Queens Abschied

Foreword:

Just as a wife in her prime would not want to embrace an old, frail, and unattractive husband.

Lady Luck will not embrace a coward who is hesitant, lazy, and superstitious about fate.

--Rabindranath Tagore

[Part 1: Baby Crocodile]

"Boss, you've been resting for several days now."

The Hunter King, carrying two stacks of draft documents that had just been processed, pulled out the more important final proposals and placed them on the table.

"Time to get to work, there are still many matters waiting for your signature and approval."

The cabinet was dimly lit, and the good cat lay quietly beneath the stained-glass window, its back to the executive assistant.

The Hunter King realized something was wrong. "BOSS?"

She didn't want to disturb her boss's rest and sleep, but he slept for four days and three nights. Even during the harvest season, when Ming De was at his weakest, he had never slept like that.

When she put down the documents and touched the black cat's back with her palm, she immediately realized something was terribly wrong.

This isn't the Ming De! It's clearly a black cat doll sculpted based on the boss!

Then she noticed a letter on the table and quickly picked it up to read it.

"I'm going on a long trip, don't worry."

"The flesh and blood of the Taowu are still functioning, and the various departments of the Transportation Department are able to operate normally. During this period, you have been signing numerous development and management proposals for various administrative districts on my behalf."

"In Egypt, I am the moon god, the god of family, and the god of war."

"When I arrived in Greece and Rome, I became the companion of the god of the hunt, and transformed into Black Panther."

"Like my soldiers, I'm going to sneak over and give them a surprise."

"I'll also bring comic books, and things the children like--"

"--After all, Shambhala's past and present are filled with pain and suffering."

"I want children to firmly grasp their own future."

"Little Red Sister (Red Sister) from the Anonymous Club is very thoughtful. First, she bought me a lot of comic books, including children's books such as '<Detective Dogs>,' '<Captain Underpants>,' '<Nezha Conquers the Sea> the Dragon King,' and '<Crocodile Investigators>.' Then she helped me arrange the sea route."

"I especially love the story of the <Crocodile Investigators>, which tells the adventure of two alligators who unravel clues in the city and bring criminals to justice."

"Of these two crocodile brothers, Mango, with its dark green skin, is brave, while Brash, with its light green skin, is clever; one is clueless, and the other is grumpy."

"They flush themselves down the toilet and speed through the city's sewers—it might smell a bit pungent, but that way of moving is really cool."

"Little Red Sister saw how much I liked this comic book, so she bought me two mascot costumes, which I changed into on the way. Perhaps this is the root of Homo sapiens' survival—courage and wisdom have always protected them."

"These comics can help the children of Great Xia gradually understand the civilized world."

"I know my cabinet staff and many Politburo officials will certainly not agree to my foreign visits. The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockholm, not only prohibits me from possessing weapons of mass destruction, but also places me under a curfew."

"I might be a little weak after leaving the railway, but don't worry, the cat that ran outside to play will always find its way home."

In addition to the letter, there was also a photograph.

That was the image of the BOSS standing on Red Sister's shoulders, dressed in a baby crocodile investigator costume, laughing heartily. Behind him was a large box of comics, already loaded into the cargo ship's container.

Let's return the camera to Gloria.

Send it back to the MK-28 thermonuclear bomb.

On-site combat personnel were running back and forth, issuing urgent orders to move this deadly weapon to a safe area and to bring its barometer and the entire detonation process under control.

Gloria had lost all means of escape and had no hope of survival.

She knew perfectly well that she had nothing left and was about to taste the bitter fruit of failure.

But her sense of shame prevented her from accepting or acknowledging it all.

"--Why should I?!"

She collapsed beside Bu Liuxing, her festering flesh gradually regaining some strength thanks to the holy blood, and immediately grabbed Liuxing's ankle.

"Why? Why? You clearly lost twice!"

"You've lost to me twice!"

This refers to the power struggle between Meteor and Gloria during their first meeting.

And then, in the bedroom, Platinum Coins were delivered, and Meteor was once again defeated by Gloria's Holy Blood and Dice.

"I could easily crush you."

Gloria's pleading attitude was as tough and ridiculous as the United States of America simultaneously imposing trade sanctions and conducting diplomatic visits.

"But I spared your life, do you remember? General of Tears? Do you remember?"

Meteor didn't answer; he simply stood ready, the Six Arts scriptures his elder brother had recited countless times were about to prove their power once more.

--The leaders of the Unified Holy Church all share the same characteristic, which can be easily understood by using the principle of "leaving an opening when besieging an enemy" from <The Art of War> of War.

Whenever possible, we must negotiate with them to ensure their basic needs for survival.

If their survival needs cannot be guaranteed, and these monsters clearly realize that they are doomed, they will inevitably launch a desperate counterattack.

When hunting Blood-giving Monster, always remember this rule: leave a way out, as a necessary path to set up Gate of Death.

Meteor: "Yes, I remember. I should thank you for your kindness and arrogance."

"It's your turn to repay the favor!" Gloria grasped at this lifeline and shouted, "General of Tears is my defeated foe! He just answered me! He admitted it! I spared him twice! I spared him twice!"

The combat personnel present ignored the old woman's nonsensical ramblings.

--This was very common during expeditions. Prisoners who fell into the hands of nameless people, if they were still alive, were in a state of half-madness and talking nonsense.

"Shall we keep betting? Shall we keep betting?" Seeing that no one paid any attention to her, Gloria continued, "This time you're relying on your superior numbers to get these petty scoundrels to help you break the deadlock."

"This is unfair, General of Tears!"

"This is not fair."

She firmly believed that she had grasped the hilt of the sword of morality. The General of Tears was also willing to listen to her—this was an excellent thing.

Even without hearing the sound of the dice, these repeated attempts at persuasion and deception seem to work silently.

"How do you want to bet?" Bu Liuxing lifted Berloberg, the blade just a little distance from Gloria.

Just like the self-confident and complacent Dionysus of the past --

--Gloria loudly revealed her escape plan.

"I want to start from here."

She pointed to the edge of the fire pit platform.

"Fall down from here, fall into the underground watercourse, and escape through the complex waterways."

Bu Liuxing: "A very clever idea."

"Yes! I'm just that smart!" Gloria laughed immediately upon receiving the praise. "Hey! You have such good taste! These bugs can't compare to you! No wonder you're the man I've chosen!"

Bu Liuxing asked in a low voice, "Where does this confidence come from?"

Gloria said smugly, "You would never dare to chase after me. This underground sewer system has many hidden currents, dead ends, and whirlpools that only go in and never out, like a toilet bowl—anyone who doesn't know the way down will die."

"Are you familiar with this place?" Bu Liuxing asked next.

After a long absence, Gloria opened her arms wide, wanting to embrace the air.

"Returning to the underground palace is like coming home! This is my only support."

Bu Liuxing could have killed Gloria on the spot with a single sword strike, but he didn't.

What's your bet?

"Huh?" Gloria never even considered losing, so naturally she couldn't think of the stakes.

Bu Liuxing said, "If you can't think of one, I'll help you. If you successfully escape and reach the estuary, you'll live—"

"--If I capture you, you must kneel in front of everyone at the entrance of the hospital street in East Horse Port, offer incense to the fallen soldiers, and die in the sun."

This strange and unusual ritual caught Qi Ji's attention.

"Teacher, you don't need to gamble with her on this last round."

Upon hearing this, Gloria became violent and irritable, and the holy blood within her was about to go berserk. She might die, but before her body completely transformed into a beast, her festering flesh should be able to crush four or five insects. Even if she used her bones as projectiles and launched them with powerful blood pressure, she might be able to turn these arrogant mortals into her Blood-giving Retinue.

"No." Meteor became more patient. Sensing Gloria's frenzied spiritual pressure, he immediately waved to Qi Ji, signaling the exhausted young man to stay away. "Trust me."

The two stood on the same starting line once again, just like the duel between Kang Que Johnny and the Gunsmith suspended upside down in the dome seven years ago, only this time the theme and the contestants were different.

Gloria is crippled in both legs, Bu Liuxing is exhausted both physically and mentally.

They had no weapons on them, and Berloberg would only become a deadly burden once he went into the water.

For General of Tears, only Hui Shi was with him, determined to ensure his Fusou Wannian.

Gloria knew this was her last chance to escape, and only one thought remained in her mind.

--Escape to the sea, escape to the sea, as long as you escape to the sea, Bu Liuxing must keep his promise.

This belief made her completely forget her original escape route.

She had to win, to reclaim the dignity of Dionysus in full view of everyone.

As usual, Bu Liuxing did stretching exercises before diving to fully activate every muscle in his body. The effects of the alchemical supplement were slowly fading, and the cold-resistant effects of the lava pepper had completely failed.

Yukri Anunnaki's soap bubbles are still protecting him, and Her Majesty the Queen of the Fairy Tale Kingdom has reduced his weight by two-thirds with candy. Now that weight is down to one-third, and perhaps soon it will completely lose its effectiveness.

[Part ② - Where Fate Leads]

Let's begin.

Gloria climbed to the edge of the platform, tilted her body outward, and naturally fell into the water.

Meteor followed closely behind, leaping down more than sixty meters into the valley and plunging headfirst into the algae-rich spring.

In the water, the lapis lazuli half-wolf's poor eyesight made it almost impossible to see anything. He waved his hand to push aside the murky grass and then locked onto the rapidly swimming figure.

Gloria was an excellent swimmer. Even with both legs broken, she seemed completely unaffected by her disability. Having been based in East Horse Port for over a century, her experience in battling the waves at sea became her winning weapon in this diving race.

She plunged into the underwater cave, squeezing into the narrow cavity, her joy growing ever stronger.

--If the first passage is this crowded, General of Tears's muscles will become a burden!

But just as the cheerful thought popped into his head, a series of thunderous sounds, like drumming, came from behind him.

A pale blue spirit clenched its fists and used elbows and knees to break open the pit. It was the spirit of [Mr. Wei Meng Rap] breaking through the rocks for Bu Liuxing.

Gloria glanced back briefly without paying attention, and immediately turned pale with fright. She quickened her pace and fled to another complex branch cave, trying to avoid the ferocious wolfhound and make the General of Tears lose his way in the cave.

More than forty seconds had passed, and she was convinced that her body could endure the long journey.

As she suspected, Bu Liuxing's extremely low body fat percentage caused the burly man to lose his natural buoyancy.

--Muscles are 95% water, which will slowly pull the diver down into the abyss. To maintain a stable depth, the General of Tears must exert more effort to adjust his posture.

As a woman, she naturally has an advantage in diving and swimming. The Vita Imprint bacteria and holy blood in her body are rich in oils, which naturally gives her an advantage in diving and swimming speed.

Emerging from the cave, Gloria breathed a sigh of relief as she reached another pot-shaped hollow for air.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to get out, right, Bu Liuxing?"

No one answered her, Gloria felt a strange loneliness.

Perhaps this formidable opponent will die just like she imagined her own death countless times.

People who admire the spirit of adventure often die from all sorts of strange and unexpected accidents.

Those skilled at skydiving will fall to their deaths, those skilled at swimming will drown, and those skilled at mountain climbing will be smashed to pieces.

It seems that very few people can escape this law; when they get bold, they challenge the sky and the earth.

She straightened her broken leg by the water, gradually bending the deformed and swollen leg. The old wound that had stopped bleeding started bleeding again. Just as the two legs were beginning to obey her, she saw the ugly reflection in the water. So she simply tore her face apart, picked off the scars, and let the flesh grow back.

At this moment, the General of Tears emerged from the water.

Gloria was both surprised and angry, yet also felt a sense of fulfillment and joy.

"You think you can keep up?!"

Meteor was almost completely exhausted. He leaned against the rocky platform on one side of his cavity, panting heavily, feeling like his lungs were about to explode.

Yukri's soap bubbles gave him a tiny bit of underwater breathing ability, but only a tiny bit.

Just now, in the winding cave, he was swept away several times by the surging torrents, about to be pulled into even darker and deeper looping caverns. If he fell into such a place, he would have no sense of direction at all.

There was only this little bit of blood.

--The little bit of blood that shed while Gloria was adjusting her physical condition gave him a way to survive.

"Of course I can keep up, woman!" Bu Liuxing pointed to his nose with his Thumb: "I grew up doing extreme sports! What did you expect!"

The two arrogant and boastful people met again, and the air was thick with tension.

Gloria didn't give the General of Tears much time to catch his breath; she quickly submerged and returned to the water.

Without hesitation, the meteor followed.

--The opponent showed no intention of continuing to circle, seemingly wanting to decide the outcome through speed.

After Gloria regained her freedom of movement, she transformed into a graceful, dancing fish, tearing off the last shred of clothing covering her body and discarding the curtains of the silver jewelry shop.

After navigating two sharp bends, you squeeze into a narrow, winding cave that resembles a birth canal. Following the current, you ascend more than eighty meters, climb to the exit, and then take the second fork in the road to the right. Swim for another seven hundred meters – this is the final sprint.

She grew increasingly hungry, the holy blood within her body was boiling, and the beastly characteristics of the grass owl became more and more apparent. Her water-soaked feathers made her grow slower and slower.

But she didn't regret it. Perhaps if she fought the General of Tears underwater, she could still find a chance to kill the arrogant little boy with the strength of her physical body—but she was unwilling to do so, unwilling to end this wonderful gamble.

A petite and beautiful figure emerged from the water, flapping its wings. It had completely transformed into a grass owl, its head deformed and its eyes bloodshot. One more step forward and it would be the exit of the cave, with cave passages on both the upper and lower sides, and a magnificent and dazzling waterfall overhead.

Sunlight shone on her ankles, reflecting the bird's wrinkled, yellowish flesh, resembling chicken skin.

Hey! Hehehe

"Hahahaha! Hahahaha!"

Outside the cave was the blazing sun, the ever-shining god Amon, who would never show favoritism and would always shine upon everyone.

"I won! I won! I'm the winner!"

"If I take just three more steps! Bu Liuxing! The one who will grasp victory tightly! That will be me!"

The bird feathers covered her chest and spine, her belly, and every inch of her skin.

The twisted and deformed metacarpals emitted a horrifying sound, and the intense hunger could not affect her; her mind could only think of one thing—the joy of victory.

The meteor had just emerged from the water and was disheveled as it shook the water droplets off its hair.

He looked at the noble god of wine with a complicated expression.

This was the first time he had used intrigue and trickery to deal with his enemies.

Gloria's bestial symptoms led her into the Gate of Death, but she was still unconscious and completely unaware of it.

At this moment, she had lost her will to live and most of her spiritual pressure, much like an electrocardiogram showing a flat line.

"Keep the promise! Keep your vow!" Gloria shouted fervently, "I want to leave this place! I want to live!"

"General of Tears! The nameless warrior!"

"Bu Liuxing! If only you weren't my enemy! We would be a match made in heaven!"

"We're enjoying this gamble! I can feel it! I can feel it!"

"I"

Bu Liuxing's expression was icy. "Don't insult me anymore, you cannibal."

"What?!" Gloria gasped for breath, her body betraying her before she could speak, "What? What are you saying?"

The deafening roar of the waterfall almost drowned out all of the shooting star's words.

Gloria couldn't hear clearly; she had lost part of her hearing.

"Next time we meet, I'll bet with you again!"

"You've got a lot of personality, young man!"

She still fantasized—

"--I have faith in you! You might be able to dodge it once or twice, but you can't escape the long years ahead!"

"Lapis lazuli has a very long lifespan! We'll always have another chance to fight."

Meteor had rested enough and gripped the Radiant Stone, ready to fight.

Flames burst forth from the rose; the General of Tears was poised to unleash a powerful arrow, like a fully drawn bow.

At that moment, almost instinctively, Gloria summoned her soul power to protect herself.

"Sing For Me!"

Two blood-stained dice were spat out of her mouth—a desperate gamble that exhausted all her life force and spiritual power!

Meanwhile, at the starting point of this whimsical and dreamlike story.

Four thousand five hundred kilograms of chocolate candy, carrying an innocent dream, was sunk by a sudden storm.

It drifted into the sea, and because of its light and fluffy whole milk chocolate, it floated in the strange cold currents of a hot summer day. It rushed into the winding rivers of underground water veins, crossed rugged and deep mountain caves, and made a huge, huge circle, traveling such a long and far road—finally returning to the waterfall that its destiny had pointed to.

It finally capsized, the green container crashing over, resembling an old, rustic coffin covered in coral.

It hit the bullseye, smashing Gloria into a pulp almost instantly!

Then it began to tilt, falling towards Bu Liuxing's side.

A Xing retreated repeatedly, until he was cornered with nowhere to hide!

The front of the coffin slammed against his nose and landed with a thud!

The fastening screws of the gate also broke from the vibration, revealing container number 55174. The consignment note from the Fairy Tale Kingdom briefly described the goods as children's products.

Bags of unmelted chocolates poured out, turning the wrappers into a golden sea.

A small, green creature crawled out from within.

--The BOSS removed the hood of the crocodile costume, revealing a pair of golden eyes from the alligator's Barry. He then took out a portable hyperbaric oxygen mask and cylinder and took a deep breath of oxygen.

"Damn it, they finally figured it out!"

Then look at that clump of hair and bits of meat at the rear of the cargo box.

"Yes--"

The BOSS nodded, patted the General of Tears's face, and smoothed the gray hair on his forehead. He was very satisfied with the new skin for the Extraordinary SP character.

"--She's dead!"