Comprehensive Anime: Doomsday Start, Roleplay as Hero King

The gazes fixed on them weren't just one or two, but thousands upon thousands. These were the gazes of the puppet-like robotic populace, devoid of any human warmth.

Being the focus of so many eyes felt unsettling.

Fortunately, the scrutiny didn't last. The citizens, no longer bothering with pretense, shed their disguises and transformed into black-armored soldiers.

They arranged themselves with robotic precision, falling in line to escort the First Emperor back to the city.

Just as Lantigreese began to relax her tense heart, she grew nervous again. A small squad of cavalry was approaching them, clearly heading their way.

"Sister."

She called out, her voice tinged with unease, to the person she trusted most.

"There's no need to worry. If they truly intended to do something to us, they would have already acted."

They would have suffered the same fate as those who ran towards Xianyang City, killed by the black-armored soldiers.

Of course, not everyone was killed. Some were genuinely innocent, like those who had traveled from afar to witness the ceremony.

These people were simply instructed by some soldiers to follow along.

Speaking of which, the soldiers rushing towards them felt alive. They could sense their vitality, and their faces displayed human expressions.

In contrast, the mechanical puppet black-armored soldiers were all masked, their faces hidden.

"Please."

The approaching soldiers didn't interrogate them or say much. They simply invited them to board a carriage that had been brought along.

After boarding the carriage, they followed behind the main procession into the city.

As they entered, looking through the carriage window, the two women got a better glimpse of the city's magnificence.

It was vastly different from the Xianyang City of the real world. The most significant difference was its sheer size.

This Xianyang City was on the scale of a major metropolis in the 21st century.

They had expected it to be cold and sterile, given the abundance of emotionless robotic puppets they had seen. However, the city was actually filled with the vibrancy of living people.

The people living here were also vastly different from those in the outer Xianyang City, with their living conditions being incomparably better.

It felt like a city in the throes of the rapid development characteristic of the early Industrial Revolution.

Naturally, the city's planning and construction were also superior to cities of the outside world's era.

The closer they got to the city center, the more the sisters were awestruck.

The metallic structure that seemed to be built upon the World Tree was colossal. If it were to fall, it could likely flatten the Xianyang City outside.

What was this thing for?

"Sister, what are they taking us to do?"

Lantigreese asked, her voice laced with anxiety.

They had lost contact with the Akasha System again, meaning they couldn't escape this space or return. This made her very uneasy.

"I don't know. We'll find out when we meet the Emperor."

Everything would only become clear once they met that First Emperor.

However, she hadn't expected this historical First Emperor to be so unusual. But the more unusual he was, the more excited Brunhilde became.

Everything she had seen so far was enough to prove that this First Emperor possessed extraordinary abilities.

If he could also be one of humanity's thirteen representatives, then humanity's chances of winning the Ragnarok war would increase by ten percent.

But would he be willing to fight in humanity's stead?

After all, this Emperor possessed his own world. If he were to fight for humanity, his world would likely be exposed.

Would the gods permit this world to be controlled by humans?

Did he need to take such a risk?

Thinking this, Brunhilde suddenly became nervous.

If this Emperor was unwilling to take such a risk, then their situation would become troublesome.

If they didn't want this place exposed, then while they wouldn't be killed—they would have been already if that were the intention—they might be confined to this world and prevented from returning.

This would be a serious problem, as it was she who had issued the challenge for the gods to engage in the Ragnarok war.

If she, the initiator, were to suddenly disappear, wouldn't the duel be impossible to proceed?

Then, humanity outside might be destroyed by the gods who would grow impatient.

"Sister?"

Lantigreese noticed her sister suddenly breaking out in a cold sweat and clenching her fists, clearly anxious about something.

"It's nothing."

Brunhilde replied, immediately regaining her usual composure. She couldn't let her own anxiety spread to her sister.

In the blink of an eye, the two sisters stood before a magnificent building.

They would ascend the stairs, taller than Gilgamesh's pyramid temple, and enter the palace hall to meet the First Emperor seated on his throne.

Chapter 50: A Way for Humans and Gods to Battle

The two sisters, both Valkyries, were not immediately summoned.

They waited outside the palace, awaiting the Emperor's conclusion of state affairs.

Half a day passed in the blink of an eye, and there was still no sign of them being called.

Was this situation a deliberate attempt to keep them waiting?

Perhaps it seemed that way to others, but Lantigreese didn't feel it was like that.

The First Emperor had not dismissed his officials just because of their special identities, nor had he postponed the day's state affairs.

No matter who they were, they had to follow the Qin Empire's rules. They would be summoned when it was their turn.

Therefore, from outside the palace, Lantigreese could see many people coming and going, seemingly busy with something, having been ordered to execute tasks immediately.

"Sister, if this Qin Empire still exists two thousand years from now, what will it be like?"

Lantigreese couldn't help but ask this question.

Given its current development, she wondered what it would be like after two thousand years.

"I don't know,"

Brunhilde shook her head, though she was also curious about the development over two thousand years.

If this Qin Empire had no problems and hadn't split, she wondered how far it would have developed.

However, Brunhilde didn't have the mental space to think about these things now. She was currently bothered by one matter.

She was genuinely worried that the First Emperor was deliberately stalling for time, and that would be a big problem.

The battle of [Ragnarok] was fast approaching. If she didn't return, how could it be held?

The gods hadn't found her, and some might mock her for running away, but that mockery wasn't the main point. The crucial issue was that [Ragnarok] might not be held because of her absence.

In that case, would the gods begin to destroy the human world?

It was truly a miscalculation. She hadn't expected to be pulled into another isolated space.

If she had known this would happen earlier, she should have confirmed the first participant and summoned them first.

At least then, even if she wasn't present, they could have held out for a while.

Huh? There's movement. She heard the sound of many footsteps.

Immediately, she saw the figures of the officials. It seemed the meeting or whatever it was had concluded.

They were finally summoned for an audience.

As they stepped into the majestic hall that exuded an aura of authority, both sisters couldn't help but tense up upon seeing the figure in black robes seated at the far end.

The gaze cast upon them, though it didn't possess the overwhelming pressure they felt before, still made the sisters' skin crawl.

Under that gaze, Brunhilde felt as if everything about her, from head to toe, was being seen.

It wasn't like her clothes had been removed; it felt more like being naked and completely exposed.

Not just her skin, but everything beneath it – her flesh, bones, and all the components that made up her body.

Even her consciousness, emotions, values, habits, temper, and everything else that influenced her words and actions, were all meticulously examined.

It was as if all the elements that constituted "Brunhilde" were being thoroughly analyzed by those eyes that seemed capable of seeing through the universe's myriad phenomena.

Everything about her appeared to be seen clearly by this King.

Therefore, this feeling of being read and analyzed by that gaze made Brunhilde feel a sense of dread.

After calming her mind, Brunhilde concisely explained their origins and purpose to the Emperor.

To this, the First Emperor showed no surprise. Instead, he looked at the two sisters calmly.

"So, you wish for me to participate as well?"

The First Emperor's voice was calm, making it impossible to discern his thoughts.

"We indeed hope that Your Majesty will participate as one of humanity's representatives in this duel that will decide humanity's future."

Originally, Brunhilde had intended to say more, such as how the people of the outside Qin Dynasty were also the Emperor's subjects.

Even if the outside Great Qin was destroyed, would he be able to stand by and watch his people's lives be decided by the gods at will in the future?

It was similar to provoking the gods, challenging them, and making them agree to the so-called [War of the Gods] – using a similar goading tactic to compel the First Emperor to agree.

However, Brunhilde stopped herself.

This Emperor was not someone who would be easily provoked. Moreover, her intuition told her that doing so would be counterproductive.

It would be better to sincerely request the Emperor.

"I am very curious about one thing."

Without agreeing or refusing, he spoke thus.

What was he curious about?

"Please, Your Majesty, ask."

"On what grounds do you believe humanity can fight against the gods? No matter how strong a normal human is, they can never be a match for a god."

"That's right, normal humans absolutely cannot win against gods, but Your Majesty isn't a normal human, are you?"

"Hahahaha."

The First Emperor let out a light laugh.

"So, you think I can win against a god? And what makes you so sure? If you can be certain, wouldn't the gods know it too?"

Brunhilde understood what he meant.

There was no reason why, if she knew such people existed in history, the gods wouldn't know and would just let her pick them.

One possibility was that the gods didn't know that humans capable of truly slaying them existed in history. In that case, Brunhilde herself shouldn't know either, but she must have some other method to enable humans to slay gods.

Another possibility was that the gods knew, but didn't care because they didn't believe these individuals could win.

Therefore, the First Emperor wanted to understand the former—he wanted to know what specific method Brunhilde possessed to allow ordinary humans to slay gods.

"To wound a god, a normal human cannot achieve it unless they possess a divine artifact."

When she first began searching for individuals to represent humanity, Brunhilde hadn't anticipated the existence of anomalies like the Hero King, King Solomon, or the First Emperor.

Therefore, her target was to find exceptionally strong individuals from human history and equip them with divine artifacts so they could contend with the gods.

"So you want humans to fight gods with divine artifacts? That's probably not enough."

"It's not enough."

Simply having humans wield divine artifacts would still be insufficient to contend with the gods.

Firstly, it would be best if the divine artifacts used by humans were incredibly compatible, achieving a state of human-divine unity, mastering the divine artifacts perfectly, to barely stand a chance against the enemy.

However, it wasn't that simple for a human to find a divine artifact that suited them, and even if they did, it would require training to wield it skillfully.

Thus, Brunhilde had a method to achieve human-divine unity, granting humans the power to fight against the gods.