Part 236: Mission part 3

Sleep, Beneath the Soil

: Humans... You are unneeded in the grand system called the Earth... Your pollution of the Earth through senseless, repeated wars over so long... My Aurgelmir shall judge you for that crime...



: So that's the Ancestors' head honcho...!

: Th-there's no mistaking it... That's... Sophia Nate... But... I suppose she must be long gone by now...

: ...My mission... is the elimination of all humans, for the Earth's eternal peace...

: At least, the one given by berserk Machine Cells. Though you won't get that.



: What did you say...!? So... Magus hasn't gone out of control?

: ...I was created by Sophia Nate, to oversee the Earth and the Cradle...

: To oversee... the Earth!?

: Yes... The system and facility were both built in case a major disaster hit.

: .........

: I spent years beneath the surface, observing the Earth's gradual rebirth... But that role ended when the incident occurred...

: The incident...!?

: Do you mean... An attack by the subterranean forces!?

: Yes. The Dinosaur Empire mounted a growing assault on the Cradle...



: .........!

: But they were unable to defend... and Egret decided to act to protect the Earth.



: Metallic auto-repairing cells developed by Sophie, to exterminate the invaders.

: Wh-what did you say...!?

: He used them to augment us, as well as our mobile weapons...



: Wh-what kind of lunatic would...

: Our creator seemed to have a dislike for humans' frailty and stupidity... So it was only natural for him to take the course of action he did.

: It sounds just like my father... Souzou Haran...!

: But... Fehu made one foolish mistake. Wanting to control everything in his clutches related to the Ancestors...



: What...!?

: S... Sophia...!?



: .........

: A flawed human, in the end... It may have been the most suitable end for him.

: We Machinery Children and Magus, linked to Sophia, were all that remained... Sanger became part of the Thrudgelmir, his mind under Magus's control.

: Then I used Machine Cells to wipe the underground forces off the surface...

: So... your fighting really did cause a second disaster...?

: Then we went back to sleep... To await the Earth's recovery...

: ......... And after that... the history of war between the Innocent and Moon Race came.

: ...I observed that foolish war... Fought upon the Earth we saved for you... And after repeated self-inquires... I arrived at a singular conclusion.



: Yes. We will be the Earth's custodians. If not, the Earth has no future...

: What, are you making yourself out to be some kind of god!?

: There is no god in this world. Thus, the task of judging you falls to us.

: ......... You're right that people keep repeating the same unforgivable crimes... But we've fought this far to keep all of that to a minimum. And I know that we've done our own share of polluting the Earth.

: .........

: It's only natural that we should share in the burden we contributed to. So I'd have no complaints if you defeated us here.

: L-Loran......

: but... Killing people who have nothing to do with this is absolutely wrong!

: .........

: If you're going to do that regardless, then I'm going to stop you!!



: Distorted future...!? Who the hell would want that!?

: A future on a path of certain doom... Would you not call that distorted?

: You've got no right to decide that! We determine what happens to our future!!

: Fools... You all have no future.

: That's just how you see it! Who'd go along with that!? We live 'cause we wanna live! You guys can't decide our fates!!

: Hahaha... You all seem to have forgotten. Those who once thought as you did... and committed an irreversible sin...

: !!

: The ones responsible for this ruined world are the Irregulars at your sides.

: .........!

: Can you pardon them for what they did?



: Yeah! We've got nothing to complain about with our own world!!

: There may be painful times, but... I want to believe in the future we all create!

: The ones we won't let off are you guys, for trying to ruin that!!

: then it seems we'll have to make you pay for your crimes with your lives...

: ...Yes... Maybe we came to this time to atone for what we caused.

: Hmph... You would call that fate?

: The Neo Granzon's explosion is what sent us here to this time. But that was just the means... Maybe something here was calling out to us.



: Wh...!?



: It may have been what brought you here, to this time.

: Black Box...!?

: What do you mean, it brought us here!?

: ......... Even I know not who created the Black Box, or for what purpose it was built. But, it has given me a tremendous power.

: A tremendous power...?







: Wha......!

: What'd you say!?

: It was severely damaged upon recovery... Most of it no longer functioned... But it's time-jumping ability was still just barely intact. And I repaired it with Machine Cells... then absorbed it into the Aurgelmir.

: Why would you do something like that!?



: !!

: Th-that's the day that...!!



: and the day that Project Aegis is scheduled to begin!

: Y-you're serious!?

: Magus... don't tell me you're going to...!?



: !!

: That's ridiculous... If you did that, you'd be changing history!! There's no telling what would happen to this world, or even to you!!

: I need no distorted past. It's the most efficient wat to eliminate mankind.

: Gh...!

: You wouldn't care even if you erased yourselves in the process!?

: So she's out to wipe all of humanity out, no matter what the cost!?

: Haha... The dimensional gate linked to the Aurgelmir will soon be open.

: Gate...!? the thing behind that machine...?

: Yes. Once the energy charge is complete, it will be linked with its destination... And while you die here... Mankind shall meet its doom in the past!

: ...! So Sophia Nate is gone, replaced by something hellbent on destroying Man...

: In that case!



: Hmph... My Aurgelmir shall make mankind pay for the sins it has committed...



: ...Sophia... Sophia Nate...

: Sanger... you traitor.

: .........

: ...Parts that cannot function correctly should be removed...

: ...Sophia... It may be too late to escape the Machine Cells' curse, but...





Now, before I end this update, I thought I'd give you a glimpse of the power the Aurgelmir holds. I'll go into more detail about the Aurgelmir itself in the next update.



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