"You're surprisingly soft towards Leianne, husband."
Nysia commented with an amused expression on her face.
"That's not what I'm asking about, you know?"
I'm talking about the incoming enemies when I asked what she thinks but I guess this is fine as well.
"I know. But I can't pass up this chance to tease you."
Nysia chuckled as she relished the thought of teasing me, filling this enclosed space with her sweet-sounding voice.
There's only a day left before I get summoned to another world. These past two days, this wife of mine stayed by my side all the time as she hoped to spend the three days with me.
Due to that, the plan for her to hold the fort back in the city was scrapped.
Rather than just taking over the mine and maybe a part of the Empire, we decided to also deal with Lucas here.
I will take him on first while Nysia will swoop in surprise to finish him off. That's the plan, yet we're still ready to react to any change of the situation that might occur.
This will be the first time that I will see her in full power outside the simulation. Whenever we spar against each other inside it, I repeatedly lose when I fight her head-on. The Quintuple Shields which I conjured from the Bulwark of Invulnerability was easily manipulated by her awakened ability. It's not that she could negate it completely but she could weaken it enough for her strikes to pierce through it.
"Teasing me is fine but wife, you better prepare yourself later in our room."
"Ugh. I'll stop. But tell me honestly, you don't fancy any of them?"
Eh? What is she trying to do here? If I have to be honest…
"I do. But you see, I don't feel the same connection I have with you and the other six."
"Hmm. When you're still not aware of the convergence of destiny back then, how did they become your companion? Are you're aware of your connection with them beforehand?"
Ah. No. I'm unaware of any connection with them. I even tried to avoid getting too involved however, I still couldn't escape my destiny to be with them.
"Now that you mention it. No. I didn't feel any connection with them at first..."
Especially with Erin and Yumiko. Erin is someone who accompanied me to Avelin's tribe and without noticing it, she became important for me. Yumiko on the other hand is Yuko's friend but when she confessed, I didn't even think of rejecting her and accepted her right away.
"See. Husband, at one point in time, you started relying too much on your destiny. We Orb Holders are one thing but what about, Erin and Yumiko?"
I just thought of those two and now she's also asking about the two. I'm really relying too much on my destiny after becoming aware of it.
"… Nysia, are you asking me to take them as my companion?"
"It's not that, idiot. Think about it when you're in that world."
Haa… I really should reconsider my view of this destiny. I'm not Yse who can see someone's destiny after all. It will just muddle my head if I continue following it.
"Alright. I will. Thank you, wife."
"Haa... I feel like I just encouraged you to take a mistress or mistresses..."
Nysia put a hand on her forehead and sighed, contemplating about the things she just said to me.
"Un. That's really what you did. I'm trying not to think about it, you know? I noticed how they stare at me with special meaning in their eyes."
"Ugh. Be that as it may. Knowing you, you won't start neglecting me after you find a new one anyway."
"That's a given. All of you are important to me. Higher than even saving the world."
"I know, after this until you leave tomorrow, I won't leave your side."
"You're already doing that for two days, wife. Well, I also love being with you. Especially when you're clinging to me like this."
"Focus now, husband. They're here."
Nysia leaned over to kiss me before turning serious as we both stared at the screen in front of us.
The enemy finally arrived before us, the Standard and few Specialized Metagens behind the Emperor's group spread out and engaged the 4 members of Aegis Battalion covered with both of my buffs. Though they were outnumbered 5 to 1, all of them smoothly and confidently engaged them in battle.
No one knew apart from me and Lexie that Nysia was here with me. It was to not give a chance for Lucas to escape to the moon or somewhere he would feel safe.
If we get him out of the equation before I leave, it will surely provide me with some sort of relief.
Among the Transcendents of this world, if Nysia is the strongest, Lucas is the craftiest. Though I trust that they won't just lose easily before him, I can't help but feel uneasy with him as an enemy.
If the Dark World Transcendents that will descend use his smarts, even if it's flawed without Leianne's input, it will be a headache for Nysia and the others.
A communication request from the Emperor lit up on the screen. Upon seeing that, Nysia settled herself on my side again before I accepted it.
"Lucas. We meet again."
"4th Hero... Good. This move of yours really caught me off guard. Did you also send someone to Eldur?"
Unlike his confident demeanor back then, there's a different expression on his face this time. Pissed.
He's clearly pissed at the turn of events, he didn't expect that we would make this kind of move. Without Leianne on his side, he started making mistakes or he just turned his attention somewhere.
"Isn't it obvious? I won't let the two of you give the Darkbugs these resources. Also, it's about time to cut off bad weeds like you two."
"You seem confident."
"I am. Wanna try me?"
I smirked in a bid to taunt him, however, Lucas didn't respond and only shook his head before turning the communication off.
Following that, his All-black Metagen silently backed away while Kreed and the other Specialized Metagens stepped forward as they released their menacing pressure that it somehow created a blood-red aura surrounding them.
Upon seeing that, Lunaria and the Minowa Triplets stepped forward in front of me as they also started releasing their pressure to counter their opponents.
A few seconds later, the sky-blue Metagen of Leianne from below also flew next to them. When her face appeared on my screen again, she didn't say anything and only nodded her head while showing her renewed conviction.
Lunaria and the triplets' face also appeared as they waited for my order.
"You all know what to do. Be swift or wait for the right opportunity to take them down."
Their opponents were possibly a mix of the Rank SSS from that camp and the real elites of the Empire. Certainly, they're Diamond to Legend-rank. Some of them were also in possession of a domain-type of skill
The Minowa Triplets were only Diamond-ranks so they needed to be carried by Lunaria and Leianne's domains.
In any case, that Lucas was probably trying to see if they had any hope at winning this battle. He'll surely escape once he determines that even his most elite subordinates are no match against my subordinates supported by my buff.
"Father, just give up. You won't see your ambition to come to fruition. And... I won't let this world be destroyed for that."
Leianne called out to her father but it was met with silence. His mind was already closed off. Unless she returns to his side, he probably won't entertain any of her words.
"Leianne."
"Don't worry, Sir Daisuke. That's the last time I will call out to him. I can't stop him but you're different. Please stop him. For this world."
None of them knows that I will be leaving tomorrow but to answer her plea, I nodded and smiled at her.
Since this will probably be my last fight here in a while, let's surprise them with this.
Phantasmic Doppelganger!
Four Purple Haze clones were instantly created followed by the opening of my Transcendent Aura which promptly covered the area.
The four clones then flew over the heads of the blood-red Metagens, ignoring them completely to appear in front of the All-black Ultimate Metagen.
All four pulled out identical swords covered with Swordforce as they all aimed towards the location of the Ultimate Metagen's cockpit.
Following behind but faster than the four clones, I controlled the Purple Haze and flew above them using Flash Step.
Upon reaching the desired height, I lunged downwards while brandishing the Swordforce-covered regenium sword.
Embedded on the sword's hilt was the Willful Sword who didn't want to be left out.
The Swordforce coated by the lightning dragon from the Willful Sword and the Purple Smoke the Metagen emitted combined and visually transformed the Purple Haze into a Purple Haze Dragon as it descended towards the towering black Metagen in a speed that was fast enough to break the sound barrier many times over.
Crack!
Along with a loud cracking sound, the Black Metagen's right arm was hacked off!
At the last moment, before the Purple Smoke Dragon could engulf the Ultimate Metagen, it managed to turn it's body away, evading the full brunt of my pre-emptive attack.
"4th Hero!"
Lucas' enraged voice instantly filled the area followed by his Black Smoke domain spreading out from below his feet.
The four clones which one step away from striking him were all engulfed by it, however, that domain was proven to be not enough to stop their delayed attacks. All four also had a smaller form of the Purple Haze Dragon. Their four strikes made it look like four dragons trying to take a bite of him.
Lucas tried to turn his Metagen into smoke form in a hurry but the Swordforce-covered swords were faster than the activation of that skill.
Crack!
Four more loud cracking sounds of blasted armor filled the area. The Empire's Elites led by Kreed broke the standoff against Lunaria's group as they all turned around to see what had just happened behind them.
Even if their faces couldn't be seen, the way all of them turned stiff was enough reaction to the unbelievable sight presented before them.
Their Emperor's Ultimate Metagen suffered catastrophic damage! And that happened before they could react to my sudden disappearance behind the girls!
"Nicely done, husband."
Nysia commented after exhaling a sigh of admiration from the side. She witnessed and experienced everything.
"He still managed to dodge it."
I was aiming for his cockpit but he still managed to react a split second before my sword sank inside it.
"Then do it again. I wanna see it again!"
Nysia cheered, unaware or perhaps totally ignoring the raging Lucas outside.
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