Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

"Hey, let me ask you, in the eyes of you alchemists, what exactly is human life—mere straw, or just material?"

As the flames subsided, a scene emerged where Zero was gripping Carol's neck.

At this moment, her gaze seemed to be fixed on the blonde, mature woman Carol in her hands, or perhaps on the concept that she represented behind her.

"Ugh—ugh—"

With her vital organs being gripped, Carol tried to muster her strength to fight back and escape this humiliating situation.

However, the moment her fingers moved, her body was swept downwards by Lingyi, and before she could react, she was slammed to the ground and used as a cushion.

“You know what, miracles, I hate those things, because miracles are often accompanied by sacrifice.”

Pressing down on Carol, Zero held her neck with one hand to prevent her from resisting, while his other hand, covered in black and yellow armor, slammed down.

"Cough—"

A twisting pain shot through her abdomen, and Carol involuntarily coughed up bile.

"But I also have to thank the miracle, phew—"

Lifting Carol up, looking at the woman who had been stunned by the attack and was temporarily powerless, Lingyi raised her hand and let out a long sigh.

"because! "

A punch landed hard on Carol's abdomen, where she had just suffered a heavy blow.

"It's because of this miracle!"

Then he kicked Carol in the chest after her transformation, sending her into the air for a brief moment.

"Only then can I be worthy of you!"

Two more short punches, each carrying an earthy yellow light, twisted Carol's face in a grimace.

"The bastard who disregards human life seeks revenge!"

Finally, Quesnay's fists appeared out of thin air, grabbed Carol who was almost unconscious and half-suspended in the air, and slammed her to the ground like a rag doll.

"Huff, huff, ahh, no, no, I can't be impulsive, calm down, I need to calm down, huff, I need to rein in my thoughts and emotions..."

As the smoke cleared, Carol lay huddled in the crater, looking like a rag doll.

Theoretically, Lingyi should have taken advantage of this momentum to press her advantage and kill him, but she didn't.

Because this powerful force that suppressed Carol to the point of being unable to lift her head came at the cost of severe mental instability.

Therefore, compared to such trivial matters, it is more important to stabilize one's emotions and take advantage of the time when one can still think to adjust one's emotions for the present moment.

"Ha, hahaha, I see, I understand now."

Just as Lingyi was stabilizing herself, Carol, whose clothes were tattered and torn, took the opportunity to stand up again.

At this point, she fully understood what kind of enemy she was facing. Although she still lacked some details, she had a general understanding.

"Although our initial intentions may have been different, in terms of the outcome, you and I are the same kind of people—both avengers who were once in despair of this world."

"But it's really amazing that they were able to endure that heart-wrenching pain and bring their thoughts to such a calm state."

Seeing Zero's expression gradually calm down and her demeanor becoming more and more like her initial fighting stance, Carol smiled and shared her thoughts.

.......

Lingyi remained silent in response to Carol's words, after all, she could not deny that what the other person said was correct, and she was aware of her own state.

"Unfortunately, I can't be as strong as you, nor can I endure as much. Therefore, destroying this world is the only way to stop my suffering!"

Despite understanding the enemy they faced, Carol and Zero's antagonistic stance remained unchanged.

She indulged her desires to destroy the world, and endured the pain in her heart to mend the broken garments of her soul. Today, she must settle the score here.

"Ah, if you're talking about your plan to destroy the world, unfortunately, it's no longer possible."

However, before the new round of battle began, Zero, who had completely calmed down and regained her composure, announced this fact to Carol after confirming that a certain process had been completed.

Then, before Carol could figure it out, in her eyes, the Mirror City, which she had painstakingly built with countless relics and heretical technologies to complete the Apocalypse, malfunctioned with an electrical spark.

The green light waves that were steadily overwhelming the protective facilities on Zero Garment's territory gradually lost momentum and became increasingly smaller.

"What have you done to my Mirror City?!"

Realizing that it was Zero who had done it, Carol questioned her with fear and unease.

"To be honest, if you put all your energy into the City of Protective Mirrors, with your strength combined with the defensive system of that floating city, it might really be difficult for me, who is not good at destruction."

"However, as long as you focus your attention on fighting me, the [Floating Unit] can infiltrate your leaky castle and then secretly take control and destroy it."

With a major concern finally resolved, Lingyi breathed a slight sigh of relief and casually explained her thoughts to Carol.

At the same time, inside Mirror City, Dr. Will, looking at the cold-blooded Zero-Cloth clone pointing the Tiger Shark Cannon at him, raised his hands with a smirk and surrendered to the girl in front of him.

He originally planned to destroy Mirror City as the key to the reversal at the last moment and become a hero, but before he could exert his strength, he was arrested by Zero, who had invaded the city.

Soon, under the control of the invading floating units, the original function of the Mirror City was reversed, creating a huge bug and causing the temperature to rise sharply.

In the end, in Carol's eyes, the Mirror City, to which she had poured her heart and soul, became a piece of architectural debris suspended in mid-air, falling to the side.

"...Did I lose?"

With everything finished and the Mirror City destroyed, Carol's wish was thwarted, and she could no longer complete her Omniscient Apocalypse.

"Yes, I won. It's my victory. Now, die."

After silently declaring her victory, Zero gripped the Flash Blade with both hands, flames rising from it, ready to send the alchemist, an unstable element, to hell.

However, before that, the glowing alchemical array around Carol shone brightly, and the complex energy briefly transformed into a shield, blocking Zero's attack.

"Using the last of his memories as fuel, how true to the alchemist's dying struggle."

Zero realized what Carol was planning to do, and she prepared to burn all her memories, turning them into extremely destructive fighting power.

She had witnessed this countless times during her battles with alchemists, and this act of burning away all her memories had, to some extent, prevented her from obtaining information.

"If I can't finish it, I'd rather die here. And even if this body turns to nothingness, I won't let you get away with ruining my dream!"

Having completely given up on herself, Carol, with a tear of blood streaming down her cheek, irrationally directed all her attention at Zero in front of her.

[The following appears to be a series of characters and symbols, possibly a corrupted or garbled text: 虚瓢力弋安事O桌圜占]

As she forged the memories, a furious song erupted from her throat. Even though she had lost the City of Mirrors, she still had this Faustian robe and this song of destruction.

[Beyond the two divinations of the year, what strength does be needed to preserve a horse's strength?]

With the blessing of the Song of Annihilation, Carol once again gained an enormous amount of string enhancement power, and this power, including the power to forge memories, was all sent into the Faust Robe.

[All things (7) are governed by violence and jade]

Surrounded by the alchemical array, Carol's body gradually floated into the air amidst the singing. The strings surged everywhere, resisting the attack from Zero Clothes, and gradually spiraled into an indestructible lion mechanism radiating complex energy.

This is the final battle form that Carol extracted from the Faust Armor Steel Wire Magic String, possessing unparalleled defense and devastating attacks.

[. Occupying a seat LTi I forcefully propel]

Having created this battle form, Carol directly controlled the Lion Mechanism to open its mouth, gathering a massive amount of energy to power the Roar Cannon and launch it towards Zero, who was also standing in mid-air.

"The target is the territory behind me... There's no other way, I'll respond in kind. [Flash Blade Technique? Rekindled Flames]."

After measuring the powerful energy inside and realizing that there was no way to avoid it, Lingyi also activated her strongest attack technique.

In the state of [Sky Striker Princess = Zero], the power of the spell was greatly enhanced. Immediately, flames climbed up the crimson blade, and the flames and the roaring cannon merged and collided in mid-air.

P.S. Good evening.

Chapter 46 XD

"In the end, it's nothing more than a rootless duckweed..."

Zero, who was holding off Carol with the rekindled flames, knew that this was just the other party's last struggle.

Without having to expend her power to resist the disintegration of the Mirror City, she was able to hold her own against Carol, who was currently forced to forge her final memories to gain power.

Furthermore, unlike Carol, who becomes powerless after forging memories, the energy released by Neferpitou and the string enhancement brought by Domination will be continuously supplied to Zero.

Victory is only a matter of time.

"Ah, yes, just a rootless duckweed, but don't forget, I said I wouldn't let you get away with it, and I absolutely will, even if it means..."

Carol knew this too; her opponent was very strong, so strong that she alone could never defeat him.

However, she knew what she needed to do to make the guy in front of her feel the worst, and that element was right there in the vicinity.

"What...wait a minute, hey, even if this succeeds, it won't do you any good for your goals, right?!"

Almost the instant Carol made the decision in her mind, Zero suddenly realized that her enemy's only objective at the moment.

Subconsciously, she wanted to spare some of her strength to prevent the event that had a certain probability of happening.

"Do you realize that? But I won't let you stop me. Even if it means my own destruction, I'll still bite off a chunk of flesh from you!"

However, having chosen to do so, Carol, who had already suffered a complete defeat, would not let go of this opportunity to drag her opponent into a lose-lose situation.

[A Drop of Wave O, Three Years Old]

[squeeze n/i: roar 0) force evening long mouth one 7]

[Fundamental Strength ' 5 Complete Negation:> 〒Burning X]

The surging, exhilarating symphony was at its maximum at this moment, and the string enhancement exceeding seven billion units of the final song energy burst forth wildly around Carol.

Soon, with Carol singing with almost all her might, four elemental magic arrays appeared around the Blue Lion, converging into the torrent of the roaring cannon and further enhancing it.

And this power of singing has another use.

[Gatrandis babel ziggurat edenal]

Almost at the height of the confrontation between Carol and Zero, when Zero was at her most vulnerable, a familiar and ethereal melody resounded across the battlefield.

..........

Just minutes earlier, while Carol was fighting Zero, Tachibana Hibiki, who had just been knocked to the point of disintegration, regained her senses.

Pain coursed through her entire body. The side effects of Ignite, the growth of the fused relic, and the damage from Zero's attack left her feeling utterly weak.

But she still stood up.

She firmly believed that even if she tried a thousand methods, there would still be a thousand and one way to solve the current problem.

Therefore, even though the despair before her was still immense, she did not want to give up.

[Elfnein-chan, can... you hear my voice?]

With this thought in mind, and a glimmer of hope in her heart, Tachibana Hibiki went to ask her supporters back home for their opinions.

【I'm so sorry, Ms. Hibiki, I... I didn't know that Carol's true purpose was to tear the world apart. I'm really sorry!】

Before Tachibana Hibiki could say anything, she heard Elfnein's continuous apologies coming from the other direction of the telepathic communication.

Soon, amidst Elfnein's continuous apologies, Tachibana Hibiki learned what had happened in the short period after she was seriously injured by Rei.

They learned that Carol's purpose in helping them was to use them to complete something powerful that could dismantle the world, and that she also planned to use them to compete with Zero for profit.

[I completely don't understand, has Carol-chan become an enemy now too?]

The unexpected turn of events left Tachibana Hibiki somewhat confused, and the already bad situation seemed to worsen with the emergence of new information.

[I'm so sorry, I wasn't implanted with any memories related to Project Carol, and I didn't know beforehand. If I had known, I would have definitely tried to persuade Carol not to do such a thing...]

Elfnein fell into a state of self-pity.

She had initially believed that she was making a decision to save the world, but now she suddenly realized that she had almost become an accomplice to destruction, a fact that shocked her and was hard for her to accept.

[It's okay, I trust Elfnein-chan. And don't worry, if Carolo tries to destroy the world, I'll stop her, just like I stopped Zero now.]

The things we need to do have never changed.

Straightening herself up and mustering her spirits, Tachibana Hibiki smiled and silently encouraged Elfne.

"Miss Hibiki... thank you. However, there's probably no need to stop Carolo now. Carolo isn't in a particularly good condition right now."

Although Carolo is incredibly powerful and seems capable of anything,... in front of Miss Zero, Carolo seems to be powerless.

With Tachibana Hibiki's comforting words, Elfnein managed to recover from the self-pity brought on by the shock and resume keeping pace with Tachibana Hibiki regarding the current situation on the battlefield.

At that moment, she had just witnessed Carol being beaten senseless by Zero's continuous attacks.

To be honest, seeing the peer she cared about being beaten so violently, Elfnayin didn't know what to think.

Two conflicting emotions were growing within her: the relief that Carol's world-destroying actions had been stopped and the fact that Carol had been beaten so badly.