The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Go to hell, Third Herrscher!"

The fiery red color said so, and the fireworks and thunder and lightning in the sky were intertwined, making it impossible to distinguish the original color of the world.

"I don't know who you are, and I don't know what the Herrscher is, but... give Mei Yi back to me!!!"

It was probably the thunder and lightning that dyed the girl's white hair into a distinct purple. Only the azure pupils avoided the lightning, and the appearance of "self" could be vaguely glimpsed in them.

Then, there was a burning pain in her back, as if a certain part of her body had been torn apart by someone. She felt her lips moving, as if she was saying something, but the girl in front of her just raised her lips regardless. The ordinary baseball bat in his hand hit her hard.

Her vision fell into darkness again, but she didn't find it strange, as if it should be so.

It was as if he should have been in such darkness.

But the next moment, the darkness shattered.

Purple thunder rings lit up in front of his eyes, and what emerged was the familiar outline of his body.

The girl saw her eyes for the first time, and as expected, they were exactly the same as hers. It's just that the eyes contained a color with unclear meaning, and until the end, there was only a faint sigh:

"You are so lucky... Haha, but it doesn't matter. This is just the beginning. One body cannot accommodate the existence of two consciousnesses. One day, I will take everything away from you."

When the girl heard this voice, she didn't feel much excitement in her heart.

Like those broken images and sounds before, this should just have happened a long time ago.

Then the purple light gradually dimmed, and her world returned to chaos.

The girl concentrated hard, trying to fish out some fragments of unknown meaning from this dark ocean, but suddenly she felt something was cut off in her mind, and then a beam of light tore away the darkness she had been immersed in for a long time.

"Uh... uh..."

The tightened muscles in her throat twitched slightly, and she heard herself moan.

Trying to open her eyes, the light gradually spread and occupied her entire sight. What finally appeared in front of the girl was an unfamiliar ceiling.

She blinked and squinted her eyes hard. Her originally blurry vision gradually became clearer until she could see every crack in the ceiling clearly. But my vision, which finally became clearer, was stung by the square fluorescent lamp in the middle of the ceiling.

The sunlight slanted in from the floor-to-ceiling window on the left. When it entered the room, it seemed as if it had been soaked in water and first dyed with a layer of jade... Or maybe the light had always been pure white and flawless, but it was just her own eyes. Just put on a filter.

The bright white light cuts diagonally like a knife, dividing the entire room into two distinct worlds. Mei Yi raised her eyes and looked at the dividing line between black and white on the wall behind her. Moving along the line to the right, she only saw infusion tubes and a bunch of instruments.

Curves that she couldn't understand were drawn on the instrument, while colorful numbers shone on the side.

The salt water in the hanging bottle fell into the hose bit by bit without making any sound, but the tiny vibration made Mei Yi take the initiative to make up for the "tick" sound of falling in her heart.

"woke up?"

Only then did she notice the figure sitting by the bed.

"Mikael..."

She struggled to sit up. Her body was already exhausted, and because she had been asleep for a long time, she was disconnected from her brain for a long time. She couldn't even do such a simple movement for a while.

Mikael did not help her, he just put down the book in his hand and looked at Mei Yi silently on the hospital bed until she tried her best to lean against the bedside with her hands and feet.

"Where...is this?"

During Mikael's silence, she seemed to hear the chirping of birds outside the window.

"St. Freya Academy, of course, it has another name - the Eastern Branch of Destiny."

Hearing this name, Mei Yi felt a little nervous. Not long ago, in her eyes, the organization Tianming was not much different from the names of those countries. It was natural to be in awe, but she did not feel that she could have anything to do with this organization.

What's more, she often complained to her father, simply because she felt that there was no need for the existence of a giant organization like Tianming that spanned countries and regions and did not interfere in specific international affairs.

But she understands now.

Many things do not require standard answers at all, but facts will naturally give answers. If it weren't for the disaster like Changkong City, she couldn't think of any reason why destiny must exist.

But wasn't she the culprit of that disaster?

She has not forgotten what that strange robot said before she became the Herrscher. She is not only the culprit of this disaster, but also a highly valuable experimental sample. She...

"Don't worry, I'm here, it's okay."

Mikael gently pressed his palm on the back of Mei Yi's hand, and his gentle comforting voice cleared away the panic in Mei Yi's heart little by little.

Well, if Mikael is here, Mei feels that she is not so scared anymore.

"Kiana...where are they?"

"They should rest in their own rooms now. Kiana originally wanted to stay here and wait for you to wake up, but I saw that she hadn't slept for almost three days, so I drove her back. It's a coincidence, Saint Fu Leia's principal actually happens to be Kiana's aunt... Ah, before she left, she also said, don't worry about that bad guy named Herrscher. If she dares to run out again, she will be beaten like before. Beat her back."

Hearing this, Mei touched her still swollen forehead and smiled silently - this was really the kind of thing an idiot would say.

"So, I slept for more than two days?"

"Um."

Mikael gently stroked the back of Mei Yi’s hand and spoke again after a brief silence:

"The Eastern Branch of Tianming is relatively independent, and I have some relationship with the bishop of Tianming. If you are willing to stay here, no one will reveal your identity as a herrist. You, including Kiana, Bronya and Xi You can join St. Freya Academy as a preparatory Valkyrie. Of course, no one will force you. If you don't want to, I can take you to a place where you won't be found."

Mei Yi did not make a choice immediately.

She looked down at her right arm, which was bandaged but couldn't feel its presence at all. She took a deep breath, but still didn't dare to look up at Mikael.

But in fact, if she mustered up the courage to look up, she would only find that Mikael's expression was exactly the same as hers.

"sorry……"

Suddenly, the two of them spoke at the same time in unison.

"What?"

Mei Yi was a little confused. She didn't understand why Mikael wanted to apologize to her, but she sensitively felt that she seemed to have overlooked something, so an indescribable and unbearable heart palpitation swept through her body in a very short period of time.

Her consciousness was still messy and she was not completely awake, but she quickly found the so-called neglected point. In other words, given her status, it would be weird if she really couldn't find out——

After she sobered up, Mikael never mentioned her father.

Mei knows that Mikael is not the kind of person who likes to explain everything clearly. It's also possible that she only asked Kiana after she woke up, only asked about "them" but not about her father's whereabouts, so he was too happy not to tell.

But in that case, why say "I'm sorry"?

Reason has already told Mei Yi the answer one step ahead of Mikael, it just depends on whether she wants to believe it.

Mei Yi didn't want to believe it. Until the last moment, who would want to believe that tragedy would happen to her? Always paralyzing yourself with a fluke mentality, convincing yourself, and believing in a good result that you don't believe in at all, what you end up with is always empty joy and injury.

Mei Yi tightly grasped the bed sheet with her left hand, and then slowly released it after a moment. She waited for Mikael to reveal the answer.

Time passed little by little, and the air conditioner overhead slowly blew out warm breath, but it only made people feel stuffy and irritated.

This calm lasted for about five minutes, and was finally broken by Mei Yi's trembling breath.

"Mikael, you don't need to apologize. Your only mistake was not killing me in advance."

Mikael looked at Mei calmly, his eyes deliberately erasing all emotions, just staring.

He just stared at this kind girl. From beginning to end, she was the undisputed victim. But she just suffered it all silently and rationalized everything that fate forced on her. She would rather take all the problems on herself than blame others.

So, as the initiator of everything, Mikael's eyes trembled slightly.

It was just an extremely subtle movement, but Mei Yi saw it. Not only did she see it, she also successfully misunderstood the look. She only felt that what was constantly pouring out of those pink pupils was uncontrollable sadness.

"The one who should really say sorry is me. I destroyed the entire Changkong City and killed Mebius."

"Stop talking, Meiyi..."

"Mikael, the question now is not whether I want to stay here or go to a place where no one can find me, but...Mikael, can I still live and am I worthy of living?"

When she was in Changkong City, she was repeatedly conflicted between life and death. She knew that she couldn't control the power of the Herrscher, and she didn't even dare to ask Mikael how many survivors there were in Changkong City, so in order to prevent the same thing from happening again, she might as well die.

But she didn't want to die. This was not only the instinct given to the creature since its birth, but also the conclusion she reached after careful consideration.

As for the bet between her and the Herrscher...if she joins St. Freya Academy and becomes a Valkyrie, does that mean she is accepted by the world?

Mei Yi felt a burning sensation in her heart, but it quickly cooled down. Of course she hoped so, but she also knew that the initiative in this matter rested with the Herrscher. Even if the Herrscher stubbornly failed to fulfill her promise, there was nothing she could do against her.

"Are you still worried about this?"

Mikael reached out and rubbed her head.

"You don't have to die, and you haven't done anything wrong. The power of the Herrscher is just power. You can think of it as a sword. It doesn't have to be swung at the weak to cause killing. It can also be used to protect. Come and save—just like you did at the last moment, before Tianming and I arrived, you defeated the giant Honkai Beast and saved Kiana and the others. You can do the same in the future."

Mei Yi was about to open her mouth to argue, but after thinking about it, she pursed her lips tightly and didn't want to say anything.

But Mikael knew what she was thinking.

"This is the reason why your father and I never thought of killing you. Power is just power, and you are the one who controls this power. This power has killed many people, and you can also use it to save many people. Human. Of course, you can't control this power now, and you can't suppress the Herrscher's consciousness, but it doesn't matter, we will always find a way.

"Before that, we can also use some small means to suppress her... For your right hand, I made a special prosthetic for you. Don't worry, it will not be different from the original when used, and there will be no difference. In the end, The important thing is that I deliberately left something inside, which should be able to suppress the Herrscher's power. However... if you plan to join Saint Freya, the Scientific Research Department has also made two guarantee plans. One is this!”

Mikael took out a dark collar from his hand. The outer layer of the collar was bright and shiny, like a whole curved screen. The inner layer was matte and soft, and the texture was, as expected, metal.

"If you are willing, put this collar around your neck. Once you fall into full Herrscher transformation and the body's collapse energy response increases, the collar's safety will be automatically released, and then - Boom!"

Mikael deliberately made an exaggerated gesture, but Mei Yi's eyes just glanced at the collar and looked away.

"Well...then it looks like you might prefer the second option."

Mikael pinched his thumb and index finger together and raised them to the corner of his eyes.

"This is a kind of nano bomb. If you are willing, implant this into your heart. In fact, the effect is the same as the collar. Once you become a Herrscher, it will be the same... Boom! But the collar will blow your whole head to pieces. , this little bomb will just blow up your heart and look a lot better from the outside.”

Seeing the corners of Mei Yi's eyes twitching slightly, Mikael suddenly realized that he seemed to have missed the point...

"Uh...this brain needs to be cured..."

He held his forehead, a little speechless and helpless.

"In fact, you can also upgrade it, such as setting a countdown for the fuse to trigger. If the Herrscher transformation ends during the countdown, the fuse will not be triggered. If the countdown is exceeded and you are still in the Herrscher transformation state, then..."

Mikael's fisted fingers suddenly spread open.

Mei understood, Mikael had mentioned this, of course she could understand the other party's plan.

Because of this, there was a glimmer of light in her eyes that had been dim for a long time.

Yes, she had always considered herself to be the completely passive party in her relationship with the Herrscher.

There was nothing she could do about the Herrscher, but the Herrscher existed in her body and could take over her body at any time. Although she could resist this "occupation" for a short time, this resistance did not carry any threat.

Without posing a threat, naturally they can only passively accept everything proposed by the Herrscher.

But she was wrong. She had a bargaining chip in her hand that could threaten the Herrscher, and that was her own life!

The worst case scenario is that the fish will die and the net will fall apart! Let's all die together!

If you think about it carefully, weren't the previous compromises made by Herrscher in Changkong City when Mei Yi was dying?

"I understand, I choose... nano bomb."

After all, she is still a girl who loves beauty. She wears a thick and hard black collar all day long, which is somewhat...

Mikael's eyebrows raised.

"So, you decided to stay in St. Freya?"

"You said before that the principal of St. Freya is Kiana's aunt, so she will definitely choose to stay here."

Mikael raised his hand and put it down again.

With his hands on his knees, Mikael seemed to have used a lot of strength to stand up.

"So, you chose to stay just because Kiana would choose so? What about yourself?"

Yayi was stunned for a moment, thought for another ten seconds, and slowly shook his head.

"I just...just..."

She just didn't want to be alone, Mikael understood.

"I understand. Just take good care of yourself and leave the rest to me."

With these words behind him, he walked slowly towards the only door of the ward.

"Mikael."

When he passed the hospital bed, Meiyi suddenly called out to him.

"What's the matter?"

"Aren't you sad for Mebius?"

Mikael's breathing was still so calm, and there was no sign of any fluctuations in his back. He only thought for three seconds before speaking:

"You've been lying down for two days, haven't you?"

Meiyi pursed her lips, chewing carefully on the answer that seemed to be wrong.

She had been lying in the hospital bed for two days, and he had received the news of Mebius's death two days ago.

"Mikael, can you hate me just once?"

Mikael walked to the door and turned the handle gently, as if he didn't want to pay attention to Mei Yi's words.

But when the door handle turned all the way and the door lock made a soft "click" sound, Mikael spoke again.

"I'm sorry, Mei... I... couldn't bring your father back."

After saying this quickly, he rushed out of the ward and firmly closed the ward door behind him.

Even so, the faint sound of sobs still inevitably entered Mikael's ears.

"Did I really do something wrong?"

This question has been hanging in Mikael's mind since 50,000 years ago.

But no matter how many times he comes again, his answer will not change——

"I was wrong, but as long as the final outcome is good, what if I let these mistakes and sins drown me?"

He left step by step until at the end of the long corridor, he met Hua who was resting against the wall.

He knew Hua was waiting for him, so he stopped in his tracks, turned around and leaned his back against the cold wall, following Hua's example.

For half a minute, no one spoke first, and then, Mikael leaned his back against the wall and slid down bit by bit.

He hugged his knees like a girl and lowered his head into them.

If the so-called humanity had not been forcibly retained, maybe he wouldn't be so uncomfortable now.

He's not complaining... He doesn't complain, and there's no way he can complain about Ai Li. Everything was his own choice, it was his own fault, and he had to do it.

It's just that these negative emotions must be hidden in front of others. Only when they are around specific people can they reveal their flaws.

"These four girls will stay at St. Freya. So will I. I will probably stay as a teacher."

Mikael's voice was as calm as water.

"you……"

Hua seemed to have remembered something, and her voice was slightly lowered.

"It seems that the second and third Herrschers are very important in your plan."

"Um."

Mikael did not deny it.

"Then I'll stay too."

Mikael didn't refuse.

"Did you kill Thunder Dragon Horse?"

"Um."

"Where's Li Xue?"

"She should be with that tone-deaf girl now."

"I see."

Hua nodded, her high ponytail swaying slightly.

Mikael closed his eyes, thinking that Hua would sit next to him and stay with him quietly for a while, but what waited for him was only the sound of Hua's footsteps gradually moving away.

"Mikael."

"Um."

"I always feel that my self five hundred years ago had something to say to you."

"What is it?"

"Can not remember."

"..."

"If I don't remember, there's no need to say it."

"If I don't remember, there's no need to say it."

Mikael repeated.

"Um."

Hua's response echoed in the corridor, and when Mikael opened his eyes again, he was alone again.

Looking up, what he saw was a strange ceiling.