Chapter 119: The Rain Won't Last, But the Bonking Will
Underworld.
The armed members of Wildfire and various models of automated combat robots assembled under the respective orders of the Wildfire leader, Natasha, and the robot settlement leader, Svarog.
The two factions were united, with Caelus as the connecting link.
To the people of the Underworld, Caelus, who had brought the magical, multi-flavored mushrooms that completely solved their survival problem, was an undisputed savior. In Svarog's core programming, Caelus was listed as the Second Authority. As long as it did not violate his most fundamental logical design, he would obey all of his commands.
Under these circumstances, the two sides were naturally able to put aside their past differences and fight for the future and Preservation of the people of Belobog. Besides, there had never been any fundamental conflict between Wildfire and the robot settlement to begin with.
"We should still leave some people behind to maintain order in the Underworld."
Glancing at the assembled troops, Caelus spoke to Natasha, who was beside him.
Natasha tilted her head, her smile gentle. "There aren't that many troublemaking vagrants now. We don't need so many people."
Many of the vagrants were not truly malicious criminals but had been forced into their circumstances by the need to survive. Now that the pressure of survival was gone, while people might not be full of hope for the future, they were at least no longer in despair. This was the most stable period the Underworld had seen in a long time.
"It's not the vagrants we need to worry about, but the Fragmentum in the various towns."
"The Fragmentum..."
Natasha's brow furrowed slightly. After a moment's thought, she asked, "But in that case, will our armed forces really be sufficient?"
This act of resistance concerned the future of the Underworld; it was a decisive action. In Natasha's view, allocating more forces to the counter-attack team was undoubtedly the better choice. As for the rear, the Fragmentum probably wouldn't collectively erupt during this period, right?
"Of course it's enough. We're not the only ones fighting against Cocolia."
Caelus's right arm was draped over Stelle's shoulder, his hand resting on her delicate collarbone.
His words made everyone present pause. Bronya, standing behind Seele, looked puzzled and walked over to ask, "Not just us? Who else?"
"And our new Supreme Guardian, Lady Bronya, of course!"
Caelus looked directly into the girl's silver-gray eyes, the corner of his mouth lifting into a meaningful smile.
Bronya's body stiffened. If it were the her of the past, upon hearing such treasonous words, she would have certainly and firmly refuted this disrespect toward the Supreme Guardian. But now, Bronya lowered her head, a bitter expression on her face.
"Caelus, stop joking. I..."
"This isn't a joke. Has it really come to this, and you still haven't made up your mind, Bronya? After Cocolia steps down, you, as her heir, will be the rightful Supreme Guardian."
"I will definitely stop my mother!" Bronya shook her head, her voice firm. "But... no matter what, she is the mother who raised me. I want to get the answer from her own lips, no matter what."
"And what if her spirit has been completely twisted by the Stellaron?"
Hearing Caelus's question, Bronya was silent for a long time. She took a deep breath, her expression filled with firmness and resolve. "Then I will execute this vile, twisted monster that has defiled my mother's honor! With my own hands, as her daughter, Bronya!"
However, she hadn't thought about what would happen after stopping her mother. Succeeding her as the Supreme Guardian... She had been trained since childhood to Preserve Belobog, but for this day to actually arrive, and in this way... Bronya couldn't find the words to describe the complex emotions in her heart.
March 7th raised a hand to her forehead, her make complaints sounding somewhat weak.
Caelus nodded in satisfaction. Since the original Bronya had this level of resolve, "she"... Silverwing, could completely let loose and have a grand time.
Natasha had long sensed that Stelle's attitude toward her had become a bit strange. But the other was clearly a girl, a fair-skinned, beautiful girl with a slim waist and long legs—a galactic beauty. Her temperament... well, let's not talk about her temperament.
Although the script for this play of Elation wouldn't have changed its outcome regardless of Bronya's attitude, it was better that it aligned.
"Everyone, it's time to move out! We will not rot underground! We will burn under the blue sky!"
Natasha roused the morale of the armed Wildfire members. The members below the high platform were all filled with fighting spirit, raising the cold lances in their hands and responding with spirited shouts.
The troops assembled and set off for the blue sky!
The furnace core passage was, before the lockdown, one of the most important channels for transporting Geomarrow ore from the Underworld to the Overworld, and also the fastest way to travel between the two districts. After Cocolia issued the lockdown order, she had sealed most of the paths leading to the Underworld, leaving only one train line for exchanging goods. Svarog's mission was to "Preserve" the Underworld. Knowing about the Stellaron, his calculations had concluded that staying in the Underworld was the optimal survival strategy. To prevent the humans in the Underworld from trying to subvert his calculations and launching a doomed resistance against the Overworld through the furnace core passage, Svarog had chosen to completely control and seal it, avoiding a meaningless sacrifice of lives.
Under Caelus's command, Svarog lifted the furnace core seal.
"This feels like a super huge elevator."
Standing on the giant, several-hundred-square-meter circular platform, March 7th looked around at the walls, which were covered in simple metal frames that resembled circuit patterns.
"This should be the equipment used to transport Geomarrow ore." Dan Heng had his usual poker face.
"Hehe, Natasha is so capable~"
Stelle seemed to still be caught up in Natasha's mobilization speech from earlier, flashing her signature goofy smile.
March 7th: "?" Dan Heng: "?"
"Didn't you already get Dr. Natasha's stockings? Why are you still acting up?"
"Thank you for the compliment~"
With a composed smile, Natasha had the margin of a mature, intelligent older sister dealing with a lively younger sister.
"But, Natasha, I have five very important suggestions that I hope you will listen to carefully."
"Are you serious?"
March 7th widened her eyes, looking at the Stellaron spirit who had put on a straight face. Stelle can actually give suggestions? And five of them?
"Go on," Natasha said. She had almost never seen Stelle with such a serious expression, so she immediately straightened her posture and listened attentively.
Stelle raised her right hand, her five slender, tender fingers opening one by one as she spoke.
"One, you can sleep when you're tired. Two, you can eat when you're hungry. Three, you can drink when you're thirsty. Four, you can breathe when you're alive. Five, you can find me for marriage!"
Utterly bewildered by the first four suggestions, Natasha was completely unprepared for the shocking final reveal. She couldn't maintain her older sister's composure.
"Ma-marriage?"
"Wifey, it's time to get married!" Stelle launched herself at Natasha, her head aiming straight for those plump, dark longevity peaches. Caelus's wife is my wife!
Caught off guard, Natasha was hugged by the Stellaron spirit, flustered and at a loss.
"That's it," March 7th muttered after a long silence. "This one is beyond saving. Even Dr. Natasha can't cure her. I guess this girl with peerless medical skills will have to do the treating."
The rain won't last forever, but the bonking will.
She raised a brilliant smile, her small hands cracking her knuckles with a loud sound, looking like she was about to fix Stelle's head.
"Go for it," Dan Heng said, not stopping March 7th.
"Don't stop me, March! Natasha, my Natasha!"
Being drilled by March 7th's knuckles, Stelle, like a beaten gopher, let out a miserable cry. "Natasha was clearly with Caelus... mmmph."
After a moment of shock, Natasha suddenly reacted, grabbing Stelle's face and forcefully pressing it into her embrace to prevent her from saying another word.
Almost at the same time, Caelus felt a faint medicinal and milky scent wash over him, his face enveloped by something, the pressure bringing a slight sense of suffocation.
Huh? March 7th was taken aback by the gray-haired beauty's action. After a moment's thought, she said with a worried tone, "Dr. Natasha, you shouldn't spoil her too much."
"Hehe, it's alright. Stelle is very cute."
Her cheeks gradually turned crimson. It wasn't Stelle's troublemaking that flustered her, but the completely unexpected situation that made Natasha's heart pound wildly.
She saw what happened between me and Caelus that night! And the witness was Stelle—Caelus's twin!
The older Seele and Bronya watched this scene, their expressions unparalleled complex. She could guess why Natasha was stopping Stelle from speaking.
Bonk~!
"Natasha, don't mind this idiot."
Without lingering on the warmth and supple softness transmitted through their shared senses—after all, he could have Raven provide that whenever he wanted—Caelus ignored the pain in the back of his head and brought a karate chop down on the head of the Stellaron spirit.
Ouch!
"Caelus, you brat, how could you be so cruel to 'yourself'!"
Pulled away from Natasha's embrace by the back of her collar, Stelle bared her teeth and claws, easily breaking free from his hold. Stelle countered by wrapping her right arm around Caelus's head in a powerful headlock, completely unconcerned that Caelus's face was being pressed into an intoxicating curve.
Caelus was even less polite. With his hands restrained by Stelle, he retaliated by biting down on the soft spot.
March 7th and Dan Heng were more or less used to their bottomless brawling, but the older Seele and Bronya's expressions were a sight to behold. Especially Natasha. For siblings to be this intimate, hadn't they already crossed a forbidden line? And...
"'Yourself?' What does that mean?"
Stelle and Caelus naturally didn't go around announcing their relationship. Only when acquaintances asked would they explain. In the eyes of most people in the Underworld, they were just twins who were super close.
When the older Seele explained Stelle and Caelus's relationship to Natasha in a tone of utter disbelief, the gray-haired beauty showed an expression of "I don't get it, but I'm deeply shocked." Natasha didn't understand what "quantum entanglement" was, but she had no problem accepting the factual result.
Besides being shocked by their strange and bizarre relationship, she thought of the kiss that night and Stelle's appearance... This is so messy!
However, Natasha quickly pushed the tangled mess of thoughts to the back of her mind. Now was not the time to be thinking about these things. Still, their brawling had dissipated much of the tension before the decisive battle.
As the device in the furnace core slowly ascended, gradually approaching the exit, the furnace core seal was a two-way blockade. The upper part was sealed by Cocolia, and the lower part by Svarog.
"As expected, it's been sealed."
When the rising circular platform stopped, and with the help of the light emitted by Svarog, Caelus saw the exit, which had been physically sealed with steel.
"We just need to smash it, right?"
An excited grin spread across her face. Stelle took out her baseball bat and gave it a twirl. A destructive, brilliant golden light could already be seen pulsing from it like a torrent.
This was why the Pathstriders, with their extraordinary combat power, had come up first.
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