Luca took a deep breath and looked at Theresa and the others. Their beautiful, adorable appearances made him clench his fists reluctantly. Theresa had once been a Trailblazer, after all, and she knew Luca was not a bad person.
"Hey, hey, buddy."
Theresa called out softly. Luca raised his head and looked at Theresa in surprise, realizing she seemed to be speaking to him.
"Want to piss that Old Man off? Let's throw the match, then start demolishing his Fighting Club. How about it?"
"For example, you dodge our attacks, and we dodge yours, so that our attacks land on the club instead."
Theresa's tiny voice made Luca's eyes light up. He discreetly nodded at the four girls.
The two sides then began acting. March 7th unleashed her ultimate, firing a dense barrage of freezing arrows that narrowly skimmed past Luca before striking the Fighting Club's walls. The walls froze over, and as everyone knew, frozen things became extremely brittle.
Bronya then pulled out her gun and fired at Luca. He carefully dodged, and the bullets struck the frozen walls, which collapsed with a thunderous crash. The audience screamed and fled the club in a panic. They were willing to pay to watch a match, but if it cost them their lives, they wanted no part of it!
Amid Scott's distressed cries, the previously packed audience scattered. Some even snatched up Winter City Shields lying on the ground. Seeing this, Scott desperately shouted for the fighters to guard the table holding the Winter City Shields, but the fighters looked at the bullets flying everywhere, the arrows whizzing through the air, and the Fighting Club constantly collapsing amid deafening blasts, then hurriedly shook their heads.
Anyone who stepped forward now would have to face attacks from both sides, who were having the time of their lives. They treasured their lives too much for that!
Then, under Scott's dumbfounded gaze, Theresa ran to the table piled with Winter City Shields and leaped into the air. Luca's fierce punch slammed into the table. With a huge boom, the Winter City Shields scattered in every direction, and the people of the Lower City immediately went wild, rushing forward to snatch them up.
"No! My Winter City Shields! My little money! Dr. Curious, medicine! Give me medicine!"
Overwhelmed by the violent swing of emotions, Scott's vision darkened. He collapsed to the ground and shouted.
Yet Dr. Curious silently walked away, watching him coldly. Not only that, but his servants and fighters all moved away from him, staring at him with the same indifference.
"You! You ungrateful lot! I was the one who kept you alive!"
Scott roared in rage. Then, amid the final thunderous crash, the Fighting Club collapsed completely. March 7th had already swiftly collected most of the Winter City Shields. She planned to observe Underworld Fire for a while. If they proved to be good, she would hand the Winter City Shields over to them and have them return the money to its rightful owners.
"Hahaha, that felt amazing!"
"This harmful building, collapse!"
Luca shouted happily, and the people of the Lower City cheered as well. Scott had already died from sheer rage, but nobody cared.
{Um, did the author go too far with this? That Old Man was already incredibly detestable in the game.}
"Thank you for coming here, for breaking the rotten rules of this place and sending this pitiful, hateful man to his end."
Luca glanced at Scott's ignored corpse lying on the ground and spoke with a sigh.
"We didn't expect him to be angered to death. We only wanted to teach him a lesson."
March 7th cried out fearfully as she hugged Theresa. The girl's guilty, frightened expression made everyone smile bitterly.
"Don't blame yourself so much, Little March. Think about all the people he hurt and ruined. Did they agree to it willingly?"
"This isn't our fault. It's his own fault. He brought this upon himself."
Dan Heng stepped forward and spoke to the frightened March 7th. Luca also said that while he was grateful to Scott for paying to have his mechanical arm installed, he had indirectly helped Scott accumulate so much money over the years and had indirectly caused some families to be destroyed. He did not know how deeply he hated Scott.
"Alright. I no longer owe anything to this place. Tomorrow, I'll return to Underworld Fire and tell everyone the truth. I'll reveal what I did to help Scott all these years. I'll repent to those people and hope to atone for my sins."
"In the end, the dead deserve respect. He helped me, so I'll help him one last time by giving him a proper burial."
Luca sighed and spoke with a bitter smile. Afterward, he walked over to Scott's body and picked him up. Under the disgusted gazes of the Lower City residents, he slowly left.
"No one here has it easy. The miners suffer from black lung disease, Underworld Fire faces all kinds of Abyss Monsters, and the people barely know whether they will survive tomorrow."
Bronya said with a gloomy expression. The girl believed it was her responsibility, that the Silvermane Guard had failed to help the people of the Lower City.
"This isn't your fault, Bronya. It was Cocolia's mistake after she was beguiled by the Stellar Core. These responsibilities should fall upon the Stellar Core."
"After all, when you talked with us last night, you said that Cocolia had been a very gentle mother when you were little. We also learned that she adopted you. Since every Supreme Guardian is alone, why does it seem like none of them ever get married?"
March 7th looked at Bronya and asked curiously.
"I'm not sure about that. It seems that since a very long time ago, Supreme Guardians were expected to live for the sake of protecting the people. Under some unspoken rule, every Supreme Guardian seemed to avoid forming a new family. I don't know why either."
Bronya shook her head in confusion.
{That's something the author is curious about too. It seems that Belobog's Supreme Guardians throughout history never married or had children. They were always alone, at most adopting a girl as their heir. Any readers who understand this, feel free to explain?}
"Alright, I think I see Sampo. He's watching the excitement from afar. Let's go find him. The guy vanished the moment he got off the train and is always pulling some backstabbing stunt."
Theresa's sharp eyes spotted Sampo's sneaky figure, and she told the others. Everyone immediately chased after Sampo, who promptly fled, leaving the people behind to search around for scattered Winter City Shields.
Soon, Underworld Fire arrived to deal with the Fighting Club, now reduced to ruins. With the Stellaron Hunters' example before them, Underworld Fire considered rebuilding the Fighting Club into a massive shopping center. It could also improve the chaotic street-stall situation among the public, achieving two things at once.
Theresa leaped up and stepped on Sampo's back before he could dodge. She grinned happily at Sampo, who lay on the ground and still tried to struggle.
"Run, then. Aren't you good at running? Want Judas to add a little extra color to the occasion?"
Theresa smiled intelligently as she stared at the struggling Sampo beneath her foot.
"That's right! You always backstab us and leave us behind, then blame us for not trusting you. If you keep pulling stunts like that, who would ever trust you?!"
March 7th kicked Sampo in the butt and said angrily. Stelle also pulled out her baseball bat and looked eager to swing it at Sampo's head, but Dan Heng stopped her with an awkward expression.
Daily meme. KFC actually collaborated with Honkai Impact 3rd.
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