Chapter 600: Chapter 600: What Kind of Crazy Mission Is This?
With Kuroe's help, Takumi was quite at ease.
After settling everything, Takumi slipped away.
Isn't it nice being the kind of guy who doesn't need to do everything himself?
Just as he returned home and was about to find Bronya to hang out, a notification popped up from the chat group.
But it wasn't about a new member joining.
Instead, it was... a mission?
When he received this mission, Takumi was a little surprised.
Group Mission: [Identify the Puppet Master]
Description: [The world the group leader resides in had long ago been marked by unknown forces. Now that they've detected the world's development, they intend to invade. The group leader is to protect his world and identify the puppet master behind this.]
Reward: [5 million points, Random Invitation Gate]
Participants: Unlimited
The sudden appearance of the mission made Takumi frown.
Seriously? A mission related to his own world?
shiroyasha:
[Holy crap!!] [So your world really was targeted. The invitation letters you sent must've been intercepted!] [Otherwise, how would they know your world has developed?]
shiroyasha had seen the mission too.
After all, she was now an admin.
So naturally, she got the message immediately.
After reading it, she was stunned.
So many points.
And a random invitation gate?
What the hell — these rewards are insane!
Big things were definitely coming.
Takumi:
[Damn, I knew it!!]
At this moment, Takumi really wanted to curse.
No wonder only one invitation letter had returned after so long.
Turns out the rest had been picked up by those bastards?
Zhongli:
[This isn't simple. It could be a difficult battle.]
The number of points offered was simply too high.
Judging by that alone, the mission was bound to be tricky.
Shima Maizuki:
[Protecting the world starts with me!]
Ningguang:
[I think we should accelerate universal conquest and shift strategic deployments beyond the world.]
Herta:
[Need weapons?] [I can have the entire Genius Society work overtime to produce them.]
Himeko:
[I can help too!]
Chika Fujiwara:
[Let's move, quick!!]
Sagiri:
[You got this, Takumi-nii!]
This mission was definitely troublesome.
The rewards were so high that everyone understood how serious it was.
Some members in the group couldn't even offer assistance.
But as Ningguang had suggested, preparations could begin early.
Just as she said, Takumi really should hasten the unification of the universe.
And start deploying weapons beyond the world.
Those devices Takumi had installed in the dimensional rift earlier might be useless.
After all, the enemy could barge straight in.
If the battlefield were set in the dimensional rift, it could still hurt Takumi's world.
Better to set the battlefield outside the world from the start.
Moreover, Takumi had to protect the worlds he had painstakingly brought back.
Otherwise, he'd be the one crying when they were lost.
Takumi:
[Alright!] [I'll start making arrangements.] [Things are about to get busy.] [But I'm not afraid at all.] [How many divisions do they even have?]
With that snarky comment, Takumi closed the chat.
Even though a mission had appeared, it wasn't too big a problem.
The reward points were super enticing.
That five million? Takumi was determined to get it.
So what if they had their sights on him?
He didn't even need to strike first.
He just had to set up all the weapons in advance.
Prepare for full-scale war.
The chat group continued discussing the crisis.
No one expected it to come so soon.
A tough battle was likely ahead.
"Prometheus, message Cosmos and Esdeath. Tell them to speed up the unification of the universe."
"Forget all those damned aliens."
"If they won't submit — eliminate them."
"No time for pointless chatter."
"Also, have Dr. Mobius speed up weapon production and deployment."
"Begin full-scale war prep."
"Especially those spaceships that can travel between dimensions."
Takumi started giving out orders.
The universe had to be unified quickly.
He needed to focus his efforts beyond the world.
Weapons had to be deployed there.
If the enemy attacked from outside, the outer worlds could become targets.
He wasn't about to let them be destroyed.
Takumi also gave orders to Gaia and Alaya to prepare as well.
With each order given, people in space received the message.
Esdeath looked at the transmission from Mobius and was shocked.
"Something happened at home?"
For Takumi to send such orders, it had to be something major.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have done it.
He never cared how fast things moved in space.
Usually, they could proceed at any pace.
But now, he had sent an urgent message.
Clearly, something was wrong.
When Esdeath inquired, Prometheus didn't hide anything and explained the situation truthfully.
After understanding it all, Esdeath was deeply shocked.
"Understood."
"I'll accelerate our progress immediately."
Realizing the gravity of the situation, Esdeath gave a firm order.
What was originally supposed to take time, she now aimed to finish in a month.
With their current strength, they could sweep through the entire universe.
They just hadn't done so yet.
But now that Takumi had issued a direct order, they would obey without question.
On Cosmos's side, he also began acting right away.
He was even more decisive.
He loved Takumi's world.
Because Takumi fulfilled his dreams.
Now that someone was targeting it, he wouldn't stand idly by.
Meanwhile, Takumi also issued orders within the world itself.
Upon receiving them, everyone moved into action.
They didn't know when the enemy would come.
But it was best to prepare early.
Once everything was arranged, Takumi left his world and stepped into the space beyond.
There, he closed his eyes and focused entirely on sensing his surroundings.
Before long, he opened them.
"Perfect timing."
"The Little Garden worlds have all arrived."
"Equip each one with dimensional cannons."
"Turn entire worlds into weapons."
"Draw energy directly from the dimensional stream."
"And also — these worlds need to be reorganized."
More and more worlds would arrive soon.
If he was going to deploy defenses, they had to be well arranged.
It was a massive undertaking.
Takumi was going to be busy.
Once everything was in place, all he had to do was wait — for the enemy to come knocking.