"If someone bullies Uncle Yang, I'll chase them away for Uncle Yang."
Twilight clenched her small fists and waved them in the air twice. Despite possessing ridiculously powerful strength, this scene still lacked any aggression, only cuteness.
But this scene, in Welt's eyes, felt exceptionally—warm.
He could naturally see that Twilight was serious. After all, that was her personality. Although Twilight might not understand the weight of such words, she would definitely stick to them.
This was the first time Welt had heard such words, whether in the vast galaxy or on Earth.
Yes, he was once the leader of Anti-Entropy, one of Earth's largest organizations. He had many trustworthy companions. Tesla, Einstein… But who among them could say words like 'I'll protect him' to him?
He was the Herrscher of Reason, he was the Sovereign of Anti-Entropy… Even if the enemies he faced were strong, even if he himself struggled to cope—he was the only one who could stand up. The people around him didn't have that strength, so he had to stand at the forefront to protect others!
Back on Earth, Welt's injuries almost never fully healed. It wasn't because he was used to being injured, but because no one could share his responsibilities, and no one could drive away the crises that attacked him, giving him time to rest and recover.
And now, Twilight, a child less than two months old, stood up to protect and comfort him…
When a senior saw a child standing in front of them to protect them, it was already heartwarming enough. If the child also showed strength matching this sentiment, it was even more moving.
Although Kiana and the others were juniors in the past, they weren't close to him, belonging to Schicksal and St. Freya's side. Although they cooperated with Anti-Entropy, compared to Theresa and other members of Schicksal, there was still a layer of separation between them and Welt.
But Twilight was different. This was a junior from the Astral Express crew, someone he had watched grow up with his own eyes!
[Detected an increase in target Welt Yang's favorability, current favorability: 8]
[Current target charging efficiency: 720%]
Wonderful, wonderful! So what if he was a mature and stable adult? He still had to obediently succumb to her invincible favorability-farming technique!
For a middle-aged child like Welt, who lacked love since childhood and was forced into a position that didn't belong to him to face danger, giving him a sense of security and family-like trust was the shortcut to farming favorability~
Looking at Welt's rapidly rising favorability, Twilight smirked inwardly—it seemed that soon, the favorability of the entire Express crew could exceed the display limit of level 10.
"Thank you, little Twilight, but I'm fine." Welt took a deep breath, reached out, and patted Twilight's head, comforting her.
Kevin's shadow still lingered in his heart, but Welt forcibly suppressed this emotion, trying his best to appear calm. Yes, Twilight was indeed stronger than him, but so what? He was Twilight's senior, he should be the one protecting Twilight, not the other way around, making this child worry!
At least until he completely fell, he would never let Twilight worry about him!
"Whoa, Uncle Yang is being comforted by little Twilight~"
Welt's emotional change just now wasn't that drastic. Although Twilight, who was always closely watching her companions' movements and ready to farm favorability, keenly noticed something was wrong, March 7th didn't notice anything unusual at all and even covered her mouth to snicker. "Now the senior is going to become the junior, Uncle Yang?"
"I just thought of some old friends."
Facing March 7th's teasing, Welt smiled and didn't explain much, just simply waved his hand: "Alright, let's go, let's meet that… Supreme Guardian."
——
Facts proved that sometimes old habits would unconsciously be brought to new places.
Especially when facing those familiar faces… Welt took a considerable amount of time to get used to the fact that the current Himeko was different from the Murata Himeko on Earth, and that was even when they had only been teacher and student for a short time and hadn't seen each other for a long time.
And Cocolia was his old subordinate, the two were very familiar, especially with Bronya also nearby… Although he had mentally prepared himself, when they actually met and talked, the long-lost atmosphere instantly pulled Welt back to the Anti-Entropy meeting room of the past.
"Cocolia, where is the Stellaron? We need to eliminate it as soon as possible." Upon seeing that familiar face coming towards him, Welt subconsciously expressed his originally drafted words in a more indirect way: "I sense the aura of the Stellaron on you. Have you done something crazy again? Quickly take it out before you make things on this planet even worse."
Welt swore he actually wanted to speak politely, but when Cocolia really stood here, looking at that face that had caused countless troubles on Earth and made him clean up the mess, and sensing the Stellaron aura emanating from her… Welt felt that if Cocolia wasn't planning to use the Stellaron for some outrageous plan, then his name could be written backward.
Putting two and two together, his tone couldn't help but become stern, even implicitly commanding.
Hmph, blaming everything on the Stellaron and herself right from the start? Fine, she was already prepared… Cocolia looked up at Welt and finally nodded heavily.
The hounds of Preservation… She would fight them today!
"The Stellaron is dangerous and isn't stored here. Please follow me."
Cocolia lowered her head slightly, signaling Welt and the others to follow her.
In terms of individual combat power, Belobog probably couldn't find anyone comparable to these people—but even though they were crumbling, they were still an entire civilization.
Cocolia had already laid an inescapable net near the Engine of Creation, waiting to lure these people to the location and then swarm them! With herself utilizing the Stellaron, plus the Engine of Creation and the ambushing Silvermane Guards… Even perishing together didn't matter. She had already made preparations to transfer everything to Bronya.
Imagining the future that would unfold soon, Cocolia's lips couldn't help but curl into a smile—
Hmph, Preservation? I will make sure you return defeated!
"Wait…"
Suddenly, she heard the youngest-looking girl in the hound team shout to stop them, then stretched out her hand—and violently tore open the void beside them?!
Cocolia stared blankly at the scene before her, unable to believe her eyes.
This, is this a power humans can achieve? Even if she herself fused with the Stellaron, could she do this…
As the leader of a remote, godforsaken doomsday planet, Cocolia could be said to have seen little and known little. Twilight never concealed her power, so if Cocolia had seen more, she would have realized, like Dan Heng and the others, that Twilight's power was comparable to the Emanators in her memory—existences already separated from ordinary people by a chasm.
But Cocolia hadn't read such books, nor had she seen what an Emanator looked like. Therefore, although she realized the other party was strong, she didn't understand what their difference truly meant. After seeing Twilight use the power of Preservation to forcibly sever the supposedly ethereal connection linking the Stellaron and herself from the void, she actually chose to—resist.
In an instant, Cocolia slammed into Twilight with all her strength, then screamed at the helpless Bronya by the door: "Bronya, run! Don't let them get the Stellaron, that's Belobog's hope!!"
"???"
If it was about mood, Twilight felt she might be even more agitated than Cocolia right now?
She originally just wanted to expose Cocolia's lie and quickly skip the level, but… Wait, big sister, where did you get the strength? You can actually push me?!!
After casually slapping Cocolia, who was hugging her waist trying to counterattack, making her instantly faint, Twilight finally felt relieved, confirming that there wasn't a problem with her own strength.
But the force just now wasn't fake, which meant… someone interfered just now?
Interesting, I actually didn't notice… Twilight looked at Bronya, who had already started fleeing with the Stellaron. Let's use her to test who the hidden person behind the scenes is.
"Hmph, trying to escape—Hmm!?"
The moment she prepared to pursue Bronya, several invisible attacks struck again, containing power and killing intent that forced Twilight to stop her steps.
A shield condensed from the power of Preservation instantly formed around her, but the next moment it was hit and cracked, making Twilight's expression freeze.
The defense she made with the power of Preservation, even a weaker Emanator couldn't easily break it…
Wasn't Belobog supposed to be a newbie village? Why was there a Demon Lord with four Heavenly Kings blocking the entrance right at the village gate?!