"Damn, another double-dealer."
Although Leon himself had a pile of "Paths" on him.
But he was different from this person called Constance.
According to Black Swan's explanation, the two were not the same type of Stand User.
This Constance actively betrayed, whereas Leon was actively pasted with a pile of "Paths".
Actively pasting and being pasted—could these two be the same?
Leon had always been loyal to "The Hunt"!
It is just that adoring the strong is the nature of all living beings.
There is no helping it; stat monsters are always destined to be loved, slandered, and compared by people.
Those who wish to wear the crown must bear its weight.
Standing at the peak, one will inevitably suffer abuse, but it is merely a bit of wind and frost.
"But how could 'Nanook' take a fancy to a turncoat?"
He pondered this question, then suddenly realized that Jingliu seemed to be a turncoat as well.
Alright, it seems Lord "Nanook" is not very picky about one's background.
"Heaven knows."
Black Swan also felt there must be something wrong with "Nanook's" vision.
To actually take a fancy to this fellow Constance; she had clearly betrayed "The Destruction" before.
Sigh, hopeless.
"Do you know where this Constance is?"
Leon asked, "Or have you already started tracking her?"
"Apologies, I do not know where she is."
Black Swan shook her head.
"Between Memokeepers, strength also varies from high to low, and the directions we excel in are not quite the same."
She saved some face for herself with a slightly dignified explanation.
"This leads to many experiences being completely useless after losing the corresponding conditions. Dahlia is very skilled in the art of modifying cognition."
"Even if I take action, it is difficult to guarantee that I can absolutely find her."
In fact, Sister Swan had already taken action.
Unfortunately, in the end, she failed to find any trace related to Constance.
"If you lost, you lost. What is the meaning of adding so much drama for yourself?"
Leon had always stood by the principle that the strong should humiliate the weak.
Winning is winning, losing is losing; what is the meaning of this half-lost, half-won act?
Black Swan's face flushed red, wanting to retort with a sentence.
"...You have the capital to win."
But in the end, she found she could only hate "The Destruction" for granting Constance power.
"So what is our mission?"
Leon still hadn't figured out exactly what the main mission for the two of them was.
Was it cat and mouse—finding the mouse counts as winning?
Or thinking of a way to directly take Constance out?
"Honey Trap," Black Swan said quite seriously.
"What meaning? Have you finally gone mad?"
Leon felt Black Swan should listen to what she was actually saying.
"I am not joking with you."
"The reason she would betray her own camp, faction, and even Path, fundamentally comes down to one reason: she got bored, so she began to crave breaking fate."
Black Swan spoke solemnly.
"I think you are a person with great 'vigor'."
"She should be attracted to you. As long as you can successfully seduce her into rebelling against 'The Destruction' again, everything can be resolved peacefully."
Black Swan felt this was a quite good plan.
"Then I would rather go fight the Lord Ravager 'Ephemera'."
Leon purely felt she was talking nonsense.
"If I really do as you say, won't I be entangled by her for my whole life afterwards?"
Too troublesome.
"Feels like it would be better to directly shatter her Dao Heart."
People will always get bored; Leon felt that compared to this method, constantly shattering the Dao Heart worked better.
Jingliu personally certified this area: give a slap, then give a candy.
"You aren't letting me fight 'Ephemera'; are you making me avoid her edge?"
Leon had already decided; he would fight "Ephemera" first and talk later.
"Don't joke around, me avoid her edge?"
This "Ephemera"—not fighting her won't do.
Making it seem like such a big deal, but fundamentally, it is just a Lord Ravager.
Leon believed he had absolutely no reason to retreat.
"But this Lord Ravager is of the Mechanics Stream."
Black Swan expressed that a Gimmick Monster is simply strong to the point of being terrifying.
"I didn't mention it just now."
"But regarding 'Ephemera', the Destiny's Slave also gave a comment."
"'She will cause the entire galaxy to forget her ascension, as if the Eighth Lord Ravager never appeared.'"
Shady to the extreme, child.
"Do you understand this mechanic?"
Wanting to fight "Ephemera" is fundamentally impossible.
Because after "Ephemera" undergoes the Coronation, you won't remember the existence of "Ephemera" at all.
Even the existence itself is forgotten; how do you fight?
Do you know what this mechanic implies, and exactly how high the gold content is?
Although you forgot "Ephemera", "Ephemera" did not forget you.
It is true that the world is missing one Lord Ravager, but she absolutely can act!
This represents that "Ephemera" can completely kill an "Emanator" silently, and it would be a flawless assassination, leaving no flaws.
Or, She could completely "turtle" until coming out of the mountain.
Turtle until the time of "Terminus" descends, then destroy all enemies before her in the name of "Ephemera".
Anyway, regardless of which of the two playstyles above is used, the intensity is ridiculously high.
Brother, people are playing this kind of underworld mechanic; how can you clash with them head-on with stats?
There is fundamentally no such chance, do you know that!
"What's wrong with Gimmick Monsters? I beat Gimmick Monsters."
Leon didn't care in the slightest. Had he fought few Gimmick Monsters along this journey?
Making it so he didn't even want to go to Penacony anymore.
Just directly wait for "Ephemera" to undergo Coronation and then slap her face hard.
Avoid Her edge? Avoid my ass!
The best mechanic is the most violent stats!
"There is nothing that cannot be done; if it is me, I can do it!"
Leon said to Black Swan.
"Then we can only hope we can find Constance before 'Ephemera' ascends."
Black Swan still maintained her original attitude, which was that Constance would be unsolvable after ascending into "Ephemera".
No hard power would be able to work on her body anymore.
"Wait, I'm coming right now."
Leon indicated that her ally was rushing over at fire-speed.
After the communication ended, he immediately hung up.
And walked towards the direction where Pom-Pom was. After simply introducing the destination and direction.
"Launch, launch, launch, all launch!"
Under Leon's flurry of button pressing, they finally set sail smoothly.
Penacony.
With the help of the Silver Rail shuttle, the Astral Express's driving speed this time could be said to be very fast.
In just a moment, they went from the vast and boundless galaxy to this Land of Dreams.
"Everyone, go home and take a look; you all left with me quite hurriedly back then."
After arriving at the scene, Leon immediately dispersed the Golden Progeny.
After all, this place, Penacony.
Just like the Xianzhou Alliance, it could now count as the Golden Progeny's hometown.
The Golden Progeny each returned to their own homes, while Leon had someone else he needed to deal with.
Oak Mansion.
"Mr. Ranger, you actually came!"
The feathers behind Robin's ears trembled.
Clearly, seeing him made her very excited, and also very happy!
"Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
Robin chided slightly, while simultaneously starting to check if there were any issues with her attire.
"Just purely wanted to come here for a stroll."
Leon scanned the current her a few times. "I feel this didn't need to trouble you."
Although the time since the two last met wasn't considered long, Robin had undergone quite a few new changes in this short period.
The first to bear the brunt was her temperament.
From the original Eldest Miss and Cosmic Idol, she had thoroughly transformed into a leader.
On those features that appeared delicate in themselves, there was now a vague, intangible dignity.
Although on a young girl's face it looked more like acting cute, the temperament manifested on her body could not be faked.
It seemed that the management and command of the Family was not an easy task.
"How could this be trouble?"
Robin shook her head, not thinking so at all.
"Penacony is your territory."
She put away the seriousness a leader should have, smiling at him like a little girl.
"No matter what I do for you, it can never be trouble."
Robin said word by word, her elegant and pleasant voice not loud.
But her articulation was quite clear.
"Has Penacony encountered any difficulties recently?"
Leon looked at the little bird's gentle smiling face.
To be an idol, the face and throat are most important.
And the refined person before him belonged to the top tier in both; for them to be wasted like this was truly a pity.
"To be honest, if you are really very tired."
"You can completely find a trusted person to replace your position, to take over your duties. You can very well go live like before; there is no need to force yourself to do things you are not good at."
py (Promotional Preview):
Tsukimigazato Natsuo came to this world, thinking life was just seeing ghosts, teasing cats, and telling stories to Eru.
Until he met Yukinoshita Yukino.
When Yukinoshita died for the first time, Tsukimigazato thought this matter had a bit to do with him.
So without thinking much, he saved her.
When Yukinoshita died for the second time, Tsukimigazato reached out and touched her body.
"Mhm, still warm, can use while hot."
Takanashi Rikka: "The Wicked Eye is the strongest!"
Tsukimigazato clapped his hands: "Ah yes yes, yes."
Takanashi Rikka felt aggrieved: "The Invisible Boundary Lines truly exist!"
Tsukimigazato nodded this time: "They indeed exist."
"Eh?"
Takanashi Rikka tugged carefully at the corner of his clothes, "Where, where are they?"
Tsukimigazato glanced at her: "Invisible, so you can't see them."
"Then how can I see them?"
"This is simple. I'll beat you to death first, then save you."
He twisted his body, dodging the flying spatula.
...
Nishimiya Yuzuru had a calm face: "Let's elope."
Tsukimigazato's hand holding the water stopped: "Ah?"
"I said let's elope."
"I heard you clearly. Be a bit normal, don't say these things in front of Shouko."
"It's fine, we'll take Big Sister to elope together."
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