A Villain's Journey Begins in the Type-Moon World

"Let me tell you! Kal'tsit! Everything we had has been violently destroyed, leaving almost nothing behind! If it weren't for the Reunion Movement, Lyudmila still wouldn't have been able to find her target, and I! Would have died silently in the mine!"

“You have no right to criticize our beliefs and the path we have chosen! Because you don’t care about us at all! Because you have all the skills you need, but you can’t even protect the people you want to protect! Whether it’s the students you talk about or the people you truly care about!”

Chapter 406: Kal'tsit Alone

Alex's stern question struck Kal'tsit's heart like a heavy hammer, stirring up waves in her chest that would never subside.

She had done everything in her power to prevent the tragic fate of her students. Even though it ended badly, she felt little regret.

Perhaps, as Alex points out, her concern and arrangements for the students' families and their descendants stemmed from a deep-seated sense of guilt.

Once everything had settled, she silently accepted the reality and turned her energy to the next phase of her plans and tasks. (The rest of the text appears to be random characters and symbols, possibly a corrupted or incomplete message.)

However, Alex's unintentional last remark struck Kal'tsit's deepest, most hidden pain—her only true regret in life was failing to protect her best friend Theresa.

"Do you need me to shut them up?"

Sensing Kal'tsit's emotional fluctuations, Red, who had been silent, asked in a low voice.

"...No need."

Kal'tsit took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing her turbulent emotions. Her gaze shifted to Lyudmila and Alex lying on the ground, her voice regaining its usual calm:

“I have no right to criticize you for choosing this path. Since you have already prepared yourselves to sacrifice yourselves, you should naturally accept the risks and costs that come with it. What I just said was merely my explanation of this principle.”

"Now that you have fallen to my hand, the grudges and entanglements of the previous generation come to an end with me. Of course, if you still harbor thoughts of revenge, you may come looking for me again at any time. But next time..."

Kal'tsit paused slightly, then her words were tinged with a chilling coldness:

"I won't hold back anymore. mon3tr."

As Kal'tsit softly summoned, the enormous mon3tr let out a low roar, then transformed into a stream of fluorescent green light and merged back into her body.

Kal'tsit stopped looking at the two struggling on the ground, resolutely turned around, and disappeared with Red into the dimly lit alley.

Only after confirming that Kal'tsit's figure had completely disappeared did the ferocious expressions on Alex and Lyudmila's faces instantly fade, and the two collapsed to the ground as if all their strength had been drained, panting heavily.

“This monster… Teacher was right, even if the two of us team up, we’re no match for her…” Alex glanced at the deep, bone-revealing cut on his arm, wincing in pain. “Tsk… I’ve never been this badly injured in three days of fighting.”

"But you also felt good venting, didn't you? All the things you'd been holding back for years just came out at once."

Lyudmila struggled to sit up, her voice filled with exhaustion and complex emotions:

"That's why I hate having anything to do with this woman. She clearly knew everything... yet she stood by and did nothing. I can never forgive her... but that's all."

"Fortunately, the task assigned to us by His Majesty has been completed. At this moment, her resolve has completely wavered. Now, it depends on how His Majesty will act."

"Hmph, I hope the teacher can get some justice for us..." Alex snorted, struggling to get up despite the excruciating pain. "I'm going to check on the old man and my sister... Ouch, that fucking hurts..."

……

Kal'tsit walked silently for a distance, but her steps gradually slowed. Red, following closely behind, also stopped, tilting her head with a puzzled expression.

"What's wrong, Kal'tsit?"

"I seem to have... overlooked something crucial. My mind is unsettled... even my thoughts are becoming muddled..."

Kal'tsit held her forehead with one hand, her brows furrowed; the intense emotional turmoil had clearly disrupted her train of thought.

Suddenly, a crucial point that had been temporarily forgotten became clear. She should have pressed Sergei about the sarcophagus laboratory, asking if he had opened the sarcophagus door, causing Chernobog to lose control and become stuck in the wilderness.

If that's the case, then the doctor has most likely been released, or even... there's a high probability he's fallen into the hands of the Reunion Movement!

“That’s it… no wonder Sergei and those two children came to us so ‘coincidentally’…”

Kal'tsit could have quickly deduced this conclusion from the clues she obtained from Hrag, but the sudden conflict just now completely disrupted her plans.

Only now did she belatedly realize the crucial point of the matter.

"Red, we're turning back immediately! Now..."

Kal'tsit issued the command hastily, only to suddenly realize that Red, who had been always by her side, had vanished without a trace! This strange turn of events instantly sounded the alarm in Kal'tsit's mind!

Just then, the faint sound of a man and a woman talking drifted from around the corner of the alley:

What are your thoughts on those infected individuals?

"Their symptoms... are very peculiar. It will probably require specialized equipment for in-depth analysis... To be honest, I really hope to solve their problems."

The sound exploded in Kal'tsit's ears like thunder, making her freeze.

That deep, cold male voice belonged to Wang Chong, the only person in Chern City who made her highly wary; while that gentle, rational female voice... was none other than the Doctor (the Prophet) whom she knew all too well!

"Doctor...she's really been released?! And...she's with Wang Chong?!"

Kal'tsit, already agitated, completely lost her composure upon suddenly learning of the Doctor's whereabouts.

Without hesitation, she ran as fast as she could towards the corner where the sound was coming from!

Sure enough, at the corner at the end of the deep alley, a familiar short-haired figure flashed by, leaving a deep imprint on Kal'tsit's pupils.

"Doctor!" Kal'tsit cried out, her footsteps becoming increasingly hurried.

However, every time she tried to catch up to the next corner, she could only catch a glimpse of the fluttering hem of that figure's clothes... No matter how fast she sped up, she could never close the distance by even a fraction.

After several fruitless chases, even someone as distracted as Kal'tsit finally noticed something was amiss.

I felt as if I were being drawn by an invisible lure, step by step into the depths of this increasingly desolate and deserted alley.

And from the moment Hong was discovered to be missing, an eerie atmosphere permeated the place.

"Come out here!" Kal'tsit stopped abruptly, her voice echoing through the empty alley. "As a leader, don't you find it laughable to play these kinds of tricks?"

Kal'tsit's reprimand was naturally directed at Wang Chong, who was accompanying the female doctor.

But all that answered her was deathly silence. The alley was deserted, as if everything she had seen and heard before was just her imagination.

"Mon3tr! Destroy everything around you!" Realizing that Alex and Lyudmila's earlier provocations were merely a test, Kal'tsit held nothing back and instantly summoned her behemoth!

Mon3tr let out a deafening roar, its massive maw opening wide as fluorescent green, destructive energy rapidly condensed and expanded in its throat, threatening to erupt as a devastating torrent of energy.

At this critical moment, a blinding fluorescent green light tore through the smoke and dust!

A giant sword, carrying unparalleled power, suddenly shot out from the side of the ruins and dust that had collapsed due to the energy wave of mon3tr, its target being mon3tr's head!

The mon3tr reacted swiftly, swinging its massive claws, powerful enough to tear through steel, in an attempt to block!

"Clang—!!!"

The ear-piercing sound of metal snapping and mon3tr's shrill, painful wail rang out simultaneously!

The giant sword sliced ​​through mon3tr's massive claws and body in two without any resistance, just like a hot knife through butter!

The enormous, fluorescent green body instantly disintegrated and exploded, turning into countless specks of light that eventually coalesced back into the dim crystal, drifting helplessly back to Kal'tsit's side.

“mon3tr!”

Kal'tsit's pupils contracted sharply as she stared in disbelief at how her invincible Mon3tr had been so easily severed in two.

At the same time, a chilling, suffocating killing intent locked onto her as if it were a tangible thing, rendering her unable to move!

"Kal'tsit, Kal'tsit..." A cold, emotionless voice slowly drifted from the rising dust of the ruins, "I have tolerated you time and time again, but all I have received in return is your ever-increasing demands."

As the smoke dissipated, a figure became clearly visible. It was Wang Chong, who was holding the female PhD student in his arms in a princess carry, steadily protecting her.

"I only wanted to play a little trick on you, as a way to vent my anger for the two members of my team who were severely injured by you, which is why you were never able to catch up with us..."

Wang Chong's voice suddenly turned sharp, his gaze piercing Kal'tsit like an ice pick:

"But what I never expected was that you would dare to use such a devastating attack so recklessly in Chernobog! Do you know that because of your foolish actions, you almost killed your old friend!"

Carrying the Doctor, Wang Chong stepped out of the dust and rubble, his cold gaze falling on the lone Kal'tsit as if in judgment.

Chapter 407: When a Traditional Elder Meets a Cyber ​​Ghost

Kal'tsit looked at the familiar figure in Wang Chong's arms, and a trace of regret rose in her heart.

She initially thought it was an illusion created by Wang Chong, and even thought that everything around her was a kind of illusion created by Originium Arts. However, she did not expect that the other party was just using speed to keep up with her.

As a result, his recklessness nearly caused serious injury to the female PhD student.

"Ha, but are you really just going to play a little trick on me? If you say that, who but yourself will believe you?"

However, despite her regrets, the current situation no longer allowed Kal'tsit to dwell on these emotional matters.

She looked at Wang Chong, who was destroying mon3tr right in front of her. She knew very well that after figuring out her hand, he had already planned to take action against her.

"You're just looking for a suitable excuse to take action... From the moment you started using those two children, you've been gradually swaying my mind and making me make the wrong judgments, haven't you?"

Kal'tsit took a deep breath, met Wang Chong's terrifying gaze, and said:

"Admittedly, I almost harmed the Doctor by mistake. But that was all thanks to you. Now that I have no Rhodes Island operators by my side, you can reveal your true colors without restraint."

"If you're going to make a move, then do it quickly, leader of the integration. But if you think that Rhodes Island can be easily taken in by you just because I'm gone, you're sorely mistaken. They'll see your true colors sooner or later."

"Heh...you really want me to kill you, don't you?"

Wang Chong chuckled coldly twice, then summoned a cloud of black mist that formed a cushion. He placed the unconscious Doctor on the cushion, then stood up again, pointed at Kal'tsit, and said:

"Do you really think I know nothing about you? Lady Kal'tsit, who has lived for ten thousand years... You should have died by Theresis's sword back then, but thanks to your specially modified body, you can be resurrected at any time."

Kal'tsit's pupils contracted slightly; having had another of her trump cards exposed, she was clearly no longer as composed as before.

"It seems I was right, Kal'tsit... Your so-called 'Rhodes Island people seeing my true colors' is nothing more than the fact that after you were resurrected, you had the evidence to return to Rhodes Island and formally expose my brutal side."

Wang Chong snorted coldly, a hint of mockery in his eyes, and said:

"Gods are not invincible; it's just that people haven't found the right way to kill them. Many things on this land that call themselves 'gods' have only achieved a similar state of immortality by relying on the legacy of previous civilizations. They are like that, and so are you, Kal'tsit."

"Who exactly are you? How do you know so much information? Over the years, I have known quite a few immortals, but I have never seen anyone like you."

Upon hearing the words "previous civilization," Kal'tsit's eyes narrowed again as she stared intently at Wang Chong and questioned him.

"Ha...Who am I? I am nobody."

Wang Chong shook his head and said coldly:

"If I had to put it into words, I'm just someone who's extremely unhappy about the tragedies that keep happening to this land."

"You say I used those two children... but you didn't consider that it was a continuation of your own mistakes. You say I just wanted a suitable excuse to act, but you never considered that if I really wanted to act, I wouldn't need any excuse!"

"For Amiya's sake, I was going to give you a chance to meet with the Doctor and your two other old friends, and have a frank discussion about the future of this continent."

"But now, I truly regret it. Perhaps I should have been more assertive, to avoid the process being endlessly hampered by you doubters. Well then, it's your turn to step in and teach your former pet a lesson—"

"Prisas".

The moment Wang Chong uttered Precys's name, Kal'tsit's expression changed drastically. Then, she heard the clear sound of footsteps on the floor behind her.

"Click—" "Click—"

Kal'tsit turned around and saw a figure slowly walking up the stairs from the corner below.

"This is a trial, and I have accepted the trial of overcoming the past."

The familiar female voice reached Kal'tsit's ears, causing her body to tremble instinctively. It was the voice of the person she least wanted to hear.

"Whether it's the growth of a person or the growth of civilization, it's all about overcoming the immature past and facing the deepest fears and the end."

A face appeared incredibly clear in Kal'tsit's eyes, and she murmured, "Impossible... How could you..."

"Hmm? You think so too, don't you, Kal'tsit? Or should I call you by your old name—ama-10?"

Precyth, with her signature smile, gazed at Kal'tsit.

“mon—woo!”

Kal'tsit instinctively tried to summon mon3tr again, but forgot that mon3tr had already been cut in two by Wang Chong and would need some time to recover.

Precyth, with her signature smile, gazed at Kal'tsit.

“mon—woo!”

Kal'tsit instinctively tried to summon mon3tr again, but forgot that mon3tr had already been cut in two by Wang Chong and would need some time to recover.

“Restraint”.

However, Precys merely whispered something, and the boundless Originium energy in the air, under Precys's control, easily surged towards Kal'tsit's limbs.

With almost no apparent resistance, Kal'tsit's limbs were firmly fixed in place by the crystallized Originium, rendering her completely immobile.

"I still prefer you as you used to be, ama-10. The way you look now has actually made you much weaker."

"Precys said with a smile."

"(Unknown language)!!"

Kal'tsit, with a ferocious expression, spoke to Prissis in a strange language.