Only now did he realize that he was the variable.
"Mel, if time rewinds once more, you might disappear." Kiriri also walked out of the laboratory, one hand tightly gripping the corner of Mel's clothes.
After Mel came clean, they all learned that his soul had come from another world.
Without Mel, none of this messy business would have happened. The world would still operate as the gods had intended, and the stories of heroes and demon kings would continue to play out across this continent.
"Why exactly did I appear in this world?" Mel raised his head, no longer troubled by these matters. "No matter what, I should first deal with what is right in front of me."
He knew there was a saying: do everything within one's power, then leave the rest to fate. Things had more or less reached that point.
The fact that his soul had been brought from another world already proved that the vanished system had been an existence of a higher order.
"Master, if I hadn't gotten involved in all this, hadn't gone to those mountains cursed by goats, and had simply lived out my life peacefully, would none of this have happened?"
"No. Those gods would not allow it. They would never tolerate humanity's continued development. As long as humanity keeps progressing, one day it will surpass the limits of what they can endure. What awaits humanity will be another reset, and humanity itself will never know the process happened."
"Fine. I'll go back and swiftly unify the Kingdom of Krun. Leave the research to you all! If you find any reliable talent, you can also transfer them into Hell."
Mel stopped dwelling on these headaches. What he still needed to do was unify the continent completely, purge all the old nobles