Pirate Kingship

What kind of disaster could cause the extinction of human civilization if not the Great Flood?

If they fail as well, maybe we’ll truly have to rely on this tablet.

The [Doomsday Tablet], which records the seeds of civilization and never rots, will truly live up to its name.

Byron was about to put away the [Doomsday Tablet] and prepare to take it back to the Material World; this was the first time he wasn’t after treasure, but to provide the world with another possibility.

"Stop! All the treasures here belong to our Molten Furnace Church!"

Just as he extended his hand, an angry shout suddenly came from a hill two kilometers away.

In the Old God’s Divine Kingdom, "Unity of All Things" had shrunk significantly, and Byron, with all his prowess, hadn’t detected the unwelcome guest in advance.

Turning to look, the voice came from a construct that was five meters tall, half-human and half-bull.

Designed with the Desert Empire style, it had a golden color scheme and patterns similar to the Golden Coffin, overall resembling both a bull and a human, with a huge golden bullhead.

The most eye-catching thing was the furnace at its chest, seemingly a power core and cockpit, inside which sat a blazing [Melter Giant].

Its whole body sparkled with Divine Light, burning brightly, echoing the Holy Book Body Spell inscribed across the machine.

It turned out to be a kin member under the command of a [Master Creator].

His own power was probably only at the Fourth Order, but with that construct, undoubtedly exuded the fierce aura of a Fifth Order Pseudo-God Level.

Boom!

At the same time as shouting angrily, the bullhead construct fiercely struck out.

The flames at its feet erupted, transforming into a prominent meteor streaking through the sky, heading towards the nearby Doomsday Tablet.

He clearly didn’t plan to fight two against one but aimed to grab the treasures and flee.

Evidently, while these kin held their Chief God in higher regard than themselves, it didn’t prevent their personal greed from surfacing.

Snatching the Chief God’s unused treasures along with a Zero-Level Sacred Relic—out there it might propel one to great heights.

He desperately wanted to make progress!

Byron and Violet were indifferent to an ordinary Fifth Order, but highly interested in that strange mechanical construct on the [Melter Giant].

"Isn’t this exactly the large prosthetic limb we planned to introduce?"

Back when they were ambushed by [Love and Desire Elf] Salome, they faced a large group of specialized Crab Slaves.

[Soldier Person] and Whale Oil Mechanic used their biological signal and spirituality as a nervous system to control formidable prosthetic limbs.

These Crab Slaves were quite similar, except one controlled a steel body, the other a flesh and blood body—both used external objects to make up for deficiencies in their Life Essence.

If Whale Oil Mechanics could also use Whale Oil Steam Engines and mechanical knowledge to build hard shells like crabs or similar battle machines, allowing people to ride inside, it might open a new professional path.

Byron had once personally stated while sharing a simplified version of the [Storm King Seal]: "If you’re a man, then pilot a Zaku."

They originally thought they’d need to mobilize the Supercomputing Center, central intelligence Alpha to assist in launching this new research project.

Unexpectedly, a kin under the Master Creator had already developed such treasures.

Constructs, unlike mass-produced Whale Oil Steam Engines, are used by Transcendents, indifferent to whether the user is kin or human.

After acquiring the technology, with minor alterations, they could directly equip their own troops.

A joke about ’we can’t just stand by and watch, the enemy has mechs’ might turn into reality.

Even with a few such equips, it would drastically improve military combat effectiveness.

"This trip to the Corridor of Truth is truly a harvest. Compared to painstakingly tending fields and climbing the tech tree, robbery is much quicker.

Robbed Fairy Dust, robbed Soul Gems, and now a large mechanical construct—this place is filled with good people."

Even as Violet became the [War Queen], her nature as the "Pirate Princess" remained intact; too excited, her pale jade-like cheeks slightly flushed.

Immediately, the Starlight Body ventured out, activating [Intelligent Machine Protocol] to transform into digital life, instantly hacking into the control core of the construct, locking all functionalities.

If the driver were a Fifth Order Pseudo-God, it might contest her dominance with Divine Aura, but a mere Fourth Order stood no chance.

A perfectly fine meteor lost control instantly, dropping heavily like a piece of iron at their feet.

The dizzy Melter Giant in the cockpit exclaimed in dismay,

"What have you done to my construct?

Humans, our Molten Furnace Church’s main force has entered the Divine Kingdom; if you don’t want to die, release me now."

This was just a small Fourth Order character, Byron didn’t engage in fruitless conversation, he thrust his hand into the cockpit and flipped the hefty door off.

The enemy might have mechs, but Byron now had the capability to dismantle them bare-handed.

Pulling out the Melter Giant inside, he crushed its elemental core with a single grasp.

Successfully acquiring a complete construct sample.

Violet gleefully stored away the machine.

"Since the Molten Furnace Church’s main force has arrived, collecting several constructs would let Alpha commence reverse engineering—saving ten years of development at least."

At this point, following this minor incident, the Divine Kingdom finally stabilized, and Byron directly read the current rules of the Combined Divine Country: