Chapter 108

Some people can even hear blood flowing in the tubes, which is the sound of bells tolling for those who have been swapped in the mortal world.

But Mei felt as if the thunder within her body was roaring incessantly all day long.

"Ya, Sister Mei, please don't blame me, I don't know what happened either!"

Pardofelis's voice reached her ears, Raiden Mei couldn't help but feel a little confused.

The voice was full of apology, but she could almost feel herself lying in the cold earth, the earth's breath surrounding her.

"Pardo, are you sure you don't want to think of another way? We have plenty of doctors here."

"Vill-V reminded me from the side."

If the doctor she mentioned wasn't Sue, then she meant sending Mei to Mobius.

"This time is different from the last one, and besides, Sister Vill-V, wasn't it you who made the judgment?"

Pardofelis countered with a question, then turned to look at Raiden Mei on the ground.

"I'm sorry, Sister Mei, I'm so sorry. I promised to be your guide, but I... Canned Food, Canned Food! Bring me the shovel."

"Meow? Meow..."

The reluctant meow rang out, and Pardofelis felt only annoyance.

Sister Mei has always been very kind to Canned Food, but I never expected you to be so ungrateful as to refuse to help with something as small as this.

Oh well, what could a mere Canned Food possibly know about the feelings between her and Sister Mei?!

Just as Mei raised the shovel, Raiden Mei suddenly opened her eyes.

The two locked eyes.

After a brief silence, Pardofelis's eyes suddenly sharpened, and she jumped up in fright. "Fake, fake, fake..."

"Calm down, Pardo. I'm still alive, I'm just unconscious."

Raiden Mei sighed; this wasn't the first time she'd fainted midway through.

Raiden Mei: "Pardo, even if I really passed out and didn't wake up for ages, you don't have to be in such a hurry to bury me, do you?"

Since even a shovel was brought out, it was hard for Mei not to suspect that there might be some personal grudge between her and Pardo.

Pardofelis: "Sister Mei, let me explain... no, I mean, I want to clarify!"

Raiden Mei: "Okay, I'm listening."

Mei crossed her arms, eager to hear what kind of excuse Pardofelis could come up with to get by now that things had come to this.

Pardofelis: "Sister Mei, you know me. My admiration for you is like a surging river, never-ending. How can the things done by the Memory Body in the Elysian Realm be attributed to me?"

Kiana: "You can do that?"

Raiden Mei: "As expected of you, Pardo."

That makes sense. It was the Memory Body Pardo that was meant to bury Raiden Mei, so what does that have to do with her iron-willed Pardofelis?

In the scene, Raiden Mei's resurrection surprises and delights Pardofelis. The good news is that Mei will eventually have to pay back the money she owes her.

"Mei, Sister Mei, are you really alright? Just a moment ago, your heart had completely stopped beating!"

Pardo asked awkwardly.

"Look, Pardo, a case of the dead coming back to life has appeared!" The Great Magician Vill-V jeered from the sidelines, "This audience member, I think you'd better watch out, lest you get captured by Mobius for further study..."

Vill-V's words came to an abrupt end.

Raiden Mei's katana was held across her neck; it seemed that the slightest abnormality would allow the blade to slice through her throat.

"What, Sister Mei, what are you doing?!"

The sudden change startled Pardofelis.

Raiden Mei's miraculous recovery should have been a wonderful thing, but the atmosphere suddenly turned tense and murderous.

Why did you invite me?

Raiden Mei asked.

"Didn't I say? A Herrscher defeated two Flame-Chasers, I'm also very curious, isn't that reason credible?" Vill-V shrugged.

"It has nothing to do with that Apponia?"

"How could that be... Oh! I really didn't realize you were another person who hated her to this extent. Don't worry, in this respect, I'm no different from you."

Vill-V smiled, completely ignoring the Raiden Mei had placed at her neck.

"Sister Mei, Sister Mei..."

Pardofelis gave two prompts, Raiden Mei paused briefly, preparing to sheathe her weapon.

But only now did Mei notice that there seemed to be some kind of force field around Vill-V, and no matter how hard she tried, the knife couldn't move an inch.

"Oh, sorry, I'll turn it off right away. After all, I can't just sit here and wait to die, can I?"

Vill-V smiled.

After the snap of her fingers, Mei staggered back half a step due to inertia, and the weight on the sword completely disappeared.

Chapter 179 Vill-V's Spiral Workshop

Raiden Mei: "?! That's amazing?"

When Raiden Mei first saw herself holding a knife to Vill-V's neck, she thought she had acted too quickly, giving the other woman no chance to react.

After all, Vill-V is an engineer, and as the main logistics officer for the Fire Moth, Mei guessed that her direct combat ability was probably not high.

Unexpectedly, the reality was completely the opposite; she lost the moment she made a move.

Himeko Murata: "That's Mei, the Mei from the Elysian Realm, the one who could fight against Chakravartin calamities, and she didn't even have the ability to put up a fight?"

Theresa: "None of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers are simple characters."

We can't afford to mess with them.

Everyone has witnessed how strong Mei in the Land of the Previous Era Elysian Realm.

Theresa figured that she was probably at about the same level as herself (in her own opinion), having already crossed the threshold of S-rank Valkyrie.

Yet even with Mei's incredible strength, she couldn't retract her sword.

Durandal: "Could it be a gravity device? But it doesn't seem like something that simple."

Vill-V: "I didn't expect the audience to be interested in that little toy. As a magician, I'm a little disappointed."

Kiana: "You call that a toy?"

This little toy is so useful, I want a dozen of it!

Vill-V: "Of course, I'm the youngest owner of Spiral Workshop. For the Anti-Kevin Armament, those little toys are nothing to [experts]."

[The experimental workshop is now complete.]

Pardofelis: "Great! It's finally finished! Sister Vill-V, let me go in first and scout it out for you, see if there's any danger inside."

A workshop appeared in the Death Space, and the moment it was completed, the door facing the Flame-Chasers suddenly opened.

Pardofelis took the lead, using her agile movements to slip right inside.

Vill-V: "Look, another audience member drawn to my magic show. Explore the mysteries, everyone! Vill-V's magic performance is about to begin!"

Chakravartin: "Boring."

Sue: "Yes, the Spiral Workshop is very well built, and it even comes equipped with some materials, enough to keep Vill-V busy for a while."

Standing in front of the gate, Su closed his eyes to observe it clearly, then silently turned and left.

Elysia: "I want to go, I want to go! Vill-V's magic workshop definitely needs an audience member like me who knows it!"

Vill-V: "Very well, audience member, I guarantee you'll be amazed by my meticulously prepared theatrical performance!"

Danzhu: "Cang Xuan, shall we go?"

Cang Xuan: "Hmm... We've been to Dr. Mobius's lab, are we afraid of a small workshop? Come on, let's go in!"

Danzhu: "If you want to go in, then go in. Why are you pushing me? And stop shaking your legs!"

The two little devils stood at the door, hoping to squeeze the other in first.

Meanwhile, Elysia and Vill-V had already entered the workshop and saw Pardo lying on the ground, barely alive.

Elysia: "Uh... Vill-V, is this the surprise you were referring to?"

Pardofelis: "Sister Elysia, help me! Quick, call a doctor..."

After saying this, Pardofelis's vision went black and she fainted.

Elysia noticed that her face was deathly pale, she was foaming at the mouth, and there was an empty bottle of medicine next to her.

It was obvious that the potion tasted delicious, otherwise Pardo wouldn't have gulped it all down.

Vill-V: "Pardo, you still haven't learned your lesson. But I can't blame you; the deliciousness of potions is irresistible to humans. I just didn't expect you to find it so quickly."

Kiana: "Is it really that delicious?"

Elysia: "Even the remaining amount has an intoxicating aroma; no wonder it's Vill-V's potion."

The fragrance still lingered in her nose. Elysia looked at Pardofelis on the ground and couldn't help but feel sorry for her for a couple of seconds.

It's no wonder you got infected, Pardo.

Kiana: "Hey! Stop chatting! Pardo shouldn't be dead yet, right? She's your colleague, hurry up and try to save her!"

Danzhu: "I... I don't know how either!"

Su: "Sigh... bring Pardo to me."

She was just poisoned by the alchemical potion. As long as Pardo didn't drink several bottles in a row, Su was confident he could easily save her.

In the scene, Vill-V's snap of her fingers demonstrated considerable intimidation, Raiden Mei's katana trembled slightly, a lingering effect of the brief loss of autonomy she had just experienced.

"Ahem, so Sister Mei, what exactly happened? You're the Herrscher of Thunder, so you can revive your own heart with an electric shock?"

Pardofelis asked awkwardly.

The two powerful figures were locked in a tense standoff, while she, a weak little cat, could only feel pitiful, helpless, and humble.

"Hahaha, stop playing dumb, Pardo. After all these years, you still haven't gotten rid of this bad habit?"

Vill-V shifted her gaze from Pardo to Raiden Mei.

"She mentioned Apponia, she must have received some kind of prophecy."

What do you know?

Raiden Mei sheathed her sword and stared intently at the other person's face.

"That's not hard to guess; everyone's had similar experiences. But maybe Apponia didn't mean to hurt you; she just saved your life."

Vill-V spread her hands. "Remember our grand finale? The Signet of Helix, it was quite thrilling."

"It really was you..."

Raiden Mei frowned. She had wondered why Apponia's appearance was so unusual this time; it turned out that Vill-V was behind it all.

"Let them finish speaking."

Vill-V put on an innocent expression, as if she wasn't the one who had just plotted against Raiden Mei.

"I was supposed to be the one to resurrect you, but it seems she's particularly concerned about her prophecy this time."

"You mean, I was able to wake up because of her?"

"That's right. She won't allow anything to happen before the appointed time. In a sense, as someone who can see the future, she values the script even more than I do."

The ability to see into the future and know everything—perhaps in Apponia's eyes, the real world is just like Vill-V's magic script.

Unfortunately, reality is uncontrollable, and so is magic.

"See the future?" Raiden Mei remained skeptical of this statement.

"Oh dear, it seems this audience member is a bit paranoid. But revealing the secrets of magic tricks is a big no-no, I'll be going now."

With light, quick steps, Magician Vill-V departs, and the scene ends there.

Raiden Mei: "So, you mean Vill-V originally planned to kill me and then revive me with magic, but Apponia intercepted the plan halfway through?"