A massive flaming slash shot straight toward her. Silver Wolf's eyes widened slightly.
"Not good!"
She wanted to dodge, but the attack's range was far, far too big. There was nowhere for her to run.
Flames ignited her body. Turning into a human torch, Silver Wolf didn't scream in agony, instead, she stood there in the fire and gave Levi a thumbs-up.
"You win!"
Then her body dissolved into blue particles and vanished.
Because Levi was in an unconscious state, he hadn't applied any control over the power of the Flaming Greatsword.
As a result, the attack unleashed by the Flaming Greatsword didn't disappear after defeating Silver Wolf.
Instead, it kept spreading into the distance.
The blade of fire quickly reduced the street behind Levi's house to ashes.
The entire street turned into ruins. Qingque stood there, her throat bobbing as she swallowed, staring at Levi, who still hadn't regained consciousness.
She felt like she might have done something wrong…
'How many people would have died from this?!'
'Would Levi be thrown into the Shackling Prison and never get out for the rest of his life?!'
'No, Shackling Prison is for those serious criminals who can't die. Someone like Levi, an outsider, would probably be beheaded on the spot as a public example.'
"..."
"Did I just become a freaking rare-species… widowed survivor?!"
"What kind of unhinged nonsense are you spouting, little diviner?"
The scene in front of them began to shatter. Silver Wolf, chewing bubble gum, appeared once more.
Qingque realized the surroundings had returned to how they originally were.
The raging flames were gone. The street outside the house was perfectly intact, and the pedestrians showed no signs of injury at all.
Staring at the scene, Bailu said blankly, "What is this? A magic trick?"
Or was everything they just experienced fake, had they been dragged into an illusion?
"One application of Ether Editing technology."
Silver Wolf spat out the flavorless bubble gum from her mouth.
"Otherwise, with the kind of commotion we just made, a large force of Cloud Knights would've rushed over here already."
"So amazing!" Guinaifen exclaimed. "Can you teach us? If I learned it, I could perform even more tricks!"
'Using Ether Editing tech to do magic tricks, what the hell?!'
The corners of her mouth twitched a few times as Silver Wolf unwrapped another piece of gum and popped it into her mouth.
"Can't teach it. This is a Punklorde secret art, it's not passed on. I wouldn't even teach my own companions."
"Oh… I see…"
Guinaifen felt a bit disappointed.
Shifting her gaze away from Guinaifen, Silver Wolf looked at Levi, who stood there leaning on his sword in a kingly posture. "You awake yet?"
"Awake…"
Responding to Silver Wolf, he glanced at the Flaming Greatsword in his hand, confusion flickering in his eyes.
But he didn't think too deeply about it.
After putting the greatsword away, he rubbed the back of his head.
Just a light touch sent a sharp pain shooting through him.
Levi winced, baring his teeth.
He was this close to cursing out loud.
Not long ago he'd taken a critical hit from Qingque, now she'd knocked him out cold again.
Levi genuinely had the urge to hang Qingque on the door of the Divination Commission.
He shot her a vicious glare. Qingque lowered her head awkwardly, staring at her toes.
"Best of three. You won one round. During the intermission, I'll ask you two questions."
"First question."
Silver Wolf raised a finger and pointed at Qingque. "What did she say in your ear just now?"
Something that could let Levi's body keep fighting normally even while he was unconscious.
"Second question."
Silver Wolf's finger shifted toward the Herta puppet in the corner. "Where did you get this little Herta puppet?"
Back then, she'd wanted to snag one as a trophy, but found out it couldn't be taken out of the Herta Space Station.
That woman might be useless in other ways, but she put a lot of effort into her little puppets.
And Herta would absolutely never give one of her puppets away.
So Levi's was definitely stolen.
As for why she still asked even though she knew, "I'm asking about the channel!"
So she could get one herself and shove it right in someone's face to taunt them.
"Heh heh, don't say it, but really, yeah, I actually got it through legitimate channels."
Rubbing his head, Levi looked at Silver Wolf's face full of disbelief.
"If you don't believe me, you can go ask the station master of the Herta Space Station yourself."
'The station master of the space station… well, isn't that the channel?!'
'Still playing dumb with me here!'
Seeing the look of realization on Silver Wolf's face, Levi knew she'd misunderstood something.
But he had no obligation to correct her. Once she suffered for it, she'd figure it out on her own.
Levi turned to look at Qingque. He was also curious about Silver Wolf's question.
What exactly had Qingque said in his ear?
From Qingque's mouth, he got one word.
"Treasure."
When he heard those words, Levi's expression froze, clearly, he knew exactly what "treasure" Qingque was referring to.
After all, it was a memory already carved into his body.
"So what's your treasure?" Silver Wolf asked.
"Cough, cough…" Facing Silver Wolf's question, Levi cleared his throat, looking like he was about to explain.
"I'm not telling you."
"Tch." Silver Wolf smacked her lips. "Fine, don't tell me. Like I care about your stupid treasure."
"Mm-mmm! Mm-mmm!"
'This young lady is definitely going to arrest you!'
Seeming to understand what Sushang was trying to say, an already irritated Silver Wolf kicked her square in the b*tt.
Seeing this, Guinaifen hurried over, rescued Sushang from in front of Silver Wolf, and moved her far away.
With heartfelt seriousness, she advised, "Sushang, now's really not the time for you to complete a Cloud Knight mission."
That person clearly knew Levi, the owner of this house.
Judging by the strength those two had just displayed, even ten Cloud Knights like Sushang might not be enough.
"Hmph! Break time's over! Round two starts now!"
Silver Wolf pulled out two identical handheld consoles, but Levi interrupted her.
"You came up with the idea for the first round. Then shouldn't the second round be my idea?"
He could already tell, Silver Wolf had come to the Luofu because she wasn't convinced his abilities were better than hers.
So she wanted to prove herself against him.
But what he wanted to say was, 'you picked the wrong person'.
Hearing this, Silver Wolf put the consoles away and looked at him. "What do you want to compete in?"
Levi smiled faintly. "We'll compete in what you're best at, hacking."
"Compete in what, exactly?"
Silver Wolf jumped onto the sofa and sat down, watching Levi with interest, curious what kind of challenge he'd come up with.
She'd lost last time, sure, but that was because Kafka's presence had scared her.
If she'd been given enough time, that thing might not have stumped her.
But what Levi said next made her think he was joking.
"Have you heard of the Intelligent Machine Planet IX… also known as Screwllum?"
"I've heard of it. The homeworld of that robot from the Genius Society…"
"We'll compete to see who can control more intelligent machines."
The moment Levi finished speaking, Silver Wolf sprang off the sofa, rushed up to him, and stared straight into his eyes.
"You… are you sure you're not joking?"
Leaving aside the fact that those intelligent machines are all completely disconnected from external networks, without physical-level intrusion, there's no way at all.
And don't let Screwllum's gentlemanly, refined demeanor fool you.
If someone really made a move on his homeworld, he'd probably turn into a madman on the spot.
"There's no such thing as an absolutely secure system. That's a saying from my hometown. And your concern about Screwllum is unnecessary."
Levi tugged at the corner of his mouth, revealing a villainous smile.
"That guy… can barely protect himself right now."
"..."