Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"Achoo... Even gods catch colds..."

In an unknown location, another blonde Valkyrie rubbed her nose and muttered something.

Chapter 169 A guy like you! You only know how to make the rice of destiny expensive!

"You don't seem worried at all about your comrades in the Far East branch?"

Durandal suppressed her displeasure for the time being, and instinctively sensed something was amiss as she looked at the leisurely Jiuxiao.

"You even brought your sister Ningdi along?"

The blonde Valkyrie glanced at the tiny Valkyrie being held and rubbed in Rita's arms and her lips twitched.

"Although His Holiness the Bishop said he would stop you from interfering with the Second Herrscher... he doesn't seem to have stopped others from providing support..."

"Aren't you worried about their safety at all?"

"...?"

Jiuxiao gave the Valkyrie in front of him a strange look.

"Why should I worry about them? The ending of the story was already decided long ago, and I've seen it countless times, so why should I be there in person?"

"Oh... the ending was already predetermined?... Can't you stop telling riddles like a bishop?"

Bianca rolled her eyes.

"I'm just stating the facts—some of them will be reborn, and some will rise from the ashes like a phoenix."

"Then tell me, what is this so-called ending?"

Bianca crossed her arms and watched the purple-haired Valkyrie, who was leaning against the wall, slowly sipping a cup of bubble tea, her eyes filled with increasing curiosity.

"The ending? The ending is that none of them will die, so I'm not worried at all—"

"Are you serious? We didn't stop her, so Fu Hua might..."

"What might she do?"

Jiuxiao asked a question in return, seemingly unconcerned.

"She's going to die. I can tell Fu Hua is in very poor condition..."

Bianca said in a serious tone.

"Death... The immortals of Shenzhou, or rather, Hua, the fusion warrior of the previous era, won't disappear so easily—"

“As long as Yu Duchen still exists, even if her physical body is destroyed, she can still exist—with the power of the Eighth Divine Key, she can entrust her will to the Herrscher you speak of and break free from the limitations of that already broken body.”

"Human death can be roughly divided into three points: the demise of the body, the collapse of the spirit, death in the physiological sense, followed by the death of interpersonal relationships, with everything vanishing with the passing of a person, and finally the ultimate death—being forgotten by people."

"And that warrior from the previous era couldn't even reach the first stage, so how could he talk about death? My dear Miss Bianca."

Jiuxiao, leaning against the wall, looked at the blonde Valkyrie with a mocking gaze, making her blush.

"If the physical body has died, what is the difference between the spirit that can only be entrusted to others and a wandering ghost? What is the difference between this and death?"

The blonde Valkyrie argued with Jiuxiao, who was leaning against the wall.

"The difference... there really isn't much difference. You can't interfere with the material world, you can only talk to the person you're possessed, and you can't communicate with other people—you're isolated from the world and forgotten by most of it."

"But wasn't this her own choice? If she had chosen to stay here with us and wait for everything to end, this death would not have happened."

"What can we do...? Your mission is to prevent any unnecessary interference with the Second Herrscher. You've already sent Fu Hua over there. Are you planning to send me over too?"

Bianca, who was being questioned by Jiuxiao, decisively shook her head.

"Personal matters are personal matters, and official business is official business. Let's put one thing aside at a time—if we can think of another one, she can't defeat me—at least we need to be able to prove that the person who came here wasn't just going to their death in vain."

“That’s right… Miss Bianca—I saw the ending of this scene; I know what the bishop was thinking, so I’m here. There’s no need to interfere with an ending that’s already decided, and I have no interest in fighting you.”

"Even if you don't stop me, I'm too lazy to move—oh, this apple is quite sweet."

After slurping down his milk tea, Jiu Xiao grabbed an apple from the mobile food cart next to him and started eating it. He shrugged indifferently at Bianca and began to focus on the apple in his hand.

"So I'm just going to waste my time here with you, the master of slacking off?"

Bianca, seeing Jiu Xiao munching on an apple, seemed to realize something and glared at him.

"That's right, you'll have to stay here with me all day. Until the Second Herrscher's antics are over—you won't be able to go anywhere~"

Jiuxiao spoke to Bianca, who had suddenly realized what was happening, in a very irritating tone, and also showed a very irritating expression.

"You bastard! It would have been best to beat you up and then throw you into the Destiny's prison until the end!"

The silly goose was enraged by the pretentiousness of Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple, and the effect was outstanding!

"Wow, Miss Bianca, beating up a defenseless girl who can't fight back is not the behavior of a knight~"

With that, Jiu Xiao simply removed the Valkyrie armor from his body and leisurely looked at Miss Bianca, who was completely under his control and seemed hesitant to speak.

"You bastard, where's your sense of honor? Where's your fighting spirit? Draw your sword, put on your armor, and come here for a proper duel!!"

Completely speechless at Jiu Xiao's actions, Miss Bianca pointed incredulously at the purple-haired girl in front of her, seemingly shocked by her shamelessness.

"Huh? A sense of honor? What's there to be honored about hitting you... Ah, the same goes for fighting spirit—they all die at the end of time, vanish completely—"

Jiuxiao replied to the knight girl in front of him in the same nonchalant tone...

"—A guy like you! You only know how to make the rice of destiny expensive!"

The blonde Valkyrie had a furious expression that seemed to say, "Damn it, how did such a scoundrel like you get into the mess, especially since you're an S-rank Valkyrie?"

"Rice? Where's the rice, Rita? Is it lunchtime?"

Jiuxiao pretended to look around, making the nearby Valkyries of the Undying Blade click their tongues in amazement.

[Wow, to be able to anger the captain like this and not get beaten up, Lord Jiuxiao, you're truly amazing.]

"Alright, alright... Miss Jiuxiao, stop teasing Lady Durandal—I just made some snacks with the ingredients from this food cart, would you like to try them?"

"Snacks... Rita, I don't think I've consumed enough calories today..."

"It didn't say it was zero calories! If you don't eat it, I'll feed it to Ningdi!"

Ningdi, whose name was called, poked her head out of the food cart, her little face covered in cream, as if she had just been fed by Rita.

"...?"

"Ningdi, you've already eaten... If that silly goose doesn't want it, then I won't be polite—!"

Nine Heavens—A goose snatches food from the mouth.

"Who said I don't want any? Rita, give me one!"

Chapter 170 Class Monitor, you actually listened to that.jpg

The area where Schicksal's top combat forces are located is now filled with a joyful atmosphere, except for Theresa, Mei, and Bronya's Far East squad—

They struggled to hold on against the Second Herrscher's offensive. The Destiny Machine and Anti-Entropy Titan that accompanied them had been exhausted in the previous battles, leaving only a pile of broken pieces of the mechs.

The Far East Squad, whose situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable, finally caught their breath when Fu Hua's reinforcements arrived.

"She shouldn't have it, she doesn't deserve it, she will never have it—"

The Second Herrscher was still delivering her long, meticulously prepared discourse in an electronic voice when she was suddenly ambushed from behind a meteor, who descended from the sky and struck her squarely.

"That's enough, Second Herrscher!"

The Valkyrie in black armor descended, separating the Herrscher and Theresa from the others by using herself as a boundary.

"Dean, Mei, Bronya, please leave here immediately. I'll handle the Second Herrscher—"

Theresa, whose name was called, looked at the two students beside her—Raiden Mei and Bronya had both suffered quite a few injuries, and Bronya had rushed over to help after waking up in the hospital.

"Fu Hua... I'll leave it to you for now. I'll be there with reinforcements soon!"

Theresa nodded to Fu Hua in front of her, then picked up Bronya, who had just left the hospital room and was now back on the battlefield, and quickly retreated with Mei...

The Second Herrscher did not stop the three from leaving, but instead looked at Fu Hua, who was blocking her way—

"I know you, you detestable human—you seem to have become much weaker. What? Aren't you using those two interesting gadgets you have anymore?"

"Or is it that you...can't use it at all right now?"

"..."

The gray-haired Valkyrie remained silent, then threw a punch at the white-haired Herrscher in front of her.

--

...Silence, still a long silence, then Kiana took the initiative to break the deadlock.

"...Uh, hello class monitor?"

The few people in the consciousness space who were so bored that they started playing Ludo waved to a newly moved-in resident, taking it as a mere greeting. Only Kiana stood up and gave her a proper greeting.

"Kiana? Wait, what's this...?!"

Fu Hua stared in shock at the group of Herrschers in the sea of ​​consciousness, whose faces practically screamed, "Oh, you've finally arrived!"

"...Kiana, can you explain what's going on?"

Pushing up her red-rimmed glasses, which somehow allowed her to exist in a space of consciousness, Fu Hua looked at the white fur ball in front of her.

I was fighting tooth and nail outside, and you guys were leisurely playing Ludo in this body? What's going on? And that purple-haired little girl, isn't that Sirin?! It must be Sirin!

Fu Hua roared inwardly, glaring at the purple-haired little girl in front of him, his eyes seeming to be able to devour little Sirin alive. Sirin, who was being glared at by the immortal, shrank back in fear and slipped behind Kiana.

"Uh... Class monitor, which one do you want to hear first?"

Kiana looked at Fu Hua in front of her with some embarrassment...

[We shouldn't have played Ludo with all four of us. None of us were watching outside, and we didn't even notice when the class monitor came in...]

"Then explain the little girl behind you first... If I'm not mistaken... that's the Second Herrscher, right?"

Fu Hua warily eyed little Sirin hiding behind Kiana, but as she stared... the class president seemed to notice something was off... Wasn't Sirin a little too young, and... a little cute too?

"Whatever I say next, no matter how outrageous it is... you must take it seriously..."

Fu Hua looked at the completely different Sirin behind Kiana and nodded silently.

"The little girl hiding behind me is indeed Sirin... the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin, but she's different from the Sirin you know, class monitor."