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Energy beale because it fell over and

exploded afterwards Add clenched his fists and hurried towards the direction that Eve got flown

away

“It’s fine She’s a Nasod……”

Normal human would have been killed but since she was a Nasod she would have somehow fended

it off She ency defense code!!

She !

As what seemed like an eternity had passed, Add finally arrived and rolled off his Dynamos and ran

towards where Eve was

Just as he had hoped, Eve was fine She lay quietly with her eyes closed, with her tiny hands on top

of her body

She didn’t even have a scratch on her although she was consuy beam

“…Thank goodness”

Add held his shaking knees with his hands and let out a heavy sigh of relief Thank God she was a

Nasod

Thank goodness she was alright……

Crack

A sound shook Add’s heart Sound of so

Crack

Sound of so

“……Ah”

Add stared devastated He could tell which part of Eve rong On her white forehead, on her

Core that shi+ned blue, a s

“N, No…”

The Core was Nasod’s nucleus If compared to humans it was akin to their heart Eve’s current

situation was… In hu

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Add hastily pressed on Eve’s Core with both of his hands But he already kneouldn’t change a

thing The Corenoises and then…completed its demolition as it

shi+ned for aits color

“Ah……”

Add took his hands off the Core and let out a cry in vain There were thousands of cracks on Eve’s

Core now

It would all break and scatter if he’d just tip it with his finger…

“Ahaha”

Add clenched his fists tightly and let out a laugh It was so nonsensical that he laughed Elegant

et close to, a one of a kind treasure was shattered

before his eyes

H of a sommelier…that kept a precious one of a kind

wine and was bidding for the day he’d open it Only to see it get destroyed before his eyes?

Maybe it’s the feeling of witnessing a enius painter of caliber that will never

again exist in history…… Then seeing the said painting get torn apart by a stupid red haired brat?

“Kukukuk, kahahahaaha”

His shoulders shook as he laughed Add looked up towards the sky In front of hiht noas

Eve’s corpse, no Eve’s remains

Core was Nasod’s nucleus; she will never open her eyes again

Eve was dead Well that was the human term Should he say she was scrapped? Add coldly rewrote

the definition in his head

He had to keep his cool Otherwise it actually felt like he’d kill everything

“What happened to Ev…?”

Hearing the worried shout of a boy approach hiround to stand up and

immediately threw a punch at the boy The impact felled the boy before he could even make a sound

“Die”

Add moved the Dynamos without hesitation Elsiped his face and made a confused

expression

Even so, Elsword spoke without worrying about his own bleeding wounds

“Is Eve okay?”

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“If you won’t kill yourself, I’ll kill you instead!!”

Hearing hiusted Add He increased the output to destroy Elsword’s

body into bits A shadow ju its spear to swiftly hit all the

Dynamos away

“Boy, Calm down”

Ara, no it was Eun who had surfaced co Ara’s consciousness aside Add

stared at Eun indifferently then swung his arain

He didn’t care who got in his way, he’d just kill theether

Add ain Eun’s appearance seemed to fade Then all of a

sudden her spear was ai at Add’s neck

“Boy, I told you to calm down”

“…”

Add ignored the spear pointing at his neck and manipulated the Dynamos towards Elsword A

shockas for

The most painful way to kill him as possible, Add was about to blow each of Elsword body parts off

while Elsas still alive

Spear? If she intended to stab him she would have already done so Eun, just like the other members

was just too soft Eun read Add’s thoughts and withdrew her spear as she frowned

“The words ‘ the barn after the horse is stolen’ doesn’t see

the house after losing a lover’ be more appropriate?”

“Move”

He can’t see Elsith Eun in the way He had to see him die

“Boy, you’re correct in that I cannot harm you I’m on boy’s side after all Even if he was to lose his

mind and try to kill his comrades”

“I told you to move”

Add ignored Eun’s words as he grabbed her shoulders and pushed her aside He didn’t want to hear

any lecture about how Eve won’t come back even if he were to kill Elsword

“But instead of wasting his eo save the girl

instead?”

“…”

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Add was about to flick his fingers but stopped What Eun just said made him freeze

“What did you just…”

“Boy, I already know about everything About how boy is not a hue”

Eun spoke of the secret Add had kept hidden all along without a hint of smile in her face Add’s

pupils widened in surprise that Eun even knew of this fact as well But Eun told him without a hint

of bragging in her voice

“And I also kno boy needs higher technology in order to travel through tiain And

that’s why boy tried to obtain the girl’s core”

“…The core’s already broken”

Add tried staring at Eve with false sense of hope but abruptly turned his head back around He

couldn’t bear to watch any longer

“If you’re trying to say I should examine the broken core…”

“That wouldn’t be necessary”

Eun finally sently shook her tails She acted very confident in front of Add as

e thirst for blood

“Boy arrived in this age by coincidence, so he can’t carelessly juain, he must

move carefully, I know about these calculations yours However, if I ive my opinion as the one

who can see the future…”

Eun’s eyes narrowed

“A simple travel If its couple days of time travel, it can be done without much trouble”

“Don’t ht now cannot interpret the time wave function If I

tried to travel 1 second, I could travel 10 years instead…”

“But it’s possible together with me”

Eun held out her hand in response to Add’s denial It was the 3rd time she held her hand out to him

“Didn’t I tell you? I’et to the tiirl still

exists”

“…”

Add wasn’t quick to grab the white hand held out towards hi this, Eun seemed to pout

then tickled Add’s cheek with her tails

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Angered by this, Add now pulled back his Dynamos to trap Eun But Eun didn’t retract her tails and

instead lowered her stance to look up at Add seductively She waited for Add’s decision

“Well, have you decided?”

“…Why are you helping me?”

“I have the power to see into the future Wouldn’t that be enough?”

Eun substituted this as an explanation She couldn’t be helping for free; she must have calculations

of her own

But this was no situation to measure the consequences

He had no business in this age without Eve

“What should I do precisely?”

“First open an alternate space with the Dynamos Then have them cause a time wave to create a

time stream wormhole I’ll determine the time-space coordinates Would the period where the entire

ruckus started be fine for you?”

Add nodded without words and created a time stream wormhole just as Eun had requested It was a

10 meter dark orb One could look into it from the outside but could only see darkness within

Add had arrived in this age by time travel, he obviously kne the travel worked

He just didn’t have the technology that allowed him to choose the time he wanted to travel to Add

was extremely suspicious of Eun… But he had no choice but to accept her offer

With her eyes closed, Eun waved her shi+ning hand multiple times in front of the time stream

wormhole before she finally opened her eyes

“Alright, it’s finished Go inside within 10 seconds from now”

Add didn’t even nod as he stood in front of the wormhole

‘Second time travel huh…’

Add would be lying if he said he wasn’t worried about being able to arrive in the correct time…

Add clicked his tongue and looked at Elsas still lying down then aze

towards Eve who had stopped functioning

As he had thought, this age without Eve orthless

“Then save the girl this time If possible…”

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Turning his back towards Eun who gave off an oddly obsessive nuance, Add threw himself into the

different timeline

“What are you doing? Is that soht motion?”

Add blinked after hearing a cold voice stab his ears The location was inside the castle A mechanical

doll landed lightly on the ground and was staring at Add with a blank expression

Her serene golden eyes

“…Eve?”

When she was called by her name, Eve tilted her head as if she didn’t understand It was cute to see

the two gears floating beside her copy her motion and tilt as well

“Is there so…-”

Add iht his hands towards Eve’s face First check

the Core on her forehead, then after confir he now stroked her cheeks

This was the first ti except how soft they were

If Add had touched theured out the difference

“How…”

“Alright There’s no problenitive circuits I’d

like to perform an internal examination next So take off your clothes…”

“How rude!”

Slap! Add stuttered as he backed away after getting hit Eve was shaking in anger

“How dare you? Reflect on your actions!”

“O…”

Add’s cheek felt like it was burning and it was no joke But this pain delighted him

Since it helped hiht noasn’t a dream

Eve’s Core getting destroyed earlier was real too But this situation right noas real as well As the

disturbance teaether with Eve

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That’s right, Eve was currently safe

Eve openly expressed her displeasure as she stroked her own cheeks Add had touched before She

looked extrery

“It was a htly I’ll remember this”

“…Wait”

It looked like things ot up from his spot

He had acted on i Eve, now he had to recover from this situation

“Kukukuk, it was a siet it”

Eve didn’t answer and glared at Add with a furious expression Anyone would get angry if someone

suddenly approached them and stroked their face

“I thought you didn’t have e like this?”

“I’ rude”

Add had said it to relieve this foul rier

After realizing Eve was seriously angry Add pondered repeatedly to himself

Didn’t Elsword also ry lots of tier?

…He couldn’t figure out how But he didn’t care about Elsword Actually, even Eve’s feelings

(although she claiht now

“This is not the time for this I’ll explain about what happened in later time Listen to me carefully

for now We have to get out of this castle”

The et Eve to a safe location He didn’t ever want to see

what happened earlier again

“I’ll have to refuse”

“What?”

“…Just what are you thinking? What about the promise with Rena?”

Eve’s expression now seeer She was just du to

move Eve to a safe place since he knew of the events that will take place… But Eve didn’t know

anything

“Kugh…”

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Only Add knew of the future events since he had time traveled No matter how he tried to coax Eve

it would be impossible for him to convince her to escape with him from this chaotic castle

Since itRena… and Elsword

“……”

Should he abduct her using force? Add ely

wary of him because of the contact just earlier

And she wouldn’t believe him if he told her how he kneill happen soon

“Two of you, is there so?”

Ara who had been defeating the soldiers ca with a spear in her hand Add was startled

when he saw Ara’s white hair but Ara stared back at the two of them with an innocent expression

It was Ara, not Eun

“It’s nothing Let’s hurry It would be easier for Rena to move if we cause the disturbance further

away from the main castle”

“Yes! I’ll lead the way!”

Two girls finished their discussion and was about to move but stopped Eve sternly and Ara

worriedly stared at Add

“MrAdd? Is there so?”

“…My head was aching a bit that’s all”

He couldn’t get Eve out of this situation And Add also wasn’t keen onthe choice of

abandoning Rena and running away by themselves

“Kukuk, I’ll wipe the floor with them!!”

“Yes! Seeing MrAdd laugh makes me happy too!”

Ara s Eve looked at the tith a pitiable

expression then moved frontwards towards where the soldiers were

“…”

Add didn’t like how Eve was cal about

it

Add would have liked to wrap Eve up in a bag and kidnap her if he could But the circumstances

didn’t allow him to do so

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‘It’s okay I just need to look out for that one’

Wally Robot Everything will be fine if he just destroyed that

As expected the soldiers weren’t a match for the disturbance team Add took a deep breath as he

tensed up after arriving in the garden

“Be careful from now on”

“Huh? Oh, okay”

Ara nodded without understand what AddAdd become so serious in front of just

mere 20 soldiers Eve looked at Add confusedly as well But there was no time to explain

-Operational

Terrifying ain Soldiers just like before started

to scatter screaarden,

That unrefined junk like appearance Wally Robot No44 made its appearance

“That’s…”

“There’s no retreat I’ll finish it off”

Add cut off Eve as about to ht now

Eve would refuse to leave the castle entirely

Then it was better to focus on and destroy that thing

“Ara, don’t rush in carelessly That thing uses ranged attacks with its fists”

“Huh? How did you know?”

Ara was about to charge in but stopped and responded in surprise Add spoke sharply

“There’s no tiest skill I have to destroy that thing so

you guys quietly follow my instructions”

“……”

Putting Ara aside, Add had expected Eve to refuse but Eve stared at Add quietly for a moment

before unexpectedly nodding

“I’ll leave you in charge of instructions”

“I’m not too sure but I’ll do my best too!”

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“…Kukukuk, great!”

Even as he laughed Add didn’t let down his guard Wally Robot was approaching them Enemy the

three of theainst before

“We hly as possible If it doesn’t get destroyed by my skill, then Ara

you charge in and finish it Eve, you protect us froe”

“…Protect? Understood”

“I’ll do my best too!”

“Let’s start in count of three”

Clank Clank Wally Robot was approaching Under nore

on how such a thing could have been created with such subpar technology would have taken better

of hiht now

That thing destroyed Eve earlier

Then this time he’ll destroy it instead

“……Three! Everyone scatter!!”

Following Add’s instruction, Eve and Ara separated left and right Wally Robot stopped its advance

for a slightthat chance Add instantly increased the output of the Dynamos to their

maximum capacity

Purple space opened up above the Wally Robot’s head

“You won’t be able to ignore this!”

This was a skill Add had intended to hide until the final moment But not anymore He didn’t ever

want to see that scene again

-…!

Wally Robotwas off and tried to move but… Add’s shout was

much faster

“Stardust Shower!!”

Barrages of gravity orbs rained down froate above Wally Robot’s head Each of the orbs was

a collection of energy compressed to such extent that they could be seen with the naked eye

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Boom! Boom!

Getting boravity, Wally Robot wasn’t able to retaliate as it started to

break down Wally Robot was able to block the space interference abilities… But in the end it was

only able to block direct interferences It had no answer to bringing so from another space

and attacking with it

Just like how it couldn’t do a thing against Eve’s Junk Break!

Crash!+

Add closed the space after the last gravity orb had fallen This skill was his trump card and

it up till noas his limit

“Huff, huff……”

Sweat dripped down fro hit by Add’s trump card skill, Wally

Robot lost only one ar and some of its main body parts

It was still functioning!

“Finish it Ara!!”

But this was also within Add’s calculations It was an eneainst;

Add had never thought it would just end with one Stardust Shower

“Falling Dragon!!”

Ara htly and struck the ground The ground seemed to

shake as Wally Robot’s re also broke Wally Robot fell down

But Wally Robot was still functioning

‘Not enough…’

Unexpectedly, Ara’s burst dah! Come to think of it, Ara was a type that attacked

agilely weaving through multiple enee As

Add was about to go into his next attack soon as possible,

“Here I go!”

Eve despite getting no instructions from Add jumped in front of the Wally Robot The scene from

before flash by Add’s ain Add screamed instinctively

“Eveeeeeeeeee!!”

“Junk Break!!”

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Add’s blood soaked scream was drowned by the sound of the shredder Eve called upon Wally

Robot couldn’t withstand the terrifying force of the shredder’s rotation and shook violently Then it

fell over backwards and exploded

It didn’t look like it wasanymore

“……Is it over?”

Unable to ease his heart, Add approached on his Dynamos to examine the Wally Robot Only a

single ar cole they had

before

Actually, the struggle from before was also because they were too startled by the sudden appearance

of an enemy and couldn’t coordinate properly They were able to win relatively easily this time with

Addup hissuit and pouring in

their powerful skills as well

“…Phew”

Eve wiped her forehead and took a deep breath after recalling the shredders

“It sounded like someone shouted my name loudly Am I correct?”

“MrAdd did”

Eve quietly stared at Add after hearing Ara’s tattling(?) After finally being able to relax, Add let out

a

“Kukukuk, Great This is perfect!”

“So did you call me?”

“He called you very desperately”

Someone shut Ara’s htly lowered her head

“I’m sorry I moved without your instructions I almost ruined your plan”

“…”

For hiy from Eve… Add was surprised and didn’t knohat to do for a

moment then muttered

“Kukuk, the result is everything It’s fine since on”

“It was an extrelad no one was hurt!”

“Yes, really”

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There were still soldiers surrounding them but no one paid attention to them They could be cleaned

up with ease

“Flame Geyser!!”

A fla

“Is everyone safe? I came to help!!”

Elsword approached them with a loud shout Ara hopped bunch of times as she waved to Elsword

Eve didn’t say anything but see him and Add was…

“…Tch”

Add turned his head trying to ignore Elsword Before, well it would technically be incorrect to say

‘before’ but anyways, Add recalled how he had expressed murderous intent towards Elsword

Back then he had really planned to kill him… But since Eve was safe now there was no reason to

“Why are you here? What about Rena?”

“We heard a large noise so she let uys okay?”

Add didn’t like seeing Elsword talk with Eve like this But Eve will beco anyways

He’ll let it slide for now…

“A powerful enemy appeared but ere able to win easily due to Add’s plan”

“I see As expected, big brother Add’s reliable”

“…”

Add was at a loss for words but Elsas honestly staring at him with admiration …Since

Elsas still a kid wouldn’t his feelings have been hurt when Add openly expressed his

reluctance towards Elsword all this time?

Elsword from this timeline obviously didn’t know… But Add had even tried to kill him before

Add couldn’t help but to feel unco that

happened in the past Actually, Elsword… Despite Add’s various

the e after that

It was a mentality Add couldn’t comprehend no matter how much he pondered But…

“Hey, Elsword”

“H brother Add?”

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“…”

Since when did Elsword start using the ‘big brother’ honorific whenever he called him? Add

scratched his face then turned his head around abruptly

“I’m…sorry about before”

“Before? But I ith Rena”

Elsword didn’t look like he understood what Add was talking about Ara and Eve also couldn’t

understand as well But Add had just wanted to say it

Since there was no way for hiize to Elsword from the timeline where Eve was destroyed,

he was just saying it now

“Then let’s all…”

Ara was speaking then she abruptly shut her aze was focused

behind Add’s back

Add’s heart sank all of a sudden What was it? Why was everyonesuch a terrified expression?

“Darkness…… Ruin…… Death!!”

The voice that sounded like it could have only come from depths of hell As chill went down his

spine, Add turned around to see a thing that was essentially a giant shadow itself

And the wavy gate behind that thing was clearly a… Dimension Gate

“Demons! Everyone be careful!!”

Along with Ara’s screaate!!

“W, what?!!”

Di without any notice at all and De out of it?! Add stood

horrified but Ara charged towards demons without hesitation

“I will never let you pass!”

“That idiot!!”

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Three of the Wally Robot And you could tell with a single

glance that each of these demons were formidable

“Elsword, stay close to me!”

But Eve also didn’t show any signs of retreating; instead she was su her Nasod blades and

swinging it at the deht be different if Eve was by herself but Elsas

besides her right now, there was no way she’d retreat

“Void Impact!!”

Add also instinctively ripped the de that

the situation had gone gravely wrong but it was too late to turn back

Just how? Di that could open easily like this Not only that, it wasn’t

just one or two deate!!

Add busily ht now Add had his hands full worrying

about his own life

These denated role Some of them attacked close up with fists, some

attacked by launching a spear, others tackled with their bodies and very few of them shot beams

from far away

This deroup’s coordinated movements were reminiscent of a trained military; and their

coiant demon that appeared first!

Add glared at the de he could do at the moment

Add was already too occupied with just dodging and his attacks weren’t even working properly

against the minion demons He didn’t want to admit it… But even if Add was at full power it

would be difficult for him to handle even ten of them at once

They were incomparable to the castle’s soldiers They’ll lose if this keeps up

“Kugh!”

“Ahhhh!”

The situation was sa the Shadow Master, barely

to hold out against the minions was the limitation of the El Search Party without Rena No, even if

Rena was here it would be difficult to ensure everyone’s safety

Elsho had the least a on to his

life They had to somehow run away… But they were already surrounded by the demons from all

sides

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Add alone could soht, but he couldn’t spare any moment to save Eve

across the garden

“Kugh…”

What should I do?! When the cornered Add was desperately trying to think of a way out of this

situation, the Shadow Master suddenly swung its arround

“Explode, Darkfire Orbs!”

“Watch out!”

Add warned everyone as he instinctively activated the diate

relative amount of physical shock with this

Booom! Boooom!

While hearing the terrifying sound of explosions in sequence… Add saw clearly with his two eyes

As the Darkfire Orbs exploded covering everything with an explosion,

Eve was covering Elsword

“……Ah”

The explosions stopped as Add let out a voice Add cancelled the dimension distortion mode

without any second thoughts Strangely, the demons didn’t attack Add

“E…ve?”

Eve was once again fallen on the ground

“Ahahahaha, Hahahahaha!! Everyone… Retreat!!”

Shadow Master let out a laugh of satisfaction then disappeared through the Di

with its minions The area beca them just noas a lie

A else moved, Add plodded towards Eve He couldn’t suppress his

beating heart, he wanted to run over and check right away…but at the same time he was afraid of

figuring out

“Eve……”

Covered in wounds, Add groaned as he approached and saw the scene

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Eve with her eyes closed

Nasod Core covered in uncountable amount of cracks

Ceased to function, death confirmed Should he also write down that the cause of death was

destruction of the Core due to excessive external shock?

“……Ah”

One thing that was different from last time was that, this time Elsword also lay besides Eve Add

suppressed his feelings that were about to explode looking down at the boy covered in blood

Again trying to save Elsword…Eve was!

If even Elsword ended up like this then just where was he supposed to exhaust this rage that was

about to drive hi Add could do was to roll his hands into tight fists and shake in

rage His heart felt like it was going to explode Yet he didn’t knohere to vo out

to

“Well, what are you going to do now?”

Hearing a cold voice co from behind, Add froze on spot for a moment Add slowly turned

around White hair and fox ears, Eun was staring at hily

“Boy, what are you going to do now?”