My wife, who's in a vegetative state, please stop eavesdropping on my thoughts.

What else is there to say?

When I get back, I'll give all my points to Sister Adele to exchange for medicine!

Under the spotlight.

Under the chilling gaze of everyone.

A drop of bright red blood finally managed to spill from the hero's fingertip.

Blood flowed slowly down her slender fingers, eventually dripping along the edge onto the hilt of the rusty sword.

Then, as if activated, the layers of rust on the sword began to peel off piece by piece, turning into scattered golden specks of light before they even completely fell to the ground.

Seconds later, all the rust disappeared completely.

The outline of a short sword, enveloped in flowing, dazzling starlight, appeared before everyone's eyes.

At this moment, Adele had already put away the golden battle banner and silently retreated to the side of Whis and the little sword saint.

The hero was all alone, except for her and her sword, and the sky filled with golden supernatural particles.

She held the Starlight Sword in one hand and, with an extremely slow and solemn motion, pulled the blade out of the ground inch by inch.

The starlight on the sword grew brighter and brighter until it enveloped the blonde girl in a flowing radiance.

Endless radiance and dazzling fluctuations surged almost into the sky, causing every extraordinary particle in her body to transform into beams of golden light that shot straight into the heavens.

"Feel it, world—"

"Epic journey together, my glory shines as brightly as mine!!!"

"..."

"..."

"Buzz—!!!"

In an instant, a deafening, unimaginable roar of oppressive power resounded.

The golden light that burst forth instantly turned the entire night sky into the color of daytime.

The stun grenades exploded and flashed across the sky above the patrol area, much like satellite orbital cannons.

Without exception, everyone who looked at the flash of light fell into a state of collapse and semi-consciousness.

Even Weiss felt as if he had sunk into a dream, forced into a dreamlike, dazed state.

For some reason, he vaguely saw the scene of the Snow Palace Trial.

He saw once again the vast and majestic snow palace and ice staircase that stretched for hundreds of kilometers and was hidden deep in the starry sky.

This time, however, he adopted the perspective of a hero.

He saw the blonde girl standing alone at the transfer station of the starry sky platform, but she didn't stay for long.

She traversed millions of kilometers of starry sky without hesitation, passed through the despairing ice staircase that was almost at absolute zero and in a vacuum, and after several months, finally pushed open the pure white door leading to the real snow palace.

It was so shocking and unforgettable.

Heroes need neither companions nor friends.

The reason she climbed that white palace on the other side of deep space alone was not to ask Snow White for anything, nor to gain Snow White's approval.

Rather, it was to prove—

She has surpassed the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World!!!

"..."

"..."

"She made it to the top!?"

When Weiss came to his senses again, his scalp was completely tingling.

This blonde girl...

Completely different from myself and Bingfei!!!

The heroine truly reached the Snow Palace at the end of the starry sky when she was a seventh-rank warlord, shocking the entire world.

But the two of them gave up after only taking a glance from afar...

Perhaps only those who embark on that path with such a crazy and pure determination will reach the final destination.

Only such extraordinary individuals can achieve invincibility in an era.

They are simply invincible and unshakeable...

This is what a hero is!

Weiss, speechless...

Soon, the people who had been scattered across the battlefield, either unconscious or dazed, came to their senses one by one.

They all looked at the blonde girl standing before them with indescribably complex expressions.

Without a doubt, the being before them was not even in the same dimension as them.

[Forbidden Item No. 62: Radiance Like Me]

[Base stats are tied to popularity; after drawing the sword, the entire world will be swept up in the epic you created, forcibly and randomly playing a legendary event from your own life. The higher the shock value, the stronger the power of this sword-drawing.]

In silence.

In silence, clutching the still-bleeding, penetrating wound on his shoulder, Da Shoutou limped back from the distant ruins.

At this moment, his eyes were already brimming with tears.

Because it was played randomly, what he saw was not the scene of the hero climbing the snow palace trial, but her legendary experience of almost breaking through the entire middle level of the dark world after becoming a hero.

Without a doubt, only beings of this caliber are worth spending a lifetime following.

From this day forward, the only meaning of his life is to follow in the footsteps of heroes.

In the endless silence.

The hero turned his head and glanced in Adele's direction, his lips moving slightly.

She seemed to say something, but only Adele could hear it.

Adele didn't react much, she just silently shook her head.

Then, the hero withdrew his gaze, picked up the radiant sword that had completely transformed into the dazzling morning star, and slowly walked towards the direction of the Night Patrol Royal City.

Let's go...

She said in a low voice.

Undying and Great Executioner, their faces filled with fanaticism, followed her from the left and right respectively.

The ten kings who remained in place were almost all stunned.

Judging from this, it seems the hero is planning to go on a night patrol of the royal city!?

As the three figures walked further and further away, the crowd could only faintly hear their conversation echoing from the depths of the night.

"Hero, are we going to kill Snow White?"

"Do not......"

"The moon is closer—"

Upon hearing their words, the Golden Emperor and Rain King exchanged a puzzled glance, their expressions confused.

What does it mean for the moon to be closer?

The night patrol of the royal city was already right in front of them...?

The young swordsman and Adele also had some difficulty understanding.

But when the Time Consort glanced at Weiss and the others with a meaningful look, Weiss's pupils suddenly dilated. Sensing the other party's unusual emotions, his ghost brain instantly pieced all the scattered fragments together.

He suddenly remembered the conversation he had with the female member of the Star Bell when the Star Bell descended upon Moonlit City at the eighth hour.

It seems that it has been mentioned before.

—The moon is in the Serene family.

At that time, Weiss didn't know what the Seven Wonders were; he only knew that the Star Clock was about to attack the Selene family's mansion at the eighth hour, which is why he recklessly went to cause trouble.

In the end, he was mistakenly identified as the Moon Goddess by accident.

So now, it's the moon again...?

The next second, Weiss's pupils contracted violently to the size of a pinhead.

He remembered everything.

During his migration through the Dark Realm, in the hazy period before he completely lost consciousness, he clearly heard the Caged Bird mention the existence of the moon.

In Moonlit City, at the Serenenis family.

When the Dark Realm migrates, it happens within oneself...

At this moment, judging from the hero's destination, wouldn't the moon be patrolling the royal city at night?

So, there are only two possibilities—

Aunt Bai...

Or, Elune!!!

After realizing what had happened, Weiss walked away into the depths of the forest without looking back. Under the puzzled gazes of Adele and the little swordsman, he sneaked away into the distance.

Even if you need to use the restroom, you don't have to be that far apart...

As Weiss's figure receded into the shadows, it became shrouded in a layer of misty white clouds.

Because, regardless of which of these two answers is correct.

He absolutely cannot let the hero take another step forward!

..

Under the cover of night, the moonlight poured down.

The hero, gripping the dazzling, star-studded weapon "Radiance Like Me," led the way, leaving a trail of shimmering golden particles behind her.

Meanwhile, the Great Executioner and the Undying followed behind her, their expressions shifting between longing and fervor.

Since becoming a hero, she has become accustomed to the sound of footsteps following behind her.

It seemed that there were many such footsteps behind her before she fell asleep, but she gradually couldn't remember the faces of those people.

Just then, Undying could no longer contain his curiosity and asked in a puzzled tone:

"My lord, weren't we supposed to be searching for the moon first? Why are we heading towards the Night Patrol City?"

"Because the moon is in that direction..."

The hero's voice remained as calm as ever.

However, as she finished speaking the last word, the blonde girl stopped abruptly.

Undying and Great Executioner nearly bumped into her back before they could react. They stopped abruptly, looked at each other in confusion, and had no idea what had happened.

The hero didn't speak, but slowly closed his eyes and quietly felt it.

Within a radius of a hundred miles, the number of rain-soaked people has exceeded three hundred.

The blue umbrellas stood in rows on the distant mountain ridges and in the dense forest, like a quiet funeral procession, watching her departing figure from afar under the moonlight.

After a brief silence of less than three seconds, the hero continued walking forward without uttering a word.

Because she is a hero, no matter what awaits her ahead, she must never retreat.

Even if all her companions were killed, she had to keep going.

As long as she holds this sword in her hand, she will never lose to anyone in the world.

A dozen minutes later, the forest ahead gradually became sparse and open, and the area through which the moonlight leaked through the gaps in the tree canopy grew larger and larger, until finally the three of them completely walked out of the dense forest and stepped into a flat and open wasteland.

Sure enough, just as the number of rainstorms had warned of.

Something was indeed waiting for them ahead.

"..."