Almost instantly, Mithra reverted from her Stranger form, but she still felt dizzy.

Chopping the insect into pieces wasn't enough. She continued, crushing it, turning it into mincemeat.

Anyone who dared challenge her would be utterly destroyed!

Stabilize.

Ding ding ding.

She repeatedly activated Stabilize, finally suppressing the raging impulses.

Mithra glanced at the still-twitching remains. There was no sign of a life lock; Sheng must have used them all. She unleashed a wave of fire, incinerating the flesh, which might have regenerated.

Then, she walked towards Leo Duncan, whose Ki was faint.

Particles of light coalesced at the teleportation point. Nie Hong arrived. "Hey, Crab, don't—What the hell?!"

Seeing Mithra standing beside a small fire, Leo Duncan slumped against the wall, it looked as if Mithra had killed him!

Mithra turned, her indifferent face, illuminated by the flames, unnerved Nie Hong.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Crab said Sheng's escape route didn't make sense. For an Enchanting Land citizen, retreating to a teleportation point was the best option. Running outside the walls was risky and less likely to succeed. So he guessed there might be a closer, unknown teleportation point near the breach. He tested the teleportation points within the city and found one here," Nie Hong quickly explained.

Mithra nodded, then turned to Leo Duncan.

Flesh was growing from the wound in Leo Duncan's abdomen, pulsating rhythmically. The heartbeat was also intensifying.

She glanced at the incinerated flesh nearby.

Even though the Chrysalis Larva was destroyed, the curse wasn't gone; it seemed to have intensified.

Curses were the lingering power and influence of these frustrated Wandering Gods, their revenge against the world.

"I don't know if I actually helped you, but at least I was able to stop him. That's something, ha ha," Leo Duncan said, still trying to maintain his usual demeanor despite his condition.

"Risking your life out of anger?" Mithra asked.

"We are noble Enchanting Land citizens. And I'm not just any citizen; I'm a privileged heir. Even if I'm a crab, I'm the king of crabs. I have to prove myself," Leo Duncan chuckled.

"I see. Then you can rest easy," Mithra nodded.

Then, to Nie Hong's astonishment, she raised her hammer. "I seem to recall you have a life lock."

"Yeah," Leo Duncan nodded.

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The hammer struck, crushing Leo Duncan's skull.

A red mark appeared, shattered, and reformed. Leo Duncan's body was instantly restored. He sat up, as if awakening from a nightmare.

"Whew... so that's what death feels like? Not bad. A new experience," Leo Duncan said, wiping the sweat from his forehead, his voice still trembling slightly.

The Chrysalis flesh curse was troublesome. Leo Duncan's condition had been critical. If the maw had consumed it, it would have taken most of his body. It was better to just kill him and let the life lock restore him.

A mass of flesh fell beside Leo Duncan—the curse expelled by the life lock. Mithra incinerated it.

Leo Duncan stood up. Nie Hong looked at him, curious.

"What?"

"What was it like being hammered to death by Mithra?"

"What do you mean 'what was it like'? Do you want me to relive it? No thanks. I hope that was my last death," Leo Duncan shook his head.

Nie Hong patted his shoulder sympathetically. "We're brothers in arms."

Leo Duncan: ?

What was this monkey talking about?

Then, from Nie Hong's hesitant explanation, he learned about Nie Hong's unfortunate history of being hammered to death by Mithra. He almost burst out laughing.

Mithra, ignoring the two idiots behind her, searched the ashes for anything useful.

She found a piece of distilled sense. A translucent, insect-like creature curled up within the white light, like a larva waiting to pupate. Unfortunately, it wouldn't get the chance.

【"Chrysalis Larva" Distilled Sense: Distilled sense from a transformed human combined with the "Chrysalis" arm and heart. The inherently incomplete youth couldn't wait for the light. His path was paved with flesh, the path of a reptile. To escape his grotesque, incomplete form, for his lifelong companions, he willingly became nourishment for the Chrysalis. Absorbing this will greatly increase sense power and enhance understanding of Flesh Transmutation miracles. However, it will also make you a target for the flesh reptile.】

【—"I will complete myself, become perfect, become a god. Then you will be my followers. I will protect you. Wait for me, wait for me..."】

Mithra, after reading the description, felt nothing.

There was something else.

A pale heart, its blood vessels like tentacles, weakly reaching outwards, held in a slender hand.

Mithra tried to separate them but couldn't. They seemed fused.

【"Chrysalis" Hand Holding Heart: The "Chrysalis" abandoned most of its physical form, but some organs remained active. This might be its anchor, preventing its complete destruction. Even years after its death, it lingers in the cursed world, gathering flesh, waiting to regenerate. A valuable material that can be used to create powerful tools or weapons.】

Seeing the word "weapons," Mithra froze.

A potential weapon was always a good thing. And since it was from a Wandering God, it might even become a god-killing weapon.

But to create a god-killing weapon, she wasn't sure if her Flesh and Blood Forge's automatic processing would be sufficient. She hadn't fully grasped Phaselos's knowledge yet.

Mithra stored the heart and hand for now.

The maw's tongues lashed out excitedly, then, seeing that Mithra wasn't offering them the heart, dejectedly went to collect the roasted meat scraps.

After the surrounding flesh stopped moving, the "Hunting the Wandering God" three-option gift didn't appear.

Sheng didn't count?

Right. He hadn't become the "Chrysalis," just a "Chrysalis Larva."

Too bad.

Suddenly, Mithra remembered something and turned to Leo Duncan. "Did you see anything when you were thrown back?"

"Anything? I was hit and thrown. I only saw that twisted face; I didn't have time to notice anything else," Leo Duncan said, confused.

"Nothing," Mithra said casually and turned away.

Even if the fragile Planet Blue students saw her Stranger form, they wouldn't recognize it, probably just thinking it was a powerful monster.

And given that logic, Mithra's flesh regeneration, weapon arsenal, and chest maw with its protruding tongues were probably "monstrous" enough.

But despite all that, Mithra still considered herself a normal, upwardly mobile person.

Even Chén at the resettlement center had acknowledged her mental fortitude.

Snapping out of her thoughts, Mithra looked towards the top of the Sun City wall.

She wondered if Nino was okay.