The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

Chapter 651 Come on, Mikael! This killing array is just for you!

"Da da da--"

Familiar tunnel, familiar, cold and crisp footsteps.

Even the coolness coming from the scabbard in his hand was so familiar, not to mention the back of the man in front of him.

Of course, during the march, we would occasionally pass through an area where the overhead chandelier failed. At this time, even Mikael's back was invisible. All his eyes could capture were the outline of the surrounding tunnels and the dew on the tunnel walls. The thin light shining from the condensation on it.

It always feels like sometimes nothing changes.

Perhaps as long as you close your eyes and open them again, you will wake up from this cruel and tiring dream.

She will find that she is still 50,000 years ago, carrying a cold long knife and stepping on iron boots, walking in the dark tunnel of Poison Chrysalis.

Then wait for the day when light can shine in here.

However, truth and falsehood, reality and fantasy are sometimes too easy to distinguish.

Feeling the slender fox ears on the top of her head that were constantly swaying with her footsteps, she raised her hand and immediately felt the furry touch on her fingertips, so a smile spread on her face.

But the surroundings were dark, and Mikael and Mei were in front of and behind her. No one could see the smile, let alone tell whether the smile contained more joy or more bitterness.

Of course, even she couldn't figure this out.

"well--"

As soon as the sigh left her mouth, Sakura hurriedly covered her mouth, but the next moment she bumped into Mikael's body like steel.

Meiyi behind her heard the sound and stopped in time, but she quickly walked to Sakura and asked in a low voice:

"What's wrong?"

Sakura didn't answer, just stared at the figure in front of her.

Mikael slowly turned around, his eyes filled with silvery light like moonlight.

"Sakura, you should know exactly why we went to see Ling, right?"

"Um."

Sakura responded indifferently, but her hand held the scabbard to the point where it was almost deformed.

"After Alicia disappeared, Mei should have asked you to check on the bell and the situation of the Elysium Hub. How about it?"

"Ling is still the same as before. I think there is no problem, at least I can't see any problem. As for the hub... I can't understand it either, but Ling checked it and there is no problem."

Sakura reported seriously, but in the darkness, she saw Mikael's upper body leaning forward slightly, and his silver-gray eyes seemed to get bigger in his sight.

Sakura raised her head, but quickly controlled her upper body to lean back slightly.

"Sakura, your sword...has it been sharpened over the years?"

"!?"

Sakura didn't understand what Mikael meant by this, but saw him quickly turn around again.

"Sakura, if Suzu really becomes the Herrscher this time, will your sword still be as sharp as it was fifty thousand years ago?"

"I--"

Sakura habitually wanted to say something to express her determination, but she just said the word "I", and she was too hesitant to say it.

There are some things that everyone knows very well, but making up their mind is not that easy. not to mention……

"I...if I say some guarantees casually, it would seem like I am prevaricating...Mikael, if that happens, I don't know what I will do or what step I will take, but …I think I will work hard and do what a sister should and can do.”

"Is it just that?"

"Well, this... must be enough."

Mei Yi listened confusedly behind the two of them, always feeling that they were not actually talking about the bell, but they did keep talking about the bell.

When she came back to her senses, Mikael and Sakura had already walked a certain distance, as if the conversation just now had never happened at all.

…………

"Huh? Sister, you are here again - ah! Brother Mikael! You are here too!"

"Um."

Mikael and Sakura nodded in unison and walked into Suzu's lounge.

When Mei followed in, she was also warmly welcomed by Ling.

"Hey hehe! Sister, you are here too!"

Mikael immediately turned to look at Mei, who was feeling uncomfortable, but Sakura seemed to have misunderstood, and leaned into his ear to explain softly:

"I didn't tell Ling what happened outside. I only said that Paradise might be attacked... So, she doesn't know anything yet. She doesn't even know the ending of the previous era, nor does she know [you] Mi Kyle’s presence.”

"You still dote on her as much as before."

Mikael forced a smile.

Suzu was still joking with the embarrassed Mei. It wasn't that she didn't care about Mikael and her sister. It was probably because she had been staying in this place for too long. Compared with people who already knew the basics, a relative stranger like Mei was more interesting.

"They seem to have a good relationship."

Looking at Mei Yi, who had a helpless face and suppressed the irritability in her heart, but was somewhat relieved and happy, Mikael's smile became more sincere.

What is Mei Yi happy about? Probably because Suzu's appearance is no different from the previous impression. Although this could not completely prove that Ling had not turned into the Herrscher of Corrosion - she had also heard Bronya mention her experience in the World Bubble. But no matter what, it would be good to reduce some possibilities, even if it is just a tiny bit.

"Let's go. Mei is watching over Suzu. Let's check the hub first."

Sakura looked at her sister who was chatting happily with Mei, and then at Mikael who walked into the hub room without giving her a chance to refuse, and followed her without any choice.

But who knew that as the door of the hub room closed under the action of inertia, Mikael suddenly turned his body back and strode towards Sakura.

Sakura raised her right hand as if to grasp the handle of the knife at her waist, but for some reason she put her hand down again and quickly retreated, only to hit the door in just two steps.

"what do you want to do?"

She raised her head and looked up at Mikael as expressionlessly as possible.

Mikael bit his lip and stepped closer, then leaned forward, and finally...

"boom!"

Probably because he was afraid that Suzu and Meiyi outside would notice anything unusual, his head did not hit the door panel, but the harder door frame.

Blood slowly flowed down the pattern on the door frame, and soon fell on Sakura's long hair and coat.

Sakura swallowed unconsciously, raised her head as high as she could, and bit her lips until blood also slipped off.

Mikael remained silent. He raised his hands with his fingers spread wide. He pressed one hand on the door panel and the other on the wall. Then he raised his knuckles upwards and exerted force on his fingertips, making a grinding sound like sawing wood. , leaving five long marks on the door panel and wall.

Something fell on Sakura's shoulder, bounced up and landed on the ground. Sakura's eyes slid down, only to find that it was a bloody fingernail.

"..."

On the surface, it seemed that she was pressed against the wall by Mikael, but in fact she was not restrained, and there was not even the slightest physical contact between the two. As long as she was willing, she could just lower her head and take a step to the left. Restoration of freedom.

Or, she only needed to flick the knife forward with her left thumb, and the handle would hit Mikael's side and eject him, but she didn't take any action.

It wasn't that she was at a loss, but her eyes kept switching between pain and relief, until the fox ears on her head fell off and rested on Mikael's shoulders tremblingly.

"Are you okay?"

"fine."

Mikael's hoarse voice came from her ears. When she looked out of the corner of her eye, the man had stood up straight again and was using his bloody fingertips to remove the stains on the door frame and her hair. Wipe away the red liquid.

However, this will obviously only smear more blood.

Seeing that her long pink hair was about to turn into the color of Himiko, Sakura still said nothing.

After a while, Mikael slowly closed his eyes and calmed down again before cleaning up all the blood stains.

But in the end, looking at the red on his palms, he stared at Sakura with a smile, and said something meaningful:

"Fortunately, the blood is still red."

"Why bother."

Sakura let out a long sigh.

"There is no way. Even if the thread of fate no longer exists, everyone has a role to play. Just like Sakura, you will play the role of a sister no matter what, I must also play my role well. ”

"Even if it's not your own will?"

"No, everything is my own will. It's just... I'm trapped by my own will, but there's nothing wrong with that."

Mikael chuckled twice.

The temptation ends here, he already understands everything.

After pretending to inspect the hub, Mikael's laughter gradually became wild.

"Hahaha, it's really normal. It doesn't look like anyone has changed the data at all."

"..."

Sakura just kept her usual silence.

Mikael opened the door of the hub room and walked out. Ling had already pulled Mei Yi to sit down on the sofa. They didn't know what happy things they were talking about. Mei Yi was covering her mouth in embarrassment, and Ling was leaning next to her. Harsh laughter floated in the air.

"Yo! You guys had a lot of fun chatting!"

Mikael put one hand in his pocket, waved casually with the other, and walked out with a smile.

"Brother Mikael!"

Ling jumped off the sofa and jumped to stand in front of him.

"The eldest sister told me a lot of stories about the outside world. So we can go outside again... Before, sister, Pado... well, it seems that everyone has gone out, and I am the only one who has to stay here..."

"It's okay, don't worry."

Mikael did not open his eyes, but his warm palm landed on the head of the bell accurately and rubbed it gently. When he pulled back, he brushed the highlighted red hair on her forehead as before.

"It won't be long, maybe only a few days, everything will be over by then, and you can finally leave here and see the real sky. Kiana, Bronya, Xi'er... you must also Listen to Mei Yi talking about these names, and then you will be able to see the real ones. "

"Oh! There are only a few days left!"

Ling's eyes shone with light, and her body was squirming like a maggot with excitement.

Sakura appeared silently behind Mikael, her right hand slowly resting on the handle of the knife.

At this distance and this angle, she was confident that she could chop off Mikael's head before he could react. Just like when they first met in Fire Chaser.

But she didn't do that.

Meiyi was sitting on the sofa, looking at Mikael's smile from a distance, always feeling a little strange.

Her thoughts couldn't help but wander. Something seemed to have changed about Mikael in front of her. Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed across her mind. She reached out to hold it, but just as her fingertips in her consciousness touched the lightning, her whole body changed. The moment the hairs on the back and neck stood up unconsciously, Mikael stood up and said to her and Sakura:

"Okay, no problem, let's go back."

"Well?"

Meiyi's thoughts that were about to take shape were interrupted, and she couldn't help but froze in place.

Sakura, who was standing behind Mikael, breathed a sigh of relief. She moved away from staring at the back of Mikael's neck and released her right hand holding the handle of the knife. However, she found that her bangs were completely stuck to her forehead with cold sweat. Fortunately, Mikael didn't look back.

Mikael stood up and patted Ling's head with his palm again, and said in the gentlest voice:

"There's something urgent at Mei's place. I need to take your sister back as soon as possible. Hmm... How about letting Sister Mei stay here with you?"

"No, no, sorry, I have to go with them."

Meiyi quickly stood up, walked to the door, and held on to the door handle.

Ling looked at Mei with a pouted mouth, and then at her sister who was hiding behind Mikael. She sighed pretending to be mature:

"Okay, okay, you adults are always so busy, go and do your work!"

"You are obviously much older than Mei."

Mikael poked her forehead lightly and left quickly without hesitation.

He walked forward with his head sullenly until he walked out of the tunnel and looked at the brilliant sunset on the horizon. After waiting for a few minutes, Sakura and Mei followed.

It's just...are you really not keeping up?

Mikael turned his head and glanced at Mei Yi from the corner of his eye, but Mei Yi quickly turned her head to avoid eye contact with him.

That's it, that's it.

The clouds in the sky seem to be flowing. For the sky that has been fixed in time, it seems like a dream.

Mikael didn't stop, nor did he talk to Mei or Sakura.

He continued to walk with his head down until he met Himihu who seemed to be waiting by the roadside early.

"team leader."

Mikael leaned lightly on his heels, but his eyelids dropped on their own accord, and his eyes fell on the spotless floor tiles.

"All the [ordinary people] in the Eternal Paradise have evacuated. I am the last one and I am ready to leave. I came to say goodbye to you before I leave... Also, I heard that you are investigating the Twelfth Herrscher. According to Mei "

"Is this so..."

No tears came, but Mikael looked like he was crying.

But if you look closely, the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, as if he is smiling.

"You also want to say goodbye, right?"

He raised his head and asked with a smile while closing his eyes tightly.

Himihu was not in a daze, and seemed to have expected that Mikael would say this.

She walked forward with a smile and hugged Mikael without saying a word.

He hugged Mikael and hugged him tightly with his arms.

Three seconds later, her arms relaxed and she whispered:

"Mikael, do you still remember what I said to you that day in the sunflower field?"

"I dare not forget a word, and I will never forget a word."

Mikael answered word for word.

"That's good. If it were you, you would indeed be able to achieve a happy ending for everyone. But if you can't do it... no, you can definitely do it now. You are finally drinking now, It’s a pity that you didn’t even drink when I invited you earlier... It’s still the same, I will leave a drink for you at the victory dance.”

"Well...if that's the case, I have no reason to drink. But since it's the captain's treat, I won't be pretentious, but one drink is definitely not enough."

"That's up to you, you can have as many drinks as you want."

Himihu completely let go of Mikael, then stretched out his hand and handed his little finger to Mikael.

"Uh...this is..."

"Don't you and Aili always make an agreement? Since she's not here now, I'll make an agreement with you on her behalf."

Mikael looked at the little finger, his smile gradually disappeared, but he still didn't raise his hand.

After a long time, until the sky seemed to be getting darker, Himihu finally took his hand back and did not hide his regret:

"It's a pity, but after agreeing to do this kind of thing, she should have been left to do it with you, right? Then... I'll leave first!"

"Um."

Mikael took a deep breath, closed his eyes and waited for three seconds before opening them again. Himiko's figure was no longer in front of him.

The sky was indeed darkening, but it was not night.

The flow of clouds unknowingly accelerated, forming a huge vortex in the sky. Then, black-purple mist gradually appeared in the sunset, as if the sky on the night of Vostok-51 was reappearing. .

"It's true. At the beginning, you didn't give birth to the Twelfth Herrscher at all, because the excessive accumulation of Honkai energy was simply not something that so many ordinary people in the paradise could bear. With Alicia's help When they were killed, we took the opportunity to evacuate them, which also happened to create a battlefield suitable for us..."

Mikael's body remained motionless, his neck twisted into a twist on the right side, and after his head rotated 180 degrees, his blood-red cross-star pupils stared at Sakura behind him.

"Su and Aponya are always using their mental power to put a layer of illusion on your thoughts, while Prometheus secretly changed the data of the End, making me think that the Twelfth Herrscher had been born. Mei even used the script I gave her to make me afraid to act rashly because I was worried that Alicia's memory was really dead... In the end, I still prefer the type of crushing with strength rather than using my brain. . So, what are you doing to stop me - before the other me becomes the Twelfth Herrscher?"

Sakura had already had a premonition of this moment from her previous constant testing, but Mei had just learned the truth and was still in a daze.

But Meiyi was the first to make a move on the field.

The red lightning temporarily obscured his vision. Mei held the Seven Thunders of Purification he had just received from Sakura. The tip of the knife was less than an inch away from Mikael's heart.

Sakura behind her also pulled out a more comfortable ice knife, but the target of the knife was Mei.

At the same time, the blood-red spear tip arrived first, and it only took less than 0.01 seconds to pierce Mei Yi's heart.

At this moment, Sakura's slash arrived.

The moonlight-like sword light cut through the space, and then the red spear tip and the ice blade separated at the touch. Mei Yi's presence disappeared between the two.

"She is not suitable to get involved in our fight."

Sakura sheathed the sword and then assumed the drawing position again.

Mikael held the spear that was transformed into the remaining branches of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers and stained with his own blood, but he set his sights on the sky.

"Yeah, [our] fight."

As soon as he finished speaking, familiar figures descended from the sky one after another, surrounding him.

Mei, Kevin, Su, Velvet, Eden, Aponia, Kosmo, Destobia, Hen, Pado, Hua...

Mikael was not surprised that Alicia was not here.

Mebius is not here either. If she were included, the lineup would be exactly the same as it was on the last day 50,000 years ago.

Oh...there's still one person missing.

Mikael's eyes were still focused on the sky above his head.

Soon, a ray of fire broke through the clouds and fell with an extremely crazy roar——

"Come on Mikael! This killing array is just for you! Come on!"