Outside the Earth, on Planet Mars, two individuals could be seen dragging two Space Vessels from outside its atmosphere.
After throwing down the two Space Vessels on the ground, a swarm of Transcendents from two different worlds swarmed towards the two individuals.
One of the Individuals nonchalantly brandished the cane in his hand and a large river of Energy came plunging down towards the incoming Transcendents.
Following that, the other individual raised his hand and a thundercloud appeared overhead.
When he clapped his hands, a gigantic thunderbolt was sent down, toasting the unlucky Transcendents hit by it.
Just like that, the passengers of two Space Vessels that were on their way to Earth died without even reaching their destination.
A few moments later, the two strong individuals floated down to the surface of Mars. The one with the cane put his hand on the Space Vessels they threw down and soon after that, they disappeared into his Storage Equipment.
"Hajime, do you think it's wise to let those three Space Vessels? Isn't it too early?" The speaker is Kuramoto Sojiro, Daisuke's father in this life.
While his Transcendent Pathway reached the 4th Realm, his strength, because of the state of the Source Energy he adapted to, only reached the height of a Rank 3 Transcendent. However, when he returned to Earth a few days ago to complete and perfect his assimilated Source Energy, he was now like Hajime, a Rank 4 Transcendent powerhouse.
Among the 10 Mortal Ranks the World's Will picked, he became the one who has then given the task to… father a child. Or become the father of the one who became the strongest being on Earth.
Initially, he's also the most promising among the ten or rather the most combat-oriented among them. His Ability was Thunder Manipulation. He's fast, explosive and tanky.
Because of that achievement, the task of giving birth to Daisuke was given to him.
At first, he was only following the orders left behind by the hibernating World's Will but when he really fell in love with Daisuke's mother, he requested to be relieved of his other duties to focus on raising him. Or rather to be able to spend the following years with his wife before the World turned back to how it was before.
Unlike Hajime who altered his wife's memories after giving birth to Yuko, Sojiro couldn't do it. All his life was spent on becoming strong enough to pave the way for the reincarnation of the Divine Stage being. Finding happiness with his wife was something he treasured the most.
That's why when the call from the World's Will to intercept the incoming Space Vessels from three Invasive Worlds, he didn't hesitate to answer its call.
He knew that at the moment, that reincarnation was still weaker than them and if he didn't stand at the forefront, his wife would be put in danger once those Space Vessels arrived on the unawakened Earth.
"It's the World's Will's instruction. Are you worried about your family?" Hajime answered in a matter-of-fact tone.
He then clapped his hand to remove the martian dust on his hands before turning around to look at his colleague.
"I am certainly worried about my wife but for the other guy… Is he still my son by now? True, he's still someone my wife gave birth to… Haa, if Keiko hears me talking like this about our son, I will receive an earful."
Scratching the back of his head as he sighed, Sojiro could only wryly smile upon remembering his wife, Keiko.
From what Sojiro heard, Daisuke went to see her and told her nothing about his identity. Daisuke still acted as their son but… when he introduced a line of girls to her as his wives and Companions, Keiko almost couldn't believe her eyes that she nagged at Sojiro when he returned briefly on Earth.
"Hmm. Even I wanted to protect Yuko-chan as her father. But as we both know, those two lads will soon shoulder what we cannot do."
Hajime shook his head before turning his head to look at the direction of the distant Earth.
"... In a span of a few months and a Rank 3 Transcendent might not possibly give him a challenge and he's still quickly growing. Before long, we will both be left behind in the dust."
"That's something inevitable. We've lived for too long. We've never even seen the Era when Earth was still a prosperous and quickly growing Sage World. With his memories back and the World's Will on its way to recover and become fully awakened, we'll be looking forward to a new era."
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"Hmm… A Psyche-type Sage World without a Sage. Although it sounded too good to be true, it's unexpectedly true. However, don't underestimate them. They're still a native of a Sage World. If we get our hands on this world's Source Energy core, being the same type, our world might instantly level up to becoming a Sage World."
A long-nosed humanoid being muttered after observing the new scenery in his eyes. His eyes were pure blue without any whites and behind him, around 100 Transcendents who had the same features as him and were wearing the same clothes were neatly lined up.
Unlike the other two Space Vessels, these Invasive World Transcendents were organized like a battalion of an army
The speaker was Rank 3 Transcendent of the Arania World. A Psyche-type Invasive World.
Instead of engaging the seven Rank 2 Transcendents and an Avatar waiting for them, he instead chose to become cautious.
"Hmm? They seemed to be smart enough not to attack without thinking. What do you think, darling?" Sofiel asked Daisuke's Avatar, who was among their group.
As for why he chose to send his Avatar here rather than to another group with less members, he only mentioned that he has a hunch that the one landing here would be the strongest and trickiest ones.
Yuko's Foresight couldn't look too far in the future so, in the end, they trusted his judgement.
Now looking at the long-nosed blue-eyed foreign Transcendents who were calmly watching the surroundings, it's undeniable that they're somewhat uneasy about their chances of defending against them.
Being unable to talk, Daisuke's Avatar wrote his response on the ground.
Upon reading it, Sofiel clapped her hand before turning to Yuko.
"That seems to be the case. We have to be careful. They seemed to be the ones from a Psyche-type World. Their Abilities will be more varied than the Transcendents from the other locations."
Yuko seconded the Avatar's response. Following that, they all flew down from the roof where they were standing to meet the Rank 3 Transcendent-led battalion.
"Hmm? Are you perhaps the strongest natives in this world? If you show us the way to the core of the Source Energy, we will leave without making it difficult for you." The Rank 3 Transcendent leader proposed confidently.
At the moment, these enemies weren't exuding any killing intent. However, with the discipline instilled into them and what they just said, Yuko believed that she couldn't rashly make a decision without knowing the extent of their enemies' power.
A hundred Rank 2 Transcendents plus a tricky Rank 3 Transcendent against 8 Rank 2 Transcendents wherein most of them hadn't even finished their Mortal Pathway. How will they fare against this group?
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