“Now then! Shall we start over in earnest?”

Accompanying that pleasant voice, a whirlwind of strong qi struck Merlin’s party.

Bang!

Arc stood at the forefront of the group to block the raging strong qi. Her armor, which was made of extremely compressed mana, was successful in resisting the strong qi—a qi energy that was able to interfere with all existing attributes.

“Hahaha! It was so frustrating to only be able to look down on what was happening from the ship!” Volcano, the captain of Basara’s 12th ship, [Flame], laughed heartily as he kicked off from the ground. “Why was it so hard for you all to break through this?!”

Bam!

With a roar, the whirlwind of strong qi whipped up once more and exploded into flames, eventually blowing Arc away. The black armor that covered her entire body was shattered into pieces.

[Accept the great calling. You are the owners of pleasure!]

As a spiritual speech reverberated throughout her surroundings, Happiness—a beautiful human-looking specimen—grew wings like those of an angel on her back.

She said, “Ah… Ah… I’m so excited. I feel like I’m part of a moment in history~”

“…Get out, now,” Sadness stated in a mechanical voice.

Apparently, Sadness didn’t seem to get along well with Happiness.

[Exterminate,] Alexander said.

[Oh, as always, you’re so reticent,] the sphere, M-4, about one meter in diameter, remarked.

The M-4 model, which had been produced to conduct ordinary housekeeping and secretarial functions, was sold everywhere and existed in every...