The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Huh...huh...huh..."

The dizziness caused by stepping out of the star gate has been familiar to me for a long time, so that it does not bring much discomfort, but if it is exhausted, it is a different matter.

It was as if a thousand needles were mixed into her brain, stirring and rotating over time, and her whole body was more like being stuffed into a drum washing machine. Amidst the non-existent "clang, clang" sound, she finally... Only then did I feel the hardness under my feet.

"Um……"

But then, her knees weakened, and if she hadn't inserted the long purple knife named [Tianxia] into the gap in the floor tiles to support her body in time, she would undoubtedly have fallen down in the splendid hall in embarrassment.

There was no exaggerated teasing laughter in my ears, and I don’t know what happened. Many times in the past, when I heard that voice, I would secretly say “here we go again” in my heart, and then I would consciously prepare myself for being teased or questioned. preparation.

But at this moment, I felt that it was a bit regretful and a bit... unaccustomed to not hearing that voice for the first time when I returned to the hall of the Paradise of the Past.

However, just as she was thinking this, a voice more familiar than Alicia's sounded:

"Huh? Mei Yi is out?"

He raised his head in disbelief. The man was sitting lazily on the sofa, holding a glass of orange juice in his hands and sipping it one bite at a time.

The corners of Mei Yi's eyes trembled, "Have you come to the Paradise of the Past World again?"

"What do you mean? Mei, have you forgotten the meaning of the name [Mikael]?"

Probably because he was really tired and his head was dizzy, Mei felt that the bright light shining down from the top of his head blurred everything, the surrounding colors and light and shadows, and also blurred Mikael's familiar smiling face.

Closing her eyes and resisting the pain between her brows, Mei Yi took a deep breath and answered without mercy:

"The guardian of the paradise, or the gatekeeper?"

"...You don't have to use this word."

"But don't doorkeepers usually stand outside the door?"

"Then you can use your imagination and use this hall as a guard room."

Mikael drank all the orange juice in the glass with a smile, and then with a sigh of satisfaction, the orange-yellow liquid naturally poured out of the colorful crystal cup under the refraction of light until it was full.

Mikael let out a soft "wow", kept the cup still, carefully stretched his neck, put his face forward rather comically, put his lips to the rim of the cup, and then took a gentle sip.

The liquid in the cup deflated until only about two-thirds of the orange part remained. Only then did Mikael raise his head with satisfaction and lean his back on the sofa again.

"How about Mei, you have been exploring the paradise for so long, and even exceeded the limit of what your [will] can bear. Do you want to have a glass of orange juice to relax?"

He leisurely raised a finger, and another full glass of orange juice was born out of thin air in the space beside him. As he raised his finger towards Mei Yi, the cup immediately moved towards Mei Yi, and stopped steadily in Mei Yi in the blink of an eye. Not a drop fell in front of me.

However, Mei did not take it.

She just looked at Mikael coldly. For a long time, she said nothing. The only sound left in the hall was Mikael's sipping orange juice. It was so quiet that it made people feel panicked.

After a while, looking at the orange juice still floating in front of him, Mei Yi hesitated for a while, then reached out to take it, but looking at Mikael, his eyes were still without much warmth.

"You guy, what are you planning?"

"Hmph..."

Mikael grinned, as if he was chuckling, but his expression quickly turned awkward and forced.

"Mei Yi, after all, am I so unworthy of your trust?"

"It's not a matter of trustworthiness... Even if you don't consider what you have done to me before, you are also very clear about the purpose of my coming here. But... whenever I want to know something... every time Man, everyone here is trying to excuse me with various excuses, asking me to find the answer myself. Mebius, who was originally willing to tell me everything, stopped responding to me and only said that you warned her. ? "What else do you want from me?"

Mei Yi's hands were shaking. Even though her physical strength was exhausted, her anger became an emotional catharsis that could do nothing. The orange juice spilled from the cup made the hand holding the cup sticky. This was the only result of anger.

"Mei Yi, if you are too purposeful, you will be annoying."

"?"

"You often chase Yingjie to get to the bottom of things, right? Even if you have seen that their mood is not very good, you will force them to listen to your questions. Why do you have to go to this extent? I should... no, there should be You’ve been taught that being demanding and aggressive when you want to get something from others doesn’t work.”

Meiyi narrowed her eyes, looked at "Mikael" in front of her up and down with a scrutinizing gaze, and then let out a breath.

"What about you Mikael?"

"Um?"

"Why are you fighting until now? Not long ago, the you I am familiar with told me that you hope to bury your ashes on the moon after death, always watching human beings, and scatter the other half into the universe. Pursue infinite possibilities. Even in the face of death, you still cherish this kind of romance... knowing that if you continue to move forward, more people will be injured, and knowing that continuing to fight will only increase your pain, why should you be pregnant? How about continuing to move forward and fight despite this pain?”

A drop of cold sweat slipped from Mikael's forehead. He blocked his mouth with orange juice, and then whispered amidst the sound of "gurgling" bubbles:

"Because I have something I have to do."

"Then this is also my answer. But..."

Holding the knife in one hand and holding the cup tightly in the other, Mei walked up to Mikael and looked down at him.

"But you're not Mikael, are you?"

"..."

"At least, you are not the Mikael I am familiar with. Right?"

"How...how did you find out? I asked myself whether the disguise was okay."

Meiyi tried her best and forced out a smile that was exclusive to the "winner".

"That's just because you think you're good at pretending. If it were him, he would never ask questions like how I discovered you. Probably... just a faint "Oh"."

"oh."

“Learning now and selling now doesn’t work.”

Mei smiled self-deprecatingly.

"What's more, I understood it from the moment I saw orange juice. In the past, you seemed to really like this drink. At every dance, when Kevin and Cosmo were holding up red wine, only your cup was full of red wine. Orange juice. But...the Mikael I know would just drink in silence."

"So that's it. Because of the inconsistency of my experiences, I will have completely different habits fifty thousand years later than I did fifty thousand years ago. Was it obvious from the beginning? Sure enough, before I became the future me, I still had There’s a long way to go.”

"Why...why do you want to imitate the monitor's speech?"

"..."

"You are not a memory, right? Everyone I met told me that Mikael did not leave his memory. Mebius is so, Alicia is so sure. And what I think The familiar Mikael has never denied this.”

"If I'm not a memory, then what am I?"

Mikael turned his head and looked at the slowly rotating star gate.

Meiyi frowned, searched for past memories, and boldly guessed:

"You were... during the Fourth Collapse..."

Before she finished speaking, Mei Yi suddenly felt her eyes sore and blinked instinctively. But when she opened her eyes again, there was no one on the sofa in front of her, and even the glass of orange juice in her hand that she had not yet drank had disappeared. Without a trace.

Only the sticky feeling in her palm reminded her that what happened before was not an illusion, nor was it a dream.

"Did you...escape?"

Covering her forehead, it turned out that it was still difficult for Mei to connect such a clean escape behavior with the Mikael she was familiar with. If it were him, he would avoid saying anything in the same way, acting as if he would only be embarrassed by others if he wasn't embarrassed.

It is indeed true that ice is always unshakable. If someone tries to melt an iceberg with his hands, his hands will undoubtedly freeze into pieces of ice before the ice and snow melt.

But... why do I always feel an ominous premonition?

"Hey, hey, Miss Raiden Mei, why are you in a daze alone in the hall?"

"Raven?"

Just as she turned around, Mei saw Raven with her hood off. Although she was talking to herself, her head was moving around, as if she was looking for something.

Looking at the small bunch of stupid hair on the top of her head that was constantly turning and trembling, Mei suddenly understood why Alicia had a special liking for her horns.

She suddenly wanted to be humorous, or maybe the long-term exploration of the paradise had exhausted her spirit to the extreme, so she wanted to do something that she would never do or be suitable for doing under the rebellious mentality.

However, before she could make up her mind, the raven withdrew his wandering eyes, and his expression began to become solemn, but whenever his eyes were about to touch her, he would inevitably dodge to one side.

Maybe it was still because of fatigue. Mei didn't notice anything unusual at first, and even wanted to make a joke. Until the raven hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a word, the ominous premonition became stronger, even in the In an instant, it turned into countless hands, tightly grasping her heart.

"Raven, is something happening in the outside world?"

Natasha took a deep breath and seemed to shiver again. She opened her mouth to say something, but changed her words at the last moment:

"Miss Raiden Meiyi, you may need to leave here for a while."

"What happened outside?"

"Miss Raiden Meiyi, congratulations, you are now the new Lord of the World Snake. As for what happened outside... Jackal will tell you."

Natasha touched the back of her neck, which was already wet with cold sweat, and decisively left the question to the jackal.

But after two seconds, seeing that Mei didn't answer right away, Raven sighed and put his hands on his hips and added:

"Please, Miss... Oh, no, it's your Lord. I'm just an errand messenger. If you have any questions, don't embarrass me. Anyway, just leave first."

Meiyi turned her head in confusion, and the everlasting star gate slowly rotated in mid-air, just like it did when she first arrived here.

Without much hesitation or nostalgia, Mei closed her eyes. When she opened them again, Meiyi just stared at the raven with a dull look.

"Let's go."

She moved her lips slightly and just said this.

…………

"So, the current situation is that Kiana has been taken away by the Tenth Herrscher, and Bronya is temporarily unable to use the power of the Herrscher of Reason... In other words, in order to prevent the Tenth Herrscher from taking away Reason, Take away the power of the sky, or release the consciousness of the second Herrscher in Kiana's core. We must take back Kiana as quickly as possible, but is the combat power seriously insufficient? "

The projection of "Thunder and Lightning Meiyi" swept across everyone present. After taking a deep breath and biting her lower lip tightly for a few seconds, she regained her composure and unconsciously analyzed the known information. .

Standing in front of her, Theresa's expression suddenly became extremely complicated.

After half a year, my student not only fully mastered the power of the Herrscher of Thunder, but also became the leader of an organization that is hidden deep in history and has reach into the entire world. In a sense, it is larger than the destiny. host】.

Of course, power and status are not what Theresa focuses on.

The point is that she was already prepared for Mei's anger, sadness and despair. As the principal of the school and Theresa's aunt, she understood very well what Kiana meant to Mei, although she could not fully understand it. A bond between two young girls, but she could feel the weight of it.

That was an emotion far heavier than the friendship between her and Cecilia.

But Mei Yi has already acted calmly enough. She is calmer than Siegfried who she spent a lot of effort to calm down before. She immediately turns her brain to think about the problems she is facing at this moment and the corresponding countermeasures. .

It only took half a year to achieve such huge growth. As the principal, Theresa was of course happy for Mei's growth, but...this growth was not due to her education, but to someone who was being taught by them now. The credit of a man who is regarded as an enemy.

She finally discovered that as long as that man was involved, everything would become ridiculous.

Shaking her head, Theresa turned sideways to make room for Mei.

"Mei Yi, before you came, we had already discussed a rough battle plan. Now Dr. Mei will explain it to you and Hollander."

"Um……"

"clear."

The second crisp voice came from Hollander. The voice was transmitted to the terminal of Tianming via Gnius, and then transferred to Hyperion.

Behind Mei, Bronya was surrounded by armored bunnies and suspended in mid-air, Seele was holding the sacred mark on her heart with her right hand, Siegfried was waving his arms from time to time, and they had already put on their respective Valkyries. The armored Rita and Anna, as well as the duo of Kevin, Su and Hua, who were resting with their eyes closed.

Of course, there is also Teresa who is carrying Judas on her back.

"Isn't Velvet here yet?"

Mei turned sideways and glanced at the not-so-large team.

"Her fighting style relies on a large number of Blank Keys, and currently there is only one Blank Key. She should seize the last moment to upgrade it."

Su, who never opened his eyes, spread his hands and spoke unusually calmly.

Mei nodded to make it clear, and then asked no more questions.

And right in front of her, or in other words, Mei Yi, who was displaced into this space through projection technology, suddenly had a flash of fear in her eyes.

May, Kevin, Sue, and soon Velvet.

Although I have been in contact with Mikael, Mebius and the squad leader a long time ago, after roughly understanding their stories and their predictable endings, it is a bit sad to look at the current battle. .

There is no doubt that for them, this is a fratricide that no one wants to face, but why, every [Ying Jie] exudes nothing but determination.

"Now let's explain the battle plan this time."

Mei's cold voice drew the attention of the new World Snake Lord back.

"This time the battle is mainly divided into two plans, A and B, based on the enemy's situation, corresponding to the possibility of Mikael's appearance or non-appearance respectively. Of course, everyone should know that in the latter case, only Our strength, at least for now, is impossible to defeat him, but...if you still have the mentality of not fighting hard because your opponent cannot be defeated, you can withdraw from this operation now."

No one quit. What May said was indeed a concern for everyone present, but everyone was worried about how to solve the problem, not fear.

"In the end, all we have to do is rescue Kiana, and on this basis, try to complete the plan to annihilate most of the Tenth Herrscher. It doesn't matter whether we defeat Mikael or not. And if we just want to achieve our goal , what most of you need to do is just to hold him back for a while.

"Some of you may not know Mikael, so you are worried about his invincibility and the so-called final authority. Therefore, before starting to explain the battle plan, I need to point out to you Mikael's biggest Weaknesses -

"Yes, his biggest weakness is that he is too invincible."

"Click——"

Following Mei's increasingly passionate voice, the doors on one side of the bridge slid open to both sides at the exact moment the last note fell.

Velvet walked in with her top hat covered, but she was not wearing any armor, nor were there any of the various machines and blank keys that she had imagined behind her.

She leaned against the doorframe, sighed heavily, glanced at Mei first, and then turned her head to look behind her.

"Come in quickly. Since you've already put it on, there's nothing I can do about it."

After saying this, she spread her hands to everyone again:

"I'm sorry, but it seems I can't go this time."

The person who stepped into the bridge from behind her was wearing a fiery red Blank Key, holding a weapon with the same name as the great sword [Selter] fifty thousand years ago...

Himiko.

No.

She is Jizi. (End of chapter)