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Sifne, who had faced Rosalia alone, naturally dared not show any dissatisfaction and sat stiffly on the sofa.
Soon after, the members of the Martyrs arrived at the bar, their excited expressions suggesting they were looking forward to having a good drink there after finishing their work.
Regardless, Chris had no choice but to force a smile and greet them.
Character settings
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First, our orchestra's conductor: Nekitia
Cruel by nature and employing a variety of methods, the band uses reverse kabbalah factors to cause harm through music. The most common effect is psychological damage, and they can even create a huge external force that can twist metal.
Music can also implant personalities, causing a person to suffer a mental breakdown and die. In the original work, Nekitiah implanted 21 personalities into a person's brain, causing the person to die a miserable death, and she enjoyed it. She was a rather terrifying woman.
世娜
The orchestra's principal violinist is arrogant and haughty. While possessing superb violin skills, she is also quite adept at swordsmanship; the bow in her hand is a beautifully crafted rapier.
卡门
The principal double bass player, cruel and vicious, adept at manipulating others' emotions, completely controlled Rhea and her mother. He served as the conductor who resurrected Rhea and remained by her side for fifteen years.
Freya
The principal bassoonist is gloomy and extremely pessimistic. Due to the unique timbre of the bassoon, she is often excluded from most ensembles because she has difficulty entering and cooperating with the music. Despite this, she is quite ruthless and never shows mercy. Moreover, her music has the effect of inducing self-destruction.
Hilde
The sole survivor of the Valkyrie Project, seemingly an experimental survivor rescued from Umbrella by Lovan, actually existed long before and possesses the Reverse Kabbalah factor. Originally Rosalia's (Asmodeus's) adversary, they are forced to join forces to cultivate a "False King" due to the current world situation. Their mission is to restore the world's Reverse Kabbalah factor concentration while ensuring the world is not destroyed by various lurking dangers.
Rosalia (Asmodeus: Awakening)
The Reverse Kabbalah Demon King, once known as the Tyrant of the North and a nightmare of the past, was so powerful that she lacked interest in battle, though she was a big fan of late-night soap operas. After spending some time with Lovan, she developed a drinking habit (though she actually preferred onion rings and popcorn). Attracted by Lovan's unique psychology, she went from simply using him to helping him to the best of her ability. Perhaps even a demon king who has been lonely for too long yearns for an emotion that is not limited by the concept of lifespan.
Ethel Maitner
The Reverse Kabbalah Demon King, a fragment of Gagsherav (The Glutton), craved not only food but also knowledge. She gained knowledge by devouring others, and she was like an ancient book that integrated knowledge from ancient times to the present. However, she is only the cover now. Only when the other fragments are collected will the Glutton be complete. The cover signifies that she is the true body and the original spirit of Gagsherav.
Christina Brecht
The colonel, who retired from the Patriotic War of Gronia, may look like a young girl, but she has extensive combat experience. However, she still can't shake her timid and cowardly nature; in reality, she is a very reliable person.
Character Setting 2
Morse (Execress)
Her real name is Execcia [Magnificent Silence], a hero from a bygone era. She and the conductor Nekitia belonged to the same time, and the two once joined forces to save civilization from annihilation. However, Nekitia's inhumane actions (human experiments involving the Netherworld's copying of human bodies) led to a rift, and both were affected by the Corruption Wave after their failure, becoming Shadows—self-aware corrupted entities. Yet, all signs indicate that Execcia has not lost her true self and continues to contribute to the survival of civilization. Now, she serves under Princess Yingque. Why did she make this choice, and why does she protect Yingque alone? No one knows...
Profit and loss (???)
Beware of her shadow. She always appears with her eyes closed, but that doesn't mean she can't see you. As long as the shadow remains, there is no safety.
Her beloved, twisted by the long wait, was overwhelmed by a sense of powerlessness at the inability to change reality. She decided to change, she decided to set off. Her shadow began to spread; she closed her eyes, creating the illusion that she knew nothing, but her eyes were everywhere, just like the little creatures in her coat...
Beware of her left eye; it harbors something you can't even imagine.
(The light in his hand is an EGO setting, which will be explained later.)
765 Penetration
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If machines develop emotions and learn to feel fear, would that be something to be thankful for for humanity?
Perhaps not. At the very least, they are not omniscient or omnipotent, which means they will still be subject to ignorance.
And... there are still bonds that prevent them from efficiently carrying out all the orders they are given...
......
"Chris, are you not feeling well? Do you need us to cover your shift?"
The biting wind made Mantico feel very clear-headed, so when he noticed Chris's unnatural behavior, he instinctively offered to help.
Only the Rhine sisters and Mantico arrived; the whereabouts of the other two were unknown, which at least made the following procedures less complicated.
But Chris wasn't the type to be held back by a minor cold. What forced her to force a smile were the band members behind the martyrs, their faces either cold or treacherous, which sent chills down her spine. What kind of evil thoughts were lurking in their minds that supported them in indulging in such behavior?
"Are we really here to do work?"
Natia's sudden words made Chris's heart skip a beat. Had they been discovered?
But then she chuckled softly, "If you need someone to keep you company for a couple of drinks, just say so. I'm free."
"Yes, we don't have any missions today, so let's take this time to relax?"
Rhine echoed her sister's sentiments. She truly enjoyed this leisurely time spent with her sisters, free from killing, hesitation, and the backstabbing among the company's upper echelons. She only needed to do her job like the lowest-ranking sisters and then live like a normal person.
Klein never imagined that one day she would deeply regret her current thoughts, wondering why she couldn't be as smart as her other sisters.
Why didn't they realize sooner that the environment they were in was nothing more than a constructed, false prison...?
......
While the members of the Martyrs were not paying attention to her, Chris glanced at Nekitia on the sofa next to her. She was smiling slowly, raising her baton, as if she was about to make a decision.
......
"Rhine, Natalia..."
"what happened?"
"I'm so sorry..."
......
......
"If the bishop does not like this scene, then please go upstairs and keep Miss Yingque away from notice what is happening here."
"...It's truly despicable."
"Go ahead, Execia, I'm waiting to see the show."
......
When the three martyrs finally realized what was happening, they were pinned to the ground by the women in formal dresses. The women's movements were not based on any fighting techniques or grappling techniques; they were simply pressed down lightly, leaving the women completely unable to resist.
"Hey, what does this mean?!"
Before she could even take a sip of her drink, Mantico was pinned to the ground, which naturally annoyed her greatly. She even thought it was some kind of entertainment activity at the bar, since they had messed around with that Morse quite a bit before. But just now, she had gone upstairs alone.
"You've started this before even having a drink? Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
"Uh, what kind of training content is this?"
Before the two sisters could finish speaking, they were picked up by the band members and brought before Nekitia and Rosalia.
As they were being dragged along, Natia and Rhine continued to struggle, but their strength was utterly meaningless in the face of these madmen.
Mantico finally realized something was wrong and shouted, "Christina! Explain yourself! What's going on?! What do you mean by 'sorry'?!"
How could she dare look directly into those angry eyes? Whether made of flesh and blood or inorganic metal, they conveyed the same message: they could all instill guilt in Chris, and... fear...
She could only turn her head away, refusing to see what was happening. But what could she possibly do? She was just a mortal. Faced with these monsters from the past, her resistance was nothing more than a struggle. Gaining their respect did not mean she was on the same level as them.
Even among those living under someone else's roof, there is a hierarchy. What can someone as insignificant as myself do? In this chaotic world, simply surviving is already a great blessing...
So, I'm sorry...
There's really nothing I can do...
......
"Hmm...it seems the one on the right is the backdoor the Glutton left for us."
Nekitiya carefully examined the two humanoid figures before her; even through hearing alone, she could discern her target.
That is, Rhine-Enscheid.
"What backdoor? We don't know any Gluttons..."
Realizing the criticism was directed at them, Rhine became somewhat nervous, while Natia was furious: "What does this have to do with my sister? What do you want her to do?! We know nothing at all!"
"Tsk tsk, to be able to address each other so affectionately as sisters, even I, the older sister, can't help but feel a little envious~" Carmen teased, but her face only exuded a sense of danger: "Could machines really evolve to this extent?"
"What's it to you?! Sisters are sisters, do they need your approval?!"
But as soon as she finished speaking, the blade of a rapier was pointed at Natia's throat, forcing her to shut up.
Shina sneered, "Watch your attitude, little robot. We can make sparks fly from every hole in your body with just a flick of our fingers."
"Tsk..."
With their resistance proving futile, the two could only wait for an opportunity, though it was unclear whether such an opportunity even existed for these madmen.
"Alright, let's get started," Rosalia said, waving her hand dismissively. "Let me see what you've got up to."
"With pleasure, you tyrant of the North..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Nekitia waved her baton, and at the same time, Rhinensch felt a heavy blow to her back.
"Varied......"
She looked down and found a hand piercing through her heart. Although it wasn't a critical spot for a human, it was still a near-fatal wound.
Confined to their spot, Natia and Mantiko could hardly accept it and began to struggle frantically, wishing they could tear these exquisitely dressed women in front of them to shreds.
"You lunatics, you bastards, get away from my sister! Go to hell, get the hell out of here!!!"
"***! Rhine, don't be afraid! I'm coming, I'm coming! Take your filthy hands off me!"
But how could that possibly stop them from what they were doing...?
766 tacit approval
Freya reached into the gaping hole in Rhine's heart. The unstoppable pain modules made her cry uncontrollably, but she didn't want her sisters to worry—look at their angry faces...
"It can even shed tears. It seems that technological progress is happening much faster than expected."
Rosalia took the wine from Sifney and, while enjoying it, watched the scene before her with great interest. In their eyes, these non-Lovan personal guards were insignificant, merely data that could be sacrificed in the plan.
But what does this really mean for them?
"Asmodeus, your perverse sense of humor is truly repulsive..."
Hearing the low, scathing insults, Rosalia felt a surge of displeasure, but when she turned to look at the person beside her, she found it was an old friend she knew well.
"Hey, Hilde, interested in taking a look? It's part of our plan."
"Keep it for yourself; I'm not worthy of it."
With that, Hilde left the bar with a cold expression, seemingly busy with new work for the day.
Seeing that the other party left directly, Rosalia was not displeased and continued to examine the two sisters in front of her.
It wasn't until Freya had been searching inside Rhine's body for a while that she finally managed to retrieve a black box from a series of wires. She didn't remove it, but left it hanging over Rhine's horrifying gap.
"What...is this thing?"
Natia was stunned. She had never known that such a box existed inside them. The surface of the box had flowing purple lines, as if it did not belong to this era, but was a generous gift left by the gods who favored mortals.
But this lavish gift was precisely the beginning of her nightmare...
"I...no..."