"Who are you?"

Resource Sir frowned.

"No, your aura... I have seen you before?"

A memory surfaced in his mind of the time he lost a level-10 shield.

"Is it you? Demon Card, Mechanical Lifeform, and...that nauseating feeling, the Blasphemy Card? You are called Altos, a Train Conductor who holds Demon and Blasphemy."

A flicker of confusion appeared in his eyes.

"But...the level? Why is your Train Level...18? Kid, what kind of permission is that, or did the System spit out another contradictory train module?"

"Take a guess."

Ye Qiyan let out a light laugh.

But this time,

it did not make people unable to look at him as before.

On the contrary, it made him the focus of everyone's attention at this moment.

He stood here,

in his original form, receiving the gazes coming from all directions.

Anyone could see him, anyone could know him.

But no existence could see through his interior, could perceive his abilities.

Because.

This was his Arrogance.

Rain poured down.

The images on the virtual sky were affected by the warship artillery outside.

Various weather scenes flickered continuously.

Daytime, nighttime, dusk...

Light and shadow intertwined.

Click—

That was the sound of a camera shutter.

A brand-new photo appeared in Lisette's camera.

Everything else in the picture was blurry.

Only him.

Ye Qiyan.

Resource Sir's words left many people astonished.

Level 18.

The legendary Train Conductor Altos's Train Level was only eighteen?

How could that be?

No one would believe it.

Even Resource Sir, who saw the number with his own eyes, thought the same.

They would only assume that Ye Qiyan had used some means to suppress or hide his Train Level.

They would not think that a demon as powerful as one from the Emperor's Order could have a Train Level of a mere eighteen.

They could not imagine that a conductor at level eighteen could have such a proud record on that Wanted Poster.

Slaying gods, cutting off the End, destroying cities, defeating top-tier conductors of equal rank...

None of that should, or could, belong to someone from a measly level-eighteen train.

Yet, Ye Qiyan had done it.

Only a precious few understood.

All of this was the truth.

Ye Qiyan smiled faintly.

He raised his arm, spread his five fingers, and then slowly thrust his hand forward.

"Advance."

The command was given.

Red Tears and the Demon Ravens struck out first.

Resource Sir glanced at the elder fighting the skyscraper giant, and at the heart that had begun showing a few cracks as the battle progressed, then frowned.

"Did you really think you could beat me? Human, before I only didn't finish you to avoid interfering with my plan."

He removed a jeweled ring from his hand.

It fell to the ground and was infused with magic.

Runes churned.

Three gem people of different colors condensed, two of which charged toward Red Tears and the Demon Ravens.

The remaining gem assassin, armed with a dagger, merged into the water and vanished.

Eve was not here.

Ye Qiyan had sent her to clear the God Parasites in this area and, incidentally, to feed Gluttony.

Gluttony liked these insects very much. Although it could not transmute them, eating them would accumulate a special energy for it.

What that energy was, Gluttony itself did not know—only that if it ate enough, something good would happen.

The gem assassin reached Ye Qiyan's back in an instant. Its arm transformed into a blade and stabbed toward his waist.

Dong—!!!

A resonant tone echoed in the rain.

Ye Qiyan stood there without turning his head.

Even his Wandering Star Holy Sigil did not activate.

Yet the gem man's attack was still blocked.

Chrono-Mechanical Armament · Hour Hand · Time Acceleration × Time Moon

Lisette, who had been standing on Ye Qiyan's other side, accelerated her own time, and with motions too fast for ordinary eyes to clearly follow, wielded the spirit blade of Celestial Domain Fantasy.

Like swinging a baseball bat, she elegantly knocked the gem man flying.

"Home run~"

Lisette smiled slightly and crossed her hands.

A maid's place was always behind her master.

Therefore, she would never allow anything to hurt Ye Qiyan from behind.

"Overdrive? No...a power equal to Overdrive but different? Kid, what are those machines around you? Interesting, today I get to encounter so many things useful to me. Indeed, if one keeps moving forward, one will collect...hmm?"

Resource Sir sensed something amiss.

He dodged urgently, narrowly avoiding a sword that had appeared behind him.

"When? Already defeated? Warrior-type gem people should be far stronger than assassin-type gem people. This demon—what is she? I've never seen one like her."

Red Tears, failing to finish with one blow, continued to pursue.

Slash after slash flew out.

Resource Sir did not dare be arrogant.

He felt immense pressure from Red Tears.

This female demon was off.

The sword in her hand was off.

He found a chance and lifted his monocle.

Facing the sword in Red Tears' hand, he frowned.

"Level 13? What a nuisance..."

He swung his scepter again.

More gem people materialized, trying to stop Red Tears.

"They're immortal gem people. Even if you kill them a thousand or ten thousand times, they will revive infinitely. Kill them all."

More and more gem people appeared across the area.

Some came toward Ye Qiyan, some moved to intercept Red Tears.

"Infinite, and immortal~"

Ye Qiyan traced an inverted cross with his finger in the air.

At once, the demon raven that had been contemplating whether to eat a gem flew from his side and landed on the shoulder of its twin, the Demon Ravens.

The next instant,

the usually quiet Demon Raven opened its beak.

A fierce wave of malice surged into the sky.

Resource Sir's pupils contracted; he felt an ominous chill.

Just as he was about to recover those gem people,

the Demon Raven emitted its sound.

"Gak!!!"

Death—

was bestowed upon the gem people.

The Demon Raven grabbed one gem person and smashed it to the ground.

The power that should have caused immediate regeneration was replaced by Death.

"Death's power? The Death Omen within the Demon Card? Impossible, why is its death power so dense? Kid, have you been to the Death Realm?"

Ye Qiyan had not been to the Death Realm.

He had merely met the master of the Death Realm.

"Hmph, kid, you're arrogant enough. You don't really think holding eight Demon Cards, these artifacts, and Mechanical Lifeforms makes you my match, do you?! Do you know why I'm called Resource Sir?"

Resource Sir threw another jeweled ring. Three massive spatial gates appeared instantly.

Etched on them were images every Train Conductor knew intimately.

Metal, wood, parts.

The doors opened.

Countless metals, wood, and mechanical parts poured out.

They combined and interlocked.

Under Resource Sir's power they became one "resource monster" after another.

Metal flowed like torrents, trees replaced cities, mechanical parts linked the two.

These most basic materials, in his hands, became a formidable power.

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