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Looking at the four sphinxes, the goddess Rungomminiad finally spoke. Her voice was gentle, but it was full of undeniable majesty.

Le Zhengling knew that when she closed her eyes just now, she must have obtained the current information of this world from Gaia. This kind of world support was the same as Arcueid obtaining knowledge from Gaia every time she woke up in the Millennium City.

The four sphinxes took two steps back in fear, then turned and ran.

The Lion King quietly raised his gun. There was no dazzling light or huge explosion. The scattered spirals of light on the gun transformed into four beams of light, slicing the four sphinxes in half.

"A thunderclap in the silence"—that was exactly how Yue Zhengling felt upon witnessing this scene. This silent and swift annihilation sent chills down his spine.

Then her gaze shifted to Arthur, "King Arthur of another world, please leave this world. There is nothing more you can do here."

Arthur remained silent.

Then the goddess Rungomminiad looked at Le Zhengling, her eyes growing brighter. "You should not exist. There is no place for you in any world. Although I am not involved in that situation, since you have encountered me, I have no choice but to take action against you. Forgive me, innocent stranger."

Upon hearing the Lion King's words, Yue Zhengling initially didn't understand their meaning, but before he could figure it out, Fa's actions explained everything.

The goddess Rungomminiad gazed at him with her beautiful eyes, an invisible pressure immobilizing Yue Zhengling. Then, in a voice filled with admiration, she said, "Holy Lance, pull anchor!"

Chapter 157 White Turns Black, North Turns South

Seeing Goddess Rungomminiad unleash her Noble Phantasm, Orange on the distant building's expression changed drastically, and without a second thought, she rushed towards them.

But before she had run halfway, she saw Yue Zhengling turn around and wave at her, signaling her not to come any closer. Although Chengzi was anxious and didn't know what he wanted to do, she had no choice but to stop when she entered the range of the goddess Lungominiad's divine power.

Her life instincts kept sending her the highest warnings. Even Orange, who was not afraid of death, realized at this moment that if she continued forward, the consequences would not be as simple as death.

Reason told her she couldn't go any further, but the impulse in her heart wouldn't stop her. Despite the pressure, she walked firmly toward Yue Zhengling.

Seeing that Chengzi wouldn't listen to advice, Le Zhengling sighed in distress.

"Sister Orange, it's not worth it at all." Le Zhengling didn't look at Orange anymore, and waited for her to walk to her side.

"Whether it's worth it or not isn't up to you to decide, it's up to me to decide." Standing on either side of Arthur, Orange looked fearlessly at the Holy Lance, which had already entered the preparation stage.

The other party clearly wanted to annihilate Le Zhengling in one blow. Although Chengzi didn't know what would happen if she was hit directly by the Holy Lance, she was certain that it would not be a good thing.

"Lingjun, is there any way to stop her?" Orange looked at Arthur and Yue Zhengling, who were very calm, and felt that they were fearless, which was why they did not struggle at all.

“Oh, just leave it to Arthur.” Yue Zhengling shrugged, looking at King Arthur beside him. “Judging from his expression, he should have a way to handle it.”

Hearing Yue Zhengling's answer, Chengzi breathed a sigh of relief. However, when she was about to ask Arthur what to do, Arthur looked at her with a surprised expression.

“Ling, don’t you have a way?” Arthur asked in a matter-of-fact tone.

"...How could I possibly have a way to deal with the Holy Lance? I just thought you had a solution because you were standing here without dodging or flinching." Yue Zhengling blinked and said innocently.

Arthur looked somewhat flustered. "I only watched because I saw you weren't dodging or flinching and I thought you had a solution."

"..." Yue Zhengling's face slowly turned red.

"..." Arthur's face slowly turned pale.

"..." Orange's face slowly turned pale.

The three looked at each other speechlessly, and finally realized what was happening. Arthur and Orange grabbed Yue Zhengling and quickly ran away into the distance.

"Damn it! If you couldn't do it, you should have said so earlier!" Yue Zhengling roared angrily at Arthur beside her as she ran.

"I didn't know you had no choice! Seeing you so calmly facing the Holy Lance, I thought you had a backup plan!" Arthur felt the death threat looming over his back, and his mind finally raced to devise a countermeasure.

"Lingjun, you've gone too far this time!" Chengzi looked at Le Zhengling with a reproachful gaze. "How did that person get here? Is there any way to make her leave?"

"Okay, I admit I messed up this time, but I didn't know things would turn out like this!" Yue Zhengling turned his head in frustration, looking at the Lion King who was standing still and gathering his strength. He analyzed the situation with lightning speed in his mind. As for Rani's life or death, he couldn't care less about that now.

"Arthur, does the release of the Holy Lance take this long?" Looking at the Holy Lance, which had been charging for half a minute, Yue Zhengling asked with a flash of inspiration.

“No need. Even if the thirteen constraints are lifted, it will only take a few seconds to charge up.” Arthur turned to look at the Lion King, only realizing the problem after Yue Zhengling said that.

"Stop! Orange, find somewhere to hide! Arthur, let's go back quickly!!" Upon hearing this reply, Yue Zhengling immediately stopped and shouted.

As he spoke, he released Orange's hand and then pulled Arthur back.

“She can’t use the magic in the atmosphere right now! So we’ll just use the Holy Lance to draw magic from the inner sea of ​​the star. It won’t be quick to unleash the Noble Phantasm! Now is our chance to interrupt her!” Yue Zhengling finally understood why Goddess Rungomminiad hadn’t attacked them after killing several sphinxes.

Because those attacks had exhausted the remaining magic power within the Holy Lance, the Lion King's release of the incantation just now was merely to scare them; the proof is that she can no longer move.

Because she must use herself as a medium to open a passage between the surface world and the inner sea of ​​the star, her position cannot be changed, otherwise all her efforts will be in vain.

If he had known earlier that Arthur couldn't handle it, he would have thought of this and stopped him.

"Ling, is there no way to wake her up?" Arthur knew that every second counted, but he still asked the question.

"There's no way around it. The condition for breaking the Dream of One Cooking is for the other person to wake up on their own... I guess." Yue Zhengling had been speaking quite well, but by the end, even he himself wasn't sure.

Arthur sensed Yue Zhengling's hesitation, so he slowly stopped and asked in a doubtful tone, "Should I?"

Le Zhengling could certainly detect the oddness in Arthur's tone, and his face flushed slightly. "I had no choice! This magic trick is something I mastered naturally, like walking. As for the principles behind it, I never even considered them. No one would bother to investigate such an instinct, would they?!"

This seemingly explanatory but actually cover-up left Arthur speechless.

"And this magic evolved into this form after obtaining Merry's spirit origin! I didn't have time to analyze it slowly; I just knew it could save people, so I used it naturally..."

Le Zhengling looked guiltily at the Lion King, who was still holding the Holy Lance high. Although the Lion King's aura was still there, now that he knew the truth, he seemed to be all bark and no bite.

The two walked up to the Lion King. Seeing her motionless movements and serious expression, Yue Zhengling gestured for Arthur to pick her up, and then stuck out her finger and poked the Lion King's face a few times.

"It really was a lie..." Yue Zhengling breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the Holy Lance, which was still fully charged.

The Lion King's gaze was like a sharp blade, fixed on Yue Zhengling, who was constantly stabbing at her face.

"Well, Goddess Rungomminiad, I'll be blunt and ask you this: at the current speed, how long will it take you to fully charge the Holy Lance?" Le Zhengling ignored the murderous glare in the other party and asked boldly.

“…Three days.” The Lion King paused for three seconds, then spoke in a voice that revealed neither joy nor anger, but gave off an awkward feeling.

Yue Zhengling revealed an expression that said, "I knew it."

Arthur's gaze toward the Lion King became quite subtle, his expression as if he were witnessing something dark, which truly opened Yue Zhengling's eyes.

"Hmm, I have to say, as expected of Artoria... Her comedic traits have become deeply ingrained." Thinking of the mysterious heroine X, Yue Zhengling's eyes, like Arthur's, became incredibly subtle.

Although Yue Zhengling didn't know whether the Alley Alliance in this world had actually been established, judging from the fact that everything was possible in this world, the mysterious female protagonist should exist in this world.

If that's the case, then was the Lion King influenced by that conflicted comedian's spirit origin? After all, this person seems fine on the outside, but might have become a bit strange on the inside.

After all, dreams aren't something that can be truly controlled by the dreamer. In this strange and wonderful world, anything can happen.

"Alright, stop fooling around. Put away the Holy Lance and let's have a proper talk," Yue Zhengling said to the Lion King in a very sincere tone.

"I refuse. You are an existence that must be annihilated." The Lion King's voice did not waver in the slightest, and the words he uttered were even more hurtful.

"...What did I do wrong?" Yue Zhengling frowned as she looked at her. "This should be our first meeting, right? Why did you want to kill me?"

The Lion King looked at Yue Zhengling with a pitying yet firm gaze for a long time, then looked at Arthur, who had remained silent, and asked, "Aren't you going to say anything?"

Arthur looked at the Lion King, sensing the same origin of her spirit core as his own, and looked at her with a complicated expression. "You are the same as I was before, but I don't want to care about those things now. For me, what Ling is doing now is more important than anything else."

"...I won't comment on your choice, but judging from her appearance, she knows absolutely nothing." The Lion King's slightly glowing eyes looked at Yue Zhengling's face.

"I'm sure she'll destroy everything once she knows the truth."

"Although I really want to ask you what kind of riddle you're playing, your condescending attitude is really infuriating. You're shouting for war the moment we meet. What did I do to offend you?" Le Zhengling frowned and looked at the Lion King with disgust.

Now Le Zhengling is certain of one thing: any being connected to the "world" harbors unwarranted hostility towards him.

Yes, just like Arthur at the beginning, although Arthur did not say it outright, the perceptive Yue Zhengling always knew that he was on guard against her, and this guard was only transferred to Him after Yog's arrival.

However, this was merely hostility, not malice. Most of the heroic spirits connected to the world are beings who understand the greater good, so this hostility did not affect them excessively, and communication was still possible.

However, mutual dislike is inevitable. This situation is similar to the timeline where humanity is burned away. Although none of the Heroic Spirits know who the culprit is, none of them have any good feelings towards Solomon, who has become an ordinary person.

This is the malice of the world towards special individuals, and it is also the subconscious of the heroic spirits at work. Yue Zhengling has not yet encountered other heroic spirits, so he does not know this, but he has paid special attention to it from the attitude of Arthur and the Lion King towards him.

The Lion King pursed her lips. She knew that Yue Zhengling was innocent, but sometimes existence itself is wrong. Original sin is something that cannot be explained. Rather than explaining everything and letting the other party die knowing why, eliminating him before he knew anything was a kind of mercy.

"You are the original sin, the love, and the impermanence." The Lion King uttered these three words in a cold, hard tone.

Upon hearing these words, Yue Zhengling's expression changed slightly. He was no novice; as a historian, he knew that mythology and religion were complementary to history. The concept of original sin came from the Western Bible, love came from Buddhist terminology, and impermanence came from Taoist classics.

The three things seem unrelated, but when connected, they become quite extraordinary, and Yue Zhengling once again feels fear about his origins.

What exactly is oneself, or rather, what is hidden behind oneself? Even the Lion King, who is a goddess, seems to be keeping this a closely guarded secret.

Arthur sighed deeply, put Yue Zhengling down, and then stroked his head. "Ling, if you want, just be yourself. Don't worry about anything else. No one can know how things will turn out."

“By doing this, you are only encouraging him to continue making mistakes,” the Lion King said pointedly.

“It’s alright. I’ve already guessed what you’re referring to. I must say, you probably have a deeper connection to the world, since you’re dealing with internal affairs while I’m dealing with external affairs.” Arthur looked up at the sky where the rain had stopped.

The sandstorms stopped, but the sky remained dark. The blue sky of this world had disappeared, leaving only devastation.

“I believe in Ling. Whatever choices he makes in the future, I will always be watching over him.” Arthur’s tone was very calm, but everyone could hear the determination in his words.

"I can't understand it. No matter how the future changes, his existence will always point to the same ending. This is his fate to live on, so every world tries to eradicate such a being."

Arthur did not argue with her anymore, but instead reached for the Holy Lance directly.

The Lion King stared intently at him. "Are you really sure about this?"

“I’m sorry, I have to do this.” Arthur’s face remained expressionless.

“One day, you will regret it.” The Lion King said calmly, looking at the hand resting on the gun handle.

“I won’t regret it, because between the world and Ling, I have already decided to choose him.” Arthur slowly pried open the Lion King’s hand, trying to snatch the Holy Lance from her.

"If that's the case, then let me spare you the pain of making future choices for now." The Lion King stretched out his other hand and forcefully pulled on his head.

She plucked out the tuft of hair that symbolized royal power.

"You really are here to be funny..." Things took a completely unexpected turn. His mouth acted faster than his thoughts, and then a dark storm erupted, blasting Arthur and him away.

Completely unaware of what had happened, Arthur stared at the goddess who had turned black, speechless with shock.

Le Zhengling, who had fallen to the ground, looked at the Lion King who had transformed and said in an unhappy tone, "So you Artoria subspecies just like to change shape, huh! You can just pluck out your ahoge and become irrationally evil, huh! And you're three times stronger, huh!"

Le Zhengling complained about the completely illogical plot, feeling utterly powerless.

Unlike the Holy Lance in its normal form, the cursed spear, now black, has thirteen more menacing red spikes, and the grayish-white stripes are already glowing.

"Stand tall! Take this! Thirteen Fangs! 'Rhongomyniad', the spear that shines from the farthest reaches!!"

Chapter 158 Barbecue Bar

Unlike the destructive light of a normal holy lance, this demonic lance can transform into a storm with just a small amount of magic power, and the curse mixed in within it is the key to its fatality.

"Listen!" Arthur roared as he watched Yue Zhengling being swept into the storm of destruction.

"Huh? You called me?" Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out beside him.

Arthur turned towards the source of the sound and saw Yue Zhengling looking at him with a half-smile. He couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, "You...!"

Then, as if he had thought of something, Arthur suddenly looked at the area ravaged by the Holy Lance, which was covered by a dark storm. He carefully sensed it and realized that Yue Zhengling's aura was clearly over there.

But now that Yue Zhengling is clearly beside him, he must have been tricked by someone else.

Arthur, realizing he had been tricked, wasn't angry. Instead, he breathed a huge sigh of relief. "Thank goodness you escaped."

Le Zhengling raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised by Arthur's reaction. He had thought he would be scolded, but it turned out that the other party didn't mean it at all.

When the Holy Lance finished its strike, the original spot was finally revealed. A stone pillar stood quietly in the place where Yue Zhengling had been, and the surface of the pillar seemed to have been worn away, with the cracks on it becoming larger.

Due to insufficient magic power, Black Gunner's full-body armor began to dissipate, revealing large areas of unhealthy skin, and her proud bust even revealed most of her lower breasts.

"What a lewd outfit, don't you think, Arthur?" Yue Zhengling said with a hint of disdain to Arthur, who was staring intently.

Arthur awkwardly looked away. He had inadvertently revealed his true nature, which he had kept hidden, and let Yue Zhengling see his bad side. He immediately felt like he had set a bad example.

"How did you manage to fool her?" Arthur asked casually, trying to hide his embarrassment.

"How...how did you escape my lock?" Black Gun Dae, who had retrieved the Holy Lance, turned to look at Yue Zhengling.

As Yue Zhengling calculated the time, he couldn't help but think to himself, "Heaven is on my side!" He tilted his head and chuckled, "When did you all get the idea that I didn't use the Illusion of Drunkenness?"

Black Gun remained silent, showing no sign of frustration. She didn't find anything wrong with the opponent's almost cheating illusion. As the ultimate king who existed to protect the country, she would use any despicable means as long as it benefited the country.

“Now that you’ve reverted to your goddess form, that means you’re not as strong as you used to be.” Although it was a question, Yue Zhengling said it with a very certain tone.

"Although it is said that turning evil makes you three times stronger and turning good makes you five times weaker, that attack just now was a choice made out of helplessness."

The Holy Lance, which had completely lost all its light, was stuck in the ground by the Black Lance, and the oppressive aura emanating from her had also completely disappeared.

"I must commend you for escaping with your life after my decisive strike. Indeed, as you said, I am now just an empty shell." Black Gun stared at Le Zhengling, seemingly having withdrawn all his murderous intent.

Le Zhengling helped Arthur up and hid behind him, using him as a shield to watch Black Gun Dai, trying to figure out her true strength.