With that, Daigu trailed off without finishing the thought.
But those who knew, knew.
Shendu: "Scoff.jpg"
Shendu: "'Prove interesting,' he says."
Shendu: "More like get beaten while hanging from a string."
Vovin wanted to retort, but lacked the grounds to do so.
After all, his earlier arrogance was still on the record.
Ordinary Group Leader: "Alright, alright, enough of all that."
Ordinary Group Leader: "When do we start?"
Ordinary Group Leader: "I'm practically itching to get going."
Right now, Su Yunqing had no interest in watching a spectacle. Spectacles could be found anytime — but missions? Those weren't always available.
Saeko Busujima: "Relevant news is already breaking across various countries."
Saeko Busujima: "A massive gate has appeared in the sky — not just in my country, but other nations have discovered similar gates."
Saeko Busujima: "Relevant authorities have already arrived to organize evacuations, and the public is cooperating quite well."
Saeko Busujima: "Probably because of the Angels' appearance earlier, people now readily believe in these mysterious matters. Everyone's complying with evacuation personnel right away."
Simulterrain: "More than one gate?"
Simulterrain: "Looks like this battle's going to involve the whole planet."
Daigu couldn't help but feel troubled.
With a situation like this, casualties would be hard to contain.
If there was just one enemy — like the kaiju in his world — even with its massive size and formidable strength, the damage done during his battle with it would be limited. The Victory Team would organize evacuations immediately, leaving the battlefield to him.
But this time, it was a fight spanning the entire Earth. With such a large number of interdimensional invaders, protecting every civilian across such an enormous scale and against such numbers was clearly impossible.
Even if they eliminated the invaders in the shortest possible time, casualties would still be staggering.
The Most Ancient Godslayer: "Then let each of us take our own battlefield."
The Most Ancient Godslayer: "I'll take Bearonia."
Vovin said without hesitation.
Ordinary Group Leader: "I can hear your calculations all the way across worlds, Marquis."
Ordinary Group Leader: "You're after Bearonia because it has the largest land area, meaning you'll probably encounter more interdimensional species, right?"
Shendu: "Oh?"
Shendu: "I was already weighing which region to pick. No need to deliberate anymore."
The Most Ancient Godslayer: "You want to compete with me?"
Whitebeard: "Ku ku ku ku ku! Then count old Whitebeard in."
Luo Hao: "Huaxia."
Dongfang Bai: "The Central Plains!"
Ninth Prince of Qin: "Xianyang!"
Regardless of what others chose, for Ying Zi'nian, Luo Hao, and their like, there was no such thing as a real choice to make.
Ninth Prince of Qin: "I imagine the current Great Qin soldiers don't yet qualify to participate in this war."
Ninth Prince of Qin: "My strength isn't enough to守护 all of Huaxia."
Ninth Prince of Qin: "Xianyang is enough."
Ying Zi'nian wasn't unwilling to involve more people. It was just that the Great Qin of this era didn't have many who could take part in a war like this.
Though it was a fusion of real history and The Legend of Qin — placing it among the upper tiers of wuxia worlds — that was still only a minority. At the very least, Great Qin's soldiers weren't significantly stronger than ordinary people.
He would select some individuals to take part in this war — just not the common soldiers.
Ordinary Group Leader: "You really haven't forgotten your current identity, have you? First thing you think of is Xianyang."
Ordinary Group Leader: "What about the rest of you? What are your choices?"
Ordinary Group Leader: "Anyone who doesn't choose, I'm assigning randomly, just so you know."
Utaha: "For me, it's still got to be the island nation."
White Rabbit: "Nod nod.jpg"
White Rabbit: "We're too weak. A smaller landmass is better — fewer enemies to face."
Golden Flash: "I'll go random."
Golden Flash: "I'm not very familiar with these countries, after all."
Though Earth was Earth everywhere, the Earth in his world was completely different from everyone else's — those countries didn't exist. So he had no particular preference in choosing.
The same went for Uchiha Madara.
Loki: "Then I'll take Nordheim?"
Loki: "Let the great King of Asgard — Loki — come to save these unfortunate believers."
Ordinary Group Leader: "While I'd love to tell you that Nordheim encompasses more than one country, I'm going to refrain, since you're technically not just one person. But as for believers — I don't think there are many who worship Loki."
Ordinary Group Leader: "And you're not even the same person as the mythological Loki, for crying out loud."
The mythological Loki was Odin's blood-brother — genealogically speaking, he could at least qualify as Thor's uncle, if not his adoptive father. But this one? He's straight-up Odin's son now.
Before, at least the blood relation wasn't there. Now even the bloodline has been bought.
The only one who'd believe "not actually related" is Odin.
Loki: "."
If you're going to be unhelpful, just shut up.
Richest Man: "Just to be safe, I'm going to borrow the Eye of Agamotto from the Ancient One."
Richest Man: "Wouldn't want some unexpected enemy to pop up and cause unnecessary complications."
That was Tony's reasoning.
After all, his choice would definitely be Lighthouse first.
But at his current strength, against whatever enemies the Lighthouse faced — given that the chat group's heavy hitters were all picking other countries for their battlefields — he'd struggle to hold the line alone.
Better safe than sorry. He'd bring the Eye of Agamotto.
Ordinary Group Leader: "Huh?"
Ordinary Group Leader: "When did you get so close to Master the Ancient One? You can even borrow the Time Stone?"
Su Yunqing asked, puzzled.
She'd never heard Tony mention having any connection to Master the Ancient One before.
When had they gotten close enough to lend out the Time Stone?
Richest Man: "Please."
Richest Man: "Who am I? A genius!"
Richest Man: "If I hadn't had zero interest in magic, the title of Sorcerer Supreme never would have gone to Doctor Strange."
Richest Man: "Though the real reason is — after I obtained the legacy of the Sorcerer Supreme from a parallel universe, which happened to include the magical knowledge for operating the Eye of Agamotto — I couldn't resist giving it a try."
Richest Man: "I didn't expect it to cause the Eye of Agamotto to react. That directly led to Master the Ancient One showing up at my door."
Richest Man: "So we talked."
Richest Man: "I let slip a little about the chat group, but she didn't seem particularly surprised."
Richest Man: "Probably figured it out long ago."
(End of chapter)
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