The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Boss Mikael, we don't seem to have anything special to say... Hahahaha, but Sister Ellie said we should say at least a few words, so... Boss Mikael, I still have a lot of cans and biscuits here. , Candy, if you can come back, I...I'll give it all to you!"

Padu hugged the can tightly and said with twitching ears.

"Ha! You little kitten, why do you say it as if he will never come back?"

Mebius snorted coldly at first, and then quickly looked away when his eyes came into contact with Mikael.

"Look what I'm doing? Will you come back if I say something like [you must come back]? Huh, I'm not that naive!"

Sakura's eyes were rarely so sharp, and she just looked at Mikael with a faint smile.

"I have already learned my true ending from Mei, but if it were her, she would definitely convey her feelings to you at the end. Therefore, it seems that my memory has nothing to add."

"I once longed for time to last forever, but I have to say that at least at this moment, I hope time can flow faster. Don't worry, Mikael, everything you do will be meaningful. Unfortunately, maybe I I can’t sing your story anymore.”

Eden was still the same, holding the gold cup studded with jewels in his hand, with a faint blush of drunkenness on his face.

"The visible destiny can still be cut off, but the invisible destiny cannot be broken away. But the invisible destiny does not come from the coercion of others - Mikael, you reached this ending with your own will, so you must also You will get what you want. This is not a prophecy or a commandment, but...a blessing."

Aponya lowered his head and clasped his hands in prayer. Qianjie stood aside, with his arms folded, and responded impatiently:

"Me too!"

"Then let me also give you my blessing. This time... it won't be magic, just ordinary."

Velvi's appearance is a bit abnormal. If nothing else, the Velvi in ​​front of her, wearing a plain dress and no top hat, is not any personality that everyone knows, but the original and only Velvi.

"Really, you have said everything you can say. What can I say? Hiss——"

As long as Hen was not fighting, he was still as lazy as ever. Blanca squeezed his waist gently, then took Graciu's hand again, and the family of three waved to Mikael neatly.

"Uncle Mikael, this is the painting Gratius just drew for you."

Graciu spread out the drawing paper expressionlessly, and what appeared in front of Mikael was just a touch of blue paint on a piece of pure white.

"I have nothing to say."

When it was Kosmo's turn, he turned his back uncharacteristically.

Destobia beside him smiled helplessly, and then explained helpfully:

"What A Mo means is that he thinks you are very handsome now!"

"I'm not, I don't have it, don't over-interpret it!"

Kosmo's tone was still calm, but the ripples on the water beneath his feet were messy.

"The day has finally come, Mikael. Please believe in yourself and me. You will definitely succeed."

Su closed his eyes indifferently. He already knew the entire ending, and what he did was just to push everyone to the best ending.

"I... think about it carefully, I don't seem to have anything to say. Mei, what about you?"

Kevin scratched his head blankly, with a hint of stupidity in his voice. With Mei by his side, he finally handed over the decision-making power to the other party out of habit.

"You...Mikael, as my man said, all the polite words have been said, so there is only one thing he and I want to say to you - go forward and reach the end point."

"..."

"Then...only Hua is left in the end!"

Alicia smiled and pulled Hua in front of Mikael.

Hua looked a little helpless and a little scared.

Finally, she looked at Mikael and asked in a low voice——

…………

"So, Mikael, are you looking for your burial place?"

The flames crackled, casting elongated shadows onto the pale stone walls of the crater.

The man stretched out his hand and looked at the familiar things at his feet. His right hand touched the Skyfire Sword that he had taken from his comrade. Then he slowly rotated his neck and looked at the girl standing next to him.

She did not wear the Shadow Knight armor today, but instead put on the gray-white dress that she had rarely worn since five hundred years ago. Her long hair is tied high on the back of her head and hangs down to her waist. The thick bangs not only block one eye, but also block too many complicated feelings that she doesn't want to express.

After hearing what she said, Mikael withdrew his hand from the Skyfire Sword. Thick white steam rose up from his hand, which was almost burnt to black charcoal. It gradually returned to its original state in about ten seconds, and the whole process was almost complete. Kyle didn't even blink.

"The burial ground..."

As he muttered this, his lifeless face finally showed some emotion.

"I started thinking about where to bury myself a long, long time ago. At first, I hoped to bury myself back in Vostok-51 - if I could still find it in the aftermath of the nuclear bomb explosion. That place. Later, I wanted to bury myself on the moon. To be precise, half of it was buried in the moon and half of it was scattered into the universe...

"I'm actually very curious about what the universe looks like, but I can't worry about the earth, so I thought of such a clumsy method. To be honest, it would be great if the Ninth Herrscher could create a real black hole, and use the black hole to transfer his body Spreading it to the entire universe must be said to be a very romantic thing, right?”

"..."

Hua didn't answer. She knew that Mikael had not finished what he said.

"However, these are all thoughts 50,000 years ago. I have spent too much time on the moon, far more than I have on the earth. Such a deserted place is really not interesting. Fortunately, I did not die. At that time, otherwise I would definitely regret it after being buried...

"To be honest, Hua, I have thought that maybe leaving myself to you and burying myself in Taixu Mountain is a good choice, but that will only confuse you and cause unnecessary trouble in the end, right? After thinking about it, , in the end there was only one place suitable for me - take my body to the place corresponding to modern civilization in Vostok-51. It doesn't have to be accurate, just bury it at a general location. In the end, everything turned out to be ridiculous. Closed loop, of course, on the basis that I still have the body left and you still remember today’s conversation.”

"Mikael, I can understand...is this your trust in me?"

"..."

Mikael opened his mouth, but nodded quickly.

"Yes, Hua, I trust you, no matter in the past or in the future. So..."

"So, you want to entrust your future to me... I am really... so virtuous and capable."

"I'm sorry Hua, I know it must be a painful thing. But I have no choice."

Hua pursed her lips and wanted to get closer to Mikael, but was forced to stay away by the sky-fire sword inserted between the two of them.

"I...I understand. After all, this is what we agreed upon in the first place."

"Um...Is it an agreement..."

"Mikael."

"Um?"

When Mikael turned his head again, Hua's trembling voice just entered his ears:

"Mikael, otherwise, just stop here."

Mikael's eyelids drooped. He did not look at Hua, but looked at her hands holding the skirt tightly.

"I have found enough strength to continue living in the future, even if I live for thousands or ten thousand years. You are far better than me. As long as you are willing, you can do it!"

Seeing that Mikael didn't respond, Hua continued to ask with some hope... However, what he got in the end was just a rhetorical question from Mikael:

"Why?"

"..."

"Why? Didn't we agree that at the end, you would drop everything to stop me? This is obviously our agreement."

"But...but it really can't be done...Whether it's to stop you or to kill you with my own hands, it would be too cruel for me. If I can only tell my true thoughts, I just want you to do it right now." Stop, don't go any further."

"..."

"As long as you are willing to stop here, the disaster of Honkai will end. No one can judge you as the end... And if you can't find the strength to support yourself to continue living... I can, I can try to be..."

"No, you don't understand, Hua."

Mikael smiled with a gentle smile on his face, looking at Hua who was trying to hold back tears.

In this empty final crater, all loneliness and sadness are magnified countless times like the echo of a cry.

For Mikael and Hua, at least at this moment, they are the last people from previous civilizations on the planet.

What kind of loneliness that is, Michael had actually imagined it many times fifty thousand years ago.

They are two Neanderthals who, 50,000 years later, came to the civilization era created by Homo sapiens.

It is true that their appearance is actually different from that of Homo sapiens, but 50,000 years later no one remembers the Neanderthal race, let alone can't distinguish it.

Maybe they could just blend in with Homo sapiens and live like this.

However, it is still different after all.

After all, the civilization of Homo sapiens does not belong to Neanderthals.

In other words, they are like two fish, stranded in the river bed because the river channel has dried up.

Just when they were about to suffocate, a heavy rain suddenly fell. The river was filled with water again, and there were many unfamiliar rains flowing down the river. But everything they were familiar with, even the water plants on the river bed, were no longer what they used to be. looks like.

But even so...

"I admit that it is not difficult to abandon the past of fifty thousand years ago, regard it as a dream, and then start a new life. People always want to live, as long as there is a little bit of survival Thoughts, the brain will find a reason to live for itself. So, Hua, don't worry, the impulsive voice in my heart has been telling me to fully accept you and stay in this era. As long as you live, you will be able to live. It can also create more stories and more possibilities.

"But...my reason does not allow me to do such a thing. Indeed, as the end, I am undoubtedly the god of the earth. No one is qualified to judge me, and as long as I hold on tightly If the power doesn't let go, no matter how hard Kiana and the others try, it's impossible to defeat me. However, I still can't get over this kind of thing, and Alicia definitely doesn't want to see such an ending."

"..."

"So, Hua. Just think of me as begging you. Just send me on my way as we agreed a year ago. I don't think I will regret it if I die in your hands."

"Really...that's it..."

Hua closed his eyes sadly, and a golden sword emerged from his hand.

"I understand Mikael. I will never say that again. It is simply an insult to your determination. From this moment on, all I have to do is to give you a gift for your dream." [Hua]’s recognition and blessing.”

"Then, as [Fu Hua], you will enjoy and protect the future that I cannot welcome."

They were obviously smiling at each other, and they were obviously saying blessings, but they were pointing swords at each other.

But this kind of thing has become a common occurrence for Mikael, and it is so familiar that it cannot be more familiar.

Hua's sword blade is equally sharp, but when he swings the sword, there is still a slight hesitation. Such a degree of flaw will not be a flaw that can be caught even when facing Kevin, Qianjie and others, because Even if normal people realize it, they have no time to react, but standing in front of Hua is Mikael, who has the power of time.

His timing to grasp the Heavenly Fire Sword was already one step slower than that of Hua. The moment his palm touched the hilt of the sword, the flesh and blood blurred under the high temperature and even adhered to the hilt. This seemed to be the weapon of a god that should not have emotions. Key's resistance to this particular user.

However, Mikael's sword was still one step ahead.

If he wanted to avoid injury, he had to block with his sword horizontally, but Hua did not do this. Instead, he straightened his body and stabbed Mikael with the sword in his hand.

"boom--"

The entire final crater shook, and even the stars in the sky seemed to be falling.

There was no longer Hua in front of Mikael's eyes, only the smoke and dust rising from the impact still filled the opposite rock wall.

Mikael raised his hand and touched the small hole in the clothes on his chest, and sighed softly:

"It's a pity Hua, if your sword had been a little longer, or if your movements had been a little faster, you would have been able to hurt me."

"That's really...a pity..."

There was a sudden red light in the gray-black smoke. It was a tiny firewood. After it was held in Hua's palm, even this last light disappeared.

But Hua's body was dyed red in an instant, and the gray in his long hair faded away, like burning white snow. Dots of blood spread from his neck to his left cheek, like the dripping traces of a red candle after it melted.

"Be careful Mikael, at least, this is the strongest posture I can show at the moment."

"Are you sure you want to advise me to be careful?"

"Haha, that's right too."

The figures of the two people met, but within a few breaths, the sound of table tennis became one. Until the two of them met, Hua tremblingly let go of the remaining sword hilt in his hand and threw it to the ground.

With a "clang" sound, Hua turned around with her sore right arm in her left hand. The remains of hundreds of keys of control were scattered on the ground, outlining the trajectory of her previous charge.

"It seems that one thousand Keys of Dominance are not enough in front of you... However, I don't know which one will run out first, the Keys of Dominance, or my physical strength..."

For Hua, this is the second time in fifty thousand years that she has entered and remained in an overweight and hyper-transformed state for a long time. Every cell in her body is in pain due to the hyper-transformation. She is not used to it. This feeling cannot last long.

Mikael didn't reply. He held Skyfire in front of him and then took the initiative to charge.

The figures of the two people intertwined again. After Hua's body stopped, he almost fell forward. Fortunately, he summoned a key of control again and used Quan as a crutch to support his body.

She just turned around little by little with her belly against the sword - fortunately, she didn't get nothing this time, at least the skyfire sword was also full of cracks.

"when--"

Mikael threw the broken Sky Fire on the ground and swept it to the side with his kick.

"Well done. Now you are worthy of letting me use this weapon."

He stretched out his hand toward the top of the crater, and the ground shook again, and then a red line cut through the space. When Hua Hou looked at him in hindsight, Mikael had already grasped a vermilion spear.

"Hua, can you still hold on for the third round?"

"do not underestimate me."

Hua gritted his teeth and stood up straight again. In silence, the two people's figures crossed each other for the third time. Mikael still stood upright. He shook the red spear and held it upside down behind his back, while Hua's body After the shape stopped, he couldn't help but stumble forward two steps, and finally fell to the ground with his hands on his knees.

"Three rounds...it seems like this is how long I can last in your hands...it's longer than I thought."

"Yeah, so, it's time to end."

Without any more nonsense, Mikael closed his eyes and walked towards Hua slowly with the gun in hand.

Failure came quickly, but not suddenly.

In other words, both Hua and Mikael should have expected the current situation.

Therefore, Hua did not panic. She took a deep breath and let the power that had been hidden flow into her limbs. Then she glanced at the Heavenly Fire Saint less than one meter away from the corner of her eye.

This divine key was not completely destroyed, and she had no way of knowing what kind of power it would have if her own flames were mixed with the flames that symbolized the power of fire, but at least it was worth a try.

She remembered the position of the sky fire in her heart, then closed her eyes and carefully felt the distance corresponding to Mikael's footsteps——

"It's now!"

She opened her eyes, and her hand had already touched the Heavenly Fire Holy Seal first.

However... it failed.

"when--"

The next moment, the sound of collision rang out. Hua climbed up with all his strength, and the Herrscher of Knowledge stood in front of Mikael holding the broken Skyfire Sword. (End of chapter)