The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"boom--"

The sky-wide firelight collided with the frost-colored cold air. After a deafening explosion, high-temperature water vapor that could easily burn human skin instantly filled all the space within sight.

The blue eyes turned slightly, leaving two cold gleams in the dark light and shadow.

As if in response to the man's expectations, a humanoid silhouette suddenly appeared in the steam directly in front of his eyes. The next moment, the bullet tore through the thick white steam, revealing the girl hidden behind it.

"Little tricks."

The man was unarmed, but he just waved his arm gently, and the frosty cold air condensed into a thick wave-shaped ice wall like the fingers of his arm. Even if it was specially made for the Valkyrie, it could break through the three-meter-high Honkaiju exoskeleton with one shot. The armor-piercing bullet only left a shallow crater on the ice.

But the girl's impact did not stop. She also had a weapon more powerful than bullets, and that was her own body.

"Haha, your fighting style is really life-threatening. It's just an exercise. If you don't feel pain, I still feel pain!"

"Hey——"

The girl just rushed forward with her head down, and had no time to pay attention to the existence in her heart. However, the power of a certain part of her body had already started to operate in response to that annoying voice. A faint white smoke rose from the girl's body. It turned out that The skin that was burned red by the steam also turned white in an instant.

"Although I know you don't have any good intentions, I just want to thank you."

"snort!"

The exchange between the two was as unpleasant as ever, but the girl didn't care. She had already rushed to the ice wall, and golden light condensed on her fist. This blow combined with space power should be enough to defeat the ice wall.

Across the ice wall, the man's eyes froze, and he raised his hand again, terrifying energy condensing in his hand, as if he planned to receive the girl's blow head-on.

But the next moment, his fist suddenly swung back - a tenth of a second after he made such an action, the girl's figure disappeared in front of him.

But the hand that was condensed with Honkai energy was withdrawn at an extremely fast speed, and the Honkai energy in his hand quickly condensed into an ice sword - of course, judging from his terrible straight male aesthetics, for the time being, It is more appropriate to call it ice pimples.

The hand holding the ice knot just feinted for a moment, and the man's body quickly rose into the air in an extremely awkward posture. He didn't even turn his head, but volleyed with a whip kick and hit the girl who had just emerged from the crack in space. Kicked aside.

Almost at the same time, the ice wall in front of him quickly disintegrated in the raging fire. Another white figure rushed to him dragging a flaming sword, but the man stabbed out the ice knot in his hand as he had expected. , before the big sword in the figure's hand could be swung out again, the battle came to an end.

"well……"

Siegfried Kaslana handed the fiery red sword to the man in front of her, while she rubbed her left arm and sat on the ice without any image.

Kevin looked at Siegfried who was panting heavily and wanted to lie down directly, then at the big sword in his hand, and then at Kiana who was kicked far away by him. He didn't know what to say for a moment. What.

He didn't have time to say anything. Suddenly, Siegfried took a deep breath, shouted "Oops", and jumped up from the ground as if he just remembered that he had a daughter.

But by this time, Kiana had already limped back to the two of them, clutching her waist and glaring with resentment.

"Ahem!"

Kevin felt that he should do something. Although the scene before him was indeed funny, if someone saw his shadow in it, they would probably only feel embarrassed.

He cleared his throat, and as an "instructor", he could turn the attention of the other two people by just clearing his throat, which could be regarded as doing his descendants a small favor.

"Let me sum it up - I can score seventy points in this battle..."

"Yeah! Long live passing!"

Kiana, who was rubbing her waist just a second ago, jumped up with her hands in the air. Siegfried couldn't help but cover his head, but he soon laughed out loud, thinking in his mind what reward he should give Kiana.

But as a third party, Kevin saw clearly that the girl was not as happy as she showed. She was just using this more familiar attitude to send a signal to those who cared about her that she was okay.

But she was young after all, and the lingering gloominess between her brows and eyes betrayed her current state of mind. Of course, if a person has gone through everything she has experienced and can still remain unreasonably optimistic, compared to positive adjectives like "optimistic" or neutral adjectives like "heartless" , most people would probably think that the description of "unmotivated idiot" is more appropriate.

And Mr. Siegfried, does he understand this?

Kevin thought he understood. However, he was unwilling to point it out.

One hopes that the other person will not worry about him, and the other hopes that the other person will not worry about himself or her.

Kevin didn't know how to describe his feelings. Considering that the current Kaslana bloodline was also the result of blending with Shaniyat's bloodline, he planned to blame all the reasons for this phenomenon on another man.

No, no, that shouldn't be the focus now.

A bit of frost condensed on the fingertips, and it clasped on the hilt of the Skyfire Great Sword, making a crisp echo.

"Okay, let's summarize first. Kiana, don't be too happy, there are still many questions."

"ah--"

Kiana's face turned gloomy.

"First of all, the timing of cooperation can be more precise. The reason why I can easily neutralize your father and daughter's attacks is simply because there is a disconnect between your two attacks - Kiana teleported behind me through the space rift, and Siegfried's sword slashed through my ice wall in almost the same pace, but the problem was that with the ice wall as a barrier, Siegfried's actual attack was nearly two seconds slower than Kiana's. Although I say this, your cooperation has been much better than a few months ago, and it is completely sufficient to deal with the emperor-level Honkaimon. But I think you also know that what Kiana has to face The enemy is not a creature like Honkaimon."

No one can achieve such exquisite coordination with another person without training, not even a "father and daughter" who are connected to a certain extent.

The lowest level of battle only requires the concept of mutual cooperation between warriors to cope with it. For example, Siegfried and Kiana have been training each other for nearly half a year. Although they have not experienced actual combat yet, their cooperation is already comparable to many partners who have been wandering between life and death for several years.

Unfortunately, it is not enough.

The attack interval of less than two seconds is not a mistake for most enemies below the Herrscher. Kevin briefly understood it and found that in this era, there did not seem to be a large number of Judgment-level and even Mage-level enemies that they had to face at that time. Honkaimon, but Kiana's enemy is Herrscher.

"But, given the situation at that time, there was no other way."

Kiana tilted her head and complained.

"No matter what, dad has to cross the ice wall to launch an effective attack. But if I don't hide in the space crack first, won't I be chopped down by dad along with the ice wall?"

"snort."

Kevin sighed softly, spread his hands, and said helplessly:

"This is also the second question I want to talk about - Kiana, your control of power is too rough in such subtle ways."

"Ah? Rough... what kind of description is this? Ouch! Dad, please don't slap me on the head! I still want to grow taller!"

"Haha, what an idiot."

A sneer sounded in her mind, and Kiana bit her lip, temporarily forgetting all the other sounds in her ears.

"Here it comes again! You guy! Believe it or not, I will make you unable to speak right away!"

"I don't care, but didn't you still ask me to teach you how to use the power of space? How can I teach you if I don't speak?"

"Didn't you see Grandpa Kevin's comment - rough!"

"That's because you are stupid. What does it have to do with me?"

"you--"

"In the attack just now, wouldn't you hide in the imaginary space and wait until your 'stinky dad' breaks through the ice wall and swings the sword again? Will you appear behind Kevin again? Or is there another more advanced one? The solution is that while you open a space rift for yourself, you also open a space rift in the charging path of your 'stinky dad', so that he can appear directly in front of Kevin across the ice wall, right?"

"Uh...it seems..."

"So can you blame me? Humph, it's obviously your own fault. Don't rely on me for everything."

In the world of consciousness, the girl whose face was exactly the same as Kiana's, except that her eyes glowed bright yellow, smacked her mouth and waved her hand impatiently, and Kiana's consciousness drifted back to reality in the blink of an eye.

"Kiana? Kiana?"

The rough palm waved in front of her, and finally slapped her hard on the head.

"Stop deserting!"

"Ahhh! Daddy, please be gentler! I still want to grow taller!"

"Ahem!"

Kevin clenched his right hand into a fist and put it in front of his lips. He cleared his throat forcefully and got everything back on track.

"Let me tell you, Kiana. In fact, you had at least two better options just now - you can temporarily hide in the imaginary space and look for opportunities to attack at the same time as your father. Or open up space for your father. Crack, let him appear directly in front of me, these two methods will undoubtedly bring more pressure to me, but they also require you to have a stronger grasp of power. "

"Well……"

Listening to Kevin's advice that was exactly the same as that guy's, Kiana had to wonder if she was really stupid.

"One last question - well, at least the last question of the day."

Kevin crossed his arms and spoke calmly but not distantly.

"Actually, I've been asking this question since the first actual combat training: Kiana, when you use your space power, you always seem to tend to appear from behind the enemy in various ways. Do you think this is a good habit? "

"Huh? Isn't it right? There is a blind spot behind you, so it should be easy to succeed?"

Having said that, the girl tilted her head and thought carefully, but found that this tactic of hers had never been successful with the man in front of her.

Well, she is really stupid.

"That's true in theory."

Kevin nodded, but then quickly shook his head.

"But you are different."

"Huh? Me, why!"

Kiana's eyes widened innocently, but she soon received another painless blow on her head.

"Because you are different from others. We think attacks from behind are dangerous because we are not sure whether there are enemies behind us. But Kiana, as the Herrscher of the Sky..."

"As the Herrscher of the Sky, you can easily appear behind the enemy. Of course it is impossible for the enemy not to know this, so your behavior of attacking me from behind is not much different from a frontal attack. Especially Kiana. The attack just now can be called a textbook-level negative teaching material. Under normal circumstances, even if you are the Herrscher of the Sky, the enemy will not be able to figure out when you will phase shuttle and jump, but under such conditions... …Well, you know.”

Kevin took over Siegfried's words again.

"So, you know this, stinky dad, why do you never tell me..."

"Well……"

Siegfried scratched his messy hair sheepishly.

"I keep forgetting."

"Ah!"

"ha!"

Kevin and Kiana sighed at the same time.

"Anyway, don't do this again."

Kevin rubbed his eyebrows expressionlessly.

"Uh... Then, where should I attack from?"

Kevin's brows twitched. To be honest, he has never controlled the power of Kong, so it would be easy for him to point out his shortcomings, but if this power should be used in this way...

His eyes slowly closed, and after a while, Kevin found that he was no stranger to "how to use the power of space".

There is no doubt that this is due to a certain lawyer who is not doing his job properly. After all, this is the most commonly used power of the man who is the Lawyer of Reason.

"Actually, as the Herrscher of the Sky, you have quite a lot of attack methods at your disposal. Taking the previous example as an example, you can also use the Archon Spear and the Imaginary Crystal to block my movements, and then appear directly above me to launch an attack... …Uh, Kiana?”

Kevin recalled the man's fighting posture and deduced the fighting methods that Kiana could use. When he came back to his senses, he found that Kiana's eyes were dull and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Sighing softly, Kevin was used to this girl being absent from time to time. As a "teacher", he would not criticize anything, and he was not a very attentive student in his studies in the past. And the only time he criticized a newcomer as a soldier, he made the opponent cry in public. This is really not a happy memory.

Moreover, he guessed that the state of near-wandering should not be regarded as desertion. Perhaps the girl was communicating with the second Herrscher in the body. Anyway, the girl had never missed any important knowledge due to such a state so far. point. In other words, the girl can be said to have inherited the talent of the Kaslana family in terms of fighting, even though she is not Kaslana in the true sense.

"Ouch! Daddy, please give me a pat on the shoulder! Stop hitting your head!"

"Ah...oh, I'm sorry, but...that's not right! It's Kiana. You should listen to the teacher's explanation!"

What's more, Mr. Siegfried will always criticize his daughter promptly when encountering this kind of situation. Even though this daughter is not related to him by blood.

The cold face suddenly changed a little, like the day when the snow melted in spring, the snow and ice flowed silently, even if this flow was not noticed by anyone at first.

Kevin smiled, even though his brows only went from a slight frown to smoothing. His chin was always raised until his eyes were parallel to the ground, and then the corners of his mouth were grinned to both sides. Although most people would not attribute this look to a [smile].

But he won't deny that getting along with these two "descendants" can always make him temporarily forget too much heaviness, and his mood can't help but feel relaxed a lot.

"Oh, by the way! Daddy, how does your left hand feel?"

Grasping her father's arm as he tried to take it back, the girl began to carefully examine the body of what she repeatedly called her "stinky daddy."

She smiled brightly to hide the guilt in her eyes.

As if he remembered something of interest, Kevin silently moved his head over.

The man's left arm is divided into two completely different skin colors from the middle of the upper arm, as if one person's arm is connected to another person's arm. But a closer look reveals that this is not the case.

The difference is not just the skin color, but the skin as a whole. The part above the dividing line is darker and the skin is oilier, while the part below the dividing line is as fair and tender as a newborn baby. If you put your nose up and smell it, , maybe there is still a milky fragrance that only children can have.

"It's okay, okay, it's real flesh and blood after all. That's right... I always feel it's a bit awkward to use. It's not that I can't use the strength, but it just feels like a normal person is suddenly forced to walk with splayed legs." a feeling of."

Kiana's whole body was agitated, and she shook her head quickly unconsciously - even if she hadn't experienced that kind of thing personally, she would feel uncomfortable just thinking about it.

Kevin tilted his head and observed for a moment, then said quietly to the side:

"Theoretically, there should be no problem. It is indeed the first time for Miss Anna and Miss Hill to develop the Shaniyat Stigmata to this extent. It is also the first time for Kiana to use the power of the Silence Gem, but Mei has done so before. After testing, this arm is the same as Siegfried's original arm in every sense. The reason why it feels awkward may be that he hasn't had time to get used to it. "

"That's right. Don't worry about me, Kiana. It's only been two months. It should be fine after a while. Besides, even if this is the case, it won't affect the battle. Look, just now I’m not holding you back either! Hahaha!”

Siegfried was carefree and laughed to himself again.

Kiana bit her lip and soon started laughing too.

Only Kevin didn't laugh.

His always cold and cold attitude became the best cover at this moment. What he was thinking at this moment was something that had little to do with everything in front of him.

[It turns out that even the limbs constructed through the power of the Sixth Herrscher will take such a long time to adapt to such pain that is not severe but is far away. As for the Herrscher of Reason's behavior of reconstructing his own body, it is not an easy task to see how Walter Yang is still rediscovering the performance of his new body in half a year. But these are all commonplace for you...]

As long as he put himself into that man's perspective, Kevin quickly felt the pain of being forced to walk with an equinox as mentioned in Siegfried's joke. He understood better that as a [Kaslana], Siegfried's words were just a metaphor to simplify the difficulties. The real feelings should be far more painful than this.

"Ah……"

After taking a long breath, Kevin realized that Siegfried and Kiana were staring at him intensely.

"Oh...it's almost time. That's the end of today's morning training. As per the old rules, we will continue training in another combat mode in the afternoon."

The time in the early morning is precious and short, so the previous actual combat training focused more on [close combat ability with the assistance of a small amount of power], while more time in the afternoon was on [full use of the power of the Herrscher of the Sky without any restrictions] training.

"Well, it's the same as before. I'm going to take Siegfried for a physical examination. Kiana, you can go to the cafeteria first."

"Ah...stinky dad, you haven't given up on awakening that holy mark yet..."

Kiana's tone was somewhat regretful and dissatisfied, but more of a "fortunately so" tone.

Suddenly, he was lightly tapped on the shoulder:

"What? Is it possible that you still don't believe in your father? No matter what others say, you are my daughter. Even if the whole world says otherwise, you are still my daughter."

Kiana's vision blurred for a moment.

"But that also means that I have to fulfill my responsibility as a father - although it is wrong for me to say this now, I am indeed sorry for you in the past few years."

"Stop talking about dad, it's me..."

"Hey! My daughter is now mastering the power of the Herrscher, so how can I stand still! If I don't work harder, I am an old bone, but I don't even have the strength to stand by your side and fight alongside you. "Kiana, when it collapsed for the second time, I watched your mother... I don't want to experience that kind of powerlessness with my child again."

Kiana bit her lip tightly to prevent her tears from falling. The Second Herrscher in her mind has actually been making noises for a long time. She once used "Teach you how to use power from time to time" as a bargaining chip in exchange for the right to speak freely, but for some reason, she was just silent at this time, watching this. A father reveals his feelings to his daughter little by little.

In a daze, the Second Herrscher's thoughts seemed to have returned to Siberia seventeen years ago, to the illusion she had constructed with so many unnecessary actions.

"..."

"Okay, okay! Kiana, you go take a shower first, and then go have breakfast. I'll take Sieg Fei away from here."

Kevin rubbed his eyebrows again. He had seen too many separations of life and death, and naturally he would not be touched by these small touches.

It's just that Siegfried said "father" to the left and "child" to the right, which always made him unable to suppress the thought of what he and the other person could do but both tacitly chose not to do.

Therefore, he felt that his sudden intervention at this moment to separate the father and daughter might not be out of selfish motives.

Kiana waved her hand reluctantly and said goodbye to her father briefly.

Time came to the midsummer of 2017 unknowingly. Although the entire simulation war room was frozen by the cold air released by Kevin, Kiana still felt a layer of cold sweat sandwiched between the Valkyrie armor and her skin. .

She quickly rushed back to the dormitory, took a refreshing cold shower, then put on her daily clothes and walked leisurely to the cafeteria.

Along the way, she smiled and greeted every member of Anti-Entropy she passed by, whether she knew them or not.

It's nothing more than a "good morning" thing.

"Look at your popularity. I met thirteen people along the way. Five of them looked away and wanted to press their bodies against the other side of the bulkhead. One ignored you at all, and another cursed you in a low voice - she even I know you can hear me. Two people nod to you, but four idiots actually say hello to you in return - that's great!"

"It's better than the beginning, isn't it? At the beginning, except for Bronya and the others, no one responded to me."

Kiana just answered so plainly.

At the same time, I was grateful in my heart. Fortunately, my smelly dad would be taken for a physical check-up after every training, so he didn't have to go with me all the way.

With such simple yet complicated thoughts, the girl regarded it as the beginning of an ordinary day.

She imagined the smell of toast, fried bacon, and slices of bread with garlic butter in her mind to pull her mind away from unnecessary worries.

The girl didn't feel anything different about this day, let alone any strange feeling.

But in someone's eyes, the fate he has knitted with his own hands has once again enveloped the innocent girl. He only needs to hook his fingers and the thread will tighten. Destiny will once again wrap the girl up until she is helpless. What must she do? situation.