Symphony for the Insect Princess

"..."

Even Riversta had never seen such a weird and terrifying creature. If the degree of terror and disgust is proportional to strength, this guy must be the strongest in the world.

“∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞!!!!”

The Lord of the Flies roared again, a sound of ultra-high frequency that would drive ordinary people crazy. Riversta bit his lip, his crossbow transformed into a longbow, and he opened his hand, letting the stardust condense into an arrow.

"——!?"

However, the surrounding starlight dimmed considerably, making it difficult to even muster a single arrow! The Fly King ceased his roar and simultaneously opened his human-like mouth and the fly-like mouthparts on his crotch. With a powerful suction force, he continuously drew into his body the surrounding magic energy assimilated with the starlight! Not only him, but even the tiny flies flying throughout the sky—though they were small, each one was no bigger than a fist—began to absorb the magic energy. The magic energy in the entire sky began to rapidly drain away, and many flies even climbed directly onto the Star Palace to absorb the magic energy!

Not good! As a sage, Riversta naturally has extraordinary reserves of magic power, but astrological magic has extremely demanding requirements for magic power. If the magic power of the surrounding environment is drained away—

"It would be very bad, right?"

"hateful--!!"

Nelris was already within reach, one of her arms transformed into a mantis-like blade and swung down at him. Rivista hurriedly used his own magic to form a shield, but it shattered after only a few seconds! Astrologers were not good at close combat, and even less so at defense. These inherent flaws were difficult for even him to overcome, not to mention the thin magic power in the air, making astral magic extremely difficult to cast!

As for where did the magic power sucked away by the insects go?

"They're all here."

Even with the background of flying insects, her smile was so elegant, but the magical fluctuations emanating from her body had overshadowed Riversta at the moment.

Then--

"Insect transformation!"

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Zheng!

The seemingly thin and soft cards unleashed a formidable cutting force, capable of dismantling even puppets made of super-strong alloys with a single blow. The butler's steps resembled a graceful ballroom dance, seamlessly dodging the puppets' blades, claws, fists, and guns. Each thrown card severed a puppet's limb. Single-handedly, he effortlessly blocked every attack from the puppets.

"Wow wow wow wow..."

Qimila, who was half-kneeling on the side, was stunned. This didn't look like a battle at all, but more like a gorgeous dance or acrobatic performance.

"--what!"

Because I was distracted, I didn't notice the puppets rushing from behind. Seeing the claws were already in front of me, it was too late to dodge -

Click!

However, the moment the puppet touched his hair, it was shattered into a human stick, its mechanical parts scattered to the ground, and even several nearby puppets were disintegrated. Three cards flew through the air, circling once before being caught by the butler's fingers. His other hand firmly supported Qimila's back as she was about to slip.

At this moment, time seemed to have stopped.

The handsome young butler and the delicate beautiful girl leaned against each other in a waltz-like posture, gazing into each other's eyes.

The deep blue eyes met the orange-red pupils.

It's a standard scene from a girls' comic.

The young man smiled slightly, his delicate lips forming a soft curve, and asked in a voice that was almost whispered -

"You're not hurt, miss?"

And Qimila——

"Well, I'm not hurt, thank you very much."

——She answered very naturally, without blushing or shyness.

"Hey..."

Then she left the housekeeper very naturally, straightened her skirt, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there were no moving puppets around.

"Haaaa... that was dangerous... I have intuition, but sometimes I can't react..."

Then he sighed deeply and complained.

"..."

The housekeeper kept staring at her.

"Hmm? What's wrong, Mr. Butler? Is there something wrong?"

"...Yeah, nothing."

The butler gave a playful smile and shrugged.

"I see, as expected, you are also on that path."

"Eh??? You mean me? What does 'that path' mean?"

"It's nothing, actually... Do you believe in 'past lives', Miss Elonmead?"

"I never thought..."

"Someone once said that what you fear and care about now is likely derived from past life experiences."

"Is there anything else to say?"

"Haha, that's a bit funny, right? But I do believe it. If I also had 'life experience' from my past life..."

"if?"

The butler shook his head, looked into the distance, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Well, I guess it's... 'Don't get too close to women with yuri tendencies in this world full of yuris. Even the slightest action that could cause misunderstanding is forbidden.'"

"???"

"So I've always been content to be an insignificant background... Let's not talk about that. Let's go over there and take a look, Miss Elonmed," the butler pointed at Atlas in the distance. "It seems they've already resolved it."

"I do not understand what you're saying……"

"Please rest assured, this faux pas was just to confirm what needed to be confirmed, and it won't happen again."

"?????"

In the distance, the body of the Mobile Fortress Atlas was still extremely conspicuous.

But at this moment it has stopped moving and has become a pile of scrap metal taking up space.

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"Did it...successfully?" Aisia asked uncertainly.

"Successful...right?" Charlotte answered uncertainly.

"Do you think you can kill me like this?" - After saying this harsh words, Oshimir fell completely silent.

The brain in the container had been completely burned. Charlotte, still weak, stretched out her hand, and the dark ancient lamp - the Dark Light appeared in her hand, absorbing all the dark flames in the container.

"Is this thing still usable?"

"Use it once more at most... Using it will cause greater mental damage and is very prone to backlash. Excessive use can even shorten your lifespan..."

"A blasphemous demon king who could create something like this is truly remarkable."

"He didn't build it. He said he picked it up from the Maya border. I wonder who the original owner was... He must be a very powerful person to be able to fully control the Dark Light." (Author: Not that powerful, just better at fighting than your Blood Emperor)

Aisia pulled out the Desert Eagle, loaded it with high-explosive bombs, and fired at the container. For some unknown reason, the container, which had been indestructible until Oshimir disappeared, was blown up by a single shot, and most of the base underneath was also blown away, revealing the metal cover underneath.

"If Oshimir wanted to use the Great Secret Treasure as the power source for Atlas, he would definitely keep it with him."

"So here comes the key..."

The passage leading to the great secret treasure is most likely under this metal cover.

Can the Great Secret Treasure be destroyed? For thousands of years, no one has attempted to destroy this peerless treasure, so no one knows... at least not in the past. But in theory, the Great Secret Treasure can be destroyed through the Great Secret Treasure or the Forbidden Spell. Furthermore, Nyrrhis once stated with certainty that Charlotte's Dark Light could completely destroy it, as it was a being far superior to the Great Secret Treasure.

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"Well, so if I want to deal with it, I'll have to ask you, Charlotte."

"What? Keep it? No, no, this can't be kept."

"Indeed, if we get it, we will have three great treasures, but so what? In my plan, it has a greater use."

"Yes, I never told you to 'completely destroy' it. I want you to 'destroy' it, 'neutralize' it, but not 'completely destroy' it."

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"—that's what she told me."

"As confusing as ever, these instructions are. Nier is always like this, never explaining anything unless it's absolutely necessary."

"yes……"

"..."

Both of them stopped talking.

Does this mean that Nelris doesn't trust him at all? No one said this.

Maybe that bug-like girl has never trusted anyone.

"Anyway, be careful. First, 'moderately destroy' the power source—"

when!

Accompanied by a sound effect reminiscent of a power outage, the control room suddenly became pitch black, leaving you unable to see your hand in front of you.

"what happened!?"

Charlotte screamed—but she fell silent the next moment, as did Asia.

They suddenly felt a surge of magical power.

It was impossible for them not to be familiar with it, because until just now they had been bathed in this powerful magical fluctuation.

It was exactly the same as Oshimir's fluctuation.

"Hahaha……"

A sharp rustling sound suddenly came from all directions, like a broken speaker, making people's eardrums hurt.

"There's a saying on Earth: 'A blessing in disguise...' It's so true... Thanks to you guys pushing me to my limits... I was able to successfully synchronize with Atlas!"

Chapter 168 Man of Steel (Happy New Year!)

"..."

Sedroon stood on Atlas's shoulder in a daze.

"……so?"

He tentatively poked its huge head with the greatsword.

“…Is that the end?”

He raised his leg and kicked hard again.

"Hey, hey, stop teasing me. This is just the beginning, right?"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Three kicks in a row.

"Weren't you created by a fucking sage? You can't be so weak, right?"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Or are those two guys just too efficient? Are you kidding me? I thought I could finally have a good fight this time..."

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!!!

"Get up now! You're not satisfied yet!"

Bang—catch!!!

"Yeah, I don't think it's enough either."

"Varied--"

Dump!!!

At that moment, Sedraon felt as if his five senses were disconnected from the world.

All the scenes around her were moving away from her at such a fast speed that every block of color was stretched into an afterimage of light. After a while, she realized that it was not everything around her that was moving away from her, but she herself was flying away.

"Depend on……?"

She made a sound, but even she couldn't hear it, because her speed had already exceeded the speed of sound.

Boom boom boom boom!!!!!!