“…Judging by how you keep bringing up pointless crap, you must be pretty desperate.”0

—Well, unlike you guys, I’m actually an intellectual! If there’s even a sliver of common ground, making peace isn’t exactly hard—even with someone I was just fighting~0

Hearing Tuner’s playful tone, Se-Hoon immediately mocked him. “So then, if that common ground stops lining up, you’d betray me without hesitation even if we just made up?”0

—Let’s not state the obvious. Neither of us has time for that.0

Se-Hoon stared at the speaker, then slid a glance at Aria to ask if there was anything suspicious nearby. Unfortunately, though, Aria shook her head slightly upon understanding what he meant.0

He really contacted us using only speaker…0

Was it because he was wary of being tracked through mana? Or had he lost that ability himself after creating a world without mana? If the Demon King’s words were any indication, it was probably closer to the latter… but then again, considering how imperfect Hiranyagarbha was, it was hard to be certain.0

For now… I’ll just buy time to think.0

Tuner had to understand that it was their last chance to have such a conversation. Considering that, Se-Hoon just stared at the speaker in silence. 0

And as expected, Tuner’s voice resounded once more.0

—Let’s get back to the point. I think the world outside here, the world created by the Golden Ring, has far too many problems.0

“Problems… like the Towers of Heroes and the Abyss of Demons?”0

—More precisely, the system that produced those two.0

Click-0

Every large screen in the conference room clicked on simultaneously, showing countless...0