Godhood Unlocked: I Chose Sci-Magic Dual Cultivation

The people who had been shouting and raging earlier had fallen silent now, hiding behind someone else.

The Alliance Leader barely steadied himself when he realized they were coming for him.

These steel giants all wore identical Power Armor, making it impossible to tell them apart. The entire island was shrouded in energy that blocked psychic abilities, so they could not be distinguished through telepathy either.

The five giants strode over on the faintly trembling ground and stopped before the Alliance Leader. They looked him over before a slightly distorted mechanical voice rang out.

"Boss wants to see you. Come with us."

The Alliance Leader secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed his prediction had been correct.

Back when Dane had still been staying temporarily with the Merchant Alliance, he had done his best to show goodwill, fulfilling nearly every request Dane made.

Of course, compared to what he had imagined, Dane's demands had not actually been excessive.

At the very least, Dane was nothing like Kang, whose appetite had been enormous. When Kang rose to power, he had immediately demanded an entire world—and it had been the Merchant Alliance's world with the strongest industrial foundation and richest resources. Otherwise, how could Kang have developed so quickly?

After agreeing, the Alliance Leader followed the Astartes away, leaving the others standing in silent watch as he departed.

When the Alliance Leader saw Dane again, it was still in the same old place. Only now, the Merchant Alliance headquarters had become Umbrella headquarters, and the Merchant Alliance emblem had been replaced by Umbrella's red-and-white logo.

As he entered the familiar building, the steel giant guards standing over two meters tall around him were enough to inspire fear.

Yet when he reached the very center of the building, the sight before him