Before all of my bodily functions completely stopped working, I began focusing on trying to survive, even when I've been torn apart, and even when my source of Magical Energy has been cut in half, causing a leakage of Mana.

Imitating everything useful for survival, and casting every spell for healing didn't work, my life only continued disappearing every millisecond, until my time for thinking became 1 second long, indicating that another 1 of my 12 senses is no longer working. Losing 1 more function and ability every second meant my death was coming very quickly. My heart, and most of my vital organs are dead already. I still didn't give up however, because if I did, then I won't be able to meet everyone again. It's all going to waste though. Everything was going down for me. I knew that I wasn't the main character, or the protagonist of this story. Life isn't like fairy tales. This life was good. But I had a ton of regrets.

While waiting for my death, I suddenly heard a couple voices getting louder along with the sounds of many footsteps. Has god came down for me? Was my prayers heard? I could feel my body more and more as the voices grew louder after the footsteps couldn't be heard anymore.

"Q?!_k! we !?n sti?+ ?!+& !er, al!?+ !&+! h!? f!?&!&!"

I could barely make out what they were saying. But it seems like a group of people has appeared to save me. It doesn't look coincidental though. They're well-organized and were riding horses to get here. Did they follow Zen and Liand? Who are they, and why are they here?

The group continued to help me survive with the best of their abilities until I finally managed to get my heart beating again. My heart died from shock, and from the sudden attack that hit my body. I needed it for blood production. But I couldn't get enough time to heal before it died. Now that It's back and beating, I can produce as much blood as I can, and reconnect my entire body, seeing that they've fallen not too far away from me. I can't be too hasty though, or else I'll lose all of my Magical Energy, preventing effective blood manipulation. The first thing I did was slowly get my lower body back, so I could stand. The group stepped back in surprise, yelling at me before drawing out their weapons.

"I-It's actually alive!?"

"Stay back! It might be dangerous! Who knows what those guys've been hiding from us..! Something that can kill even the Great White is something that we won't have a chance of hurting..!"

"Oh god! Why'd they even sent us out here?! To die!? Count me out, p-please!!"

One of the people from the group ran away from the rest. It appears that these guys're knights, and their leader is the one riding a horse.

The most obvious things I first noticed once I fully recovered my eyesight, was that the entire place has been cut in a diagonal line, from the ground, to the ice spikes, to the frozen trees, and to the skies. Zen Swytmnyt was also laying on the ground, decapitated. Her blood was everywhere. But I didn't have time for all these things right now, so I manually reattached my arms before running towards the temple.

The knights tried to stop me, so I swung [Foe Reducer] at one of them. Seeing them avoid my attack, I was surprised by my weakness. My body has never felt this heavy before. I guess that attack from earlier really took out a lot of my strength. I can't use Magic now or else I'll die, so I'll just have to rely on the weapons that Veno gave me. All of the swords inside my limbs were thankfully left undamaged, except for the sword on my upper right arm, which was split in half. The knight that I tried to attack earlier has put up a defensive stance. But nothing can deflect or block [Foe Reducer], since it has an enchantment that rots anything it touches.

"Everyone, halt!"

The knight in front of me looked at their leader before stopping the fight. It seems like everyone here follows orders without any complaints. All of the knights were wearing white armour, so they must be Holy Knights. Did they come here to arrest me? Did they find out about my Blood Magic? I almost forgot that they can't see Zen and Liand, they don't even know of their existence, so they must've been sent here for either, Tahgweiy, or me. They said something about Tahgweiy, or the Great White, getting killed, so Tahgweiy must've been hit by that attack as well. Seeing that they're here now...

Did Tahgweiy really die?!! I don't have time to waste, I must go to her right now.

"Submachine gun Imitation."

I imitated a submachine gun and began shooting down the knights. They didn't expect to see a half-dead woman reattach herself limb by limb before gunning them down with an invisible submachine gun, right? I was wrong, somehow. Their leader pulled out a pistol to shoot me up, but I managed to react quickly, and avoided the attack by jumping to the back of a nearby tree.

Around 4 knights have been defeated, but there are still a lot remaining. I think there're 50 knights here, including the fallen ones, and some of them are already approaching me.

"F-fuck! I won't forgive you for killing Hander!!"

One of the knights yelled out loud, giving me their precise location, which was just right behind me. I spun around and sliced them up along with the tree. Blood sprayed around, surprising the knights long enough for me to imitate a rocket launcher, blasting more of them to hell.

Their leader was carrying a shield with a red flower symbol, which meant that these guys must be the holy knights of Foielrhyy, from somewhere around this continent. I don't know why they're here, but it's either me, or them.

Suddenly, one of the knights opened their helmet, revealing another familiar face. She had long purple hair, indicating that she was another person I knew long ago. It wasn't Heart, obviously, it was Clar Fich. The actual Clar Fich from the school I went to before the war between humans and demons started. She has grown older. We're probably the same age now. But all of them are definitely not even equal to a quarter of my strength, if I didn't get hit by that attack.

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Still... What's she doing here? What's Zen doing here? What's everyone doing here!? Why is Liand dead? Is Tahgweiy still alive? What happened to Zeira? Who actually are these guys?! I need to get out, and save Tahgweiy before it all repeats again. I'll lose everyone, and then I'll lose everything after achieving more again. Why does everything keep on repeating itself? It's happening again, just like those times, when I split up with the rest of the new heroes, and when we got attacked by the Baphomet.

"V-Vixen! It is I, Clar Fich! Please come back to us! W-we mean no harm! Trust me, I'm your friend from many years ago!"

She's right. But hasn't Fin also warned me about her? She and Yuqo Zin aren't supposed to be trusted. There's still a possibility that they're worshippers of the Blood God. Though, looking at her eyes, I can for sure say that she's not lying either. I can't even sense Bloodlust from her. Who should I trust now? The Holy Knights from the Holy Kingdom of Foielrhyy, or Fin and the rest of my old allies?

Causing more meaningless bloodshed wouldn't be the best option, so I put down my guard and gave up the fight. Everyone in the area calmed down after a while. The leader came up to me once I sat down to rest, whilst still covered with the blood of his allies, along with a bit of Zen's, and my own blood.

"Greetings, Vixen. I apologize for such a rude and sudden introduction. I'm glad you've calmed down, even with the news that the Great White has unfortunately died."

"Sigh... So she actually did get hit huh? But no way that that attack would instantly defeat her. I'm sure you guys know a lot about her already."

She's a well-known figure. Most people would know of her, especially Holy Knights. The way their leader spoke to me tells me that they aren't actually here to attack us or anything. There's also this strange field of Magical Energy surrounding their leader. It's not like Yeshua's, Liand's, or Fiya's, it's something else entirely. It must be an identity-hiding spell or something similar. I can't see what's under that helmet, but I can assume that their leader is a man, despite having a bit of a feminine voice.

"Call me Iraya, but it's spelled 'Jirania', just so you know. I'm the leader of the Holy Knights of Foielrhyy. Again, I apologize on behalf of my men, including Clar, for disturbing you out of nowhere. We were sent here by the King personally, to stop an anomaly from becoming a potentially world-ending threat, but it seems that we were too late. Someone, or something out of our control managed to get to it in time, causing another Anti-physical rip in the universe."

An Anti-physical rip? I could sense something familiar exploding from behind me before I was sliced into three parts. I guess you could say that it was quite similar to the Anti-physical slash that I used on the Baphomet. But mine required a ton of conditions to be fulfilled and many more spells and imitations to be used and casted. The slash that came out of that wormhole was near-instant, and didn't need anything to go out.

I had a lot of calculations in my head, so I managed to kind of solve it whilst I was near-death; the wormhole, or the rip in space caused by the angels who rarely come down on these lands connected to a place with greeny, unlike these snowy, and icy forests. It didn't only connect to one place however. My best guess is that there's another wormhole in the future, and I, someone, or something, managed to cast the Anti-physical slash, which got into the wormhole, causing the slash to get out through the other end. That hole must've been the same as the hole in the future. That phenomenon was similar to quantum entanglement, since despite how far away the hole was in time and space, it still managed to make the slash pass through.

"For now, let us get to a safer place, far from this winter hell. We've recovered the Great White's body, the other group should be around here somewhere, carrying her to our camp."

Jirania then led everyone down a trail that the knights took to get here. I could sense heavy Bloodlust everywhere, inside the forests, and outside. Zeira was nearby, hiding between foliages. We couldn't communicate properly, but with a bit of sign language, she managed to tell me how Tahgweiy was caught up in the attack that cut down everything in a straight line. Tahgweiy was obviously fine. She woke up a bit late, and knights already got her in their camp. She's safe and sound right now, so I guess we'll just have to hurry and get back to her.

I'm not sure how long I was sleeping for. It felt like an eternity before the knights arrived. I must've been half-conscious, until my heart began pumping again.

Along the way, some of the knights got back on their horses, whilst the rest travelled on foot. Most of them didn't seem to like me, especially that one guy besides Clar. It looks like Clar was the only female knight here. I wonder what's she doing as a Holy Knight though. She's more connected to the Blood God, or the Demons than the usual gods. How, and why is she even here?

"Clar, let me ask you something."

"H-huh? W-w-what is it!? I'm so sorry for what happened earlier, Vixen! But I hope we can make up, and be friends again even after the whole war and apocalypse thing..."

"Why are you here? What are you doing here? Do you have anything to do with the Demons? How did you survive when your city was destroyed by the Demons in the war?"

"T-that's a ton of questions..! But it's only natural since we've been separated for a long time after all... I'll answer all of them once we've arrived at our camp."

"Sigh... No one has ever stayed long enough with me. Everyone always disappear one way or another. I'm just glad you're still alive, Clar. What happened to Yuqo? Do you still know Fin?"

"Haha! Let's talk more once we get back..! Yuqo's still alive, don't worry. I'm not sure what happened to Fin, but I still remember him!"

It was good to know that everything's still fine for her. I'm worried about everyone from my hometown, because of this whole apocalypse thingy. A lot has already happened. Fin, Sting and Frelhr are gone deep in the Demon Realm, while Manta has been possessed by the Demon Lord, or the Hammerhead Demon. Rayan, Crowler, Lare, Feradon, Rintan, Cantaloupe, Fone, and Den, are all scattered everywhere in Cvvoer, whilst Liand and Zen passed away in the same place. Heart and Fiya are both dead, with a slight chance of getting revived, since the Baphomet still has their bodies. Cat, and Sundown Lighter, presumably close friends of Tahgweiy, are both dead because of me. I wish to atone for my sins by helping out the Baphomet, and Tahgweiy, but things are somehow still getting worse. Something similar to my Anti-physical slash has been unleashed, probably causing another split in the universe.

I hope the gods don't come down personally because of all this.

Once we got to the Holy Knights' camp, I rejoiced upon seeing Tahgweiy in a good condition. There was a huge wound going from her ear to her other ear, along with a ton of blood smeared on her uniform. But in the end, it looks like she hasn't suffered anything serious. Her brain has been cut in half, I can tell, but despite that, she's still fine somehow.

"R-Rireith!!!"

"Tahgweiy!!"

We jumped into each other's arms, and stayed in one position for a couple minutes before stepping back into seriousness.

Clar, Jirania, and two other knights, Quick, and Pure, followed us to a specific tent where Tahgweiy was in. Everyone was quite surprised by our reactions to meeting each other again. Jirania left us all in the tent, stating that he had to go talk with his men. Clar, Quick, and Pure, were assigned as our bodyguards, so that there will be less conflict and confusion with the rest of the knights.

We had a bit of an awkward situation afterwards, as everyone just roamed around the place doing whatever, and not really talking to each other. Zeira was hiding behind a crate, whilst Tahgweiy and I talked about some nonsense. Zeira told me she couldn't reveal herself to the Holy Knights, because she's a well-known troublemaker, and is despised by most people around this place. I guess she's really just a fly who likes travelling around the continent. How long has she been living anyways? She has never answered that question whenever I asked her about it.