Chapter 189
“Hey… who are you?” Minah asked after Merlin cleared the Infected from the area and also dealt with the series of Slayers which followed. She was the first survivor that Merlin had met after materializing on planet Ayan. Everyone else was too cautious and scared to go near him, as he seemed like a god in their eyes. Though the survivors all possessed special talents and spiritual powers, the abilities themselves and how they used them couldn’t stand against Merlin. Essentially, Merlin was a being cut from a completely different cloth.
“In simple terms, I’m a fixer, a problem solver.”
“Where are you from?”
At her question, Merlin looked up into the sky. Minah flinched.
“You’re from outer space? You’re an alien?”
“An alien… you can say that. I’m definitely not from this planet.”
Merlin wasn’t the only one that found DIO a bit weird. The game’s operators and developers didn’t seem to be hiding the fact that DIO wasn’t a normal game anymore, and as more Master Level users appeared, a larger portion of the user base began to question DIO’s origins and how it related to reality.
However, Merlin knew more than any of the other users. In truth, even if he only had a little information, Merlin could logically surmise the overall structure due to his affinity for deduction and reasoning. Moreover, he was an advanced mage that could peer into the [Knowledge of the Universe].
“So, you’re really an alien? Then, do you know where these monsters are from-”