"So it was you, Senior!"

"I’ve heard your name for a very long time already." Kanzaki Rei’s face lit up with enthusiasm.

But Elrosa merely sneered.

"Hah. Spare me."

"You disappeared for ten years, and now you’re saying you’ve heard of me?"

The smile on Kanzaki Rei’s face turned slightly awkward.

Still, the atmosphere between the three of them had already softened considerably.

"Oh, right." Kanzaki Rei continued, "I still have extra enchanted equipment. Enough for the three of us."

After hearing that, the female warrior immediately asked,

"Wait."

"You can have the materials, but can you at least tell me where you got these enchanted items?"

"This is the first time I’ve ever seen equipment capable of ignoring the Abyssfall’s laws and allowing movement inside it."

Kanzaki Rei replied calmly,

"I made them myself."

"But there aren’t many left."

Shumi blinked.

"You can enchant equipment too, nya?"

Kanzaki Rei smiled faintly.

"I know a little."

A little?

Who knew what level that "little" actually referred to?

He was supposedly the disciple of a mage—

Yet he had entered the Dao as a warrior.

Exactly how many classes did this guy know?

He was absurdly mysterious.

As the three conversed, they wandered through the somewhat bustling city.

Gray-skinned creatures filled the streets everywhere they looked.

Elrosa asked,

"So how much intelligence do you currently have?"

Kanzaki Rei answered,

"I know quite a bit about the ruin where they’re trapped."

"I also have some information regarding the source of the monsters within the Abyssfall."

"What about you?"

Elrosa replied,

"We’ve got some guesses regarding the origin of these Abyssfall monsters too."

"You’ve already seen it yourself—the monsters here are endless."

"Their proliferation speed is terrifying."

"And they’ve already begun reproducing monsters from monsters."

"That kind of thing never happened before."

Monsters were monsters.

Their births originated from Monster Tides.

Not eggs.

Not live birth.

But the monsters inside the Abyssfall multiplied through something resembling cellular division.

It was nauseating to watch.

"It feels connected to the Authority of the God of Life."

"The intelligence we obtained suggests that Kumironi, High Priestess of the Church of Life and Sophia’s first successor, is somewhere within the Nest of Aberrations."

"And the reason so many monsters exist... the reason so many high-tier monsters are being cultivated..."

"It all seems connected to her."

Upon hearing this information, Kanzaki Rei fell briefly silent.

Within his future simulations, this intelligence had already been confirmed once.

Yet even hearing it again still left a bitter feeling in his chest.

Kumironi...

Sophia may truly have gotten to her.

Which made sense.

Within the reset timeline, Kanzaki Rei had warned Kumironi ahead of time.

That warning likely caused her to prepare against Sophia’s schemes.

But in the true timeline—

Kumironi probably never realized Sophia harbored malicious intentions.

Most likely, she had continued worshipping her faithfully the entire time.

"Actually," Elrosa continued, "we’ve already confirmed several strategic points inside the Abyssfall."

"They’re all major dungeons connected directly to the Nest of Aberrations."

"Some of those dungeons have already fused completely with the Abyssfall itself."

"There’s no longer any distinction between them."

"And some of those dungeons contain enormous numbers of Eighth-Tier monsters."

"While many of those monsters are incomplete and not necessarily stronger than properly trained Class-Changers like us..."

"Their numerical advantage is overwhelming."

"And among those mutated individuals, a species called Commanders has already appeared."

"They can command huge groups of monsters simultaneously."

"They coordinate those monsters together, allowing them to fight far beyond mere instinct." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Shumi and I were originally discussing a breakthrough plan ourselves."

"But now that you’re here..."

"Things should become much easier."

"If your goal is rescue, do you have a plan?"

After listening, Kanzaki Rei nodded slightly.

"We should be able to just kill our way through."

"Just... kill through it, nya?" Shumi tilted her head.

"That’ll really work, nya?"

Kanzaki Rei answered calmly.

"It will."

"But before that..."

Kanzaki Rei extended a hand toward Elrosa.

The warrior sighed helplessly, but still stretched out one hand.

Three small golden fragments floated above her palm.

These were the three materials Kanzaki Rei had requested.

But in truth, the only thing he truly needed was the Cloud Resin.

The other two had merely been added casually.

Meaning—

The trade conditions had technically already been met from the beginning.

Still, to avoid raising suspicion, Kanzaki Rei deliberately insisted on purchasing all three items together.

Whoosh—

Within his consciousness, a staff was continuously taking shape.

Originally, it had existed only as a vague outline.

But now it was gradually becoming clearer.

The Cloud Resin had taken its place.

Ding!

Kanzaki Rei closed his right hand around empty space.

A gold-green staff overflowing with countless flowing streams of light instantly appeared in his grasp.

One of the required materials had been submitted.

The Divine Artifact could now already be projected into reality.

He lightly swept his hand through the air—

And Kanzaki Rei could clearly feel it.

His luck was increasing.

His fortune had risen significantly.

And together with it—

The destiny of the entire world had also begun shifting.

At this point, he no longer even knew how many times he had altered the world’s fate.

Every wish he made disturbed the destiny of the entire world.

It felt as though every single action he took now influenced the trajectory of reality itself.

"Let’s depart immediately," Kanzaki Rei said.

"So are we abandoning this city or not? I don’t think there are many normal people here anyway, nya."

As they walked through the city, disgusting gazes constantly emerged from alleyways and street corners.

The creatures here were always watching.

"Kill them if you want."

"Or don’t."

"Even though these bastards are always scheming to scam someone, they still count as intelligent beings. They’re different from monsters."

"And the monsters here seem to understand certain rules too."

"They rampage everywhere, but they don’t attack this city."

"If the city survives, then future adventurers drifting into this place might at least have somewhere to rest."

"Drifting all the way here? That’s one hell of a drift, nya~"

"Well, whatever."

"Killing them would just dirty our hands anyway, nya."

"You’re rescuing people, right?"

"We’ll just go with you."

"I also wanna see what a legendary Dao-Entering warrior actually looks like."

A legendary Dao-Entering warrior?

Shumi...

You may have forgotten something.

My master is a mage.

BOOM!

Kanzaki Rei thrust one hand forward.

Space tore apart instantly, revealing a Phase Corridor.

"Waaah! You can use Phase Traversal too?!"

"Finally! Finally we found another Phase Mage, nya!"

"Our party mage died, and I seriously thought we’d have to walk everywhere from now on!"

"I thought I was really gonna spend hundreds of years walking beside this idiot forever!"

No, that’s a bit exaggerated.

And besides, judging from your condition, you probably won’t even live a few more months, let alone hundreds of years.

Bzzzt—

The three stepped through the Phase Corridor, faint red patterns flowing across their bodies.

After emerging from the passage—

What appeared before them was an endless mountain-and-sea-like legion of monsters.

"Still as many as ever."

"The ruin entrance is just ahead."

"The monster density here is abnormally high," Kanzaki Rei explained.

But who cared about explanations?

The female warrior charged directly toward the largest monster in sight without hesitation!

Kanzaki Rei could see the battle lust blazing within her eyes.

She simply couldn’t be bothered anymore.

All she wanted was to fight!

"Hey!"

"How about we compete to see who kills more?!"

Kanzaki Rei felt slightly speechless.

You already rushed ahead and killed so many before even asking me to compete?

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