“I can’t believe it…”

That was her impression as she watched the Debran fleet being obliterated, like fireworks, swept away in an instant.

*Overwhelming.*

That single word was enough to sum it up.

Even the main cannon from the Debran fleet’s largest battleship was effortlessly blocked by a hexagonal transparent barrier.

But the reverse wasn’t true. Each and every shell from the fleet’s cannons surpassed the power of the Debran battleships’ main guns.

Even a glancing hit tore through their defenses and caused catastrophic damage.

The enemy couldn’t land a single hit, yet every attack from their side hit its mark without fail.

It was an entirely unfair situation.

And so, no battle could even take place.

After the barrage of over a million beams rained down, the Debran fleet’s formation was torn apart, and the debris was sucked into the explosions.

It felt like facing off against a grand wizard with a hundred thousand soldiers of ordinary footmen.

With no tension, she watched as the battleships fired beams from their stationary positions in space. 

*4,200 km long battleships.*

Ah… even calling it a battleship seemed strange. From a distance, it almost looked like a small planet made of machinery.

“….”

This must be the “helper” that Admin was talking about, right?

If not… she was supposed to fight against that thing?

There was no way. She’d rather die than face that.

As she observed the battlefield, she recalled past memories.

It felt like just yesterday when she was excited about designing the flight process blueprint that would allow a ship to ascend out of the atmosphere.

Now, she couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh.

Only a moment ago, she had been frustrated by the sight of the Debran fleet’s 2,000 km long battleships.

But, in hindsight, the timing seemed oddly perfect. Did Admin calculate all this?

If she had been even a little later…

She wouldn’t have lasted long even with the ship Admin specially lent her.

Just earlier, it had been terrifying beyond words.

Before the full-scale battle started, even though her debts had surpassed 300 million, she had briefly tasted victory after destroying the reconnaissance fleet.

But…

When the main Debran fleet arrived, she was filled with despair.

The scale of the fleet was on an entirely different level, and she had no strength left to scream.

No matter how fast her ship was, it would be impossible to dodge attacks from so many battleships with coordinated firepower.

She was truly caught in a no-win situation.

Moreover, the enemy had even deliberately targeted the planet to prevent her from fleeing.

She had been furious at their cowardly tactics, using hostages with their overwhelming power.

It was clear they were deliberately testing her limits, gradually escalating their attacks.

In the meantime, while she desperately ran around trying to block their attacks, the result was…

[-3,165,375,995 P]

Three billion… was it?

“Is this what they mean when they say debt doesn’t feel like debt?”

Now, the numbers just looked like random digits.

“Well, whatever… I’ll figure something out. Admin’s personality means he’ll find a way to pay this off.”

Yeah.

It seemed like everything was over now.

At first, when that massive battleship appeared, she was confused.

But it looked patched up, as though it had been through some rough terrain and hastily repaired.

However, that was just a deception.

She leisurely floated through space, watching the battle. Occasionally, the impact of attacks reached her, but the barrier in space blocked the damage. It seemed like the newly arrived battleship had taken some kind of precaution.

Yeah.

It seemed clear that no more debt was accumulating.

‘But I’d better not get too close.’

Unlike before, the Debran fleet had begun to actively resist, fiercely exchanging fire.

However, it seemed like they couldn’t inflict any significant damage, so the outcome was clear.

While watching the chaotic space fireworks(?) show, she casually checked the community.

Maybe Admin had returned?

‘Hm?’

But Admin was nowhere to be found. Instead, strange provocative posts were gaining attention, and the community was buzzing with activity.

‘This…’

The text was badly garbled, giving her a headache from the distorted words. Still, she endured the pain and kept reading, because one photo stood out.

‘That ship… it’s the same, isn’t it?!’

Amid the garbled text, she couldn’t mistake the figure in the photo. It matched exactly with the being who was currently dismantling the Debran fleet in real-time.

‘Only the bottom part is visible in the photo, but it’s definitely the same!’

Some of the words in the text that were still legible included ‘Admin,’ ‘gift,’ ‘salvation,’ ‘long live,’ and ‘butler.’

The community was abuzz with reactions.

- *What is that? An airborne city?*  
- *An airborne city? Hahaha, it's just blocking out the whole sky!*  
- *Isn’t this like turning the world upside down?*  
- *Wait, is this all machinery? This is so romantic! Hahaha*  
- *It’s gotta be fake. How can this be real? Hahaha*  
- *But why is the text so garbled? Is it just me?*  
- *No, it’s the same for me, haha*  
- *Photoshop work is getting more elaborate these days, huh?*  
- *I bet Admin is playing around with us.*  
- *This has to be a viral stunt, haha*  
- *Wait, did the account just disappear? Hahaha*  
- *This is a total fake, haha*  
- *Hahaha, how can anyone believe this?*

Most of the reactions were negative, but there were a few who seemed to believe it.

- *Why would they fake something like this? Hahaha*  
- *This is a whole different level! Hahaha*  
- *This is like Independence Day, but in space.*  
- *It’s a huge scale. How big is that thing?*  
- *It’s the same person who made the community store function. They couldn’t have faked this.*  
- *Guys? Some of the ones who provoked Admin have disappeared quietly before.*  
- *They probably just got tired and left the community.*  
- *If this really is a gift, how huge must it be?*  
- *I want a gift like that too…*  
- *You should stop spamming this gross stuff, though.*  
- *(Deleted comment.)*  
- *Anyway, watch what you say. Hahaha*

The comments were filled with debates, with people arguing about whether it was real or fake.

*“Pfft!”*

She couldn’t help but laugh. It was an odd feeling watching the users swarm around, reacting so passionately to one photo in a situation like this.

Anyway, she didn’t want to get any deeper into this mess.

She logged out of the community. From the looks of it, Admin didn’t care about this kind of reaction.

‘Yeah. What’s life? Just live it as it comes.’

It was probably when her debt crossed the 2 billion mark that she had turned to YOLO living.

But those thoughts were interrupted suddenly.

[This butler seems to have quite the good fate, doesn’t he?]

“…Huh?”

Butler?

A chill ran down her spine.

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One of the ‘Roots’ of the **Great Sephiroth**.

In a temple where white marble and tree branches harmonized, the air shimmered. The shimmering gradually became a crack, and from within it, a blood-soaked man tumbled out, rolling onto the ground.

“Arrgh!”

The man’s condition was far from good. Half of his face was disfigured from burns, with patches of ice clinging to his body. Silver blood was oozing from his wounds.

“Cough... Damn it!”

He struggled to get up, limping as he hurried deeper into the temple. Reaching a small pond, he threw himself into the water.

*Splash—*

A short while later, he emerged, his wounds healing as if they had never been there.

*Rustle—*

A tree branch came down from above, gently supporting his body as he sat back down.

“Damn it!”

Though most of his injuries had healed, the grim expression on his face showed no sign of relief.

“Why would the boundary break… What’s going on?”

Silver blood continued to flow from his cracked side and injured body.

“I almost fell into the abyss…”

He muttered, looking down at his body in frustration.

“I’m sure it wasn’t ‘them’….”

His eyes boiled with uncontrollable fury.

He had sensed something wrong with the children recently. But, having been under confinement, he couldn’t take action and had to stay put.

*‘How dare they touch me…’*

His silver aura rippled violently around him.

“Grrr…”

Finally, he calmed himself and began to think.

The children who had been harmed were the very ones responsible for his confinement, so he didn’t particularly feel sorry for their destruction.

If need be, he had even considered dealing with them himself.

However, the boundary damage was a different matter. The world he had been cultivating was now broken, and it wasn’t just the crops, but the entire field that was ruined.

It was going to be impossible to repair for some time.

He stared at the wounds on his body, his eyes hardening.

*‘Should I report this?’*

He thought for a moment and then shook his head.

No. He wouldn’t.

It

 would only make things worse.

He had come to the conclusion that he should remain silent about the boundary damage. Who knew what kind of punishment he would receive once that was discovered?

But still…

“I can’t leave this be. Whoever touched what’s mine… I will find them… and make them pay.”

He clenched his fists so tightly his knuckles cracked.

The silver aura surrounding him began to swirl violently around the temple.

The fury of a god who ruled a world was not something to be taken lightly.