Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

"Cough...cough cough, this temperature, is this something alchemy can achieve? (易邻壹肆巫氿私氿捌)"

The burning sensation in the air caused Cagliostro excruciating pain, forcing him to desperately use water alchemy to cool his body.

"The ground is melting! What kind of monster's power is this?!"

Saint-Germain, who was also using a blue magic array to cool himself down, looked in astonishment at the environment next to Zero, which had been turned into lava by the escaping high temperature, and said in disbelief.

“Carol, just as you guessed, the reason I’m here is, of course, because I now possess the power to annihilate you all.”

"Then, Bavarian Light Society, let your days end here today."

With that, Lingyi slowly raised the long sword in her hand, made this pronouncement, and then disappeared from the spot.

"Disappeared! Where?!"

Having lost sight of Lingyi, Carol's alarm bells rang, and she desperately wanted to recapture her presence.

"Pfft... Carol, watch out!"

Cagliostro's voice rang in Carol's ears, accompanied by a sound like an armored vehicle crashing.

Looking in the direction of the sound, Carol found that the person who had warned her was now embedded in a wall that had melted and turned black from the high temperature, serving as a mural, surrounded by fragments of the defensive barrier that had not yet dissipated.

"it's your turn."

Before Carol could even react to what was happening, the light and shadow around her seemed to have become a little too bright in her vision.

bite--

Before she could react any further, Carol followed in Cagliostro's footsteps, struck from above by Zero in his Ryouki state with a long sword, and embedded in the lava-like floor tiles.

"Carol, Cagliostro, damn it!"

Seeing this, Saint-Germain quickly burned his memories to create a water-generating magic array, preparing to use the high-pressure water flow to cover the two of them.

However, just as she raised her hands and the blue magic circle was taking shape, she suddenly realized that the target she had locked onto had already arrived in front of her, accompanied by a fiery heat.

"The third one."

With both hands gripping the sword, held horizontally at her waist, flames swirling around it, Zero didn't hesitate to swing the sword with all her might at the opening in Saint-Germain's abdomen. And so, amidst the raging flames, the third victim appeared.

"Hey, Adam, when will your gold alchemy finally be ready?!"

"Shut up! Why don't you try the difficulty of gold alchemy yourself!"

Seeing three people defeated in a row, Prellati eagerly wanted to ask Adam about the preparation time of the opponent's ultimate move, but was angrily rebuked by Adam, who was also sweating with anxiety.

"Damn it, I'll do it then..."

"They actually dared to look away from the battlefield."

With no other option, Prellati could only try to buy as much time as possible. Then, she heard a voice from behind her that sounded like a vengeful ghost.

Boom c You pull enterprise flow then also flow X

After Caro, Cariostro, and Saint-Germain, Prerati finally experienced the pain of having his entire body burned by flames and suffering shattered bones all over his body.

Yes, this is the Liaoli Armor. It has no special mechanisms or abilities. It eliminates all the fancy features and leaves only the ultimate power and speed, resulting in the ultimate attack.

Thus, all four alchemists surrounding Zero didn't even last half a minute after Zero donned the Ryouri Armor, collapsing under this pure numerical crushing force.

After doing all this, Lingyi looked up at Adam, who had finished charging up and had a confident smile on his lips.

Chapter Four: The Collapsed Alchemy Society, The Next Target

"This is the end. No matter how strong you are, you can never withstand the immense power forged from gold!"

Using the power of the Ryouri Armor, Lingyi quickly defeated the four alchemists who were besieging her, temporarily rendering them unable to fight. However, Adam's gold alchemy finally completed its charging at this moment.

Using the power of alchemy, combined with the extraordinary energy contained within Adam's body, they aimed to achieve nuclear fusion at room temperature to create gold.

Although the cost-effectiveness from an alchemical perspective is extremely low, the enormous energy released during fusion was used by Adam as a signature technique for strategic or tactical considerations.

Depending on the energy used, Adam could even quickly trigger a massive impact on the same scale as the Tunguska event, and this is precisely the level of attack Adam is about to use.

"Wait...wait a minute, we're still here! Let's chat about the skirt!"

Looking at the massive crimson alchemical array behind Adam and the ever-expanding energy in his hands, Prerati struggled to take out the teleportation gem to escape. However, severely injured, she was temporarily unable to move.

"It is your honor to be able to sacrifice yourself in the fight against the ruler."

Completely ignoring the alchemist below, Adam hastily threw the enormous energy ball in his hand downwards. The massive fireball pressed down with a destructive force.

"Why would you think that after seeing this move, I wouldn't be prepared for it? After all, isn't it only natural to take all the information you have into account in battle?"

Gazing at the enormous fireball that blotted out the sky, Lingyi's expression remained unchanged; she simply stated the fact silently, as if offering a reminder.

"……What? "

Upon hearing Lingyi's voice, Adam had a bad feeling, and soon, Lingyi was about to turn his bad feeling into reality.

"Flash Blade Technique? Rekindle the Flames"

He uttered a single word in a calm tone, and immediately, flames of the same or even higher temperature as the gold rose from the ground.

Now that we know how gold is refined, we need to prepare the necessary countermeasures, and the best way to deal with the numerical value is to return it to the total with an even larger value.

Attack, relentless attack, unleashing maximum firepower in an instant. As the energy within the Blazing Armor continued to be released, the massive sea of ​​fire gradually engulfed Adam's golden fireball, halting it in mid-air.

Then, Zero raised her crimson longsword, and guided by the tip of the flash blade, propelled by eight fiery wings, Zero, clad in crimson heavy armor, leaped into the sky, breaking through the blast wave and the energy forged from gold.

Finally, the blade, carrying an ultra-high temperature capable of melting all matter, arrived in front of Adam, who was standing in mid-air, and directly bombarded his body with energy that was enough to destroy all defenses.

"puff"

Adam, struck hard, felt intense pain. Before he could do anything, Zero launched another attack, slamming him into the ground from above.

"Phew, that really took some effort."

After unleashing such a powerful attack, even Lingyi couldn't help but feel slightly tired, but she couldn't rest yet; she still had to ensure that the hidden danger was sent to the underworld.

"Um? "

However, the potential that life can unleash when faced with death far exceeds imagination. Suddenly, several balls of yarn made of strings appeared around her, and the sharp strings briefly bound Lingyi's body.

"Ha, ha... I expected the battle to be difficult, but I didn't expect it to be this utterly crushed. This power is just too outrageous."

Carol, who was lying on the ground and struggling to get up, knelt down and tried her best to tie the strings to Zero's body in mid-air.

“It seems you were right, Carol. After all, she’s the kind of person who prepares backup plans and backup plans before a battle. She’s extremely cautious. We should have thought of that earlier.”

With blood dripping from his mouth and little good skin visible on his body, Saint-Germain, dragging the equally seriously injured Cagliostro and Preirati, met up with Carol and said this.

"Hiss—ha, what should we do, Saint-Germain? Should we continue fighting her?"

Enduring the torment of her injuries, Carol asked Saint-Germain for his opinion.

"It's impossible to win. Although I'm unwilling, I have no choice but to run away in order to protect Prellati and Cagliostro."

After placing the two men they were carrying around, Saint-Germain had to admit that they really had no chance of winning at the moment.

"Easier said than done, will she really let us go so easily?"

Despite Saint-Germain's statement, Carol remained unsure about the possibility of escape, and Zero quickly provided an answer to her question.

The sturdy strings snapped under the intense heat, and Lingyi, suspended in mid-air, gathered flames in her longsword once more. Then, her gaze fell upon Saint-Germain and Carol, who had just taken out the teleportation gem.

"Damn it, Hermes Trismegistes (Hermes the Triple Great)!"

Seeing this, Carol immediately opened her hands and quickly constructed a triple energy defense barrier with intricate patterns using complex spells.

Zero-Cloth quickly broke through the two layers of defenses, but the last defensive barrier still managed to block Zero-Cloth's blade with a creaking sound.

"Ha, I managed to block that kind of attack. Looks like you expended quite a bit of energy just now. Hey, Chief, let's take advantage of this opportunity... Wait, Chief, what are you doing?"

Fortunately, this attack was slightly weaker than the previous one. Just as Carol was about to let Adam take this opportunity to do something to Zero, she realized that the other party had appeared behind her at some point, next to Saint-Germain, holding a teleportation gem in his hand.

"I'm sorry, Carol, cough... given the current situation, someone has to cover the rear and sacrifice themselves, so you'll have to do your best."

"Wait, Chief, if we do this..."

Clutching the large hole burned into his chest, Adam stated the fact without the slightest apology. Then, ignoring Saint-Germain's questions, he activated the red teleportation array and disappeared behind Carol along with Saint-Germain and the other two.

"Adam Weshill, you!!"

Carol gained a new understanding of the incompetence of her boss, but she didn't have time to think about it. In those few seconds, Zero had already accumulated more power.

In an instant, Carol's defensive barrier was breached, and the fiery blade sliced ​​across her body, cutting a large gash from her shoulder down.

"Ugh—pfft, just you wait."

Leaving behind these final words, Carol's body was completely reduced to black ash in the flames, burned to ashes.

"We took one down, but... four escaped. This is troublesome."

After confirming that Carol was completely dead, Lingyi shifted her gaze to the location where the spatial teleportation had just occurred. She was in a bad mood. She had originally thought she could take down a few more, but she didn't expect them to be able to run away so decisively.

"However, it doesn't matter. With the loss of many alchemical materials from this stronghold, plus the injuries I just sustained, they shouldn't be able to cause any trouble for a while."

With things having come to this point, there was no other way. Lingyi could only comfort herself while turning her attention to the stronghold.

Seemingly confident in the seclusion and security of this place, a large portion of the Bavarian Light Society's alchemical materials were stockpiled here.

"After sorting through the spoils a bit, it's time to deal with Finney."

After removing her armor and switching to a more mobile stance, Zero made this decision.

"Master Finni, Carol said I have a surveillance device on me, is that true?"

Rewind a few minutes. After receiving instructions from Carol that she didn't quite understand, a confused Elfnein chose to seek help from someone more knowledgeable around her.

"The monitoring device... Let me see. Hmm, indeed, it seems to be a device that monitors consciousness and searches for location, and the method is characterized by its zero-clothes operation."

Knowing Elfnein's question, Finney immediately performed a simple examination on Elfnein and quickly discovered a very small energy fluctuation at the back of her head.

"Miss Lingyi, but when exactly was it installed on me?"

Elfne felt a little scared; she had no idea she had such a thing on her.

"It probably disguised itself and made contact with you at some point. That guy is always good at this kind of thing. Wait a moment, I'll help you get rid of it."

Based on past experience, Finney made this deduction and then proceeded to remove the surveillance device.

"Yes, please, Master."

Elfnein obediently sat down.

Perhaps because the surveillance cameras were designed to be more discreet, Finney encountered no trouble in removing them and completed the task successfully in just a few minutes.

"Okay, now we can contact Carol again. I remember feeling something like this just now... Carol... soft?"

After removing the surveillance camera, Elfnein's first thought was to contact Carol again to ask about what had just happened.

However, just as she was trying to reconnect with Carol using the same feeling she had when she first contacted her, she witnessed an unbelievable scene.

The arrogant bureau chief was slammed to the ground like a rag doll, while the seriously injured Miss Saint-Germain supported the severely injured and unconscious Cagliostro and Prellati by her side.

Immediately afterwards, amidst a dazzling display of battle, 'his own' body was reduced to ashes by Zero's longsword, which glowed with crimson flames.

"How could this happen? Everyone in the society has been... What happened? Is it because of me?"

Once she realized she could no longer contact Carol, Elfne stood up, muttering to herself in surprise and panic.

"Lingyi, wait! You said you saw Lingyi, what was she doing?!"

Having caught the key words, Chris immediately put down the microphone and quickly walked over to Elfnein to ask about the situation.

"Yes, that's right, just now..."

Elfne then recounted the whole story of what she had just seen and heard.

"So you mean your base was taken down by Zero-One?"

-Death?

Although Elfnein tried her best to describe it, Chris and Xiaoqiege, who didn't know much about alchemists, didn't understand it very well.

"Alchemists, although I don't think much of them, they do possess a certain level of power. To fight them and achieve such a crushing victory, Lingyi has probably become even stronger... Wait!"

Finnie, who knew more, gleaned some information from Elfnein's words, and then her expression changed.

Previously, Lingyi had said that her priority was not very high, as the other party needed to spend more energy dealing with the Bavarian Light Society.

If what Elfnein saw is true, then the Light Society has probably been completely destroyed by Zero and is unable to rise again.

So, after the Society of Light, who will be her next target of hatred?

"Chris, contact Genjuro and the others, tell him to prepare to gather the musicians for battle, and then we'll head back to SONG immediately!"