Chapter 1 – Prologue

Chapter 1 – Prologue

‘When did things go wrong?’

I thought, looking at the wriggling black horizon.

‘Was it when I gave up my abilities and started Swordplay?’

Perhaps that’s what The Man’s Capital City was like.

But who could blame me?

If the first thing I Summoned with the ambiguous special ability called [Sole Successor of the Magitech Civilization] was a small metal bug barely 20cm long.

Anyone would be disappointed. But those bugs, which were once The Man, had now become the backbone maintaining my Magitech Legion.

My Magitech Legion, surrounded by Monsters, that is.

Kwakwaaaaaang-!

My large, three-legged, octopus-like Magitech Artillery Unit continuously emitted light, but the number of Monsters covering the horizon showed no sign of decreasing.

The Man’s regrets were the same.

‘Or… was it when I trusted those bastards like The Man?’

Humanity had repeatedly suffered terribly at the hands of Villains who collectively betrayed Humanity and sided with the Monsters. By the time they realized the Villains’ true Awakening, the tide of war had already turned.

‘Maybe it was when I lost the Last City.’

The Last City was where Humanity fought to survive until the very end. But they couldn’t overturn the already-turned tide of war.

Soon after, the City was abandoned, and the surviving Humanity scattered. That’s why I eventually became the sole survivor left alone in the world.

‘If only I had known the true value of my abilities a little sooner…’

Would things have been different if The Man had done so?

Hwaaaaaak- Paaang!

When my giant Magitech Colossi swept the ground with their hands, Monsters flew away like insects. But even those massive bodies maintaining the front line couldn’t withstand the endlessly surging Water.

‘Just once… If only I had one more chance!’

It was when I was thinking that.

Paaaat-

Suddenly, a bright light began to emanate from within my embrace.

“Th-this is?”

[Seed of Regression].

It was an Artifact I had carried until now, not knowing how to use it.

“S-surely not?”

It was when I held the Seed in my hand.

Whoosh-

Suddenly, a stream of bright light enveloped me.

I lost consciousness.