Firefly was really sweating now.
She felt Pei Guang's ability wasn't inferior to Elio, perhaps even stronger in some aspects. And Pei Guang said they were going to fight the Order Aeon?
Could they win? Even wearing the equipment he gave her, she couldn't beat that, right?
Pei Guang: "Who cares who it is. If it's an Emanator or Aeon, background-level entities we obviously can't beat, there will definitely be a scripted kill. Maybe for the strong enemy we encounter this time, we need to use all the stuff obtained before."
Pei Guang looked at his storage space. There were lots of good things.
From summoning Earth Force support to summoning Star Destroyer support, and then to summoning the Luofu Xianzhou support.
Three summons from weak to strong, very steady.
Listening to Pei Guang's words, Firefly's face was full of worry now.
Elio's script told her that just acting casually would lead to a win.
But Pei Guang's prediction was to take on an existence of this level? She had at most raided a poorly guarded prison on the Luofu...
"Alright, don't look so glum. Before we meet the final boss, we won't know who the enemy is. It's not impossible for you to be the final boss either. After all... I've experienced plenty of plots where a companion turns out to be the final enemy.
Let's go, let's finish the last task first. I reckon once this task is done, we'll be able to head to the real Penacony and find the Watchmaker."
Thinking of this, Pei Guang sighed. Precisely because this was a real world, he was trying his best to avoid such a situation from happening.
While complaining to Firefly, Pei Guang also took out his phone and contacted Aventurine.
Pei Guang: "You there?"
Aventurine: "Any results from the investigation?"
Pei Guang: "Yes. Where are you?"
Aventurine: "Clock Studios Theme Park. You can find me if you come here, but I suggest you gather all your companions."
Pei Guang: "Hmm? What are you going to do? Do you want to take us all out in one pot?"
Aventurine: "Why do you think that?"
Aventurine couldn't understand why Pei Guang would think that, because the matter regarding the murder of the Heads of the Family had been sealed off internally by The Family.
Currently, all Family members were gearing up for the Charmony Festival, so naturally, something like this wouldn't be made public for the sake of the festival.
Precisely because of this, Aventurine didn't know that The Family's headquarters had been raided, nor did he know that Pei Guang had now become the temporary figurehead of the entire Penacony, albeit without real power.
However, during the time he was separated from Pei Guang, he had also used his own means to investigate the truth regarding death in Penacony.
Although he had a new task, he didn't plan to give up on his original goal. Precisely because of the special existence that was Pei Guang, he felt even more confident in winning it all.
As for losing? He had never lost.
Pei Guang: "Just taking precautions. I happened to be planning to head to the Theme Park too. You being there saves me a lot of trouble. Wait for me, once I find you I'll kill you~ I'm guaranteeing you will die thoroughly."
Aventurine: "It is already prepared~ This will be a grand performance."
Pei Guang: "As long as the reward is enough, it can be as big as you want."
Wasn't it just a grand death? Worst case scenario, he'd just take out everyone in range.
But considering that Something Unto Death didn't seem that bloodthirsty, Pei Guang had to consider using other methods to take out everyone here.
Come to think of it, Pei Guang actually did have a way to bring a grand death to Penacony; he could even use the power of Harmony to bring death to The Family.
But the prerequisite was that the reward Aventurine offered was sufficient.
Let alone a grand death, even if asked to perform a death in Penacony himself, it would be no problem.
What? Helping The Family conceal the deaths? This is this and that is that.
He did indeed help The Family conceal the matter of the Heads' deaths, but The Family never said he was forbidden from bringing death to others.
Besides, he could totally shift all the blame onto Aventurine.
It was he who wanted a grand death, so if something went wrong, wouldn't it be his fault? What did it have to do with a player just executing a quest?
Pei Guang had already confirmed that the death brought by Something Unto Death would only send people to the deepest part of the Dreamscape.
Since that was the case, using Something Unto Death to die for a bit, grabbing a reward while hitching a ride to the deeper Dreamscape, was also a pretty good choice.
However, what Pei Guang didn't know was that while he was considering how to give Aventurine a grand death, there was another person thinking about how to bring Nihility to Pei Guang.
Under normal circumstances, Acheron wouldn't casually use the power of Nihility on people.
But after coming out of the dungeon, she wanted to give Pei Guang a slash.
It was a pity she didn't have the chance.
Even if a voice told her to use Nihility on Pei Guang, she wouldn't draw her blade arbitrarily.
Intuition told her that she would have a chance to draw her blade against Pei Guang, and now she just needed to wait.
When the time came... she would go all out and let Pei Guang experience "Nihility" as well.
Revenge? How could this be called revenge? The physical "heating up" of the flesh wasn't something she, Acheron, could control.
Besides, she wasn't seeking revenge, but rather... hoping that Pei Guang truly possessed the power to resist Nihility.
Because as a conscious lifeform wielding the power of Nihility, she would grasp at any straw that could resist it.
In fact, after that previous dungeon, Acheron realized that Pei Guang possessed the power to resist Nihility.
It was funny: could there really be a person or power in this world capable of resisting or shielding against Nihility?
Precisely because of this, although Acheron had died many times in the game, her subjective consciousness had no intention of using Nihility on Pei Guang.
However, after returning to reality, her subconscious and instincts told her to use Nihility on Pei Guang.
Moreover...
Nowadays, The Hunt, The Abundance, The Harmony, The Destruction, The Erudition, The Elation, The Remembrance, and The Enigmata had all used their respective means to demonstrate their "class characteristics," yet The Nihility had not yet demonstrated its own "class characteristics."
Nihility would not act personally, nor would it care about Pei Guang's actions, but the "Pathstrider" walking on the Path of Nihility would demonstrate the power of the Nihility class change for Pei Guang.
A power that was deadly for the lives of this world might, for a player, just be a well-configured, very fun, and very cool class.