The Beginning of the End

The attack was sudden.

It was aimed to pass through the atmosphere and land somewhere on the Dragon Bone Continent, but disappeared midair without detonating.

A steam explosion occurred as the surface of the sea bulged out and caused a giant wave.

The nuclear submarine that launched the missile was pierced by the flame and sank down.

Well, yeah, that happened.

That so?

The Demonlands had already transported the goods with large airships, but since Serge had been temporarily teleporting the humans to Manesh, they still had to move them over.

Serge, whod plopped down on a cushion due to mana exhaustion, had just finished moving tens of thousands of Japanese citizens over without giving them a proper dialogue in the least. In other words, a kidnapping.

Still though, theres so many of them.

The floating continent had already moved over to the Earth and was receiving people who wished to immigrate.

However, even that was a mere drop in the bucket.

Three days had passed since then, and Ars was returning to Earth a second time. However, it wasnt as though he did this because things were progressing promisingly.

Even so, as it was protected by a magic barrier, it received no damage at all.

The conference ended without anything to show for it.

It didnt take long for Earth to begin resorting to nuclear weapons.

Yet even so, it was repelled by the magic barrier.

It was a magic attack. Three large areas in the United States, Russia, and China were disintegrated by his attack.

The whole of Earth was thrown into confusion. Nevertheless, there were still countries waging race-based wars. Rather, now that the superpowers were crippled, it could be said that their warring was intensifying.

Even if it was just a few hundred people, it would increase the amount of immigrants.

And what appeared from them were not immigrants, but soldiers.

Ars said that basically all continents other than Dragon Bone Continent would accept immigrants. However, this country foolishly planned on occupying land that had been developed to some extent.

Beastkin villages were attacked by military forces.

The invaders hoisted a red flag in the middle of the village.

It appears that an army from Earth attacked a beastkin village.

Rias emotions immediately began to boil. Unrolling a map on the desk, she asked where the village was. The map wasnt entirely precise, but it was enough.

She thought about how to get there. Serges teleportation was being used for immigration. If she went any slower than that

Huh? Sure.

Casually waving her hand, Ohma and Ria instantly moved into the skies far away from the court.

Right over there.

Upon seeing it, there was no longer room to doubt.

It was Maals village.

What Ria saw was beastkin lying on the ground with Earthlings casually killing them.

No, no more.

She sensed herself ending their lives one after another.

Finishing off the final enemy, Ria headed to Maals house.

Her heart felt like it would burst from her chest. She couldnt shake off the bad feeling she had.

No one was in the house.

That has to be it.

Ohma called out from the entrance.

Four people went that way and another went to the center of the village.

The fence that enclosed the village had a gap about large enough for a cat beastkin to fit through. Jumping over it, Ria looked through the brush while calling out for Maal.

A male cat beastkin appeared from a hole in the base of a large tree.

And Maal?

Hearing that, Ria took off at a dash.

There wasnt anyone in the village anymore.

There were innumerable corpses in the villages center.

However, there were the corpses of enemies she didnt recall killing there as well.

They were taken from behind, their necks sliced open. Maal would have no trouble at that.

Maal, its me! Ria! Where are you!?

She has to!

Having walked over nonchalantly, Ohma asked a question.

And her levels reasonably high? So then

Shed pointed to an enemys corpse, but there was something weird about it.

Maal!

Her entire body was soaked in blood, she wasnt breathing.

She didnt make it.

Ohma spoke in a plain tone, as though to say nothing could be done about it.

Impossible. Its not just the Millennium, theres even a Great Collapse going on right now, the Soul Cycle is too violent. Not even Valis could.

Doubt it. If a God Dragon cant, I doubt a human could.

Aaah

There was a trace of warmth remaining. Her face peaceful, Maal was dead.

Tears flowed down Rias cheeks, landing on Maals face.

Even if someone might be able to, Ria could not.

And so, Ria roared.

She couldnt control her anger. The mana within her body circulated like a tempest, running wild.

It was a shout that didnt belong to a human. Rias body exploded outward.

Turning into a black-scaled being, Ria had transformed into a dragon.

Ria flew.

Ria flew.

Then, arriving at her destination, Ria let out a breath with all her might.

Like a tsunami, the land swallowed its surroundings.

Hundreds of millions of people and other animals were wiped outno, erased by Rias breath.

Rias anger continued to drive her on as she destroyed the land, continuing until she had no choice in the matter.

Ria, drained of strength, returned to her human form and fell due to the pull of gravity. However, during her fall, someone caught her.

Not wearing his golden mask, Ars shouldered Ria.

Ars returned to the Dragon Bone Continent through flight magic and tried to head to Manesh. However, he stopped and turned toward the existence that called out for him.

Yo.

Fire Dragon Ohma was carrying Maals remains and the four other cat beastkin.

Looks like her friend got caught out by some of Earths soldiers and was killed.

However, it wasnt as though they didnt understand what it was to be sad, not what it was to be angry.

Ars looked at Earths land. It was dyed in the color of rage.

Japan was among them.

Japans gone

Even for Ars, this was an unplanned and unpleasant predicament. However, he would immediately put this to use.

I dont mind, but whatre you going to do?

Entrusting the unconscious Ria to Ohma, Ars headed towards the Earth.

Even now, it could still just barely be called the heart of the Earth.

Yo, President. How are you doing?

And, despite it being so late at night, there was a person in a gold mask standing right in front of him.

The aftermath of Rias attack knocked out the majority of the planets communication systems. Still, the President was able to confirmed that an unreasonable attack had been launched on them.

What happened just now wasnt due to me nor the God Dragons. It was done by Archduke Ryuke Riana.

An individual that destroyed a portion of the Eurasian continent.

Ars shrugged. His manner felt almost ironic.

An individuals anger destroyed a country?

Ars continued with a tone that seemed to say that he sympathized.

Oh God

If you think about what the Earths gods have done for humanity, I dont think you should rely on them.

Leaving that statement, Ars vanished from the White House.