The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"call--"

The fist was punched out with all its strength, and the air was suddenly compressed to the extreme, grazing the edge of the fist and making a whimpering sound like a rocket. 6̳̳

When the girl's fist was punched, she was only less than half a meter away from the face opposite her, but there was only a smile on the face that was exactly like her own.

She didn't even bother to dodge, and the next moment, the fist full of anger smashed into a hollow. Kiana wanted to withdraw her strength, but it was already too late. Then she received a punch on the back of her head - it was undoubtedly her own fist.

"cut--"

This phenomenon has been repeated countless times in the past long time.

How long has passed? Kiana, who was focused on fighting, had no time to pay attention to the flow of time.

She just kept fighting and attacking, knowing that she was not strong enough and that she could not defeat the opponent in front of her, but the energy in her heart made her unable to stop.

She will knock down Siren here, and then go to find the Tenth Herrscher to avenge Himeko.

No matter how much time passed, this thought still retained its original fiery temperature in her heart. She knew that this was unrealistic. Even if she defeated Sirin, the power of the Herrscher of the Sky would most likely be controlled by the Tenth Herrscher. She alone would not be able to defeat the Tenth Herrscher. She would even lose power because of her power. Being taken away will in turn increase the danger for everyone...

But what else could she do? Could she just stay where she was and do nothing?

"Drink!"

Enduring the severe pain in the back of her head and the dizziness caused by the blow to her brain stem, Kiana lowered her body, closed the distance with Sirin again, and then swept her whip leg from right to left.

"boom!"

Hit! Phase deflection was originally a defensive method against long-range penetrating attacks. It was effective against straight punches, but it was ineffective against whip kicks with a wider attack surface!

But, did it really hit?

The one who was kicked... was it really Siren?

There was pain from the collision of a hard object on the instep, and Kiana knew clearly that she had indeed kicked something, but it was not Sirin's body.

"Imaginary number barrier?!"

There is no doubt that it is. The figure of the Second Herrscher followed the power of Kiana's kick and flew back in the air, calmly opening some distance.

Kiana slowly retracted her numb foot, choosing to stand there and wait for the counterattack launched by the second Herrscher.

Hmm... It's not correct to say it was a counterattack. From the moment the battle started, the person who launched the attack again and again was Kiana. To be precise, it was only Kiana.

Why? It's obvious that he has taken a stance of opposition. She was obviously the one who blocked the way in the first place, but why did she...

Why had she never attacked?

Her confident smile never faded from the beginning to the end. She just kept dodging Kiana's attacks, and occasionally taught Kiana a lesson when she made a fool of herself and threw a straight punch - just like before.

Being still gave Kiana time to think, but thinking did not necessarily lead to answers.

Siren, or the Second Herrscher, what exactly does she want to do, what does she want to gain through this conflict, and what are the benefits to her of stopping Kiana...

One question after another popped up in Kiana's mind, and in the end, only chicken feathers were left on the ground.

It's like the ground is covered with gravel. You can pick up a gravel easily, but they are neither valuable nor have any special meaning. It was only after being affected by the long and boring battle that it broke away from its solid body and fell to the ground.

Picking up such stones seems to have no meaning other than increasing one's own weight.

But after all, the relationship between thinking and picking up pebbles is an inappropriate metaphor.

With some immature thoughts, not even "formed", Kiana took two more steps forward, getting closer to Sirin, and then stopped steadily.

Taking a deep breath, watching her chest become full, as if what filled her lungs was not air but courage, Kiana tried her best to keep a calm tone and spoke:

"Xilin, do you still want to continue this kind of fighting?"

Xilin, who was floating in the air like a rootless duckweed, smiled and asked half teasingly and half disdainfully:

"Fighting? Why are you asking me about this kind of thing? Aren't you the one who has been fighting? It all depends on you whether you want to continue fighting or not, so why bother asking me?"

"...So, you don't agree with the decision I made, so you blocked me in this way?"

The Second Herrscher subtly lowered the floating height a little. Her attitude seemed to have softened as Kiana stopped attacking, but after hearing Kiana's words, she let out an unhappy snort again. .

"Don't agree? Do I have the right to disagree? Will you discuss it with me? In the final analysis, the relationship between us is life and death. There is no need to discuss your decision with me. I don't agree with your decision. I never need to tell you, I just need to do it like this... I will kill you when you are stupid."

Her lip was bitten with blood for a moment, and Kiana took deep breaths quickly and continuously. After a while, she straightened her chest and faced the Herrscher, with prayer and expectation in her tone:

"Is that so? Then...come on Siren, come and kill me. Do it now, right here."

"you--"

The smile on the Second Herrscher's face could no longer be maintained, and what appeared on that face instead was a look of incredulity and indisputable anger:

"What nonsense are you talking about? You want me to kill you? Are you crazy? There must be a limit to madness! Who was so afraid of me that I couldn't even sleep well, for fear that if I didn't pay attention, my body would be taken over by me? ...What are you doing now? If you were so eager to give your body to me, then don’t resist in the first place!”

"The past is the past, and the present is the present. In the words of the squad leader, this is the past, and the other is the other."

"Tsk, I really didn't expect to hear such elegant words from your mouth one day."

"hey-hey."

Kiana giggled twice, her eyes narrowed unconsciously because of her smile. When she opened her eyes again, the Second Herrscher had fallen to the ground and was slowly walking towards her.

"No, actually... I'm still too stupid. How long have we... been fighting? If it were Bronya and Mei, I'm afraid they would have seen the problem right away, but I... Siren, you You didn’t want to fight me from the beginning, you just wanted to talk to me, right?”

Looking at Kiana's expression that became slightly satisfied because she guessed something, the Herrscher turned her head away with a look of indifference.

"Really, who wants to talk to you? What do I have to talk to you about?... However, since you have something to say to me, I might as well wait until you finish talking nonsense before I consider what I should give it to you. What a way to die."

"..."

Kiana couldn't understand why the Herrscher's words had become more aggressive.

What's going on?

No, that's not the problem.

The problem was that Kiana vaguely sensed what Sirin was going to say to her, so she chose to stop fighting and communicate verbally.

But now Xilin wants her to speak first?

What did she say? What could she say?

Should we continue fighting?

For some reason, Kiana felt a little sad.

Why is it sad?

Strictly speaking, unlike the uncle who was on fire all over Mei's mouth, she was not someone who enjoyed fighting.

But being sad because of fighting is indeed something I have never experienced before... No, it is not something I have never experienced before.

She also went through an incredibly sad battle in the past.

Time, half a year ago.

The location was the rooftop of the teaching building of Senba Academy in Changkong City where she and Mei had enjoyed lunch countless times.

The target of the battle, Mei.

So, does the image of the Second Herrscher in her mind at this moment coincide with that of Mei Yi?

How can it be.

Yes, it's impossible.

But different objects don't mean similar emotions won't arise.

It is the "story" itself that triggers a certain emotion, not just the characters that appear in the story.

So……

The story last time was "separation", and this time it's...

Kiana's eyes suddenly widened to the maximum——

respectively?

"Although those guys are just pitiful weaklings, you are not much better than them now. Do you want to die?"

"Beat me, then come on and let me see why you can defeat me!"

At first, Kiana just interpreted these words as an angry provocation.

After all, the Second Herrscher always maintains an angry attitude most of the time except when tasting food. If you don't pay attention, she will scold you a few words. Compared with that attitude, these two sentences are not worth mentioning. It's a normal tone.

Yes, a normal tone, but it's a pity that Kiana didn't realize this at the first time.

"Celine..."

Kiana raised her head with squinted eyes, her eyes were extremely sour, and her vision was a little blurry, so the Herrscher who was gradually approaching in front of her also changed in the blur.

Every time she took a step forward, the outline of her body shrank a lot, until she was finally half a head shorter than Kiana, and her long, disheveled snow-white hair also turned purple in an instant.

"Celine——"

"Forget it, with your idiotic language organization skills, how long will it take until you can say a complete sentence? You should just listen to me honestly. Tsk--"

Siren stood in front of Kiana and had to look up at her because of her height.

But she quickly smacked her lips angrily, then bit her fingers while floating up.

But this time, she didn't float much higher, just half a head higher than Kiana, which allowed her to look down at Kiana effortlessly without worrying about the soreness in her neck after looking at her for a long time.

Of course, it's not impossible to float higher, but then Kiana won't be able to see her face when she raises her head. Naturally, Sirin doesn't have the habit of showing her butt to others, even if this person, in a sense, is [ Another her].

"Let me tell you another thing first. Not long ago, your mistress Raiden Meiyi found me... Wait, how long ago was it? Anyway, you were the one who rushed towards me with your fists like a fool. What happened after that? how long……"

"Uh...am I that stupid? No, Mei? How could she..."

Xilin squinted her eyes, moved her gaze to the side, and curled her lips silently.

"Why do you care so much? Until now, you haven't really taken over the complete power of the Herrscher. There are some things that I can't explain to you even if I explain them a hundred times... Ah, no, this should be your own problem, right? Why? You can't be as smart as that Thunderbolt Meiyi and Bronya, and you're not as well-behaved as that Xi'er... It can't be my problem, right?"

For a moment, Kiana thought Sirin was crazy because she couldn't understand her words at all.

It's like... talking to himself.

But Siren took the opportunity to say that she was an idiot and she understood.

Well, this grudge has been recorded. If one day I have to settle accounts with Xilin in the future, I must include this amount in the calculation.

"So, what did Mei Yi tell you?"

"She was quite surprised when she saw it was me. She thought I had taken over your body and almost started fighting with me. Then I asked her to look at you through the Herrscher Core and saw that you were still alive and well. Chasing me makes her feel at ease."

"..."

"In short, the little guy said that the Tenth Herrscher committed suicide and merged this world bubble with the original world. Counter-entropy also united with Tianming again to prepare to completely eliminate that idiot. If Dr. Mei and Otto join forces, The idiot Tenth Herrscher has already lost. You just need to stay under the protection of my imaginary number barrier until they rescue you."

"..."

"It's been almost two hours since Meiyi found me. Those humans have a crude copy of my power, and the charging time for large-scale space transfer is two hours, which is about the same."

"Is that so... So Sirin, you constructed this imaginary number barrier to isolate us here just to keep me here until the end of the battle?"

"if not?"

Xilin turned her head away and waved her hand in disgust:

"Otherwise, you, a fool, will die? What can you do with your strength? What if the Tenth Herrscher controls the power of space, and then this power finally hurts Mei or Bronya or Seele? Or something like that, will you blame yourself so much that you cry in bed in the middle of the night? Instead of that, why not lock up this impulsive idiot as soon as possible? Besides, don't think that your life belongs to you alone. , I would not be happy if you died."

"Uh... didn't you say before that you don't care whether you live or die?"

"..."

"Can't you still hide in the core and continue to live..."

Xilin's cheeks twitched twice, and she quickly raised her voice and replied:

"Is there any problem? It is true that consciousness stored in the core can continue to exist for a period of time, but it is impossible to find a suitable container like you again. What is the difference between that and death?"

"Why do I feel like I can't eat because I'm hiding in my core..."

"What did you say?"

"Ah...I said you were right."

Silence suddenly fell between the two of them.

After a while, Kiana let out a long breath and sat down on the ground without any image, then took a step further and lay down defenselessly.

Xilin let out a "tsk" in disgust, quickly fell back to the ground, walked to Kiana's side, and kicked her on the butt.

"Oh! It hurts, it hurts! Don't use so much force, you bastard!"

"Who told you to lie here?"

Kiana rolled to the side. The chill on the floor made her stomach twitch twice. The gravel also made her feel uncomfortable, but she did feel a lot more energetic.

She scratched her head and said muffledly for a while:

"I'm tired and want to lie down, but you won't let me out anyway..."

"Tsk. Aren't you going to avenge Ji Zi?"

These words made the atmosphere heavy again.

Kiana also pointed the back of her head at Sirin and did not answer for a long time.

In fact, nothing she said made any sense.

Only by wresting the power from Sirin can you have the capital to fight the Tenth Herrscher. Even so, you must be careful that the power is controlled in turn.

But in fact, there is no need to worry about this kind of thing at all, because if you don't grab the power, you can't do without the space temporarily isolated by this imaginary number barrier. And if you want to seize power, you must first defeat Sirin.

To defeat Sirin, it is impossible to do so with the small amount of power available, so the power must be snatched from Sirin first - thus completing the closed loop of the paradox.

Unless Siren shows mercy and hands over power to her.

But Kiana knew that Sirin would not do this.

She has even made choices that are inconsistent with who she is.

She helped Kiana. If she hadn't stopped her, Kiana would have gone to deliver food to the Tenth Herrscher.

But... I'm still not willing to accept it...

Before, she could divert her attention through dialogue, but once her mind was empty, the scene of Himeko dying in front of her would replay in her mind again and again.

Why couldn't he save her at that time?

Why did she come to save herself at that time?

Doubts, pain, and unwillingness did not overturn everything in a short period of time like a tsunami. They were just like ordinary sea water, slowly taking away the body temperature of a drowning person in an imperceptible time until she lost her body with the loss of temperature. With all his strength, he finally sank into a dark seabed.

Why is it always like this... why time and time again, whether it's this world, Mei or Himeko, she can only watch and do nothing...

The mission of the Kaslana family has become a perfect mockery. Kiana only feels that maybe she is not qualified to accept this name at all...

If the real Kiana was still alive, she would definitely look down on her.

Nothing was accomplished, nothing was protected, only the precious name "Kiana" was nailed to the pillar of shame as a loser.

But suddenly, a cold hand gently placed on her cheek.

Kiana's body stiffened for a moment.

She wasn't afraid, just surprised. After all, there was only one person here besides her.

"Sure enough, Kiana, you still want to fight, right?"

"..."

Siren's tone was so strange that Kiana even dared not respond.

"Seriously, Kiana, I really...envy you."