Opportunity in the Game Becomes Reality Chapter 270
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Opportunity in the Game Becomes Reality Chapter 270
58. A New Era (6)
To maintain peace on Earth, terrorist groups must be eradicated.
However, the problem is that with religious issues so intricately tangled as they are now, a massacre without end could unfold, no matter how many are killed.
The people of Earth would then think like this.
'The one called the Chairman of the Rondel Peace Organization is invoking the word peace while massacring Earthlings.'
Conversely, the people of Rondel might think like this.
'Our nation's citizens were killed by terrorists, and you're telling us we can't even take revenge?'
Can the peace the goddess requested truly be achieved this way?
I judged that eradicating terrorists through ordinary means would be useless.
'I'll use this opportunity to crush them thoroughly.'
So I decided to use this situation as an opportunity for a warning.
By displaying overwhelming force and an overwhelming presence, so that neither Earthlings nor Rondelians would dare to break the peace I requested.
I intend to record everything that is about to unfold on video.
After recording, I'll release the footage without editing, to engrave terror into them so they can never entertain foolish thoughts again.
'Making terrorists revive as zombies and kill each other, so they can't justify death by pushing incomprehensible beliefs, is also a good method.'
No, would that make me look too much like a demon?
It'd be a hassle if people started going on about holy wars and whatnot for no reason.
Anyway, I have many means at my disposal.
Intimidation and threats are something of my specialty.
'Let's go out with flair.'
For reference, the intimidation and threats aren't directed only at Earth.
It also applies to the nations of Rondel who don't yet know my exact level.
Just as I was about to leave the Count's office, saying I'd go clean up terrorists as if taking a stroll.
"Do you know where the enemies are?"
Count Reiers asked me.
We had been attacked by terrorists, but it hadn't been revealed in detail whether they were IS, Al-Qaeda, or another armed group.
Identifying the enemy's true nature before launching an attack is only natural.
To the Count, who asked with a bewildered expression, I answered simply.
"There's a way to know everything."
And I immediately left the Count's office and pulled out my smartphone.
I had connections I'd built for times like this.
* * *
When one thinks of IS or Al-Qaeda, one tends to assume their forces are largest in the Middle East.
However, these Islamic armed groups have concentrated many forces in North Africa, which boasts vast territory, and there were cities like the Libyan port city of 'Derna' that specific groups had occupied and controlled as they pleased.
Currently, Derna in Libya has fallen to the IS and Al-Qaeda alliance.
It was land that even the Libyan government had half given up on.
"Long live the Great Disaster."
"Tell me about it. The US military can't even intervene, and just the fact that Egypt has completely collapsed makes life worth living."
Back when Egypt was intact, Libya's Derna was frequently subjected to airstrikes.
Egypt was a nation with virtually no rival in Africa, ranking above Israel in military power.
Because of that, it was like a thorn in the side for IS and Al-Qaeda.
With such an Egypt swept away and brought down by an unexpected calamity called the Great Disaster, it could only feel like a gift from god to them.
The first Great Disaster produced a major unexpected side effect, and that was the rise of terrorist forces.
Seizing the moment when major nations including America were shaken, they rapidly expanded their power amid the chaotic international order.
They drew in people who had lost their homes to swell their numbers, and with nations collapsing or facing crises, weapon depots that were left unmanaged were abandoned all over the place.
"How will Rondel act from now on?"
"They'll expand their forces. But if Rondel builds up military power on Earth, it'll be seen as invasion, so the Western advanced nations that used to attack us will push back on their own. To think the day would come when we'd see eye to eye with those bastards."
However, there was a force putting a brake on this expansion of terrorists an unexpected third power, the nations belonging to Rondel.
They embraced the natives and steadily expanded their power, driving the terrorists out of their regions.
For these people, who were already displeased by the existence of invaders who overturned the holy war, the situation was no different from lighting a fuse.
That is why the combined IS + Al-Qaeda forces located in Derna launched a large-scale attack on Cairo, Egypt.
"Still, it's surprising they haven't counterattacked right away."
"What was it, Chairman Lawrence? He's the chairman of the Rondel-style UN, and they say he's preventing wars from breaking out on Earth."
"Haha, so because of his warning, they can't step forward even if they want to?"
"I heard he's an amazing Mage? Videos of him were even circulating on YouTube."
"That? Come on, how could you believe that? It must be fabricated."
The combined IS + Al-Qaeda forces in Derna were currently in a highly agitated state.
Not only had they blown up the Governor-General's office of the Chase Kingdom stationed in Egypt, but they had also received massive operational funds along with various new-model weapons from their leadership.
Thus, the Libyan port city of Derna was in an atmosphere that was practically a party.
"Hm?"
"What's wrong?"
"What is that?"
"Huh? Wh-what is that?"
But it did not take long for this atmosphere to change.
Because above the sky of an elementary school where the combined forces' headquarters was located, something like a black dot became visible.
Those standing guard expressed confusion, and when they confirmed through telescopes that it was the form of a person, they were all dumbfounded.
A person was falling from the empty sky without even a parachute, and they had no idea how to make sense of it.
Then, at that moment.
-Pop! Pop! Pop!
As magic circles of various colors appeared and disappeared around the falling person like holograms, they could not help but shout.
"Emergency! A Rondel person has attacked!"
In Rondel, there exist individuals with power that is hardly human.
Thinking that perhaps the one in the sky might be one of them, they shouted the emergency alert for safety.
At that, hundreds of people poured out from inside the elementary school, and soon a barrage of bullets spread into the sky.
-Tat-tat-tat-tat!
-Boom!
However, the bullets could not reach the unfamiliar intruder.
As if they had struck steel armor, sparks flew and the bullets scattered in all directions.
And then, at a terrifying speed like a missile, a single person slammed down onto the ground.
-Whoosh!
A billowing cloud of dust rose up.
But the dust cloud suddenly scattered in all directions with a wind that blew in from nowhere, and soon a handsome silver-haired young man revealed himself.
His pure white robe, clean without a speck of dust, boasted splendor with gold thread embroidery and various jewels, and the spear in his hand looked so out of place in this world where personal firearms were the norm.
As if watching a scene from a movie, no sense of reality could be felt from the figure before their eyes.
"Hi."
Then, as he raised a hand in a way that drained the tension and gave a light greeting, the terrorist members of the combined forces, who had been dazed for a moment, belatedly came to their senses and all aimed their gun muzzles at once.
"Wh-who are you?"
There was one peculiar thing about the young man: several cameras were floating above his head like drones.
To someone's question, the silver-haired young man answered.
"My name is Adrian El Lawrence. I am the king of the Duchy of Lawrence and the chairman of the Rondel Peace Organization."
Only then did it occur to them that they seemed to have seen his face somewhere.
The figure before their eyes was the Mage known for turning Japan into a wasteland.
"Don't be afraid! The Japan video must be fabricated!"
The scene on YouTube where he fought the Demon King was too famous.
Thanks to that, some terrorists flinched in surprise, but they soon corrected their expressions and shouted firmly.
"Surrender!"
Could he ever have thought that terrorists would urge him to surrender?
Adrian let out a scoffing laugh and said.
"Today, all of you are going to die."
"What?"
And Adrian slowly began to take a single step.
-Kwaang! Kwang!
-Tat-tat-tat-tang!
Various kinds of bullets, including grenades and explosive shells, spewed fire.
But once again their attacks could not reach Adrian, and when Adrian raised a spear-like Magic Sphere, the entire city was instantly covered in darkness.
Next, like a torrential rain, a rain of lightning strikes and flames began pouring down noisily.
-Boom! Boom! Krrung!
"Keuk!"
The lightning strikes destroyed everything they touched, whether human or object.
-Chwiiiiii!
"Kkuaaaak!"
The rain of flames melted everything it touched like hydrochloric acid.
-Go-go-go-go-go!
The atmosphere vibrated from the noisy sounds produced by the magic, and the rain of lightning strikes and flames that filled the field of vision was reminiscent of the end of the world.
However, all those attacks, like guided missiles, wiped out only the terrorists.
Somehow, it distinguished them, not causing even the slightest harm to civilians rather, it even formed a barrier and protected the surroundings.
A scene that, had the Mages of Rondel seen it, would have made them scream that it was absurd.
It was only natural that it seemed mysterious to Earthlings as well, like a scene from myth.
Even though it was a site where mass slaughter was taking place, the overwhelming grandeur left them awestruck.
-Pat!
The magic lasted about a minute, then vanished as if nothing had happened.
The sky, which had been dark as if covered in black clouds, was clear, and not a single wisp of smoke or dust rose.
However, the ground was densely carved with craters and sinkholes, and the charred black corpses scattered everywhere and the massive amount of blood soaking the ground proved the manifestation of high-level magic.
-Wheeeing!
The once-noisy city was steeped in silence.
Adrian glanced around the scenery of Derna, then slammed his Magic Staff down onto the ground.
At that, the city destroyed by high-level magic was neatly restored as if time had been turned back.
"There are some underground too."
Adrian leisurely moved his steps, leading the cameras that followed him in a line like devoted fans.
* * *
For this terrorist eradication operation, only Arcia and I moved together, just the two of us.
We split into east and west centered on Libya, each cleaning up 11 areas, and annihilated easily hundreds of thousands of terrorists.
We didn't just kill them we filmed it all with cameras and released the full, unedited footage to the world.
Even calling it full footage, it wasn't all that long.
We hit as many as 22 strongholds, but we never stayed in one place for more than 3 minutes, and we used pre-secured intelligence to immediately move to the next location.
That's why, even without editing, neither of the two videos exceeded 30 minutes.
That's right.
The terrorist organizations that had plagued countless countries, including America, were destroyed in just 30 minutes.
[IS and Al-Qaeda, destroyed by Chairman Adrian El Lawrence (king) and his wife Arcia El Lawrence, Supreme Assemblyman (queen).]
[The power of these two beings who transcend humanity is captured fully on video.]
[With a single swing of a pregnant woman's blade, a mountain flew away and the earth split for kilometers. Is this truly human power?]
[Statement from Chairman Adrian El Lawrence: I do not wish for the two worlds of Rondel and Earth to fight. If problems arise, I will have no choice but to act in this manner.]
[Suppressing troublesome forces with military might to prevent armed conflict? What a contradictory logic!]
[His threat disguised as a warning cannot help but work. In America, the two are already being defined as walking nuclear warheads.]
Naturally, media and the internet worldwide were in an uproar.
Among them, not a few were excited, calling it the emergence of a world-scale dictator.
But what bothered me more than anything was one particular detail.
"Was there really a need to emphasize 'pregnant woman' in the article?"
"I know, right."
I ended up becoming a heartless human who pushed his accidentally pregnant wife onto the battlefield.
In truth, Arcia was the one who insisted on following even when I tried to stop her.
Moreover, as Arcia was reborn as a god race, the child in her belly underwent enhancement after enhancement, and was such an invincible fetus that it seemed it could probably block bullets with its bare body.
Well, I suppose there's nothing to be done about what they don't know, but I still didn't like the journalists' sensationalist headlines.
"For now, it feels like the threat is working."
This time, Arcia and I fought spectacularly, flaunting our power as much as possible.
Because of that, the visual effect was truly tremendous, and it instilled shock and fear not only on Earth but also in the national leaders of Rondel.
Our ability stats were completely revealed on this occasion.
"Will this really prevent terrorism?"
"Who knows...."
Just because we clean up IS and Al-Qaeda doesn't mean terrorists will completely disappear.
There are many other terrorist organizations, and new terrorist groups could even arise from religious troubles.
At least if my existence is regarded as a threat, they might refrain from suicidal acts, but there's no guarantee a mad group that takes pride in such things won't appear.
So I'm thinking of taking this opportunity to make a proposal to both Earth and Rondel.
"This should be solved by joining forces."
That is to hold a conference where all the national leaders of Rondel and Earth gather in one place.