"No matter when... you were always such a hopeless idiot..."
Behind Kiana, Mei murmured those words softly.
"..."
"Enough... how long are you going to lie there..."
Herrscher Mei spoke quietly, seemingly muttering to herself as well.
Kiana's battle with the Welt Clone had already been going on for some time.
Sweat had already gathered on Kiana's forehead.
Avoiding the Welt Clone's attacks took no small amount of effort.
And before coming here, Kiana had already gone through several consecutive training battles.
Her Valkyrie armor had already consumed some of its energy back then, and a considerable portion of Kiana's stamina had been depleted as well.
After finishing her training, she had rushed straight here to save Mei. Neither White Comet's energy nor Kiana's stamina had recovered... and as she faced the Welt Clone's relentless attacks, Kiana gradually began to feel overwhelmed.
"Damn it... this guy is so strong..."
Kiana wiped the sweat from her face with the hand holding her pistol, pulling back to recover her stamina.
But... White Comet's energy was already running dry.
"Is this the end?"
Kiana felt deeply unwilling to accept it.
She had only just wanted to become stronger... and then something like this happened.
Sure enough... she was still weak.
If... no, there was no if.
As Kiana looked at the Welt Clone before her, she understood one thing clearly.
Accidents... would never wait for the right moment to arrive.
They always suddenly appeared before you when you least expected them.
Just like today.
Maybe Uncle Xu was here... maybe Auntie was here.
Or perhaps other people were here too, but... what if they weren't here at that moment?
What if her good-for-nothing dad suddenly disappeared again?
Or what if he was unable to come because of something?
Or perhaps... the ones in