Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

Boudica awoke to a warm light.

At first glance, she saw Tsugumi's handsome face. Boudica, who thought she was hallucinating from the brink of death, revealed a gentle smile and softly stroked his cheek.

"How did you end up here... Although it's terrible, I have to thank you... You gave me the strength and determination for revenge."

"But I'm too tired. That's not what I wanted. Even though I hate Rome, I don't want to drag so many innocent people into this..."

"It was so wonderful to see you one last time..."

The more she said that, the more chills ran down Tsurugi's spine. At that moment, he'd rather fight a hundred dragons than face this sight, especially when Boudica leaned in to kiss him—

To make matters worse, Nero's excited voice came from behind him.

"Locusta is right, you really do like it."

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Tsugumi turned his head with a chill running down his spine, only to see Nero, her eyes red and her lips slightly parted, looking at him with a resentful expression. He was about to open his mouth to explain something—

A surge of black mud suddenly exploded around Nero.

Upon closer inspection, Nero noticed an inconspicuous golden cup at his feet, from which gushed forth a variety of black mud common in this damned world.

What was gathered and solidified within it was malicious intelligence from an entire city, an entire country, and the entire city of Rome!

"That's..." Tsugumi seemed to know something was coming.

It is something born from the principle of "degeneration," which appears when a city that has reached the pinnacle of prosperity in an era begins to decay and perish, in order to savor its vile taste.

The last city she destroyed was called Babylon, and the one before that was called Sodom.

Its name is the Beast of Sodom, ranked sixth!

Of all times, this piece of shit has to show up!

No, that's not right. This thing might have been eyeing this place for a while now!

Because Tsugumi also discovered that Boudica's body was also overflowing with these spiritual particles carrying this malicious information!

He immediately realized that it was premeditated and orchestrated by someone!

Tsurugi created Boudica's spirit core, causing her to destroy Rome and its civilization, leading to the demise of this most important civilization in human history, from the Age of Gods to the modern era. This process has likely already captured the attention of Beast VI.

Just as Tsurugi said, this is how this shitty world is. When you want to do something, especially something big, there will inevitably be a whole host of weird and wonderful things coming to join in the fun!

"Well done, saint who led Rome, and this world, to destruction with his own hands."

Nero's eyes turned bloodshot, and a pair of tiny white feet emerged from the black mud, followed by the proud and joyful cry of the young beast.

"How despicable, how lustful, how sinful. Hehehe, you truly are an extraordinary saint. You shall serve me well. Rest assured, I am a righteous ruler, and I guarantee I will devour you whole, bone and marrow."

Tsugumi stared expressionlessly at the cub putting on airs in front of her, then switched to the Saint character card without hesitation.

—Did I fucking give you attitude? Trying to act tough, I'll make you fly!

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Thick, viscous black mud surged and rolled in the golden cup, churning up the purest, most malevolent intelligence in the world.

That represents the degeneration and destruction of human civilization, the thick black mud that appears when one falls from the pinnacle of extreme prosperity into an unbearable abyss.

And what it covered and swallowed up in this era was undoubtedly only the emperor of Rome at that time—Nero.

In fact, even without Tsugumi, Nero might have eventually fallen into such a state.

If Nero is driven to extinction in a coup but does not meet with death by suicide, and ultimately cannot find peace and death in the deep darkness of the setting sun, falling into despair and madness, he will be chosen by the power of the beast and become the Beast of Sodom, the red Draco, one half of the Great Red Dragon.

However, the situation has not improved as it was in the past; in fact, it has worsened.

Boudica, the bloodthirsty queen created by Tsurugi, single-handedly destroyed the entire structure of the Roman Empire. This was no longer a structural collapse caused by a central coup in history, but a systemic rebellion that started directly from the local areas.

To give an example, the original history could at most be considered the Jingnan Campaign, but Dongjiang's intervention directly turned it into the An Lushan Rebellion.

Beast VI, who had been eyeing this place for some time, probably began to interfere during the Tsurugi operation, but it did not attach itself to Nero at first, but instead chose to attach itself to Boudica.

The power and inherent skills bestowed upon Boudica by the River of the Thrush became the best cover, and the collapse of Rome under the slaughter of the Queen of Britain accelerated the basic condition of 'civilization falling from its peak' in her summoning conditions.

In fact, it has been greatly enhanced.

Later, influenced by him, Boudica became increasingly radical and finally murdered all of Jesus' apostles on the city wall. In effect, he personally participated in the process of exterminating Jesus' apostles—a sin that originally belonged to Nero, but which Boudica now took.

The fruits of sin had already been borne, and the Beast of Sodom's final act was merely to transfer this sin from Boudica and give it all to Nero.

This also fulfilled her blasphemous request; a tyrant who had brought down a prosperous civilization had blasphemed the gods, and the sixth of the Beasts, born of the principle of "fall," descended upon this place.

Such malicious information directly led to Nero, who was not in a particularly desperate situation, being devoured and forcibly overwritten, resulting in his current state.

"Hmm, well done! You did a great job!"

Tsurugi stared expressionlessly at the pair of small feet that emerged from the black mud.

After Nero was completely covered in thick black mud, in just a moment, the one who emerged was no longer the Nero Emperor that Tsugumi was familiar with.

Standing here is a petite figure who looks no more than seven or eight years old, or even younger.

A tender body was wrapped in a bright red skirt. Its emerald green eyes turned scarlet, and a thick, long red dragon tail hung down from its rear—though it looked more like a crayfish.

Nero, now tainted by the black mud and transformed into the Beast of Sodom, seemed extremely pleased with his current state, and then revealed a wicked smile to Tsugumi.

"I must thank you for your contributions. The collapse and destruction of the empire supported and created the pillar in my heart, and then destroyed it."

“If it weren’t for you, how could I have been born so easily? If it weren’t for you, how could I have such a large spiritual foundation? How could I stand here? I must thank you, my ‘father’!”

Her scarlet eyes stared at Tsurugi, her cheeks flushed, her small hands cupping her face, her head tilted slightly, and a beautiful yet sickly smile appeared on her face as if she could see right through him.

"How despicable, how lustful, how sinful. Hehehe, you truly are an extraordinary saint. You shall serve me well. Rest assured, I promise to devour you whole, bone and marrow, and be with you forever."

"And this world, within the romantic tragicomedy I have woven, will head towards a cursed bad end!"

Dongjiang listened silently as she finished speaking her eloquent words, then said softly...

"So you're still Nero, right?"

The Beast of Sodom paused for a moment, then burst into arrogant, maniacal laughter.

"What nonsense are you spouting? That foolish and oblivious Rose Emperor is dead. Here stands the Great Red Dragon!"

Tsugumi sighed deeply.

This sigh contained a deep weariness and a sense of dejection—like the sigh of someone watching a spoiled, reckless child courting disaster.

"Anyway, you're a great red dragon, right?" Tsugumi raised her eyes to look at the beast of Sodom in front of her and said slowly.

"I don't need to know anything else, just say you're the Great Red Dragon, that's all..."

The Beast of Sodom sensed a strange and intense feeling, a feeling that... was indescribable!

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Anyway, I have a headache and an itchy back, but I think it's probably due to Nero's health.

"Hmph, a futile resistance? So what if you're a saint! I've already personally eliminated those disciples of Christ, what can you do now?!"

The Beast of Sodom said viciously, the black mud beneath its feet surged, gathered, and reshaped, black evil things rolled beneath it, and then, seven huge crowns were reshaped!

This is her Seven Crowns of the Beast, representing the beast of apocalypse, the blasphemous being, and the horn that destroys the existence of the city—the seven original sins of Rome's fall and destruction!

The surging darkness enveloped the petite figure, and the next moment, a colossal object, over a hundred meters tall and a thousand meters long, appeared in the center of Rome!

"Blossoming flames, thunderous roars. Seven dragons, transform into my wings and soar! Embrace, melt away!!!"

As the Beast of Sodom chanted, it revealed its true form.

Its skin was as red as blood, with scales and wings, and the seven different dragon heads each had a different posture, such as a giant dragon, a divine dragon, a snake head, or other strange things called dragons in mythology, and they shared ten horns and seven crowns!

Its long tail seemed to drag a dazzling star, ferocious and terrifying, and its sins manifested all the original sins committed by the entire Roman Empire!

The colossal object, exceeding a thousand meters in length, dragged the entire planet into eternal darkness the moment it descended. Amidst the falling meteor shower, the red dragon roared at the heavens.

The complete Sixth Beast manifests here, bringing pollution to the entire world and destruction to this entire collapsing planet!

"Bitterly in love, huh? Hmph, how pathetic!" The seven-headed, ten-horned crimson dragon scoffed at Nero's feelings, then its fourteen malevolent gazes locked onto Tsugumi, filled with covetous greed and arrogance.

“I am great. I'll say it again. I am great. And you should have the honor of being my first dish! Not these wastes that I use as fuel!”

After saying that, she showed Dongjiang the countless wailing souls that she had absorbed.

"Are you done talking?" Tsugumi sighed after watching the transformation animation for a while, and said quietly.

"What nonsense! Where did all this 'moon language' come from? What are these concepts and settings? I have no idea what they are."

He took a deep breath, pulled a card from his waist, and on the card was a brand new drawing.

That was a saint who would be born in Palestine two hundred years later. Of course, Tsurugi had already summoned him once before, so this time he seemed to have no work to do.

But what you can't deny is that it's really useful.

Having chosen her Saint character card, Tsugumi then took out the blank card for summoning a Heroic Spirit. Looking at the seven-headed, ten-horned red dragon before her, she smiled slightly and spoke in a pure Gallic accent...

"I need to verify the license plate!"

The seven-headed, ten-horned red dragon suddenly felt intense fear, and an instinctive dread drove it to shriek and launch an attack!

A dazzling, brilliant red star, brewing within the dragon's breath, coalesced with enough power to easily blast the entire Apennine Peninsula apart—

Tsurugi, who was facing an attack that could have submerged the entire Roman Empire and sunk the entire Italian Peninsula, did not hesitate to insert the card into his belt!

"The cards are fine—hensin!"

The next moment, a pure white light enveloped him, revealing a knight in white armor—but then, without hesitation, Tsugumi added two new statuses to her Servant Summoning: Saint George character card!

[Angel's Descent] + [Heavenly Armor] + [Saint George's Spirit Origin] + [External Attire: Dead Sea]!!!

A dazzling golden light swept down like an ocean, instantly blasting away the red stars spat out by the seven-headed, ten-horned great red dragon.

Within that dazzling, almost invisible light, an angel with golden wings and armor, wielding a spear that shone like a star or the blazing sun, soared out!

It wasn't Michael himself; he didn't have that kind of free time. But what Tsugumi accomplished was an elemental superposition that could be described as an extremely powerful attack on what was in front of her!

The power that gathers comes not only from the diverse heavens beyond, but also from the world's worship and fantasy of that sublime angel!

The faith of billions, the praise of billions, the collective imagination and power transformed into a perfect ceremonial garment. And this perfect ceremonial garment found a perfect vessel!

Whether as a saint or by incorporating the spirit of Saint George, he far surpassed Metatron's suitability for Joan of Arc, and what was born was—

【Conceptual Attire - Adam】