For the Kyrieloid, today was an extraordinary day.
It was the day they revealed their identities and set out to become Earth's guardian deities.
He was lucky enough to possess a wealthy man. In this enormous old-fashioned wooden house were three Kyrieloid. They weren't among the powerful members of their race who could grow giant, but he still counted as a minor leader.
Early that morning, he had diligently cleaned the body he'd possessed, waiting for their leader to summon him so he could lend him his power.
As he sat in meditation, a sudden noise shattered his calm.
Wood chips flew through the doorway and streaked past his face. A thin line of blood trickled down, bright red.
For ordinary people, crashing straight in like that was probably a little too intense.
The van had embedded itself in the wooden wall.
Its front end was completely mangled. Fortunately, the house was made of wood. If it had been built of reinforced concrete, Zhou Hong would probably be on his knees begging the bloodied Uncle Li not to die.
Right behind it, two more vans crashed into the wooden house.
The Kyrieloid, who had been resting and recovering, felt a vein throb in his forehead.
"What happened, big brother?" In the blink of an eye, the other two Kyrieloid appeared beside him.
"Just a few minnows." He wiped the beads of blood from his cheek, his eyes full of ferocity.
If it had been just one vehicle, it might have been an accident. But one crash after another—there was no way that was accidental.
Especially when it came to the people who came after them.
As beings of spirit, the Kyrieloid saw people's souls, not their flesh.
At a glance, he recognized the aliens among the people in those two vans.
"For all these years, no one has dared challenge the Kyrieloid. You minnows barely scraping by on Earth—just who gave you the nerve?"
"Me!" Uncle Li kicked open the twisted car door, spat out his cigarette, and pointed the hammer in his hand at the Kyrieloid with brazen defiance.
The Kyrieloid sneered. "You're just an ordinary human?"
The sliding door in the back seat opened. In his field of vision, a dazzling ball of light slowly floated out.
Tiga? No, this light wasn't Tiga's. It was even more dazzling than Tiga.
Cold sweat trickled down his temple. He knew he'd run into a tough opponent.
That terrifying power and the body, even bulkier than Tiga's—the unknown being and the strength he'd displayed made the Kyrieloid even more wary than Tiga did.
Still, compared to this giant, Tiga, who was native to Earth, was obviously more of a thorn in the side of these locals.
After all, visitors from elsewhere had never wanted to become guardian deities.
"Uncle Li, if that wall had been reinforced, you'd be pasted all over it by now."
Zhou Hong tossed the crushed debris in his hand onto the ground, paying no attention to the Kyrieloid standing ready to fight.
"I've built so many houses. Why do you think I did that?" Uncle Li's lips curled into a wild grin.
As soon as the words left his mouth, he shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow. At his signal, the people from the van piled out and charged the Kyrieloid.
Without warning, several blue balls of psychic energy appeared in their path.
They were far faster than the attackers.
In an instant, the psychic spheres slammed into Uncle Li and his underlings, sending them flying.
As he took off, the hammer slipped from Uncle Li's tightly clenched hand and spun through the air, striking the lead Kyrieloid in the head and splitting it open.
Uncle Li was hanging against the wall. His smile had only just appeared when it froze.
A soul shot out of the body. Its blurry form could barely take on a human shape. This was clearly the Kyrieloid's true body.
"Uncle Li, you and your boys are really useless," Zhou Hong remarked unhurriedly.
There were all kinds of aliens among this group, but he hadn't expected them to be quite so useless.
That little lobster—your kind has some really powerful individuals, so why are you such a letdown?
"You brought me here, and now you're just standing there watching? Ahong, beat him up." Even hanging on the wall, Uncle Li clearly wasn't ordinary. He still managed to shout what was on his mind.
"Got it." Zhou Hong rolled his shoulders, producing a grating sound, and prepared to get to work.
The Kyrieloid floating in midair hurriedly said, "We have no intention of making an enemy of you. If we've offended you, just say so."
"But if you provoked us for no reason, we Kyrieloid won't let you get away with it."
Dealing with one Tiga was already enough trouble. There were all kinds of factions within his own race, and he wasn't even the leader. If he antagonized another Ultra Warrior now, he'd be done for.
But he couldn't back down too much, either. If he disgraced the Kyrieloid, he'd be done for all the same.
And there was no way he could win a fight against this guy!
He was so miserable he nearly burst into tears.
Zhou Hong raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected the ball of light in front of him to be so reasonable.
"The building you blew up belonged to me."
The suffocating reply made the Kyrieloid's wavering soul freeze in midair.
"We're willing to compensate you. Money means nothing to us."
"How about a billion?"
What? What did he just say?
Seeing that Zhou Hong still wore a blank expression, the wavering Kyrieloid tried again. "What about one and a half billion?"
I've been a wage slave and never seen that much money. What about you, Uncle Li?
The ferocious look on Uncle Li's face had turned blank. That was answer enough.
Zhou Hong turned around. "Ahem. It's not about money. As a just—"
"Two billion. That's the most I can offer."
On the way there, they'd been in a hurry, fierce as demons, looking like they'd eat someone alive.
On the way back, they were all so stunned they looked like a bunch of idiots.
"I feel like I won't have to work hard anymore. It's just a little embarrassing that I got bought off with money."
"It's not embarrassing. I've never seen a sum like that, either." Uncle Li's hand holding the cigarette trembled slightly. He took a long drag before he managed to calm down.
"I thought he meant yen, but then I saw he'd brought over dollars."
Zhou Hong sucked in a sharp breath.
"What a benefactor."
"But next time, we still have to beat him up. Those bastards are definitely going to attack again." Uncle Li tossed his spent cigarette onto the ground. "Ahong, I'll leave it to you next time."
If those guys were such cowards, then this fellow countryman of his had to be even stronger. A man who'd seen the wider world could tell.
If those alien brothers hadn't said this fellow countryman was an Earthling, he would've thought he was some other kind of alien.
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