"Sigh..." Qingque let out a deep sigh.

"Miss Qingque, are you alright?"

Qingque shook her head. "It's nothing, I just feel a bit sad after watching that."

"In any case, this is all something that happened a long time ago."

Lynx also comforted her, "Yeah, Qingque, don't be sad. This is just history."

"Sigh... It's precisely because it's a historical story that I feel even sadder." Qingque looked up. "Igor tried to grasp at every tiny shred of hope, hoping someone would come to save his home... When the name 'Xianzhou Alliance' appeared, I even imagined things unfolding like this—the Cloud Knights rushing to reinforce Jarilo-VI, wiping out the entire Destruction Legion there, and the people of Jarilo-VI getting through the crisis just like that."

"But even without the subsequent records being restored, we people of the future know very well that things didn't unfold that way. Igor's last hope, the Xianzhou Alliance, never came to save his home in the end." Qingque lowered her gaze and gritted her teeth. "...All his efforts ended in failure."

"No, Miss Qingque, he didn't fail. Igor Haft later returned to Jarilo-VI and fought on the front lines against the Antimatter Legion. He, and many others like him, used their own flesh and blood to preserve Belobog, this lone city at the end of the world."

Speaking to this point, Luka even looked up at the starry sky with a hint of pride. "The fact that I can stand on the stage of the Wardance now and throw punches for my home just like he did proves that he didn't fail. Those who died seven hundred years ago—none of them failed!"

Qingque also cheered up. "You're right. If Igor could see how glorious you are on the stage of the Wardance, he would definitely be very gratified."

"It's a pity we don't know what Igor was like at the Wardance."

Qingque added, "I went back to the archives and searched for a long time... Seven hundred years isn't that long, but it happened to fall during a turbulent and chaotic era... The aftermath of the Second Abundance War hadn't even settled before the The Sedition of Imbibitor Lunae broke out. I couldn't even find a complete list of contestants, let alone Igor's name."

Lynx: "Maybe Qingque actually knew Igor but just forgot."

Qingque snorted in dissatisfaction. "I'm not that old yet!"

"Hmm... or maybe you just forgot your own age."

"You diagnosed me as Mara-Struck in just two sentences! That's terrifying!"

—

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.

"During that time... maybe Jing Yuan would know something about Igor?" Stark guessed. "Jing Yuan should have been quite young back then. Since the The Sedition of Imbibitor Lunae hadn't started yet, it means Jing Yuan was still in the High-Cloud Quintet era, and even his master Jingliu's mental state was still very stable."

"Assuming Jing Yuan hasn't forgotten," Fern said, sitting on the carriage and looking at the distant verdant mountains. "...For a Xianzhou General, they must have encountered countless Outlanders like Igor over the centuries, unless he managed to take first place in the Wardance—but given the martial prowess of the Cloud Knights, that's probably unlikely."

Stark lay on the carriage with his hands behind his head. "But at that time, Jing Yuan wasn't a general yet, and the previous general, Teng Xiao, hadn't died either. Based on rank, Jing Yuan should have just been a soldier in the Cloud Knights. Unless he was also assigned by the previous general to defend the stage or something, it's unlikely he had any interaction with Igor."

Fern sighed deeply. "So, is there no Long-lived species on the Xianzhou who has lived for over seven hundred years? There should be many people like that, right?"

"Over seven hundred years old... Wait!" Stark suddenly thought of something and bolted upright from the wooden boards of the carriage. "I've got it! There's Miss Hanya!!"

Frieren was startled by Stark's sudden outburst and frowned. "Hanya? What about her?"

"Frieren, did you forget? When Hanya went to the entrance of the The Shackling Prison's elevator with Stelle and Dan Heng, she mentioned that she and her sister had watched a Wardance when they were children. There was a contestant who left a deep impression on them—a man with fiery red hair and iron arms... Doesn't that perfectly match Igor?!"

Hearing this, Fern's eyes lit up as well. "Yes, I remember now, Lady Frieren. Hanya did mention it. Back then, both sisters were still in their living bodies, and Xueyi was still alive..."

Stark was like an ant on a hot pan, sweating with anxiety. He wished he could stick his head right into the Celestial Screen to tell Luka the news.

"Argh, why is it that I remember but Stelle forgot? This is so frustrating... Why isn't Dan Heng there? With his memory, he would definitely have made the connection!"

—

"The opponent for the next match is... let me see..."

Camellia glanced at the match list and immediately started trembling as if she had short-circuited. "A Stellaron Hunter??? And it's Sam, the one rumored to be the most violent, brutal, and cold-blooded???"

With that, she grabbed Luka's hand. "Come on, Luka, let's go process the withdrawal. You absolutely cannot fight this match."

"Wait, Miss Camellia... who is this Sam? Why are you suddenly dragging me to withdraw?"

Camellia was frantic. "This person might be the most famous wanted criminal... I'll explain the details when we have the chance! The priority right now is to withdraw! This is absolutely no joke!"

"Sam might be here to play with me," Stelle said calmly.

Camellia was stunned. "To play with you... Coach Stelle, how are you so well-acquainted with everyone?"

"Never mind, I'll just text Sam and ask."

"Ask directly... are you two that close?"

Luka couldn't hide his admiration. "Coach, remember to teach me next time how to have such vast connections across both the legal and illegal worlds..."

—

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.

"Nonsense! He's clearly the cutest, gentlest, and most Chunibyo Stellaron Hunter!"

Yu Ishigami curled his lip, only able to marvel at how lucky he was to see the true side of this Stellaron Hunter. Meanwhile, many Interastral Peace Corporation employees in the same star system as Sam could only see "his" surface... Though separated by a Celestial Screen, this didn't stop Miss Firefly's immense popularity online. Ishigami opened his phone; fan creations of her on video sites were endless, which was a total knockout for a high schooler like him.