I, the Geo Archon Morax with 2.1 Billion Mora, Have Joined a Chat Group [262]

This universe was once a waltz of angels and dragons.

The titanic gods who governed the planets engaged in endless battle with the angels above.

Originally, angels did not exist—only the dragons and the planet-ruling giants shared control of the universe.

But then—perhaps due to the will of the cosmos, or as a reaction from the world itself—the angels were born.

Angels were divine weapons built for a single purpose: to battle the gods. They were living arsenals, engineered exclusively to kill gods.

No one knew why, but angels regarded the extermination of gods as their solemn duty. And so began a war with the divine that would never end.

It’s said that to the angels, any being that could be called a “god” was treated equally—with absolute hostility.

Sariel was one such angel.

However, she was… different.

She was what they called a stray angel.

Unlike normal angels—who were mindless killing machines—stray angels were those who, after slaying and devouring multiple titanic gods, began to develop a fragment of self-awareness.

Ordinary angels could not be reasoned with. They had no self. But stray angels possessed identity, will, and a distinct personality.

In ancient times, on this very planet, angels and dragons coexisted. No other gods were present.

The angels’ mission was to protect the native races of planets from destruction by divine interference.

Thus, Sariel kept the dragons in check, preventing them from harming mortal civilization and the biodiversity of the world. And she had the strength to back it up—enough power to annihilate all of the great dragons on the planet if she so wished.

These were not ordinary beasts. They were hundreds of god-like dragons—each a terrifying existence. Even the present-day Administrator Gyuri-Gyuri had once been one of the youngest among them.

And so, for a time, angels, dragons, and mortals lived in a kind of uneasy harmony on this planet.

Humanity flourished. Their civilization advanced to dazzling technological heights, and they were on the verge of developing devices to explore other planets.

Had things continued as they were, it’s possible this version of humanity could have become a powerful species that traversed the stars.

But then—at the very tipping point of progress—a so-called “genius” emerged.

His name was Potimas Harrifenas—a scientist hailed as a revolutionary mind in biology, energy science, and divine studies.

Driven by his obsession with immortality, Potimas created a method to harness what he called MA energy.

As you may already know—

Most energy sources in the world are the result of material transformation—be it fossil fuels underground, or the light of the sun. They are all forms of physical, transformable energy.

This world was no exception.

But the MA energy introduced by Potimas seemed to defy that rule. It generated clean, limitless energy from nothing, as if conjured by magic within machines.

For nations that had never seen such a thing, how could they not immediately jump at the opportunity to study and produce it?

And thus, they walked straight into Potimas Harrifenas’s trap.
He never revealed the original sin of MA energy.

The truth was simple: drawing too much MA energy from a planet would lead to its death.

No country knew this—except Potimas himself. Yet they continued to build more and more devices to harvest this wondrous new energy.

At last, Judgment Day arrived.

The world—drained of too much mana—lost its vitality. The planet was on the brink of self-destruction.

When this truth finally came to light, humanity panicked. They scrambled for a way—any way—to save their world.

And that was when he returned.

The devilish deceiver of mankind—Potimas Harrifenas—reappeared with yet another “solution.”

He claimed that the planet could be saved by infusing it with the divine energy of Goddess Sariel.

Such an absurd proposal should have been immediately dismissed.

But the nations of the world, already frantic and desperate, failed to see through the scheme.

They rushed to Sariel, praying, begging her to save them.

And as an angel, Sariel didn’t hesitate. She agreed without a second thought.

But what she didn’t know… was that the machine designed to extract her energy was yet another of Potimas’s vile devices.

Potimas had already found a way to flee the planet. He cared nothing for the lives of the people he left behind.

His proposal had only been a throwaway idea—he never expected it would actually succeed in luring a god-slaying angel into his trap.

At this crucial moment, the great dragon Gyuri-Gyuri, who had long harbored a quiet love for Sariel, appeared.

He saw Sariel’s helplessness as the planet died.
He saw the other dragons abandon the world, taking the last of the MA energy with them.
He saw the base greed and treachery of mankind.

And he made his choice.

For the sake of the one he loved, he turned to the most powerful being in the universe—ruler of the endless underworld:

Evil God D.

To Gyurie’s surprise, Evil God D agreed to his request with almost frightening ease.

And in just seven days, she created a planetary-scale skill system to envelop the entire world.

Thus, Gyurie returned with the blessing of the most supreme evil god—and rewrote the fate of the planet.

——The planet did not perish.
Potimas Harrifenas’s ambition was foiled.
Only Goddess Sariel remained imprisoned at the core of the skill system, providing endless energy to sustain both system and world.

——And Gyuri-Gyuri became the system’s Administrator, devoting himself endlessly to maintaining its stability.

That is the story of this planet.
The story of how the skill system came to be.

“…God of another world, Zhongli.”

After listening to Zhongli’s explanation, Demon Lord Ariel was silent, her thoughts a storm of emotion.

In the end, she couldn't overcome the conflict within her heart.

She bowed her head ever so slightly.

“…Would you truly be willing to help me?”

“Of course,” Zhongli answered with unwavering calm.
“I’ll help you. All I ask is a small price in return.”

“What kind of price?” Ariel’s concern was very different from Zhongli’s.

“Hmm… for starters, tell me everything you know about this planet—its history, its developments. I’m very eager to learn all of it.”

Zhongli’s gaze rested steadily on her, serene and unhurried.

“…That’s all?” Ariel murmured under her breath. Then, slowly, she began to speak.

She told him the story of this world. Everything that had happened.

“This universe… is a waltz of angels and dragons.”

“……”

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