After Elsheol was killed, those ghouls also collapsed one by one due to her death, and the crowd avenged the innocent students harmed at this school.
Of course, the battle itself was not the problem, but for the girls, the issues after the battle were the real problem.
They certainly couldn’t bear to leave the school’s students exposed to the wilderness, but there were several hundred people at this school, and no matter how hard they tried, the three couldn’t possibly dig three hundred pits. In the end, the three discussed it and decided to cremate all the students’ bodies, which was the only thing they could do at the moment.
Finally, Shidou Hikaru used her magic to set a fire, completely burning down the school along with the bodies inside. Throughout the process, Ryuuzaki Kai just stood there quietly, watching the raging flames without a word, until everything was engulfed by the firelight, then she turned and left.
That night, all three were tossing and turning, unable to sleep peacefully.
Although the beds in the Mage’s Mansion were still soft, the three of them couldn’t get a good night’s sleep. Fang Zheng also didn’t crawl into bed to sleep with them as before, but instead, lay quietly outside the Mage’s Mansion. After a moment, Fang Zheng moved his ears, turned his head, and saw a figure coming from the Mage’s Mansion.
No need to ask, it was Ryuuzaki Kai.
"Little Bai."
Ryuuzaki Kai squatted beside Fang Zheng, gently caressing him while asking softly.
"Do you think, the people who die in this world are truly dead?"
"Not necessarily."
Fang Zheng rolled his eyes, then gave her an answer, which made Ryuuzaki Kai freeze for a moment upon hearing it.
"What do you mean by not necessarily?"
"Cifilo is a world of will."
Fang Zheng squinted his eyes, gazing at the moon in the sky.
"If I put it in terms you’re familiar with, the people living here are actually ghosts, spirits. If they were in your world, they wouldn’t have physical entities. So they are the same, your classmates appearing in this world are just spiritual bodies, in more common terms, they are in a state of soul departure."
"So you mean, they haven’t died yet?!"
Upon hearing this, Ryuuzaki Kai became excited, while Fang Zheng nodded.
"That’s how it seems at present. What has died is their souls, not their bodies. So if we can succeed in resolving the crisis in the Cifilo world, the part that has merged with Cifilo will leave, and at that time, they will return to their original state."
"Really?!"
Facing Fang Zheng’s explanation, Ryuuzaki Kai excitedly grabbed hard—!
"Ow!!"
"I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!"
"........."
Seeing the flustered apology from Ryuuzaki Kai, Fang Zheng was speechless, lucky she grabbed his back; if she had grabbed below, he would probably be half-dead by now...
"But, but........."
After apologizing, Ryuuzaki Kai seemed to regain her senses, immediately thinking of something.
"If the soul really dies, will the person become a vegetative state......"
"That’s why I said it might be possible."
Fang Zheng didn’t make any absolute statements, although he had already decided to help. Even the method, Fang Zheng had already thought out—with his current ability as a Time Dragon, reversing time couldn’t resurrect people, but a different approach would work. The plan was to find a parallel world, then a time stop, and after that, copy and paste their souls over.
Yes, it’s that simple and direct.
Why should I waste time repairing deleted files? Isn’t it better to directly copy a version?
Of course, this would consume a considerable amount of divine power, as souls are no ordinary matter like cats or dogs. However, seeing the three girls’ efforts, Fang Zheng decided to spend his divine power to give them a little reward, especially considering it’s his childhood too, they deserve to be treated specially.
After receiving the information from Fang Zheng, the initially listless Ryuuzaki Kai became spirited, giving Fang Zheng a big hug before going to sleep. When she got up the next morning, Ryuuzaki Kai was back to her usual self, happily greeting Shidou Hikaru and Fushimi Kazakiri.
This frightened the two, thinking Ryuuzaki Kai went mad from the shock! If that were the case, it would be a big problem!
After listening to what Ryuuzaki Kai said, the two hurriedly found Fang Zheng to confirm that this wasn’t the result of her going mad from stress, but was indeed reassuring. Fang Zheng’s promise not only soothed them; they were also very worried that their family or friends might have been drawn into this. The thought of possibly seeing their loved ones or friends’ bodies, they couldn’t imagine being able to stay calm afterwards.
Now hearing this news, they finally felt somewhat relieved.
Of course, even if relieved, not by much, but it was certainly better than being constantly on edge before.
So early the next morning, after breakfast, everyone hurriedly set off to awaken the first Demon God. After all, according to Princess Aimino, only by awakening the three Demon Gods can they defeat the Prime Culprit trying to destroy their world and this one. The most important task now, naturally, is to locate those three Demon Gods.
"Speaking of which, why doesn’t Mentor Gurev summon that adorable giant fish for us to ride?"
On the road, Ryuuzaki Kai started to complain again.
"If we had that, wouldn’t we avoid walking and just fly to the destination?"
"There’s nothing that can be done, after all, Mentor Gurev still needs to protect Princess Aimino and the others."
At this moment, Fushimi Kazakiri hurriedly stepped forward to console Ryuuzaki Kai with a few words. Among the three, she had the most delicate thoughts and often worried about Ryuuzaki Kai’s mood, though he didn’t say much back, just giggling in response. Well, actually, like Fang Zheng observed, Shidou Hikaru, Ryuuzaki Kai and Fushimi Kazakiri made an exceptionally stable iron triangle unlike typical trio dynamics.
Ryuuzaki Kai and Fushimi Kazakiri seem like the parents, and Shidou Hikaru resembles the daughter. Thus, when the three are together, Ryuuzaki Kai usually plays the father’s role, with Fushimi Kazakiri as the mother, and Shidou Hikaru mediating as the daughter... It’s certainly stronger than some Asura Field love triangles.
"Boom!"
While the trio was talking, suddenly, a slight explosion sound came from afar, making everyone pause.
"Should we go check it out?"
Ryuuzaki Kai was the first to turn towards the direction of the sound and, after a moment’s hesitation, looked at the other two to ask, and Fushimi Kazakiri and Shidou Hikaru nodded.
"Let’s go, maybe someone is being attacked by demon creatures, we might be able to help!"
The sight of almost everyone dead when they reached the school cast a shadow over the three girls’ hearts; seeing someone fighting here, it was natural they wanted to assist.
So, the three girls and a wolf immediately set off, running toward the sound.
"Bang! Boom!"
Following the direction of the sound, everyone sprinted forward, to their surprise, the closer they got, the more demon creature corpses they saw scattered around. Clearly, someone had killed these demon creatures, meaning whoever it is must be battling the demon creatures, but...who is it?
The closer they got, the more curious they became; knowing that such a large number of demon creatures would require a lot of effort even if the three of them teamed up. But from the looks of it... someone else might be as strong as them? After all, taking down this many demon creatures isn’t something just anyone can achieve!
"Boom!!"
At this point, unexpectedly, in front of them not far away, a towering tree crashed down with a sound, followed by a faint voice.
"Ahhhhh! Why, why are there so many... what’s going on..."
So there is someone here!
Upon hearing this, the three girls immediately perked up, quickening their pace. Meanwhile, Fang Zheng raised his head in confusion, glancing ahead.
For some unknown reason, he felt that the voice... sounded somewhat familiar?
Hardly any time passed before everyone arrived at the source of the sound, and upon seeing the scene, everyone was stunned.
By the riverbank, almost all the trees had fallen, and standing by the river was a girl.
Her physique looked even more frail than Ryuuzaki Kai and the others, wearing an unknown school uniform layered with a pink sweater, her brown curly hair fell below her shoulders with big red glasses adorning her face. Her weak expression made her seem like anyone could bully her. Especially now, surrounded by dozens of demon creatures, she was like a widow held hostage by mountain bandits, pitiful and tragic.
However......
"Why is this happening? Why are there so many Demon Dreams!"
Facing the approaching demon creatures, the girl screamed quietly as she raised her right hand, blood surged in her hand, instantly transforming into a 40-meter-long great sword, sweeping through, slicing the demon creature in front along with the trees behind in half!
"I’m not happy!!"
".........."
Witnessing this, not only were Shidou Hikaru, Ryuuzaki Kai, and Fushimi Kazakiri dumbstruck and motionless, but Fang Zheng was also left speechlessly awed.
Oh my, didn’t I just use your name once in Conan World? You had to chase me all the way here?!

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