IBHJ Chapter 880

"Destroy... ravage...!"

With a low growl, Altera's eyes flashed with a dangerous light, her body glowing with patterns, as she charged towards the girl.

"Why do you want to destroy me?"

The girl looked confused, then, as if remembering something, her eyes emitted a dazzling blue light, "I remember now... you're an invader. You want to destroy me. Invaders who want to harm me are unforgivable..."

The blue light in the girl's eyes intensified. She then slightly raised her hand, her slender palm reaching into the void, and from it, she pulled a sword wreathed in light.

Mordred glanced at the sword, then turned to him, asking with a puzzled look: "Mommy, did you lend your sword to that big sister?"

Shirou didn't answer, instead, he quickly checked the two holy swords in his [Inventory].

The two swords were safely tucked away, which made him sigh in relief, but also raised questions in his mind. Because the sword the girl took out from the void was none other than Excalibur!

With a "clang," the girl easily deflected Altera's Sword of Mars with Excalibur, then reached her other hand into the void and drew out a holy lance flashing with spiraling light.

"That lance..."

Illya, hiding in the corner, stared at the holy lance in the girl's hand with a shocked expression.

It was impossible not to recognize it, because it was none other than Rhongomyniad!

What's going on?

This girl who appeared out of nowhere not only pulled out a holy sword, but also a holy lance!

Shirou frowned, contemplating how in a virtual world where data ran rampant, perhaps his records had been copied by the system after entering this game world. Was that why this AI girl could wield the holy sword and holy lance?

He no longer had time to dwell on those thoughts, because the girl, wielding two holy weapons, had easily overpowered Altera, knocking her to the ground, and was now standing on Altera's arms, preparing to deliver a killing blow!

"Wait!" he shouted urgently.

But it was too late.

The girl, having been attacked by Altera, was clearly in a murderous state.

Based on her earlier words, she probably wouldn't stop until Altera was dead.

However...

"I understand, Master."

The girl effortlessly lowered her weapons, stepped off Altera, and stood before him. Those clear, azure eyes met his as she said: "I've just reconfirmed with the system multiple times. You are indeed my Master."

"Who are you?" he demanded.

"Is Master asking for my name?"

Shirou nodded.

"I don't know. There's no such memory in my mind. I am Master's pet, responsible for protecting Master from harm, so as for a name, it's best for Master to decide," the girl said in a robotic tone.

Hearing this, he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Then let me change the question. What are you, and why did you appear here?"

"I am Master's pet, responsible for protecting Master from harm. As for Master's next question... Um, Master, may I read the script?"

"Huh?"

"The mission given to me by the system is to protect Master from harm, and to read the pre-set main story script," the girl explained.

Figures. She's an AI. "Go ahead then," he sighed.

"But before that," the girl stretched out her hand, pointing at Altera who was lying on the ground, and asked, "May I knock her out, Master? Otherwise, she might hurt me."

Shirou wouldn't let the blue-haired girl hurt Altera, but Altera's berserk state was indeed troublesome. So, he had Mordred hypnotize her.

Mordred's race was a control-type succubus, and Altera was already seriously injured from her fight with the girl, so she fell asleep easily under Mordred's hypnosis.

After confirming Altera was no longer a threat, the girl was finally ready to narrate the game plot given to her by the system.

He still couldn't determine his current objective, but the main quest storyline the girl was about to narrate might contain clues on how to solve this connection point, so he had to listen carefully. However, the girl who was supposed to narrate the plot said nothing and simply stood there in a daze.

"What's wrong?" Illya asked, puzzled. Could the system be experiencing another bug?

"I'm sorry, the plot script designed by the system is too long, and I didn't memorize it. Please wait a moment while I check," the girl said. She then pulled out a small piece of paper from her pocket and began reading from it in a monotone: "This is what it says... Brave adventurers, I am the Goddess of Comedy. Thank you very much for rescuing me from the hands of the evil demon green tea b*tch. As a reward, I will bestow upon you the power of comedy..."

Illya tripped over her own feet. An NPC forgetting their lines was one thing, but reading from a paper? And what was with the "Goddess of Comedy" and "green tea b*tch"? What kind of nonsense was this?

Shirou, on the other hand, was prepared. He had long seen through the unreliable nature of this game; how could he be fazed by this?

But the girl's next words made his stomach churn. The story continued in a jumbled mess of anime, game, and pop culture references, a nonsensical plot that made his mouth twitch.

"...This land was once beautiful, humans and animals living together in harmony. Then, the evil Emperor Frieza, fleeing from Ultraman in the M78 Nebula, crash-landed here. His dark energy turned into black gears, spreading across the land and twisting the creatures. On the peaceful Green Grassland, even Pleasant Goat and Big Horned Bull were corrupted, turned into evil Digimon..."

"...To fight Frieza, I, the Goddess of Comedy, led the twelve Gold Saints, empowered by the wormhole arrow and the Ultraman transformation device, becoming Super Saiyans! But Frieza was too strong. With his eight Gundams, he defeated my Saints and split me into eight pieces, each guarded by a Gundam. Brave adventurers, for the love and peace of comedy land, please accept my quest. Defeat the evil Frieza and save us all. I, the Goddess of Comedy, shall become your stand-in..."

The girl paused, her innocent eyes looking up at him as he clutched his stomach in pain. "What's wrong, Master? Is your stomach upset?"

"No... it's fine."

"Okay, then I'll keep reading."

He quickly waved his hand. "No, please don't!"

Shirou didn't know who wrote this cringefest, but he was dying of secondhand embarrassment. "Okay, I get it. No need to read more." He feared any longer and his stomach wouldn't be the only thing in pain.

"Understood, Master." The girl nodded, rolling up the note and tucking it away.

"Eh? We're not reading anymore?" Mordred pouted. She'd been enjoying the story. But seeing her mother's pain, she let it go.

"So, we need to defeat Emperor Frieza and his eight Gundams?" he clarified.

"Yes." The girl nodded.

The plot was absurd, but at least they had a goal. Emperor Frieza, chased by Ultraman, and his eight Gundams! Though technically, there were only seven left, since they'd already defeated the Gatekeeper. But knowing this game, they might pull a "Nine Heavenly Kings" twist.

"One more thing, Master," the girl added. "After I finish reading the plot, a Gundam will attack ."

As soon as the girl finished speaking, the ground beneath them began to shake violently.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The earth split open, revealing molten lava below.

This sudden change startled everyone.

Shirou frowned. "Why didn't you mention this before?"

"Master's orders are absolute, this is one of my core directives. However, based on event judgment, with Master's safety as the top priority, I still had to give a warning," the girl said in a wooden tone.

Her voice was stiff and mechanical, just like a robot operating on basic code logic.