The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

Twelve thousand kilometers above the moon, at the top of the blood-red cross, a man was sitting silently on a chair, his lifeless eyes focused on a certain node in the empty space in front of him.

The height and size of the cross itself are here. Although the diameter of the platform at the top is only a little more than one-tenth of the height, it can be used as the background of the dark and profound universe, and it seems endless and never-ending.

Just like human civilization, human stories, and the lifespan of the universe are not worth mentioning compared to the history of the earth. They will continue to multiply and will eventually usher in the real end one day, but even if they have survived After 50,000 years, people who have experienced everything that can truly be called "civilization" so far cannot capture the end of humankind with their own eyes.

But it’s not needed at all.

The man sat here, waiting quietly.

He had been waiting for this moment for too long.

But the painting at the beginning of the story is as clear as yesterday.

"When a story ends, people always think of its beginning. Mikael, are you also recalling your original self?"

A voice that I had not heard for a long time sounded in my mind, every word and every word, with the unique mechanical beauty of artificial retardation.

"Why are you suddenly willing to talk, Prometheus?"

Mikael opened his mouth, but what came out was a gentle voice that was completely opposite to his cold face.

"I just want to know what a human would think when his life has entered the countdown."

"What are you thinking about..."

Mikael raised his head, looking through the deep and lightless black screen, countless scenes flashed before his eyes.

He seemed to see the warm light coming from the low wooden houses on both sides, illuminating the footprints left by walking alone in the snow, the footprints of a single person.

He seemed to see the girl raising her fist, and heard her shouting in his ear, shouting for him to come back.

He seemed to see the burning snowfield and the arrogant Second Herrscher floating in the air, and then heard a young and middle-aged voice announcing that he was a Herrscher fighting for mankind, a Herrscher. A moth chasing the flame.

He also vaguely heard thunder, and heard the desperate girl crying in her ears, but he could no longer respond.

He also saw the dark raindrops falling from the sky, symbolizing all sins and washing away the filth on the earth.

He saw soldiers who were nervous, frightened or numb, gathering on the islands, only to be mercilessly swallowed up by the tide swept by the hurricane.

He saw the ice and fire intertwining constantly, the ice wrapped the fire, and the fire burned the ice outside. Finally, the cold boy picked up a ball of flame from the ground, and the gloomy boy held a watch in his hands. More words.

He saw the black fog of death spreading in the dark streets. People were still addicted to the sounds of nature on the glorious stage, and then they turned into withered bones. Finally, under the lonely moon, only the cold corpses and the unfinished work were left. Agreement.

He saw the flames that burned the morning sky until it looked like dusk, and the sharp roars resounded across the sky. Sadness, anger, and despair were all unimportant from now on. Even love doesn't matter anymore.

He also saw a room filled with the smell of books. When he walked to the living room, the smell of breakfast and the sound of the girl humming could be heard in the kitchen. She asked herself to wake up their daughter, but he knew full well that it was just a dream.

He saw the tall mecha moving forward continuously. It was a masterpiece of human beings' painstaking efforts, but it turned into a sharp blade that collapsed in the blink of an eye. Some people could only watch the entire continent sinking, unable to do anything.

He also saw the flames that burned the entire sky and the island in half. What beat in the flames was the girl's determination, courage, and rebirth.

Of course, at the end, it is inevitable to see the station that still exists fifty thousand years later, where two silly young people once said their sincere goodbyes, but deceived each other and only wanted a chance to die.

Too much time has passed.

It’s also time to bring a final end to a story.

"A person often has to make many decisions in his life, and the happiest decision among them should be to have the opportunity to choose how to die. Just like me now."

"I do not understand."

After all, what Mikael got from his emotion was just Prometheus No. 17's cold and heartless reply.

But... is it really indifferent?

"I don't understand. You clearly said that you made a very happy decision, but I can feel your sadness and your fear - you don't actually want to die, do you?"

"Of course, everyone is afraid of death. But because people are always afraid of death, it makes sense that death is a commonplace thing in the universe."

"What does it mean?"

"It's very simple. Just because people are afraid of death that will make everything meaningless, they pursue making death more meaningful."

"..."

No. 17 seemed to be down, and Mikael didn't explain anything.

Looking at the Hyperion flying towards him like a small grain of sand in the darkness, he raised his hand and gently held the red spear beside him.

"The time has come for this man to devour the tyrant in heaven. This is the proclamation left by Walter Joyce, but it is also inexplicably suitable for now."

It seems that nothing has been done, but a large number of rubble-like asteroid fragments have already crossed the gray-white lunar rocks and are flying towards the Hyperion. They are gifts from the asteroid belt that have been prepared for a while. Let’s give a salute to the birth of the new term.

Mikael closed his eyes, not paying any attention to the battle in the distance.

Because he knew that those three children... no, the pace of human beings today would definitely not stop here.

He just closed his eyes, obviously not asleep, but his life so far was constantly playing in his brain like a dream.

Until...there were footsteps in front of me.

"Mikael, we are here."

Among the three people standing side by side, Mei took another step forward, drew her sword and pointed it at Mikael.

Twelve thousand meters above the surface of the moon, there is no air at all, but just lip-talk is enough for everyone to communicate.

"It came earlier than I expected."

Mikael's eyelids moved, as if they were open, and then as if they were still closed.

"Don't you know that the transfer of the final power also takes time. It is not wise to start a battle with me now. Keep waiting. When all the final power is transferred to Kiana, you will be able to win without a fight. . Even if Alicia doesn’t say anything, Otto’s brain should be able to analyze it.”

"Of course we understand this. But if we have reached this point and don't even have the courage to fight you. I believe she won't like such an ending, and the victory won by that method will not be overturned. You admit it.”

The corners of Mikael's mouth were pursed and raised slightly, but he seemed to be a little regretful.

He opened his eyes immediately, and his blood-red cross-star pupils looked seriously at the three girls standing in front of him:

"Is it really good for Kiana to become the Herrscher of the End? With the current situation of the earth, it can no longer bear the power of the End. She needs to learn to control her power on the moon like I did back then. For you, this may mean a separation of eight years, ten years, or even longer, doesn’t it matter?”

Although these times are too small compared to fifty thousand years, but comparing the ages of the three girls in front of me, even the eldest Mei is only twice as old as this time.

"Of course it doesn't matter, we all have enough time for each other."

This question was answered by Kiana instead of Mei.

"Yes, there is enough time. But what does that long time mean to you? You must protect mankind forever, and protect them for thousands, thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years. Millions of years are just a matter of time. This is the beginning, for which you will inevitably have to go through endless battles. You will watch familiar people - Siegfried, Rita, and more familiar people leave before you, and this is just the beginning. You will suffer wear and tear in endless time, and especially... Mei and Kiana, as the [origin] and [end], once you want to go back on your word, you will find that you cannot even commit suicide. What will you think then?"

"The time has not come yet, maybe we will regret it then. But at least now, we have clear goals and firm beliefs. So much for boring temptations - if we are just scared by the imagined future If we don’t dare to move forward, that means we are nothing more than that.”

Mei changed the position of holding the knife. The only thing that remained unchanged was the tip of the knife pointed at Mikael.

"It seems that, at least at this moment, your faith is unbreakable."

Mikael finally stood up holding the spear.

He moved slowly, and it took him some time to straighten his rickety body, like a dying old man.

"Then, in the end, it's up to me to personally test whether you have the strength to match this belief."

After the words fell, no more words were needed, and the battle was about to break out.

It was a battle that could not be captured by the naked eye. Only one red and two purple rays of light could be seen rapidly intertwining and colliding. Bronya did not rush into the battle group from the beginning, but was reloading. Under the leadership of Xiaotu, he floated to the sky above the platform. His pupils quickly turned into blue gears. In just a moment, he calculated the possible route of the red light, and then launched a saturated fire bombing towards the corresponding position in advance.

The blue beams of light that fell like a rain curtain formed the wall behind Mikael. Mikael had to stop his maneuvering, turned around and swept the spear in his hand away, just in time to catch Mei and Kiana. The sword came back at the same time.

However, the above is only a perspective obtained through the Hyperion and even its broadcast. For the four Herrschers present, two Finals, one Origin and one Truth, this battle took less than one second. It's been going on for nearly an hour.

For the first time, Mikael was not frightened by Bronya's gunfire and chose to rush directly through the wall of fire. As a result, he himself was almost unscathed under the protection of the imaginary number barrier, but the dense beam emitted by the floating cannon obscured the line of sight, and the dense energy of the cannon beam made the space unstable, and the perception of the power of the sky It was also on the verge of failure, and the three of Meiyi established spiritual communication with the Herrscher of Knowledge as the hub. In this way, Bronya shared Mikael's location, so that he immediately broke through the fire wall. He directly collided with Mei Yi's unstoppable sword.

It was a knife that covered the power of the origin. Normally, Kevin could not guarantee that the imaginary number barrier would be broken if he did not release Skyfire's full strength. It did not even have time to shatter. It was split into two halves like cutting off the water with a knife, and Mikael behind the barrier was also taken with him. , even if the spear turned into the roots of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers blocked Mei Yi's sword light at the last moment, Mikael's body was almost completely cut in two from one shoulder to the other side of the waist and abdomen.

At this moment, if you use the power of the Sixth Herrscher, you can naturally quickly repair the damage to your body, but it will take time after all. During that period of time, which is not long at all, Mikael will naturally not be able to exert his full strength.

And such a flaw is undoubtedly fatal in front of Kiana, who also possesses the final power.

At least, he can't die like this.

Needless to say, the flow of time gradually stagnated, and then moved back. Kiana immediately stopped it with all her strength. The stalemate between the two final powers soon stopped time in place, unable to move forward or go back.

But this was the first time Kiana used this power in a battle, so even though she cared very much about the girl who was closer to Mikael in terms of spatial distance, she only reacted slowly after the power was activated. .

However, at this time, the spear in Mikael's hand was already poised to stab Mei Yi.

In the time stagnated by the End, even though the Herrscher's core will not be affected by time, the body through which the Herrscher moves in reality will. In the stopped time, only the two Ends can move. This is , even Siyuan is no exception.

Mei Yi could only watch the tip of the gun getting closer and closer to her, but she couldn't even shrink her pupils.

Kiana could move, but it was impossible to catch up.

So the next moment, Kiana began to take the initiative to turn back time, and Mikael followed suit. The two final powers merged into one, and they tacitly turned back time to the moment when Bronya's artillery fire fell.

"I really can't underestimate you. This can be regarded as the most dangerous battle I have experienced since I mastered the power of time."

This is true. Although he has experienced more thrilling battles, and even put himself to death more than once, but since he has the power of time, supplemented by his love to rely on the power of reason to fight with The power of death can exchange injuries for injuries, and even the heroes are helpless about this.

Because no matter how hard you rack your brains, when facing an opponent who can control time, the levels of the two sides are no longer equal.

The only solution is to let the forces of both parties return to the same dimension, just like now.

So the second round of fighting began, then the third, and the fourth, until a whole hour passed in the blink of an eye.

In fact, the difference from the power of restraint is that the power of time is not only used for offset. In the battle between the four people, time is still going back, because once entering the state of time stop, Mikael will use A similar method to the first round forced Kiana to actively rewind time.

As long as the two power holders make a unanimous decision, the dial of time will also be turned.

Until... round two thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

boom--

The red gun body held the swords of the two girls at the same time, but the two girls missed the attack but had no intention of retreating, because Bronya's cannon fire was coming towards this side.

"Not bad cooperation, but do you also want to experience the feeling of being bathed in the fire of the Herrscher of Truth?"

The shackles of gravity suddenly lowered, and by the time Kiana and Mei reacted, they were unable to escape. Theoretically, Kiana can use the same power to offset it, but her time to become the Final One is too short. It is not easy to master the power of time. Obviously, she does not have more energy to pay attention to the other powers that she should be able to use. .

The blue beam of the floating cannon hit without hesitation. Even though she knew that Mei and Kiana were also within the affected area, Bronya did not stop. The intensive bombing lasted for three minutes, but when the dazzling light dissipated, not even a single shallow bullet hole was left on the bloody platform, and Mikael and Kiana each constructed imaginary number barriers. The three men escaped unscathed by the gunfire.

"boom--"

The moment her vision returned to clarity, Kiana raised her gun and fired without hesitation. The bullet containing the ultimate power broke through the protection of the imaginary number barrier without any suspense, but Mikael just dodged it with a tilt of his head. .

It was not unexpected to have a close fight. Even Bronya temporarily gave up her role as fire support and joined the battle group holding a blue spear.

The weapons were constantly colliding, and the three people's cooperation was flawless. However, in front of Mikael's spear that wandered wantonly, they did not get much benefit for a while.

"Damn it, didn't the squad leader say that Mikael's close combat skills are very unfamiliar?"

During the mental communication, Kiana couldn't help but complain.

"Huh? Do you believe what Old Antique said? Maybe it was Mikael who let it slip when he was fighting her, right? I still remember when I was just born, I had the memory of all Old Antique's martial arts skills, but I was knocked down by him in a few or two moves. "

"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier, Herrscher of Knowledge!"

"You didn't even ask! Besides, how did I know that Old Antique would give such misleading information... But don't worry, it's said that two fists are hard to beat with four hands. Didn't you realize that he was almost unable to hold on?"

After all, the ultimate power is constantly flowing to Kiana. In other words, Mikael is the one who is being hollowed out.

That power is not just a vehicle of time power, but actually has real energy.

Under the ebb and flow of one another, even though Mikael's concealed fighting skills caught the three of them off guard, as time went by, the advantage did continue to tilt towards the three of them.

In particular, the time they have experienced is not just the few minutes observed on the earth so far. It can be said that behind every second of their battle is hidden hundreds or thousands of times of time. If you convert it, this battle is really The duration may have exceeded seventy-two hours.

And this time is still flowing at an irreversible speed.

The initiative is in Kiana's hands, and now she is the one who is looking forward to constantly going back in time. In this way, it is equivalent to accelerating the process of Mikael's decline.

Sure enough, Mikael's speed is gradually slowing down. From time to time, unprotected attacks leave deep or shallow wounds on his body. His strength is also gradually weakening. The same attack intensity was still weak a second ago. If you can block easily, the next second you can barely do it, and the next second you have to give up blocking and dodge instead.

"What a great opportunity! The advantage is mine!"

There was no need to communicate through mental communication. The three of them tacitly speeded up the attack frequency just by looking at each other.

Seeing that the mutual attack and defense fell into defensive counterattack, and now it is difficult to support even the blind defense... Feeling the increasingly empty body, Mikael's scarlet eyes narrowed, and he quickly swung his gun and swept the three generals. The people were forced to retreat and distanced themselves.

"Not bad. Both the coordination and tactics are qualified. Then, it's time to enter the second level."

"Second level? Are you changing the game boss stage?"

Bronya couldn't help but spit.

Mikael didn't answer, just threw the spear in his hand into the sky, then snorted and closed his eyes.

The cross that served as the platform for the decisive battle shook violently. The trio thought that the cross was about to collapse and quickly flew into the air to avoid it, but Mikael took this opportunity to jump off the edge of the platform.

"What is he going to do!"

The red spear chased after Mikael, and soon floated with his body in front of the intersection in the middle of the cross.

"Not good! Kiana, Mei, Bronya! There is a large amount of Honkai energy pouring out of the final crater, which cannot be measured..."

"No, that's not Honkai energy, it's imaginary internal energy."

Theresa was interrupted and corrected by Otto midway through her reminder, but it was already too late.

The forked spear tip had pierced Mikael's chest, nailing him firmly to the cross.

It seemed like endless blood instantly turned into a waterfall and poured out. The amount of blood seemed to be able to cover the entire surface of the moon, and the imaginary internal energy spurting upward from the bottom of the cross was mixed with the falling blood.

So, before the blood completely fell to the surface of the moon, the restless imaginary numbers caught it and lifted it up. They wrapped around the huge cross like a snake or a tornado, and were then dyed into bloody imaginary numbers. The inner energy flows and is fabricated along the cross, and finally merges with the entire cross into a huge cocoon.

Boom——

Even without air, you can still hear the throbbing heartbeat.

Because the heartbeat does not come from the cocoon, but from the Herrscher core of each of the three.

Then, the naked giant with pale skin emerged from his cocoon, with a holy golden crown floating on top of his silvery gray hair. He opened his indifferent eyes, and the bloody cross-star pupils in them were much deeper.

"This...is this a joke?"

The giant was half as tall as the cross, and the moon was as big as a basketball in his hand, not to mention the three girls who were the same size as ordinary people.

"There's no way to do this, right? Wait, his gesture - he wants to crush the earth!"

"Don't worry, leave this situation to me. Kiana, you watch the opportunity from the side, I will create opportunities for you."

Ai Yi's voice suddenly sounded in the mental communication, and what he said was incredible.

"Wait, what are you going to do..."

“Oh, correct me – it’s not me, it’s [us].”

The universe is dark. No matter how many stars there are, the tiny points of light cannot fill this dark and cold space.

But at this moment, the universe is really illuminated.

Countless bright stars shone brightly throughout the night, and then fell like a bursting river of stars. Even the huge Mikael couldn't help but temporarily look away from the trio - he slowly raised his head, but then He quickly narrowed his eyes at the burning light.

And when he raised his hand to try to block the falling stars, the first star had already fallen on his forehead.

The starlight dissipated into nothingness when it came into contact with the pale skin, like melted snowflakes, but it did seem to cause a little pain.

"Ai Yi, what on earth is this..."

Meiyi stared blankly at the falling stars, and suddenly felt something, but a strong sadness surged in her heart.

"These... part of these are the desire of people on earth to transcend the end and the yearning for a better future. But I alone cannot do this - what really makes all this happen, and these stars What’s more, it’s the power from outside the world.”

"Outside the world?"

"Yes, that is the wish of everyone who sees this story. No matter what form they see this story in, whether it is through a game, animation, novel, or just a dream... Of course It is also undeniable that some beings saw all this through normal 'observation' means, but under the guidance of a certain force, the beauty in the hearts of all those who saw and experienced this story temporarily broke through the barriers of the world and crossed over. I came here from a distance farther than the definition of time and space, just to offer my strength.”

The falling stars rushed down, and Mikael initially raised his arms to block them but put them down. He opened his arms and bathed in them to his heart's content.

More and more blood stains appeared on the pale skin, but they were quickly repaired until an extremely bright star penetrated his neck.

His head tilted to one side, and blood spurted out from his cut neck, rushing toward the sun.

His body began to collapse in the empty space, and until this moment, the trio still looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief. They seemed to be frightened by the sudden help, so that no matter how the other end of the mental communication reminded them , didn’t even have time to do anything in the first place.

Until...a familiar male voice sounded in the minds of the three of them.

"Mei Yi...

"Kiana...

"Bronya...

"Do it."

That was Mikael's voice.

"It's been analyzed! The most concentrated point of energy is between the eyebrows... Kiana, target the eyebrows, use the power of the Second Herrscher on him!"

Theresa's voice came a step too late. Golden light bloomed in Kiana's hands. She pursed her lips tightly and fired a bullet toward the giant's eyebrows.

There was no gunshot, but Kiana knew she had hit the target - the tiny black hole that suddenly appeared tore a hole less than one meter long between the giant's eyebrows, and then Mikael's body emerged from it.

He closed his eyes tightly and leaned back like a giant. His long hair was flying in the universe, and he seemed to be defenseless.

As early as Kiana fired, Mei had already turned into lightning and rushed out.

She was muttering something silently. Whether it was a prayer, a scolding or a confession, she didn't know the specific content.

But she had already rushed in front of Mikael, and then the long knife wrapped in lightning was unsheathed again.