Good thing I didn't go with him... the girl thought.
Otherwise, I'd have to keep helping him conquer the universe, over and over...
Oh, and occasionally, some incredibly troublesome enemy might set its sights on me.
It was a higher-dimensional being that existed in the dimension of time, deeply in love with humanity for some unknowable reason.
The girl's gaze settled on Zandar.
But that love... had killed who knew how many researchers close to that man.
In the final confrontation, the humans it loved had only two choices: accept or reject that love.
If they accepted, their star would be blasted into a black hole, and the surrounding planets would become wastelands.
If they refused, the higher-dimensional being would descend in person to fight humanity.
Good thing I didn't go with him... Otherwise, even nanobots that couldn't truly die would still be worked to death!
Zandar looked at the girl.
She was Gray Wind, the nanobots who had gone through countless cycles with him and Eric.
According to Gray Wind, she was a fleet composed of countless nanobots. Previously, she had consumed everything on a planet's surface to replicate her kind. They knew nothing but slaughter and planetary destruction.
Gray Wind explained her circumstances in detail, then changed tack. She glossed over everything that had happened along the way with the words "after many hardships," jumping straight to her arrival in another world and her encounter with Eric.
The human and the nanobots knew nothing about each other. After only a few exchanges, Gray Wind swore allegiance to Eric.
Gray Wind asked Eric whether he needed a leader, a warship, or a ground unit.
Eric offered a fourth option.
After looking through the records he had left himself, Zandar learned of the agreement between Gray Wind and Eric.
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