Chapter 358: 358: The Grander Scheme (1)

Chapter 358: 358: The Grander Scheme (1)

Chapter 358: The Grander Scheme (1)

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Had it been a millennium and a half?

She did not know.

No, it would be more accurate to say she didn't want to know. The desire to know who she was in the past and actually, the emotion of desire as a whole was missing from within her.

Artoria Pendragon, along with another name, was too foggy in her mind.

Those two identities did not matter to her any longer. Now she went by the name Lion King, where a few also called her the Goddess Rhongomyniad.

In the last 1,500 years that she has been wandering since, Rhongomyniad didn't have any purpose behind her existence. At least, when she started wandering, she was trying to look for a purpose. But at one point, she forgot to even keep searching.

At one point, she just wandered.

Her most vivid memories were from before she started wandering. At this point, the most she remembered was seeing the back of a white-haired young man as a magic circle lit around her and a bright light blinded her.

After that, she appeared on a battlefield. In the Battle of Camlann, she recalled playing the role of Artoria in that battle... yet, at the same time, she recalled a solid feeling that told her she was someone different. It's as if a person suddenly began to possess two people's memories.

What was that...?

"They have passed Sir Gawain."

Rhongomyniad's lost mind returned to the center after hearing the comment from Agravain beside her.

She didn't show any movement at his words and gently swept her perception over the area. It was as Agravain said, the attackers had passed Knight Gawain and were moving closer to the throne room.

The enemies... The forces who wanted to bring Tiamat to this world in the hope to bring humanity to its ruins.

After forgetting to even keep searching for her reasons to live, she wandered upon this world and finally found a purpose. She was a King, a Leader. In this broken world, she was needed to save humanity – even if it meant letting most die, while only keeping the purest of souls.

If she still had emotions, she may have regretted the death of all humans who didn't get chosen by the Holy Selection. However, to the current her it just seemed something that was necessary to exist – like breathing, for example. Visitt novelbin(.)co/m for the latest updates

Necessary – until somehow the dimension was fixed.

Teleported into a world entirely different, and healthy, this realm was not facing certain apocalypse. Humanity could continue living.

This time, Gilgamesh urged. Rumi. That was a name that made Rhongomyniad's eyelids twitch involuntarily. Seeing her expression, Agravain frowned and nudged at Bedivere.

"They're irritating the King. Take care of them."

"Yes."

"Wait, both of you."

As Bedivere was about to attack the group with Excalibur, Rhongomyniad called him back. For once, her tone was not calm. The room trembled as both of the Knights flinched at the subtle tone of anger in her tone.

"Do not attack them."

A tone of confusion was well fused with her anger, but that wasn't the issue for the rabbit and Gilgamesh. They failed to hold back their lips from forming a smile.

The two of them began to speak, but at that moment, a subtle twist in space-time alerted Rhongomyniad.

"...?!"

The two of them said something, but Rhongomyniad's attention was not at all directed at this place. A... higher being had just brushed their existence against this world. Her ears ignored the voice in the room and her perception tried to look for what was wrong. What was that just now?

Suddenly, Rhongomyniad noted a shift in reality that started in Uruk, caused by a being of incomprehensible depth and origin – even for her. She stood up abruptly from her throne, and the lance, Rhongomyniad appeared in her hand as she prepared to jump to that location.

"...Looks like it didn't work."

"No choice but to beat her up, then."

However, the enemies in the room mistook her actions as a sign of battle. She did not have any intention to explain anything to them, however, so when the group rushed at her with the intent to break bones, she didn't shy away.

'I have to finish them fast. I need to stop whatever thing is trying to descend into this world before it's too late.'

So, as Gilgamesh and Rumi dashed at her with cold expressions, the Dragon Goddess Rhongomyniad swung her lance.

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