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The last to arrive was a remarkably handsome, even fashionable young man. He had a long sword in a black and red scabbard at his waist, though the sword looked more like an ornament than a weapon. A fully packed hiking backpack was slung over his shoulders, and he carried a large paper bag and a suitcase in his hands.

Patriot, FrostNova, and even the Shield Guards behind them were a bit lost. Wait, where's the world-shaking, effortlessly destructive super-expert they promised? The one Koschei was too scared to even show his face around?

How did these four look like they had any professional training? Their clothing was garish, and they didn't seem like they were here to help at all. They looked more like a student tour group who bought student tickets for a day trip to the Ursus snowfields.

The hell are you guys doing here, on a date in the Ursus snowfields?!

Chapter 31: Encountering Steel Prison Big in the Snowfield, Unable to Win Despite Full Effort

"Ach-choo!" Toyokawa Shoko sneezed. "I'm wearing so much, why is it still so cold."

"It's so cold. Talulah, why is it as cold here as winter back home? My toes feel like they're going to freeze off." Artoria rubbed her hands, breathing warm air onto them, but her mind remained alert. She felt like she had been swept into a malicious storm the moment she arrived.

It's so awful, it makes me feel sick.

"Ilya, didn't you prepare more for coming to the snowfields?" Qianyi handed Artoria the hot milk he just bought. "Hot milk is the best thing at a time like this. Holding it warms you up, and it feels like you possess the whole world."

"Whoa, thank you, Qianyi. You're so kind." Artoria cupped the warm milk in both hands and took a gentle sip, white steam slowly wafting past her nose.

Her body immediately felt warmer.

Hot milk, truly a wonderful civilization.

"Mine, mine?" Kiana poked her head over like a husky, successfully getting a cup to warm her hands. "Is this Talulah's world? I remember they have a lot of cat-girl girls here. Do you think she'll arrange a cat-girl welcoming party for us? Hehe, fluffy cat-girls~?"

"Reunion is so poor they're eating snow. They rely on Talulah working outside every day just to survive. Where would they get the extra resources to assemble a cat-girl party for you?" Qianyi thought Kiana was just dreaming. Giving her some furries would be enough.

"I can see they're really poor. This lousy place where they're supposed to pick us up isn't even as good as the prison environment where my sister hangs me up and beats me," Kiana nodded.

Hearing this, Talulah felt incredibly awkward. I'm so sorry I couldn't put together a cat-girl welcoming party for you.

However, FrostNova and Patriot next to her were filled with indignation. They clearly had no respect for Reunion, and their words implied that Reunion were a bunch of weaklings and rabble. They even expected Reunion to consist of attractive cat-girls to please them! For the first time, Patriot felt a surge of anger. He had zero tolerance for these kinds of charlatans and useless people who went around deceiving others!

How could Talulah associate with these insects!

In his rage, his aura became even more intense. FrostNova, standing beside him, felt his oppressive presence and trembled instantly, thinking it's over. But at that moment, Patriot met Qianyi's gaze.

A surging divine aura pressed down like a tidal wave through their eyes, directly into Patriot's mind. His mountain-like body felt uncontrollable, and he instinctively raised his shield to block, protecting FrostNova and Talulah behind him. In that brief moment of eye contact, he felt as if he saw a fierce beast, a hydra with deadly poison staring at him. No, the gaze wasn't from a hydra, but from something far more terrifying – the gaze of the one who hunted the hydra.

In a daze, Patriot seemed to see a figure filled with divine aura and the beauty of strength, a perfect embodiment of what power was, watching him. There was no malice, just a simple, curious appraisal.

Qianyi had not expected this outcome. After drawing the Heracles' martial art, [Hundred Head Slayer], this martial art had merged with him. However, there were some issues with the fusion.

Perhaps it was because [Hundred Head Slayer] was famously used by Heracles to defeat the Hydra, Hydra, that it resonated with the [Heavenly Cloud Sword] in Izanagi, Qianyi's persona, which had once defeated the Yamata no Orochi. This led to a very high level of fusion with this martial art, causing him to unconsciously emit a spiritual pressure comparable to that of the strongest Greek hero towards any hostile being around him.

Qianyi himself didn't know about this. It was because Shoko, Kiana, and the others didn't hold any hostility towards him. Anyone else who felt hostile had long been scared shitless and didn't even have the courage to talk to him, so how would they end up telling him?

"Uh oh, did we walk into a den of thieves?" Looking at the fully armed Shield Guard squad opposite them, and the suddenly agitated Hajirabbit FrostNova and Patriot, Kiana's expression immediately turned serious. "Talulah pretended to invite us to Reunion to deal with Black Serpent, but she actually plans to wipe us all out and steal our treasures?!"

"Eh? Eh eh eh!" Artoria was so surprised she could barely speak, only letting out meaningless cries.

"Do you think Talulah has that much brainpower?" Qianyi retorted.

"That's true, so what's going on then?" Kiana asked again.

"Black Serpent must have known we were coming to beat him, so he struck first by possessing Talulah's body and deceiving Patriot and FrostNova with lies!" Qianyi analyzed the situation with a serious expression.

"What should we do?" Toyokawa Shoko asked.

"Let's beat them all up first to calm them down! Then we'll tie Talulah up and beat the Black Serpent out!" Qianyi took off his backpack and threw it to Shoko, then drew Jizo Mitama and his persona summoning device.

"What a disobedient Black Serpent. If you were obedient, you wouldn't have died." Kiana looked up, revealing an arrogant smile. Her right eye turned golden, and two Void Spears appeared beside her.

"Wait! I didn't..." Seeing the two guild members already in combat stances, Talulah quickly waved her hands trying to explain, but the next moment, a foot crossed space and fiercely kicked her in the face.

"Talulah, don't blame us. This is all to save you from Black Serpent!" Kiana's mouth was full of pity, but her face was smiling brighter than anyone else. She even shouted the name of the skill she was about to use: "Kaslana Chain Kick!"

You wouldn't let me retreat with you!

Do you know the pain of being hung up and beaten by my sister, you bastards!!!

Feel the pain!!!

"Kiana, that's Talulah's body, go easy on her."

Qianyi couldn't quite stomach Kiana's behavior and reminded her, but his opponents were Patriot, FrostNova, and the Shield Guard squad. With so many people attacking him, if he made the slightest mistake, he could die, so...

"Persona, Susanoo-no-Mikoto!"

"Myriad of Admonitions!!!"

Patriot and the Shield Guard squad, suddenly sensing the danger, immediately raised their shields to defend. However—

Boom, boom, boom—!!!

Three explosions erupted in succession across the snowfield. In the blink of an eye, Patriot, FrostNova, and the Shield Guard squad were all buried in the snow.

Encountering Steel Prison Big in the snowfield, Izanagi unleashed Myriad of Admonitions, powerful as a monster; unable to win despite full effort.

"So strong... just as expected of the captain, annihilating all enemies in an instant." Shoko watched with some fascination.

When will I be able to become as strong as them?

Is there this powerful strength within my body?

"Hiss!"

Suddenly, Shoko felt a sharp pain in her head, as if something was speaking inside her brain.

She didn't have time to think about it, because while Qianyi was dealing with Patriot, FrostNova, and the Shield Guards, Kiana had already used the Void Belt to hang Talulah upside down from a tree.

"Black Serpent! I'll show you for what you truly are!"

Chapter 32: Talulah, Are You Awake?

"Black Serpent! I'll show you for what you truly are!"

Kiana held the Void Spear, transforming it into a whip. Returning to Season 1, she became a farmer, starting with a hundred lashes.

With every lash, Talulah gritted her teeth in pain. She understood Kiana's pain when Durandal whipped her, but that was another matter. Right now, she could only do one thing.

Kiana, I'll go at your ancestors!

Why are you hitting so hard, like you're trying to kill me with every strike!

Talulah thought that thankfully she wasn't actually possessed by Koschei, otherwise with Kiana's strength, the Black Serpent wouldn't have lasted, and she herself would have been beaten to death.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Talulah roared.

"Hmph, you want me to stop? Wouldn't that make me lose face?" Kiana ignored her. When Durandal hit her, Kiana had screamed herself hoarse but couldn't make her sister stop. Why should Talulah, who was possessed by Koschei, be able to make her stop?

"Qianyi, come quickly and see her!!" Talulah wanted to complain, but Kiana delivered six lashes to her backside in one second, the pain preventing her from shouting.

"Koschei, I'm giving you one last chance to leave that girl's body." Qianyi, who had knocked Patriot and the others unconscious, approached with Artoria and Toyokawa Shoko, threatening.

Kiana stopped at the right moment, giving Qianyi the stage.

"I'm not possessed by Koschei, damn it!" Talulah almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You say you're not Koschei? Then fine, why are you here with so many Shield Guards, and why did you bring Patriot and FrostNova, the two strongest combatants? Were you planning to take us all down at once?" Qianyi didn't believe it. With the cunning of the old Black Serpent, it was entirely possible for it to disguise itself as Talulah and deceive the members of Reunion into seeing them as enemies.

"Uh..." Talulah said, "They might just be overly enthusiastic, here to welcome you."

"Welcome us with weapons?" Toyokawa Shoko retorted.

"Isn't it common to carry weapons in the snowfield?" Talulah asked, confused.

Qianyi sneered, "Still not being honest? Continue the beating. I want to see how long you, the Black Serpent, can be stubborn."

"Alright!" Kiana swung her whip towards the dragon girl.

Looking at the long whip formed from the Void Spear, Talulah's cold sweat poured down. She began to struggle wildly, "Wait! I really am Talulah! Believe me! Believe me!! Ahhhhh!!!"

"Wait, she really does seem to be Miss Talulah." Artoria suddenly spoke up.

"What do you mean?" Kiana turned her head and asked.

"I don't feel any malice from her," Artoria said.

However, such vague words were naturally unconvincing, so Qianyi added, "As a Garden Fairy, Liya possesses the Fairy Eyes of higher fairies, which can see through any lie and reflect the truth. Because of these eyes, she can see all the lies and true words of others."

Talulah was speechless. If she had such a useful skill, why didn't she use it earlier? That way, she wouldn't have had to endure a beating for nothing.

The next moment, she felt the things binding her legs loosen, and then she fell without warning, headfirst, landing face-first in the snow.

Silence, only silence.

The temperature rose imperceptibly, and the snow began to melt. The fallen dragon girl had already gotten up, the anger in her eyes like a erupting Mount Fuji, vowing to destroy all of Japan!

"Ki-a-na! I'm going to kill you!!!" The dragon's roar echoed across the snowfield. Fortunately, there were no snow mountains nearby, otherwise this roar might have triggered an artificial avalanche.

"Whoa! Such strong malice!" Artoria immediately hid behind Qianyi.

Realizing the danger, Kiana's cold sweat poured even more profusely. She repeatedly shouted, "Gua! It must be Koschei! It must be Koschei possessing her!! Qianyi, quickly, let's team up to suppress her!!!"

Qianyi silently watched the show, shielding Kiana with Toyokawa Shoko and Artoria, while drinking hot milk and watching.

Herrscher of the Void vs. Terra Red Dragon.

To witness such an astonishing battle, even if it cost him teleportation tickets, would be absolutely worth the price!

???

The first to wake up was Patriot, who had suffered the most severe attack.

When he woke up, the battle was already over, and both Kiana and Talulah were unconscious. Before he could understand the situation, Qianyi had unceremoniously shoved his luggage into his hands, asking him to help transport it back to the Reunion camp, and then went to carry Talulah.

"So heavy." Qianyi grumbled.

Perhaps because Talulah had a large tail in addition to him, her weight was significantly heavier. Coupled with the trouble of transporting someone through the snow, he simply threw Talulah to Patriot as well.

"I'll trouble you," Toyokawa Shoko bowed to Patriot, also handing him her suitcase. Her strength wasn't enough to drag a suitcase through the snow.

Patriot remained silent. Clearly, these people regarded him as a porter for their luggage. He was the last pure-blooded Wendigo, a being that struck fear into countless people, yet here he seemed like a logistics deliveryman.

He felt these people were becoming terrifying, not because of their strength and power, but because he couldn't understand them at all. In battle, the most terrifying enemies weren't those with great strength and superior intellect, but those whose actions you couldn't fathom.

A short while later, FrostNova and the Shield Guards also woke up. Then they were put to use as human carts, responsible for transporting Talulah, Kiana, Qianyi, and the others to the Reunion camp.

Bouncing along, Talulah slowly woke up. She breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that she was lying on a stretcher made from the combined shields of four Shield Guard team members. But when she saw Qianyi riding on Patriot's neck, with his hands gripping the two horns on Patriot's mask as if piloting a mecha, her brain still short-circuited.

"No, Qianyi, what are you doing?"

"Returning to the Reunion camp." Qianyi turned his head and replied.

"No, I mean, why are you riding on Patriot's neck?"

"It's fun, it's trendy. It feels like I'm Illya, piloting Berserker Heracles," Qianyi said.

"..."

Who is Illya?

Isn't Heracles an item in the dimensional chat group's prize pool?

A string of questions flooded Talulah's mind. She had so many things she wanted to complain about, but didn't know where to start. Her brain couldn't process so much information, so she simply skipped the topic.

"Qianyi, how do you plan to deal with Koschei?"

"I haven't decided yet," Qianyi replied truthfully.

"How can you not have decided? Go into your TV world and beat him up, then let me plunge my sword into its ASS to finish it off. What a great plan." Talulah was anxious. If Koschei wasn't beaten, hadn't she called them over for nothing?

"Are you a violent maniac?" Qianyi's face twitched slightly as he explained, "Your situation is different from Kiana's or Ling's. Koschei is not a part of you. It is a duke of Ursus, and its influence is considerable. Simply eliminating it would be a waste. If we can eliminate it while allowing you to take its place and inherit Koschei's ducal legacy..."

Before Qianyi could finish painting his picture, Talulah vehemently refused, "I will not take that old scoundrel Koschei's legacy, nor will I inherit it!"

Toyokawa Shoko: "..."

Qianyi: "..."

Kiana: "..."

Artoria: "..."

Patriot: "..."

It must be Koschei possessing you, making you delirious!

Let's beat you awake now!

Chapter 33: Koschei, we're coming for you!

Koschei, a famous scoundrel in the world of Terra, a scoundrel among scoundrels.