Miss Player, please don't cast spells on me.

Although Shiina Akane said she didn't know, she inexplicably remembered a sentence that Kiyono Hai had mentioned.

That means, 'I'd delete my entire save file just to take a bullet for you.'

P.S.: There will still be another update around 7 or 8 PM~

Chapter 93 The Price Paid to Defeat the Witch's Night (

Kiyono Hai's current main consciousness is attached to Shimazu Sousuke's 'eldest daughter', Ritsu.

At this time, under the leadership of the Starfire Alliance, multiple guilds in Dream City, along with top players, formed several exploration teams.

These exploration teams...started from the cracks in the earth left by the Colossus's Destruction Ray, and began to explore the underground of the Dream City, which is the core of the Dream City.

In the past, Dream City also released a lot of dungeons involving underground ancient ruins, but those were all ancient ruins that the official team had deliberately arranged and selected.

This time, players are exploring underground ruins that truly reveal the truth behind the entire game, Dream City.

Meanwhile, their exploration process is broadcast live to the public in its entirety. It can be said that more than 80% of the players in Fantasy City are now paying attention to the movements of these exploration teams.

Although everyone is currently under pressure as if the world is about to end, they are exploring the new dungeon.

But the atmosphere in Shimazu Sousuke's squad was surprisingly relaxed...

Because the eldest daughter, Xiao Lu, is technically also a player, Qingye Hui was able to infiltrate the team's voice chat channel.

"If the only fate for the reborn to stay in this world is to become witches who summon giant warriors... then why are we even staying in this wretched world? Why not just take our wives or daughters and run away?"

This statement was made by a player named Mizore in the Prospector Squad. She was probably the comedic type in the Starfire Alliance, always spouting a bunch of outrageous and spontaneous remarks.

But this almost self-destructive statement was agreed upon by the vast majority of the prospector team, not just the entire team.

After learning the terrifying fact that any reborn being left in this world would eventually become a witch, everyone's first reaction wasn't to think about how to defeat Witch Night, but rather... to run away with their wives and daughters at lightning speed.

Consequently, the discussion in the group also shifted to which world would be the safest place to settle down with one's wife and daughter.

"In the end, our main battlefield is still in the 'Sacred Stars,' so let's just let them settle in the capital of the Sacred Stars."

"Are you crazy? Any one of those evil gods and ancient monsters in the Holy Star World is terrifying, okay? I would never let my daughter settle in such a terrible world."

"What about 'Youth World Story'? That game should be the most ideal place to settle down... There's no magic or superpowers, it's just a game that focuses on romance, youth, idols and the like."

After a discussion, the exploration team all agreed that the world of "Youth World Story" (abbreviated as "Blue Story") was the most suitable place for immigrants to settle down.

"Xiao Lu, what are you thinking? Do you want to live in another, more peaceful world?"

Shimazu Sousuke also asked his eldest daughter whether she wanted to settle down in the world of "Blue Things".

Of course, Kiyono Ash couldn't possibly let the reborn beings he had painstakingly nurtured... settle on other stages, thus benefiting the gods on those other stages.

Although the reborn beings will have self-awareness, their maintenance costs will be frighteningly high.

However, each reborn character is firmly bound to a player's mind and body, and there are very few game characters in this world that players can cherish as family.

Not to mention that among these players are a group of 'top experts' who even the gods fear. Qingye Hui certainly wouldn't give away such a valuable treasure.

“Mr. Sosuke, my life was given to me by the goddess. I dare not think about what I will become if I am too far away from the goddess.”

The goddess that Kiyono Hai is referring to here is, of course, Shiina Akane, the future goddess of the dream city.

"Is some goddess from the Dream City sustaining your lives? There's such a complicated setup! Do you know who that goddess is, and where she is right now?"

"Xiao Lu, if you know anything, you'd better tell us as soon as possible. We'll rescue that goddess as soon as possible and then take her with us to escape this world."

As expected of the player's decision.

In Shimazu Sousuke's view, taking his eldest daughter to another world was a safer option than the risky choice of confronting the Titans head-on.

Since that goddess is maintaining the lives of all the reborn beings, why don't we all just take her with us and run away?

This caused Kiyono Gray to show a rare expression of embarrassment.

Just then, the talkative Miss Mizorei joined their conversation.

"Yeah, yeah! Xiao Lu, tell me right now where is that goddess? I'm definitely going to punch her when I finally see her!"

"Speaking of her, no! I get so angry at the official Dream City account! I've spent at least a million yen on Dream City over the years! And the official Dream City account is secretly feeding my daughter this kind of canned food?! And they don't even let my daughter eat her fill, only one meal a day? What kind of cruel concentration camp life is this?"

"Sister Mi, actually, the goddess... didn't need to make this kind of food for us at all. After all, we won't really starve to death, we'll just feel hungry."

Kiyono Ash calmed down the talkative lady's anger with just one sentence.

"But the goddess still performed this miracle to soothe the hunger that tormented us."

"A miracle? A miracle that requires ten points of currency to buy? And if you pay more, you can get different flavors... Ritsu-chan! Are you really sure your goddess isn't some kind of unscrupulous merchant?" Mizore asked.

You're such a stubborn woman!

"Sister Mi, things aren't really what you think, but rather than me explaining, it would be more direct to let everyone actually meet the goddess herself."

Kiyono Hai just contacted that junior, Shiina Akane, and asked her to mark her true form in the Dream City.

As expected... Shiina Akane's true form is deep underground in the Dream City, in a way that she herself doesn't really want to be seen by people. However, after being persuaded by Kiyono Hai, she is willing to show her true form to the players.

"Huh? Can I really see her?" Mizorei immediately became interested.

Not only Mizorei, but the entire Prospector team, along with the players watching the live stream, were all excited!

Without saying much, Qingye Hui led the exploration team deep into the depths of the Dream City.

Because everyone in the team possessed superpowers, the exploration team reached a depth of 300 meters below the Dream City in less than half an hour.

Here, the exploration team finally met the goddess who had given life to the reborn.

That is one of the main gods known to players since the launch of Fantasy City... the Future God of Maturity and Decay.

This deity previously existed only in the setting of the dream city, but when she first appeared in front of the players, the members of the exploration team seemed to vaguely understand why she had the prefix "festering".

Akane Shiina's true form is truly terrifying.

Although her upper body is as cute as an ordinary girl, her lower body is embedded in a bunch of twisted and writhing dark gray metal lines.

This mass of dark gray metal wires spread throughout the underground space, and when they were fused together, they looked like flesh and blood writhing.

Even the Starfire Alliance members, who had been through countless battles in the universe, were somewhat stunned by this bizarre scene.

In particular, the viewers in the live stream were sending a bunch of strange comments, like...

'Is this really a scene that should appear in a children's game?'

'Give me back my beautiful image of the future goddess! The setting says she's a loli, so how come only her upper body is a loli?!'

'Mediocre! It's this kind of loli that has a unique charm!'

Kiyono was relieved that Shiina Akane, her junior, was probably not watching the live stream chat right now, otherwise she might have been so angry that she would have strangled the 'camera' character in the team.

What's most eye-catching is the shackle or collar around the neck of this future god; the pale silver collar seems somewhat out of place in this eerie space.

"Have you seen enough?" Shiina Akane broke the silence of the prospector team by speaking first.

"Your Excellency, Future God, who... has imprisoned you here?"

Shimazu Sousuke spoke first, as expected of the chairman who leads the Spark Alliance.

Because the game "Sacred Stars" has many "picture-based" anomaly ruin dungeons, almost every "Sacred Stars" player can fill in most of the plot in their mind by combining the current scene.

"So what if it is?" Shiina Akane asked, sounding extremely impatient.

"Judging from your current wretched state, Lord Future God, it's clear you can't possibly feed all the reborn beings in the entire server, or defeat monsters like the Colossus." Shimazu Sousuke suddenly said something that made Shiina Akane's brow twitch.

"Are you here to cause trouble?" Shiina Akane asked coldly.

"No, I've come to repay a debt of gratitude."

Shimazu Sousuke circled Shiina Akane's twisted and deformed body, like a surgeon searching for the incision site to remove a tumor.

"I advise you not to try. The upper body of me that you see is just a mimicry of my appearance so that I can communicate with you humans."

Shiina Akane gently pinched her cheeks, which had the appearance of a loli, and said.

"My true form is actually the lower half that you guys despise, which is the central nervous system that runs through the entire Dream City. These wriggling parts are my true body."

"Ah this..."

Shimazu Sousuke was slightly startled when he heard the truth. He had really been planning to run away with Shiina Akane's upper body, which had the appearance of a loli, but was the real body actually the wriggling wire pipe under Shiina Akane?

This made Shimazu Sousuke look up at the enormous space. The nerves that spread like flesh and blood filled the entire underground of the dream city. If this pile of things was the goddess as the future god's true form...

"That so-called goddess who sustains the lives of the reborn... isn't she just the city of Dream City itself?!"

When Shimazu Sousuke came to this terrifying conclusion, the minds of many players in the Prospector Squad who were planning to elope with their wives and daughters were once again thrown into turmoil.

"Are you kidding me? Even the escape route is blocked?!"

Just when countless players of Fantasy City felt they had once again entered a dead end, Shiina Akane sighed softly and said...

"I can tell you how to defeat the Colossus, but you may have to pay a heavy price."

Akane Shiina's words... dropped a bombshell into the already despairing world of Dream City gamers.

"Really? Wait a minute! The price you're talking about isn't asking us to sacrifice our own families, is it?"

This question was asked by Miss Mizore, and it seems she, like Yukijima, is a master of knife defense.

"I'm not that bored."

When Shiina Akane says "not that boring," she probably means that she doesn't have the same twisted sense of humor as Kiyono Hai.

"Alright... As long as our families aren't harmed, we're willing to pay any price to defeat the Titans, no matter how difficult it is!"

At this moment, Shimazu Sousuke, the president of the Spark Alliance, suddenly crossed his arms and spoke with great momentum.

"To be honest, as long as Your Majesty tells us how to damage that Colossus... even if it only causes a little damage, all members of our Starfire Alliance are confident that we can defeat it!"

This is the confidence they have as top players! No matter how difficult or how nasty the mechanics of the dungeon, as long as the BOSS dares to show its health bar, Shimazu Sousuke is confident that he can lead all the players of the Starfire Alliance to conquer it!

However… the price that Shiina Akane offered still left all the players of the Starfire Alliance, or rather, the entire Dream City, stunned.

"The only way for you to defeat the Colossus is to sacrifice everything you have accumulated over the past ten years since the launch of Dream City. This includes your level, equipment, all the items stored in your warehouse, all the titles in your achievement list that carry your past glory, and everything that represents your character. Except for the self-awareness of the Reborn, all of this will become the 'price' for defeating the Colossus."

The players of Dream City, who were just moments before overjoyed that the official team had finally revealed the method to defeat the Giant Warrior, all fell into an extremely strange silence.

It was Shimazu Sousuke who broke the silence first, with just three simple words.

"why?"