"Why are you two together, and why are you even here in Penacony?"
Senti, who had finally managed to pull her finger out, took several steps back and suspiciously scrutinized the two of them.
Soon, she noticed... Liviel was constantly hugging Kiana's arm, and the posture was quite intimate!
Senti's gaze instantly became mischievous, and she looked at Kiana with a strange smirk, saying:
"Kiana, you wouldn't want your Mei to know that you're out here..."
"Heh, this General is rather skilled at conquering people with virtue."
Kiana wore an extremely gentle smile, while her other hand constructed a sharp axe made of the character for 'virtue' (De).
"Hmph, boring! You just like bullying people with your strength, huh? Blegh!"
The slightly annoyed Senti made a face at Kiana before disappearing from the spot.
She wouldn't bother with someone who cheats!
When she had the chance, she would definitely secretly tell Raiden Mei and let Kiana see what true social wickedness was like.
Kiana guessed that Senti might do this, but there was nothing she could do; Senti was family, and she couldn't just casually modify someone's memory.
Forget it. At most, she would just endure physical suffering one more time.
She could handle it!
"Alright, Senti is gone."
Kiana looked with slight amusement at Liviel, who was still baring her teeth, rubbed her head, and spoke softly.
"Oh..."
Liviel instantly changed from a feisty, childish look to a well-behaved one.
Kiana shook her head, slowly stood up while holding Liviel's small hand, and looked toward the crow perched atop the clockie statue.
"Still staring at us? Are you that worried?"
Buzz—
A wave of power swept the surroundings; all the colors instantly dimmed, and the surrounding Dreamers vanished.
"Two uninvited ladies, please do not interfere too much with the affairs of Penacony."
A steady, weathered voice emerged from the crow's mouth, seeming to warn Kiana and Liviel.
But he did nothing to the two of them, merely watching them silently.
One of them, he knew, was a Walker of the Path of The Propagation, whose power level had even reached that of an Emanator.
But he was very surprised by her physical form.
Could she be a remnant of the Swarm that the New Xianzhou forces recently defeated?
Otherwise, there was no way to explain the dense aura of The Propagation and the aura of Abundance emanating from her.
If that's the case... the incorporated remnants are all at Wangshu. The only person who could make this Propagation Emanator so compliant must be that mysterious General of Wangshu.
The crow's eyes moved away from Liviel and focused on Kiana.
"Gopher Wood, I know everything about you, regarding your hidden crimes, the Glamoth Iron Cavalry AR-214..."
Under his calm gaze, Kiana spoke words that shocked him.
!!!
The crow possessed by Gopher Wood fell into a long silence due to the shock.
"You look too shocked to speak, don't you? Gopher Wood, the Dream Master who betrayed the Harmony."
Kiana deliberately drew out her words, a playful smile curling on her lips.
At the same time, a miniature clockie wearing an Aha mask appeared above Kiana's head.
"Aha is here..."
Crack... Before Aha could finish speaking, Kiana grabbed it, instantly refined it, and casually blew away the dust in her palm.
"Aha has no face now, and isn't being included in the fun."
Aha's mask turned into a crying face and dangled beside her.
"Fine, fine, I'll let you play this time, okay? If you dare say you're bored, I'll beat up your main body."
As she spoke, Kiana added a layer of purple Destruction Power to her fist and grinned ominously.
"Boring, so boring! Aha is leaving~"
Aha paused, then immediately chose to run away, but just as half of Its mask disappeared, Kiana's gaze sharpened. She put one hand on her hip, pointed at Aha, and said:
"Hey, you just said 'boring'... right?"
"What do you mean..."
"Ora!"
Kiana delivered a Light-Speed Punch to the Aha mask before it completely vanished, personally sending It on its way.
"Aha will be back! Wuwuwu!"
"Why can't you change into a cute girl form to play, like a twintailed brat?"
Kiana grumbled with slight disdain, but it seemed to have been heard by a certain unscrupulous God of Fun who hadn't gone far.
"Next time, I'll arrange it~! Hahahaha~"
As the laughter faded, Aha truly ran away this time.
"..."
Gopher Wood remained silent.
Having watched the entire process, this person across from me treats 'Elation' like a soccer ball. Can I still survive, kids?
"As expected of Darling~"
Flower special effects began floating around Liviel's body as she gazed at Kiana with an infatuated expression.
"Gopher Wood, I highly value your abilities. If you sincerely repent for the crime of killing AR-214 out of covetousness for the power of The Propagation, and rediscover your original intention, I can pardon you and grant you the ability to resurrect the lower-level Dream Residents whom you indulged the Oak Family to sacrifice to the Stellaron. Naturally, this ability will also allow you to see Mikhail."
To make herself appear more authoritative, Kiana immediately activated the transformation form of the Perfect Ultra Instinct.
As for AR-214... afterward, she would try to see if any residual consciousness remained... if the consciousness had completely dissipated without a trace, she still had ways to resurrect the person.
"To be able to see an old friend again? What an irresistible temptation..."
Before those silver eyes filled with divinity, Gopher Wood's crow head looked toward the sky, revealing a human expression of Remembrance.
"But..."
The crow shook its head, the surrounding scenery changed, and the crow turned and flew away. At the same time, an Oak Family Sky-Ring maiden walked over and sat on a nearby bench.
"I know my sins, my sins are always before me, and I will never repent."
These words were spoken with unusual firmness; if given another chance, he would still do the same.
Only the authority of Order could truly stabilize the beautiful dream of Penacony, and he would commit any crime necessary to achieve this, even when facing the judgment of a god now.
Old friend, I might be coming to find you. I hope you don't walk too fast... "What a truly stubborn lunatic..."
Kiana shook her head.
Few of these Path lunatics are normal; it seems unless she finds a way to talk him into sense or beat him into sense, he won't change.
What a waste of talent. She needed to think of a trick... Eh! She had an idea!
Although it seemed a bit wicked... "In the name of the God of Destruction, I give you one more chance. Will you repent?"
Kiana stood with one hand behind her back, extended her palm toward Gopher Wood, and condensed a Destruction Bomb into a small sphere.
Kiana then slowly turned her palm downward, pointing it at the ground beneath their feet, and the divine script symbolizing The End suddenly appeared behind her.
At the same time, Elysia, Eden, and Senti, who had moved her stall, all looked in the same direction from Penacony.
And they rushed over at their fastest speed.
"Replacing reality with false dreams, plundering freedom with tyranny, maintaining stability with sin—this has severely violated the 'Order' of Taiyi. If you do not sincerely repent, you shall perish along with this Festival Star."
Kiana, valuing talent (even if it was hard labor), tested him again to see what he would do.
To make the energy ball in her hand more imposing, Kiana added a layer of highly deterrent electric arcs constantly flickering around the Destruction Sphere.
Moreover, the entirety of Penacony trembled due to this oppressive sensation.
At the same time, Elysia, Eden, and Senti, who had moved her stall, all looked toward Kiana.
And they rushed over at their fastest speed.
What happened?
Could Kiana be going to destroy the world!
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