Guild Wars

The image changed once more to a scene of a space battle outside a super-giant Earth-like planet with a greenish-blue tint. Countless warships of different kinds and styles were battling it out in space, while many were trading blows on the surface.

"The Original Human race was strong as hell, that was something every species within the Gerdo Galaxy could unanimously agree on. However, as they always say, even a million ants can bite an elephant to death." Draco tapped on the image with a look of discontent.

"The worst part was that it was a Kamikaze attack of sorts. The other races sent their most viable fighting forces out but naturally left some at home to continue the propagation of their species in case they lost. Unfortunately for the Original Humans, they didn't have that luxury since the battle was fought on their home planet."

Draco tilted his glasses downward with a look of severity. "For them, it was a battle of extinction. They could repel their enemies, recover, and then punish them thoroughly if they won. If they lost, it was the end of the original human race, and it was unlikely they could make a comeback… ever."

Draco sighed and shrugged dramatically. "Unfortunately, since we exist, it's obvious that our forefathers lost. They definitely tore off a pound of flesh from their enemies, causing the Gerdo Galaxy to become a million times weaker overall, but it didn't change the inevitable outcome."

Draco tapped the background, which changed to a collage of three images arranged in a slideshow. The first was a group of tall humans possessing near-perfect features - according to aesthetic standards today - in lab coats within an observation room with a holographic render displaying multiple galaxies. The second showed futuristic-looking starship pilots in their cockpits as they explored space around them, and the final image showed Earth side by side with a larger, Jupiter-sized Earth with a greenish-blue tint that glowed in the void of space.

"Luckily! The Original Humans were not nearly as stupid as we are! They had Batman-like contingency plans for various situations, and seeing that their extinction was coming, they initiated one of them, which was the 'run for your fucking lives' plan."

Draco chuckled. "They had long scouted the numerous galaxies around theirs, including our entire Milky Way, finding many Earth-like planets. In the end, it was Gaia, the planet we are on now, that was assessed to be the most similar to the planet the Original Humans came from."

Draco glanced backwards as the image changed to a giant egg-shaped Death Star-like mothership that floated above the Jupiter-sized Earth-like planet.

"So when the final battle reached its fever pitch, one of the leaders of the Original Human race who was fighting in our mothership—which was styled after the Death Star for some reason—punched in the codes for that specific contingency and sent it hurtling at full speed towards Earth."

Again, the image changed to show the mothership hurtling through space faster than any comet, along with a cross-section of one part showing the furious fighting within.

"The enemies within the ship were not willing to see any ember of humanity survive because they understood that a comeback and revenge would mean their race's total extinction, so they had to nip us in the bud. The fighting within the ship was brutal and intense beyond your limited imagination, and eventually, the ship itself sustained fatal damage."

The background changed to show the giant mothership hurtling through Earth's atmosphere while coated in flames, with countless dinosaurs looking up at the oncoming meteor with looks of shock.

"So by the time the mothership did reach Earth and was about to gracefully land to deposit the final surviving humans, it was in no shape to even care about its own survival. It crashed into the planet and wiped out the poor dinos who were previously the ruling species of this neo-planet."

There was a scene change to the mothership, cracked and broken with many openings, within a crater surrounded by dust and water.

"Unfortunately, everyone who was still alive on the ship definitely died after that crash, and things were silent for countless years. However, the cells of these beings from the Gerdo Galaxy were too strong, far stronger than you or I could comprehend." Discover exclusive content at empire

Draco paused and seemed thoughtful. "Actually, you can comprehend it. The average fighter here was equal to what we describe as Rank 5 in Boundless. Have you seen how tough it is to kill such fellows in the game? It was similar here."

The various watchers globally nodded almost imperceptibly. Everyone and their mum had dipped their toes into Boundless in some way or another, so even if they hadn't fought Rank 5 per se, they still knew the tenacity of various creatures from the game world.

"The mothership was chock-full of these cells. From the area near the entryways where the weaker fighters fought, up to the core control room where the absolute titans battled. These cells, prompted by the overflowing Worldly Energy of a nascent planet back then, were infused with a sliver of life and began to merge."

The image then split into three again, with the first one showing a bunch of cells near the exit falling into the water and eventually merging to become various animals. The second one showed the moderate sections of the ship like the cargo hold, the medbay, and the power station where the various cells there merged into Neanderthal humans who weakly crawled out, and finally, the final image showed only the core control room where the cells merged to form nine humanoid bodies.

"Some people say that in life, there is an innate lottery at birth that decides whether you are lucky or you are doomed to suffer. For the tumultuous event that occurred within this ruined mothership, there was also a lottery that decided the starting point of various species."

Draco smacked the first image with his cane. "For the trash cells near the exit, they fell into the water and had their natures warped by various bacteria on Earth as well as remnant toxicity from the crash. As such, they were not able to form proper humanoid shapes like most Gerdo Galaxy creatures and deformed, becoming the animals that populate our planet today. This stunted growth made them unable to awaken sapience and logical reasoning, becoming instinct-driven creatures."

"Because of this, they were easily preyed on by the young and greedy Gaia, who used her magnetic field and subconscious control to synchronize the animals with her nature, the so-called mother nature. As such, animals further mutated and deviated along her path till the ones we have today."

Draco did not have the typical air of awe and subdued respect that some people have when talking about nature or Gaia. Rather, there was an obvious look of disdain and a hint of killing intent on his face, causing people to wonder if he was crazy.

Draco cared not about this as he smacked the second image with his cane. "The less trashy cells who stayed on the ship were made up of the mid-level warriors as well as the officers, successfully merging to become humanoids. However, their genetics were nothing like the Original Humans, who even had bloodline heritages with actual power. Rather, they were a chaotic mess, now called the Chaotic Human Race of Gaia."

"They grew over time and became stronger and more perfect, with their main traits being adaptation through assimilation, and propagation through the same concept. That is why you lot are easily able to take medications and various nutrients of different kinds without dying. When diseases come, our bodies adapt to them and assimilate them over time, forming a part of our DNA."

"As for the propagation, you've all already experienced it within Boundless. We can merge with any species through reproduction and be merged with, causing half-human breeds of all kinds to exist against all logic. This is obviously because through the method of our forming, we possess a little bit of each species and can work with whatever we've got."

Draco rubbed his chin with amusement. "These fellows make up all of you, nearly 7 billion humans in the world today."

Draco focused on the last image and seemed emotional. "And here we come to the truly important aspect of this long presentation. In the core control room, the elite-most cells of beings possessing power on the level of Origin Gods merged into 9 distinct beings, mostly because there wasn't enough material to share overall, and also because it had to do with the characteristics of these forming beings."

Draco snapped a finger and the image changed to show nine beings with perfect features. When he called out their names and explained who they were, they would be highlighted and maximized on the screen.

"These are the nine True Humans, or the Nine Supreme Chaotic Eternal Humans. They were each made of 100 bloodline branches of Origin Gods, merging together to form a supremely powerful Eternal-level power. While my Umbra had graciously exposed you ignorant fellows to the world of True Gods and Origin Gods, you have yet to learn about Eternals."

"Since this is a presentation about the truth of the world's creation and not the powers of the universe, there's no need to delve into much explanation. You will learn more about it soon."

Draco's eyes gleamed maliciously. "You'd best believe me on that."

Everyone watching felt a chill in their hearts, wondering what Draco meant by this. He did not give them an answer as his disposition changed back into a semi-snarky lecturer who was dealing with stupid students.

Draco tapped to one of the nine, and the image rose up to show Morrigan. She was a nearly seven-foot-tall war goddess with a beautiful head of soft, flowing blonde hair that billowed in the air behind her and piercing amber eyes filled with violence.

She wore a suit of feminine armor that displayed her huge breasts and six-pack abs, as well as a war skirt that showed off her muscular thighs and barely suppressed her thick rump. In each hand, she wielded a greatsword, easily dual-wielding a sword that usually needed two hands to hold, and her pursed lips were red like blood.

Despite everything, Morrigan was actually a beauty, a sexy war goddess who many men would die for. It was just that she first fell in love with the playboy Lucifer, who disdained her for the dazzling Amaterasu, and in turn, turned her affections to Pangu, who she adored for being strong and powerful.

But uh… Pangu also wanted Amaterasu because, as a powerful tough guy, he liked soft, feminine women, not tough girls like Morrigan. As such, the war goddess who many would have died for was actually bounced twice and hopped off to the Gerdo Galaxy with her hymen intact!

Bruh, even the principled Buddha and the extremely moral Ilah had tasted the ultimate pursuit of biological life, but this beauty hadn't. It was no wonder everyone looked down on and bullied those from this lineage, not just for their madness too.

"This is Morrigan, the weakest of the nine in my opinion, since she could only use like 19 of her 100 branches before she left the world. She is a war goddess who was based in Ireland, and her roots can be found there… uh, if there are any left."

Draco suddenly paused with a look of annoyance. "Huh, what do you mean by 'how do I know this'?"

He suddenly pulled out a cigar, smoked it, threw it down after one pull, and then stomped on it.

"Well, get this, assholes, my source is that I made it all fuck up!"

Suddenly, he patted his official wear down with a gentlemanly expression. "Just joking, dear viewers, let's carry on with the presentation."

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Is this guy a fucking schizo or what?!