"Jiang Qiao …"
After returning to the original world from the original God-eater timeline, Evening Fragrance stood rooted to the ground, unsure of how to communicate with Jiang Qiao.
The first God-eater had revealed enough information that Evening Fragrance could guess Jiang Qiao's identity even if she was stupid. But Evening Fragrance wasn't stupid, and she combined it with what Alma had told her.
Jiang Qiao … I'm afraid …
"Your guesses are all right."
Jiang Qiao's mind was in a mess right now. The reason for the mess was that the first God-Eater God had implanted many time coordinates into Jiang Qiao's mind before he dissipated.
These coordinates were in different parallel universes, and he had to bring certain people with him if he wanted to go there.
First, he had to go to the plane where Queen Mey had become the God-eater, and he had to bring his own Miss Cat.
"Evening Fragrance, there are a few more rounds of time travel after milk. Do you want to come with me?"
Jiang Qiao asked the two girls who were deep in thought. Milk No Increase quickly adjusted her mood and gave Jiang Qiao a thumbs up to show that it was fine.
Wan Xiang used her hand to gently pull the corner of Jiang Qiao's clothes to show her attitude.
"Chairman, where's Hai Lan?" Milk No Increase came back to her senses and found that Hai Lan was nowhere to be seen.
"She needs some time to adjust her emotions. Let's go to Brandt Island first."
Jiang Qiao opened a portal to Brandt Island.
In the initial stronghold on Brandt Island, the recovered Queen Mey was still dutifully serving as Miss Cat.
Since the conflict on Brandt Island had calmed down, Queen Mey had been living a peaceful life. When she was tired from standing guard, she would sit down and play a round or two of mahjong with the Players.
Today was different. Queen Mey was playing Fight the Landlord with the other players.
Jiang Qiao had also developed the mini-game functions of the initial stronghold very well. There were even rankings. Queen Mey's ranking in Fight the Landlord was not low.
"You may not know what the seventeen cards in Queen Mey's hand mean, but I'm betting on her to win this round."
The gamers who were watching from the outside started a bet. Queen Mey was the host this time.
Unfortunately, Her Majesty the Queen's luck wasn't good. She didn't manage to get rid of her opponent with 17 cards, which resulted in her losing a lot of Gold Coins.
Jiang Qiao didn't want to talk to Queen Mey right now, so he sent a private message to her.
"Do you have time?"
'Agent?
I'm sorry, this is an event I'm doing to thank everyone for helping me cure the Void Corruption. I'm definitely not slacking off. '
When Queen May saw Jiang Qiao's message, her hand trembled a little as she held the card in her hand. She knew that this was a special time, and the Void Erosion had spread from her body to the executioner.
She was also very anxious, but when she returned to the initial stronghold as Miss Cat, the players felt the same as her. They were all concerned about where Her Majesty the Queen had been all this time.
In order to appease the mood of the players, Queen May had decided to hold this kind of small game.
'Be quick. There's something I want to talk to you about.'
'What is it?
Agent, just say it in the chat. It won't affect me. 'Queen Mey replied quickly.
Jiang Qiao directly told Queen May about the timeline and the parallel world. When Queen May saw that she could go to … the timeline where 'her country didn't perish, her people didn't die, and instead became more and more prosperous', she realized that she could go to the parallel world.
Queen Mey's hand trembled as she held the poker cards.
"What's wrong, Your Majesty?"
Queen Mey's next opponent was Deep Dream, who had spent a lot of effort to squeeze into the same table as Queen Mey. But now, Queen Mey suddenly stopped moving.
"Can we do it again, Deep Dream?" Queen Mey placed the poker cards on the round stump table. "I have something to do."
"What's wrong, Miss Cat?"
"F * ck … My Brother Dream has just sat down, and she's not giving Brother Dream any face?"
The surrounding Players were watching Deep Dream's livestream. Of course, they saw the scene of Queen Mey suddenly putting down the poker cards in her hand. The worst thing was that Deep Dream had queued up for a long time just to play this round with Queen Mey.
"All of you, shut up!
No, I mean, brothers, I have something urgent to attend to as well. "
Deep Dream immediately shouted at her followers. Then, she looked at the apologetic expression on Queen Mey's head mask and seemed to understand something. "Go, Your Majesty. No matter what, I'll wait for you to return."
Chen Meng had wanted to say these words for a long time!
"… Thank you."
Queen Mey gently hugged this … the only Player that she had certified as a Knight. Then, she disappeared from the side of the starting stronghold under the gaze of all the Players in the starting stronghold.
At this moment, Jiang Qiao also returned to the Celestial Tower. Queen Mey, who was still in Miss Cat's attire, took off her head mask.
"Agent, what's going on with the world line that you were talking about?" Queen Mey seemed to be having a hard time believing Jiang Qiao's words.
"Among the millions of worlds, there is a world line where you became the God Eater. This resulted in your country not being destroyed, but becoming stronger day by day in the Star Map, just like the current Players." Jiang Qiao said.
"Then … Agent, which world do you want me to go to … Isn't that too cruel?"
Queen Mey's expression became extremely bitter. Although the joy between the Players had filled the gap in her heart, the destruction of her country … and the helplessness of being unable to save a single citizen was still a knot in Queen Mey's heart that couldn't be dissolved.
What Jiang Qiao was doing now was showing a beautiful thing to her, and then ruthlessly shattering it.
"Locating that world line requires you and one of your Knights." Jiang Qiao said, "So, Your Majesty Mey … Please help me."
"Knight?"
"Hornet Knight."
Jiang Qiao knew that in order to bring Queen Mey to a dangerous place, one of the Five Knights must be brought along. Hornet Knight was the best choice. In the past, her position was Queen Mey's personal bodyguard, the kind that was hidden in the dark.
"I understand."
Queen Mey pursed her lips and made up her mind. She summoned Hornet Knight from the Instance Dungeon Lord's Dormitory. This Knight was also very suspicious of the parallel world that Jiang Qiao mentioned. They had clearly traveled through countless planes in the Star Map.
"It's about to begin."
Jiang Qiao brought the Queen and Hornet Knight to the statue of the God of Time. The moment the statue started moving again, the teleportation gate was instantly opened.
Queen Mey and Hornet Knight were the first to enter the teleportation gate. When Jiang Qiao brought Evening Fragrance and No Additional Milk into the teleportation gate … the scene before them changed from the Celestial Tower to a noisy street.
"This is … the smell of mustard flower."
Queen Mey stood in the alley, smelling the fragrance that permeated the street in disbelief.
"How long has it been since I last smelled it." Hornet Knight muttered to himself.
The two of them walked out of the alley, and the scene before them was still … unbelievable.
Jiang Qiao recognized the moment he arrived at the street … This was the instance dungeon of the first Battle of Divinities, Queen Mey's King's City.
However, unlike the scene of death and silence in the instance dungeon, the streets here were bustling with activity and lively residents.
"Your Majesty." Hornet Knight glanced at Queen Mey who was wearing a hood.
The expression on Queen Mey's face changed from dullness to joy and relief, and finally to sadness.
"This is not our city. Lead the way for the agent to meet me in this world."
Queen Mey used her hand to lightly grasp her chest, trying her best to control her emotions.
"Yes, agent, this way."
The moment Hornet Knight arrived in this world, he noticed that the structure of this city was exactly the same as Queen Mey's King's City. As a royal spy, she was clearer than Jiang Qiao on how to reach the palace quickly.
However, not long after Hornet Knight led Jiang Qiao towards the palace, the people on the street suddenly burst into cheers.
This caused Jiang Qiao's group to stop in their tracks.
"Your Majesty!"
Queen May instantly reacted when the people around her shouted out this title. She seemed to think that they were calling out to her, but the eyes of the people around her were not looking at her. Instead, they were looking at a figure standing on the inner city wall.
Queen Mey raised her head and looked at the top of the wall. A young lady with light blonde hair was standing on the wall and waving at the people.
"That's … me in this world."
Queen Mey was fascinated by the scene, but Jiang Qiao tapped Queen Mey's shoulder lightly.
"Don't be envious of others. Don't the holy spirits call you Your Majesty?"
His words stunned Queen Mey.
"Also, Miss Cat is so cute." Not Increasing Milk chimed in at the side.
"Something's not right," Hornet Knight looked at Queen Mey on the wall and had other thoughts.
"What's … not right?"
"That's not Her Majesty!
Or … not this world's Queen Mey, "said Hornet Knight.
"Then who is she?
Her Majesty's twin sister? "
Jiang Qiao looked at the Queen Mey standing on the wall from afar. No matter how he looked at it, she looked exactly the same as the Queen beside Jiang Qiao.
"It's me."
Hornet Knight took off his mask and revealed a face that was similar to Queen Mey's.
"This is my appearance after I've disguised myself. I've been Her Majesty's substitute several times in the past due to missions!"
This sentence made Jiang Qiao and those who didn't raise the price fall into silence.
"Should we do something?"
Evening Fragrance held a pair of binoculars and observed the … Hornet Knight who was pretending to be Queen Mey on the wall.
"Why are you pretending to be Queen Mey in this world?
Could it be that the five knights have betrayed us? "
"Watch your words!
Agent … no matter what world we are in, we will never betray Her Majesty! "Hornet Knight didn't like Jiang Qiao's speculation.
"Alright … Don't think too much about it. Just enter the palace and say hello."
Jiang Qiao didn't want to argue with Hornet Knight. In the end, under Hornet Knight's lead, Jiang Qiao's group successfully infiltrated the palace.
Jiang Qiao had walked through this place during the first Divine Battle. Further ahead was the Boss Battle Room where Queen Mey was.
But not long after, Evening Fragrance suddenly loaded her Death Carol. Hornet Knight wanted to warn her, but it was too late.
A dagger was pressed against Jiang Qiao's neck. A cold voice asked everyone present.
"Who … are you?"
Hornet Knight who had disguised himself as Queen Mey … Err, let's change the way we address her. Let's use Hornet Knight's real name, Troy.
Troy was wearing a royal robe. She held a dagger against Jiang Qiao's neck and looked at the group of intruders.
"Damn it, my stealth skills in this world are better than I thought!" Hornet Knight wanted to save Jiang Qiao, but it was impossible.
"Are you praising yourself?" Jiang Qiao had already forgotten how many times he had been held hostage.
"Who are you!
Answer me! "Troy didn't like to listen to Jiang Qiao's nonsense.
At this moment, Queen May suddenly turned around and took off her hood.
"Calm down, Troy."
She looked at the person behind Jiang Qiao … Hornet Knight Troy who looked almost identical to her. "We mean no harm."
"Queen … Your Majesty?"
But when Troy saw Queen Mey's appearance, she was stunned on the spot. Even the dagger in her hand fell to the ground.
She slowly walked towards Queen Mey. Hornet Knight wanted to block her, but Queen Mey raised her hand to tell Hornet Knight not to be nervous.
"Is it really you … Are you resurrected?"
She was at a loss in front of Queen Mey, but there was something in her words that made everyone feel uneasy.
"Resurrected?"
"No, you're not the Queen I know, but you're indeed Mey Stane. You guys … Could it be …"
After she calmed down, she recognized that the Queen Mey in front of her didn't belong to her. This Hornet Knight's thought process was very fast. She glanced at her other self standing beside Queen Mey and instantly understood what was going on.
"You guys … Follow me." Troy led the crowd to push open the door of Queen Mey's bedroom.
When Jiang Qiao walked to the familiar final BOSS scene of the Battle of Divinity, he also saw an even more familiar scene.
That was the Queen Mey who was bathed in blood and sleeping quietly on the throne.
The only difference was that this Queen Mey couldn't move. She was truly dead.
"In our time-space, Her Majesty had passed away when she inherited the Divinity of the God Eater God. However, we completed her last wish and continued this kingdom as if she was still ruling."
Troy turned around and walked to the side of the corpse of Queen Mey on the throne and said to the crowd below.
"If she was still alive, she would be very happy to know this news." Queen Mey said.
"… You guys are here for the Shard of Divinity, right?"
Troy seemed to have known that Jiang Qiao would come. A light blue Shard of Divinity appeared in her hand. "This is a Shard of Divinity extended from the God Eater God's Divinity. I can give it to you on one condition."
"What condition?"
"That is Her Majesty … must stay in this world." The moment Troy's voice fell, the door behind her suddenly closed.
When Jiang Qiao turned around to look behind him, he realized that the other four knights of this world were standing at the door.
The Knight of the Lion, the Wolf Rider, the Ember Knight and the Eagle Eye Knight!
"I knew this would happen." The fire spirit flame on Jiang Qiao's hand was instantly ignited.