar. Sorry for suddenly visiting.”
He released the gigantification and teleported to Valentia.
To the office where Lykke III was, to be exact.
The lords who were watching all gasped,
“Teonar? How, no, why are you here….”
-We, don’t we have something to talk about?”
“…Hiccup!”
The queen, who was even said to have no emotions because of her unique expressionless face.
She started hiccuping in fear.
“Especially since you guys must have a lot to say to me?”
“Hiccup, hiccup… Hiccup!!”
‘I-I-It’s been found out! He knew our intentions from the beginning!!’
A slightly forceful summit involving six countries began.
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