The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

—The black abyss above the sky collapsed.

Why did such a powerful force suddenly appear outside the sealed-off area?

Why would something that should be incompatible with them actively protect them from being affected?

The man, who had almost lost all of his existence and was now just a faint phantom, was completely unable to comprehend the origin of the scene before him.

Wait, we need to do this now—

The man, unable to make a sound, suddenly realized something important.

The women who were just fighting the Black Abyss have now lost consciousness due to the clash of forces... If no one comes to help them escape, and if any unexpected situation arises, their lives may be in danger.

But... the man, who was now almost nothing but a phantom, could no longer interfere with reality.

It seems... there's still a chance.

Although most of his memories had vanished along with his very existence, he vaguely remembered that before the battle began, someone seemed to have left them an insurance policy.

If you can't win, run away—and now is the perfect opportunity.

And just as he had foreseen, as the women all fell to the ground, the cherry-haired maid among them suddenly transformed into a beautiful, silver-white giant egg.

Then, several limbs, resembling fluid metal, rapidly emerged from the egg, precisely touching all the women lying on the ground and drawing them all into the giant egg as they fell into a coma.

But I...

However, only one tentacle-like metal limb repeatedly darted and slid back and forth in front of the man's phantom, but it still couldn't find its target.

There should clearly be someone here who needs to be taken away with us, but now it's impossible to detect them.

There's nothing I can do.

The man, now only a phantom, watched as the metal tentacles, which had been searching for him in vain and were eventually forced to give up, returned to the giant egg.

Then, as if its trajectory had been predetermined, the giant egg pierced straight through the already shattered sky and plunged into the boundless sea of ​​stars.

Although it was an inevitable outcome, at least those people could be saved.

The man, whose memory had almost completely vanished, processed these inexplicable emotions, engaging in meaningless thoughts... awaiting his fate.

[Have you come to...welcome me?]

After the giant, silvery-white egg had completely disappeared, the shattered darkness finally fell from the sky.

Surprisingly, however, the darkness seemed to have already discovered the man's phantom, and began to gather around him, forming a thin, fog-like barrier.

It was precisely because of these barriers that the man's final phantom did not vanish... but was instead bound to reality.

What is that...?

However, before the man could gather his scattered thoughts again, a mysterious object suddenly appeared in the distance and immediately captured his attention.

—It was a sacred object, as huge as a hill, its exterior entirely woven from pure white and golden light, like a god descended to earth.

Like a deity descending upon the prayers of countless lives, the enormous sacred object continuously radiated a holy and pure light, encompassing everything on earth under its protection.

...And that was probably the culprit that released the torrent of star power, directly shattering the darkness in this space.

Are you attracted to...?

However, in an instant, the sacred object began to actively attract everything around it—as if it intended to collect everything on the planet. Whether it was the residue of life or the particles of star power, they all began to swirl and flow into the sky.

The phantom of the man, sheltered by the black mist, could not escape the irresistible gravity and was pulled towards the enormous sacred object, merging into it along with other attracted things.

……

"Victory ultimately belongs to us humans."

—In the chaos overflowing with life, the man heard the voices of certain people.

"Only by using this summoned body can we control the power of the planet—for true humanity to survive forever, those useless lives must contribute their power."

Without consciousness, without soul... a huge and murky life force mixed together, like the depths of a thick and heavy swamp, making one feel so desperate that it's almost suffocating.

“We are the ‘human beings’. And ‘human beings’ are the masters who reign supreme over all things.”

How arrogant, how foolish... Even without any will, the sea of ​​life still retains some kind of emotion that cannot be dispelled.

Those "people" were simply indulging their own selfish desires.

"We have defeated the alien creatures that parasitized the planet, and we will use these superfluous lives to spread the glory of our dominion over all things to every corner of the universe!"

The thick, heavy life force surged continuously, as if trying to break free from the invisible constraints... and the man, immersed in it, could only helplessly drift along with the current.

What is the meaning of my existence here?

"You ants still struggling and gasping for breath on this planet! Now offer your meager lives to the gods and become sustenance for us true 'humans' to continue our future!"

No... humanity is not something that needs divine protection or the sacrifice of others to continue.

Humans were able to ascend to the throne of primates precisely because the rules of survival they established did not require the protection of the strong, nor did they require the sacrifice of their weaker kind.

And now those so-called "humans" are using the lives of the weak to feed a false god, praying for their protection.

[I cannot agree with this.]

Even if I can no longer be called human, I absolutely cannot agree with these fools who have abandoned the foundation of humanity.

That's right... The reason I came here from the distant beyond the stars was not to save humanity!

Ah, I finally... remembered.

The man, who had almost lost everything, finally remembered at this end of the road the original cause and condition he had forgotten from the very beginning.

He was not summoned by the planet to be a hero and savior to save and protect humanity.

[You...were protecting me until the very end?]

And so, the man finally reached out and touched that which, too, was now ephemeral and on the verge of disappearing, yet still protected him from being swallowed by the murky sea of ​​life—

Black Abyss.