Kwaaaaang!
The statue fell down, accompanied by a cloud of dust.
After the situation in Korea was finalized,
I returned to Paris to help sort out the situation in Europe and to look for traces of Barnaul.
There was no longer a Louvre in Paris.
The Arc de Triomphe and gardens of Cahuel, which came into the subspace together,
now left behind a hollow, rectangular space.
A long space with a slanted slope,
“Uh-oh!”
Kwaaaaang!
Thud!
Kim Sol threw the bowling ball toward the end with a shout,
the ten ‘Venus statues’ placed on the lower floor destroyed in an instant.
The last Venus statue, which had been holding on for several rounds, finally fell down.
Kim Sol-i smiled faintly and said to me,
“Refill!”
“······.”
It was part of a kind of ‘strength training(?)’.
Shot-put bowling, targeting life-sized statues.
I, too, was possessed by an automatic bowling machine and occasionally arranged ten Venus statues in a triangular formation.
Unlike her, who was incredibly peaceful······.
‘It’s not easy.’
Actually, I was troubled by various issues.
Especially regarding the plan to bring Avalon to Earth by consolidation.
‘······If possible, it would be better to do it before entering Barnaul.’
Although reclaiming the knights’ homeland was the primary goal, Avalon was also one of Barnaul’s largest businesses.
If we could start the fight by taking over one of their supply depots, there would be nothing better.
Of course, it still takes time.
Even now, Pax was continuing his calculations to find Avalon’s coordinates.
Maybe time would tell, but······.
Unfortunately, there was one more problem.
“Growth grade······.”
Consolidation.
There were special conditions imposed by the Chamber of Commerce.
The condition that the grade of a parent dimension cannot be lower than the grade of the merged dimension.
In short, it meant that Earth had to have a higher rating than Avalon.
And the current Earth’s rating is······.
[CCC+]
It was absolutely miserable.
Since being downgraded to [CCC] right after the bidding competition, it had barely moved up one level.
Deep down, I felt aggrieved.
“······No, you should have a conscience. Even after beating him up like that······?”
Wasn’t it a measure of strength?
We had already beaten up alien thugs, including the Chamber of Commerce, several times.
Even though I had expected a lightning-fast promotion, the performance evaluation results were such that it wouldn’t be surprising if we were cut the next day.
At that moment, Kim Sol approached me, spinning a bowling ball on her finger.
“No, little brother. It’s not all about skill.”
“······Or else?”
Then she started performing tricks by placing the spinning bowling ball on her shoulder.
“Guts! You need to have guts. Your current stats are good, but your actual rank is F. You have the skills, but you’re being undervalued because you’re a nobody. I think this problem will be solved if you add guts.”
“Hmm······.”
Kim Sol reflected on the situation using game terms.
At first glance, it sounded like nonsense, and it was indeed nonsense, but······.
A thought suddenly occurred to me.
“Now that I think about it······.”
A country bumpkin, a backwater, a country bumpkin, a smelly thing.
It was an expression that the extra-dimensional guys used to call us.
I don’t know for sure, but from a multidimensional standpoint, the Earth seemed very much like a wasteland.
It was an interesting interpretation.
Perhaps it was precisely this ‘reputation’ that was the important criterion for determining the evaluation level.
“It seems like I need to build up my image outwardly······. So what should I do? Is there a way?”
“That’s something His Excellency the World President will have to take care of. Hehe.”
“······.”
It was Yoo Seong-cheol’s doing.
He had started to dream of a world government because of me.
He was blowing air into his lungs like a hot air balloon and was excitedly talking about building a world government. When he heard that Colonel Kim Jong-gyeom would become the first president, his family started calling him Your Excellency.
“······What are you doing if you’re the world government inside? You’re a loner outside.”
Of course, there was still a lot of work to be done on Earth.
The immediate priority was to reclaim Avalon and prepare for war with Barnaul.
‘······It’s definitely not easy.’
But it was hard to imagine how Earth could gain such ‘fame.’
Because it’s not possible to show off your courtship dance while looking at the stars in the night sky.
Just when my worries were about to deepen······.
“······Huh?”
Kim Sol, who was throwing a ball toward the Venus statue, stopped in her tracks.
The sound flowing out between the broken statues.
As we cautiously approached, we could see someone weeping sadly while touching a broken piece of the statue.
“Khuhhhhhhh! Hehhhhhhh!”
‘······What is this?’
At first glance, it was obvious that they were not of the Earth race.
Although it looked very much like an otter, there was no such thing as an otter wearing a silk shirt in the world.
He even wore a gold monocle over one eye.
Drip, drip.
An otter shedding tears like chicken droppings through its stiff fur.
The guy shouted at us with his eyes reddened.
“Why! Why on Earth are you breaking such a beautiful thing!”
“······?”
“That’s why the ranks are like that!”
I thought I had found it.
A being who will appreciate the true value of our blue planet Earth.
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