Aimee was filled with fear of Eris.
But it had taken so much for her to finally meet someone like Ye Qiyan. She felt she was countless times luckier than the other Guides.
But why?
Even if her boss wanted to break the record and take first place in the ratings, he should have been limited to finding opponents in the Mooncore-Level Arena for it to count as following the rules!
Corona Level...
Even a God who had won just one match in that Arena was absolutely beyond what a Trial-taker in the Mooncore-Level Arena could defeat.
She could not accept it. She was afraid...
She could not accept that Ye Qiyan would lose, and she was afraid he would die.
All they had to do was keep going normally.
Given enough time, Ye Qiyan would absolutely clear Corona Level in the future, rather than die here!
"Boss, m-maybe we should surr-"
Thump-
Ye Qiyan knocked Aimee on the head.
Aimee bit her lip in pain and raised her head, looking up at the man who stood so much taller than her.
"Boss?"
"Have you forgotten that we still have a trump card?"
"A trump card?"
"Yes, a trump card."
With a smile, Ye Qiyan said in a gentle, confident tone:
"If the game hasn't overwritten your memories, you should remember the Gear you traded to me, right?"
[Transcendence · Divine Mechanism Gear (1/2) (Level 12)]
This was the deal Aimee had made to save herself.
"You mean...?"
Aimee froze for a moment.
"I'll take you into the Corona-Level Arena with me. You said the other half of the Gear was there. Find it and bring it to me. I'll give everything I have to hold on until you bring the Gear to my side. That will be