The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Is there really a place called Irkune City on the map?"

"It's such a strange name. I've never heard of it before. Let me check the map... eh! It's really there!"

"Why do you all care about this? No one cares about where Luluye is? I just searched and found that this place doesn't exist at all. It does look a bit like Laleye in that novel..."

Half a class, if you listen carefully, will not be much longer than a snap of your fingers. However, after the bell rang, everyone did not disperse as usual, but still gathered together, discussing the "story" that Mikael had told before.

And Mikael herself was like a fun person who threw a kilogram of sodium into the lake. He leaned gently on the podium, sipped a sip of tea in his mouth, and quietly watched a group of brats discussing the topic she had thrown. out story.

After gently swallowing the warm tea, Mikael's eyes unconsciously drifted to Hua. Beside her, the four surviving children in Changkong City were gathering together and making noisy noises. They were not much different from the other students, except Hua...

She just sat there quietly, not moving or making any sound.

The gentle wind slipped in through the cracks in the window on the side of the classroom and pulled her long gray hair. She lowered her head slightly, not knowing whether it was to suppress her hair or to notice Mikael's gaze. Deliberately avoiding.

In the past two years, one has transformed into a history teacher at St. Freya Academy, and the other has pretended to be an ordinary student. However, even though the latter repeatedly suppressed her performance, her overly calm temperament and excellent results allowed her to easily become the monitor.

"How's it going? Don't you have anything to say?"

Mikael's voice was transmitted into Hua's mind through the power of consciousness, but there was no response.

Mikael shrugged, neither surprised nor uncomfortable. Because he has long been accustomed to this.

Since two years ago, Hua seemed to have made up his mind to ignore him.

It was a complete disregard, not with disgust, and there was no sense of familiarity. Perhaps in her eyes now, the Mikael of the past no longer existed, and what was in front of her now was just... Just a stranger whom you don't need to know.

Of course, when her name was called in class to answer a question, she didn't have to speak, but what did this mean to Mikael? Watching the other party deliver an impeccably correct answer carefully and word by word. After only a few repetitions, Mikael never called her name in class again.

If deliberate approach will only make both parties feel bored and further alienate each other, then why is such approach necessary?

In other words, this kind of alienation is what Mikael needs.

But unexpectedly, just when Mikael gave up completely, Hua's voice actually came back along the thread of consciousness:

"Aren't you afraid of Theresa suspecting your identity when you talk about this in class?"

Theresa is the one who has truly experienced the entire Second Collapse, so naturally she cannot fail to see the problem with the "story" that Mikael mentioned.

The city of Irkunje does exist, and the Tower of Babel is indeed within the jurisdiction of Irkunje city in terms of administrative area, but neither the specific location nor the details of the process correspond to the second collapse.

She wanted to stand up and remind Mikael immediately - just as the monitor. But the original dream appeared in my mind for no reason...

It was a dream she experienced when she woke up five thousand years ago (see the last chapter of the first volume). At that time, she only thought the dream was extremely weird, and mistook Mei in the dream for plum. Now Come to think of it, that dream might not be a dream, but the future revealed by the power of time.

Because of this, because she had stood up to deny Mikael's statement in her dream, she suppressed the impulse in her heart. She did not want to deliberately cater to the so-called future. She hated this kind of prediction that was close to fate.

But maybe it was because of this that she suddenly realized that no matter how much she denied or tried to escape, Mikael was Mikael, and he would not become a complete stranger just because of her wishful thinking.

That's how we had this long-lost conversation.

"What do I need to avoid? It seems that Theresa has never been at ease with me from the beginning to the end, right?"

Hua was stunned for a moment, it seemed that it was true. Mikael's identity is not clear to begin with. He was personally ordered by the Archbishop of Destiny to stay at St. Freya Academy to teach. You must know that Otto has always been very tolerant of the Far East branch. Only during the annual Valkyrie assessment This is the first time that someone will be regularly sent to supervise and appoint an ordinary teacher personally.

Hua herself had been approached by Theresa many times, but she couldn't explain why. Maybe she still held a trace of unrealistic fantasy, so whenever Theresa asked her about Mikael's past, she He just responded with silence.

This is fine, deliberately releasing a "story". As long as Theresa has some brains, she will naturally find that this story is not random nonsense. As long as she compares it with the archaeological excavations of previous civilizations, she will naturally get some results.

"But you are not afraid of misleading these children? I have not experienced that collapse, so I can't judge the authenticity of the story you told, but it is at least very different from the current second collapse process. You will leave them with gave the wrong impression.”

"so what?"

Mikael was as oblivious as ever.

"The Valkyrie level exam will not test such detailed things. After all, Valkyrie are still combatants. They do need theoretical knowledge, but this does not include the truth of history. Speaking of the truth, is this kind of thing important? It doesn't seem to be that Importantly, the so-called truth does not exist in this world, and everything that happens in this world is just an absurd and meaningless dream."

Hua stopped replying. After a few words, the relationship between the two returned to the cold state it had been dozens of breaths ago.

Although, these so-called "a few words" contain too many metaphors that even Hua now cannot understand.

She didn't want to understand either.

For Mikael, since the other party spoke again after a long time, even though it was just a few words, it was better than nothing.

He smiled with satisfaction, then cleared his throat and clapped his hands vigorously:

"Okay, be quiet!"

The noise in the classroom seemed to be particularly reluctant to leave. Some people heard Mikael's voice and quickly kept silent, while others said a few more words hoping for a chance, so that the chirping sound continued until Mikael shouted for silence. It took half a minute to calm down.

He raised his hand and pointed at the clock hanging on the blackboard:

"Okay, the get out of class time has passed. If you still have classes, please go to other classrooms. If there are no classes, you should consciously go to the library to review. Although the simulated actual combat assessment has the highest weight in the Valkyrie level examination, if the theoretical score If it is high enough, it can completely make up for the points lost in practical subjects. I hope everyone will continue to work hard and set a small goal first - within two years, everyone will become B-level Valkyrie!"

"good!"

The chorus of responses comes and goes.

Mikael looked at the dozens of girls in front of him and wanted to add a hint of sarcasm to his smile, but he couldn't do it.

At the beginning of signing up to join the Valkyries, these girls will be told part of the "truth".

They know what they will face in the future, not only Honkai Beasts, Death Warriors, and Herrschers, but also...the damage caused to the body by artificial stigmata.

In fact, most Valkyries below B level cannot remove artificial stigmata. These children will mainly be assigned to do logistics tasks. Together with those male students, they cannot even be counted as Valkyries in a strict sense.

But the B-class Valkyrie is the main force in the Valkyrie army. Unless she is a Stigma Awakener, it is impossible not to accept the artificial Stigmata.

Being able to be selected from the Valkyrie Sea Selection, the Honkai Impact here is not bad at all. But this is not bad, but it is only compared to ordinary people, or to put it another way - their Honkai energy adaptability can enable them to resist the erosion of Honkai energy caused by artificial stigmata for a period of time. It may be three years, it may be five years, it may be ten, twenty years or a lifetime, but the last possible hope is too slim. Even if this Valkyrie has such a talent, she may not be able to survive on the battlefield. Come down.

In Mikael's eyes, the road that these girls yearn for now is actually just a dead end road with almost no life.

But he did not dampen the enthusiasm of these girls, because they themselves understood these things better than anyone else.

It was also because, looking at them, what Mikael saw was not a group of immature girls.

In a daze, all he saw was a group of moths rushing towards him one after another.

My past selves were just like them, walking on a path where the ending was known from the beginning until the end. He doesn't feel that there was anything wrong with his past self, nor does he feel that he, as a loser, has anything to be pitied for, so he will neither deny the ideals of these children nor pity their fate.

But Hua once again received a sentence without beginning or end in his mind:

"Look, they look so much like us back then."

The girls' excitement did not last long. When they thought that there were only a few days left to prepare for the Valkyrie level assessment, these girls couldn't wait to spend the rest of their time in the library——

In fact, it is not difficult to become a B-level Valkyrie. You don't need to have good theoretical class scores. Even if you get zero points in the test, you only need to pass the practical test, just like some idiot. But the four people who came out of Changkong City belong to special circumstances. A Herrscher who has not yet awakened and has abnormal physical qualities of the Kaslana family, a mercenary who came out of the pile of corpses, and a complete Awakened Stigmata. , a person who is both a Stigma Awakener and a Herrscher...

Of course, there is no need to say more about Ahua, who has become an A-level Valkyrie.

For most of the Valkyries who were just ordinary girls before entering St. Freya, the two-year, semi-military training that is not strict is not enough to make their physical fitness, combat skills and consciousness reach those of the five people above. If you want to become a B-level Valkyrie, you have to either undergo a few more years of training or put more effort in theoretical classes. There is nothing you can do about it.

Although Mikael is certain that no more than half of the girls in this class will eventually become B-level Valkyrie. Even for them, B-level Valkyrie is not the starting point, but the end.

"St. Freya's pattern..."

Mikael shook his head, he understood why Hollander rejected this place a few years ago. This place is more like a dreamland that gathers the beautiful visions of many Valkyries who have fought bloody battles on the battlefield, rather than a place that can truly cultivate warriors.

These children are growing up slowly under the protection of Teresa in the academy, but one day they will be separated from all protection and go to the battlefield alone. At that time, their chances of survival will really be higher than those who have been trained by the headquarters with complete military training. Is B-level Valkyrie tall?

Mikael doesn't know, Mikael can't comment.

But he felt that at least there was one thing - he was not qualified to destroy this beauty.

Taking off his glasses and pressing his eyebrows tiredly, Mikael called out to Mei who was walking past him.

Kiana also wanted to stay together, but Hua pulled her hand from the other side.

"Kiana, come with me. The principal and Teacher Himeko asked me to tell you something."

Bronya stood there, looking at Mei who was taken away by Mikael and Kiana who was taken away by the squad leader, and curled her lips with some annoyance.

"Let's go, Xi'er! Let's go back to the dormitory and play games!"

She took the girl's hand hard.

"Ah? But the exam will start the day after tomorrow, sister Bronya..."

"You're laughing so hard, keep playing the game."

"..."

Mikael did not rush to take Mei away. The two of them stood on the podium and the other stood under the podium, looking at each other across the table with only two lesson plans and a cup on it, until everyone in the classroom was completely After leaving, Mikael stretched out his hand:

"Mei Yi, sit down."

Meiyi pursed her lips tightly, holding the hem of her clothes with both hands, and slowly sat down on the seat in the first row. Then the two of them looked at each other again, and both showed a faint smile.

"A few days ago, you four did a good job in Canghai City."

"It's all the credit of Kiana, Bronya and Xi'er. I didn't help much. On the contrary, I almost dragged everyone down."

"Oh? What do you mean by 'not helping'? Did you kill a Honkai Emperor instantly?\

,"Hearing Mikael's unabashed praise, Mei Yi didn't have much pride on her face. Instead, she suppressed her smile and unconsciously covered her heart with her hand.

"How about it? How do you feel about using that power again?"

Mei thought for a moment and shook her head.

"It's not... it's a bit hard to accept. You can see, hear, and feel everything, but you can't control your body and can only watch her move... Moreover, the Herrscher also deliberately delayed the time. It was almost time. Return your body to me within the one hundred second time limit..."

"Fear?"

"Hmm...scared."

"But when you see Kiana is fine, you are at least happy, right?"

"Um."

Mei couldn't deny it.

Mikael picked up the tea cup and took a sip, sighing slightly:

"Mei Yi, there are many underlying logics in this world that cannot be changed. One of them is equivalent exchange. If you want to get something, you must give something. If you want to protect someone, this desire alone is not enough. "

"I...I understand, but what exactly do I need to do?"

Meiyi grabbed the clothes on her chest, her eyes confused.

She understood what Mikael said. It was not that she did not desire the power of the Herrscher. With that power, she would be able to protect Kiana and everyone, and tragedies like Changkong City would never happen, right? .

But in detail, how should we do it?

Over the past two years, she has become more mature and bold, and her sword skills have become more exquisite. However, she no longer announces her family name in the Beichen Itto Ryuu Hoshitsuki in front of others.

But facing the Herrscher, she still had no clue.

In this regard, she has not improved compared to herself two years ago. There is nothing she can do against the Herrscher except to force her to death.

"Follow me and start practicing again for a while, Mei."

"Eh? Is that okay?"

Meiyi didn't know Mikael's strength, but he always felt that he was very powerful.

"I've thought about your current situation. Before finding a way to completely erase Herrscher's consciousness, it is necessary to improve your combat effectiveness. On the one hand, the stronger your own physical fitness, the better when she uses your body. The power of the Herrscher that can be exerted will be stronger. Now you can't even exert one thousandth of the strength of the Herrscher of Thunder. On the other hand, although it is not clear how this matter will be resolved in the end, it is absolutely impossible. What about a fight between you and the Herrscher? Now you have no chance of winning against the Herrscher."

Mei Yi nodded, of course she would be happy if Mikael wanted to open a small stove for her. Besides, what Mikael said makes sense. No matter how you say it, there is nothing wrong with making yourself stronger.

However, if he becomes stronger and the Herrscher can exert greater strength, once he fails, wouldn't the Herrscher be able to exert stronger fighting power?

The thought was squashed as soon as it appeared.

She is no longer the little girl who knew nothing two years ago. She once thought that the Herrscher could easily destroy human civilization, but now looking forward, in front of the giant human being, the Herrscher is not as scary as she imagined.

Besides, there is also the omnipotent Mikael, so don’t be afraid.

But the next moment, her smile froze.

She suddenly remembered something-Mikael was not omnipotent.

He failed once in front of her, but only once.

The atmosphere was about to become stagnant. Mei Yi bit her lip and suddenly spoke again:

"I vaguely feel that something is wrong about Canghai City?"

"Huh? Wrong? What's wrong?"

Having said this, Mei Yi was a little hesitant, but then she felt that there was nothing to hide:

"I always feel that things are too coincidental, as if someone wanted to give us the spaceship called the 'Moonlight Throne'."

Hearing that familiar name, Mikael's hand involuntarily touched his chest. He swallowed another sip of tea and then said quietly:

"You guessed it right, but I won't tell you the truth, at least not now."

"I know, I know, even if you tell me, I can't do anything, right?"

Mei is very used to Mikael's way of saying things.

Mikael smiled and nodded seriously.

"So I have always said that life is like a dream, because there is no difference between life and dreams. In a dream, even if a person knows that he is dreaming, he can only watch everything in the dream continue to move forward until the path forward is cut off. Only in this way can people return to reality. In reality, even if people know the 'truth', in most cases they still can't do anything."

"I know, I know!"

The girl pursed her lips in dissatisfaction and covered her ears with her hands - even though she was a very good student, who would like nagging lectures?

"By the way, I'm going to make curry rice tonight. What kind of curry do you want to eat? What kind of fried food would you like to eat?"

Mei Yi blinked and changed the subject stiffly.

"Does my opinion matter?"

Mikael shrugged and complained a little aggrievedly:

"Anyway, you will only listen to Kiana's opinion in the end."

Mei Yi covered her lips and laughed.

"Okay, okay, but you may not really have a chance to ask Kiana for her opinion today."

"Um?"

"You four B-class Valkyries solved the collapse of a super first-tier city like Canghai City, and also captured an enemy battleship. The battleship's engine seems to have very important technology. It can only be said that you are just lucky. . However, the Bishop of Destiny seems to be very happy. He plans to come to the Far East to reward you in person when the Valkyrie level assessment is held the day after tomorrow. If you perform better then, you might be able to break the rules and become an A-level Valkyrie. Therefore, Kiana was replaced by Deli. Sha, please give Hime some extra practice."

"The Archbishop of Destiny."

Meiyi muttered the name silently. She had never met this legendary figure, but the classmates around her seemed to have a good opinion of him.

Yes, that's true, but it's just general talk about a person being handsome and being nice to his subordinates. But she remembered that fate could not clear away the suspicion of her father being framed.

As for what role the Lord Bishop played in it... Mei Yi set her sights on Mikael, but quickly gave up that idea.

She was too familiar with Mikael. If he didn't take the initiative to mention this kind of thing, then he didn't intend to mention it, and asking would be in vain. As for the reason, she had already imitated it just now.

But it doesn't matter, she will investigate the truth one day!

Mei clenched her fists and took a deep breath, but when her eyes glanced at Mikael again, she relaxed completely.

"Then what?"

she asked rather curiously. Kiana was clearly taken away by squad leader Fu Hua just now.

"Then Jizi outsourced this task to Fu Hua and went back to the dormitory to drink."

"Pfft! Outsourcing! Hahaha..."

The girl leaned on the table and laughed, her smile almost silly and innocent.

Mikael did not interrupt her, but leaned against the podium and looked at her smile quietly, and then a smile appeared between his eyebrows.

"So, does the principal really want Kiana to become an A-level Valkyrie? I remember they seemed to have some kind of bet."

"Yes, once she becomes an A-level Valkyrie, Theresa will tell Kiana..."

Mikael's lips were still opening and closing, but the sound could no longer be heard by Mei Yi.

Quack quack! I have written more than 5,000 words in recent days, and today I have 6,000 words. My strength seems to be gradually coming back, and I am in tears! I decided to continue working hard and strive to achieve the power of half an eagle as soon as possible!