A cross-dressing anime, starting with Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.

Lynn reached out, his fingertips barely touching the light and fire before being instantly thrown back by the immense impact.

He could only watch helplessly as the light at the cave entrance grew smaller and smaller until it finally disappeared completely.

The surroundings were plunged into absolute darkness and deathly silence.

"Tsk."

Lynn spat, forcibly calming himself down.

He channeled the last of his strength, and flames from his feet erupted from the [Fire Control Technique] in an attempt to slow his descent.

However, this force is woefully inadequate compared to the immense inertia of the fall.

He could only barely adjust his posture to try to maintain his balance in order to cope with the possible impact at any time.

Not far from him, Alphia's figure, like a broken doll, fell silently.

She seemed to have given up resisting, letting her body be swallowed by the darkness.

253. A huge gamble

I don't know how much time has passed.

It might be a dozen seconds, or it might be a few minutes.

Boom!

A deafening roar.

Lynn felt as if his body had been struck hard by an invisible giant hammer, and all the bones in his body groaned in pain in an instant.

The violent impact caused his vision to go black, and he almost fainted.

Fortunately, his strong stamina and resilient physique allowed him to withstand the impact.

He struggled to his feet from a pile of rubble, his whole body aching.

My right arm has completely lost sensation, and my left arm is dislocated due to the impact.

He looked around.

This seems to be another level of the underground city.

The air was filled with a damp, musty smell, a mixture of moss and putrid odor.

The surrounding light was extremely dim, making it difficult to see anything.

"Is this... another level?"

Lynn made a rough judgment based on the surrounding environment.

His gaze quickly fell on the figure lying in a pool of blood not far away.

Alphia.

She lay motionless on the ground, the ground beneath her stained a dark red with blood.

The wound pierced by Frilian's magic not only failed to heal, but instead showed a tendency to spread outwards.

Wisps of black vapor were continuously seeping from her wound.

Despite the excruciating pain, Lynn walked over step by step.

He crouched down, extended his still-movable fingers, and checked Alphia's carotid pulse.

The pulse was so weak it was almost imperceptible.

Her life was slipping away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lynn's brows furrowed deeply.

He could sense that the power within Alphia was becoming extremely chaotic.

It wasn't just a simple depletion of magic, but a kind of... collapse from the root.

It was a congenital incurable disease she had.

The curse known as "Silence" erupted completely after this devastating blow.

Any healing medicine, any restorative magic, will be meaningless in the face of this kind of disease that is governed by rules.

She's dead.

At most, there are a few minutes left.

Lynn looked at the dying woman without feeling the slightest pity.

This woman is the enemy.

He was the culprit who caused Yulari to suffer heavy casualties and put his companions in dire straits.

Now it's time to reap the rewards.

If he kills her, he can gain an unimaginable "great achievement".

This experience point is enough for him to...

A resolute glint flashed in Lynn's eyes.

He raised his only remaining mobile left hand, and a faint flame quietly ignited in his palm.

It's over.

Just as his palm was about to press against Alphia's back.

Without warning, the arm armor on his arm, which was part of his innate spiritual armor, suddenly emitted a gentle light.

A familiar, warm feeling came from my arm armor.

Lynn's movements suddenly faltered.

An image flashed uncontrollably through his mind.

Ryukyu.

At the time, he thought the same thing, that she was definitely dead.

but……

An absurd idea, one that even he himself found unbelievable, suddenly sprang from the depths of his heart.

He recalled the scene when he treated Ryu.

With all potions and magic ineffective, he resorted to the most primal and intimate physical union.

They pulled her back from the brink of death.

Could it be...?

Lynn's gaze fell on the woman beneath him who was on the verge of death.

impossible.

This is absurd.

Ryu is a companion and a lover.

And this thing in front of me is an enemy, a witch, an object I wish I could kill with my own hands.

Do that kind of thing to her?

0...Requesting flowers...0

Lynn felt her reason was strongly protesting.

This is not just a matter of stance, but also a kind of physiological and psychological instinctive resistance.

but……

The light on his arm armor continued to flicker, as if urging him on and reminding him.

He is autonomously reacting to this powerful, dying life form.

Lynn's brain started racing.

He forced himself to calm down and analyze the situation.

Option 1: Kill her directly.

He can immediately gain a massive amount of experience points, which is the safest and most direct choice.

But will this experience point really allow him to break through the LV4 barrier and directly advance to LV5?

................

Not necessarily.

Leveling up requires not only experience points, but also "achievements".

Is killing a dying enemy considered a "great achievement"?

Lynn was unsure.

Option 2: Try that crazy idea.

If... if we could really use that method to save her, even if it's just to keep her alive temporarily.

What will happen then?

This woman is Chardo's companion, a remnant of the old era.

Like Chardo, she seemed to harbor an almost obsessive idea of ​​"cultivating a new generation of heroes."

The way she recklessly charged towards me just now was clearly an attempt to fulfill her own destiny through her death.

She was "delivering".

So what if I don't let her "give it away" so easily?

What if he could completely drain her life, along with her power, her knowledge, and everything else, and turn it all for his own use in a way she could never have imagined?

The benefits one can gain are definitely not as simple as just killing her!

This is a huge gamble.

If he loses the bet, he will gain nothing and may even be in danger due to excessive exertion.

But if you win the bet... (likely referring to a talisman or similar item).

254. Saving in this way

Lynn's breathing became somewhat rapid.

He looked at the exquisite face beneath him, as delicate as a doll, yet now completely bloodless.

Those eyes, once filled with coldness and murderous intent, were now tightly closed, and a trace of blood even clung to her long eyelashes.

Her pride, her strength, her arrogance—all became so fragile in the face of death.

The scales in Lynn's heart began to tip dramatically.

Reason told him that he should kill her and end it all.

But the time traveler's unwillingness to settle for mediocrity and his pursuit of maximizing profits were roaring wildly.

Let's take a gamble!

How many times in life can one truly fight for something?

Once the decision was made, Lynn of "705U.COM" no longer hesitated.

His gaze instantly turned sharp and cold, without the slightest hesitation.

He leaned down, ignoring Alphia's gruesome wounds and the pungent smell of blood, and roughly grabbed her chin with one hand, forcing her to open her mouth.

Then, he kissed her.

That wasn't a kiss.

It was a most direct, most savage infusion of life force.

At the very moment their lips touched.

Lynn clearly felt that the vast and pure life energy brought about by the [Strong Wind] and the [Act of Justice] within his body, as if it had found an outlet, surged wildly into the other's body.

Alphia, who had already fallen into a deep coma, suddenly shuddered.

Her scattered consciousness seemed to have been struck by a bolt of lightning.