"Ahem, ahem, ahem. If you hadn't mentioned it, we would have almost forgotten, Miss God. Uhm... why did you go to such great lengths to rewrite the history of our deaths?"
Kallen seemed to have been reminded, and she asked the question directly—
"This question is a very long story... We can slowly tell it to you after we go back, and there is one more mistake that Miss Cangxuan and Miss Nuwa have not yet been corrected on."
The divine girl's gaze swept over the two women, who were somewhat confused and restless after being named. A certain sixth sense stemming from a biological instinct told them that some kind of danger was approaching...
"What I need to correct you on is—the Hero of humanity's previous era, the Mad King Kalpas, whose name is Decimation..."
"He is still alive, and when you just said he was dead, he was right behind you..."
The divine girl watched with interest as the expressions of the two women shifted from disbelief to where should we bury ourselves, and then to the masked man behind them, who was perpetually enraged but now unable to act.
"I understand the logic... but wasn't Brother Kalpas already... Kevin and the others told us this—"
Cangxuan, unwilling to turn around and face reality, still clung to her delusions...
"This is a question I must ask you. For the Moths who Chase the Flame—Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig... what zodiac sign do you think the Mad King Kalpas belongs to?"
"Tiger?"
The trembling Cangxuan and Nuwa could even hear the crackling of flames and feel the rising temperature behind them. Driven by a desperate will to survive, they chose an answer that seemed to be a plea for their lives. Immediately after, the temperature behind them dropped noticeably... Just as the Cangxuan sisters breathed a sigh of relief, the girl's reply acted as a powerful catalyst, adding fuel to the volcano about to erupt behind them—
"Tiger? Really? I think he's more of a Dog. After all, he actually bites... No, he'd even dare to bite a god—"
Ignoring the "Please stop talking" expressions on the faces of the Cangxuan and Nuwa sisters, Snow Apocalypse stated her thoughts as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"So, do you want to hear how he survived a certain-death ending?"
"No, we don't want to know at all—"
The blonde girl paid no mind to their "Then shut the hell up" expressions and continued her story on her own—
"Just a while ago, when I was picking up a little kitten on the Moon for a certain lonely old man—a certain mad dog who saw his kitten being snatched away bit my hand directly—"
"He bit so hard. It's a good thing my Mystic Code has gauntlets and bracers—and I couldn't shake him off no matter how much I struggled. I have to admit, Mr. Kalpas's bite is truly impressive. Since I couldn't get rid of him, I had no choice but to adopt him~"
"God of War! Stop your damn sarcastic rambling! I may be mad, but I'm not stupid! If you want to fight, then just say it!!!"
After hoisting Cangxuan, Nuwa, and Kallen—who had been in his way—into the air and tossing them aside, Kalpas cracked his knuckles, ready to go another round with the girl before him.
"If you're so bored, you could go bite Shamash instead of running over here to get a beating from me, Mad King Kalpas."
Looking at Kalpas, who seemed ready to rush in and punch her, the girl appeared completely unbothered. She even pulled out the complete Great Compassion Mantra she had swiped from Su, preparing to chant it until the man's scalp tingled with apprehension, forcing him to retreat from his own initiative.
"Don't give me that crap! God of War—what about the promise you made me!!! I want to see her right now, right now—immediately!!!"
Kalpas's roar was so loud it made the ears of the others nearby ache. This caused Kallen, who had been inexplicably tossed aside, to shut her mouth just as she was about to lose her temper.
This man's voice is so loud... I probably wouldn't be able to outshout him in a yelling match... And he looks extremely dangerous, too— After a brief thought, the Saintess obediently hid on the side with Cangxuan and the others, deciding to observe the situation.
"Such an impatient man. No girl would ever like someone like that—"
The God pursed her lips in boredom. Looking at the Mad King, who seemed ready to lose his temper again, she chose to compromise.
"Alright, that's enough joking for now. You've come to regard them as your family, longing for a place to call home."
"What a truly interesting man... Before we set off, I have a question for you, Mr. Kalpas."
"Where will you take her? You don't consider this place, the Fifth Cosmic Sector of the Highest Heaven, your new home. So, where do you want to go?"
The God quietly awaited the man's reply. She was curious to see what kind of answer this undeniably tsundere man would give her.
"Where? She'll go wherever she wants to go! And if there's a guy like Kevin for me to punch, that's even better!"
The irritable Mad King was momentarily stunned by the girl's question, then gave his reply with utter indifference.
"What a cunning answer... So you'll just go wherever she goes..."
"Ah, poor Kalpas, toyed with by a pink-haired vixen in the palm of her hand... cough cough cough..."
"Then let's set off. You three, would you like to come along?"
Snow looked at the crowd of onlookers and extended her invitation.
"Let me ask first? Will the scene be more exciting than just now?"
Cangxuan and Nuwa planned to confirm the situation before making their decision...
"No, the process is very simple: go back, then give the Herrscher of Corruption a big slap in the face, sending her into that demon box you're so familiar with, Miss Kallen... then just pack the person up and leave."
"I also have a question—"
Kallen raised her hand to ask.
"If it's as you say, Miss Odin... replacing the history that has already happened with the altered history... then what will it be like in other people's memories?"
"Missing, dead, or bones completely destroyed. You can choose one of these three public records. Like Kalpas and Miss Pardofelis, who isn't here, in the memories of the three Previous Era remnants in the Current World—Kevin, Su, and Gray Serpent—they have already become missing in the Final Battle instead of dead."
"So we also..."
"Miss Kallen, your description in the records will probably still be death, and it will be more tragic than before, the kind where there are no bones left—"
"As for you two, you'll probably be described in the myths of Shenzhou as having summoned the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals from the Heavenly Court to eliminate the monster and then returned to the heavens?"
"So, are you going? The Mad King is getting a bit impatient waiting..."
"Of course, of course we'll go. I haven't seen Miss Sakura for so long..."