NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

“No,” Nihilista replied. “Don’t I know my own physical condition?”

"..." Li Zuoyi was somewhat shocked. This was too shameless.

“Perhaps Niki is as you say, but the Heretic is a combination of Niki and Rachel, a truly perfect being, a being superior to Rachel and Niki, so the effect is naturally different.”

When he said this, Nihilista had an expression of pride and absolute confidence on his face.

"So what makes Niki perfect?" Li Zuoyi asked.

Niki technology is something humans have already mastered, but there are many other technologies that humans cannot crack or even know about.

"do not know."

It's a quick answer.

Li Zuoyi sighed. What he said made sense, just like a spider doesn't know why it spins silk and weaves a web.

“You’ve finished eating, haven’t you?” Nihilista said, looking at the empty plate. “Then let’s make something.”

"Can I... take a break today...?"

“I refuse,” Nihilista said. “I cannot waste a single moment that could allow me to become stronger.”

At this moment, Li Zuoyi thought of Marianne. She should have been the first to know about his abilities, but she never forced him to do so.

“Besides, I saw you having a lot of fun yesterday?” Nihilista’s eyes widened slightly. “You even dared to force my head to do that kind of thing for you.”

“Um…” Li Zuoyi wanted to explain, but noticed that Nihilista’s expression hardened and he looked out the window.

"Let's go." Nihilista pulled Li Zuoyi away.

"What's going on?" Li Zuoyi noticed that the cattle on the street were also starting to feel uneasy.

“She’s caught up with us.” Nihilista pulled him out the back door.

"Who is it?" As soon as Li Zuo stepped out the door, he noticed a huge shadow gradually looming over them.

He looked up and saw a gigantic cross-shaped mech that blotted out the sky.

Nihilista looked at the mechs in the sky and said, "They're the Queen's dogs."

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Marian?

As soon as Li Zuo saw the mecha, he knew who had arrived.

Can't you trust your own Marianne?

That way, we shouldn't have to be led around by the fire dragon anymore.

Anis and the others must be crying with worry at the thought of her taking them back to the park.

So he tried to shake off the fire dragon's hand.

Li Zuoyi thought she would grip his hand tightly in an instant, and he had already taken the dark gold longsword into his hand, but to his surprise, she easily flung it away with just a light swing.

Nihilista's hurried steps suddenly stopped, and he turned back to look at Li Zuoyi with some disbelief.

For some reason, Li Zuoyi seemed to see a hint of hurt in her eyes, but before he could process what he was seeing, she suddenly flew into a rage.

“She is divine punishment, the Queen’s lackey. Do you want to be captured by her?!” Nihilista roared at him.

Li Zuoyi's face darkened, and he took a few steps back, saying, "She is not some queen's lackey, nor is she divine punishment; she is my Marian."

She was Marian, who, even after becoming a heretic, still recognized him and was willing to continue calling him Commander.

He wouldn't so easily doubt her based on just a few words from Nihilista.

“Ha, ha…” Nihilista laughed in anger at his words, and said, “Then let me ask you, why did the Queen want to capture you as soon as you came to the surface this time?”

"..."

“I bet she did it with you before she came to Earth,” Nihilistha shouted, as if trying to shake his trust. “Because she told the Queen about you!”

“It’s just a coincidence,” Li Zuoyi said.

“After the first time, she probably rarely came to see you again,” Nihilista continued. “Because she was ordered to have as little contact with you as possible!”

“…She’s just a little busy on the ground.” Li Zuoyi took a few more steps back.

Seeing that he was still not giving up, Nihilistha impatiently exhaled a breath of fire and said:

"In this mission to capture you, besides Liberelio and me as the executors, there was also an overseer, specifically responsible for observing the executors' execution and the final takeover... Guess who it is?"

"..."

Li Zuoyi did not answer, but said, "She wouldn't hurt me."

“You really trust her…” Nihilista chuckled helplessly, scratching her head, then her expression immediately changed, and she angrily shouted at him, “Then can you share some of that trust with me! Up to today, have I done anything to harm you?! I’ve done so much for you, why…”

Seeing that she was about to lose her temper in front of him, Nihilista forced herself to calm down and said, "Of course she wouldn't harm you, because she thinks it's a good thing to take you to the Queen. She has already been brainwashed by the Queen."

Li Zuo looked up at the mecha slowly descending from the sky and said to Huolong, "I will make my own judgment on this matter."

……

The mech landed at the largest intersection in the center of town.

The mech's cockpit depressurized, the hatch rose, and Shenfa stood up from the pilot's seat, leaping down. She surveyed her surroundings and spoke to the fire dragon, who was poised for battle nearby:

"Where did you hide the commander?"

She clearly saw the commander earlier.

Nihilista tapped the dragon-headed armor mounted on either side of his body and said, "I've already let him go. Rather than having him taken to the Queen by you, I'd rather give him his freedom."

"Is that so? The Queen will give you the punishment you deserve, Fire Dragon."

After saying this, the divine punishment turned to leave, but was blocked by a wall of flames that suddenly rose up.

She looked up at Nihilista, who was flying in the air, and said, "You should know that I, who have received the Queen's gift, am stronger than you, Nihilista."

In battles between heretics, the ability to fly is not an advantage that can change the balance of power.

In particular, she had once competed with another flying Niki, and because that Niki also liked the Commander, he let her go once.

“I’ve gotten stronger during this time too,” Nihilista said deliberately. “It tastes really good; I never get tired of it no matter how many times I eat it. Do you want to know how many times I’ve eaten it?”

The expression beneath the divine punishment metal mask twisted, "You..."

"Because of the Queen's orders, you've hardly ever had a chance with him, what a pity. You have no idea what positions he likes," Nihilista said provocatively. "Want me to tell you?"

"Kill you!"

The divine punishment voice was icy cold, and an astonishing killing intent burst forth from his body. He was clenching his fists, wanting to teach the fire dragon a lesson, when he saw the commander walk out of the shop by the roadside.

“Commander…” Marian immediately took off her mask, folded her hands in front of her chest, and her voice, which had been as cold as ice, became weak and gentle, with an innocent look on her face.

“I heard everything,” Li Zuoyi said, looking at Marian. “Do you really intend to send me to Queen Letcher?”

“…Yes. But that’s because the Queen is very, very good, not what the Commander thinks.” Marian explained, “If the Commander could be by her side, I believe you would be very happy, because she is…”

"Lilith?"

"How do you know...?"

“For some reason, I’ve already met her once,” Li Zuoyi said earnestly. “Although she looks very similar, she’s not the Lilith I know.”

"commander……"

“I don’t want to go with you right now,” Li Zuoyi said to Marian.

“But I received orders…” Marian was in a dilemma.

"Get out of the way, stand back, the battle is about to begin." Nihilista landed in front of Li Zuoyi and said, "She can't disobey the Queen's orders, no matter what you say, it's useless."

"Then what happened to you?" Li Zuoyi asked.

“Ha! Just like Niki, so-called heretics also have individual differences, and their degree of obedience to the Queen's orders varies. Just think of me as the lowest level one,” Nihilista explained.

A battle is inevitable... Even so, Li Zuoyi doesn't really want Marian to get hurt.

He tried to say to Marian, "Of course you can continue to catch me, but could you make an exception and let us run around for a day first?"

Nihilista exclaimed, "Are you trying to bargain?"

Li Zuo ignored her and said to Marian, who seemed somewhat hesitant, "This way, I won't disobey orders, and I can leave."

After thinking for a long time, Marianne nodded.

"Ahhh—never mind." Nihilista felt a little regretful that she couldn't spar with Divine Punishment to test her strength. She hugged Li Zuoyi and said, "Then we'll be going now."

"Wait a minute." Marian's mech aimed the laser cannon on its chest at the fire dragon.

"What do you mean?" Nihilista asked, somewhat annoyed.

“I have a request.” Marian looked at the commander, who seemed used to being nestled in the dragon’s arms, and was very unhappy.

Li Zuoyi asked, "What are the requirements?"

“I want the Commander to stay with me for the night,” Marian said bluntly.

Hearing this request, Nihilista was very unhappy, as if something she had been possessing for a long time had been taken away, but she still said to Li Zuoyi, "That's great, let's have it together tonight."

Before Li Zuoyi could say anything, Marian coldly rejected him, "No, I only want to be alone with the Commander. You are not allowed to join me."

Actually, she didn't particularly care about the relationship with the commander; this was just her revenge for Nihilista's earlier rude remarks.

Nihilista put Li Zuoyi aside and pounded his dragon-head weapon again, this time at maximum power, almost gritting his teeth as he said, "Negotiations have broken down, it's time for battle!"

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"Come to think of it, I met you when I was still Niki."

"Who are you?"

"Back then, the only time I could see you was on TV..."

I'm sorry, I lied.

……

……

A battle was imminent, the air thick with tension, as if it could explode at any moment.

"Fire Dragon, do you treat your commander like a toy?"

Marian became furious when she saw that Nihilista was being unreasonable and selfishly interrupting her conversation with the commander.

"So what if it is? I won't let you touch him!"

When he learned that he would be alone with the divine punishment, Nihilista felt an unprecedented sense of anxiety.

A sense of anxiety filled her body, urging her to take him away quickly.

"You've only been with the commander for a few days, yet you dare to treat him as your own possession and show him such disrespect... You're nothing but an ugly, greedy person."

Marian put her metal mask back on and said, "I've changed my mind. I'm going to kill you and then take the Commander with me."

"Come here! It's not certain who will kill whom, he'll always be mine."

Nihilista's deep red pupils dilated, and the temperature around her instantly rose. The resulting turbulent airflow resembled a small hurricane, causing her fiery red hair to flutter high like a blazing flame.

Li Zuoyi was forced back a few steps by the surging heat wave. Seeing that the situation was not right, he immediately shouted, "You two, stop right now!"

Marian is his Niki, and Nihilista is a key figure in his escape from Queen Letcher's pursuit; he doesn't want either of them to get hurt for the time being.

"No! Once I kill her, you'll belong to me forever!"

Nihilista's fighting spirit grew stronger, and she could no longer control her murderous intent towards divine punishment.

"Commander, please wait a moment. I will come to fetch you after I have cut off the head of this disrespectful fire dragon."

Divine Punishment was now thinking of eliminating the fire dragon in front of her. She could not allow the commander to be used as a toy, especially since the fire dragon had a rather fiery temper. She did not think the fire dragon was the kind of person who would cherish a toy.

The two figures vanished instantly. Divine Punishment returned to his angel-type cross mech, while Nihilista transformed into a steel dragon, roaring and spewing flames capable of melting buildings at the mech.

Divine Punishment was not to be outdone; a cluster of high-energy lasers, radiating destructive power, shot from the mecha's chest towards the fire dragon...

Li Zuoyi watched as the two colossal figures, each tens of meters tall, began to fight, feeling a bit like Mechagodzilla battling Iron Man.

Every move they made was destroying the town.