The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"It's just the Taixu Sword God. Don't you know how your master was defeated?"

Facing the tangible giant sword that fell from the sky and was condensed by the invisible energy, Mikael's only response was a meaningful smile.

"This is not enough to defeat me."

Mikael pinched the sword formula with his left hand, and when the giant sword was about to cut off his head, he casually loosened the spear forward, and the big sword that pierced the sky and the earth shattered in an instant.

But is it over?

No, Mikael's vision was dazed for a moment, just like a drop of water falling into a calm lake, and everything he saw was twisted and broken like ripples.

What finally caught Mikael's eyes was a swooping fire phoenix that had already arrived in front of him...or, a red kite.

"Hua..."

The raging fire quickly burned the surrounding ice and snow, taking Mikael's body with it.

The world fell into silence again, whether it was the blue ice field, the white snow, the red fire, or the dazzling and dim solar eclipse ring, they all ceased to exist.

When Mikael felt the light again, there was a piece of blue around him.

He lowered his head and stood on a broken lake. The lake surface was covered with fine cracks like ice, but it was not unchanging ice after all, because Mikael could still see round ripples centered on where he stood and dissipated around.

And farther away, above his head, there was no extra color except blue. There was not even a trace of white clouds, and because of this, Mikael stared at the blue for a long time, but could not find the boundary between the lake and the sky.

"This is..."

"This is my heart lake, Mikael."

"..."

Mikael clenched his fists, instantly restored his indifferent expression, and then slowly turned around.

"Don't pretend, you expected it, otherwise you wouldn't let time almost freeze here."

Looking at Hua standing less than a step away from him, Mikael bit his lower lip and raised his hand, but withdrew it as if he was electrocuted when his fingertips failed to touch anything.

"Heh, what does this have to do with me? Isn't this Yu Duchen's first rated power?"

Hua's sword heart has been broken, and the cultivation of Taixu Sword Qi has gone with it. It seems impossible to use Taixu Sword God again. But in fact, everything is not complicated, nor incredible. The person who played Taixu Sword God is Ling Shuang and Hua. The two of them attacked at the same time, but one was in reality and the other was in Yu Duchen's illusion.

Or, Yu Duchen, the first rated power...

"Use the Taixu Sword God in reality to cover up Yu Duchen's power, good, good, very good..."

"But I'm not talking about this!"

Hua looked at Mikael who was almost talking to himself, and a burst of anger rose for no reason. She suddenly stepped forward and held Mikael's right hand in her palm.

Her eyes were stubborn and mixed with too many emotions, so that Mikael didn't dare to look directly at her for a while, and could only turn his head away angrily.

But then, Hua made a bolder move - she let go of Mikael's right hand, but she didn't want to give up anything. Instead, she held Mikael's cheek tightly and turned his head back to look at her.

"Yu Duchen... How can he be so powerful? You know this better than me, Mikael. I just released Yu Duchen's first rated power. But I can't pull you into my heart, and I can't... make time almost stagnate at this moment, before my memory is completely burned by Yu Duchen... right?"

Mikael pursed his lips, neither confirming nor denying.

He couldn't deny it either, because these things, in this world, were only what he could do.

But how should he say it, or what exactly did he want to do by doing this? What did he want to say? He himself didn't know.

He even did this subconsciously. He subconsciously entered Hua's heart, and stopped time almost before Yu Duchen burned her memory. These actions may not have any special reasons, let alone any reasons that had to be forced.

Just at that moment, Mikael thought of doing this, and did it.

On the lake of the heart, the barriers between people are minimized. Even if there is a slight fluctuation in the heart, the idea will be transmitted to another person along the ripples.

Hua knew what Mikael was thinking, but she obviously didn't think so-isn't a person's subconscious behavior following his own instinct? What is that instinct? Isn't it that Mikael first had the subconscious desire to communicate with himself, and then the body will produce the corresponding instinct?

"Don't not answer me, Mikael! You must have something to say to me, right?"

But she didn't get the response she wanted after all.

Mikael turned his head away again forcefully and stubbornly. He bit his lower lip tightly and was unwilling to speak.

"Hehe... Hehe..."

Hua shook his head, smiled bitterly and took two steps back.

But just when Mikael thought that everything was over, time could continue to run as usual, and he should be like the determination he had just made not long ago - he would not slow down for anything, and would not stop for anyone.

Because he had something he had to do, because he was firmly walking on the path he believed was right.

But the next moment, Hua suddenly threw herself into his arms.

Mikael was suddenly hit, his center of gravity was unstable, and he took half a step back with his right foot, his toes touching the ground, but he neither moved forward nor let his heels touch the ground, he just pointed his toes.

Time flows slowly, no matter how slow it is, it is still flowing.

After all, if time really stood still completely, then consciousness would not be able to move, let alone communicate.

Being able to control all of this so well in an instant, if you think about it carefully, even Mikael can't confirm what's in his heart...whether he really has what Hua said he wanted to say to her.

But he thought and racked his brains, but he still couldn't find the words to say.

Even if I occasionally have a moment of inspiration, I will be affected by the warmth in my chest and cannot deeply grasp what I want to express.

It wasn't that he didn't want to break free. He leaned his weight back slightly, but when he realized that Hua's arms were tightly wrapped around his waist, preventing him from leaving, he was not as decisive as he imagined.

In fact, he unconsciously bent his elbow and raised his arm, only to press it back to its original position a third of a second later.

However, there is no need to be so troublesome. Anyway, the power of time is in his hands. He only needs a thought to return the flow of time to normal. In less than a blink of an eye, Hua will forget everything he has done before...

Or, he can also use the power of the Eighth Herrscher to forcefully leave here. As long as he thinks about it, there is always a way.

But in the end, he did nothing. He just stood there blankly, not even thinking anymore. He just wanted to quietly feel the strength and warmth brought by Hua's embrace.

It was even difficult for him to control the thought that came out of his mind - let time flow a little slower, a little slower, let this hug last a little longer, a little longer.

During the long period of time in the past, it was actually not so much that Huawei made a meaningless bet with Mikael, but that Mikael was deliberately avoiding her.

Mikael, he actually knows himself too well.

If we say that she was born as a god, came to the human world, and then ascended to the throne of god again because of her humanity. Then Mikael was born as a human being. Even if he now holds the power of the gods, he is just an ugly, despicable, and selfish person.

People are afraid of loneliness, especially when they have to do something that cannot be understood by others... No, haha, maybe it's just a selfish and cowardly person like him who is like this. .

He couldn't even explain clearly. The reason why he still moved unswervingly towards "that future" was because he wanted to do that. It was because he really loved the world and her, so he had to do it. Do so.

Or... just because... he doesn't want to be lonely.

He didn't want to exist in an era that was completely foreign to him. He didn't want to be like the Neanderthals who were lucky enough to survive to modern times, looking at the streets full of figures that were very similar to himself, but not even a person with whom they could communicate... He was not sure that the reason why he desperately longed for that future was just because He couldn't stand such loneliness.

Loneliness will destroy everything, especially loneliness that spans fifty thousand years. Fortunately, he is not completely alone. He also has everyone from Mebius, Youhua, Youying, Pado, Youla Land, even Kevin and Su, as well as the more than 30,000 people who are still alive. Members of the Fire Chaser...

To Mikael, they are like straws that are hard to find when drowning. It goes without saying that they must be grasped.

But Mikael knew that he shouldn't and couldn't do this.

Straw is fragile, so how can it bear the weight of a drowning person?

Moreover, they are not straw, but... people who are also drowning.

Embracing a drowning person with a drowning person will only make both of them sink, and will not bring about the effect of bringing negatives to positives.

Moreover, as far as Hua is concerned, there is actually another question that Mikael is most taboo about...

"..."

Hua took a deep breath. She pressed her ear tightly to Mikael's chest, listening to the non-existent heartbeat.

The heartbeat does not exist. This is the space of consciousness, and Mikael does not necessarily need a heart.

She did this for no other reason than that when Chinese characters were first coined, the ancestors of China stubbornly believed that consciousness came from the heart, not the brain. It was not that she did not try to correct this view, but this line of thinking was both It was harmless and somewhat romantic, so she didn't force it.

"hehe……"

When she thought of these ancient memories, she actually laughed out loud. It was different from before. This time it was just a simple smile, without bitterness, reluctance, or ridicule, just a simple, happy smile.

Because...if you stick it to your heart, you can really feel the consciousness of another person...

Although this is just an illusion caused by the consciousness space. Although those ancient memories, together with the happiness of this moment, will disappear completely in the next moment of the real world, becoming a meaningless record from now on, but...

"Thank you, Mikael..."

Mikael still pursed his lips tightly and said nothing. He didn't know what to say, and he knew what Hua was going to say, so he had no desire to speak.

Then, in addition to the warmth brought by the hug, the coolness of tears soon came to the chest. Mikael lowered his head, and Hua Zhen buried her head in his chest. She did not sob, but tears burst out of her eyes as she talked to herself.

"Thank you, thank you for ever having such a crush on me... Thank you..."

Mikael finally made a move. He raised his hand again, but this time he did not flinch, but gave Hua a gentle hug in return.

"I'm sorry, I've made enough mistakes in the past, and I also have a future that I have to pursue. I can't love you anymore. But if I have to say it, I did, really, at a certain moment in the past, I must have had such feelings for you."

"Then have you ever thought about-"

Hua's words were stuck in the middle. She actually understood that she didn't need to pour out every sentence or word because this was the space of consciousness. The moment before she really put those words into her mouth, Mikai You already know what she is thinking.

But she still decided to speak out, because some words can only be verified by her own words, and only by being rejected by her own words, can she prove that she has done everything she can to change the outcome that she really wants to change.

She pressed her body closer to Mikael, as if she wanted to embed their bodies together. But this is just a preparatory move to relieve tension before actually speaking.

"So, Mikael, have you ever thought about just stopping like this? Just stopping like this and being with me?"

She raised her head bravely, with a hint of sad red in her eyes, and her lower lip was slightly raised, symbolizing her stubbornness.

"Perhaps... I don't understand the truth of the world. I still don't understand what Honkai is, what Final is, how Honkai will end, and how people who become Final will end up... But I don't have to. Regardless of this, we all have enough time, and we still have enough time to spend together and accompany each other before the collapse really comes, right? "

Promise me, promise me... No, he will not promise me - this is what Hua is thinking in his heart.

She knew Mikael would never agree. Because he has a reason to move forward.

But she also had her reasons for having to tell all this.

Of course she also wants to go back to that old world. She wants to get up every day and go to the corridor of the dormitory to see Carol running around with a toothbrush in her mouth. She wants to get up early every morning to participate in the morning exercises at the martial arts gym while she is at home during the holidays. She wants to be fucked by Himi. The captain was tempted to drink, and also wanted to...

She also wants everything in the past to be corrected, and she also wants the truly flawless woman to exist again.

However, if the price of all this is the disappearance of the man in front of him.

Then she couldn't accept it, couldn't accept it.

In contrast, she would rather live with Mikael in this era that is obviously very familiar but completely unfamiliar. Anyway... the things she once owned were too few, too few, too few to offset Mikael's weight in her heart.

And this is what she truly wants after breaking free from the shackles of Shenyin.

This was the reason why she had to stand here even if she didn't hesitate to burn all these memories, although she would soon forget all about this reason.

"I'm sorry, Hua, I can't promise you."

Mikael didn't hesitate...perhaps he hesitated for such an imperceptible moment, because if he really didn't hesitate, he could have taken a more direct approach - leaving directly.

But he didn't. Hua resorted to language for everything, and he did the same.

But before he could explain, Hua's cold fingers gently pressed on his lips, as if trying to push back his unnecessary explanations.

But when it comes to stubbornness, Mikael and Hua are more or less evenly matched.

"Hua, I can't promise you. I can't stop for this. Once I stop, I'm afraid that I will lose the motivation to move forward. Besides, I also said that I have made too many mistakes in the past era. Too much, I can’t make any more mistakes... That’s it.”

What feeble words.

Hua sighed and hugged Mikael tighter.

She understands, or she consciously understands, that the nature of the conflict between the two parties is only due to one reason - she had too little in the past, while Mikael had too much in the past.

Everything she had in the past combined was not worth the desire to be with Mikael. And what she has for Mikael is completely incomparable to what Mikael had in the past era.

Yes, not to mention anything else, she alone is incomparable to the entire world combined.

Mikael's mouth moved twice more. He seemed to want to explain this, but he probably felt that there was no need to explain, so he closed his mouth tightly and stopped talking.

Then, the two of them loosened their embrace of each other at the same time. Hua took two steps back. Her eyes were dull, as if she had lost sight of everything. Mikael saw tears shining in the corners of her eyes and raised his hand. He wanted to help her wipe it off, but when he thought that he didn't have any "identity" that could support him to do so, he retracted his hand angrily.

He must move forward, so although determination is cold, it may be the best way for her and him at this moment.

"Mikael!"

Hua suddenly spoke again.

"What's wrong?"

"I……"

Hua opened his mouth, and his voice couldn't be pieced together into sentences for a long time.

She originally seemed to want to say something, but it was like this every time... It was like this every time!

As soon as you get ready to speak, you will forget everything.

Perhaps that is also the body's protective mechanism, the body's instinct to resist and strangle unformed words in the cradle.

"nothing."

She tilted her head and tried her best to give a relatively natural smile.

"I just wanted to ask you how long it will take before we meet again."

"Five hundred years."

"Five hundred years..."

The corners of Hua's mouth turned higher and higher:

"It's only five hundred years."

Then the entire blue world began to disintegrate.