Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"They've reportedly been investigating the reasons behind these frequent disasters lately, so they probably don't have much free time, right?"

"So, does that mean this place is truly beyond our control for the time being?"

"Of course... Right now, the departments that are busiest and most overwhelmed in the city are those I just mentioned—hey, look, here come some people!"

"Hmm, it's a white-haired woman. She must be one of those Valkyries of Destiny, right?"

"They say those Valkyries are all like Superman from superhero movies; with them around, everyone can rest assured—"

Among the onlookers, a few knowledgeable people began to explain the facts to the still bewildered crowd.

"Anyway, shall we call it a day?"

There's a saying that goes, "When gods fight, mortals suffer."

The onlookers began to realize something was wrong and gradually withdrew from the crowd, starting to slip away into the distance.

"Indeed, everyone should stop making a fuss here. Everyone should disperse. The young and strong should take the elderly who can't walk with them—"

"Staying here would only be a burden to Her Majesty the Valkyrie. If we, as ordinary people, were to cause her to get hurt, that would be a grave sin."

Among the onlookers seemed to be a respected figure in the neighborhood, who began directing people to gradually lead the elderly, children, and disabled who remained at the scene away from the incident.

......

"Hmm, they're quite self-aware and organized."

Imotek nodded as he watched the civilians evacuating in an orderly fashion not far away.

"Most of the people here are refugees, and they have a good understanding and experience in handling such emergencies..."

A somewhat muffled voice came from the side.

"I've been forced to practice until I'm proficient... Let's go see what the little island duck and the white cat are up to in that house..."

Imotek shook his head and walked toward the four-story bungalow.

"You seem to really enjoy giving people descriptive nicknames...?"

"What, you want one too?"

Imotek turned his head and gave the gray snake a strange look.

"...No, I was just mentioning it casually, Miss Imotek."

"...Alright then."

......

The two walked quickly and soon arrived at the four-story building that had just suddenly fallen silent.

"It's suddenly quiet... Hmm, those two unlucky little devils probably really got eaten up by the house they mentioned in their comments."

Imotek made a small joke, then drew his scepter and led the way into the room.

......

"It's truly... a chaotic mess..."

Imotek and Gray Serpent, who had just stepped into the room, gave the same assessment without prior agreement.

The walls, covered in eyes and fleshy cysts, were covered in a strange slime that caused the floor, or rather, a fungal carpet, to proliferate. In the distance, a strange chewing sound came from the floor. The remnants in the gaping maw seemed to be the sofa that had originally been placed in the living room. The few surviving tables and chairs were running around the room like wild dogs, their once stiff and unbendable wooden legs twisting and jumping like bizarre dough figures.

"Ah... little lost one, hurry home—!"

He thrust the sharp tip of his cane at the living flesh wall that was trying to lick him, and a chill spread across the wall. The flesh wall let out a strange wail and then began to wither and dissipate. However, as the mutation on the wall faded, Imotek and Gray Serpent did not see the black dodo or Kiana that they had expected to be eaten.

"Hmm... I hope it wasn't eaten by the floor—or stuck in the wall? That shouldn't be the case..."

Imotek once again pounced on the slime monster of unknown species, freezing it into pieces. He then scanned every corner of the room—

Then, the blue eyes fixed on the innocent sofa and the mutated floor that were still feasting on it. The latter looked at the mutated wall in the room that had been stabbed to death by Imotek. The very human-like thing shook its mouth and made an "Aba aba" sound. It even grew several pairs of eyes as if afraid that the two people in front of it could not see it, and frantically pointed to the ceiling.

"Ew—so many eyes are disgusting."

[Pfft—]

Unaware of what the animated floor was implying, Imotek and Gray Snake stabbed down with their canes again, while the other decisively pulled out a gun and smashed the giant eyes that had emerged from beneath their feet, as well as the animated tables and chairs that were crashing towards them—the alienated floor and furniture, were dead.

"Yeah, so where did they go...?"

Just as the two remained confused, a familiar voice came from the ceiling, her words filled with fear and trembling—

"God is just; He wants me to suffer; yet He knows I am innocent. This is the source of my faith. My heart and my reason cry out to me, telling me: my faith will never deceive me. Therefore, let people and fate do this and that—"

"I must learn to endure without complaint. Everything will return to normal, and my day will come sooner or later..."

The black dodo clung tightly to the only sanctuary in the room, the ceiling, and began to pray to a deity it had never believed in before, with its eyes closed. After all... it didn't cost any money, so it might as well believe a little, in case it suddenly appeared.

Of course, the resident on the ceiling wasn't just Raven; there was also a blue-gray dragon girl and a Sirin doll clinging tightly to the dragon girl's hair. However, the frizzy white cat that Imotek most wanted to see was nowhere to be seen.

"If you keep hanging it up there, the ceiling will be ripped down..."

Imotek rolled his eyes at the three cowardly figures on the ceiling who were pretending not to see or hear anything.

"Uh... Miss Imotek?"

The black dodo opened its eyes shakily and turned its head to look at the gray snake and Imotek on the ground. Its nominal mentor and superior turned their heads away, looking as if they didn't recognize this shameful creature at all.

"Those things are all gone?"

Completely ignoring Gray Serpent's "I don't know you" attitude, Shora clung tightly to the ceiling, looking towards Imotek on the ground for confirmation.

"That's it... You three, get down here right now, the ceiling's going to be—damn it...!"

...

The long-neglected ceiling of the slum finally gave way under the weight of the three people and was successfully ripped off.

"It's such a waste that you're not going to demolish the properties..."

Imotek frowned as he looked at the chaotic scene.

Chapter 202 Oh no, I've been conscripted!

Emerging from the umbrella that the gray snake had decisively opened when it sensed danger, Imotek's lips twitched as he looked at the three people sprawled together and the large hole in the sky barrier.

"Where is Kiana? And what's going on with this room?"

The first question was directed at Hiora, but the second, as the girl looked at the dragon girl and her servant duo, and not seeing Kiana or the nominal culprit, Little Sirin, Imotek had an even more ominous premonition—

These two people who haven't seen each other are going to create another big news story...

"Huh? That white, fiery cat? That rascal abandoned me here, saying he was going to find the culprit, and then he vanished in a flash, running away so fast—"

"Hmm, running away is shameful but useful... Although, knowing her personality, she probably did try to solve the problem... just not very effectively—so what's going on with this building...?"

Imotek glanced at Benares, who was trying to pry her queen off her face. Although she had a general idea in mind, the girl still wanted to get confirmation from the two of them...

"Your Majesty, please come down quickly—those things are gone..."

With most of his view blocked by the doll, Benares ultimately resorted to brute force and managed to pry the doll, Sirin, off his face.

Finally, Benares, who had saved their lives, bowed slightly to Imotek in gratitude.

"Thank you for your help, madam and sir..."

After the strange things disappeared, the dragon maid regained her composure. The dragon girl, who was trained by Rita, thanked Imotek and the gray snake in front of her like a butler.

"As for what happened... we'll probably have to wait for Lady Kiana to return to tell you—but in general, it should be considered an accident, right? An accident involving a young painter... shall we talk somewhere else?"

The sound of sirens grew louder and louder in the distance, as if the city's guardians, who had just emerged from the previous incident, were rushing towards this new scene of the event. The house where the group was located also seemed to be on the verge of collapse after the recent commotion.

"Well, that's fine... After all, I'm an unregistered resident in a sense... Getting entangled with the city's administrators would only be pointless."

"I know a secluded alley nearby... Ladies, please follow me. Our destination is the bar we came from earlier..."

Glancing at the awkwardly laughing Siola, Gray Serpent began to consider whether he should really fire her—after all, ever since her villa island was destroyed, this student he had mentored seemed to have become increasingly mentally unstable.

"It seems everyone has no objections, so let's set off—"

Imotek nodded and prepared to leave the room.

Just as the group was about to leave, a sound came from the table and chairs that Gray Snake had blasted away in the corner. Under the extremely tense gaze of the three cowards on the ceiling and the expressionless gaze of Imotek and Gray Snake, a white armed puppet angrily emerged, carrying the Destroyer Mini. It glared around, looking for which little bastard had just used a gun to randomly shoot him and blast him into the garbage heap.

Soon, Kevin Mini found his target, staring intently at the gray snake in his hand, which was holding a gun and didn't know where to throw it.

"Let's go, let's go. Stop glaring at Gray Snake. He's such a big doll now, why are you still getting upset over something like this?"

With a swift stride, he picked up the Kevin doll and, while Gray Snake and Raven pondered whether it was more disrespectful for Miss Imotek to carry the Lord's avatar like a chick, or for him to have thrown the Lord's avatar out to withstand pressure and given him a beating, he was the first to leave the room.

......

Under the cover of darkness, the group slipped away once again to Raven's Bar...

"Welcome! Would you like some drinks? ...Are you gentlemen just returning from the battlefield in Syria...?"

Brownie was giving a welcoming speech when he looked up at the entrance and froze.

Of the four who initially left looking quite presentable, only three returned. Imotek and Gray Snake were alright, only covered in some dust from when the ceiling collapsed. However, the appearance of the latter, Siola, and the three new guests could only be described as miserable.

"Hmm... this is the restroom... would you gentlemen like to tidy up your appearance first?"

"Thank you very much."

The three disheveled individuals hurriedly slipped up to the second floor following Brownie's directions. Only Kevin the doll casually dusted himself off and activated his built-in purification function, instantly becoming brand new.

"...This Lord's armed puppet, Miss Imotek, where did you get it from?"

Gray Snake finally voiced the doubts that had been building up along the way.

"It's a secret, of course... telling you isn't impossible—"

"I've heard you're a businessman who upholds the spirit of commerce—so, Mr. Gray Serpent... as payment for saving your good-for-nothing student before the answer, you'd like to do something for me. What do you say?"

“...Alright, but I have one condition—Miss Imotek, this cannot harm my interests or those of the World Serpent itself.”

"Hehehe... Of course not, and it will probably teach one of your companions a lesson—the setback England suffered doesn't seem to have sobered her up much—"

"This doll was a gift from my ancestor Kevin Kaslana—or more accurately, a gift for a child who hasn't arrived yet."

"Ah, I know perfectly well what you're thinking... Don't overthink it, I definitely saw him."

Imotek rolled his eyes at the silent, unresponsive gray snake.

"This little guy was indeed given to me by him personally. You can ask him yourself. If you still don't believe me, I can give you some more about Kevin's dark history—"