Aventurine walked completely away, and only then did Firefly ask Pei Guang: "Are we... going to fight him later?"
Pei Guang nodded: "Looks like it. Not only do we have to fight, but we have to fight flashily, and finally send him to another world."
"Isn't he going to challenge Acheron?"
Pei Guang shook his head and explained: "No, his quest is to perform a grand death here to prove to everyone that people can die in Penacony. The essence of him seeking Acheron is that Acheron possesses the power of Nihility, and this power can achieve what Something Unto Death can do. The essence of this quest is to witness and let him die. Fighting Acheron is his goal, not the goal of our quest."
"Can it be interpreted like that?" Firefly was thoroughly impressed by Pei Guang's way of explaining.
Pei Guang: "Of course. Besides, this is a boss. This boss unit must be taken out by us, otherwise the dropped rewards will be gone."
Ever since obtaining the ability to make enemies drop gold coins upon death at the Space Station, Pei Guang always wanted to kill some bosses to see if they would drop truly top-tier items.
Although he hadn't truly killed a boss in the strict sense, judging by the fact that Acheron could drop a whole set of Relics, if he really took out Aventurine who was clearly planning something big, he might drop even better stuff.
"However... since we are really going to play big, I think we should also prepare some insurance..."
Firefly: "Insurance? To protect the people of Penacony? I remember that death in the Dreamscape only results in waking up in reality, right?"
Pei Guang nodded: "Yeah, that's true for ordinary people, but what about life born in Penacony? Although Xipe Cake has gathered most of the self-aware Dream Troupe members, there are still some... remaining in Penacony.
As for me~ as a player, since I chose the pacifist route for the first playthrough, then for every single one of them, if they can survive, I absolutely won't let them die in front of me. For this ending, I might need your power for this battle."
As a player, Pei Guang didn't plan to save everyone, but in the process of moving forward, he tried his best to keep all NPCs happy.
In stories, tragedies leave the deepest impressions, but if possible, in a situation where he could influence the ending, he didn't want to witness a tragic ending.
This answer made Firefly smile brilliantly: "No problem, leave it to me. I will defeat the strong enemy together with you."
Pei Guang: "Not with me, but with us."
As Pei Guang said this, he turned his head to look at the distant street.
On the street, March 7th and Stelle were talking about something, while Himeko was walking forward while thinking.
Through March 7th, Himeko knew what had happened to the few of them at the Dewlight Pavilion.
Sunday was killed, and Something Unto Death had built a good relationship with Pei Guang. Himeko was originally prepared to bail them out, and was even ready to step in and stop Pei Guang before he blew Penacony sky-high.
But then the style changed completely: not only was Pei Guang fine, but he even mingled his way into the high levels of the Family?
Did the Family's upper management all die, or did the Dreammaster not notice anything unusual?
Because Pei Guang hadn't synchronized information with everyone, Himeko didn't know about Pei Guang's actions yet, and March 7th and Stelle were worried sick.
But when they arrived at the entrance of Clock Studios Theme Park and saw Pei Guang and Firefly waving at them, March 7th's eyes went wide and she ran over.
"You're okay?"
Pei Guang: "I'm okay."
"You weren't wanted by the Family, and then blew the Family sky-high?"
Pei Guang: "No! I killed all the Family Heads, and no one came to trouble me either."
Seeing Pei Guang was fine, Himeko was originally very happy, but upon hearing this sentence from Pei Guang, she suddenly felt her blood pressure soar and her head buzz.
What did Pei Guang do? He killed all the... Heads of the Family?
March 7th: "Huh? And the Family didn't look for trouble with you?"
March 7th was dumbfounded.
Originally, she sought out Himeko because she was worried The Family would cause trouble. As a result, not only did they not cause trouble, but they were all wiped out by Pei Guang...
Pei Guang shook his head: "No, because I didn't say anything at the time. Something Unto Death rushed out and instantly killed them all. Plus, I'm now considered the Head of the Trash Can Family. Not only am I not in trouble, but I've even become the temporary spokesperson."
Himeko: "Then the Dreammaster didn't trouble you?"
Pei Guang: "No! I had Xipe Cake block the Dreammaster completely. Now Xipe Cake is impersonating the Dreammaster. They are all Harmony anyway, so no abnormalities can be detected."
Himeko and March 7th fell silent.
The two knew Pei Guang's behavior was outrageous, but they never expected it to be outrageous to this extent this time.
Killing all the Family Heads and still becoming the temporary spokesperson of Penacony, truly no one but Pei Guang could do it.
Pei Guang looked at Stelle: "Actually, it's thanks to her. Thanks to the favorability she farmed before being high enough, plus I have a trash can here who is an Emanator of Preservation. With the double boost of favorability and strength, they didn't believe I was the one who killed those Heads."
Himeko frowned: "Indeed, it's Ah Guang's first time in Penacony. No one would believe Ah Guang has the ability to control death, but..."
The outrageous part lies here: Pei Guang could actually build a relationship with Something Unto Death and even ask it for help?
It's truly ghostly!
Himeko: "This is also a good thing. If the Family Heads return, it can prove they didn't truly die. As long as no lives were truly lost, many things are easy to resolve."
If nothing else, with Xipe Cake standing there and speaking for Pei Guang, it would be impossible for the Family to trouble Pei Guang.
Let alone the Family, even Himeko felt her head buzzing when she saw Xipe Cake.
When did Emanators become so commonplace? Even Pei Guang could synthesize one now.
But thinking of Pei Guang's uniqueness, she could only sigh.
No choice, he's basically her kid.
As the matriarch of the Astral Express, how could she not care about her own kid?
March 7th: "Speaking of which~ since everything is fine, Ah Guang, why did you call us here?"
Pei Guang: "We're going to start a boss fight. The details are..."
Pei Guang recounted the quest he accepted from Aventurine in detail.
After listening to Pei Guang's narration, March 7th clenched her right fist and punched her left palm.
"This young lady understands. Next, we are going to help that guy from the IPC and send him to another world~ But why do I feel like there's something not quite right about his behavior? Nihility is such a terrifying thing. If he gets killed by this... what if he really dies? Is he seeking death?"
Pei Guang: "Who knows? Maybe he just doesn't want to live anymore. After hearing that Something Unto Death can't truly kill, he wants to test if Nihility can make someone truly die in the Dreamscape?"
March 7th asked curiously: "Can Nihility do that?"
Pei Guang spread his hands: "Definitely~ Death is basically nothingness, so it can definitely make someone truly die. But that's exactly why I'm curious whether someone killed by Nihility in Penacony dies or goes deeper."
Stelle: "Meaning we let that Galaxy Ranger do the deed?"
Pei Guang shook his head: "No! Him seeking death is his business. We just need to complete the quest and let him die in our way. Anyway, his quest is to let all tourists in Penacony witness the existence of death.
Combining that with his target being Penacony, he definitely wants to use his own death to lower the Family's prestige, and then take Penacony away~ Not a big problem. While he lowers the Family's prestige, we'll farm favorability. I dare not imagine how scary our favorability will be after this wave."
Stelle: "Say no more, my War-Flaming Lance is already impatient. Do you think he can withstand a poke from me using that power of the Preservation Emanator! Also, do you think we can meet an Aeon here? If we can meet an Aeon, my lance can be dyed with more colors."
Stelle happily stuck out her tongue and licked her lips. At the same time, she also took out her War-Flaming Lance.
Back when facing Qlipoth, Stelle had set a small goal for herself: strive to poke all the Aeons' butts.
At the same time, this War-Flaming Lance had only poked the butts of the strong along the way. The only pity was that when fighting Phantylia, she didn't have a butt, so she poked somewhere else.
Pei Guang: "Who knows? Maybe this time you can poke Xipe's butt. When introducing yourself to enemies in the future, you can also lick the tip of the lance and introduce yourself to people saying: This is the War-Flaming Lance that has poked an Aeon's butt."
"Eww~~"
March 7th looked at Stelle with disgust: "Poked... that kind of place, and then lick it? As expected of you."
Listening the whole time, Firefly couldn't help but laugh out loud.
NOTE: Almost Happy New Year!!!