Beside a lake near the depths of Deathwhisper Forest.
Moonlight shimmered on the lake, its surface rippling with silver.
Dozens of Mechanical Fortresses stood quietly around the lake.
"The Nighthawk spaceship's signal has vanished. Extremely intense energy fluctuations detected in western sector 13, approaching 50 million Martel..."
"The life signals of Vata and his two companions have vanished. Presumed dead."
A voice suddenly rang out.
"An energy output of 50 million Martel... that's already at the limit, isn't it? Vata and the others couldn't possibly withstand it. Has another mythic-grade being emerged?" The speaker was a transdimensional mechanical life-form.
Emotion flickered in his electronic eyes.
"No, we detected no mythic-grade energy fluctuations. That attack was also released through some kind of device, a mechanical device more advanced than ours."
The mechanical life-form who had spoken first corrected him.
"Damn it, what's going on in Deathwhisper Forest?"
"First, the Blood Sovereign slaughtered flesh-and-blood life-forms. Then five mythic-grade beings fought one another. We finally waited for things to settle down, only for someone this powerful to appear. Whatever the case, report this to His Excellency the Executive first!"
"Designate the western 13th District as a restricted zone. Avoid direct confrontation with them for now. This Civilization Ladder Universe very likely has a mythic-grade being, or it wouldn't be so powerful."
"Agreed."
Seated on a mechanical throne, a humanoid mechanical life-form opened his crimson electronic eyes after receiving the data and analysis from this exploration.
He looked toward the western 13th District, his eyes flickering.
"The Blood Sovereign's recent slaughter seems to have taken place in the western 13th District too. But soon afterward, he began fighting the Flame City Lord and the others. Now a Civilization Fortress like this has appeared."
"The New World really is dangerous! Are conflicts between mythic-grade beings