Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

The world has shifted, just as the gods had agreed, completing a reset and rollback. The girl who should have died has somehow survived to this day.

The girl cannot appear in the outside world and can only live in the Heavenly Fire Temple, which is shrouded in divine power. Her existence symbolizes the abnormality of the world. If she leaves the protection of the temple, the world will go into chaos, thus forcibly activating the "reset" option.

The vortex of chaos will crush everything, including the gods, and finally, in another parallel universe, the same story will come together and come to a close.

Knowing that the abnormal repair of the vortex of chaos would complete the closure of the world line, this convergence would end. Zeus, who was aware of the girl's abnormality, would often come to visit her.

This is an existence even more unknown than the underground city.

An emergency even more dangerous than "The End" or "Purifying the Heavenly Fire".

All he could do was observe and wait, waiting for the being the girl spoke of, the one with whom she had exchanged names, to complete the world's closed loop.

"I've never understood how you came to the capital city, how you freely broke into the barrier, and how you convinced the High Priest (Abimetheus) to let you stay here."

"Well, maybe he's sleepwalking."

……

The time was the day after Shire finished harvesting the "Lucky Star" crops.

Cassandra was jolted awake from her sleep. She clutched her chest, gasping for breath, as if she had seen something terrifying.

She had a nightmare, a nightmare in which the world was engulfed in flames and destroyed.

Dragons howled in the black flames, forests turned to charcoal, oceans became furnaces, and corpses were everywhere, some human, some monster.

She hurriedly contacted Charles using her eye crystal.

The latter frowned.

"The corrupted Heavenly Fire? Why am I dreaming about this now?" In Xia Er's eyes, this disaster would not erupt for at least 6 years, even later than the appointed day.

“It’s the Vortex of Chaos… the prophecy mentions the Vortex of Chaos,” Cassandra prompted.

Charles didn't believe Cassandra's words, but he still activated the [Miracle Ring] and, with the blessing of luck, pondered its origins.

The only character in this world who isn't in the official history is most likely himself.

Perhaps it was one of my abilities that caused the "abnormality" to occur.

"Why don't you lie down and take a nap?" Charles decided to rule out himself as an unexpected factor.

Cassandra is asleep.

She was dreaming again.

The scenes in the dream were completely different.

This time, it was a huge battlefield. The two sides fighting were Sharl, whose identity had been exposed, and the Orario Alliance. Sharl's side consisted of only 5 people: a gray-haired witch, a black-armored warrior, an Amazon with an elegant belt, and a ronin with a floral shirt and a single ponytail wielding a samurai sword.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle. In Kassandra's view, Orario's strength had reached another level. In the golden light of sublimation, the five fell. Two turned into specks of light and dissipated, while the other three became skeletons.

The entire Orario army experienced an unimaginable transformation, and with the combined strength of everyone, they defeated the Black Dragon.

It should have been a perfect ending, but as Ciel's accomplice, he also died, which is why he had a dream.

"If I don't refresh the world, it will be destroyed; if I refresh it, my identity will be exposed? What kind of skill is this?" Xia Er even considered simply refreshing this skill that determines the dream, but he failed.

The world will be destroyed if that skill disappears.

As a result, Charles became even more cautious.

In order to avoid exposing his identity, Sharl retrieved the [Trickster's Mirror] that had been being studied from Fels.

"Since we have to make a choice no matter what, let's let this puppet refresh the options."

Ciel smiled slowly in the mirror.

Under his gaze, a certain skill was revealed.

Your Name

• Exchange names with someone you are destined to meet in the past or future.

• The vortex of chaos is unfathomable.

"Past, future? [Your Name]?" Ciel thought of a film he had seen in the past.

It's a story about a boy and a girl swapping bodies, one three years ago and the other three years later. The male protagonist, in order to change the female protagonist's fate of being killed by a meteorite, works hard to alter history and even influence the present world.

"Can it be done? This kind of thing..." Charles's heart pounded. No wonder it was a skill that could lead to the destruction of the world. Even the gods could not rewrite the past or see the future, but it could!

Ciel summoned Alfia...

"Perhaps, we have found a way to save Metlujah."

"Should we risk the fate of the world to save that child?"

Finished

As the title suggests, the past ten chapters have been revised, with about 70% of the content changed. They can be viewed as new chapters, almost entirely rewritten.

You can try refreshing the table of contents, or refreshing the chapters by clicking the "..." in the upper right corner.

I'll continue writing new chapters later, but there probably won't be many.

I need to organize the outline for the next phase, and will continue updating only twice a week for now, while I also need to adjust my mental and physical condition.

I'll probably gradually return to updating three times a week, and try my best to maintain the quality of the writing.

I'm too tired at four in the morning; I might not be able to control myself.

Chapter 436 Liu's Obsession

The underground city has 28 floors.

This is the first safe floor before entering the lower level.

Above this towering cliff, shrouded in mist, a white-haired ranger carrying a black shield walked slowly, stood on the edge of the cliff, and gazed into the distance. In her eyes, the distant forest was exceptionally beautiful; the light from the magic stone at the top of the sky shone through the leaves, creating a dazzling, mesmerizing spectacle.

Suddenly, a group of figures came into her view from the woods below. Her blood-red eyes saw 11 adventurers, weapons in hand, moving in orderly fashion through the forest.

Ryu left the Mansion of Stardust and, as the Joker, traversed the artificial maze, arriving a step ahead and waiting for a long time on this safe floor.

A gentle breeze blew from behind, ruffling her white hair and stirring her heart.

As she traveled, she gradually became accustomed to the identity of the Joker. As long as the flames of Alicia burned, no one would doubt her identity.

Ryu experienced the convenience of freely moving between the underworld and the legitimate world, but also felt the difficulty of dealing with various factions.

Having been tainted by darkness and experienced despair, she began to admire Ciel, who skillfully navigated between good and evil, after empathizing with him.

At least, the current situation leaves her feeling lost and helpless.

“Stop Alicia, that is my mission…”

"But, what identity should I use to stop them now?"

"Is it Ryū Rion, or Jester? Or perhaps the Joker, the source of all evil?"

Ryu wasn't confident that she could persuade Alicia and the others using her current identity.

They wouldn't believe he was "Gale," and as a Jester, he couldn't convince them with words. As for the Joker...

Joker's words could be met with violence, but Ryu couldn't bring herself to do it.

Time passed second by second, and the 11-person adventurer team gradually drew closer, leaving her with little time to think.

Even so, Ryu, who has learned to think, has grown for six years longer than [Hayate] at this time. At least she won't be crying and pleading helplessly anymore.

She is no longer a naive young woman who needs to rely on her companions, but a strong woman who can stand on her own.

"There's no time to hesitate, let's face it honestly!"

As Liu watched her former friend approach, she opened her arms, leaned forward, and, protected by Feng Yu, gracefully descended the cliff.

……

Astrea's Familia moved swiftly, their legs swinging, when suddenly they saw a dazzling light from a distant mountaintop. The starlight shot towards them like a shooting star, moving at incredible speed.

"Be careful..." Alexie and the others stopped in their tracks.

With a loud boom.

The chaotic energy field bent the weeds on the ground and scattered the mud and sand.

In the center of the small pit, a mysterious girl draped in a fire fairy protective cloth and carrying a black dragon shield slowly rose to her feet, supporting herself with one hand on the ground.

Kaguya raised her hand to block the sandstorm, her black hair whipping wildly: "Who goes there..."

Lyra squinted warily and said, "That black shield...she's the Joker!"

Alexandra stood at the forefront, sword in hand: "What is your purpose in blocking our path?"

Liu remained silent for a moment. She hadn't expected the black shield to become a symbol of her identity. With a sigh, she threw off the bundle she was carrying.

"Watch out!" Leila shouted.

Everyone take a step back, away from the thrown bundle...

The atmosphere fell silent for a moment, until the knots on the bundle came undone, revealing a round shield and a dozen or so pieces of fire fairy protective cloth inside.

“This is…” Alexie looked at the items in the bundle and slowly relaxed her guard.

"supply."

"Not a bomb?"

"no……"

Kaguya drew her katana and carefully opened the package. After confirming that everything was in order, she nodded to Alisha.

"Who are you?" Alicia asked, hands on her hips.

Ryu thought for a moment, then silently pulled up his hood: "You should recognize this face."

"Jester?!" Everyone stared in shock at Ryu, who had white hair and red eyes.

Alexie frowned: "Something just doesn't feel right..."

Alexie had a very strong intuition; she always felt that the girl in front of her was hiding something, but she couldn't sense any malice.

"The way you just fell... it was Leon's Wind Orb! And that shield! Who exactly are you?"