Chapter 136

But...

It's hard to say about Gray Serpent; he lost a powerful ally for the sake of a political enemy.

Is this price really worth it?

"You can think about it some more," Rita said, "But I don't think it will take too long."

"Nobody knows when Doctor Mei will return."

"We missed this opportunity."

"There's nothing we can do to help you."

So...

Is this Schicksal business deal really reliable?

Cocolia was caught in a dilemma.

Chapter 164 What Price?

"This dungeon is easier than I expected."

To be precise, this isn't a dungeon, but a secret realm.

In any case, it's still easier to play than the MEI phenomenon.

There were no super-powerful Honkai Beast or super-powerful mechs. Due to the lack of unified command, and the fact that neither the Honkai Beast nor the mechs inherently demonstrated any military aspect of group combat.

Therefore, defeating them one by one is a tactic that can be easily achieved.

This is undoubtedly a good opportunity for Mei, Kiana, Bronya, and the Vodka Twins to practice in real combat.

The first challenge is facing a real enemy, not a fake opponent simulated in a simulation battle.

More importantly, this time there was someone guiding us in the actual combat.

Even if a large number of opponents are lured in at once, Himeko and Siegfried will keep things under control, so there won't be any problems. Therefore, they naturally won't let go of such a rare opportunity for actual combat.

These Trainee Valkyrie each took one or two to deal with it.

Rosaliya is probably the most outstanding among them.

Although the fighting was completely disorganized, consisting of random, indiscriminate punches and nothing more, its brilliance lay in the high morale, high spirits, and intense fighting spirit, with an extremely strong desire to battle.

Regardless of whether it's their turn or not, they want to punch the target first.

So it looks really eye-catching.

Compared to her, Mei is the most cautious one. She never rushes to attack in any battle, always proceeding with extreme caution. She focuses on defense and counterattack, and won't easily advance unless she's absolutely certain of victory.

Bronya, in combat, focuses on precisely timing her damage output.

They wouldn't even fire an extra shell.

The last shot ended the battle perfectly.

As for Kiana, she seemed much more extravagant. Perhaps imitating Kallen's actions, she also tried to turn her dual pistols into machine guns.

It allows you to dig out two-ton bullets from an enemy corpse weighing 50kg.

Various water splashes.

Ultimately Liliya's fighting style, overshadowed by precision, spirit, fanaticism, and extravagance, seemed rather unremarkable. Or rather, her fighting style appeared quite conventional.

She lacks Rosaliya's wildness and radicalism, Kiana's wealth, and Mei's spirit.

They didn't calculate with the same level of precision as Bronya.

How should I put it?

It was all rather bumpy, with no real techniques. I just relied on instinct, grabbed my heavy sword, and started hacking away. If I could finish, I was done; if not, someone else would clean up the mess.

Overall, Liliya is a fairly standard newbie template.

Try to do everything properly, showing obvious signs of imitation (imitating Himeko and Rosaliya). You can do some things well, but it's impossible to do them all well.

Overall, everyone was quite satisfied with this secret realm experience.

Himeko felt that the team had been trained, and Redhead felt that they had found someone important again. The twins also began to try to use their powers correctly, while the several formal Trainee Valkyrie learned many things that they couldn't learn in the simulation battles.

Finally, there's Siegfried.

"My ancestor's wife, my wife... my wife is my ancestor's wife, and also my ancestor..."

"Oh! My lovely Cecilia! Why!! Why is this happening?!"

Siegfried felt an indescribable pain as he looked at her as Mei. Why was it so painful? Why was my Cecilia like this?

If only she weren't... if only she weren't!

No...

"No! You're not!" Siegfried suddenly pointed at Mei and shouted, "You're not Mei, you're not Kallen, you're not Cecilia, who are you?!"

"What's wrong with you?" MEI pushed up his glasses and said, "My Li Pu!"

'You really are a femme fatale.'

MEI heard the system's gloating, synthesized voice inside her head: 'Look, another one's gone mad.'

'Oh, is this my fault?' MEI thought angrily. 'If you hadn't added those inappropriate halos, do you think Siegfried would be like this?'

"But he derived that logic himself," the system said. "You've further enhanced your rationality."

'Reason can enhance a goal, you know. His previous goal was to remarry Cecilia.'

When emotions run high, any kind of twisted logic can come up.

'When reason prevails, the goal is already set, so reason is reinforced, and reason will also consider the logic behind it.'

Simply put, it's about analyzing whether one's wife is truly the right person for them, while the ultimate goal is to marry her.

'It's a miracle he hasn't gone insane, given this paradoxical logical fallacy.'

The system wasn't lying; Siegfried is currently trapped in a bizarre logical loop. He can't seem to escape it—a completely contradictory yet seemingly self-consistent logical loop.

The fact that he hasn't gone insane already shows how resilient he is.

It's understandable that such a statement would suddenly come out now.

"Then can you solve this for me?" MEI asked back.

"Continue with the same aura as before, emphasizing emotion rather than reason," the system said.

"You wish," Mei said. "Don't bother me, I'm about to get what I want."

The system shut up, or more accurately, it muted its microphone.

A little girl looked at the girl beside her with pleading eyes and said, "Is this all there is to it? Won't anything change? Won't we help? Isn't this worse than losing a thousand puddings?"

"Don't worry," the girl said, crossing her arms. "She'll be coming to find you soon."

"She has no idea how big a hole she has dug for herself."

"Really no hints at all?" The little girl felt that this pit might require another person to jump in and fill it. As for that person who needs to fill the pit...

Hmm, it definitely wasn't me!

"If you tell everything, what's the point of my advice to tell only half and not tell the whole story?" the girl said. "If you want her to come begging to you, the best thing to do now is to let her fall really hard."

"That's why she would want to come to you for help," the girl said confidently. "If she hadn't jumped into the pit."

"If you just go up and explain, she won't take you seriously."

"Oh..." The little girl thought about it and felt that what he said made a lot of sense. She couldn't refute it, but why did she feel that her current situation was all caused by this guy?

My best friend...

Is it reliable or not?

Let's put aside the question of whether one's best friend is reliable or not.

"By the way, she's about to get the Holy Sword," a little girl said. "What should I do if she's pulling for characters?"

"Should we lower the drop rate for the worst character?"

"No way!" The girl thought for a moment and then denied it, "She has already drawn a first-tier character three times in a row. If she suddenly can't draw a first-tier character anymore."

"She'll definitely get suspicious. Go and lower the drop rate for that next-tier character."

"They're all from the same world; at most, he'll just think he's unlucky."

"My luck didn't suddenly turn so badly like before."

"And this character won't pose a threat to you."

"Yes, perfect!"

Well, at least from a feeling perspective, this is absolutely perfect.

The so-called second-tier characters are ordinary supporting characters in the same world, supporting characters with names who live in the lines, or supporting characters without names who have appeared, or supporting characters with names who have appeared and have some relationship with the main characters.

In short, they are all characters who have little impact on the main plot and do not possess any extraordinary abilities.

They are all second-rate characters.

The reason they were classified as first-class was simply because they shared the same worldview.

Hmm, feels perfect!

The girl nodded; she was almost impatient to see Li Pu's reaction when he drew the second-best role.

In that other world.

MEI finally stood before the so-called Holy Sword.

A sword stuck in a fire.

"It really is true!"

MEI pushed up her glasses.

Why do I say that it really is true?

This sword looks exactly like Saber's Curry Stick. Yes, it's the wide, long one, with a gold, rounded, blue-patterned handguard and a blue hilt.

The Curry Stick that the Bed King is holding.

The same goes for the scabbard of the Curry Stick.

"This feels... quite unexpected."

MEI said with a playful tone.

"What?" Redhead asked curiously, and then tried to reach out and grab it. But he was bounced away before he could even touch it.

"I guessed it, and I didn't expect it to actually be true." MEI didn't care about the Redhead rolling on the ground. She said, as if answering the Redhead's question, "It really is."

MEI has imagined what the Curry Stick here would look like, including the Curry Stick from Type-Moon.

I had thought about it, but seeing this thing in person was quite a surprise.

That was really unexpected.

It seems there are many more things in this world than I ever imagined.

MEI hadn't expected many things. Siegfried stared intently at the Curry Stick. Although he didn't understand what MEI was talking about, this was definitely the Holy Sword.

If she really is King Arthur, then she is definitely capable of wielding this sword.

If she could pick up that sword.

That means she is his wife!

Um!

That's it, now it's time to verify its authenticity!

Mei stepped forward and grabbed the sword hilt. Unlike the Redhead girl, she wasn't thrown away. Instead, starlight rapidly gathered around Mei, forming a whirlwind-like aura.

It spun at high speed and then exploded!