Poverty makes me capable of anything.

What do you mean?

Heloise approached swiftly with a dagger in hand, and then she witnessed a shocking scene.

Ella's hands turned silver-white at an extremely fast speed. Most noticeably, near the joints, there were glass tubes emitting a blue light embedded inside.

"Ding!"

The dagger was caught directly.

"robot!"

Heloise exclaimed incredulously.

wrong.

This is the most reasonable explanation for why Anran has never seemed to care much about her sister's safety: because Ella is a robot!

"It's not because Ella is a robot that I feel at ease; it's because I'm confident in Ella's abilities!"

An Ran picked up the gun she had just found and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Heloise had no choice but to abandon her sword and jump away.

"Click, click, click—"

Heloise swallowed.

She felt a sense of absurdity.

And there was a long-lost emotional stirring.

Ella actually ate the knife in two bites, so she wouldn't be able to get any weapons.

Is one's own body the most reliable weapon?

Heroine charged forward with an indomitable will; for her, who had lost everything, death seemed not so bad.

……

The mechanical feet ran out of energy, and the extra 30 points of agility were gone, but that didn't matter.

Importantly, after that, An Ran launched a charged attack containing 36 units of energy at Heloise's abdomen.

With less than 40 units of energy, there was no air pressure impact, but a punch with more than twice the power amplification still made Heloise feel like she was about to faint from the pain.

The relentless tremors had already damaged her internal organs, and her body slammed heavily against the wall.

An Ran followed closely, and the Crimson Blade pierced Heloise's chest with a "plop," exiting through her body and disappearing directly into the wall behind her.

blood.

Large damage values.

The game prompts are almost unstoppable.

"You lost."

An Ran pronounced the outcome of the battle in a cold voice.

"cough--"

She coughed up a mouthful of blood, and An Ran had to take a small step to avoid getting spit on her face. She still had to look up at Heloise when she stood in front of her, but she was in a great mood now.

From being inexplicably hated by Morning Star at the beginning, to being chased and attacked by Heloise, to now, she has finally exposed this crazy woman!

Pierce her chest mercilessly with a sharp weapon!

"you……"

Heloise's vision was already blurred; she looked down and could just make out An Ran's face.

That hateful face was now right in front of her, but she couldn't even lift her hand.

Even as time went by, An Ran's face became increasingly blurry.

The death knell had already tolled, and Heloise could hear the footsteps of death.

She tried to recall her past like many others, but ultimately found it to be a luxury.

The past was not as short as she had always thought; in that short time, even a slideshow could not finish showing it all.

It's so cold, I feel like I'm bleeding out.

At least let me raise my hand.

Heloise thought so.

Finally, she could only say in a voice barely audible, "That story..."

That story?

An Ran raised her head.

And the game's notification sound was already ringing in my mind.

Heloise has 57000 experience points.

He died just like that.

When the eyes are closed,

When consciousness is about to disappear,

When you lose feeling,

In places where you can't hear anything

In places where nothing can be seen,

Heloise suddenly remembered something.

That happened while the animals were returning to their cages.

That's something that didn't appear in the plot fragments.

That was something she had never told anyone, not even An Ran.

So, what is the ending of the story?

In fact, she didn't care at all whether the resistance would succeed.

She really didn't have any expectations at all.

I just want a reason to live.

There is nothing to possess, and no meaning to living.

Ron gave her a purpose in life, so she did it.

Ronse died, so she projected Ronse's image onto herself.

Now, as she faces death, all the constraints have been lifted.

She can view the world through the lens of her own pitifully fragile values.

If she had an epitaph after her death, it would probably contain words like "executioner."

But Heloise has no regrets.

She doesn't regret what she did.

Let it be evil.

None of these things matter.

At least she has left some traces during this period.

It was that unrevealed memory, and the embrace felt so warm.

warmth……

temperature……

……

Gone.

Heloise is dead, the mission is complete, and the advanced bloodline is in hand.

When Anran drew the Crimson Blade, Heloise's body fell towards her, but Anran did not try to catch her.

But at that moment, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

"safely……"

Ella murmured Anran's name as she watched the strange scene unfold before her.

Heloise's body is burning.

It fell down and burned at the same time.

But it burns with blue flames.

Gradually, Heloise's body was burned away, leaving only a dim ball of light floating in mid-air.

【Heroise's Soul Orb】: Alchemy Item.

"???"

Although she didn't understand what was going on, An Ran still put the item away. It was an alchemical tool; maybe she could sell it for a high price to an alchemist someday.

"..."

……

On January 8th, 8103 of the Imperial Calendar, just as the first summer storm of the Tabbus West was about to leave Trading Post No. 3, a small spaceship flew out of the mountain pass without attracting much attention and quickly broke through the atmosphere.

Epilogue to Volume Four: Planetary Turmoil

The first storm of the summer in Tabbus West has finally passed.

The story of this storm has come to a temporary end.

Many things happened, and many people sacrificed their lives. The impact of the collapse of the hundreds-of-meters-high hovering station has only been partially revealed so far.

But then exciting news came out.