"What'see you tomorrow'? What 'going offline'?"
"Oh my god! No way, what's going to happen to The Seamstress? I can't hear clearly!"
"Hey, hey, hey, Woju Princess, don't push me, I can't hear either!"
"Your Excellency Seifer, I..."
"Oh no, oh no, there's movement inside? Quiet, don't speak!"
"And you, help me out!"
"Mmph, mmph—"
"I... I can't take it..."
With a click.
Because Tiresias was pulling the door from inside, the two leaning against the crack suddenly tumbled forward, and Cipher fell flat on the ground.
"Ow, hiss, that hurts..."
She scratched her head, looking distressed as she tried to climb up.
Beside her, Castorice had already stood up with immediate solemnity: "Uh, Lord Tiresias, Ms. Aglaea."
Tiresias glanced at the two of them, seemingly understanding something, her expression showing a hint of delight.
On the other hand, Aglaea could only sigh silently after looking down: "Sigh, Sefaria, I really need to keep you in check."
"Come with me, I have some important matters to discuss with you."
"Hey, hey, hey, Seamstress, don't pull me!"
"Hey! Let me get up first, Golden Weaver, control freak, Agy, Aglaea..."
The voice gradually faded away, along with her silhouette.
No one knew what Aglaea wanted with Cipher, and of course, even Xu Qiong didn't know.
But seeing Tiresias's delighted smile, maybe, just maybe, it was a good thing?
"Eh? Little Xia is here too?"
"Yeah."
Anaxa didn't say much, nodding and turning to leave.
Seeing the group leave, Xu Qiong couldn't help but wonder what special gift Aglaea would give him.
But just at that moment, a familiar voice rang out from his arms.
"Waa~"
"That was a really, really long dream~"
The little pink fairy tilted her head as she woke up, her ears flapping as she flew up from Xu Qiong's lap.
Although she still seemed a bit dazed, she continued to nuzzle against Xu Qiong: "Being where my partner is really makes me feel at ease."
"I actually slept for this long?"
"You're awake, Cyrene?"
"Eh, partner, where is the main quest now? Let me see."
To better observe Xu Qiong's mobile phone, Cyrene quickly recovered from her Hesitation state into her young girl form.
She pressed a finger to her lips, making a'shh' gesture to Xu Qiong, then stood on tiptoe and leaned in face-to-face.
"partner, it looks like the situation isn't very optimistic?"
Having just gone through Aglaea's plot, it was naturally not optimistic.
Xu Qiong glanced at Cyrene, then snapped his fingers at her: "It's fine, it'll be optimistic soon."
"Because, it's time for your official debut, Cyrene!"
...
[Stop it, stop it, really, don't.]
[Feedback to the game Author: can we have fewer of these abstract characters? I've spent money on this!]
[If I hadn't heard that Ms. Herta would appear later, I would have definitely quit the game.]
[Looking at it now, won't Ms. Herta just be an early-game gimmick? Purely used to farm Credit Points, hope she doesn't just disappear later!]
[As long as we don't get any more amateur characters like Aglaea, otherwise it shows the Author really has no skill in character design, wasting such a good PV.]
[Phew, after waiting so long, it seems we're finally fighting a boss. Let me see how the boss battles in this game actually are!]
The community's discourse continued for a while.
Although players had many complaints, considering Herta, the Stellaron Hunters, and others would appear later, not many people left.
Xu Qiong didn't respond to this publicly.
After all, as expected, as the main quest proceeded, the noise was soon drowned out.
After locking onto Nikador's location, the trio of Phainon, Mydei, and Xing decided to head out for the subjugation.
Along the way, Phainon and Mydei competed to see who could kill more monsters, while Guinaifen watched their bickering with great interest.
During the plot, Nikador's shocking conspiracy was revealed—the decision to pierce Kephale's body—but Guinaifen wasn't just not shocked, she was even more excited for the boss fight!
After all, she had an E6S1 Aglaea in her hands.
Have you ever heard of life being as fragile as a gossamer thread?!
Unfortunately.
The moment the boss battle actually started, Guinaifen realized she couldn't win at all.
It wasn't that her characters weren't well-built, but rather it was a scripted loss; as soon as Nikador was killed, it immediately stood back up?!
"Wait, isn't this the boss, guys? Is this not the real boss battle?"
"Oh no, it looks like a cutscene kill. This Nikador actually stood up again!"
[Wait, Guinaifen, I noticed—it doesn't want to fight us at all. It seems every time it dies, it's tempering that Scourge Blade or whatever!]
[Holy crap? The Authority of strife is actually immortality and indestructibility? No wonder that red-haired guy also...]
[Oh no! Its real goal is to pierce Okhema!]
Everyone had realized Nikador's objective.
It couldn't be killed; in fact, every death was for the sake of accumulating power. At this moment, the livestream chat was in a frenzy, everyone asking what to do...
Even Guinaifen felt inexplicably anxious.
And just then.
Mydei stepped forward on his own initiative: "Deliverer, I'll give you a chance to be a hero."
"I will hold back this shell, leaving it no time to swing the Scourge Blade. Take the news back... notify those two demigods!"
"Are you crazy? Facing a Titan alone? Then I'm staying too!"
Phainon was about to refuse, but was harshly rebuked by Mydei: "Get lost! Do I really have to say it like that?"
Mydei's roar made Guinaifen, who was wearing headphones, tremble all over.
He gave her a fright!
"Why did he have to shout so loudly?!"
But honestly, why did it feel a bit moving?
This guy, who usually looked so arrogant and mocked everyone whenever he spoke, actually took the initiative to block the enemy at such a critical moment, leaving the chance of survival to Phainon and Xing?
[Huh? For real?]
[This Mydei is actually so Silver-winged? This makes me feel not so Silver-winged!]
[Hajidei, you guy, I won't call you Lion-head anymore...]
[It's understandable that the previous parts weren't great. Is Mydei really better than Aglaea?]
"Hold on, don't die too many times..."
Helplessly, since Okhema's safety was at stake, after an argument with Mydei, Phainon and Xing could only leave with regret.
In the end, only Mydei and Nikador remained. One man and one god, both immortal beings, facing off like that.
Facing the long-decayed god, Mydei had actually already prepared for a fight to the death.
He spoke: "You and I, two warriors shut out by death. Is there any fairer competition in this world?"
"Come! The King who failed to become King, the God who has lost divinity! How well-matched we are, right here—"
Nikador's roar was deafening.
"Let us slaughter until all things are exhausted—!!!"
[!!!]
[!!!]
[It's getting hype, holy crap, it's really getting hype!]
[Slaughter until all things are exhausted!]
[...]
With that one sentence, the bullet chat was flooded with a uniform wall of exclamation marks.
Even the Aglaea rhythm that had just appeared was instantly suppressed by this move from Mydei?!"