"Little brother, I didn't expect you to agree to our proposal."
Serval walked behind, walking with Gepard, and conversing with him.
"I am the Silvermane Guards' Captain. Although I must carry out the Supreme Guardian's orders, Miss Bronya is the de facto commander of the front line, and compared to orders, the Silvermane Guards value the people of Belobog more."
"We fight on the front line to preserve the people of Belobog. If we can solve Belobog's disaster once and for all, I naturally won't stop it. So I will witness with my own eyes whether what they say is a lie, or if they are Belobog's saviors."
Serval looked at Gepard in disbelief.
"Little brother, you've actually become flexible!?"
"Ahem, I still maintain my previous opinion. If I find out they are lying, I can stop them on the spot."
Serval: "I assure you, what they said is not a lie. As early as when I was expelled from the City builders, I had already simulated that the Stellaron was related to the Fragmentum. I just hadn't had the chance to personally go to the site to check."
The group crossed the snowfield and arrived at a Fragmentum area.
"This is the northern Fragmentum, the northern hell. There are countless Fragmentum monsters here."
Bronya looked at the Fragmentum in front of her and introduced it to the people behind her.
The group continued forward and soon encountered a large group of monsters.
"Get ready, we're going to fight. In this area, there are monsters everywhere."
Bronya picked up her sniper rifle, but Takatsuki walked in front of her: "Leave these to me, we're in a hurry right now."
Takatsuki held Big Seele's hand and walked to the front, raising his free hand towards the Fragmentum monsters charging at the group.
The surging Demon Flame instantly engulfed the entire street, with countless blast sounds along the way.
When the flames dissipated, only the scorched street remained.
"These walls? They're a bit strange. They only turned a bit black under my attack?"
Takatsuki put down his hand and looked at the street, saying.
"Because this is already within the Fragmentum's range. Everything in the Fragmentum cannot be judged by common sense. Everything here belongs to a part of the Fragmentum."
Dan Heng explained from the side.
"Wow, Takatsuki, how many more tricks do you have up your sleeve?"
March 7th looked at the destruction Takatsuki caused and was speechless. She compared herself to him and realized that if she were to be his enemy, she would probably be defeated in one round. In the battle with Svarog, March 7th saw that he didn't just hold back, he practically let her win.
She couldn't help but quickly pat her chest: "It's a good thing Takatsuki is on our side."
"It's fine, I just have a few more tricks, but that's all. There's no qualitative change."
"You call that no qualitative change?"
March 7th looked at herself, with a little power of trailblazing, and the Six-Phased Ice. In front of Takatsuki, even the unique Six-Phased Ice would instantly melt, right?
"Since the monsters have been dealt with, let's continue forward."
The group continued forward, but the leader had changed to Takatsuki.
When they encountered monsters, Takatsuki would directly defeat them, but even so, it took the group almost an hour.
"This place, it looks like some ancient battlefield?"
March 7th said, looking at the surroundings with some confusion.
"It is said that enemies from outside the sky once invaded, and this might be the ancient battlefield from that time."
Gepard walked behind and said: "This Fragmentum is too dangerous, and the Silvermane Guards have never tried to conquer this area. But it is said that many years ago, the current Supreme Guardian once led a group of Silvermane Guards to the north, but only the Supreme Guardian returned..."
"Could it be at that time..."
Bronya was a bit surprised. She had never doubted her mother, but the current information was gradually making her see reality more clearly.
"Ah! That's!"
While the group chatted as they hurried along, one of the Silvermane Guards following behind cried out in surprise.
"Is that the Supreme Guardian!?"
"Why is the Supreme Guardian here?"
The group's eyes widened as they looked at the figure in the distance; it was indeed Cocolia, the Supreme Guardian of Belobog.
"No, that's not her. It's a Fragmentum afterimage."
Dan Heng immediately recognized that the figure before them was not a real human.
"It's true, look, it's not moving."
Only after approaching did the group realize that the figure before them was indeed not a real person, but rather a somewhat illusory afterimage.
"Look, it's just like a real person, but why is Cocolia's afterimage here?"
March 7th reached out to poke the Cocolia in front of her, but Stelle quickly pulled her back: "Be careful!"
Just as March 7th reached out, Cocolia's afterimage suddenly raised the long spear in its hand and thrust it towards March 7th.
"Invader…"
"Do not…"
"Approach…"
"The Stellaron!"
With fragmented words, Cocolia attacked the people in front of it.
"Bronya, be careful!"
Because it was the image of her mother, Bronya was caught off guard and Cocolia's afterimage got close to her. At this moment, Gepard suddenly raised his shield and blocked in front of Bronya, and a surging power of Preservation instantly erupted, blocking the afterimage's attack.
"Why is the Supreme Guardian attacking us!?"
"Has the Supreme Guardian really betrayed us!?"
Compared to Gepard, who reacted decisively, the other Silvermane Guards were in chaos, as the figure before them was the Supreme Guardian they had always trusted.
"Guards! Form ranks! Prepare for battle!"
If you can't think, then stop thinking. Under Gepard's command, the other Silvermane Guards raised their weapons.
At this moment, Cocolia's afterimage had already charged forward, wielding two long spears, seemingly condensed from ice, and thrusting them towards March 7th.
Stelle, with a flash, blocked in front of March 7th, her baseball bat imbued with the power of Destruction, parrying the afterimage's attack.
"So strong!"
Even as an afterimage, Cocolia's strength astonished everyone.
Stelle herself was not skilled in defense, and her baseball bat was merely ordinary iron; even with the Void Energy of Destruction enveloping it, its essence could not be changed.
The ice spear even broke through the protection of Void Energy, damaging the baseball bat itself.
However, fortunately, Dan Heng, who was nearby, used his long spear to parry upwards, interrupting the afterimage's attack.
And Takatsuki, at the back, gestured, and several projected longswords instantly shot out from the golden Hamon, only to be completely blocked by the ice spear in Cocolia's other hand.
"So strong!"
She's a character meant to be in the rear, yet she possesses such strong combat ability?
"Mother…"
Bronya looked at Cocolia's afterimage, which was already fighting the Astral Express crew, took a deep breath, and raised the rifle she had taken from a guard.
"I'm sorry, Mother!"
As Bronya pulled the trigger, the guards behind her also focused their fire on Cocolia's afterimage.
However, Cocolia's afterimage, which had even resisted Takatsuki's attacks, naturally wouldn't be harmed by these bullets, but these attacks were not entirely useless.
They successfully drew the afterimage's attention, and the afterimage, failing to attack the Astral Express crew, instantly lunged towards the guards.
"How could this be!"
"Lady Cocolia…"
Just before being attacked, the Silvermane Guards were still in disbelief.
At the last moment, a thick silver-white shield barrier blocked the ice spear.
"Guards! Don't lose focus! Continue fighting!"
The young captain single-handedly blocked the afterimage's spear.
"Yes!" *5
The young captain looked at the familiar face of the Supreme Guardian before him, raised his shield, and slammed it down heavily.
Cocolia's afterimage was strong, but not strong enough. If anyone else here, besides Takatsuki, had come alone, they might have been stopped or even killed by it. However, under the righteous group assault, with Gepard's protection imbued with the will of Preservation, every attack from the afterimage was perfectly blocked.
Others attacked from the side, and finally, with Stelle's charged strike, the baseball bat heavily struck the afterimage's head, which then dissipated into the air.