Chapter 268: The Existence of Romulus Quirinus Vanishes!
To confirm whether they were currently experiencing a replay of past events, it was simple—just try having a conversation with the people present.
"Little Göll, your pants fell down."
"Huh? My pants? No way!"
So, Göll looked somewhat speechlessly at the visitor from a parallel world named Serafall before her.
"So, we really have returned."
These words weren't spoken by Serafall but were Rossweisse's quiet murmur.
Judging by the reactions of Irina, Le Fay, and Sefaira, all three clearly remembered as well.
In other words, aside from the five of them, everyone else in this world had forgotten that the eighth round had already taken place.
No—for the people of this world, for those in the current timeline, the eighth round was only just about to begin.
"So, Odin's final strike with the Spear of Destiny... reversed time and space, is that it?"
What was the purpose of turning back to just before the match began?
Could it be to change the opponent? After all, now that they knew the human side would field Romulus Quirinus, the gods could replace their fighter with someone who counters him, right?
Or perhaps, this time, Odin intended to prepare in advance to prevent Romulus Quirinus from using that divine throne artifact.
In other words, Odin likely retained memories of having already fought one round.
So, Rossweisse also looked at Serafall and saw in this Satan's eyes the same speculation as her own.
Then, their immediate task was to inform this world's Valkyrie, Brunhilde, of Odin's intentions.
"Göll, please contact your sister for me, quickly."
"Huh? Oh, okay."
Though she didn't understand the specifics, Göll could tell from Miss Serafall's grave expression that it was something very important.
She took out her phone and immediately made the call.
"Sister, Miss Serafall has something important to discuss with you."
So, Serafall promptly took the phone, her lips parting slightly.
"Miss Brunhilde, if possible, please do not send Romulus Quirinus into this match."
"Romulus Quirinus?"
The other side sounded puzzled.
"Who is that?"
This confused response made Serafall's expression shift slightly.
"You don't know? Isn't he the human representative you arranged for the eighth match?"
"No!"
The reply from the other end of the phone left Serafall stunned.
Was she lying? No, it didn't seem like it!
But the one who appeared later was this Romulus Quirinus, wasn't it?
Wait—
"Miss Brunhilde, do you know who Romulus Quirinus is?"
"I don't know, why?"
This is bad. Really bad. This might not be pure time reversal.
"Romulus, the founder of Rome!"
In Serafall's world, the founder of Rome was also Romulus, but he never became the chief god of Roman mythology.
"Romulus, the founder of Rome?"
There was a brief silence.
"In our world, the founder of Rome is Remus, not Romulus."
This response made cold sweat break out on Serafall's face.
"Odin's final activation of the Spear of Destiny wasn't purely reversing time—it directly altered history."
She couldn't help but murmur this in a daze.
"Serafall, what did you say? It's not time reversal?"
Because this was a phone call and the surroundings were noisy, Rossweisse didn't hear the response clearly from the other end of the line, but she clearly heard Serafall's muttering and was greatly astonished.
Their situation wasn't time reversal?
"Right, it's not twisting time. It's that Odin changed Romulus's fate from over two thousand years ago, altering the destiny that should have made Romulus the founder of Rome!"
Therefore, Romulus was no longer the founder of Rome. History had been changed just like that, and he could no longer become the chief god of Roman mythology.
"What exactly are you talking about?"
Brunhilde's voice sounded directly in her ear, as if she had appeared right beside her.
Ah, indeed, she had directly come to Serafall's side.
"Odin's Spear of Destiny? And who is Romulus Quirinus?"
Brunhilde asked in a low voice. This person had urgently contacted her, so it definitely wasn't about someone from a parallel world, but from this world.
Moreover, why would she think that Brunhilde would send this person to represent humanity in the eighth round?
"Helheim, the arena for the eighth round!"
Serafall didn't answer but instead said this.
And just then, the announcer on the stage happened to say they were heading to the arena for the eighth match.
In an instant, thick mist engulfed the coliseum.
Sure enough, they had indeed arrived in this world of the dead. The difference was that Romulus Quirinus probably didn't exist in this world anymore.
"Miss Serafall, how did you know?!"
The Valkyrie Brunhilde, who hadn't been separated and remained by her side, asked with a very serious expression.
"If I told you we've actually already experienced the eighth round battle, would you believe me?"
This made Brunhilde fall silent briefly.
"So, under what circumstances did you return to the past? Truly integrating into the past, which is now?"
Brunhilde found it somewhat unbelievable. Truly returning to the past and interfering with the world was nearly impossible here, especially during something like [Ragnarök].
The more important the event, the more terrifying the world's corrective force became, making it highly unlikely for anyone to truly return to a past era.
But if that were the case, it still didn't make sense. Then who was Romulus Quirinus?
Wait, in Serafall's perception, Romulus was originally the founder of Rome. That meant in this world's history before they returned to this timeline, the founder of Rome was Romulus, not Remus?
Suddenly, Brunhilde also thought of a somewhat unbelievable possibility!
"Perhaps you didn't come to the past."
"We didn't return to the past?"
"Right. You might have actually jumped to another parallel world—an almost identical parallel world with slight differences, another worldline."
This was the possibility Brunhilde had considered—a more special parallel world.
In the past, she would have thought it impossible, but these visitors from another parallel world forced her to consider that such a thing might exist.
There existed a parallel world identical to this one in every way—not just in history, but even the names and appearances of people were exactly the same, also engaged in the final battle between humans and gods, [Ragnarök].
But during the eighth match, a slight change occurred.
Some accident happened in that parallel world, causing Serafall and the others to transfer to this parallel world that was just about to begin the eighth match.
So, what kind of eighth round battle did they experience that led to this situation?