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After all, she was just a guardian. Even if she had been transformed into her current form with the addition of dragon attributes, which could be considered an ultimate enhancement, she was still just one person.

The other Guardian Cores in her backpack haven't been able to revive yet, and even Lania can only meet her in spirit form. How can she rebuild the vast homeland she misses so much all by herself?

Moreover, in this present state where all life has been swallowed up by calamity, even if the world she personally measured is restored, the original civilization has not been rebuilt, and the original life is gone, so it cannot be said to be the original world.

Mayumi Haga knew the chances of this proposal succeeding were slim, but the person who brought up the idea of ​​rebuilding their homeland in front of her was Rania.

She is Lania, the last witch in the world.

Since Lania brought this up with her, it means there's still a chance of success.

So Mayumi Haga didn't rush to list out the impossible evidence point by point, nor did she refute it. Instead, after a moment of stunned silence, she stared into Rania's eyes and asked with utmost seriousness, "Then what should I do?"

Rania laughed.

She liked Mayumi Haga's work ethic.

When faced with something that seems impossible, they don't immediately and subconsciously contradict themselves. Instead, they wait until they can articulate its feasibility before reflecting on it and offering constructive suggestions.

In other words, Lania liked Mayumi Haga's supportive attitude.

Rania had actually thought about rebuilding the Alamo for a long time.

She came into this world as a remnant soul, possessing the body of a child with high spirituality. During this time, she was actually working hard to create a body through human alchemy to resurrect herself.

But no matter how hard she tried, Lania was unable to succeed due to the rules of the world.

The materials given to her by Mayumi Haga ten years in the future were harmonized into orange juice by the rules of this world as soon as she opened them, making them completely unusable. She tried many methods, but even if she successfully extracted the materials intact, she would fail at the final step of attaching her soul to them.

After a long period of trial and error, Rania had actually figured out what was going on.

Simply put, her life cannot legitimately exist in this world.

Just like how Mayumi Haga's transformation into a dragon accelerated her own collapse because there was no place for a black dragon in this world, Lania's inability to be resurrected is also because there is no place for a [wizard] in this world. Her existence as a remnant soul is a way of taking advantage of a loophole.

This is also why Mayumi Haga is unable to awaken the other guardians.

If they are just visitors from other worlds, this world can treat them as tourists. However, if they want to reissue their identity documents in this world, then we regret that we cannot accommodate them.

The fact that they were willing to give a place to a desperate freak like Mayumi Haga is already considered a sign of favor from the world's consciousness.

The more Lania tried to use the magical power of this world to revive herself, the more she felt powerless.

This world has prevented her resurrection from the root. Forbidden arts like human alchemy have been sealed by the rules. As an outsider, if Lania insists on breaking through this barrier, she will likely be seen as a provocation against the world's consciousness.

Therefore, no matter how unwilling she was, Lania had no choice but to give up her plan to resurrect herself in this world.

However, Lania did not come away empty-handed in her exploration of resurrection technology.

From her knowledgeable temporary partner, the little snake, she learned the method to catalyze the [Spark] into the sprout of the world.

The spark is a fragment of the world. If someone with certain magical abilities obtains the spark, cleanses it of the remaining memories of the world, and then overwrites it with their own consciousness to gain complete control... then they can have an experience akin to creating a world.

That's right, if you can use fire correctly, you can create your own little world.

This is why Miracle City quickly became the target of everyone's attacks when the spark was first exposed, and all sorts of ambitious monsters rushed over to try and get a piece of the pie.

After all, the temptation to "create a world" is just too great.

For people like Lania and Mayumi Haga, who have lost their original world, [Creation Magic] is the key to reviving their world.

Lania originally wanted to revive herself to use the magic, but now that she can't revive herself, she can only place her hopes on Mayumi Haga.

"Me...?" Mayumi Haga was somewhat incredulous. "Don't joke around, Rania, I can't use magic."

"Then go learn it! You idiot!" Lania was furious when she heard this. She jumped up and grabbed Mayumi Haga's face, which was so stupid that it almost suffocated her. She said fiercely, "You have my blessing on you, and now you have the position of the weirdo. All you need to do is find a way to replenish your magic power so you can use magic and witchcraft... Why don't you go learn it!"

Lania remembered the finger bone that she had left for Mayumi Haga before she died, a finger bone belonging to a wizard.

Her original intention was to let Yuga Mayumi make the most of that finger bone, preferably as a spellcasting material to learn some witchcraft, so that she could protect herself in witchcraft battles, and even possibly gain an advantage with her excellent combat experience.

But what did Mayumi Haga do?

She used it to enhance the power of her self-destruction!

Ninety percent of Mayumi Haga's self-destruction was physical damage, and the remaining ten percent was an inexplicable magical or sorcery damage, which actually came from the relic that Lania had given her.

While it can be considered a good use of resources in a sense, Haga Mayumi has very poor talent in witchcraft. Even if she had mastered the method of use, it might not be as direct as self-destruction, and it does maximize the power.

But Lania was still unhappy, after all, she had entrusted her power to Mayumi Haga not so that this guy would continue to self-destruct insanely.

Now, she must entrust this important task to Mayumi Haga, that sorcery idiot.

“Listen carefully, with your current body, you can learn and use [Creation Magic]. I will try my best to decipher that magic manual as soon as possible, and I will come to your mental space tonight to teach you.” Lania said with utmost seriousness.

But even if she were to be resurrected, she wouldn't be able to restore the Alamo world without Mayumi Haga's cooperation.

After all, she didn't travel to every inch of that world like Mayumi Haga did.

Of all these souls who have wandered far from home, only Mayumi Haga can clearly recall the entirety of her homeland.

The flame still resides in Mayumi Haga, after all, she is the most favored guardian.

Therefore, everything can only be left to this witchcraft idiot.

Main Text: Chapter 176 The Nameless Hermit

That night, after midnight, the orange juice monster Jeffrey finally refreshed his magic and regained his ability to walk normally outside.

After another redesign, Jeffrey the Orange Juice Monster has redesigned his orange juice container to resemble Baymax from Big Hero 6. This redesign is intended to complement the mascot packaging of Ultimate Orange Juice and is part of a marketing campaign.

The modified body inevitably brings inconvenience to movement. This also led to the Orange Juice Monster being so easily ambushed by 3904... After all, he was not that agile to begin with, and now he is more like a moving giant round orange juice ball, completely unable to survive under the cheat claws that can directly penetrate magic shields.

……well.

Are the enemies of Miracle City getting more and more outrageous?

Having been in Miracle City for less than a month, the Orange Juice Monster, who has never liked fighting others and clearly has no fighting ability, has already experienced three battles.

Although it's called three battles, two of them were actually one-sided attacks, namely intruders like Megaran and 3904. Whenever there are intruders, the sweet and delicious orange juice monster is always the first to be hit.

On another occasion, he was entrusted by the Gentleman of the Abyss to help stop the magician.

Speaking of that guy, the Abyss Gentleman, I asked him to help me find the raw materials for orange juice, but he disappeared during the incident.

Although I believe in their abilities, it seems that since they haven't returned for so long, their chances of survival are slim.

The current troubles in Miracle City are none of his business, and the Orange Juice Man begins to consider whether he should return to Dessert City.

Unlike some ambitious pranksters who insist on obtaining the fire before leaving, he initially only wanted the fire to create a world where he could obtain better and more interesting orange juice ingredients.

But in today's world, he has already discovered the perfect raw material.

All we have to do now is find it.

Therefore, the Orange Juice Man really has no reason to stay in this city that has been inexplicably persecuting him.

"I'll call someone to come pick me up..." the orange juice weirdo sighed, then started looking for his phone. "Ah, I think I've lost it."

He searched his entire body but still couldn't find his phone, guessing he'd lost it somewhere, so he ended up having to rely on telepathy.

I don't know why, but it feels like I've been using magic that I don't usually use since I came here.

The Orange Juice Man sighed helplessly. Just as he was about to use telepathy to send a message to his underlings, he suddenly noticed something strange about the ground in front of him.

Um……?

It looks like the traces left after some liquid dried up.

The Orange Juice Monster had been living in his company's staff dormitory for some time. After being rescued from 3904's mouth by Mayumi Haga, he found a corner to stay in by himself, waiting for his magic power to recover so that he could reshape his body.

In fact, he was currently not far from the site of the battle between 3904 and Mayumi Haga, so what he saw were the traces left by the battle during the day.

Huh?

what is this?

Because there was only a small amount, the Orange Juice Man couldn't be sure what the residue on the ground was. He walked over, puzzled, and the more he looked, the more familiar it seemed, and the smell was also somewhat familiar…

……this?

Isn't this the dream ingredient he's been searching for?!

Where did this come from?

Because the core of the orange juice monster Jeffrey was kept hidden in 3904's mouth, he was unable to see the original form of the liquid that flowed out when 3904 bit through Mayumi Haga's arm. He only recognized it as the dream ingredient he had been longing for based on the residue that had not yet disappeared on the ground.

The orange juice freak suddenly didn't want to go back right away.

With the dream ingredients right in front of him, he knew he had to find them himself.

As a result, Orange Juice Man's original plan to leave Miracle City was put on hold again, and the only instructions given to his subordinates via telepathy were to arrange a new cell phone and a new place to live.

Standing in the alley, the orange juice freak Jeffrey thought his decision was brilliant.

Although this might put him in danger again, the dream materials were a million times more important than his own safety, and he couldn't bear to entrust them to someone else.

But unseen by him, a pair of eyes quietly observed his entire struggle.

"...Jeffrey is still the same as ever." The oil-faced youth sighed and rubbed his forehead. His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, but in theory, it should have been audible to the Orange Juice Monster.

If the Orange Juice Man could hear him, he felt he could immediately recognize that the young man was the Abyss Gentleman who had been missing for some time.

Strangely, the Abyss Gentleman spoke from just a few meters away, without deliberately lowering his voice, yet his words did not reach the ears of the Orange Juice Monster, Jeffrey.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the Abyss Gentleman's figure appears somewhat illusory, and his usually neat and clean suit has become somewhat tattered, yet he still tries his best to maintain a respectable appearance.

"Your old acquaintance?" Another voice interrupted from the side. The Abyss Gentleman turned his head and saw a girl squatting on the wall, munching on bread. Her figure was as illusory as his.

Although described as a young girl, she looked a bit older than Mayumi Haga now, probably an adult of eighteen or nineteen. She wore a pilot jacket and goggles that covered half her face, and her short red hair was messy.

In the last second before being swallowed by the calamity, the Gentleman of the Abyss did indeed fall into a rift, but it was not a rift between worlds, but rather the gap between the surface world and the inner world.

During the Demon Realm, people may be "mysteriously vanished" by an unknown entity and completely disappear from the world. If they are lucky, they may return after a few decades. These people who are mysteriously vanished go to the underworld.

In the other world, time does not flow within you. You can see people in the real world and hear their voices, but you cannot touch them, nor can you be seen or heard by them, just like a ghost.

The real and the real worlds are not actually connected. People living in the present world generally don't easily fall into the other world. A few years ago, the probability of misfortune might have been higher, but now it's much lower.

That place could be considered a transit point between worlds, only a short distance from the portal to another world. Back then, the Abyss Gentleman was just a hair's breadth away from falling into another world. At that point, having not learned how to travel between worlds, he might have ended up dying far from home.

But he was rescued by the girl in front of him... Although she was called a girl, she was actually from the same generation as the Abyss Gentleman, Sugiyama Rika, and Terasaki Ayasa, so according to the current time flow, she was already twenty-eight years old.

“We’re friends who have a fairly good relationship,” the Abyss Gentleman explained. “He’s a very rule-abiding oddball.”

"I can see that nowadays, weirdos are all more law-abiding, much better than you were back then." The phantom thief took another bite of bread, chewing with his cheeks puffed out, in a cheerful mood. "Don't you think so, Abyss Jack?"

"...Please stop laughing at me." The fact that he almost used a spiritual vein as fireworks back then means that the Gentleman of the Abyss is ridiculed every time he meets someone he knows, especially this phantom thief. These days, while he's busy repairing the loopholes in the two worlds, he makes sarcastic remarks almost every hour.

After all, the phantom thief was knocked into the gap by the Gentleman of the Abyss back then, and found the pass that allows him to freely travel between the two worlds, which led to his current predicament. It's normal for him to harbor resentment.

However, the other party didn't really complain about the Abyss Gentleman, nor did they settle old scores with him. They simply helped him return from the Otherworld and then established a cooperative relationship.

Because of the fluctuations in the spiritual veins, the frequency of the dark side of the world is becoming increasingly unstable. Places where people could live peacefully before are no longer able to stand firm. That's why the phantom thief came out to find a way to completely repair that world.

Moreover, it is difficult for those who have entered the inner world to return on their own. If the Gentleman of the Abyss wants to return here, he will have to pay a considerable price.

If she wants to go home, the Abyss Gentleman definitely needs to maintain a good working relationship with the phantom thief in front of her, since only she knows how to pull people who have fallen into the Otherworld back.

"Speaking of which, did you pay for the bread in your hand?" The Abyss Gentleman suddenly noticed the bread packaging in the Phantom Thief's hand. Having worked at a convenience store before, he immediately recognized the price and asked.

The reason why she is a phantom thief is because she can freely travel between the real world and the outside world. People in the real world cannot see her or catch her. She can take whatever she wants and run away.

The Abyss Gentleman did not approve of her behavior, but to be honest, after staying in the Underworld for so long without a proper job or stable income, it was something she couldn't help but do.

The phantom thief felt a little guilty, but he still let the Gentleman of the Abyss take his pass, and then followed behind him to the convenience store to pay.

The shop assistant stared wide-eyed at the change that suddenly appeared on the table, while the Gentleman of the Abyss stared wide-eyed at his empty wallet, trying to find another bill inside.

These past two days should have been his payday, but because he hasn't yet escaped his current ghostly state, the Abyss Gentleman has spent all his money, leaving him with nothing.

Thinking of this, the Gentleman of the Abyss suffered a heart attack.

I wonder if we finished all the food in the fridge before it spoiled... No, I'm not good at cooking, so it feels like all those discounted ingredients I managed to snag have met a terrible fate...

After Little Sadness started school, Abyss Gentleman also began working hard, and the family saved up enough money to make ends meet for the time being. However, he was still very worried about finding a way to return to normalcy as soon as possible.

"Hey, don't be sad. Once I get in touch with my sister, I'll have her pay you back all the money she owes you..." Seeing that the Gentleman of the Abyss seemed to be troubled by money, the Phantom Thief, who had never been troubled by money before, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "I'll also give you a house."

Faced with the phantom thief's promises, the Gentleman of the Abyss might have been excited at first, but now that he realizes the other party's true situation, he can only sigh: "You've been forgotten, how do you expect to get in touch with me?"

"Blood ties are a strange thing. Sometimes when I secretly go to see my parents, they can vaguely sense that it's me." The phantom thief was quite open-minded. "Since my sister is a very powerful magician, she must be much more perceptive than my parents."

She originally wanted to contact her older sister, but unfortunately, she couldn't keep up with that guy who was always traveling around the world, so she had to give up.

Now that she has the Abyss Gentleman as an ally, she can influence reality to a greater extent. She sent an invitation to the Phantom Thief to her father, intending to lure that elusive guy over as well.

The Gentleman of the Abyss was aware of the Phantom Thief's plan, and after hearing the mention of "blood ties," he fell into deep thought.