The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Hearing Vilvi's disappointing warning, Alicia took a deep breath without looking away.

"Oh my... that's a really foul statement." After suppressing the throbbing in her heart, Alicia smiled and said, "Well, you've become quite proactive during the time I was away, Mei?"

“Heh…” Mei Raiden shook her head with a dumb smile: “After all, someone just disappeared while talking to himself.”

佋 “Then…” Alicia smiled softly, covering her mouth. “Am I the same as [her] in your memory?”

"Except for the clothes, everything is exactly the same." Maybe it was because her mood had improved, but Mei Raiden made a complaint for the first time in a long time.

"Uh..." Alicia touched her pink hair and smiled foolishly but happily, "It looks good, right? I picked it carefully."

In the dark, the Thirteen Heroes and Li Shubai, who were hiding around Alicia and Raiden Mei, each doing their own job, raised their hands at the same time and covered their faces. They had sad expressions, thinking that they shouldn't have had such high expectations of Alicia at the critical moment.

It's only been a few minutes and the car is about to overturn?

But for some reason, only Eden watched the interaction between Alicia and Raiden Mei with a smile, as if he was not worried at all that Raiden Mei would discover anything because of Alicia's words.

As expected, although everyone else thought that Ai Lishia was about to be noticed by Mei Raiden, Mei Raiden did not doubt anything because of Ai Lishia's silly words. She just nodded and commented fairly: "It is indeed very beautiful. By the standards of attending a banquet, this makeup is quite good enough."

"Right, right?" Alicia raised her arms and turned around leisurely. Her white dress and long pink hair swayed gently in the air, like a blooming flower. "I've always liked this dress."

"Alisa." Suddenly, Mei Raiden called Alisa's name.

"Yeah, I'm here." Alicia crossed her arms behind her and answered with a smile.

"I'm almost done reading the storybook called 'Alishia'. Now that you're wearing this dress, it means... the last page is just around the corner." Raiden Mei put away the smile on her face and took a deep breath. "I don't want to be a reader or a bystander outside the story to observe the ending of the banquet. This time, I want to enter this storybook called 'Alishia' and experience the ending of the human named Alishia as an eyewitness."

"Hmm..." Alicia closed her eyes gently, as if she was thinking about something.

"I don't want to end my life by reading distant memories without being able to touch them at all." Raiden Mei said softly, "I will witness it all, witness you... and all of the Thirteen Heroes, and then remember everything here in my heart. This is also the highest respect I can pay to you, the pioneers who have opened up the future for us... as a successor."

They are history, things that have been completed, and ghosts from the past. Their stories cannot be changed, and their end is a foregone conclusion. So, for Mei Raiden, all she can do is remember them.

Remember that you are standing on top of giants, remember their past struggles, remember... when the end comes, these [pioneers] will risk everything, and the only thing they will keep is you, the [successors] of the current civilization era.

"..."

Including Alicia, all the thirteen heroes present fell into silence.

While they were pleased with Raiden Mei's awareness and respect, a feeling of guilt suddenly rose among these thirteen heroes from the previous civilization era.

At this moment, the heroes hiding in every corner of the stage turned their heads at the same time and looked silently in the direction of the sun in the sky.

In that place, hides the Herrscher of the Fire of the present civilization era and the captain named Li Shubai.

Li Shubai touched his nose. He felt the gazes of these heroes and couldn't help but feel a little guilty like them.

"Since Mei said so, there is no way I can refuse." Alicia smiled and raised her arms, "Then let me lead Mei... to turn to the last page of the story book, okay?"

With a crisp snap of fingers, all the spotlights surrounding the open space lit up. The melodious bells composed an elegant dance music. The colorful lights decorated the marble-paved space into a huge stage. Petals like raindrops fluttered in all directions on the glittering stage.

Alicia raised her palm, and the flying petals fell into her white-gloved palm. She looked at Raiden Mei who was standing straight, smiled slightly, and walked lightly in front of her: "My beautiful girl, would you like to... come to this grand banquet?"

She bowed in front of Raiden Mei, with the back of her hand facing upwards, and pink petals slowly fell from her palm. Raiden Mei took her hand without hesitation and left her lip prints on her flawless white gloves: "It's an honor."

Click. At this moment, Mei Raiden heard a sound like teeth rubbing against each other.

She looked up in surprise, only to see Alysia, whose face was slightly red but calm, as if nothing had happened except that the back of her hand was kissed. After hesitating for half a second, she raised her head again.

There was nothing except the sun, which had risen high into the sky.

Hmm? Was that voice just now...my illusion? Raiden Mei tilted her head, wondering with a puzzled look on her face.

Forget it, since Alicia didn’t feel it, it might just be my illusion.

During this period, she was running around for the affairs of Alicia and the Herrscher of Corrosion, and had continuous battles with Velvi, Qianjie and the Herrscher of Corrosion. With her mental and physical energy almost exhausted to the limit, it was probably natural for her to have such hallucinations.

So Mei Raiden put this matter [referring to Kiana almost biting her own silver teeth] behind her without any care. She took Alicia's hand, held the fairy lady's slender waist, and took advantage of her height advantage to dance like a man very naturally.

The morning mist slowly dissipated. In the sunshine filled with the fragrance of flowers, two beautiful girls, one tall and one short, danced to the sound of bells that formed a dance music.

Before becoming a Herrscher, Mei Raiden was also a class enemy, so of course she was an excellent dancer. Therefore, even though it was her first time dancing a male dance, her steps and posture were still impeccable. The snake-shadow ghost helmet, which was usually full of murderous aura, looked like a tall and handsome black and white suit under Mei Raiden's elegant and neat dance steps.

Eden, hiding under the spotlight, watched the dance of Raiden Mei and Alicia. His eyes became brighter than ever before. The blood in his body was boiling like a lioness that had smelled blood, and his face was full of eagerness to try.

Just as Eden, unable to suppress his impulse, subconsciously tried to stand up, he was pulled back into the shadow of the spotlight by the sullen-faced Vivi.

"You can dance however you want at other times, but now you just have to bear with it!" Weiwei, who had noticed that something was wrong with Eden as soon as the dance music started, couldn't help but curse.

After hearing Weiwei's angry curse, Eden, who was pulled back into the shadows, suddenly woke up from her dream. She looked at Weiwei with resentment on her face and sighed softly, just like an abandoned little woman.

To be honest, Eden had always had various dissatisfactions with this last dance, such as the standards of the dance music and the setting of the stage... In her mind, since it was Alicia's last dance, she should be the only musician who played the dance music for her.

But after all, according to the setting, Eden has disappeared now. If a very powerful dance music comes out at this time... Maybe, no matter how much she trusts Alicia, Mei Raiden should notice that something is wrong.

The red and black high heels and the pure white high heels stepped on the smooth marble, making crisp footsteps that were full of street photography. Alicia and Raiden Mei held each other's arms and danced melodiously under the spotlight.

"That night, the first person to arrive at the party was Wilvi." At the center of the stage, Alicia, dancing gracefully, looked directly into Raiden Mei's eyes and recounted in a nostalgic tone the past events that no one else had ever known, "She would always arrive long in advance and prepare enough surprises for everyone, such as..."

At this moment, Weiwei, who received the signal, pressed the button that had been prepared long ago under Eden's extremely resentful eyes.

In an instant, the surrounding fountains suddenly shot out several extremely thick water columns, which collided and shattered in the air, and under the illumination of the spotlights, fell onto the stage like a rainstorm, and colorful rainbows surrounded the two people's heads one after another.

Mei Raiden held Alicia's waist, and before the water column turned into a rainstorm and fell, bright arcs of electricity instantly surrounded the two dancing people.

The marble floor was soaked as expected, but neither Alicia nor Raiden Mei got a single drop of water on them.

Chapter 4 The Last Dance (Part ) (k)

"What a unique surprise." Raiden Mei looked up at the rainbow in the sky, and her dance steps were not messy at all. "But I have to say, it is really in the style of Weierwei..."

"Right, right? Vilvi's inventions are always so interesting." As Alicia spoke, she stepped on her pure white high heels that looked like ice sculptures, splashing water droplets on the wet marble floor. The colors of the spotlight were refracted into a dazzling light and shadow. "After all, she likes the smiles on other people's faces the most."

“Heh…” Raiden Mei smiled and shook her head, her eyes filled with a mixture of helpless tenderness, “Then according to the order of entrance, the second person to take the stage should be Aponia, right?”

"Well, Aponia is the girl who surprised me the most~" Alicia shook her head, "She didn't wear a veil, nor did she wear the nun's uniform she always wore. Instead, she changed into a very~very beautiful dress. To be honest, when I saw her in that outfit for the first time, I was a little afraid to recognize her~"

"Oh, so you feel so embarrassed that you can't recognize me?" Raiden Mei's eyes were filled with surprise. She raised her eyebrows and looked up and down at the gorgeously dressed Alicia. "That does look like a rather unexpectedly gorgeous dress, but it's a pity..."

"——Wait..." Suddenly, Mei Raiden's eyes lit up as if she remembered something, "If even that Aponiya has changed into a gorgeous dress... then, could it be that the remaining two people attending the party have also changed into a gorgeous dress?"

"Oh my, is Mei so excited about Eden's dress? While dancing with the cute fairy lady, you talked about other girls so frankly... You are really bolder than I thought." Alicia pouted her lips slightly, as if she was a little dissatisfied, but she smiled with some joy, "But, this bold Mei is the Mei I know~ I forgive you."

"Then should I be very grateful to the lovely fairy lady for forgiving me, although I'm not referring to Eden." The corners of Mei Raiden's mouth rose slightly with a hint of joy.

"Oh?" Alicia tilted her head, and suddenly realized who Raiden Mei was referring to. She suddenly widened her gem-like clear eyes, "Could it be..."

"That's right." Mei Raiden smiled, "I'm very curious, is the Lord of the World Snake also wearing a formal suit that matches this occasion like you guys... Well, if it's a boy, he should wear a suit... or a tuxedo, right?"

"Is that what Mei thinks?" Alicia chuckled. "Although I also hope that Kevin can enjoy the party, it's a pity that the boy who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside seems to be a little too shy."

"This is really disappointing." Raiden Mei shrugged and put on a bored expression, "But... if he didn't wear a dancing costume like the others when he showed up at the end--"

As if they were in sync, Alicia smiled and continued Raiden Mei's words, "——Then of course, I also sent him an invitation that suits his heart."

For a moment, the air froze.

Mei Raiden and Alicia both cast each other looks full of smiles and fighting spirit. Under the spotlight, they both exerted force on each other's arms at the same time, throwing each other's bodies in the opposite direction. They then followed the force from each other's hands and separated themselves from each other by about 20 meters with elegant spinning dance steps.

"So, at that time, I stretched out my hand to him from afar, just like the invitation I'm going to extend to Mei now—" Alicia bowed from afar in the direction of Raiden Mei again, just like before the dance began, her high fighting spirit rising like a raging fire, "Can you please dance one last dance with me?"

A violent gale blew down from the sky, and pink petals fluttered and slowly fell on the bodies of Alicia and Raiden Mei, who were about twenty meters apart.

"Okay." Although she and Alicia both had a burning desire to fight, Mei Raiden didn't look like she was going to step into the battlefield. She spread her hands, rubbed her brows, and smiled bitterly as if everything was expected. "I knew it would turn out like this."

Accompanied by a brilliant arc of electricity, the unstoppable sword was already in the hands of Mei Raiden.

Amid the wild dance of the petals, the translucent crystal condensed into a bow handle as gorgeous as a work of art in Alicia's hands.

"Love." Raiden Mei said.

"Well, be careful, my dear Mei~" Alicia chuckled.

The truly magnificent dance is about to begin.

The moment the words fell, the two of them disappeared from the stage at the same time. Under the strong light of the spotlight, scattered crystal flowers grew wildly on the wet marble floor, decorating the stage into a huge flower bed made of pure crystal flowers. The colorful stage lights reflected each other in the gorgeous and transparent crystal flowers. In this flower bed full of crystal flowers, the figures of Raiden Mei and Alicia reappeared immediately after disappearing briefly.

Mei Raiden's body turned and moved in the crystal flowers, while Alicia kept a distance of about 20 meters from Mei Raiden and fired pure white crystal arrows from a distance. Compared with fighting, the confrontation between Mei Raiden and Alicia at this moment was more like a continuation of a dance party. Neither of them fought with the purpose of defeating the other, otherwise the stage would have collapsed into a pile of stones and gravel that was no different from ruins the moment they attacked each other.

Just as Mei Raiden once again deflected the crystal arrow shot at her by Alicia, the clear bell sounds that had been composing the dance music suddenly stopped, and were replaced by an epic waltz, followed by a series of explosions, and meteors from the bottom up swept towards the sky, and then suddenly emitted a dazzling light at the highest point.

Mei Raiden and Alicia paused in tacit agreement, and raised their heads at the same time. The meteors flying backwards were like flower seeds, blooming wantonly in the bright sky. There were golden dandelions, falling white willows, and roses mixed with pink and red...

Mei Raiden had only seen such brilliant fireworks at the fireworks festival in her hometown, but now, these fireworks that decorated the sky like a flower basket were all blooming for one person.

The direction of the spotlights suddenly changed. The lights originally shining on the stage turned towards the sky one by one. Raiden Mei suddenly realized that the number of spotlights around the stage was exactly thirteen, which perfectly matched the number of heroes. Now, each hero appeared as a translucent phantom in the light. They stood in a circle around the stage, watching this dance party that represented the end with different expressions.

"Everyone is here now." Alicia's lips curled up slightly, her voice full of joy and anticipation, "Then let's move our banquet... to its climax."

As soon as he finished speaking, the translucent phantoms of the thirteen heroes disappeared one after another, and only the imprints of the heroes projected by spotlights remained in the sky. Raiden Mei's eyes suddenly became dazed.

…She seemed to hear a voice that sounded a little noisy on ordinary days, but became extremely precious after it disappeared.

"Hey, now is the time for us to come on stage, Mei-jie, let us give you one last push!" the voice said, "We can't let Sister Ai-jie down."

"Pado...!!" After hearing this flexible voice, Raiden Mei's nose was sore and she almost cried. That was a mortal who survived in adversity. Although his strength might not be as strong as other heroes, even so, he also had the awareness and courage to face the end.

"Are you that surprised, Mei-sister?" The voice smiled, "You haven't settled the previous account with me yet, I won't forget it!"

"Dreams are impermanent, I'll share half of my good luck with you!"

[Empty Dream]——Padofilis.

“Life is short, but will last forever.”

[Floating Life]——Hua.

"Your color is like the stars in the sky."

[Stars]——Grayshu.

"So, go beyond infinity, and don't let me down, my lovely little white mouse."

[Infinity]——Mebius.

“This is the dawning light you lit.”

[Xu Guang]——Kosmo.

"With just this one sword, a moment is also eternity."

[Setsuna]——Sakura.

"With this heavenly wisdom, we will open up a way forward."

[Tianhui]——Su.

"Stand up! Witness the destruction of all things!"

[Annihilation]——Thousands of calamities.

"This is your stage now, and I give you spiral applause!"

[Spiral]——Vilvi.

"With this golden song, play the melody of destiny."

[Gold]——Eden.

"No need for discipline, we thirteen heroes..."

[Precepts]——Aponia.

"In the name of saving the world, let it be sung by future generations."

[Salvation]——Kevin.

"..." Feeling the power surging in her body and her physical strength constantly recovering, when she heard the low moans of different emotions in her ears, Mei Raiden, who lived in Bengbu, pursed her lips tightly.

Her strength was clearly recovering, but at this moment, an indescribable pain suddenly occupied her chest, making her completely lose the strength to move.

This was the power of the Yingjie imprint that she had felt several times in the paradise of her past lives. It was also the power that had been latent in the bodies of humans in the present civilized era from the very beginning.

Even though their bodies were already dead, and their memories were eroded or dissipated one by one by the Herrschers of Corrosion, these heroes who were supposed to live only in history still pointed out a way forward for her and guided her as always.

To be honest... Mei Raiden was a little broken, but when she looked at Alicia's motionless face looking at her with a sweet smile, Mei Raiden felt that no matter what she said, she couldn't cry out loud under her nose.

They were all here, witnessing with Alicia and me this banquet that was supposed to be attended by only five people. So, since they all recognized me, I must not show weakness at this time and disappoint the expectations of these heroes.

Mei Raiden doesn't want to have any regrets in these last moments.

"Alicia," she whispered, "show me all that you are."