Playful! Collapse!

"I really didn't expect that you would come to Changkong City to continue helping Otto carry out his mission."

Looking at his colleagues who behaved completely differently from the others, Siegfried scratched the back of his head helplessly.

"Lewis, you're married and have kids, you should have retired long ago. Why are you still trying to get a first-tier job now?"

"Siegfried..."

Listening to the other party's words, Lewis endured the pain in his body, leaned against the wall and looked at his former colleague whom he had not seen for a long time.

"I am the Valkyrie of destiny. When the organization needs me, I will appear on the front lines of the battlefield."

"and......"

"Didn't Lady Cecilia do the same thing back then?"

Hearing his comrade mention his beloved wife's name, Siegfried fell silent for a moment.

Yeah, fourteen years ago...

If I could have resolved the disaster caused by the second Honkai in time, Cecilia wouldn't have died under the bombardment of the Honkai fission bomb.

Otto…Apokalis!

At this moment, Lewis, a veteran of many battles, suddenly felt an extremely terrifying murderous aura from Siegfried.

Although she knew very well that this murderous intent was not directed at her and other colleagues in Tianming, at this moment, Lewis still felt a lot of cold sweat seeping out of his back.

Sure enough, Siegfried...is still the same Siegfried from back then.

Although he is reckless, he is not a fool who cannot distinguish right from wrong.

Even though we are now in a hostile state, he only made us unable to fight, but did not harm us further.

But this murderous intent...Alas, what did the Bishop do to him in the first place that made him choose to deviate from destiny and turn to anti-entropy?

"Forget it, why am I sulking here?"

Siegfried forced himself to control his emotions, glanced coldly at the people who were so frightened by him that they dared not move, and finally looked at Lewis.

"Lewis, you were also a participant in those events back then, so you know exactly what happened."

"I won't say any more - take care of yourself, and we'll see you later."

After watching Siegfried leave from his sight, Lewis breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, she took out her communicator and completed the communication with the organization, then looked at her subordinates around her.

"Alright, hold on everyone. Siegfried didn't kill us. The organization will send someone to take us back to the medical department for treatment."

After saying this, Lewis began to think about the meaning of Siegfried's words.

As a veteran who was a B-rank Valkyrie during the Second Collapse, Lewis can be said to be an antique who has survived the Second Collapse in front of the Valkyries in the organization.

The Valkyrie assessment at that time was much stricter than it is now, so Lewis, who was able to reach Class B at that time, was actually one of the strongest people in the organization except for the Snow Wolf Team and the two God Key holders Siegfried and Theresa.

After the war, the Destiny Valkyrie troops suffered heavy casualties. Three A-class Valkyries were killed and one was missing. Among the three S-class Valkyries holding the Divine Key, one was killed and two were seriously injured.

In this case, the organization immediately promoted Lewis from B level to A level.

Lewis was well aware of the difficulties faced by the organization, so he naturally accepted the title. He began to participate in subsequent battles and post-disaster reconstruction work, while also looking to see if there were any good talents worth cultivating.

But during this period, Lewis never forgot one thing.

That is, Tianming concealed a truth after the war.

The reason why Lewis was able to survive that year was because Anti-Entropy, which had temporarily joined forces with Destiny at the time, sent a mecha unit to rescue her unit.

However, after the war ended, the internal database of Tianming stated that "Tianming fought against the Second Collapse alone."

Although it is understandable that Bishop Otto concealed Anti-Entropy's achievements in this regard in order to avoid some negative impact, this matter still made Lewis, who was saved by Anti-Entropy, a little unhappy.

And what Siegfried said to her just now was probably a hint at the thing that Otto had concealed back then.

But then again...

After sorting out his thoughts, Lewis realized belatedly that Siegfried, a notoriously rough man, was actually so meticulous in this regard.

If he directly told Lewis that he knew Otto was lying, whether Lewis's future life and work would be affected would depend entirely on Otto's mood.

Alas, the reckless Siegfried back then can now be so meticulous.

Life turns people into ghosts.

The fact that Siegfried still cares about me, his former comrade-in-arms, shows that his true intentions haven't changed at all.

Kaslana is fine, but the problem is...

Thinking of this, Lewis forced himself to stop thinking.

Knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing. Even Siegfried knew this, but I almost forgot it.

Do your part well and don't worry about anything else.

otherwise......

Siegfried's today may be our tomorrow.

.........................

at the same time

After leaving the restaurant, Yuan Yan immediately quickened his pace.

Kiana, who caught up with Yuan Yan, was extremely surprised to find that if she did not choose to jog all the way, there was a high probability that she would be left behind by Yuan Yan.

"Senior, please don't run so fast."

Looking at Yuan Yan, whose distance from her was actually widening, Kiana shouted at Yuan Yan's back.

"Wait~ wait~ for me!"

"Oh well."

After stopping directly, Yuan Yan remained where he was and looked back at Kiana who was standing beside him.

At this time, in order to keep up with Yuan Yan's pace, Kiana actually looked out of breath and embarrassed.

Just now, Yuan Yan started to speed up his pace, actually just to test his current physical fitness.

However, he did not expect that the so-called [Heart of the Brave] that [will greatly improve his physical fitness] could actually improve his physical fitness to the same level as Kaslana's elite warriors.

[Are you surprised already? There are more surprises to come!]

Huh? Why are you still here?

Changkong City is about to explode, why do I feel that this place has suddenly become safe?

[It's okay, you'll cry later - but that's not what this system wants to talk about right now.]

?

If you have something to say, say it quickly.

Oh, okay, then...

【——Haha, the reward is here! 】

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PS: First update, will continue today.

Volume 1: Chapter 18. This world is crazy

The moment the system said this, Yuan Yan saw in front of him that the system's operation panel suddenly jumped out forcibly.

Among those function buttons that were not unlocked and not displayed, one button suddenly flashed a scarlet light and revealed its name.

[Ding, the characteristic skill tree has been unlocked! ]

[Since this is the first time the host has unlocked this feature, please select a skill from the characteristic skill tree to obtain it! ]

Ah, although I am very grateful for your reward, now that I have unlocked new system functions, shouldn’t you explain why I received this reward?

From just now until now...have I done anything to get rewards?

The answer to this question is actually very simple.

[If a host who has acquired a profession performs the tasks that this system determines should be performed, the corresponding system functions will be unlocked, and corresponding rewards will be obtained.]

...Have I done what a brave man should do?

[Thinking of muddying the waters and deliberately trying to lure out the Mandate of Heaven, this system considers this quite courageous.]

[Although the Hero profession does not have any mandatory requirements for good or evil, it is generally more positive.]

[From the moment you left the dormitory until now, you no longer act solely for yourself.]

[Although the results have not yet been determined, in the eyes of this system, acting to 'save others' is undoubtedly what a brave man should do.]

Thank you so much for praising me, instead of thinking, "This little bastard was thinking about running away before, and now he wants to flip the table. How can his logic be so confusing? Is he crazy?"

[You are quite self-aware - so do you want a reward? ]

This is not nonsense.

After clicking the button, Yuan Yan saw three characteristics: [Attack], [Defense], and [Assistance] on the characteristic skill tree.

Under the skill tree branches corresponding to these three characteristics, [Gathering and Dispersing Energy] and [Heart of the Brave] are classified as [Auxiliary] characteristics.

As for the two characteristics [Attack] and [Defense], there was a golden light shining below each of them.

Kiana noticed that Yuan Yan suddenly became silent as if he was thinking about something. She wanted to complain about Yuan Yan's previous behavior, but she immediately chose to shut up.

After the conversation with Otto, Kiana could vaguely feel that the pressure on Yuan Yan seemed to have become greater.

Based on what her stinky dad said about 'the Kaslana family's intuition is very accurate', she felt that now that she had this intuition, it would be better not to disturb the other party.

At this time, Yuan Yan looked at the two skills below attack and defense, and began to think about which skill he should choose.

On the offensive side, the randomly unlocked skill is called [Forbidden Power].

[Forbidden Power (Star Cup Legend)]

[Skill Introduction: Using the vast amount of energy within the body as a guide, unleashes a powerful and destructive attack.]

[Note 1: When using this skill, if the user is near a fire element or has a fire skill, the user can use the fire element to further enhance the destructive power of this attack. The moment this skill hits the enemy, the user will suffer minor damage.]

[Note 2: When using this skill, if the user is surrounded by water-attributed beings, or has water-attributed skills themselves, the user can use the water attribute to calm themselves down if they fail to hit the enemy, increasing their hit rate and evasion rate for a short period of time.]

[Note 3: After using the forbidden power, regardless of whether the enemy is hit or not, the player will fall into a weakened state.]

To be honest, although this skill looks extreme and is also extreme to use, in Yuan Yan's eyes, it is the ability he needs right now.

As for the defensive skills, Yuan Yan felt that they were also good skills to keep in mind.

[Fighting God's Body (Star Cup Legend)]

[Skill Introduction: Using the large amount of energy in the body as a guide, instantly heal injuries.]

[Note 1: At the moment of healing, the user will use energy to form a medium-sized water shield to resist enemy attacks.]

[Note 2: When the shield is broken, the scattered water elemental energy will heal the user's body again.]

The two skills, one for attack and one for defense, if used together, can even achieve the effect of 1+1>2.

But unfortunately, the reward given by the system this time only allows Yuan Yan to obtain one skill.

Attack or defense, this...

——It’s not a problem at all!

The moment he made up his mind, Yuan Yan chose the skill [Forbidden Power].

The strength of the Fighting God's Heavenly Body skill is not bad, but for Yuan Yan now, he really lacks the means of attack.

When facing an enemy that he has to fight, if Yuan Yan's skill of gathering and dispersing energy is seen through by the enemy, then he, who only has the body of a fighting god, will be nothing more than a punching bag strengthened by the heart of a brave man.

On the contrary, after choosing the forbidden power, Yuan Yan at least had the strength to fight against the enemy.

If the time comes when he needs to risk his life, with this trump card, at least he will not become a lamb to be slaughtered at that moment.

「Ah, you are more extreme than I thought. 」

if not?

This world is crazy.