Bronya stared at Svarog. She had just witnessed his combat prowess.
She hadn't expected that there was such a powerful ch soldier in the Underworld.
And judging by Svarog's deanor, it seed like he had already developed his own emotions.
From Svarog's earlier words, it was clear he had been maintaining the stability of the Underworld.
Curious, Bronya turned to Oleg and asked,
"Mr. Oleg, this Svarog—"
Oleg raised a hand to hush her.
"Girl, I'll explain later."
Bronya nodded and quietly stepped aside.
At that mont, March 7th noticed Bronya.
"Well, well! It's you! You've got so nerve showing up in front of us!"
She moved to teach Bronya a lesson.
Stelle also ignited the Judgnt of Shamash and aid her weapon at Bronya.
Natasha quickly stepped in to calm the situation.
"March, Stelle, don't attack."
March 7th and Stelle turned to look at her.
Natasha continued,
"Stelle, there might be so misunderstanding between you. Let's lower our weapons and talk it out."
At her words, the two finally lowered their weapons.
March 7th huffed,
"She was the one who tried to arrest us without reason. We didn't do anything wrong—we ca to help deal with the Stellaron!"
Bronya replied,
"I don't know the full details either. I was acting under the Supre Guardian's orders."
Dan Heng narrowed his eyes and said,
"You're saying you acted under the Supre Guardian's command?"
Bronya nodded.
Dan Heng stroked his chin in thought.
March 7th looked at him, hands on her hips.
"What's up, Dan Heng?"
He snapped out of his thoughts and looked at March 7th and Stelle.
"Do you two rember our conversation back at the hotel?"
March 7th tried to recall.
"What conversation?"
Dan Heng said,
"The one about the Supre Guardian. I had a strange feeling about her."
March 7th finally rembered.
"Oh, right! Yeah, she did seem off."
Stelle nodded in agreent.
"Yeah, I rember feeling like there was soone else there too... It didn't seem like it was just the four of us."
Dan Heng added,
"Think about it—why would she issue a wanted order on us?"
Stelle pondered.
"Maybe she sees us as a threat? We're interfering with sothing important to her?"
Dan Heng nodded.
"Exactly. I have a bold guess—Cocolia might be connected to the Stellaron.
Because her attitude changed drastically the mont we ntioned it."
March 7th thought it over—it did make sense.
"Then that explains everything! That wicked woman must be working with the Stellaron! I knew sothing was fishy about her!"
Just then, Bronya couldn't take it anymore.
"Enough! I won't allow you to slander Lady Cocolia!"
Everyone looked at Bronya. March 7th got irritated.
"Hey, what's your problem? She wronged us first, and now we can't even talk about it?"
Bronya stood her ground.
"I don't know what this Stellaron you're talking about is, but from the way you describe it, it sounds dangerous to Belobog.
I believe Lady Cocolia would never do anything to harm Belobog!"
March 7th rolled her eyes.
"Tch~ Of course you'd defend her. You're on her side."
Just as the argunt between Bronya, March 7th, and Stelle was about to heat up again, Oleg suddenly laughed.
"Alright, that's enough arguing."
His sudden interruption stunned both March 7th and Bronya.
Oleg looked at Bronya.
"You little miss from the Overworld, co with . I've got sothing to talk to you about."
Bronya hesitated for a mont, then followed Oleg away from the scene.
Once they left, March 7th and Stelle finally cald down.
Dan Heng checked the ti—it was already past 4 PM.
Thinking for a mont, he turned to Natasha and asked,
"Natasha, who is the oldest person in the Underworld?"
Natasha blinked, puzzled by the question, but thought it over.
"If you an by age, that would be Old Master Riel in the east of town, and Old Master Andrew in the south. They're the oldest."
Dan Heng nodded.
"Thanks. March, Stelle, let's go pay them a visit."
Just as the trio was about to leave, Seele spoke up.
"Isn't the oldest in the Underworld actually Svarog?"
The three stopped and turned.
"...Svarog?"
Seele nodded.
"Yeah. Isn't Svarog the oldest? I heard he's been around for hundreds of years."
Natasha paused, then said,
"You're right. If we're talking about the entire Underworld, then Svarog is definitely the oldest."
Dan Heng looked toward Svarog in the distance.
"Of course! Why didn't I think of that? Svarog's database might hold clues about the Stellaron."
March 7th chid in,
"Let's go ask him."
The group approached Svarog.
Stelle gave his leg a few pats.
"Svarog! Hey, Svarog! I've got a question!"
Svarog looked down at her.
"What is it?"
Stelle got straight to the point.
"Do you know anything about the Stellaron?"
Suddenly, Svarog's deanor changed drastically.
"Forbidden data detected. Extermination protocol—activated!"
The group quickly drew their weapons, alert.
Svarog's eyes glowed red as missile pods opened up from his back.
Stelle imdiately activated the Judgnt of Shamash in greatsword form and charged forward.
Svarog fired a missile at her—she dodged with a swift sidestep, then closed the distance.
Svarog launched more missiles, but they were intercepted mid-air by a combination of ice arrows and grenade shots, exploding before reaching their targets.
Stelle dashed in and closed the gap—Svarog threw a punch to block her attack.
At that mont, Dan Heng's Cloud-Piercer spear struck Svarog's arm precisely, deflecting the punch.
A gap opened up—Stelle slashed, sending Svarog flying.
He crashed into a large boulder, crackling with sparks.
With the power of the Judgnt of Shamash, the battle didn't drag on as in the original story. They broke Svarog's defense in a single blow.
After a good beatdown, Svarog's programming beca unstable.
At that mont, Oleg returned to the scene with Bronya.
Upon arrival, they saw Svarog lying on the ground.
"What happened here?"
March 7th glanced at Bronya but ignored her, then turned to Svarog and asked,
"Svarog, do you have any information on the Stellaron?"
Svarog emitted a stream of sparks.
Then, a projection popped out from his chest.
***
Everyone fell silent after watching the video Swarm had projected.
March 7th found it a bit unbelievable.
"I didn't expect Belobog to still exist after being corrupted by the Stellaron for so long."
Dan Heng agreed with her.
"Yeah, the Stellaron is called the cancer of all worlds. Its destructive power toward civilizations is imnse.
Given the level of civilization on Jarilo-VI, the fact that it has survived under the influence of a Stellaron is truly remarkable."
Stelle suddenly felt a bit of admiration for Cocolia.
"These Supre Guardians are really impressive. Every one of them has resisted the Stellaron's influence... It's only with Cocolia that resistance failed."
Bronya was having a hard ti processing the truth.
Considering the ssage left in the video and her mother's recent strange behavior, it was hard not to imagine the worst.
"If I really have to make a choice... what should I do?"
Bronya fell into hesitation, her mind a ss.
Stelle looked at the now-paralyzed Svarog and suddenly thought of sothing.
"What do we do about Svarog?"
March 7th was at a loss—she didn't know anything about chanical repairs.
Dan Heng thought for a mont.
"You wait here, I'll go find Mr. Welt."
With that, Dan Heng ran off toward the chanical Settlent.
March 7th called out:
"Natasha, you guys should go back first. We'll watch over Svarog."
Stelle stabbed the Judgnt of Shamash into the ground and sat down.
"Yeah, you go take care of your own business. We'll wait here until Svarog is fixed."
Hearing that, Natasha left with Seele toward Boulder Town.
Oleg took Bronya and left the scene as well, destination unknown.
In Ye Yun's shop—
"You're the one who sold the ga cartridge to Stelle?"
Silver Wolf stood with arms crossed, eyeing Ye Yun.
Ye Yun smiled.
"That's right. What do you think? Fun?"
Once she got a definite answer, Silver Wolf's attitude imdiately changed from scrutinizing to sly.
"Heh, got any other ga cartridges? Show , let take a look."
Ye Yun sat on a bar stool at the small counter, leaning forward slightly with one hand resting on the bar. Just as he was about to speak, a flood of portal requests popped up in his mind.
[Venti is requesting entry to the shop!]
[Venti is requesting entry to the shop!]
[Venti is requesting entry to the shop!]
Ye Yun grew annoyed and quickly opened the portal for Venti—it was too noisy.
The mont the request was approved, the portal burst open and Venti dashed inside, slamming the door shut behind him.
He looked at the closed portal and let out a sigh of relief.
"Whew~ Good thing I was fast. Didn't get caught by Jean."
Ye Yun looked at him.
"What are you doing here?"
Venti followed the voice and spotted Ye Yun at the bar.
He floated over to him.
"I ca to buy sothing."
Ye Yun gave him a look of disdain.
"You? Who doesn't know you're broke?"
Venti imdiately bristled.
What kind of nonsense was that?!
He pulled out the Primogems he'd painstakingly gathered and slapped them onto the counter.
"How am I broke? Look, these are real Primogems!"
Ye Yun picked up one and tossed it onto the exchange scale.
The next second, a gold coin with a star emblem appeared on the other end.
Ye Yun picked it up and examined it—it was intricately crafted.
"Hmm, it's real."
Venti grabbed a bottle of juice nearby and poured himself a glass.
"Of course it's real! Now, do you have any wine from other worlds? Gim!"
No sooner had he spoken than Silver Wolf grew annoyed.
This line-cutter thinks he can buy stuff before ?
"Shoo, go play sowhere else, kid. Don't you know minors aren't allowed to drink?"
Venti shot back:
"Kid? I'm already of age!"
Silver Wolf gave a perfunctory "oh" and shoved Venti aside.
"Ye Yun, find those ga cartridges first."
Venti was about to push back when Ye Yun said:
"Venti, Silver Wolf got here first. You'll have to wait a bit."
Hearing that, Venti had no choice but to sit back down—he wouldn't be happy if soone cut in line ahead of him either.
Ye Yun asked:
"What kind of ga cartridge are you looking for?"
Silver Wolf rubbed her chin.
"The one you sold Stelle last ti was pretty good. Got anything similar?"
Ye Yun thought for a mont and quickly found a ga that would be perfect for Silver Wolf.
[Item: Black Myth: Wukong – Hell Edition (aka One-Hit-Death Version) Effect: Grants the skill 'Weak Binding Spell' after completion (Effective only on targets below Emanator level) Price: 10,000 Star Coins]
Ye Yun pulled up the info on the touchscreen.
Silver Wolf looked at it, then suspiciously glanced at Ye Yun.
"Is this one fun?"
Ye Yun smiled slyly.
"Guaranteed fun!"
Silver Wolf asked:
"What's this Star Coin thing?"
Ye Yun pulled out a Stellar Jade.
"Star Coins are the currency of my shop. You can exchange Stellar Jade for them at a rate of 1 to 100."
Hearing that, Silver Wolf finally understood why Stelle had asked for her Stellar Jade—so this was it.
She looked at Ye Yun.
"Wait a bit. I'll go get so Stellar Jade."
She then turned to Venti, who was curiously looking around.
"You go ahead and buy your stuff first."
Hearing that, Venti imdiately plopped himself down at the bar again.
"Ye Yun! Gim alcohol! I want booze!"
He dumped all his Primogems onto the counter—1,300 in total.
Ye Yun browsed the system store and found a "Wine ga-Pack"—priced at 100 Star Coins per pack, each pack containing 100 bottles of alcohol from a certain sci-fi world.
"How about this one?"
Venti turned to look and his eyes lit up.
Ooh! Exotic wine! 100 bottles for just 100 Star Coins? Not bad!
He counted out 1,000 Star Coins.
"Ye Yun, give 1,000 bottles first."
Ye Yun accepted the paynt and bought him 10 packs.
With a wave of his hand, Venti stashed them all in his dinsional space.
"You handle your stuff—I'm going to sample these drinks."
He then went off to a booth, pulled out a bottle of wine, and began tasting.
anwhile, Silver Wolf was on a call with Kafka.
"Kafka, do you have any Stellar Jade?"
Kafka's voice ca through.
"Of course I do, darling. Why do you need it?"
Silver Wolf didn't say much.
"Don't worry about it. I just need it now. How much do you have?"
Kafka opened her decorative box full of Stellar Jade—it was beautiful and perfect for accessories, which is why she had collected quite a few.
"I've got a few hundred here. How much do you want?"
Silver Wolf said:
"Give 100."
Kafka agreed.
"Alright. Should I leave it at your portal entrance again?"
Silver Wolf nodded.
"Yeah."
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