After the Battle / Borrowing Your Body for a Bit

It felt like fighting a meat shield; X even brought out the effect of the Silver River Meteor Sword.

If this attack were unleashed at the final Spiritual Basis Stage, it could even destroy an entire planet. But now, the small body sat atop the dragon's back, quietly grasping its scales. X's powerful magic, through Vector Control of this external ability, stirred the surrounding gas, pressing it against the Dragon Race's body. This force was so immense it nearly triggered hydrogen fusion, and it was relentless.

Although the Dragon Race will not die from this, it will definitely suffer.

"Now, you'll be my mount!"

Riding: EX.

"Old man... I can even control a warp drive engine, let alone your dragon."

"Roar~~~~"

The dragon roared something, and received a response from the other dragons in the distance.

After several waves of attacks, the Goblin Race lost four ships. They then all rushed towards X, ready to teach this guy riding on the head of the Dragon Race a lesson.

"Don't even think about resisting. You'll be my mount and come fight with me."

With a burst of magic, the A-Class cosmic reactor was activated at full power. The Dragon Race was completely dumbfounded. The small body above its head was suppressing it from all sides, as if it were carrying a heavy mountain, making it hard to breathe.

Even more terrifying is that if it doesn't do as she asks and disobeys Riding orders, its body will collapse at an even faster rate. And some kind of explosive force is also seeping into its body.

"This is outrageous." Cronie was completely dumbfounded.

She could only vaguely make out the terrifying dragon-riding girl.

Dragon Knight?

This word is not funny at all.

When did humanity become so powerful?

She glanced unconsciously at the Kurotama beside her, only to see the girl shrug at her. "Pretty impressive, right? That's how X is."

"Roar~~~~"

The flying dragons were struck by an X-shaped blade of light, and then, hearing the roar of the dragon being ridden, they scattered and fled.

"Um?"

X frowned, then suddenly felt a burst of power beneath him, and the dragon actually managed to break free.

As it turns out, Riding skills are not Omni, after all, these are intelligent beings.

But she didn't expect that the dragon seemed to have no intention of continuing to fight. Its energy level began to surge, preparing to unleash the fatal attack that Dragon Race could use at the cost of death— the Collapse Roar!

Its body began to rise in a straight line, instantly breaking through a distance of tens of kilometers, flapping its wings, looking down from a great height.

"Collapse Roar! Riku, it's about to use its Ultimate Move!"

Schwi realized what was happening. Even for Ex-Machina, it would take a large group of them using Traffic Control to forcibly divert this wave of attack in another direction. Very few ordinary living beings could withstand it directly.

It can be said that this is one of the most powerful attacks in the world, capable of inflicting fatal damage on some weaker Old Deus.

"Is X that strong? It actually managed to force the Dragon Race to this extent?"

What's the point of running away now? Riku just stared blankly upwards.

The familiar scene reminded him of the horrific attack that destroyed his home and countless lives when he was a child.

Yes, the Collapse Roar, that move from back then... was the Collapse Roar!

"Cut."

Left with no other choice, X activated full power, unleashing the Silver River Meteor Sword. The twin blades of light and darkness were held above his head, ready to withstand the attack single-handedly.

Of course, if that were all, the aftershocks alone would be enough to destroy humanity's home. Therefore, the release of her Noble Phantasm was inevitable. She needed to unleash at least a stronger attack to reflect the power of the Collapse Roar in the opposite direction.

Chapter 347 After the Battle

Boom~~~

The sky collapsed and the earth cracked.

The Dragon Race opened its massive maw and unleashed a beam of light containing all its energy, which struck the Mysterious Heroine X's body.

The sea was surging with huge waves, the earth trembled, and people affected by the aftershocks could not even stand up.

Surprisingly, no one died as a result of the collision.

X... blocked the attack.

"This is the first time I've been injured so badly."

The Mysterious Heroine X, was at the very center of the explosion, engulfed by the expanding, scorching fireball. She felt as if she were inside the sun, not only powerless to resist but also constantly enduring the scorching heat from the outside.

But in the end, he withstood the attack through his own strength.

A Dragon Race, desperate attack was blocked by her.

The dragons in the distance roared in anger, but instead of advancing, they all chose to retreat.

The human girl, covered in blood and with her clothes torn to shreds, seemed to have no power left, but the aura emanating from her did not diminish in the slightest.

That's incredible.

It's like facing Old Deus or some incredibly powerful Fantasy Race.

Such a being, however, did not emanate the slightest bit of Spirit Power.

"Whoever that guy is, never mind, let's get out of here first."

"He's a monster."

The Dragon Race was already small in number, and when faced with this enemy of unknown origin and extraordinary power, they chose to avoid it.

At the very least, we need to find out who these people are later.

Humans—some may have heard of their name, or even seen them, but almost no one would actively remember them. In the great war between a dozen or so major races, they were like ants on the roadside; even if you stepped on their corpses, no one would care.

Half a day later, the territory of the Flügel.

"Jibril Jibril, hahaha, so cute meow." Azriel flapped her wings and flew around Jibril, always hugging her, which annoyed Jibril.

"Honestly, stop hugging me all the time." Pushing the other person away, Jibril sighed inwardly, "What's wrong with this guy? After all these years, he's still the same. He's like an idiot, he hasn't changed at all."

"Jibril, what should we play? What do you want to play, meow?"

"Who wants to play?" Jibril said angrily.

The two Flügel were engaged in their age-old dialogue, which the other individuals around them secretly mocked.

Of course, the target of the mockery was Azriel, the leader of the Flügel, who held a high position but was actually utterly undignified and ridiculed as stupid.

"Azriel, a high-intensity battle has just taken place. A Dragon Race has used Collapse Roar."

Flügel suddenly flew over from a distance and reported this news to her.

"What, Goblin Race? No, that's unlikely. Could it be Ex-Machina?" Azriel's expression was unusually serious.

"No, it seems the opponents are different individuals."

The Flügel spoke truthfully.

After a brief silence, Azriel suddenly turned to look at Jibril: "Hey, little Jibril, you know about the Dragon Race, right?"

As a result, Jibril's expression became very serious.

"Dragon Race."

"Have they all been forced to Collapse Roar?" She thought of the one she had killed back then. Although she had ultimately won, the hardships and troubles she had encountered along the way were considerable.

"If you don't know, go take a look. It took a lot of effort back then."

No race doesn't want to win this war, but the Flügel is particularly wary of any potential enemy. They need to figure things out so their god can obtain the Star Cup.

"I'll go check it out and tell me the coordinates."

Jibril is ready to depart.

"Hey little jeep, be careful, or you'll get beaten up like a little Jibril."

"Shut up!"

This guy is so annoying.

Human settlements.

"Have they all left? It seems everyone's gone. Even if a battle breaks out nearby, we should be safe now, right?"

Looking at her empty home, Cronie wiped away her tears, trying not to feel too bad.

"Don't be afraid." Suddenly, two snow-white arms wrapped around her from behind. "I'll protect you."

"Huh?"

He turned around abruptly and saw a blonde girl with a single ponytail, whom he had never seen before, smiling at him.

"Who is this, flying over here all of a sudden? Wait... X?" Riku's spirits lifted.

He was starting to believe it; the light of humanity had actually fought against beings Dragon Race to protect humankind.

And she really looks like a human, very beautiful, without any features of other races.

"Riku, give me your sister."

"Ha?"

"It's so cute, I really want to make it my wife."

"Whoa!" Cronie, who was being hugged, blushed instantly and struggled to break free, saying, "What... what joke?"

"Of course I was just kidding." X reached out and pinched Cronie's cheek, then quickly released his grip. "Let's relax. Maybe you could try guiding the enemy's battle away from human settlements."

"Schwi will try to consider that," the Ex-Machina girl next to her replied.

Upon closer inspection, it seems that Schwi has developed some feelings for Riku.

If we continue to develop it, it should be able to reach the level of the Original Work.

"Alright, for the next period of time, I will continue to monitor the surrounding areas of human territory, and once the enemy is discovered, I will annihilate them."

In X's inclination, the worst outcome is that Schwi shares her heart with the entire Ex-Machina, and then the Ex-Machina suffers massive sacrifices.

The essence of guiding the Star Cup is to pierce through the planet and make the Star Cup manifest. Only by weakening or even killing Artesh after unleashing the God Strike can we ensure that its appearance can be on the side of humanity.

Of course, without the Old Deus, it's impossible to touch the Star Cup, so in the end it might be handed over to the opportunist king Thoth.

"Are you leaving now? Isn't it too dangerous for one person to face so many enemies?" Riku asked worriedly.

"It's not dangerous, I'm going."

Anyway, dying only means disappearing for a day; the most important thing is to place the battlefield at a distance.

As X departed, the other clones in the settlement became lazy.

"System, am I alright in this situation?"

Not much.

"What are you doing?"

[Focus time.]

"Focus time? Could you explain that?"

Time is divided into Worldview and Worldview time. The former is a conceptual time system that measures the chronological order of all Worldview. The latter is subordinate to the movement of matter, that is, time measured by the speed of movement. Once an object stops moving, time within the Worldview pauses. However, time outside the Worldview never stops.

Chapter 348 Borrowing a Body

"Okay, I didn't understand."

[Not understanding this won't cause any problems; it's not something you need to worry about.]

Kurotama shrugged and stopped pressing for details.

The human group set off, hundreds of people divided into several groups, heading towards their next settlement via routes that had been scouted beforehand.

Although the terrain was already clearly defined, absolute safety could not be guaranteed.

Kurotama was at the back of the group, followed Riku and the others northwards. Along the way, her experiences gradually helped Schwi understand what a heart was.

She was no longer as cold as before, but gradually showed some human warmth.