The card player needs to win easily

With a helpless expression, Siren took out the Millennium Cube.

"What is this... Never mind, I don't understand."

"Ah ha ha……"

Liva smiled awkwardly and followed Noa out.

The tentacles on the road are becoming more and more entangled.

The lights that were still barely functioning on the periphery began to break down intermittently, making the environment somewhat dim.

"Here, we are."

Noa stopped at a place covered by dark blue, but barely discernible as a door.

"That should be the place—just use your method to get through."

Siren picked up the Millennium Cube and snapped her fingers—but it seemed she couldn't do it underwater.

But this did not affect the ripples in the water that covered the bodies of the three people.

The surrounding scene changed instantly.

A few drops of water dripped from the protective shield.

"...!"

"This is—land?!"

Noa looked around.

But his legs were still submerged in the water.

This is the lake, the outskirts of the clear lake.

It is surrounded by dense forests.

"Hmm... This is another world—"

Liva explained.

"If we want to go through that door, we can first travel to this world, then move the corresponding distance, and then we can reach the destination when we return—"

The Siren, standing aside with a sullen face and hunched back, had just vomited out all the water in her lungs.

"Uh... huh... why did my body instinctively switch modes..."

"Ahem... no matter what the issue is with the planet's rotation or revolution, it will work."

As soon as Siren wiped the water from her mouth, she was dragged out of the water by Liva.

"Let's move on quickly. Time won't wait."

"Come here, Mu Ma... or Noa?"

"Now Naia."

Noah also came up from the water.

Gathering together quickly, the Siren snapped her fingers again—and this time it worked.

The ripples of time and space appeared again.

The surrounding scene flashed back to the silver-white room.

"So, why did you snap your fingers?"

"Don't you think this is cool?"

"Good good."

Ignoring the Siren who looked as if it was a matter of course, Liva touched the display instrument in front of her.

"So… this is the console? It's not broken."

"Naiya, it's your turn to operate."

Nodding, Noa took over Liva's position and stood in front of the console.

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"Sister! Sister~"

"My dear child, what has happened?"

The woman with long emerald green hair was surrounded by two children.

They all wore veils—but the most striking feature was their pointed, elf-like ears.

No, it should be said that they are elves.

"Sister~ We just met someone by the lake!"

"People? Um... you mean the outsider?"

The woman smiled kindly and patted the two children's heads.

"That brave man deserves the help of our clan."

"He is troubled by a premonition that comes from nowhere. Perhaps he is cleansing his soul around the sacred tree lake."

"No! Sister!"

The two little ones explained while jumping around.

"The stranger's hair is golden! And, even though everyone talks about his friend every time he sees him, he's always alone!"

"We saw three people! And no one with blond hair!"

"Three... people?"

The emerald-haired woman was stunned for a moment.

"Yes! And there's no stranger with the light blond hair among them!"

"Um……"

The woman glanced at the children's innocent faces.

"I see—do you remember what they looked like?"

"I know!..."

……

Looking at the children playing and leaving in the distance, her gaze gradually moved towards the horizon.

"The person who appeared in the sacred tree lake..."

"The hero has appeared... and according to the legend of the Sosei Chronicle, all of humanity will stand against the great darkness."

Thinking back to the light-blond woman who always had a sad look on her face, the emerald-haired woman sighed softly.

"Alas...the war is about to begin."

"We need to unite all living beings..."

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“…doesn’t exist?”

Noa looked at the control panel in shock.

"Tactical nuclear weapons...are not on launch pads!?"

"How can this be?!"

Too many incredible things have happened.

But this time, Naia racked his brains but could not understand why the tactical nuclear weapon that was still on the launch pad a few hours ago had disappeared.

"Will it be washed away by the sea?"

"What are you thinking about...it's not a small thing."

Liwa held her forehead.

"I need to check the status of the silo!"

Grabbing the radioactive protective suit, Noa rushed to the door and tried to open the automatic door.

Then, he suddenly realized the sea water outside and took a step back.

"...!"

Giving Siren an urgent look, Liva opened the protective shield and covered Noa.

"You're not taking me with you, are you... Gulu Gulu Gulu Gulu."

The violent seawater poured into the room as violently as it did in the main control room.

The Siren seemed to accept her fate, closing her eyes and gurgling bubbles.

(It feels a bit comfortable—well, is this familiar?)

(It tastes like home.)

(Wait, taste?)

Eyes snapped open.

The Siren stared at the door as if in a stress response.

"That feeling... so disgusting..."

"Hey...what's this?"

Something came through the door.

Wriggling and spreading—blue-purple tentacles several times larger than those covering the surface.

"Alas!!!"

Liva immediately pulled Noa back several steps.

A huge tentacle brushed past the corner of her clothes and rushed towards her fiercely, piercing through the wall.

"Boom-"

More tentacles filed in and poked into the room.

"Hey! Come here quickly——"

Shouted to the Siren who was almost at the other end of the room.

The space was almost filled with tentacles.

The distance between them did not allow Liva to rush over.

"Damn...Millennium Cube!"

Before being pierced, Liva hung the double blades on her waist in time and took out the Millennium Cube to unleash its power of traveling through time and space.

In her eyes, the last movement of the Siren, which gradually disappeared from her sight, was to draw out the one-handed sword.

Then, the world changed.

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"…Why is this happening?"

The deep blue, tired mermaid girl walked slowly on a piece of "land".

"I can't find it... Have you all left?"

Look up to the sky.

Still the color of late night.

She clenched a lock in her hand.

"Is this the end..."

The physical and mental fatigue has weighed on the mermaid girl like a heavy stone.

"Mello..."

"Honey..."