The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

What do people think about before they die?

Just like most problems in this world, no one can tell you the answer. If you want to know, you must first experience it yourself...

But can a person experience death twice in his life? Oh, no wonder no one can tell the answer...

Karen took a deep breath, her lungs felt numb, followed by her limbs, which seemed to be the case when people are nervous.

She turned her head slightly and her eyes fell on the nun's hand holding the mechanism.

"call……"

During the long vomiting letter, her mind gradually became empty. It turned out that any reminiscences about the past life before death were all false.

This moment is exactly the same as every previous moment, without any difference.

The only difference was that she finally had some brief pictures in her mind——

The next moment, the nun's hand will press the switch. Almost at the same time, the board under her feet will open downwards, and her whole body will be suspended in the air. Her body will twitch like a landed fish. Until three to five minutes later, his neck was broken or he died of suffocation.

Thinking this, she took another deep breath.

Fear? regret?

Of course there will be, but in the face of the established facts, no matter how afraid or regretful it is, it will have no effect.

The nun presiding at the side raised her hands high, which was a sign of preparation for execution. Correspondingly, Karen closed her eyes in despair.

How will people react when they see her, the daughter of the Kaslana family, being hanged? I'm afraid it was nothing more than an excited scream, just like watching a gladiator being executed in the Colosseum. Even if that gladiator was on the battlefield just for them.

"boom--"

But the next moment, she was not hoisted up as she imagined. Instead, everyone screamed, but it was just followed by a dull sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Kallen opened her eyes blankly and saw the nun beside her running backwards. The human wall built by the knights was squeezed crookedly, and many torches were squeezed to the ground.

The crowd rushed towards the church desperately, as if there was something extremely terrifying behind them.

"boom!"

Before she could figure out what was going on, there was a violent explosion on the street in the distance. As the building collapsed, fire shot into the sky, and as if it had been premeditated, the flames quickly swept through everything visible to the naked eye.

And with the monstrous firelight, Kallen finally saw clearly what had landed on the ground before - a Honkai beast that was ten feet tall, and on the street further away, there were heavy black shadows heading towards here. Rush over.

"Oops!"

Kallen had no time to think about why Honkai Beasts appeared in large numbers in Klosten City, but she had never seen the Valkyrie near the execution ground from the beginning. This was not difficult to understand. It was simply because Destiny was afraid of her. The former subordinates just took risks out of desperation.

But the consequence of this is that in front of the ten-foot-tall Honkai Beast, the ordinary knight has no power to resist. Even when he sees more Honkai Beasts rushing towards here, these usually The knights who were only responsible for guarding Korosten and had never been on the battlefield simply dropped their weapons and torches and fled in the opposite direction from Honkaimon.

As soon as the human wall of knights collapsed, the helpless crowd naturally followed and flocked to the church behind the gallows. No one could care about Kallen who was supposed to be tortured.

But speaking of escaping, how could a person escape from Honkaimon and the spreading flames?

Half of the city's citizens crowded into this small square, and only a handful at the front could escape.

"Crack——"

Kallen gritted her lower teeth. She had obviously taken the decoction before and her whole body was limp, but now she squeezed out some strength from nowhere.

"boom!"

The thick wooden shackle was shattered by her knees. Regardless of the pain, Kallen quickly tore off the rope at the tip of her neck, then resolutely rushed into the fire with her hands empty.

"There is such a big movement. Although the Valkyrie is not nearby, she will be here in a few minutes. The most important thing now is to deal with this big guy!"

Kallen's brain spun rapidly and she quickly made the most accurate judgment, but she seemed to have forgotten that her current body might not be as good as that of a girl her age.

She rushed straight towards the tall figure, but the fleeing crowd in turn became a wall blocking her. In the past, she only needed to jump to the top of the building nearby, but now she could only stand in the sea of ​​people. Keep struggling, and if you are not careful, you will be overwhelmed by the crowd who are just trying to escape.

When she finally got rid of the crowd, the shadow of the large Honkai beast disappeared in front of her eyes. Only the sound of the battle between the Valkyrie and the Honkai beasts could be heard from the street further away.

"Um?"

Kallen lowered her head and thought for a moment, but instead of rushing to join the Valkyrie troops, she turned around and searched for traces of the large Honkai Beast.

The Valkyrie is still some distance away from here, but the church behind her is very close. Most of the panicked people fled there, and beyond that are the various institutions of Destiny. No one had ever thought that there would be so many Honkai beasts mixed into Klosten, let alone a giant ten-foot-tall Honkai beast. After all, Kallen had only encountered things of this size in her previous years of fighting experience. Been there once!

There was no solid line of defense behind her, and the small number of Valkyries that were originally supposed to be on duty did not exist. Perhaps, this was the so-called cleverness that was misled by cleverness.

But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if there is no defense line. Maybe someone else would take advantage of the opportunity to escape at this moment, as far away as possible, but she is Kallen, she is Kallen Kaslana, and she is the Valkyrie. Captain of the troops, or at least he was.

Then, where she is is the last line of defense for Destiny.

Even though she has calmed down now, she also understands that with her current strength, she may not be able to defeat the big guy, but she must at least buy some insignificant time for others. If she can send a warning to Eleanor and the others, or It would be perfect to guide it to the Valkyrie's position.

Anyway, she had already been prepared to die here, just living for a few more minutes.

"Crack-"

Just as she was thinking this, a soft sound suddenly came from the ruins on the left. Kallen turned her head suddenly and stared at the shadows cast by the ruins. The dazzling firelight all around made it harder for her to see what was in the darkness, but just like that. Judging from its size, it was obviously not the Honkaimon from before.

After taking two steps towards the source of the sound, she finally caught a subtle sob in the crackling sound of the flames.

"There are still people here!"

Karen no longer hesitated, she rushed straight into the ruins. The surrounding firelight became more intense, and the ruins were no longer completely dark. Kallen finally saw a huddled figure in the corner. She took two quick steps and rushed to the other person, only to see it was a ten-year-old child.

"How are you? Are you okay?"

The child wiped his tears and cried desperately:

"elder sister……"

Kallen's pupils were shocked, not because of anything else, but because the child in front of her looked really like Otto when he was a teenager, with long blond hair and green eyes. In a daze, she thought she had traveled through time. time, back to that summer ten years ago.

That year, she and Otto were about the same age as the child in front of her. They ran out of Klosten excitedly and went to the suburbs of Vienna to play happily, but they bumped into several Honkai beasts at dusk.

Although she had gone through five or six years of warrior training at that time, she was still too young and did not carry any weapons. He obviously boasted in front of Otto that he could protect her, but when faced with several adult-sized advance-level Honkaiju, he could only drag Otto away in embarrassment until he plunged into a dead end.

If it weren't for their father, the two of them wouldn't be alive today, there wouldn't be so many stories, there wouldn't be those happy times, but they wouldn't have to bear the pain of today.

"elder sister!"

When she came back to her senses, she saw the child in front of her holding the hem of her skirt with one hand and pointing behind her with the other.

"Bang tom——"

Her heart contracted suddenly, Kallen quickly turned around, and the large Honkai beast she was looking for just now was standing behind her. The dim firelight burned half of its body into fiery red, and highlighted the other half as being darker.

It seemed to be just passing by, its body turned to one side, and when it heard the movement, it slowly turned its head in the direction of Karen.

"Gulu——"

Whether it was Honkaimon's subconscious scream, or the sound of Kallen swallowing under extreme stress, there was no need to look into it. The next moment, Honkaimon had already rushed in front of Kallen, waving its weapon high. Claw, hit hard.

Kallen instinctively touched one hand to her waist and held the other hand to her chest. Kaslana's gun fighting skills and Judah's oath were the trump cards that she immediately thought of in a critical moment.

But it's a pity that she didn't have a gun with her, let alone Judas. Seeing the Honkai Beast's sharp claws getting closer and closer to him, it would not be too late to dodge to the side, but that would be tantamount to exposing the child behind him to the Honkai Beast's attack.

With no other choice, Kallen raised her hands directly above her head, barely resisting the Honkai Beast's claws, although she realized her mistake almost at the same time——

Obviously, in close combat, using both hands to catch the opponent's moves is a taboo.

But there was no other way. The claw was as big as a door. It was extremely difficult for her to catch this blow with an ordinary body.

Then, death is natural.

Kallen lowered her head and watched in despair as the tip of the Honkai Beast's other sharp claw got closer and closer to her abdomen.

"Is this time... really the end of your life?"

Perhaps her previous conclusion was a bit hasty. She watched helplessly as the sharp claws touched her abdomen. The thick Valkyrie uniform had even dented slightly downwards. It only took a little, and a little further forward, for the sharp claws to penetrate her belly. abdomen.

But time seemed to really be stretched out at this last moment, long enough for her to have enough time to reflect on her life.

But she didn't do that because she saw a flash of fire.

It was a tiny beam of fire flying from the side, so small that it might be better described as a spark. It was inconspicuous in this illusion of a solar eclipse and a fire.

But for Karen, it was an extremely familiar fire.

She was really, really familiar with this flash of fire.

Her nose felt sore and her vision suddenly became blurry. In the hazy moment, she only saw the beam of sparks hitting the Honkai Beast. The huge body was burned to ashes in an instant, and she quickly backed away. He took two steps and was almost affected by the flames.

Then, a tall figure stood in front of her, standing on the embers of Honkaiju's corpse.

He was completely covered by a black robe, and Karen's vision was hazy, so naturally she couldn't see his facial features clearly.

But the silver-white hair on top of his head and the weapon he held said everything.

"dad……"

Kallen murmured softly, her thoughts suddenly returning to that dusk, when she recklessly pulled Otto into the dead end alley, and saw the adult-sized Honkaimon blocking the only way out. The same thing happened. A flash of fire appeared out of thin air, and Kaslana stood in front of her... Maybe this was just her fantasy before she died, or maybe she had already come to the world of the dead, and the man in front of her was holding a sky fire. Holy Judge Kaslana, maybe her father came to pick her up...

"Huh? What did you say?"

The deep voice woke her up from her trance, and she came back to her senses. It was not Frances Kaslana's voice, and the fire and the choking smoke that were still crackling around her kept reminding her. For her, this is still the world she is familiar with.

She quickly wiped away her tears, and when her vision returned to clarity, she realized that the man in front of her was no stranger. Of course, she was not surprised by this - it was Kaslana who she had met once in the Kipchak grassland.

"Are you OK?"

He asked with concern, but he had to pretend to be stiff. Not to mention, most people in the Kaslana family are so awkward.

"I...it's okay."

Kallen shook her head. She didn't bother talking to the man in front of her, but turned back to check on the child.

Fortunately, I was just stunned.

She turned around again, stared into the azure eyes of the man in front of her that were the same as hers, and asked in a daze:

"You...what are you..."

"Just call me Kevin, the rest is not important. Someone entrusted me to save you, that's all."

"help me……"

Kallen pursed her lips, and the first figure that flashed in her mind was Otto. But she quickly rejected this possibility. First of all, Otto did not know this person and had no interaction with him. If he invited Mikael, it would be more likely...

"Okay, come with me. I will send you out of the city before the solar eclipse is over. Don't worry about the children behind you. The Valkyries have established a solid defense line and will sweep here soon. When the time comes, let them It would be bad if they found you."

Kallen glanced around, still hesitant.

She originally wanted to die, but as she and Mikael said, wanting to die is a kind of struggle and a kind of vulnerability. She was not brave. She did not have the courage to spend a long time and spend the rest of her life carrying out a more arduous struggle. She thought she could make a final call in this seemingly brave and heroic way, but she did not expect a turn of events. It came so quickly, she couldn't even die even if she wanted to.

Moreover, after touching the edge of death twice in a short period of time, the instinctive desire for survival in people's hearts surged up again. Now it was obviously impossible for her to die again.

She smiled self-deprecatingly and raised her head. If it weren't for the faint halo of light above her head, she might have thought it was night.

Kevin seemed to have misunderstood her, and then added:

"Even if you don't believe me, you should believe your comrades, right? But if they see you, it will be somewhat troublesome. If not, Chi Yuan is still there."

"Is Immortal Red Kite here too?"

"Um."

Kevin nodded imperceptibly, and the sound from his throat sounded like a normal response and a cold snort.

She wanted to say something else. She felt like she had something else to say, but after holding it in for a long time, she just raised her head and glanced at the halo above her head again, and then let out a meaningless sigh:

"Hey, why did this solar eclipse last for so long..."

Before she finished speaking, she saw Kevin's pupils shrinking to a small point. He quickly turned around, raised his hand and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

The wind traveled through the still time, and the sound of gunshots continued to echo in the narrow streets. A fire that was hotter than before had already shot out, accurately hitting the eyebrows of the person behind him.

But the visitor did not stop there. He continued to take two steps forward and stood only three feet away from Kevin.

His eyes glanced over Karen, who was hesitant to speak, and finally rested on Kevin's face.

As a result, there was a smile of unknown meaning in his originally unchanging expression, and then he said hello as if he had met countless times fifty thousand years ago:

"Yo! Long time no see, Kevin."