foreigner's journey

Chapter 1740 The Ultimate Concept of the Foolish King
"I... ha, ha... I haven't... ha... I haven't lost yet! Javier Estrada!"

On the other side of the battlefield, amidst smoke and severed limbs, a man bathed in black blood roared in defiance.

The man's cloak of levitation was tattered and torn, bearing numerous marks of dragon claws, clearly indicating it had completely lost its vitality. At the same time, his third eyeball had been gouged out, gushing thick, crude-like black blood.

A rather thick book floated beside him, opening on its own and flipping rapidly without any wind, as if searching for the magic that could save its owner and bring him victory.

This person is none other than [Surfer] Jacob, and his prized world-class artifact, [The Paradox Codex].

A crushing defeat, an undeniable crushing defeat!

Full of confidence, she gathered all the members of the World Tree and launched a direct challenge against the old outsider organization, the War Goddess Realm, in this world of the Queen's Divine Sword.

If World Tree can defeat Havel, the current leader of the War God Realm, it can then enter the arena for the final war.

At that time, I will use my immense prestige in suppressing the War God Domain to continuously recruit powerful individuals, and finally sweep away the Spiral and the Star Sea during the final battle, seizing the crown of the ultimate victor.

Why! Why did I fail at the very first step towards my dream?
“Damn it… Ha… Havel…”

Jacob roared in fury, black blood splattering from his mouth. He had not yet completely lost; he would use his heart and a third of his soul as the price to use forbidden magic to summon a demonic doppelganger.

Even if all his subordinates died, as long as he, the leader of this World Tree, was still alive, there was still hope. If he could kill Havel here, kill this bastard who was also at his last gasp, then he… he…

The hand reaching for the paradoxical code froze, trembling, and remained motionless.

In Jacob's mind, a completely unfamiliar, gentle voice inexplicably resounded—

I'm sorry, but your flesh and soul do not belong to you, so you have no right to sacrifice them.

Havel on the other side was also stunned. He was originally too late to stop Jacob from casting the spell and could only mobilize his remaining conceptual power to pour into the dragon scales to prepare to withstand the upcoming magical bombardment. He did not expect that Jacob would stop at the crucial step.

Surely it couldn't be that he suddenly had a change of heart, could it?
Before Havel could figure it out, he noticed Jacob suddenly shouting in a panic in an empty direction:

"What! Who are you!? Who's speaking!"

Normally, I would be very happy to explain things to you properly. But the situation is urgent now, so please forgive my rudeness.

Nice to meet you, Jacob. And then, goodbye.

In a daze, Jacob saw a sharp hand encased in brass armor reach out to grab him from the depths of his mind.

In the final moments of his life, a terrifying stream of information flashed rapidly through his mind.

"You, you're a fool—"

Jacob's expression froze in terror and anger, and his scream also came to an abrupt halt, as did the turning of the page of the Paradoxical Code.

Havel watched helplessly as his formidable enemy and his life-bound artifact transformed into blank sheets of paper covered in unidentified writing, which then became bamboo slips, stone tablets, parchment, and all other media used by human civilization to record 'content'.

Finally, Jacob reverted to his human form, still with that stiff expression of terror and anger.

Cracks gradually appeared on his face, like a piece of paper being torn apart. The cracks multiplied, and in the blink of an eye, Jacob transformed into countless scattered fragments of paper, mixed with pieces of bamboo slips, stone tablets, and parchment. These fragments drifted into the sky and transformed into countless streams of luminous green data that disappeared.

On the battlefield, only Havel remained, staring in disbelief at this horrifying scene.

Foolish? Could it be a foolish king?
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Spiral Boundary, Earth 25·Knowledge City.

All the people saw was the foolish king spreading his five fingers and then clenching his fist. Just as he completed this action, a sudden change occurred.

Suddenly, a large number of sheets of paper covered with writing appeared out of thin air and attached themselves to the cable cloak behind the foolish king, quickly covering it and forming a book-like cloak covered with unidentified writing.

Two half-scrolls of books appeared floating on his shoulders: the silver-white Book of Perfect Good on the left and the black-red Book of Evil on the right.

What is this? The skeleton knight had never seen anything like it before, while Wakatsuki Maru let out an angry curse.

"That's the 'Paradox Code'—the artifact of Jacob, the holder of the 'book' concept! Damn it, are books and data subordinate concepts separated from the concept of knowledge? Does knowledge also count as a super concept in the same category as the Big Four?"

She quickly explained to her companions:
"Jacob is a spellcaster, especially skilled at casting bizarre spells from the Marvel universe."

The Dragon King nodded slightly: "Understood. We'll shift from focusing solely on technology to a dual cultivation of magic and technology."

The Skeleton Knight immediately understood that the Foolish King probably had no other trump cards left.

In the context of knowledge, 'books' represent the medium, and 'data' represents the content; both are part of knowledge. Beyond this, no other concepts related to 'knowledge' will be leaked.

Of course, this is not to say that the Foolish King is not strong enough, after all, the Foolish King has already revealed four life-bound artifacts.

[Miracle Machine], [Mobius Chair], [Supreme Protocol for Cybersecurity: Royal Knights], [Code of Paradox].

The first two are god-level, and the latter two are at least world-level. With the added blessing of the Spiral Realm, it's fortunate that there are four people from the Star Sea side fighting at the same time, otherwise it would be difficult to defeat the Foolish King within five minutes.

"I apologize for keeping you all waiting. This is my complete form, my final 'self,' the ultimate conceptual entity of knowledge—"

"The Fool King."

The foolish king opened his arms as if in a welcoming gesture:

"It's a great pity that I couldn't see Ms. Nanami at the last minute, but things don't always go as I wish. That uncertainty, the unknown, and the anticipation are precisely what fascinates me about you."

Come, warriors of the stars, this will be my last battle as the foolish King Weston.

Whether it's the Starry Sea or the Spiral, I hope we won't have any complaints.

"as you wish."

Clang! The skeleton knight drew his water-summoning sword and pointed it at the foolish king:

"Gentlemen, when the final battle begins, there is no need to hold back any longer."

Rust-free advancement! [The Unloly Sovereign]!

The concept of 'armor' signifies promotion.

"When did you become the commander here? Anyway, do as you say!"

Sargeras let out a roar-like laugh, raising his divine sword, Highsalak, high into the sky.

"Rust-free advancement! [Star Forger]!"

"Then come on."

The five-headed golden dragon Platonsanks exuded regal majesty, its body surrounded by raging golden dragon lightning.
"Rustless Ascension! [Emberlord]!"

"I already owe thirty cycles of good fortune, so I don't care about owing a few more. It's been a while since I used it, so I hope I haven't gotten rusty."

The witch Wakatsuki Magenri suddenly threw the fate dice into the air.

"The ultimate concept! [The Fate Weaver]!"

The final battle on Earth-25 begins!
(End of this chapter)