Chapter 425

Firefly nodded.

【How weird!】

【I've been on guard this whole time, waiting for the Dafan Sect to make their move, and in the end he's still going on about "fairness"........】

【Could it be that he never took us seriously at all?】

Stelle: "Damn, our guard was maxed out."

Stelle: "And now you're telling me the guy never even took us seriously?"

Stelle: "What, are we the clowns now?"

March 7th: "No idea."

March 7th: "Anyway, judging by Sunday's breezy attitude, it really seems like he didn't care about us."

Furina: "What exactly is Sunday's confidence based on?"

Furina: "I just feel like he's very self-assured."

Silver Wolf: "He's definitely got something big."

Silver Wolf: "How big, hard to say."

Boothill: "Who cares, what the hell, we're not pushovers either!"

Boothill: "Since he's thrown down the gauntlet, we'll just take it."

Boothill: "You think we're scared of some Woof Woof?"

Stelle: "That's right, a tiny Woof Woof — I've crushed a whole pile of them!"

Stelle: "Not even a real opponent for me."

Asta: "Ahem, Sunday isn't a Woof Woof, you know."

Stelle: "Close enough, I'll just treat him like a Woof Woof and beat him down."

The video continued.

【In my view, Sunday is unshakably devoted to his ideals, and he genuinely wants to prove to us the correctness of Order.】

【From him, I sense a powerful conviction and a desire for control. If he can't win fair and square, I doubt he could give himself an answer either.】

【Precisely because of that, in the coming showdown — he will go all out.】

A solemn expression came over Himeko's face.

【Just finished showing off, now I can only grit my teeth and go for it.......】

Stelle scratched her head,

a sheepish grin on her face.

【You.....!】

【You idiot, every single time it matters you choke.】

【We've already taken down a Lord of the Annihilation from Destruction, a little Order is definitely no problem!】

March 7th: "That's so you, Stelle!"

March 7th: "Just now you were full of bravado, and the second you hear Sunday's getting serious, you're deflating again?"

Stelle: "Boo hoo, I just wanted to look cool, I don't want to get beaten up!!"

March 7th: "You've gotta stiffen that spine!"

March 7th: "Bring out the same energy you had fighting the Lord of the Annihilation!"

Stelle: "Fighting the Lord of the Annihilation?"

Stelle: "You mean the part where we got beat silly, scrambling around with our tails between our legs, hiding and edging from the sidelines?"

March 7th: "Ahem....."

March 7th: "That's called tactical evasion!"

March 7th: "Anyway, as Trailblazers, we've gotta bring out that death-defying, road-clearing pioneering spirit!"

Stelle: "Death-defying doesn't mean throwing your life away, does it?"

Stelle: "But you're right."

Stelle: "Sunday isn't even an Emanator, what's there to be scared of!"

Stelle: "I can absolutely take him down in minutes!"

Furina: "Mm-hmm, looks like Miss Stelle is very confident!"

Furina: "Justice will triumph over evil, go for it, I'm rooting for you!"

Himeko: "Heh, it's not really about justice or evil, just a clash of ideals......"

Hu Tao: "Just don't know whose ideals are harder in the end."

The video continued.

【Regardless, the Astral Express cannot stand by and ignore the Stellaron.】

【Pioneering the future of Penacony was also the lifelong wish of Mikhail and the other predecessors.】

【Everyone, now that we've taken up the baton, we absolutely cannot betray their will.】

Himeko said firmly.

【But the same is true for Order — their plan wasn't hatched overnight. Behind it lies the vast consciousness the Festivity Star has nurtured over hundreds of years —】

【The longing to dream, the laziness of wanting to sleep, and escape, giving up......】

【The emotions quietly stirred up in people became the cradle in which Order's sweet dream was born.】

【Using the will of an entire world to usher in the birth of an Aeon.......】

【This showdown is by no means a simple clash of strength.】

【For the future of Penacony, it can't just be you fighting on the stage.】

GLOSSARY:

【Stelle, March 7th, Himeko, Furina, Silver Wolf, Boothill, Asta, Firefly, Sunday, Hu Tao, Dafan Sect, Woof Woof, Lord of the Annihilation, Astral Express, Penacony, Mikhail, Festivity Star, Order, Destruction, Emanator, Trailblazer, Stellaron, Aeon】

Liuying's expression suddenly grew resolute.

【You? What do you mean, you're not coming with us...?】

March 7th was startled by Liuying's words.

【I think what Liuying Young Lady means is that she must rush to another battlefield.】

Himeko sensed the hidden meaning in Liuying's words,

lurking beneath them.

【Mm.】

【...... Before setting out, the Slave of Fate told me this journey would grant me an unforgettable reward.】

【His script contained only a few lines, yet they were impossible to ignore.】

【Because one line read....... I will experience three deaths in the Land of Dreams.】

Liuying revealed some of her script's contents.

【Three deaths?!】

【This must be in quotes...】

March 7th couldn't help covering her mouth in shock.

【The first was pain like death—my body was pierced by the slumbering wing-blade, and only then did all the following stories begin.】

【The Biding Society's script will come true, but its form....... only reveals itself when that page is turned.】

【So now, I understand the meaning of the second death, and I am ready to enact it.】

【If all goes well, this will provide you with crucial support.】

【Only by winning this victory can Pinoconny have a future.】

【Only then will the third and final death—still yet to come—】

【not take its worst possible form.】

Hu Tao: "Three deaths?!"

Hu Tao: "Just how reliable is this script?"

Hu Tao: "How can a person experience three deaths?!"

Stelle: "Damn, they're gonna knife my Liuying again, huh?"

Stelle: "Where's Aelio? I'm going to ask him what kind of trash script he wrote!"

Himeko: "Perhaps here, 'death' does not mean actual death."

Himeko: "It merely means enduring pain like death......"

Fuhina: "Then what exactly is the meaning of this second death...?"

Fuhina: "And how much pain will it bring?"