The trope of a hero saving a beauty had been overused ever since ancient Egypt.
They said that as long as you were not too ugly, anyone who pulled off that feat could basically take home a beautiful wife. At worst, you would gain a beautiful female friend.
But why had saving a beauty here almost resulted in him kicking her brother straight into the afterlife?
Was Robin joining the team about to fall through too?
He felt utterly bewildered. Could it be that he was simply born incompatible with bands?
No—
Why was that damned sister-obsessed Sunday at the company, chasing Robin down?
Probably because the company really did look pretty pathetic right now.
The Prompt Device explained why Sunday had appeared here.
A single Great Lord of Annihilation had launched a direct assault, leaving them no time to mobilize troops for suppression or hire Emanators for the hunt. Yet those Emanators had vanished for no apparent reason.
The whole scene practically screamed that Schicksal had lost its mandate.
But Robin was a very standard Harmony believer.
Aid the strong against the weak, protect life even at the cost of death, and work together to survive calamity. Upholding such principles, she naturally tried to use her songs to convey faith and courage when countless planets were gripped by fear beneath the shadow of the Great Lord of Annihilation.
At that point, there was no need to say anything more.
Lao Zhou was an Order Walker 5. As one of the Three Archons of the Stars with the strongest desire for control and sense of responsibility, he was a follower of Tayzzyronth. The greatest characteristics of Order Walkers were dictatorship and obsession—they walked a Path where a single will ruled the intentions of countless people.
Without exception, those who walked