"The Heroic Spirits have already obtained what they most desire, what remains is unnecessary, power? Glory?"

"These things seem so worthless in the face of eternity, just..."

The once magnificent temple now resembles a fleeting illusion, ultimately turning into a palace of hell!

A white-haired man in a wheelchair lightly licked his nearly cracked lips, then tried to remove the dagger embedded in his arm.

"Don't waste your effort, without me, that thing cannot be taken down!"

"..."

"It seems like giving up."

A flash of silver armor passed by, leaving behind only a lonely sigh on the throne.

"There are always some people who like to use forgetfulness to erase the past. Are you the same? Do you still want to deceive yourself after losing order?"

"It's none of your business!"

"No, just like the current appearance of the temple, the light of the gods has long since disappeared. Light and darkness intertwine, and no one can tell the difference between them. What remains is eternal darkness."

He wouldn't listen to the girl at all, but instead ignored the God of War even more.

This completely enraged the God of War, she drew her holy sword and placed it at the man's neck to warn him.

"You better shut up and stop speaking nonsense. Someone who hides under a cloak all day without showing his face has no right to speak to me like this!"

"Indeed, I have no right... nor any reason to meddle in matters that have nothing to do with me! But is it useful for you to point a sword at my neck? Besides the brief satisfaction of pain, can you kill me?"

"Hmph!"

The Goddess of War gritted her teeth and then sheathed her holy sword.

"Now there's only one Goddess of War left in the temple, the others have all disappeared, do you... still want to torment yourself like this?"

"Heh, torment myself?"

"Isn't that what you're doing? The Divine Lord you believed in is long gone, isn't he?"

Not only the God of War, even Lucifer will soon be fully armed to stage a drama that he enjoys endlessly!

…

The disaster of the torrential rain had passed nearly a month ago, but many places' lands were no longer suitable for planting crops.

The heavy rain forced the headquarters of Elena to unanimously decide to move all the food seeds outside the fortress and raise the alert to a new level.

"These are truly unforgettable events."

Although it's only been a month now, it feels so good to say!

As I bid farewell to Sister Yukari and leave the wasteland after the disaster, then?

Of course, I'm going to buy some ingredients. After all, since I started working, I have some discretionary pocket money in my hands.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I never agreed to do things like grocery shopping, what were they thinking back then?"

...

"Hey, do you know why we live in the outer city? A big reason for that might be because of you!"

That's what Chiyori said.

"No matter what the big sister says, I agree!"

That's what Shinobi said.

As for Sister Yukari...

"Hahaha, I'm very generous and kind to my subordinates. You can go visit the shops while you're out, satisfy your youthful vigor!"

Sister Yukari jokingly said in a light-hearted manner.

In short, none of them seemed reliable to me, which made me feel awkward and guilty.

"Well, I guess all I can do is just be a messenger. Yukari and the others did take a risk to save me once, so I'll consider it as repaying the favor."

What does this mean, though? I don't really have much in common with them to talk about.

Sometimes everyone would go swimming near the hot springs at the back, or go on adventures in the jungle... anyway, they wouldn't hang out with a niche guy like me.

"Ugh, why do I have this kind of attribute?"

I just don't get it, the sun hasn't shone on the ground for the past two days, is it because I'm too dull, and this kind of weather just adds insult to injury?

"Oh, Yuanhui!"

"..."

He seemed not to have heard, so I tried to get as close to his position as possible.

Amongst the crowd, Yuanhui was not far in front of me, hesitating as he counted on his fingers in front of the frozen foods.

"Six hundred plus... oh dear, I've already exceeded the budget this month after deducting the money spent on games!"

"I'll go."

Angrily, I came up behind him and grabbed a handful of weeds from his silver-gray hair and pulled hard.

"Idiot, just don't buy games then!"

"Oh, it's Juxi, are you also here to buy discounted meat?"

Seeing that he finally chuckled, I sighed helplessly.

"You have no idea, I'm currently running errands for a group of students' union kids. At this rate, I might just end up becoming a professional babysitter."

"Haha, all your worries are unnecessary. You see, there are quite a few people eager to be the housekeeper for the president of the student union!"

Yuanhui chuckled, patted my shoulder, and said, "Hey, it's no fun at all. It's better if you seriously resolve all your issues."

"I don't think so. My 'family' is counting on me to support them."

Living like this is really tough, but what choice do I have? The only way out now is to hang out with Yukari and cause trouble everywhere with her, there's nothing else for me to do.

How pathetic, how sickening.

...

Hello, this is the ElenaM3 security system, please input the management password.

"Damn it, I knew that old man wouldn't let me in so easily."

Complaints aside, the problem still needs to be addressed. As long as it's in the spiritual world, there's no problem he can't solve.

"Haha, this kid really made a tough mental password. I think it might take me seven or eight minutes to crack it now."

The encryption system has already reached the third level, if the operation is not finished soon, Edward will soon notice it!

"Hmph, such a level of password...oh!"

Yu Nai's grandfather clenched the runes in his hand tightly, creating some wrinkles in the process.

Looks like today will only be at this level, huh?

"Hey hey, who are you?"

Just as he was about to leave, two fully armed Elena soldiers burst into the server control room and pointed their guns at his head, reprimanding him.

"Hands up, or else we'll..."

"Ha, don't be so vigilant. I'm the programmer Edward sent to inspect the server. Are you guys okay? If not, then my job here is done!"

He was about to walk out of the main entrance with a smug smile on his face.

"Just a moment!"

Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!

Yu Nai's grandfather felt a hint of nervousness in his heart. Truly the core forces of Elena, these guys were indeed too cautious.

"Oh, and what do you want to do?"

Nervously, he immediately put on a relaxed expression and joked, "Do you want to shoot me in the head?"

"...”

"Well, not quite, but I'll have to waste a little bit of your time."

As he spoke, the soldier closer to them stepped back and instructed another soldier.

"Report to headquarters, confirm the identity of this old man."

"Okay, please wait a moment... uh!"

Before they could finish speaking, two golden lights flashed past their necks, and Yu Nai's grandfather said with a smile.

"I don't have the time to wait for you, goodbye then!"

As Yu Nai's grandfather left the control room, he left a note saying—"Although not much, for now, I'll be taking these away!"

In the end, the two people in the control room stood stiffly staring at each other.

Due to the virus that Yu Nai's grandfather had implanted enough to paralyze the server, the result directly led to the city experiencing intermittent power outages.

...

"Ugh..."

I stared at the damp expense list, sweating profusely, unable to believe as I repeatedly scanned through every expense item listed.

"Ugh, it's going to exceed the budget again this month. Speaking of it..."

I glanced at the two people in the room who were the biggest spenders—Yukari and Chiyori!

Well, as women, their needs indeed exceeded the imagination of ordinary people, except for some leftover women with low material demands...

"Achoo—!"

I couldn't help sneezing in the corner, scratching, and then pleading to Yukari.

"Sister, can you please close the window, I can't stand it... Is it cold?"

"Sure, but wait until Haige goes out before closing it, he still has to stand guard."

"..."

Even Yukari said that, why do I feel like they are teasing me?

By unanimous consent, I was eventually 'exiled' outside the window, but fortunately, the weather was not as cold as in winter, so it wasn't a big deal.

"This is obviously leveraging their power to make me an unpaid, perpetual labor force."

Especially last Friday, I must have eaten leftovers that day, the noodles were all overcooked!

Thinking about it, these guys are getting more and more outrageous, why are they so cruel to me? We've spent quite a bit of time together during this period, but they still have a great bias against me.

Except for Vrat, everyone seems to think of me as a thorn in their side!

"Tsubaki, is this the extent of what you can do?"

It's time to give up guarding this place and move on to my own things... You have new companions now.

And you have the courage to take on all this and acknowledge this part of history. Finally, I can easily leave...

"Because only you... the child of two worlds, can become the last light of this world!"

"Lucifer!

"I'm sorry, Lucifer is not here right now. It seems you've come all this way for nothing."

The War God turned around, ready to close the door and send the guest away, but Edward seemed unfazed by this and instead pressed on with an imposing air.

"No, he is here. I can feel it. That lingering malice that can never be erased has never left!"