Endless Silver Machine

Using Wei Xi's space jump, the aviation magic ship "Yuktra Hill" moved to the sky above August within a few seconds.

The fierce battle on the August Plains can be seen in the distance. The undead army smelled the huge magic power emanating from "Yuktra Hill" and gathered here one after another.

"It seems right, Luoluo and that woman are indeed here."

Aika felt it. As long as Luoluo is nearby, the magical path between the two will tell Aika where she is.

As soon as they returned to the ground, everyone was immediately surrounded by a group of monster corpses.

Aika summoned the silver-white spears, and Liuyin held the ice-condensed spears with both hands.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Xi, Aika... I'm going back to the Holy See."

Liuyin had just received the assembly order sent to her by the Holy See's insiders. Now the undead army gathered in the fourth district of the imperial capital. In comparison, August's situation was not that serious.

"Go ahead, Liuyin. That's the place where you can maximize your talents."

"Xiaoyin, come on! I will do the same..."

"Well, Xiao Xi, don't force yourself, be careful. The same goes for Aika."

"Am I just incidental?"

"Don't be mean!"

Liuyin was embarrassed and waved the ice-condensing spear randomly, and she didn't know if it was a coincidence, but it happened to pierce the corpse of the approaching monster.

When the monster corpse is sent back to hell, it will turn into dark gray ashes and scatter in the wind, leaving no creepy corpse behind.

Then again, they were just corpses.

Aika and Wei Xi ran in opposite directions with their backs to Liuyin. Liuyin wanted to enter the imperial capital through the August Plains where Ziming and the Purple Rose Knights were fighting, while Aika took Weixi to break through to Luoluo's location.

Aika also raised his silver-white spears to attack, and under the protection of Wei Xi's barrier, he killed all the way until he broke into the August Castle.

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Following the traces left by Lolo, Aika finally found her somewhere in August Castle.

The magical path between the two of them will lead Aika's way. No matter how far away Lolo is, the red thread of fate always connects the two, so Aika can always find her immediately.

Lilicia was standing on the edge of the castle's high platform, looking at the fierce battle on the August Plains. She turned around after noticing that Aika and Wei Xi had arrived.

"Welcome both of you."

With a snap, she folded the classical folding fan that half covered her mouth, and Lilicia politely said hello to Aika and Wei Xi.

Next to her, Luo Luo did not look at the two familiar family members. Aika and Wei Xi were not reflected in Luoluo's godless eyes. Just like when he saw her in a dark wedding dress in the palace of the gods, the two were strangers.

"Lilicia, although I don't know what your purpose is, I will not let Lolo stay by your side. I have been chasing him here just to take Lolo home from the hands of your Nemesis Society. ."

No need for Aika to explain, Lilicia already knew the purpose of Aika chasing after her. She walked behind Luo Luo and used a folding fan to lift her chin. Luo Luo showed no resistance like a puppet at the mercy of others.

"I didn't do anything excessive to Miss Luoluo, I just used her magical costume ability a little bit. This child is just helping me achieve my purpose now. After everything is over, I will leave her intact. Give it back to you."

Lilicia's slender fingers crossed Lolo's cheek, and this provocative action aroused Aika's anger. But now Lolo is still in her hands, so Aika still maintains patience and continues the conversation with Lilicia.

"There is no need to wait for everything to end. You are the mastermind of this commotion, right? As long as I stop you, everything will also be over."

"I also accidentally got the truth about the World Tree and the magic costume from someone. I didn't expect the magic of the World Tree to have such an effect. The magic that originally eliminated all the magic particles in the continent and returned the continent to its original state was the magic of the World Tree to this Cleaning up the world. Reversing the magic of the World Tree like this is just another form of cleaning up the world."

"Is your purpose also revenge?"

Lilicia's eyes became sharp when she heard Aika's question.

"Don't apply that barbarian mentality to me. My purpose is to clean up the dark side of the Bes Empire and completely destroy the corrupt regime."

"This is just another way of saying it. What you do is no different from that of Will and Misty, Miche and Komachi, and Orefhel. It's just that you use high-sounding reasons to realize your heart as you wish. It’s just a delusion, and you haven’t even considered how many people were harmed in the process.”

The silver and white guns in their hands are already loaded, and the two parties with conflicting values ​​have no intention of negotiating from the beginning.

What Aika has to do is to take back Lolo from Lilicia and defeat her to end the mutation in the world.

Lilicia left Lolo's side, seemingly not wanting the battle to affect the props that could help her achieve her goal.

"Wei Xi, protect yourself and look for opportunities to act again. Mechanical Alchemy - Skeleton Circuit!"

A silver-white exoskeleton covers Aika's whole body. He pulled the triggers of the silver guns one after another, and eight magic bullets were fired almost at the same time.

Lilicia waved her hand and unfolded the classical folding fan in her hand, and accurately shot down Aika's bullet with the classical folding fan that looked like a decoration.

From the appearance, Lilicia is as thoughtful as a mature woman, but she does not have an elegant temperament. On the way here, Aika heard Liuyin say that Lilicia Caru was actually just a girl about the same age as Lilith-senpai.

But Aika didn't dare to take her lightly. Because she is one of the leaders of the Nemesis Society, she does not hesitate to summon an army of undead to put thousands of innocent people to death in order to achieve unrealistic goals.

Lilicia is no longer a young girl, but a monster who remains indifferent despite being burdened with countless lives and has completely deviated from humanity.

"Mechanical Alchemy - Predator!"

With full firepower, Aika's six floating cannons constructed a laser net with no blind spots in all directions. At the same time, magic short blades were constructed at the muzzles of the twin guns, biting Lilicia's loopholes like poisonous snakes.

"Brother Aika! Me too..."

But before Wei Xi could take a step, she felt the threat coming quickly and quickly deployed a magic barrier in front of her.

That was Luoluo's attack on her. Luoluo stood there with lifeless eyes, the elemental magic between his fingers shining brilliantly.

Her target was indeed Wei Xi in front of her. She was probably ordered by Lilicia to hold Wei Xi back.

"Lolo..."

Wei Xi hesitated.

If there was a real fight, Wei Xi was fully confident that she could easily defeat Luo Luo, but she did not dare to use magic on her favorite family member.

——If it hurts Luoluo...

But Luoluo, whose emotions had been wiped away, did not hesitate. She once again released magic to Wei Xi, who was standing there at a loss.

Although every attack was just an ordinary low-level magic, Wei Xi, who was confused and hesitant, had no idea how to deal with Luo Luo, and could only remain in a passive position of being beaten.

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Lilicia, who seems weak, is actually on par with Aika.

Her folding fan seemed to be some kind of magical tool, and every blow struck Aika with a sharp wind as sharp as a blade.

Aika's double spear daggers were constantly blocked by Lilicia. As soon as there was a gap in Aika's attack, she immediately launched a sharp counterattack.

The predator's laser net was also avoided by her using her flexible body.

"hateful……"

The whole situation is at a stalemate.

Aika gradually became anxious and controlled six floating cannons to block Lilicia's retreat.

“Mechanical Alchemy—Tungus Electric Field!”

The arc flashed.

The next moment, a dazzling light burst out from the arc network, triggering a violent ionization explosion.

However, it's not over yet. The space around Aika was distorted, and he felt abnormal fluctuations in the magic equipment at the same time.

——Magic costume? !

Aika didn't know until this moment that her judgment was wrong. The folding fan in Lilicia's hand turned out to be a magic weapon.

The figure in silk cheongsam appeared beside Aika out of thin air. Aika could only use her body's conditioned reflex to block Lilicia's fan blades with the short blades of her double guns.

At this moment of hand-to-hand combat, Lilicia's figure merged into the air again, and the fluctuations in the magic outfit disappeared completely in an instant.

--What? !

The next moment Aika lost his target, a sharp folding fan cut open his side with wind pressure.

Blood flowed continuously from the incision, and a large area of ​​his flank was stained red with blood.

Aika endured the severe pain and drove the exoskeleton to quickly distance herself.

Lilicia's seemingly gentle blow actually broke the exoskeleton built by mechanical alchemy. Only genuine magic equipment can achieve this level.

——This woman is very dangerous...

what to do? Aika couldn't find a breakthrough for a while. Even if he showed his current strength, he could only draw a tie.

He fully activated the magic power flowing in his blood, and Tylua-senpai's half-vampire blood boiled throughout his body. Although the characteristics of the vampire blood could not heal the wound immediately, it gradually solidified the blood on the surface.

Lilicia raised the corners of her mouth and showed a smile that was sure of her victory.

She would not leave Aika any time to breathe, and cut down the edge of the folding fan with a charming light.

The six floating cannons returned to Aika's side, all of their muzzles aimed at Lilicia's vital points, and the magic power in the twin guns was compressed to the maximum extent.

This fight is the moment of life and death!

Which one is faster, Lilicia's blade, or her own bullets——

"Eh……"

At this moment, all the magic evaporated without warning.

Whether it was a predator or a pair of guns, everything turned into silver-white particles and dissipated at this moment.

Only Lilicia's folding fan still shone with the brilliance of magic power, and it was cut down against the wind.

——This time I also failed and failed to save Luoluo...

Aika's body fell into magic depletion syndrome, and she couldn't even move a finger. Naturally, she couldn't avoid Lilicia's fatal blow.

There was no fear of death in his mind, only Luo Luo's face looking at him with a smile appeared.

"Goodbye, Chise family brat——"

Aika didn't see the moment the fan blade fell.

The girl who loved him more than anyone else in the world opened her hands and stood in front of Aika.

The fan-shaped sharp blade cut open the white dress and the delicate skin.

The blood splattered from her back was reflected in Aika's pupils like slow motion.

Her eyes that gradually lost their luster conveyed her long-standing guilt and regret to the person who was most important to her.

Luoluo fell into Aika's arms silently.

The slender fingers unconsciously grasped Aika's chest tightly, and the nails dug deeply into Aika's flesh, but the pain caused to Aika's body was far less than one ten thousandth of what she had endured.

"Lolo!"

This kind of thing...couldn't have happened in the first place...

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