"Achoo!" Toyokawa Shoko sneezed. "I'm already wearing so much, why is it still so cold?"
"It's so cold. Why is Talulah's place as cold as winter back home? It's so cold it feels like my toes are going to freeze off." Artoria rubbed her hands together, blowing hot air into them, but her mind grew wary. She felt that upon arriving here, she had been drawn into a storm of malice.
It's terrifying. It makes me sick.
"Didn't you prepare more for the snowplains, Liah?" Qian Yi handed Artoria a cup of hot milk he had just bought. "Hot milk is the best thing at a time like this. It's warm to hold, and holding it feels like you have the whole world in your hands."
"Uwaah, thank you. You're so nice, Qian Yi." Artoria held the warm cup of milk with both hands and took a gentle sip. White steam slowly diffused in front of her nose.
Her body warmed up instantly.
Hot milk is such a great invention.
"Where's mine? Where's mine?" Kiana poked her head over like a husky. After successfully getting a cup to warm her hands, she added, "So this is Talulah's world? I remember this place is famous for its beast-eared girls. Do you think she'll arrange a beast-eared girl troupe to welcome us? Hehe, fluffy beast-eared girls~?"
"The Reunion Movement is so poor they're eating snow, relying entirely on Talulah working odd jobs outside to make a living. Where would they get the spare resources to gather a beast-eared girl troupe for you?" Qian Yi thought Kiana was dreaming. A couple of furries would be enough to put her in her place.
"You can tell they're really poor. This reception place is worse than the cell my sister hung me up in." Kiana nodded.
Hearing this, Talulah's face was full of embarrassment. Sorry for not being able to gather a beast-eared girl troupe to welcome you.
But these words angered the nearby FrostNova and Patriot. They felt these people had no respect for the Reunion Movement at all. Their words implied that the Reunion Movement was a group of nobodies, a rabble, and they even expected them to be beautiful beast-eared girls to please them! A rare surge of anger rose in Patriot's heart. He had zero tolerance for such charlatan-like wastes of space!
How could Talulah get mixed up with these vermin!
In his rage, his presence became even sharper. FrostNova, beside him, felt his oppressive aura and her body trembled, thinking they were done for. But at that moment, Patriot's gaze met Qian Yi's.
A surging, divine pressure passed through the other's eyes like a tidal wave, straight into Patriot's mind, causing his mountain-like body to feel uncontrollable. He subconsciously raised his shield to block, protecting FrostNova and Talulah behind him. That one glance made him feel as if he were seeing a ferocious beast, a nine-headed hydra with a deadly venom staring at him. No, that gaze did not come from a hydra, but from an even more terrifying existence—the gaze of the one who hunted the hydra.
In a daze, Patriot seemed to see a figure filled with the beauty of divine spirit and power, perfectly interpreting what power was, looking at him. There was no malice, just a simple, curious observation.
Qian Yi had not anticipated this result. After obtaining one of Heracles' representative martial arts, [Nine Lives], it had merged with him, but there were some issues with the fusion.
Perhaps it was because [Nine Lives] was famous for Heracles' defeat of the Hydra, it had created some kind of resonance with the [Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi] in the hands of Qian Yi's Persona, Izanagi, which had defeated the Yamata no Orochi. This led to his fusion with this martial art being exceptionally high, to the point that he would unconsciously emit a spiritual pressure comparable to Greece's strongest hero towards any creature that showed hostility towards him.
Even Qian Yi himself was unaware of this. Because Shoko, Kiana, and the others would not be hostile towards him, and anyone else who was hostile would have been scared out of their wits, without the courage to even speak to him, let alone tell him about it.
"Oh no, did we walk into a den of thieves?" Seeing the fully armed shieldguard squad and the suddenly stressed-out Hajime-bunny FrostNova and Patriot, Kiana's expression immediately turned serious. "Talulah invited us to the Reunion Movement to fight the black snake on the surface, but she's actually planning to wipe us out and steal our treasures?!"
"Eh? Eeeeeh!" Artoria was so surprised she couldn't speak, only letting out meaningless cries.
"Do you think the blockhead Talulah has the brains for that?" Qian Yi retorted.
"True. Then what's going on?" Kiana asked again.
"It must be the black snake! It knew we were coming to beat it up, so it made the first move and possessed Talulah's body, using lies to deceive Patriot and FrostNova!" Qian Yi analyzed the situation with a serious expression.
"What should we do?" Toyokawa Shoko asked.
"Beat them all up first to calm them down! Then tie up Talulah and beat the black snake out of her!" Qian Yi took off his backpack and threw it to Shoko, then drew Jizo Mitama and his Persona Evoker.
"Such a dishonest black snake. If it had just been obedient, it wouldn't have to die," Kiana said, raising her head with an arrogant smile. Her right eye turned golden, and two Lances of the Void appeared at her sides.
"Wait! I'm not..." Seeing her two group friends already in a combat stance, Talulah quickly waved her hands, trying to explain. But the next moment, a foot had already crossed space and kicked her hard in the face.
"Don't blame us, Talulah! This is all to save you from the black snake's clutches!" Kiana's words were full of pity, but her face was happier than anyone's. She even shouted out the name of her next skill: "Kaslana Combo Kick!"
This is for leaving me behind!
Do you know the pain of being hung up and beaten by my sister?!
Feel the pain!!!
"Kiana, that's Talulah's body. Go easy on her."
Qian Yi couldn't stand Kiana's behavior and reminded her. But his opponents were Patriot, FrostNova, and the shieldguard squad. With so many people attacking him, a single moment of carelessness could get him killed. So...
"Persona, Izanagi-no-Okami!"
"Myriad Truths!!!"
Suddenly feeling danger approaching, Patriot and the shieldguard squad immediately raised their shields to defend. However—
Boom, boom, boom—!!!
Three large explosions rose up in the snowplains one after another. In the blink of an eye, Patriot, FrostNova, and the shieldguard squad were all buried in the snow.
An encounter with Steel 'Lao Da' in the snowplains; Izanagi's consecutive Myriad Truths were as strong as a monster; an unwinnable battle even at full strength.
"So strong... as expected of the Captain. He annihilated all the enemies in an instant." Shoko was a bit mesmerized watching.
When can I be as strong as them?
Is there really such a powerful force within my body?
"Hiss!"
Suddenly, Shoko felt a sharp pain in her head, as if something was speaking inside her mind.
But she didn't have time to think about it, because while Qian Yi was dealing with Patriot, FrostNova, and the shieldguards, Kiana had already used the Void Ribbons to hang Talulah upside down from a tree.
"Black snake! I'll make you show your true form!"
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