Chapter 185: Eight Kings: “Are You Going to Lock Us in a Cage?”

Takumi acted immediately.

With his authority over space, interfering in the two worlds was actually quite simple for Takumi.

Realizing this, he was quite pleased.

He immediately deployed Kevin and the others, sending them to various locations within the borders of Dragon Country.

Only after this did he begin to operate in earnest.

As for where he was now… hmm, it had merged with the Dragon Federation.

But it was just Totsuki Academy.

And as for the others?

He sent them to their "fathers."

Besides them, a few others were dealt with similarly.

Not only that, at some of the border regions, Takumi fused areas containing extremely dangerous gourmet beasts into the frontier lines.

The whole world was like a toy, and Takumi was moving pieces around at will.

He could arrange everything as he wished—what a satisfying feeling.

All he had to do was modify the zones that kept merging in, just like a jigsaw puzzle.

But with this puzzle, he could put the pieces together however he wanted.

Takumi busied himself, making sweeping modifications to the world's map.

But while Takumi was occupied, the Gourmet World began to descend as well.

And the Eight Kings noticed the changes in the world.

As the two worlds prepared to merge, they too began to act.

Takumi frowned as he sensed this.

"The Gourmet World…"

"In that case, I'll just separate it."

If the Gourmet World merged in, any powerful gourmet creature appearing on Earth could cause catastrophic damage.

After thinking for a moment, Takumi made up his mind.

He separated the Gourmet World into its own space, putting it in a different dimension.

The two worlds were now connected, forming a gourd-shaped configuration:

One was the Human World, and the other was the Gourmet World.

Weren't they originally like this anyway?

Takumi had no desire for the Gourmet World to merge in and cause massive destruction.

With that in mind, he began carving out a new space and guided the Gourmet World to descend there.

As for the entrance to the Gourmet World, Takumi placed it inside Dragon Country,

in a place no one usually visited.

Moreover, Takumi placed some of the strongest gourmet creatures near the entrance.

If anyone wanted to enter, they'd have to defeat those beasts first.

Otherwise, even if you managed to enter the Gourmet World, it would just be suicide.

And this move by Takumi completely trapped the Eight Kings inside the Gourmet World.

Realizing this, they were furious.

This was nothing short of imprisonment.

Dragon King Derous, Wolf King Guinness, Bird King Emperor Crow, Snake King Mother Snake, Deer King Sky Deer, Whale King Moon, Ape King Bambina, and Horse King Heracles—

The Eight Kings assembled.

In the original story, they gathered to eliminate NEO.

But this time, they came together early.

Every one of these guys was over level 6000!

The Dragon King was level 6590, body length 4,000 meters, weight 80 million tons.

Wolf King: body length 100 meters, weight 2,000 tons.

Bird King: 3,000 meters, 25 million tons.

Ape King: 1.5 meters, 25 tons.

And those were the small ones—

The others' weights were measured in trillions.

Now, the Eight Kings had gathered and approached the entrance Takumi had created.

They intended to break through and reach Earth.

Though the Gourmet World was vast, if they could enter an even bigger sky, why would they refuse?

Just as the Eight Kings assembled, Takumi finished his work and arrived on site.

Arriving there, Takumi released his full power, drawing his weapon.

"Back off!"

"You may not pass!"

Takumi's aura radiated with terrifying pressure,

and that utterly inhuman power made the Eight Kings' hair stand on end.

The instincts of wild beasts told them:

The human before them possessed the power to kill them all!

"You cannot seal off the entire Gourmet World here!"

The Wolf King spoke, fixing Takumi with a fierce stare.

Takumi replied with a sneer.

"What do you mean, 'seal off'?"

"You've always stayed here, haven't you?"

"Now the two worlds are merging.

That other world has tens of billions of ordinary people without Gourmet Cells."

"If you were to cross over and just shake yourselves a little, you'd bring unimaginable disaster."

"So, forget it. I'm not letting you set foot on Earth!"

Takumi was speechless.

Were these creatures unaware of how dangerous their bodies were?

Letting them onto Earth?

The Snake King could destroy the planet with a sneeze.

No way Takumi would let these creatures cross over.

Without a doubt, the Eight Kings of the Gourmet World were the real threat—

And there was still NEO!

Takumi planned to deal with that one, too.

NEO was the gourmet demon inside the Gourmet God Acacia,

eternally starving, aimlessly devouring all living things,

devouring everything and never being satisfied.

Takumi definitely needed to remove it as well.

Upon hearing Takumi's words, the Eight Kings frowned.

That world had so many ordinary people?

"But you can't just lock us in this space!"

"We can't even reach the universe anymore."

That was the crucial thing.

The Dragon King spoke slowly.

Going to the Human World wasn't essential.

The main thing was being able to enter space.

Now, Takumi had completely enclosed the Gourmet World in a single space—

a dome covering the entire Gourmet World.

In this way, their activity range was completely limited.

Hearing this, Takumi was momentarily speechless.

"I see," he said. "Understood!"

"When the fusion is finished, I'll open a passage so you can reach other planets."

"But—

You cannot set foot on Earth!"

Takumi was very serious as he said this,

and his aura became even more terrifying.

With that kind of tone, the Eight Kings were sure—

If they even hinted at disagreement, Takumi would wipe them out right there.

"All right!" *8

The Eight Kings stared at Takumi for a long while and ultimately agreed.

As long as they didn't go to Earth, it was fine.

Takumi nodded.

"Then go back.

When the two worlds have fully fused, I'll give you a portal."

With that, Takumi ignored them.

As long as they didn't cause trouble, it was fine.

Once the worlds were fully merged, they could go wherever.

If that portal was real, this world would also be under Takumi's control,

and they'd have to behave.

After Takumi left, the Eight Kings exchanged glances.

Wasn't that world supposed to be just an ordinary world?

How could it have such a terrifying human?

Was he lying to them?

That was what puzzled them most—

But no one would give them an answer.