Chapter 105

Only then did the two realize what the so-called 'curse' truly was.

Morax and Barbatos snorted, their faces filled with rage as they withdrew from Khaenri'ah.

At that same moment, improper thoughts also sprouted in the depths of their hearts!

……

On another battlefield, a long-legged older sister draped in a white cape as pure as ice was fighting.

With every step her high-heeled leather boots took,

the surrounding monsters were instantly frozen solid.

Around her, it was as pristine and beautiful as blooming ice snow lotuses.

Yet, amidst the endless slaughter, that gentle heart had long since shattered.

The instant she saw the Sustainer massacring ordinary Khaenri'ahns, her shattered heart froze over once more.

However!

The gentleness of the past was gone forever!

Especially at the moment she felt the 'curse' descend; though she was ice itself, her heart now boiled and churned like magma.

Rage filled her heart.

She turned around!

Walking away with a catwalk stride.

One step, one ice lotus.

In that icy heart, the 'improper thoughts' that had risen in the Geo Archon and Anemo Archon became even more resolute at this moment!

The Cryo Archon.

Legend says she is the most beautiful and also the gentlest among the Seven Archons.

Lu Shu had merely wanted to see what she looked like.

Alas.

Before he could even fly over, the Sustainer had already descended.

He only managed a fleeting glimpse.

That figure draped in a white cape gave him a sense of déjà vu resembling a certain duck.

……

"It's time to go."

Lu Shu said softly.

The time machine was docked far away from the battlefield.

Unknown to anyone.

With the arrival of the white-haired Sustainer, this slaughter officially drew to a close.

Turning his head, he looked upon that chaotic and absurdly ridiculous battlefield.

As the 「Curse」descended, the Khaenri'ahns remaining beneath the rubble were enveloped by black mist amidst agonizing wails.

They transformed into Hilichurls who would never willingly remove their masks for eternity.

"This!"

"How could it be like this?"

Lei Dianzhen covered her small mouth, her eyes moistening in an instant.

She had not killed those ordinary Khaenri'ahns, originally thinking it would allow one more innocent person to survive.

But who could have expected this outcome?

Her 'efforts' were ultimately a Futile Effort!

Yae Miko also puckered her small lips in shock!

Her beautiful little face turned completely pale.

Only Ei.

She had witnessed it with her own eyes five hundred years ago.

"Take one last look at this battlefield."

Lu Shu's voice slowly rose.

The three women watched in silence, seemingly wanting to firmly imprint this scene below into their hearts.

"Let's go."

Lei Dianzhen said softly.

Immediately, she tightly hugged Lu Shu's left arm, while Lei Dianying firmly gripped Lu Shu's right arm.

As for Yae Miko?

She was behind, hugging with all her might.

This made Lu Shu's mind wander wildly.

This 'scummy fox' is too scummy, too scummy!

Doing it on purpose, right?

Why use so much strength?

Your 'Shi Laimu' are about to be squeezed flat; aren't you afraid of using too much force and bursting them open?

My little fox cannot go hungry.

Casting another glance at the chaotic and ridiculous battlefield below, Lu Shu pressed the time machine button.

"Let's go."

"Let's go home."

Though the voice was calm, it brimmed with power.

Hearing these words, Lei Dianzhen, Lei Dianying, and Yae Miko all nodded in unison.

"Home"—what a wonderful word.

"Mm."

"Home!"

Yet, within Lei Dianying's heart, a strange flavor inexplicably arose.

Go 'home'?

Whose home?

And which home?

She didn't understand.

But then why did she feel a hint of 'joyful excitement'?

Only Yae Miko lightly bit her lower lip and smiled.

To the home of the four of them.

She was already hatching a plan in her mind.

Once they returned this time, she would have to tie Lu Shu tightly to the Grand Narukami Shrine.

Hmph!

The bloodline of the Bai Chen clan must not be severed!!

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The time machine activated, and the group once again entered that familiar, colorful time corridor.

They saw those familiar clocks again, along with fragments of time silhouettes.

This time, they surged forward at tremendous speed.

It was Lei Dianzhen's first time entering the 'time corridor,' and she felt somewhat intrigued.

But her good mood vanished quickly.

For she saw, amidst the black calamity, visions of her close friends falling one by one.

"Guuji."

"S-stop, stop for a moment."

Lei Dianzhen called for a halt, silently gazing at the 'slices of the past' within the flow of time.

Her eyes instantly grew moist.

It had always been Guuji who managed Inazuma's internal affairs, personnel, and religion; she regarded everything in Inazuma as a treasure she could not bear to part with.