She was trying to buy the Black Prince a chance to survive, or to lessen Genichi Hanyu's murderous intent.
Upon hearing this, Genichi Hanyu smiled with satisfaction.
Coercion is always more direct and effective than bribery.
"Don't worry, he's my only target. As for whether he's cunning or not..."
Genichi Hanyu stood up, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
"In the face of absolute power, any cunning is nothing but a futile struggle."
Now, tell me, where is he?
Princess Alice resignedly gave the name of an extremely secluded ancient castle deep in the Scottish Highlands, even including some magical defenses and possible escape routes inside the castle—all of which she had clearly seen with her own eyes through her ghostly body.
Having obtained the information he wanted, Genichi Hanyu nodded.
"Very good. Thank you for your cooperation. Rest well and recuperate. Perhaps in the near future, I will heal your body as a reward for today."
Before Princess Alice could react, Genichi Hanyu vanished from the room as silently as he had arrived.
Princess Alice was left alone, slumped on the bed, staring at the empty room, her eyes filled with worry and a deep sense of powerlessness.
326 A worthy opponent, a cheater meets a strange mechanism.
Thanks to the accurate intelligence provided by Princess Alice, Genichi Hanyu almost effortlessly intercepted the Black Prince, Alexander Gascoigne, who was preparing to relocate his base in a secluded castle in the Scottish Highlands.
Faced with the sudden arrival of the nemesis Genichi Hanyu, the Black Prince demonstrated his adaptability as a strategist.
He tried to use his "lightning-fast" superpower to maneuver, but faced with the absolute difference in strength and the combination of superpowers that Genichi Hanyu possessed, he found all his efforts pale and laughable.
Genichi Hanyu didn't even use many fancy powers; he simply relied on his absolute control over the rules of space to easily block all of the Black Prince's escape routes.
Then a familiar combo unfolded once again—the Warrior's Golden Sword first weakened and locked its core power, followed by the simultaneous use of the Steal and Plunder powers...
The process was unremarkable, even easier than dealing with some thick-skinned, unruly gods.
In just over ten minutes, Alexander the Black Prince, who once dominated Europe and caused headaches for countless magic societies, collapsed in his meticulously prepared castle like a rag doll drained of all its power, filled with endless astonishment and resentment.
Almost at the same time that Genichi Hanyu defeated the Black Prince, Luo Hao, who was far away in North America, also sent a message through a special communication method.
"The false king of North America has been executed."
The message was extremely brief, just like Luo Hao's style, not even bothering to mention the details.
But Genichi Hanyu could imagine that Anne Charlton, the Hades who liked to play the hero, would not fare any better than the Black Prince when facing Luo Hao, who was in even better shape than before and was holding back his anger.
At this point, there is only one other god-slayer left in the world, and she is also the one who gives Genichi Hanyu the most trouble and headaches—Madame Elsa!
If the Black Prince and Hades represent the technical and skill-based types, then Lady Elsa, who has lived in seclusion on the Indian subcontinent for many years and whose whereabouts are shrouded in mystery, is the ultimate representative of the combination of cunning and luck!
The main reason why Genichi Hanyu was having a headache was because of this lady's incredible survival ability!
First of all, she had no fixed abode.
It's not simply a matter of changing hiding places; rather, her very existence seems to be influenced by her powers, causing her to drift randomly around the world and even across different times and spaces without her noticing.
One might be meditating in a temple in India one day, and the next day, due to some bizarre coincidence, appear deep in the Amazon rainforest or under the Antarctic ice sheet.
Locating her location using conventional methods is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.
Secondly, and most importantly, her power called "The Grace of the Saint" has practically pushed the luck attribute to an unbelievable level!
This is a passively triggered, causal-level defense/evasion capability that is almost impossible to block by conventional means.
Any malicious attempt to find, locate, or attack her may fail due to a variety of bizarre and unexpected events.
For example, her men sent to search for her might all suffer from food poisoning;
The precious crystal ball used to divine her location may crack for no reason;
A remotely activated curse might be interrupted by a sudden bolt of lightning.
Even if Genichi Hanyu himself went to find it, he might inexplicably step into an ancient teleportation array that just happened to have expired and shifted at that time, and be thrown into some godforsaken other dimension or time rift!
Yes!
Every now and then, they'd send him to other dimensions!
This is what infuriates Genichi Hanyu the most, yet he feels utterly helpless about it!
Although he is powerful enough to tear through space and even interfere with time to some extent, he is still helpless against this kind of completely random, illogical, and purely luck-triggered spacetime transfer!
Several times, just as he sensed a faint trace of Lady Elsa's presence, the scene before him would transform into a desolate prehistoric era or a war-torn parallel world!
Although he was able to find his way back eventually thanks to his great strength, the process was extremely time-consuming and energy-intensive, and each time he returned, Lady Elsa had long since drifted off to some unknown corner!
So, facing this god-slayer who has maxed out his survival skills, Genichi Hanyu really felt extremely troubled!
He possessed the power to destroy the world, yet it was as if he were punching cotton, finding no point of contact.
How to deal with this slippery, lucky EX-level god-slayer has become Genichi Hanyu's top priority.
He summoned all his strategists and experts—Luo Hao, Erica, Luculazia, Athena, Ena Seikiin, Yuri Mariya, Liliana, and even Paolo Brandelli, who was far away in Italy, as well as some elders of the official history compilation committee, were invited to provide ideas.
However, after a heated discussion and a flurry of suggestions, the result was disheartening – they were at a loss.
Conventional tracking, containment, and brute-force attacks are essentially futile against Lady Elsa's absurd luck, likely leading to all sorts of bizarre accidents and possibly even backfiring on her own people.
Genichi Hanyu could certainly try to use his [Warrior] avatar to analyze and seal [Saint's Grace], or use his [Theft] power to steal this luck.
The problem is that the prerequisite for activating these powers is being able to lock onto and get close to Lady Elsa's true form!
And under that absurdly lucky influence, Genichi Hanyu may very well have been transported to some inexplicable time or space just moments before activating his powers!
Even the strongest urge to activate one's powers can trigger a strange causal backlash!
In addition to this, Lady Elsa possesses another troublesome power—[Fairy Corridor]!
This power allows her to actively open passages to parallel worlds!
If she feels that the situation is really extremely dangerous, she may not hesitate to go into some parallel world to hide!
While Genichi Hanyu also possesses similar spatial abilities, and even the power to interfere with parallel worlds, the problem is...
The number of parallel worlds is almost infinite!
It's like chasing a target who's not only incredibly lucky but also has a random teleportation scroll in a super maze with countless rooms whose layout is constantly changing!
Where can I find that?
Even if Genichi Hanyu had endless energy, he couldn't afford to waste this much time!
The meeting reached a stalemate.
The group looked at each other, and they all saw helplessness on each other's faces.
It's hard to believe that someone as powerful as Genichi Hanyu could be stumped by something as seemingly insignificant as luck.
(Okay?) Genichi Hanyu's fingers tapped unconsciously on the table, his brows furrowed.
He had never encountered such a formidable opponent. This was no longer a contest of strength; it was more like a disgusting violation of the rules.
Is there really no way to deal with her?
Genichi Hanyu's gaze slowly swept over everyone present, finally settling on the silent silver-haired loli—Athena.
As one of the oldest goddesses and a being with the divine authority of wisdom, she might have some different insights.
“Athena”.
Yuzuru Genichi asked, "Your Majesty?"
What are your thoughts on this situation?
Athena raised her golden eyes, her gaze indifferent. Her clear, cold voice rang out in the silent conference room: "The luck of mortals has its end, and the favor of fate is not eternal. Perhaps what you need is not forceful pursuit, but guidance and traps."
Her words were like a bolt of lightning piercing through the fog, suddenly illuminating a glimmer of light in Genichi Hanyu's eyes.
327's methods are too ruthless!
The atmosphere in the meeting room became tense for a time.
Faced with Lady Elsa's almost unsolvable luck and ability to travel through time and space, even the world's top sages and strongmen felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Forced attacks proved ineffective, and tracking proved impossible; it seemed as if they were truly trapped in a vicious cycle.
In the midst of this oppressive silence, Erica Blantri frowned slightly, a glint of light flashing in her azure eyes. After a moment's hesitation, she broke the silence: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, perhaps we have fallen into a misconception."
Erica's voice drew everyone's attention.
“We have been thinking about how to kill or capture Mrs. Elsa, but this is obviously extremely difficult and could even trigger a series of uncontrollable chain reactions.”
She paused to organize her thoughts before continuing, "But our ultimate goal is to ensure that our presence doesn't create unnecessary variables or increase the difficulty during the final battle with the Last King, right?"
Upon hearing this, Genichi Hanyu nodded slightly. Indeed, his core demand was to eliminate unstable factors, not necessarily to kill them.
Seeing Genichi Hanyu's reaction, Erica felt a little more at ease and offered her suggestion: "In that case, could we consider another option? It's not necessarily about killing Lady Elsa. As long as we can get Lady Elsa out of this world and into another parallel world, and ensure that she doesn't return to our main world, then the effect will be the same for the King's upcoming final battle—she will no longer be able to provide any power boost to the final King."
"Let her leave?"
Kiyoakiin Ena scratched her head, somewhat puzzled: "This sounds like it's harder than killing her, doesn't it? Will she listen to us?"
Luku590 Lazia seemed thoughtful: "Miss Erica's intention might be to use her [Fairy Corridor] powers to guide her to leave voluntarily, or to create some kind of accident so that she happens to end up in a distant parallel world from which she can never return?"
"exactly."
Erica nodded.
“Forcibly killing her would be extremely difficult, but if we could guide or encourage her to leave, we might be able to avoid her lucky counterattack against our malice to some extent. After all, leaving is not necessarily the same as causing harm.”
Gen Yuzuru tapped the armrest lightly with one finger, carefully considering Erica's suggestion. After a moment, he slowly nodded.
"This approach does have its merits."
He admitted.
“If Lady Aisha is willing to leave this world honestly and voluntarily, and can guarantee that she will not come back, then I do not necessarily have to take her life.”
Genichi Hanyu is not a bloodthirsty person; his actions are often highly purposeful. If his goal can be achieved at a lower cost, he is naturally happy to accept it.
But then he raised several key questions, which poured cold water on her: "But the problem is, firstly, would she be willing to leave voluntarily? She has lived in this world for so long, doesn't she have any attachments?"
"Second, even if she is willing to leave, how can we ensure that she keeps her promise and never returns? Verbal agreements between godkillers have almost no binding force."
"And the third, and most troublesome, point..."
Genichi Hanyu's gaze turned serious.
"What if, even if she has no intention of returning, her damned [Grace of the Saint] power might, due to some inexplicable accident or coincidence, unexpectedly teleport her back to our world before she even realizes it?"
"You know, her luck is often completely unreasonable and doesn't take into account her own wishes. We went to great lengths to send her away, but a few days later, she slipped on a banana peel, fell into a portal that suddenly appeared, and came back. What do you think is the probability of that?"
Genichi Hanyu's concerns are very practical and go straight to the heart of the matter.
The most prominent characteristic of Lady Elsa's power is its passivity and uncontrollability; often, even she herself cannot fully control it. Expecting her power to obediently comply with the "never return" agreement is simply a pipe dream.
These words plunged the crowd, whose hopes had just begun to rise, back into despair.
Indeed, given Lady Elsa's incredible luck, the possibility of such an unexpected return is not only not zero, but may even be surprisingly high!
"What should I do?"
Yuri Mariya said softly, her tone filled with helplessness.
"Is there really no other way? It's clear that it's almost impossible for us to safely kill or permanently expel Mrs. Elsa now..."
"It's almost impossible..."
Genichi Hanyu repeated the word, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.
"But almost does not mean absolutely, and no possibility does not mean impossible."
His gaze swept across the entire room once more, finally settling on a point in the void, as if recalling some information.
"Perhaps what we need is not to deal directly with Mrs. Elsa herself, but to find a reason for her to leave willingly, or even to actively seek a permanent departure, or to find an ally who can restrain her tyrannical luck."
"Who are you looking for?"
Erica immediately pressed for more details.
"Does this world even exist in a way or by means of counteracting that level of luck?"
A cold and slightly unethical smile slowly curved the corners of Genichi Hanyu's mouth.
"It is said that before becoming a god-slayer, Lady Aisha was a low-caste woman of extremely low status in a certain region of India, living a miserable life and suffering from bullying."
Everyone was surprised to hear this, not understanding why Genichi Hanyu would suddenly bring it up.
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