I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [271]

“Hmm???”

Such an arrogant response visibly stunned Potimas Hyphenath, the elven patriarch.

Then, he let out a cold chuckle.

The next moment, before the sound of his laughter could even reach Kumoko’s ears, a massive fist tore through the air with overwhelming force, crashing toward her.

Clearly startled, Kumoko yelped and blurted out, “Aren’t you supposed to be an elf? I thought elves usually fought gracefully with magic? Why are you throwing punches?!”

Naturally, Potimas Hyphenath offered no answer. With his extensive combat experience, he knew better than to give the enemy any unnecessary information during battle.

He simply threw another punch in silence, the force of it stirring up a powerful wind that swept across everything around them.

But such a direct attack, no matter how fast, was laughably slow to Kumoko, who had activated her thought acceleration.

With just a quick tilt of her head, she easily dodged Potimas’s fist and swung her scythe, slashing a long gash across his abdomen.

Clank. Clank.

Huh??

Kumoko froze for a moment. She could feel it—what her scythe cut through wasn’t flesh, but something with a metallic resistance.

—Armor? Is he wearing metal armor under his clothes?

But a second later, Kumoko realized her assumption was wrong.

Through the torn fabric, she clearly saw what lay beneath Potimas Hyphenath’s skin—a solid body gleaming with metallic sheen.

In other words, the so-called elven patriarch, Potimas Hyphenath, wasn’t a flesh-and-blood being at all. His body was that of a robot, a mechanical construct—a golem.

“Hmm???”

“Wait, isn’t this supposed to be a magical world?” Kumoko instinctively retreated, twisting around to shout at Zhongli, “That’s a robot if I’ve ever seen one!”

“Think carefully,” Zhongli replied calmly. “The Forbidden System should’ve already revealed the knowledge to you.”

At his words, the still-shaken Kumoko began to collect herself. Then she recalled the information the Forbidden System had gifted her.

—This world was destroyed due to the reckless misuse of MA energy.

—MA energy was the planet’s lifeblood, its very life force.

—And yet, this Potimas Hyphenath guy is still using that kind of technology?

—That’s the very thing that destroyed the world!

—Wait a sec, didn’t the Demon Lord say… MA energy was originally released by a mad scientist…

—Could it be…

“So it was you who destroyed the old world?!”

Kumoko couldn’t stop herself from shouting the accusation aloud.

“Heh.”

Even Potimas’s expression darkened at that. With a cold snort, he replied, “I prefer to say that the old world was destroyed by the greed of old humanity. I merely provided the knowledge.”

“So you are that mad scientist who destroyed the world!” Kumoko shouted again, still making a scene.

“Noisy.”

Potimas snapped again, his voice sharp. And then—his right arm dropped off.

In the next instant, the thing that appeared before Kumoko was unmistakably a weapon from her past life—an instrument of pure slaughter.

“A gun?”

Her surprised question was answered by the deafening roar of gunfire.

Bullets, engineered solely for killing and moving at speeds several times faster than sound, shot toward her. With her magic and stats restricted, Kumoko couldn’t possibly block them.

Even with her thought acceleration active, the bullets—wait. Huh? These are kinda easy to dodge?

Leisurely, Kumoko put to use what she’d learned from Dansuiryū Karate—the martial art that taught her how to sense an opponent’s killing intent and dodge gun-wielding enemies. Each bullet fired from Potimas’s steel body followed a path she could predict.

—This is way too weak.

She couldn’t help thinking it.

—Has this guy never learned real combat skills? Why is he so obvious with his intentions when shooting? That big-senpai who taught me Dansuiryū Karate said real firearm experts can completely mask their intent.

—But this elf’s attacks are practically shouting "Incoming!" before they’re fired.

Still, having a weak enemy might actually suit Kumoko better—she had zero desire to face a strong one.

Even with Mr. Zhongli around to protect her from death, getting hit still hurt like hell.

“Damn it~~!”

Perhaps realizing he couldn't land a hit on the nimble spider girl, Potimas growled and gave his arm a shake.

In the next instant, the gun barrel on his arm began to charge—and then fired a massive energy blast.

This was no ordinary bullet. Its speed dwarfed even the earlier shots—by Kumoko’s estimate, it was moving at ten times the speed of sound.

At that velocity, not even thought acceleration could keep up.

She barely managed to evade the shot thanks to her martial artist’s instincts—by a hair’s breadth.

BOOM~~~!

A thunderous explosion erupted behind her.

The castle struck by the energy blast was obliterated in an instant. Chunks of stone rained down, while dust and debris spread out in all directions.

“Hey hey heyyy~~! What even was that?” the white-haired spider girl gawked, wide-eyed. “Railgun? Plasma cannon? Positron fortress buster?!”

“Heh~.” Potimas clearly had no intention of answering.

He raised his arm again, the barrel glowing white-hot as it gathered another blast.

A second later, yet another massive energy round was fired.

BOOM~~~!

Another explosion. Another energy blast.

This time, Kumoko hadn’t yet dodged.

Suddenly, with a deafening whoosh, something sliced through the air and crashed down between her and the oncoming blast.

And from the shattered sky descended a black-haired, red-eyed girl.

“I’m heeereee~!”

“The demon lord girl, Ariel.”

“Making her dazzling debut!”

“...Huh??”

“...Huh???”

Her dramatic entrance left everyone except Zhongli utterly dumbfounded.

“Who the heck are you??”

Even Potimas Hyphenath didn’t hold back, blurting out, “Are you seriously that brat Ariel?”

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