The crowd surged like a tide, blank faces like puppets, weapons gleaming coldly.
If they could hit anything.
Wordsoul: Sword Dominion!
A huge domain unfolded around Xing. Within it, she was the master of metal.
She clapped her hands.
Every operator carrying metal snapped together like magnets, stuck in a crushing heap!
Xing grinned wickedly.
"Ember, move! Behold my tornado—destroying the parking lot!"
Without waiting for his reaction, Xing spun—
The fused mass of operators became a meteor-hammer, whirling with her. The colossal swinging ball smashed anyone who approached, even yanking more operators into its rotation!
The assault line collapsed.
Above, Ember spread his wings and rose, ignoring the parking-lot apocalypse below.
He locked onto the figure standing atop Rhodes Island's deck.
A crown-bearing少女 met his gaze.
Demon King—Amiya.
Even from above, Ember felt like she was the one looking down on him.
"As expected."
He tried to move—
"…I can't!"
His body locked. The next instant a black beam shot from Amiya's hand into the sky and pierced him before anyone could react.
Ember stared at the blood spraying from his chest.
In it, he saw something.
"That is… Originium!"
"So you're a permissions cheater."
His body plummeted, rapidly turning into black Originium, like a statue in freefall.
Inside Rhodes Island, Priestess watched the projection, chuckling as the Doctor frowned.
"Interesting friends you have, Doctor."
"But this is only one-quarter permission."
—
Just before Ember hit the ground, flames burst from him. He regained motion midair, adjusted, and slammed onto the earth.
He opened the group chat immediately.
Firebearer: "Permissions cheater! Plan Two activated!"
Firebearer: "Kevin, hurry—please RNG a god!"
Back in Lungmen, Kevin frowned and bought a 100-point item.
"This gonna work?"
"'Kaslana luck,' my ass. I'm not even a Kaslana."
He stared at a card engraved with a swordsman.
I once begged the entire Valhalla for aid—and only myself answered.
Rating: One-time consumable. One minute. One chance. Ask yourself for help. But will you help yourself? And do you have the strength to?
Kevin sighed.
"Please give me an SSR."
—
Xing stopped spinning and got serious.
She'd seen the group chat too.
Permissions cheater—Ember had warned them about Originium authority.
Amiya pointed at Xing.
Nothing happened.
Even Amiya looked uncertain, pointing again.
Still nothing.
In that instant, Xing and Ember understood:
Originium could not directly affect a Stellaron host.
"Support me!" Xing shouted, grabbing a spear stuck in the ground.
Path energy surged. The earth cracked as she hurled the spear.
It reached Amiya in a blink—then froze midair five meters from her, like time had stopped.
But a second strike followed.
Ember flew in at full speed and kicked the spear's butt.
The spear shattered—yet Ember also froze five meters out.
Black light gathered in Amiya's hand.
Then—
A brutal stomping sound.
A figure leapt up from below Rhodes Island.
"Take this!"
Xing's bat carved a purple arc and smashed down.
Amiya tilted aside, evading with inhuman precision, then fired her black energy at Xing.
Xing tried to interrupt—
Too late.
The blast hit her bat and sent her flying. She slammed into the ground, carving a trench and detonating an explosion.
The fireball didn't spread—rather, it crystallized into a mountain of Originium.
Xing was buried.
Amiya turned to Ember—the one still trapped by Originium.
This land, the air itself, was saturated with Originium. Every breath Ember took was why he could be controlled.
Amiya aimed again.
But then she saw Ember's eyes turn gold.
Two words dragged out of his mouth:
"Black Sun."
The wind reversed in an instant, roaring toward Ember.
A black sun rose above him. Steel melted. Rhodes Island convulsed.
Amiya was wrapped in a black barrier, but it dried and cracked rapidly, like overheated rock.
The Black Sun twisted the field—until Amiya lifted her hand and formed a black cube, imprisoning the sun and erasing it.
Ember muttered, "…Permissions cheaters are insane."
Amiya aimed for Ember once more—this time to imprison him.
But the mountain pinning Xing split apart.
Xing, golden-eyed, swung her bat like a sword.
Wordsoul: Judgment!
Her voice became a command, a verdict, a death sentence, turning into a slash that executed her intent.
The strike cut Amiya—
and cut Rhodes Island.
Amiya took it head-on, almost uninjured…
But Rhodes Island cracked open like a cleaved cake.
The Doctor and Priestess appeared in Xing's sight.
Xing looked past them to the untouched machine at the far end.
Priestess clapped lightly.
"A fascinating ability."
"But still not enough. You haven't met my expectations."
She turned to the Doctor, smiling.
"This time, I win."
"Pay up—Doct—"
Her words died.
Far off in Lungmen, a pillar of light stabbed into the sky.
Everyone—Lungmen's rebels, Ursus forces, Yan reinforcements—felt a pressure that made souls tremble.
They all looked up.
A figure stood in the heavens.
Black wings. White hair. No signature sword.
He stared through Lungmen—straight into Priestess' eyes.
Then he stepped once and arrived on the battlefield.
Priestess looked down at him like a scientist studying a lab-born anomaly.
"Still want to fight?" Kevin's voice was ice-cold. "If so, I'll take over from here."
"…I admit you've opened my eyes." Priestess smiled.
The Doctor, hands in his pockets: "So we won, right?"
Priestess shook her head.
"Doctor, I'm more and more curious what you've lived through."
"Tell me later."
"So? Do you concede?"
"I concede."
"Right now, I still can't stop that power."
"It's you… you all who won."
PRTS' red flare faded.
The puppets stopped moving. Empty eyes slowly regained light.
"…What is going on? Why am I tied up—with chains?" Chen stared at the coils of iron around her in shock.
Before she could look around for who had bound her—
Someone hugged her tight.
Chen's confusion turned into a startled tremble.
Her voice shook.
"Ta… Talulah?!"
"It's me, Little Chen. I'm back. You're safe—thank goodness!"
Chen: "…????"
What did I even do?!
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