Lu Mingfei is transforming into the final boss.

Lu Mingfei sat there calmly, feeling as if the world had changed in her eyes.

It's like looking at the world from a different perspective, making everything clearer and more transparent.

"Mingfei?"

After the police left, Ayaka Sajou turned her gaze toward Lu Mingfei.

"Hmm, what's wrong, Ayaka-nee?"

"You seem to have changed a bit?"

"I feel the same way. It's like my perspective on things has changed." Her golden eyes no longer radiated pressure, and Ayaka Sajou felt no pressure when she looked into her eyes. "That girl, Tsubaki Konagaoka, her common trait is that she is a lamb in need of redemption. However, even so, she is a helpless child who needs to be saved, not a life judged to be abandoned after weighing the gains and losses."

"So, Mingfei is remembering things from her past?"

"Just a little bit, right? But I'm still the Lu Mingfei you know, no doubt about that." She smiled. "You saw it, didn't you? That towering iceberg, the slain Dragon King. And the head nailed with iron spikes."

"So, that was your past, wasn't it?" Ayaka Sajou said calmly. Only after receiving confirmation from the person herself could she be certain of this; Lu Mingfei came from that more distant past, a corner of history unrecorded.

Ultimately, there are too many doubts about whether she was summoned, and the overly weak connection makes it feel unreal.

"Not entirely accurate, but that's a fair description. Alright, let's go deal with that three-headed dog. Don't let its clumsy appearance fool you; it's incredibly ferocious in this underworld-like barrier." Lu Mingfei chuckled softly, then walked towards the church door, saying as she went, "My real name is Lu Mingfei. I'm not lying, I won't lie to you, but that's the name I'm using now."

"The name you're using now?" Ayaka Sajou was taken aback.

"His true name is Nidhogg. It's a corner recorded in Norse mythology, the one that kept gnawing at the roots of the World Tree, ultimately leading to the destruction of the world. That's the true name of that black dragon," Lu Mingfei said calmly, using words that seemed to describe someone else rather than herself.

Norse mythology is a well-known story, and in its homeland, a country with a strong anime and manga culture, it has been referenced and depicted many times. Odin and Thor, Dragon Quest games, and Nidhogg have all mentioned it to some extent, and Nidhogg has also appeared quite a few times.

"So, Mingfei, you are...?" The world-destroying black dragon who will ultimately lead the world to its destruction?

Ayaka Sajou didn't say the rest of the story.

Lu Mingfei walked out onto the street and looked toward the center of the fierce battle.

The twenty-eight-man monster fought against the giant Cerberus with its magical artifacts, while Richard, still wearing his armor, ran and leaped through the buildings.

"Hey, can't you think of something?" The black man wielding the halberd barely dodged the three-headed dog's claws, cold sweat beading on his forehead. A hit would have meant certain death. This was no joke. "It's much bigger than the one from last night."

"It's probably been strengthened, strengthened by this barrier... Is it some kind of guardian hound of the underworld?" Richard swung a beam of light, severing all of the three-headed hound's sharp claws. "But you said it was defeated, who defeated it?"

"It's me." Lu Mingfei calmly walked to the crossroads, gently raised her delicate hand, and her pink lips moved slightly as she recited words that were never recorded, "It's this move."

Burning into the sun…

"Everyone stay away from it!!!" Bella shouted.

She would never forget that move that illuminated the entire Snowfield City.

Is this really something within the realm of magic? Although she was reluctant to admit it, it was. A fireball of enormous size and extremely high temperature is something that human technology can achieve, so it is undoubtedly magic.

She extracted all the fire elements within the entire barrier, condensing them into a tiny spark at her fingertips.

"Word of Power: Lord's Flame"

With a flick of the finger, the tiny spark shot out. Little by little, it drew closer, and at the very first moment of contact with the three-headed dog, it exploded violently, a reaction as rapid as nuclear fusion. The spark, no bigger than a pinky fingernail, expanded into a giant fireball fifteen meters in diameter in a fraction of a second.

It expanded, then contracted, and finally exploded, unleashing a massive burst of power that formed a towering mushroom cloud. The underworld's watchdog was instantly vaporized in less than a second. The entire process was incredibly silent.

"Got one." she said casually.

"Phew...wait, you said one?" John's heart, which had just settled, jumped again. He turned to look at Lu Mingfei. "That thing...there's more than one?"

And, she's so beautiful, those golden eyes are gorgeous.

"Hmm." Lu Mingfei nodded. "For example, there's another one over there."

She casually pointed in a direction, "In this barrier, these things are just mass-produced industrial products. As long as you have enough magic power, you can have as many as you want."

The swarm of Kamaitachi has spread out within a radius of two hundred kilometers centered on her, bringing her every rustle of wind, human movement, animal migration, and flow of magic—all movements are captured by the Kamaitachi and eventually reach her ears.

She only wanted to do this within this barrier; it would be too noisy in a modern metropolis.

"This is the worst news ever."

"Ultimately, the reason I don't want you to do that is because the Servant who created this barrier senses everything that harbors malice towards Tsubaki Kumagawa. If you try to kill Tsubaki Kumagawa, then you'll be the ones who get killed." She shrugged. "I've put in a lot of effort to prevent you from courting death."

"Is Kuangqiu Chun that girl's name?" Bella stepped forward. She was the police chief's adjutant and knew some things, though not everything.

"Yes." Lu Mingfei nodded.

Do you know who her servant is?

"I don't know." Lu Mingfei smiled at Bella. Completely unconvincing, from Bella's perspective, this person was the same type of cynical, gossipy person who loved watching the drama unfold.

But all she could do was nod. "Okay."

"Because you know now."

She took a few steps back, then spread her arms wide in an extremely childish manner.

The sky suddenly turned dark, and countless crows flew in formation along the edge of the clouds.

Mysterious whispers and emotionless roars filled the space, drowning everything out.

"When the fourth seal was opened, I heard the fourth living creature say, 'Come!' And I looked, and there before me was a grey horse, and riding it was named Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given power to kill a quarter of the earth by sword, by famine, by plague, and by wild beasts."

Lu Mingfei recited a verse from the scriptures.

"Its name is the Pale Knight, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse recorded in the Book of Revelation, who brought destruction to the world."