Chapter 873

"Ah…" Qingque let out a deep sigh.

"Miss Qingque, are you alright?"

Qingque shook her head: "Nothing much, just feeling sad after watching it."

"No matter what, this is already something that happened a long time ago."

Lingke also came to comfort her: "Yes, Qingque, don't be sad. It's just history."

"Ah… Because it's a historical story, I feel even sadder." Qingque raised her head: "Ige'er tried to grasp every tiny hope; he wished someone could come save his homeland…… When the name Immortal Vessel Alliance appeared, I even imagined things unfolding like this——the Cloud Cavalry rushed to aid Ya Li Luo-VI, completely wiping out the Ash-Exterminating Legion there, and the people of Ya Li Luo-VI would thus survive the crisis."

"But even without later records, we people from the future are very clear that things didn't unfold that way. Ige'er's last hope, the Immortal Vessel Alliance, ultimately never came to save his homeland." Qingque lowered her gaze, gritted her teeth, and said: "…All his efforts ended in failure."

"No, Miss Qingque, he didn't fail. Ige'er Hafute later returned to Ya Li Luo-VI, fighting on the front lines against the Antimatter Legion. He, and many others like him, defended Beloboge, this doomed lone city, with their own flesh and blood."

"Saying this, Lu Ka even felt a hint of pride, raising his head to gaze at the starry sky: "I can now stand on the Martial Arts Ceremony's stage and throw punches for my homeland just like him—this shows he didn't fail. Those who died seven hundred years ago didn't fail either!""

"Qingque also regained her spirits: "You're right. If Ige'er could see how glorious you are on the Martial Arts Ceremony's stage, he would surely feel relieved.""

"It's a pity we don't know what Ige'er looked like on the Martial Arts Ceremony's stage."

"Qingque added: "I later went to the library and searched for half a day… Although seven hundred years isn't long, it just happened to fall in a turbulent era… the aftermath of the Second Abundance People's War hadn't ended, and soon came the Drinking Moon Rebellion. I couldn't even find a complete list of contestants, let alone Ige'er's name.""

"Lingke: "Maybe Qingque actually knows Ige'er, but just forgot.""

"Qingque snorted dissatisfiedly: "I'm not that old yet!""

""Hmm… maybe you just forgot your own age.""

"You diagnosed me as a demonic yin body with just two sentences—that's terrifying!"

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The Funeral of Frieren

""That period…… Jingyuan might possibly know information about Igor?" Rastark guessed, "At that time Jingyuan should be quite young. Since the Yin Month Chaos hasn't started yet, that means Jingyuan is still in the Cloud Cavalry Five Heroes period, and even his master Jingliu's mental state is very stable.""

""Premise Jingyuan hasn't forgotten." Filien sat in the carriage, gazing at the distant blue-green mountains, "…As for an Astral Express general, encountering someone like Igor, an outsider, over several hundred years is unknown how many times, unless he can win first place in the martial demonstration ceremony—but given the Cloud Cavalry's martial prowess, that's probably difficult.""

Rastark lay in the carriage, hands behind his head: "But at that time Jingyuan wasn't a general yet, the previous general Tengxiao hadn't died yet; according to rank, Jingyuan would just be a soldier in the Cloud Cavalry, unless he was also assigned by the previous general to guard the ring or something, otherwise it'd be hard for him to have crossed paths with Igor."

Filien let out a deep sigh: "So there's no way to find a long-lived species that's lived over seven hundred years on the Astral Express? There should be many of such people, right?"

"Seven hundred plus years…… Wait!" Rastark suddenly thought of something, jumped up from the carriage's wooden plank, "I've got it! Miss Hannya!!"

Frieren was startled by Rastark's sudden jolt, frowned, and said: "Hannya? What happened to her?"

"Frieren, you haven't forgotten, have you? Hannya previously mentioned that when she, Star, and Dan Heng arrived at the elevator doors of the Prison of Oblivion, she said she and her sister had once watched a martial demonstration ceremony as kids, and there was a competitor who left a deep impression on them—someone with fiery red hair and bronze arms… Couldn't it be that she just happened to go up against Igor?!"

Upon hearing that, Filien's eyes lit up as well: "Exactly, I remember now, Lady Frieren—Hannya did mention that, back then she and her sister were both mortal beings, and Snow Clothes was still alive…"

Rastark was like an ant on a hot pan, sweating profusely from anxiety, wishing he could stick his head into the sky canopy right then and there to tell Lu Ka the news.

"Ahhh, how come I remember it but Star forgot? I'm so anxious, so anxious…… Why isn't Dan Heng present? With his memory, he'd definitely be able to recall it!"

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"'The opponent for the next match is… let me see…'"

Ka Mei Li glanced at the match list, then trembled all over like a crashed system: "Star Core Hunter??? And it's supposedly the most violent, most vicious, most ruthless Sam???"

After saying that, she grabbed Lu Ka's hand: "Come on, Lu Ka athlete, we're going to withdraw from the match—we absolutely cannot fight this one."

"'Wait, Miss Ka Mei Li… where does this Sam come from? Why are you suddenly pulling me to withdraw?'"

Ka Mei Li, unable to contain herself: "This person might be the most famous wanted criminal… I'll give you the details later when I have the chance! Right now the urgent thing is to withdraw! This is absolutely no joke."

"'Sam might just be here to play with me.' Star said nonchalantly."

Ka Mei Li froze: "You're just here to play… Coach Star, how do you know everyone so well?"

"'Forget it, I'll just send Sam a message to ask.'"

"'Just ask… you guys are that close?'"

Lu Ka's admiring expression couldn't be hidden: "Coach, next time remember to teach me how to have a wide network spanning both the white and black paths…"

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Miss Kaguya wants me to confess.

"Nonsense, he's obviously the cutest, gentlest, and also the most chuunibyou Star Core Hunter!"

Ishigami Yu pursed her lips, only able to lament how fortunate he is to be able to see this Star Core Hunter's true self. Meanwhile, many employees of the Interstellar Peace Company who share the same star sector as Sam can only see his "surface"……

Although separated by a celestial canopy, this doesn't affect Miss Liuying's immense online popularity. Ishigami opens his phone; the video site's creations about her are endless— for a high schooler like him, it's practically an instant kill.