Just as the two of them despaired and waited for death, Geats also stopped approaching Jyamato Fortress—but it was too late to save them.
A silver mechanical figure appeared, wreathed in emerald light and blazing flames.
The handsome Mecha Warrior smashed the collapsing giant building apart with an unstoppable punch. Then, with his tall, upright frame, he stood above them, preventing the falling rubble from burying them alive.
After the dust settled, Nene Arakawa and Keiwa Sakurai finally opened their eyes, still pale with lingering fear.
They felt around their bodies and found neither wounds nor pain.
"W-We're not dead?!"
"I think we're still alive, but what is this...?"
Keiwa Sakurai pinched himself. The pain confirmed that he had not died.
Then, sensing something, he instinctively looked up and immediately spotted the handsome mechanical figure above them.
Had he saved them?
"What a cool Mecha Warrior. He saved us, right?"
Looking at the Mecha Warrior who had saved them, Nene Arakawa could not help speaking up. Sam's upright figure in particular gave off an overwhelming sense of security.
That power of Preservation put people at ease.
It was as though, with him present, no danger could inspire fear.
"Hello, um... may I ask who you are?!"
"Thank you for helping us."
When they noticed the mechanical warrior above turn to look at them, Keiwa Sakurai and Nene Arakawa spoke at the same time.
Nene Arakawa in particular looked at the Mecha Warrior before her, and that overwhelming sense of security stirred an unfamiliar feeling in her heart.
"Sam. Stellaron Hunter... Sam."
A mechanical male voice came from Sam. As he answered them, Sam descended from the air and landed beside them.
Although he intended to destroy Jyamato Fortress, Sam was in no hurry. Saving them had merely been a casual gesture.
"Stellaron Hunter?"
"Sam...?"
Nene Arakawa and Keiwa Sakurai looked completely bewildered by Sam's answer. They did not understand at all.
A Stellaron Hunter probably meant someone who hunted Stellarons, right?
But what was a Stellaron?
Sam, on the other hand, was probably this person's name.
But there was no time to ask further, and Sam had no intention of explaining.
"You should not be here."
"Leave now!"
"Find somewhere safe. This is not something you can interfere with yet."
"As for everything else, someone will tell you later."
Sam glanced at them. Keiwa Sakurai was still that clear-eyed, naive young man who dreamed of world peace.
Nene Arakawa, meanwhile, was still the wealthy young lady who only wanted to find true love and escape her family's control.
"Huh?"
Keiwa Sakurai looked even more confused by Sam's words. Someone would tell them everything else later?
What was going on?!
He wanted to say more, but Sam had already started walking toward the approaching Jyamato.
Keiwa Sakurai suppressed the questions in his heart. This truly was not the time to talk about such things.
Nene Arakawa, meanwhile, stared wide-eyed at Sam's retreating figure as he walked step by step toward the Jyamato. That dependable sense of security only grew stronger.
It was like a knight protecting a princess, fearlessly standing before her when she was in danger.
"I think... I've found true love."
Nene Arakawa had both wealth and beauty, yet she wanted to cast it all aside and become an ordinary person. At the same time, she dreamed of finding her true love, the one destined for her.
Even one of the main reasons she livestreamed was so that her future destined person could get to know her better through those streams.
The reason was that she was afraid, lacked courage, and longed to be protected and saved. And the root of it all was her family's love for her, which could almost be called twisted.
Thus, her wish had always been to meet the person destined for her. This so-called destined person was someone who could make her feel completely safe and take her away—a prince or a knight.
That destined person had only ever been a hope, but now... Nene Arakawa suddenly felt that she might have found him.
A knight who had saved her from certain death, given her an unparalleled sense of safety, and fearlessly faced those monsters.
Wasn't he the true love she had always sought, the one destined for her?
"Huh?!"
Keiwa Sakurai, standing beside her, had no idea what she meant.
The Final Desire God Can Only Be Me
Sam walked step by step toward the approaching Jyamato. Although there were many Jyamato here, they were all minor fodder.
They were merely Points-farming material for her.
There were barely any high-ranking Jyamato among them. They were all soldier-level Jyamato cannon fodder.
Even ordinary people with strong or agile bodies could deal with some of them if armed with weapons.
"Cleanup begins!"
Sam suddenly accelerated, charging before the Jyamato like a phantom.
She seized the weapon of a spear-wielding Jyamato, then unleashed a gravity-charged punch. The immense force destroyed the surrounding Jyamato along with it.
So far, Sam had not even used her true power.
If she used her real strength, everyone here would die in a single strike.
But aside from Jyamato and Kamen Riders, there were other survivors here. Although those people would likely be revived even if they died, the girl could not bring herself to destroy them so recklessly.
Besides, she had her eye on Jyamato Fortress. If she destroyed that final boss and prevented those Kamen Riders from becoming Desire Gods, there was no telling whether the DGP Grand Prix organizers would revive the people who had died.
After all, the people behind the DGP Grand Prix were not so kind when it came to making death feel more real. Many people were often not revived.
As Sam rapidly farmed Jyamato, Nene Arakawa watched from behind with a worshipful expression.
The knight who had protected her was just too cool!
That sense of security had not been mistaken after all.
Keiwa Sakurai, however, quickly came to his senses and snapped her out of it.
"Miss Nene, let's leave first and find somewhere safe. We shouldn't hold Mr. Sam back."
They could do nothing here and could not help him at all. The only thing they could do was avoid becoming a burden.
Keiwa Sakurai desperately wanted to know what had happened to this world, but this was clearly not the time. He was a good guy, but he was not an idiot.
"Got it."
Though reluctant, Nene Arakawa left the area with Keiwa Sakurai.
Once this was over, she would find that knight again!
If it was him, he could definitely take her away and help her escape that family that caused her so much pain.
Besides, aliens had invaded and the world was ending. Perhaps many things no longer mattered so much. At least, that was how she saw it for now.
"So weak!"
Sam grabbed a Jyamato by the arm and gave it a casual squeeze... its arm snapped off instantly.
"Too weak."
She tossed the Jyamato aside, then casually kicked away several others nearby. The girl within could not help sighing.
These Jyamato truly were too weak. They could not make her bring out her real strength at all.
Before Sam's overwhelming power, they were like paper, shattering at the slightest touch. Even without transforming into Sam, she could have wiped out every Jyamato here.
Of course, this was only the early stage of the DGP Grand Prix.
Not only were the Jyamato weak, but the Kamen Riders of the Desire Series were weak as well.
So far, they were all still using only half-body forms. This was not their true power. Kamen Rider Buffa, for example, had reached the finals with nothing but a Zombie Buckle.
Naturally, the Jyamato serving as their opponents were pitifully weak.
Only the final boss posed any real danger.
But in truth, Jyamato Fortress only possessed enough power to destroy a city. The so-called destruction of the world was due to the DGP Grand Prix's rules.
Still, their final forms later on were all extremely powerful.
Whether it was Kamen Rider Tycoon's Bujin Sword or Ace Ukiyo's Kamen Rider Geats IX.
After easily disposing of the Jyamato before her, Sam turned to look at Jyamato Fortress, which was still wantonly destroying everything in the sky. At that moment, a figure appeared not far away.
It was Kamen Rider Buffa.
"What is going on with this guy? Where did he come from?"
"Could he be a new Kamen Rider? Doesn't seem like it."
Kamen Rider Buffa, Azuma Michinaga, stared fixedly at the Mecha Sam, who had finished clearing out the Jyamato. He could not understand what was happening.
He had clearly completed the task of rescuing the city's survivors before Geats did. His Points had now completely surpassed Geats's.
Victory was within his grasp, and he did not like this kind of development.
Thinking of something, Azuma Michinaga quickly pulled out the DGP Grand Prix's exclusive phone and checked the remaining Kamen Rider roster.
There was no additional name. Only he and Geats remained.
What was going on? What trick were the Grand Prix organizers playing now? To pull something like this at the final moment.
As far as Azuma Michinaga was concerned, the suddenly appearing Mecha Warrior had to be connected to the Grand Prix. They simply did not want him to win and had deliberately increased the difficulty.
"Interesting."
"I really can't figure out what's happening. Someone like this appeared at the last moment, huh? Right, Buffa?"
At that moment, an incredibly irritating voice rang out nearby. Already annoyed, Azuma Michinaga immediately turned to glare in that direction.
Sure enough, it was Geats!
A handsome man leaned against a motorcycle, bent slightly forward with a supremely confident, foxlike cunning smile on his face as he looked at him.
"Geats!!"
Azuma Michinaga stared fixedly at the man and let out a bull-like roar.
Nothing else mattered. In his eyes, this fox was his greatest rival. His dream was to make every Kamen Rider disappear from existence.
Especially this fox before him.
"You only show up now? You're awfully confident."
"My Points have already surpassed yours by far. The final winner of the DGP Grand Prix will be me."
Azuma Michinaga disliked Ace Ukiyo's arrogant attitude. They had all fought desperately for Points, while this fox seemed to have victory already in hand, appearing only at the end without a hint of urgency.
His Points had barely increased.
Azuma Michinaga glanced at his Points. He had completely surpassed Geats, so the winner could only be him.
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