Chapter 289 The Flag is Set
The recording, lasting thousands of minutes, contained unreserved information shared from an "enemy," brutally breaching her mental defenses and impacting Carol's consciousness.

Her consciousness accelerated continuously, receiving an overwhelming influx of information. It was as if time had completely stopped around her. Even though she was unwilling and wanted to resist, she could only passively accept it under such circumstances.

……

The sound of flames burning could be heard in my ears.

It was unusually hot all around, and she felt as if she were inside the sun. Carol could only remember the day her father was burned at the stake, when it was this hot.

That wasn't ordinary fire; it was—a nuclear flame.

In 199X, the world was engulfed in the flames of atomic bombs.

The sea dried up, the earth cracked, the shockwave from the explosion destroyed all the bustling cities, the 17-kilometer-thick crust was shaken, magma spewed out from the asthenosphere, and dormant volcanoes spontaneously revived.

Dense nuclear dust permeated the atmosphere, encompassing convection, advection, and the ionosphere, as humanity raced headlong down the path of civilization's regression...

Nuclear war completely altered the food chain. Herbivores, having no plants to eat, quickly disappeared, and carnivores, having lost their prey, were forced to resort to cannibalism…

The survivors emerging from the underground air-raid shelter were met with a silent and cruel wasteland era.

Humans mutated after being exposed to radiation became strong, cruel, and bloodthirsty, with a penchant for violence and plunder. Even under such circumstances, humans still harm each other.

In this desolate world, civilization has regressed, and life is as cheap as an ant's. Food and water are scarce... The law of the jungle once again dominates society, and violence becomes the only dominant theme.

The pale gray sky contrasts sharply with the yellowish-green sand and gravel, reflecting the polluted land, water sources, massive nuclear radiation, extreme heat, radiation rain, species extinction, and ruins.

Children as young as seven are forced to take up arms, and innocent babies are killed.

There is no way to survive without fighting.

The lingering gloom in the sky blocked those prayers offered to the heavens…

That's a visible hell.

The next moment, Carol suddenly opened her eyes and two lines of shocking bloody tears streamed down her face.

That was a manifestation of recording and understanding everything.

"Compared to a world where everything has vanished into nothingness, leaving only ruins and weeping, your cataclysmic song of annihilation, so painless in an instant, was truly gentle..."

She seemed to have something to say, but fell silent after Jagi spoke first.

Gentle?
Ha... I never thought that one day, allowing all of humanity to die without pain would be called "gentle"...

For the first time, Carol found it hard to understand how someone's thought process could be so incomprehensible, but she was also certain of one thing—he was serious.

Jagi sat calmly in front of her, his palm brimming with an intense spiritual energy so dense it was suffocating, and gently stroked the wounds on the girl's body.

Carol took a deep breath, and her wounds healed rapidly under the healing power he deliberately emitted, forming scabs and disappearing completely.

"None of this has happened yet... so I've crossed the world to seek the 'power of miracles' from you!"

She understood his thoughts, origins, identity, and purpose, but…

Not only will heal his opponent who was fighting to the death just moments before, but he will also have the "Miracle Slayer" perform a "miracle of salvation" for a completely unrelated other world?

What a whimsical person from another world!
idiot!

fool!

There's a limit to how much you can fool people!

but--

Her research topic was "understanding the world," and her goal was to record everything in the moment of world destruction—

A world, even one completely unrelated to her, how could it be destroyed so worthlessly!

How can we destroy everything for the sake of human greed, instead of for the completion of the Book of Revelation?
How could this be...!

Her expression revealed a deep-seated anger.

Crackling sounds...

Her teeth chattered, her breath trembled, and her blue eyes revealed genuine anger.

"how much longer?"

Only after posing this question did the arrogant alchemist realize what he had said.

"The sooner the better."

Jagi replied.

At that moment, he knew that all his efforts had not been in vain.

……

Alchemists are a bunch of eccentrics, but they don't question what they've decided.

Without any contract or constraints, they simply made a verbal agreement, reaching a deal—Carol would help him complete the grand scheme to control the world and cover the globe, and lend him the "City of Tifori," in exchange for him obtaining a relic called the Encyclopedia of Mechanics to fully activate the "City of Tifori."

"A world where everyone wears punk mohawks, absolutely not!"

"Anyway, this isn't to help you!"

"Please don't misunderstand!"

Upon hearing this, Jagi couldn't help but pat the alchemist's head. Before being bombarded by the four elements, he hurriedly used spell cards to create an alternate dimension castle.

Well, things went pretty smoothly...

Tearing through space, Jagi's figure suddenly appeared in the sky above London, as he thought to himself, recalling the reminder Xiang had given him in the group chat earlier.

Although the trip had its share of twists and turns, the goal was achieved smoothly. All that's left is to retrieve the relic from the facility known as the "Dragon Palace of the Abyss" located on the seabed of Japan, and the mission will be accomplished.

Using his unparalleled stealth skills (referring to spell cards), stealing something from inside would be incredibly easy.

Hibiki was indeed worrying too much.

Even if he can't beat Carol, can't he outrun her?
Moreover, now that even this super alchemist who can endlessly recall past events has been defeated by him, other alchemists are even less of a concern.

The Bavarian Illuminati is an organization whose members are mostly just ordinary people, with only a few high-ranking officers who are worth mentioning. For example, there are those who can use the Philosopher's Stone to create the Faust Robe, and who once suppressed Saint-Germain, Cagliostro, and Prádti, who were equipped with the Symphogear armor after several enhancements.

Firstly, they might not even know who he is yet, so there's no reason for them to confront him. Secondly, the Philosopher's Stone is still stuck at the progress point and hasn't been built yet, so it's useless. Even if they came, he would just beat them to a pulp.

While enjoying the cold wind high in the sky, Jacques, feeling quite smug, thought to himself, "London below is actually quite quiet..."

Perhaps everything went too smoothly, causing him to forget that people who say such things usually don't end up well.

"—Golden Forged! Monster, Die!"

A chilling voice came from behind, as if it had been waiting for a long time and was being forced out through clenched teeth.

"------!"

Jagi's pupils contracted sharply, his body tensed, and an unprecedented sense of crisis suddenly rose in his heart.

(End of this chapter)

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