Chapter 111: The Killer Commander

"Alright, last announcement. In the capital there will be a bridge to my capital world. Go there if you have any questions. And those who are atoning cannot enter it until they have been forgiven."

With that, I shut off the mic and checked with Luma.

[How was that?]

[I liked it, you know, all of them were driven to tears.]

[Yep, they are good people, they just need a push.]

[You are a good person. I hope you become a higher being soon.]

[I mean, I reached 178 here.]

[You killed upwards of 1000 higher entities, half of which were 300 or higher. I'd be more surprised if you didn't level that much.]

[I'm going to open the bridge and go home.]

[Good idea.]

[I need to order the construction of a hub building.]

[That would be sooo cool.]

I prepared the magic and opened a bridge.

[Interspace Movement has been leveled to 6.]

[Why does it level so fast?]

[Because Bridges normally aren't made until it reaches 8]

[Woah, what does 9 and 10 do then?]

[For you? I don't know, but normally, at 9 you can put a guard so you are aware of everything that enters or exits your worlds, and at 10 you can just lock any entity from entering or leaving without your permission.]

[Can it evolve?]

[I don't know. No one has actually got it to 10.]

[What's Gethel's at?]

[I can't tell you.]

[Alright.]

I entered the gate and returned to my home; I saw some people from Falsel entering the world with offerings.

"Hey."

"Woah! Wait that voice. You are our savior, Rose!!! Did you just liberate that world?"

"Yes, anyways I need to go."

"Yes mam. Thank you for everything."

 I walked back to the capital of Selethon.

"Hello, Lady Rose."

"Hi."

I walked to the guild where I saw people getting mad at Thalia.

"Listen, Rose isn't available right now."

"And why not?"

"Well, since I just finished what I was doing, I suppose I could spare a talk."

Everyone jumped.

"Rose, you scared the crap out of me."

"Sorry."

I smiled, holding back my laughter.

"Lady Rose, I heard that you were planning sieges on minor worlds to level both you and the lower levels, but how can you be sure it's safe or even possible?"

"What do you think I was busy doing?"

Everyone but Thalia and Jalad froze.

"What?"

"It's quite possible, welcome Dareu as our new world."

"Should I prepare a delegate to act as leader for reconstruction?"

"Nope, I took it stealthily. No buildings except for a few inns and barracks were destroyed. Plus, I managed to recruit four of their members."

That surprised even Thalia.

"That means..."

I smiled.

"We have four higher beings in our team."

"How can you be sure that they are loyal?"

"My skill, nation, recognized each one of them as my subjects."

"Nice."

"It actually leveled to 6 with them swearing loyalty."

"Nice."

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Gethel POV

Mark and 3 others resigned?

It was a surprising development, and it happened in the middle of a meeting.

"Maybe they found someone that they loved and decided to resign."

"Maybe, they were always the kinder ones."

"Mark especially."

I didn't believe that.

"Something is fishy."

"What do you mean?"

"All four of them resigned within less than a minute. Two I may see it as a coincidence, but four?"

The commanders considered my words. I decided to check.

"System, send me to my world Dareu."

[Error, you do not own any worlds named Dareu.]

I froze.

"Sir?"

"Dareu was stolen."

"So…"

"They joined whoever took it."

"And everyone else?"

"Likely dead."

"Who owns Dareu?"

[The world Dareu is owned by the group run by individual Rose Hood.]

"It was Rose."

Damien stood up.

"Impossible, she would have announced something like that, and I didn't receive any notice of that. Thalia just introduced the idea today!"

"Perhaps she caught on to the fact that we knew things we shouldn't have."

"I was careful, there is no way she would have selected me out."

"I don't think she did."

"What?"

"Even if she knows there is a mole, she wouldn't be able to call you out quite yet."

"So, what do you think?"

"She was planning something like that, and decided to strike alone to see if it was possible, but kept it secret so we couldn't properly prepare defenses."

"That makes sense."

Damien fell into his seat. I could understand his surprise. Rose was smarter than we anticipated.

"We have 10 lower worlds. 9 since Dareu was taken."

"Okay?"

"We also have 10 commanders."

"Alright?"

"Rose learnt from fighting Kalgero that there is no way that any amount of her fighters could let her win."

"So?"

"Until further notice, with the exception of Damien, I want each one of you in one of the minor worlds at all times and keep a low profile. Let the resident 400 know, but other than that, remain hidden."

"Yes, Sir!"

Rose, come out and fight again, we will win.

_

I felt a chill. Someone is talking about me, God Slayer probably figured out that Dareu was taken.

"Alright, so here is the plan. For each world we plan on invading, I will explore it to make sure it's safe before I bring you all with me."

The people nodded. Both Erica and Amanda had gotten the system, and Erica kept complaining until we let her join the part. Amanda was there because Amy and Ausar would be the chaperone higher levels.

I opened a gate and stepped through. This world was desert style. A medievalesque city awaited me.

I felt a massive disturbance. A high level just entered.

[They definitely figured it out.]

I nodded.

[It's a commander.]

[How do you know?]

[That presence is similar in power to Kalgero's]

[I see. Are you going to abort?]

[Since he's already detected me, I don't think I can.]

"Rose Hood, correct?"

"Hello, I assume you are the commander?"

"Rather observant. I half expected you to attack me thinking I'm another low level."

"I felt the moment you entered."

"Understood, well, I hope you know that while you will leave this world, it won't be to the same world you entered?"

"You intend to take me as a slave?"

"No… we don't even want you as that anymore. We're just going to torture you until you wish for death."

"Fun. I hope you know why I can't let you do that."

[Luma, I'm going to use system override, please don't resist it.]

Luma seemed sad.

[I know what you are about to do. If you do that, then there is no way that you will win.]

[There's no way I'm beating him anyways, may as well make sure his faction can't harm us.]

[Alright.]

"System override."

"Hmm?"

[The worlds, Falsel, Dareu, and Pandora are locked.]

[My world's named Pandora?]

Kala moped at my confusion.

'What? I thought it was cool.'

"I can sense a lot of power was just taken from you, I don't know what you did, but it won't save you."

"I know I won't win, so all I did was make sure that you can't invade my home."

"You can't do that until interspace 10."

"My unique skill system override says otherwise."

He grimaced.

"Of course, you'd have a broken skill like that. It's almost like you are the main character."

"Hmm?"

"Hi, former Earthian Marcus here. I'm gonna beat the crap outta you."

"I though there weren't any higher beings below 100."

"Oh, I'm over 5000. I just keep up with Earth culture."

"Nice."

"Yeah, so, lets fight and see if this is an ecchi."

We began to circle each other.

"Given my previous fights, it'd be a pretty terrible one."

"Nice, so action."

"Probably."

"What's the anime called."

"Reincarnated as the weakest god."

"Fire name."

"Thought of it myself."

Both of our presences generated a crowd who recognized two incredibly power beings having a stand-off.

"Isn't that the Killer Commander?"

"What's he doing in a low-end world like this?"

"Who's the kid? She seems strong,"

"Probably going to be a dead kid soon."

"People of this world, a transcendent battle is about to take place. My advice, hide and hope your hiding place isn't blown up."

"A decent commander, you let people know of the danger."

"Not all of us are psychos."

"I understand."

Everyone quickly dispersed and we waited for them to leave.

"So, Rose Hood."

"Yes?"

"Are you ready to experience the precursor to the worst torture session you will ever receive?"