At the beginning, unlimited skill tree!

——The [heart] that Hubie longed for and helped him open.

But now he couldn't find any meaning, and Riku just screamed with his injured body.

"I don't know which god created humans! If we have to keep losing in this world, and keep being killed and losing blindly——then why do we have a heart? Answer me!!"

He dragged his shaky body and shouted as if begging——

"Hey, you are there, Su Ri'an doesn't know who you are, answer me——I beg you..."

——No answer.

From the beginning, he didn't expect an answer, his body was already broken.

After Riku was disappointed and frustrated, he screamed wildly, leaned his body against the back of the chair as if he fell, and looked at the strategic map.

——He sorted out the situation indifferently.

The structure of making all races alert to each other, [Altosh camp] against [others]——was successful.

But this [originally as expected]——one of the parties will definitely launch the attack first.

——If they launch a joint attack, the battle will be stalemate until the Elf Alliance and the Dwarf Alliance find a way to nullify each other's trump cards, namely, the Void Zero Protection and the Essence Explosion.

It is estimated that within ten years, a full-scale attack will begin, and Artosh's camp will be the loser.

Then the blade will turn, and this time the Dwarfs and the Elfs will attack each other, until they are destroyed.

Hermitos and the others nodded their heads at this, agreeing with Riku's analysis.

The elves breathed a sigh of relief.

If the final winner is between them and the group of Dwarfs, the winner will definitely be their elf ancestors!

In this way, although the war will still start.

But they can become the final winner, this ending is also very good!

The confidence and pride in their ancestors and their bloodline make the elves think that the Elves will succeed in the end.

However——

Yeah, that's right... Artosh will lose to the Elfs and Dwarfs! …? Hehehe!

It is worth mentioning that neither Riku nor the people who were standing in the God's perspective at this time had ever guessed that Artosh's strength could stabilize everything.

Misjudged the strength of the God of War, but it would be a big loss!

At the same time——Riku's analysis was not over yet.

People then saw.

Riku made a hypothesis——if Artosh's camp launched the attack first, what would happen?

The final conclusion was that because Artosh had [God Strike], the joint lineup should not be completely destroyed by [God Strike], and then wait for Artosh's power to run out...

In order to block [God Strike], all the firepower of the alliance was also induced, and the result would inevitably be "both sides would suffer losses".

In other words——

Will there be no [victory] in this war?

The longest——[ten years]... the war will stop.

——[ten years], yes, [ten years].

One hundred and seventy-nine ghosts gambled everything they had, gave up everything except their lives——and lost Shubi, and the result obtained, even if optimistically estimated, was only ten years of stalemate at most.

Suddenly, Riku seemed to hear someone talking.

——Ten years of peace, isn't that enough?

Isn't that a good result?

"..."

——As an ordinary human being, facing the opponent God, let them stop the war within ten years!

"..."

Isn't that enough? It's already very enough, it can be said that it's too good.

——Don't you think that it's worthy of being called [Victory]——

"——...Are you kidding?"

Whose voice is that? Or is he making excuses in his heart?

It doesn't matter which one it is, Riku roared as if his throat was torn.

The little princesses' eyes were red, in fact, they also thought that Riku had done well enough...

Although the final ending was a little unsatisfactory, not the most perfect and happy.

But Riku and his friends did put an end to the seemingly endless war.

The efforts of the ghosts, Riku and Shubi are indelible.

Looking at Riku who couldn't accept that answer...

People prayed for him in their hearts, hoping that the wound in his heart would gradually heal.

However, Riku did not seem to recognize the current "success"...

(Although the little princess and the others did not know how much deviation there was in the ten-year estimate. After all, the strength of the God of War was far stronger than the elves and human races they thought.)

Then, facing the unwilling Riku, people saw his roar and snarl:

"Betting everything on humanity! Losing Shubi! It was just a few decades of short-lived false peace. Is that worthy of victory!? What happens after that!? It's another world of fear of death! Are you still asleep?! That's not even a draw - the other side of the scale is worth it anyway!"

For the result that many humans and elves have already accepted, Riku directly tore apart the disguise and completely revealed its essence.

People were greatly shocked and looked at those words with some shock.

——Another world of fear of death!

That will never stop, an endless cycle of pain.

Realizing this, people fell silent.

Chapter 410 [The Will] Riku has not lost yet? !

"...Haha, I really can't do it anymore..."

Shuvy and Coron are not around, and the game is over;

Then - there is no need to be brave.

Riku smiled bitterly and agreed - yes, that's right, my whole body hurts.

Although he just roared -

When everyone thought that Riku was still unwilling to give up and did something stupid because of impulse.

They suddenly opened their eyes and mouths and saw...

The skin contaminated by the spirit bones was in constant pain, and Riku could not remember when he last slept soundly. (When Shuvy held his hand.)

Even if he was just drinking water, his throat felt like it was burning. Once he relaxed his narrow field of vision, it would be closed forever.

-Yes, that's right, I admit - I lost again.

In the end, I couldn't win even once in my life - I'm tired.

Hermitos and the others were somewhat moved. The little princess and the others looked at Riku with concern. At this moment, they remembered how much pressure Riku had to bear on his shoulders, which he should not have to bear at his age.

"Game... life? ... A life that has never won. Riku and the others... are so pitiful." Yuzuha murmured, and her furry ears drooped down, looking a little lost and listless.

...

If Shubi was here, he could survive even in such a world.

Talking to Shubi, seeing her face, holding her hand, he could forget such severe pain.

The new paragraph turned, and people saw Riku's inner memories.

He suddenly remembered what Shubi said.

"... I won't let you die... Riku will live until... Shubi dies..."

Yes, that's right... Since Shubi is dead, it's okay, right?

Riku leaned back on the chair, relaxed all his strength, and just like that... like sleeping... his eyes gradually lost their luster.

"Hey... Hey~!... No way! So those words at that time have such a deep meaning?! Is it a coincidence or is it written like this on purpose! Wait, don't sleep! Riku." People looked anxiously at Riku who seemed to be "dying" at any time.

Could it be that he would also leave the world after Shubi because of the heavy blow and the serious injuries on his body!

No! ! Don't do it!

Everyone panicked. They had just read about Shubi's death. Are they going to have to accept such a painful thing as Riku's death?

Yuzuha hurriedly turned to the back, and with a rustle, she saw the text on the back of the page.

That was——

"——【Will-holder】Riku."

——... When the consciousness was about to fall——and the soul was about to fall, someone called him at the critical moment.

Hearing a nostalgic but never heard-a bit like a mechanical voice, Riku slowly turned his head and looked.

Where did he come in from? When did he stand there? A black, shadowy figure in a robe stood there.

"...Who are you?"

--Not asking [who]."

Because it's clear without asking, the part that was exposed from the slit of the robe told the truth about his origin.

The mechanical body--not Shubi's--

Swish! People looked up in shock and looked at the handsome man in the illustration? !

"--Ex-Machina!!" They looked at the figure with some disbelief.

It's Shubi's kind! But why is it here? !

"...I don't have a name, but just call me [Full Link Commander (Einzig)] as others call me."

Completely different from when Shubi first appeared...

The new Ex-Machina that showed a lot of human side from the beginning--turned out to be that Link Commander...the existence called Einzig.

Everyone looked a little surprised when they saw this.

He--what is this...? !

Suddenly, with a good memory, Hermitos remembered what the Nexus said to Shubi before his final death.

"Correction of code name - [Legacy] Shubi, you are allowed to rest, and the rest will be handed over to 'us'."

Hermitos shuddered at the thought.

No, impossible... Could it be that the Nexus will represent the entire Ex-Machina and help Riku realize Shubi's last wish?

The God of Alchemy took a breath at the thought...

If this is true, Riku may become the strongest side in this war.

Think about how Shubi exhausted all of Jibril's strength alone.

Although Shubi is also a special individual in the race like Jibril, Hermitos has never underestimated this race.

To this day, he still remembers that the Ex-Machina is also... the race that has achieved the achievement of [the only two who have achieved the God of Killing]!

…

"——I am here to fulfill the will entrusted by [Legacy] Shubi."

Before Riku could ask the question with caution, the Ex-Machina in front of him answered first.

Einzi said that and stretched out his hand.

Riku took what he handed over——and was stunned. (Speaking of which, when Shubi died, the movie version seemed to have added a scene of the nexus crying. At that time, I was really shocked when I saw the machine that didn't know what a heart was, and when it read Shubi's memory data and understood what love was and shed tears.)

It was a small metal ring. Although dirty and twisted - it was undoubtedly Hubie's ring -

The book gave a close-up illustration.