Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 281: The Machine Empire Part Two

GD looked at the old man in front of him and his face fell. "Why are you here? This is far from your race's territory!"

"Why I am here is nothing to do with you. You could just say that I am out for a stroll. I figured after living for so long I would go for a walk and visit the lower worlds which I have never seen. Now let me ask, is what you said early, your main goals? " The old man asked, his lips curled up into a smile but his eyes showing an ice cold killing intent.

"Celestial Mu, I know you are strong but not even you can stop us. We will take over this lower plane even if you are here. This world has no Magicules so you won't be able to fight us for too long. All we would have to do is keep you busy. Plus did you think we came to this world with just us five? We are the Machine race of the great Machine Empire! We have many weapons at our disposal that can wipe out entire cities, countries, or even worlds in a blink of an eye!" GD let out a laugh as the blackness under his cloak shone with two glowing red eyes. He pulled out a device and pressed the mini display screen on it. 

Celestial Mu as called by GD was actually Grandpa Mu. He had finally arrived on this world after getting word that Alicia was here. He traveled through time and space to arrive at this world a year ago. But when he saw that Alicia was making great progress in becoming stronger. He decided to allow her to grow more before offering to take her back. To him, the path one sets themselves out on is a path they should walk alone while making new friends and enemies along the way. Until the day she gives up on returning home he would not show himself. Not until now anyway. Now that the Machine race had appeared. He had always wondered why the Machine race made those seemingly harmless Omni Boxes that transported people to different worlds, but now he thinks he understood. The transportation portion of the Omni Box was not its real purpose. Its real purpose, he was not completely sure of but he could assume a few things. 

When Grandpa Mu saw the device in GD's hands he already knew something bad was about to happen. The Machine race was a difficult opponent. They used to be a simple human race but after many advancements, they had turned their bodies into machines. They even learned to recreate the reproductive systems so that they could still produce offspring. The things they made were beyond most races' comprehension and were highly destructive. So once Grandpa Mu saw the device he already had his guard up.

But the thing that GD was aiming at was not Grandpa Mu or the other old man next to him. There was a sudden explosion to the west. Hearing this, Grandpa Mu's eyes went wide and his heart began to palpate. 'Alicia! Nooo!' Grandpa Mu wanted to quickly go to the city to look for Alicia but when he went to move a flash of flight flew by his head. Gritting his teeth he looked back at GD and shouted: "You!"

"Like I said old man, I will hold you back here while we finish our mission. I don't know what you are protecting on this world but I can make a guess it has to do with the person that they are looking for." GD said as he watched Grandpa Mu's facial expression. He saw a flicker in the old man's eyes which proved his assumption. "76, go check the city we just destroyed. Our target should be there."

"You bastard!" Grandpa Mu could no longer take it and rushed at the person called 76.

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A few seconds earlier

Mei headed over to Nomi's match with Frey, Loeri, and Tang Yu in tow. Loeri and Tang Yu's match had yet to start. They would not go up until the afternoon. As Mei watched Nomi fight, she suddenly felt a chill run down her back and a sense of danger overcame her. Not knowing why she sensed this danger she quickly waved her hand and without a word sent Frey, Loeri, and Tang Yu into her space. "Nomi come here!" Mei yelled out at the top of her lungs. Nomi turned his head to look at Mei who was jumping towards him to take him into her space but it was already too late. 

A flash of light blinded Mei as she felt her whole body being tossed backward. She felt an intense heat hit her body causing her to quickly form a barrier around herself. Her body flew through the air a few meters before hitting the ground and being enveloped in the light. Seconds passed that seemed like years as the light dimmed and the heat against Mei's body subsided. What she saw when she finally opened her eyes was utter destruction. This was comparable to her own magic 'Armageddon'. It obliterated everything it touched leaving nothing but scorched earth. 

Mei saw burnt dead bodies all over. Some were nothing but skeletons. The geniuses of their generation were turned into ash in an instant. Mei looked around frantically as she called out: "Nomi!" "Nomi!"

If it was not from the fact that she had dual cultivation between magicules and spiritual qi, Mei would not have survived that attack unscathed. Otherwise, she would have turned into the burnt figures that she saw laying on the ground. 

Mei quickly made her way to where Nomi should have been but there was nothing there. "Nomi!!" Mai screamed yet again. But heard no response. She flew through the air scanning the area until she spotted a charred figure not too far from the stage Nomi was on. She quickly floated over and instantly knew who this was.

"Nomi!" "Nomi!" Mei's tears flowed uncontrollably as she cried out Nomi's name.

Nomi's body stirred as he slowly lifted his charred hand towards Mei's cheek. "Mother don't cry. Nomi is grateful to have such a caring and loving Mother. If I am to be reborn I hope to be reborn as your real son..." His words finished his hand lifelessly collapsed to the ground before Mei could react and take it into her hands.

"Nomi!" "Nomi! No! Nomi wake up!"

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