The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"boom--"

The earth was trembling, and the dazzling ring of light in the sky was also trembling. The fine stones and blue dust were suspended in the vibration, making people hold their breath unconsciously.

"Second Herrscher, no... Siren, return your power to me quickly!"

With her eyes closed tightly, the girl's consciousness sank into her heart in an instant. What appeared in front of her was the familiar night in the academy, and the arrogant figure floating high in the air.

"There's something wrong with you!"

There was a hint of impatience on the face that looked exactly like hers, and then he waved his hand nonchalantly.

"I said it at the beginning, I'm just a spectator watching a show. Why do you expect me to lend you my power?"

"because……"

Kiana thought she could say those words firmly, but when she looked directly into the eyes of the Second Herrscher, she couldn't say anything.

Is it to save his comrades?

But those people are not the companions of the Second Herrscher, they can even be said to be enemies.

To save the world?

But the last Herrscher who clamored to destroy the world seemed to be her. Although she kept saying that the gods had deceived her, her attitude of being a "human being" clearly meant that she would not care about saving the world, which was extremely boring to her.

Is that to save yourself?

If she, Kiana Kaslana, dies here, the Second Herrscher will also...

Will he really die?

The Herrscher's consciousness has always been carried by the Herrscher Core. In other words, even if Kiana dies, the Herrscher in the core can still survive.

What's more, the other party said not long ago that after the gods betrayed her, there was nothing in the world that she cared about. Even if she really had to face death, she wouldn't be too panicked.

Kiana was speechless.

There really is nothing you can do about her...

Kiana lowered her head silently.

But she can't give up here yet, definitely can't give up here...

Someone must be waiting for her to return, and the sins she has committed must be washed away with her own hands.

If you don't go back, someone will be sad. If she doesn't go back, those who were hurt by her in the past will never get her apology and compensation...

"Why?"

The tall figure spoke again, but Kiana was stunned.

"Why? Why do you want to save the world? Why do you want to apologize to these humans?"

"This...is there any reason for this? If we don't save the world, are we going to destroy it? It's not like those..."

"World? Human beings? Is this the world, this kind of human beings?"

"..."

"Aren't you awake yet? Look at the ugly appearance of human beings in my memory. For the so-called artificial stigmata technology, our children can be treated as samples that are worse than livestock. And at the cost of this blood The artificial stigmata developed through research prevents most of the Valkyries from surviving beyond the age of forty - well, it doesn't matter, because not many Valkyries can retire alive. "

"But... this is necessary, in order to fight against Honkai..."

“Isn’t a necessary evil an evil?”

"..."

Kiana was speechless.

To be precise, it is irrefutable - when this depressing thought emerged in her mind, it brought another light to her, but it blurred again in the blink of an eye. After all, she could not grasp the flash of light in her mind. past things.

"Look at these humans again... forget it, let's just talk about it. That little girl, I admit, she is indeed miserable, and she even reminds me of myself, but so what? What harm did she suffer? One place was given by you..."

"I...I shouldn't have gone to Tianqiong City..."

"You're done, right? You have to go somewhere, not Tianqiong City, but also Canghai City. That girl may not suffer, but a little boy in Canghai City may also face such a tragic fate In the final analysis, their suffering has nothing to do with you, but they have done nothing wrong, so they must find a source for their suffering, so they find you. You are innocent, but they need someone to vent their extreme emotions. This is the true face of this group of people. Do you want to save them? "

"certainly."

Kiana answered without hesitation.

"Why?"

The same question, but she didn't know if it was an illusion. Kiana saw the corners of the Second Herrscher's mouth slightly raised for a moment, and then pressed it down again.

Her eyes wandered twice, and Kiana quickly replied:

"Everyone was injured because of me, so of course..."

"You? Just you?"

"..."

"I understand, you are K423, Kiana Kaslana, and I am the Second Herrscher."

Kiana's mind suddenly went blank.

But soon, she replied firmly again:

"No, you actually know it very well. Although I always call you Xilin, but... they also said it just now. In fact, we are all Xilin, but what I get is probably the good side of Xilin. , and you have carried the memories for me that made Sirin fall into evil..."

"Stop being so smart!"

"..."

"You are also easy to deceive, and you believe just a few words? How can good and evil be so easily separated? You used to sleep in class every day, and after class you would think about eating Mei's cooking, late at night Playing games secretly with Bronya without sleeping, ordering late-night takeaways, and staying in bed early in the morning... Is this also a good side? "

"..."

Kiana's brows furrowed as she looked at the Second Herrscher who reported her dark history in detail. Perhaps because she was facing the same enemy at this moment, she actually found him more pleasing to the eye. Perhaps becoming a companion would be a good idea. It's not impossible...

What a shame, it would have been nice if this had been discovered earlier.

"But...even if you say so, I can never give up like this."

"you--"

"Smelly dad taught me not to give up, and Aunt Jizi also taught me not to give up. My aunt, Mei, Bronya, and Xi'er also like the way I don't give up. Even Mikael once said this …I don’t know if it’s useful to just go my own way, but…since everyone says don’t give up, I think it’s definitely not a mistake, so…”

"..."

Kiana slowly knelt in front of the Second Herrscher.

"As an audience, you don't want to see just boring plots next, right? Give the power back to me for the time being and let me fight too."

"What if I say no?"

The corners of the Second Herrscher's mouth trembled and opened.

"Then I will decide a winner with you here."

The Second Herrscher's smile disappeared.

This idiot... is serious.

No, I already said she was an idiot, how could she not be serious?

"Okay, that's it for you."

"At the risk of my life, I will definitely get power from you, because I...huh?"

"Do you want it? Even if you don't want it!"

Kiana stared dumbfounded at the power that was pouring into her body. Although it was not all of the Second Herrscher, it was already more than she could originally control.

"Say it beforehand. Even if you get power from me, you won't be able to break free immediately."

Looking at Kiana who was laughing stupidly because she regained her strength, the Second Herrscher struck without hesitation:

"The chains that bind you, as well as the cross, are all created by God with the power of [restraint]. Do you remember the God's Key in the hand of your little aunt? When the rated power is released, it will generate a continuous After one minute of barrier, all Honkai energy in the barrier will be ineffective, and the Herrscher will directly fall into a state similar to that of ordinary humans suffocating. Its chains have similar effects, but the effectiveness will be much lower. "

"How do you know so clearly..."

"Because I've been through it."

"..."

"But the colors that bind you can be seen, and the efficiency is lower than those chains. As long as you use Honkai energy to repeatedly impact, you can probably...can untie them, right?"

"perhaps?"

The figure of the Second Herrscher disappeared in time, and it seemed that there was nothing else to say to Kiana.

Everything in the mental world collapsed with the departure of the Second Herrscher.

The tiny stars gradually grew larger in the dark purple night sky until they formed patches of white light spots that looked like mosaics. This white light spot expanded to all the buildings and vegetation around them, and then everything peeled off like old wallpaper. After coming down, Kiana was left with only a void of nothingness.

Then, this void was gradually filled with the color of reality.

By coincidence, when reality returned to Kiana's sight, she saw two familiar figures.

There was Guinevere, who was naturally surrounding her from the beginning, and a doll... Although it looked indistinguishable from other dolls, Kiana's inner intuition told her that it was Wen. Di.

"Failed?"

Wendy asked.

"Ah...ah...it seems like this."

Guinevere scratched her head in embarrassment, the same way she did when she made small mistakes and was criticized.

"Then kill him quickly. Once the power of Kong is controlled, there will be no one in this world who can stop us."

"Well, I think that instead of letting the power of space be controlled by weak reptiles like us, it is better to revive the consciousness of the Second Herrscher, so... let me try again..."

"..."

Wendy didn't reply for a while.

Kiana squinted her eyes, carefully observing the movements of the two, and taking advantage of the opportunity when they looked like they were about to quarrel, she began to try to use the power of the sky to mobilize the extremely weak Honkai energy that could respond to her and began to impact. Holding the chains that bound her.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if we talk about this kind of thing later."

The doll's head rotated 360 degrees one by one, and then shook its head boredly.

"What about you, why do you still look so ugly now? Hurry up and become like [ours] and start fighting soon. Be careful that everyone accidentally hurts you too."

"Fight? Impossible, impossible! I've even brought the gods to guard the door for us. Do you think those stupid humans can still enter the theater?"

"God? No wonder the puppets previously placed at the gate retreated without warning. Oh, could it be that you never had any way to revive the Second Herrscher from the beginning to the end, and you just used her as bait to lure those stupid Both humans and gods will be attracted to this end?”

"What do you think?"

"Deceiving God is an unforgivable sin." The puppet danced and took a step closer to Guinevere. "No." Guinevere silently stood between Kiana and the puppet. "I didn't deceive God. I just prayed to Him again after being saved by Him. I prayed that He would help us win this war. What's wrong with that?" "Humph, you sound like you are very close to God..." "Ah, maybe." Guinevere twisted her waist and spread her hands. "After all, He responded to my prayers twice in a row, but you, who are in the same base, actually asked me to tell God about His existence... Does He really like you? Does He really value you? Does He really love you? I think... maybe He still loves me a little more?" "You, don't, go too far!" The puppet posed in the "click, click" sound. "Is it too much? Then I would like to ask, what exactly are you thinking of by repeatedly encouraging everyone to execute Kiana immediately?"

"What do you mean? God is helping us fight, but you want to stab him in the back?"

"Huh? Huh! How did you come to this conclusion, Senior Wendy?"

Guinevere put her hands behind her back, twisting her fingers constantly, but she showed a flawless smile on her face facing the doll.

"How could it be? I am a loyal believer of God! I am the one who was saved by God himself, the only one who was given the power of death by God, and the only one who dragged God into this war... How could I betray God?"

Click-click-

Every joint of the doll was shaking violently until it twisted. If it wasn't so, Kiana would never believe that the doll's face, which was half covered by a black eye mask, would convey anger under extreme distortion.

"What do you want to say? Are you trying to say that God loves you more than me? Haha, that's ridiculous, you don't know what to say! I know what you're thinking, but you'd better put away your stupid idea right now! I'm God's first believer, the first of one thousand, and the leader who dominates everyone in this theater! This will never change!"

"Ah-ah-are you sure, Wendy-senpai..."

"Don't call me by that name anymore!"

"Just treat it as a code name, otherwise people won't be able to tell the difference. But..."

Guinevere smiled evilly and turned sideways, pointing at Kiana with her thumb.

"But, the first believer of God should be her, right?"

"If you are willing to move your ranking back one place to one thousand and one, I have no objection - the last seat of a thousand people."

"It doesn't matter. I think one thousand and one sounds much better than one thousand. It feels like listening to a story. But..."

"Can you talk without so many twists and turns? It's tiring to listen to!"

"Oh oh oh..."

Even though the expression on the puppet's face became more and more terrifying, Guinevere smiled indifferently.

No, or perhaps, her weird smile never stopped, like a human skin mask, covering up her true expression all the time.

What is she hiding? Kiana thought while struggling to control the Honkai energy - this feeling is like holding back urine until the bladder is about to explode and being asked to pee all into a small beaker in a trickle. It's really painful!

She didn't know if the puppet noticed this abnormality, but the intuition in her heart oppressed her nerves, making her involuntarily hope that the puppet would ignore this.

After all, it was a pleasant thing to watch two enemies quarreling in front of her, or when she was trying her best to break free from the restraints - if it wasn't Mikael who was blocking everyone at the outermost layer.

"I just want to repeat that question - Wendy senior, why are you so eager to kill Kiana?"

"You're not done today, are you!"

The puppet grabbed the two pairs of golden horns on her head and pulled them desperately, but no matter how the wooden blocks that made up her body groaned, she still... failed.

She was a waste, a waste who couldn't even take off the ugly horns on her head.

"Wendy senior, compared to you, I may indeed be more favored by the gods."

Guinevere's fingers trembled twice, separated from behind, and then intertwined and closed in front of her chest, making a pious look.

"Compared to me, you, the self-proclaimed Leader, seem to be less pious to the Lord God, right?"

"What did you say!"

The puppet tried to pull off the horns again, and failed again as expected, but this time it did not stop, but punched Guinevere.

Guinevere tilted her head, and the fist brushed past her hair, and then she held it tightly with her backhand.

"Am I wrong, Leader? You are in a hurry to kill Kiana, and even deliberately blurred the boundary between killing and controlling her power during the trial... No, you didn't even mention that... Our Leader, what are you thinking? Ah, I forgot, the Lord God destroyed the entire Salt Lake City base, but they chased after us so quickly... Who told them the coordinates of the theater? Could it be that you are the so-called insider?"

"I'm in you!"

Just as the two Herrs were about to fight, suddenly, a much lighter vibration than the one that shook the earth and sky came, forcing the two to look in the same direction.

They were no longer [ordinary people], and they quickly identified that the vibration came from inside the theater.

The puppet grabbed Guinevere's collar:

"Didn't you say that the gods blocked the door? What's going on? That's the direction of the door!"

"Who knows?"

Guinevere turned her head away with a guilty conscience.

"The gods only said to guard the door. What if the other party fell from the sky or came in from other directions? He shouldn't care, right?"

"Why didn't you say this just now!!!"

"..."

"I'll go reconstruct the terrain of the entire theater, and you take the other individuals to block the invaders-"

"Ah? Do you trust me so much?"

"I..."

The puppet struggled for a moment, and his face became cold again.

"Okay, okay, since I can mobilize the whole world with my will, let's make this the battlefield. You stand beside me and don't go anywhere." Guinevere's cheeks twitched twice while being held in the air, and she nodded obediently. So the puppet loosened its hand and let her experience the pain of landing on her butt. "Oh, it hurts--" "Hurry up and change this body so it won't hurt." "No, no, if you change the puppet's body, you won't be able to use the power of death given by God." "Why do you always have excuses? I'm alert--" "Boom!" Before he finished speaking, there was another huge vibration from under this round platform, which can be regarded as a gathering place or an altar, and of course its scientific name should be called the center of the theater. Then, several broken puppets were thrown up, followed by a small flame. That was because of the distance. At a distance of thousands of meters, the scattered red hair really looked like a leaping flame. "Kiana!"

"Woo-woo--"

Himeko dragged the sword on the ground and rushed forward quickly. As time went by, she could feel that the sword was getting heavier and heavier, and the black above her sight was gradually expanding.

She didn't have much time, but she should be in time-there were only two enemies!

In the blink of an eye, half of the space of thousands of meters had been crossed, and both the puppet and Guinevere just stood in front of Kiana, silently watching Himeko rushing up.

"Ka--"

"Bang!"

No longer caring about hiding, all the Honkai energy was concentrated on the golden chain that bound her lips at this moment. As Kiana suddenly pressed her upper and lower jaws, the chain broke into countless fragments with a crisp explosion.

Red liquid gushed out from between her lips and teeth, and when her tongue turned, it was all full of the sweet and fishy taste of blood. But Kiana didn't care about these things at all, and she didn't have time to care about them. She struggled to lean forward, her neck stretched to the longest, and shouted desperately to Jizi to remind her:

"Up! Jizi! Look up!"

"Huh?"

She responded in confusion, and before she had time to look up, Jizi leaned back without hesitation, her heels pressed against the ground, and plowed two ten-meter-long depressions on the hard stone platform. With this reaction force, she retreated hundreds of meters away in one breath, and then jumped several times in a row, almost returning to the original position.

It was not until this time that she had time to take a breath, and then looked up at the sky.

Under the illumination of the solar eclipse, silver silk threads fell from the deep and dark sky, and puppets fell from the sky and landed in front of her, layer by layer, blocking the only way to Kiana.

And this is just the beginning. In the gaps between the puppets, the space was torn apart by golden spots of light, and small black holes appeared one after another. Countless strange creatures emerged from the holes—perhaps they cannot be called creatures, because they also have silver threads on their bodies, connecting directly to the sky.

"Damn, what are these... These guys actually created an army for me!" (End of this chapter)