The Paladin on the Infinite Tour

"That's it...then I'm sorry to bother you."

"Just be more natural. We are all members of the family, so there is no need to be too raw and stiff."

As Riveria spoke, she sat down at the table in the room and motioned for Exia to sit opposite her.

After sitting down, Alexia subconsciously began to look around: "...There are so many books. Does Miss Riveria like reading?"

"Um."

Riveria looked at the bookshelf that occupied an entire wall in the room - a large number of books were neatly placed on it.

"For us magicians, knowledge is power. Reading helps to understand our own magic and can also exercise our mental strength to a certain extent. Therefore, many magicians have the habit of reading... ..but I’m a little bit special.”

"special?"

"I want to know more about [Unknown]." Riveria explained, "Do you know that I am from the Elf Royal Family?"

"Know something."

"The life of the royal family is very restrictive, with many rules. Whether it is words, deeds, food, or clothing, you must follow strict and complicated rules. I felt that life was too depressing, so I ran away from my hometown with a friend. .”

Riveria spoke in a nostalgic tone: "On the way to escape, I met Loki and Finn. Under Loki's rhetoric and semi-coercion, I joined Loki, who was the only two of them at the time. The Familia became the second Familia member and used the magic awakened at that time to get rid of the pursuers.”

"After that, we moved around several times, and finally came to Orario, and developed the Loki Familia bit by bit - it must have been twenty or thirty years ago."

Looking back now, it seems like it happened yesterday.

Alexia laughed: "Are you going to tell me the stories of your heroes in the past, Miss Riveria?"

"You can listen if you want, but this time... I prefer to be a listener." Riveria smiled, "Finn, I, and Gareth will join Loki. The Familia all have their own purposes. Finn does it to revitalize the small human race, and I do it to [see the unknown world]."

As you can understand by escaping the elven village in Riveria, she is not someone who likes to stay in one place for a long time.

"I want to know what the outside world is like. What's on the other side of the mountains? What's on the other side of the forest? What's even on the other side of the sea? These [outside world] have always been my goals for me. "

For this reason, Riveria fled her hometown, joined the Loki Familia, and came to Orario.

The underground city in Oraline, which has not yet been fully explored, is a huge [unknown world] to Riveria. Even after decades, Riveria is still full of interest in the underground city. interest and enthusiasm.

"Having said this, you should also understand why I want to ask you to stay with me for a while."

"Everything you have experienced is undoubtedly unknown to me. So, if possible, could you please tell me about your experience in another world?"

Riveria was curious about what Exia had been through.

After leaving this world for two and a half years, Exia gained the power of a different dimension. What did he experience outside to become so powerful? What kind of unknown worlds were the different worlds he experienced?

Riveria, who still maintains his original intention to this day, wants to know no matter what.

"That is to say...you want to know what I have experienced in the past two and a half years, right?"

"Yeah. Can I trouble you?"

Alexia couldn't help but laugh: "What's the trouble? You can talk to me about such trivial matters at any time, Miss Riveria. I'm just telling you about my experience. What kind of trouble is this?"

Hearing this answer, Riveria also laughed: "That's good... I just think it will take up your time."

"It's nothing. The most important thing I lack now is time - but if I want to talk about my affairs, it will be more troublesome to talk... Miss Ai Ge, can I trouble you?"

"Can."

Suddenly appearing next to Alexia, because the [Witch] has not yet been released, Sajo Aige directly appeared next to the two of them in a physical form: "Miss Riveria wants to know what happened after the prince left this world. What? Then how about I use memory mapping to directly synchronize the prince’s memories of the past two and a half years into Miss Riveria’s mind?”

"Okay...ah, but Miss Song -"

Hooking her neck, Alexia lowered her voice and said: "Remember to delete those things about the night, Miss Aige, if this is synchronized with Miss Riveria... "

"Don't worry, Mr. Prince, I have a sense of discretion."

Shajo Aige smiled and made an OK gesture, then came behind Riveria and placed her hands on both sides of her ears: "Then let me start, Miss Riveria?"

"Well, that's troublesome."

Although she felt a little uneasy and nervous, Riveria's inner curiosity about the unknown world still calmed her down and she chose to believe in the actions of Exia and Sajo Aige.

And that is at the next moment——

【aaaaarrrrrrrrrrr————————! ! ! 】

The roar of the white beast reached Riveria's consciousness.

Beginning with Alexia leaving Orario and returning to the original world, Riveria began to fully experience Alexia's two and a half years of experience from a third-party perspective.

20. Gold Medal Commentator Aixia

Where is this place?

This was Riveria's first thought when she recovered from the deafening roar.

What came into view seemed to be a certain ruin, but compared to the ruins Riveria knew, the scale of the ruins was completely different.

A large number of high-rise buildings collapsed, and hundreds of buildings that were tens of meters high were scattered around her. The steel jungle and the ground that was not a stone road made it difficult for her to understand her situation for a while.

And the next moment, Riveria saw a scene that broke everything she had seen so far.

【aaaaarrrrrrr————————! ! ! 】

A few dozen meters—much taller than Goliath—the chariot-like white monster shattered tall buildings like paper, crushing and trampling them with heavy steps that could cause the earth to shake. Everything on the way forward!

High-rise buildings collapsed, flames began to spread on the buildings and roads, and the city itself collapsed and collapsed under the ravages of monsters.

And there is not just one such monster. In Riveria's field of vision, dozens, hundreds... countless white monsters were like a feast of monsters in the underground city, raging in groups in the city.

Almost subconsciously, Riveria wanted to hold his staff and use magic to destroy all the monsters in front of him.

But the empty palms made her immediately realize her true situation.

"Could it be that... is this what Ixia has experienced?"

"To be precise, it's my memory."

Next to Riveria, Alexia quietly appeared in her eyes: "This is your consciousness space, but because Miss Aige mapped my memories and experiences into your consciousness space, this is what is shown now. What you see now is what I experienced."

"By the way, we are all one consciousness now... Well, you can understand that we are all in a dream."

Dream?

He is worthy of being the strongest magician in the city. After Exia's explanation, even if he still couldn't understand it, Riveria accepted the status quo: "Then this city and these monsters are..."

"Well, it is what happened in my hometown, and it is also what I have experienced myself. But this place... Changkong City? Is it the third collapse?" Exia was a little surprised, he thought Shatiao The Love Song Club started directly when he was still in Kuoh Town, but he didn't expect to go directly to the third Honkai Impact.

This is different from what she said.

(But it’s not bad.)

"Boom————!"

At this moment, the sound of the earth shaking struck again.

The monsters all over the land have begun to march again!

"Exia, these monsters?"

"It's just the reappearance of memory, it won't have any impact on us." Exia explained, "I remember that I explained the situation of my world to you and Miss Ais before, right?"

"Yeah, I still remember."

Honkai, Honkaimon, the Lawyer.

Although it happened more than four months ago, Riveria has a good memory, so he still remembers the relevant content.

"Disasters that come with civilization...right?"

"Yes, what is happening in this city now is the highest-level Honkai incident, and these white giant beasts are Honkaimon. They are probably the lowest level among all Honkaimon."

Chariots, Knights, and Assaults - in terms of Honkaimon's level, they are all indeed the lowest level of Honkaimon.

But even so...

"The individual combat power is almost equal to that of Goliath. In other words, there are hundreds of Goliaths marching in front of us."

Hundreds of Goliaths.

After converting it into a concept that she could understand, Riveria immediately shuddered - Goliath, which is only equal to level 4, is not a threat to her, and she can defeat it even if she is alone. But that was one-on-one. If he had to face hundreds of Goliaths at the same time, even Ota would be overwhelmed.

And this kind of military strength is actually only the lowest level?

"Your world is really dangerous."

"So I didn't want Miss Ais to come back with me. She is level 5, yes, but she is still too powerless for our world. Especially——"

Snapped!

Alexia snapped her fingers.

The environment around the two people suddenly changed, and they suddenly moved to a street where there were no Honkaiju beasts. Compared with the area full of tank-level and knight-level Honkai Beasts just now, this place is much cleaner, with only two people.

One of them is the Exia whom Riveria is very familiar with - considering the current situation, it should be the false Exia embodied in the memory.

And the other...

"——————!"

Seeing the black-haired girl standing not far across from Alexia, with lightning all over her body, Riveria suddenly stiffened! His face turned extremely pale!

【fear】.

Such feelings arose in Riveria's heart, and in an instant they swelled to the point of occupying her entire heart!

It had been a long time since she had felt fear. After all, she was the best mage in Orario. Even if Riveria could feel fear, she wouldn't particularly care about it.

But now... just looking at the girl wrapped in lightning, Riveria felt uncontrollable fear.

[That is an existence that I absolutely cannot fight against! 】

This is how the survival instinct roars.

"Don't be afraid, Miss Riveria."

Noticing the strangeness of the female elf next to her, Ixia gently pressed her shoulders: "It's just a memory, it won't have any impact on us."

"...Huh~~~haha~~~~"

After taking a deep breath to slow down his racing heartbeat, Riveria patted his chest: "Thank you...I'm much better."

"It's okay. After all, this is the first time to face the Herrscher directly. Even if it's just a memory, it's an existence I've faced personally before. The momentum and coercion are all reproduced one to one." Ixia said, " By the way, I remember I told you about the Herrscher, right?"

"certainly......"

"She is a Herrscher."

Exia looked at the Herrscher of Thunder not far away.

"Two years ago, the third Herrscher appeared in Changkong City after the third Honkai Impact, and came to destroy mankind - also known as [The Herrscher of Thunder]."

"By the way, she is now my partner and fiancée."

21.Same for you

Time in the physical sense and time in the conscious world do not necessarily pass at the same speed. In most cases, the latter speed is much faster.

The hours spent in the conscious world may only be a few seconds in the real world.

It is naturally the same now.

Beginning with the third collapse, Exia led Riveria to spend almost [a week] in the world of consciousness. During this period, the two of them read the recent events from a third-person perspective. All the major events that Exia has experienced in the past two years.

The Third Collapse, the Holy Grail War, the Feast of Fire...

The birth of the Kaslana Empire, the memories of the past paradise, the death battle across Kevin... and even the recent God-killing battle.

From Exia becoming the Sekiryuutei, to later awakening the Chimera and becoming the Fourth True Ancestor, and later surpassing the ancestors to become the God Killer.

Riveria has seen many new worlds that she had no chance of contacting until now!

A world where demons, angels and fallen angels exist, a world of magic where ancient heroes are revived in the modern world, a world where demons and humans coexist, a world where gods are hunted - Riveria has never thought of the existence of these worlds. .

"...No wonder you are so strong."

In the realm of destiny embodied by memory.

Seeing Alexia disappearing into the Gate of Destiny, Riveria sighed sincerely from the bottom of his heart.

"Having gone through so many battles and defeated so many powerful enemies, it is natural for you to become stronger no matter how strong you become."