"Who are you! Why did you save me!" Sirin looked warily at the man who had rescued her.
At the same time, she was silently calling out to Bella in her heart.
"I merely require some assistance from Miss Second Herrscher," the clown-like man said, bowing to Sirin.
"Hmph! I won't believe a single word from a human!" A spear appeared in Sirin's hand, and she immediately attacked the clown-like man.
"Oh dear, it seems Miss Second Herrscher's growth isn't complete yet. Such weak power won't be of much help to me."
The clown-like man, accompanied by golden feathers, appeared beside Sirin.
"So, you should grow a bit more." With that, the clown-like man pressed his hand onto Sirin's head.
He also dodged Judah's attack from behind him.
Beneath Sirin's feet, the giant dragon, which had been buried underground at some point, had recovered somewhat and directly lifted Sirin, flying towards the sky.
"Damn it, I can't let her go!" Welt reached out to Sirin, and some missiles were forming around him.
"My apologies, as I said, Miss Second Herrscher is still of some use to me," the clown-like man said, punching Welt directly in the abdomen.
He then dodged the spear in Aili's hand.
Watching Sirin disappear into the distance, Aili sighed.
"So, you are the culprit responsible for the massive casualties during the Second Eruption, aren't you?" Aili asked, pulling on the chain that had appeared in her hand at some point.
"Oh? The Second Eruption caused massive casualties?" the clown-like man said, sounding somewhat confused.
He turned his head to dodge Siegfried's attack.
"Hey, who are you, fellow?" Siegfried asked the clown-like man, holding Judgment of Shamash.
The clown-like man turned his head and glanced at Siegfried but didn't speak.
"Siegfried, catch him! Let's see who he really is!" Aili charged forward with her spear.
Although close combat wasn't her strong suit, a simple swing was easy enough!
After dodging the spear, the clown-like man was about to counterattack when he was struck squarely by Judah, which Aili had pulled over with her other hand.
He touched the partially shattered mask on his face. "Oh dear, that's an unexpectedly unique fighting style."
"However, I don't wish to conflict with you all."
"So, we'll meet again." The man transformed into feathers and vanished from the spot.
The battle ended unpeacefully.
Aili thought about the man at that moment. She had clearly felt before that he was a… a robot with prosthetic limbs all over his body.
Why did he feel like pure flesh and blood just now?
Was he from the Serpent? Or… Otto?
After the man disappeared, a golden feather slowly dissipated on Aili's back.
Aili briefly treated Welt, then Siegfried carried Welt and took Aili to where she had hidden Theresa.
The four of them returned to Babylon Laboratory.
Inside Babylon Tower, Siegfried, Anti-Entropy, and others were resting.
Theresa had already been recalled to headquarters.
Everyone's mood was very low at the moment.
Because the Second Herrscher, who was clearly within their grasp, had been released by that clown.
And it seemed that the clown had done something to the Second Herrscher at the end.
"Hey, you over there, why isn't Welt waking up yet!" Tesla asked Aili, who was standing to the side.
"He's just tired, and I've already repaired his body," Aili said, frowning.
Because Dr. Tesla had already asked countless times in this short period.
"Dr. Tesla, the patient needs rest. If you're truly worried, you should be quiet," Aili said, then turned to look at the weather outside.
At this time, heavy snow was still falling outside.
At Schicksal, Otto, sitting in a chair, opened his eyes.
Beside him, a young boy with an indistinguishable face spoke, "Oh dear, I didn't expect even you to suffer such a great loss."
"Void Archives, what's going on with that woman?" Otto asked, frowning.
"Why should I tell you? If you want to know something, why don't you go find out yourself?" With that, Otto's consciousness followed Void Archives into a massive, golden library.
This was Void Archives's database.
"I'll find out," Otto said, glancing at Void Archives. "And you trembled a bit then, didn't you?"
"What, are you doubting me? We've known each other for so long."
"Yes, so long, and you still haven't shown me the most core database." Otto walked towards the bookshelves.
"Heh heh…" Void Archives watched Otto's retreating figure disappear from here.
He didn't know how long he had stayed in the database.
The Otto in the outside world finally opened his eyes.
"Corruption's power, huh…" Otto mumbled, frowning.
Moreover, that woman could use Judah's Oath, and even had some healing abilities.
In Schicksal's database, Otto hadn't found a single trace of this woman, as if she had appeared out of thin air.
Otto closed his eyes and thought again about what Aili had said.
"Are you the culprit responsible for the massive casualties during the Second Eruption?" That figure holding Judah.
"Tsk, is she talking about me as the culprit of the Second Eruption?" Otto said, rubbing his forehead with his hand.
"She came looking for the culprit right after the Second Eruption happened. Is it the power of time…"
Otto looked at Aili's projection in front of him. "If you have the power of time, can you travel further back in time?"
In his heart, Otto silently changed the importance of the Second Herrscher.
After all, right now, there was someone in front of him who was suspected of having traveled through time, but it wasn't a good time to act yet.
After the Second Eruption ends, he would see if the Second Herrscher could give him the answers he wanted. If not…
A hint of madness gleamed in Otto's eyes.
Dividing line
Having waited in the ward for so long, Aili felt very bored, so she decided to go back and check. The time here didn't seem to accelerate either.
Aili found an empty room and walked in. After lying on the bed, Aili felt her consciousness rising.
After a while, Aili opened her eyes.
Looking at the ceiling of her room, Aili breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, Aili saw Hua sitting by her bed.
"Hua, what's wrong?" Aili sat up and put her helmet aside.
"Did your consciousness just go somewhere?" Hua asked, looking at the unharmed Aili.
"Yes, I went to learn about the Second Eruption. Otto said there was something there that interested me," Aili said, nodding.
To be honest, Aili was indeed very interested now, after all, |God|…
Aili really wanted to meet that existence.
How much information about |God| would be in the record Otto provided?
"The place you went to wasn't some data space. Your consciousness sank to a certain place, and I couldn't follow," Hua said after a moment of silence.
"Not a data space? Well, it seems Otto really did create something incredible," Aili said, standing up and stretching.
After opening the room door, Aili saw Rita standing by her door.
"Rita? Why are you standing here?" Aili asked curiously.
"This is my mission. Bishop Otto instructed me to protect Miss Aili's body," Rita said with a smile.
"So, what is that place?" Aili asked Rita curiously, though Rita might not know the answer.
"That is one of Bishop Otto's researches on the Second Divine Key. Rita is not clear about the specifics," Rita said, directly answering Aili's question.
It was as if she had already known what Aili was going to ask.
"Bishop Otto also said that if possible, he hopes Miss Aili does not casually exit that space, because the space is very fragile."
"Until Miss Aili has fully experienced the Second Eruption, the mission of that space will be complete," Rita said with a smile.
"But I still need to come out to rest and eat, right?" Aili asked confusedly.
Rita then took out her communicator, which showed Otto's projection.
"Miss Aili doesn't need to worry about that. You can fully rest within that space. As for the issue of eating, I think Miss Aili, with her gem, should be able to solve it quite easily."
The projected Otto looked at the hair ornament on Aili's head.
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