Rest Easy, People Don't Die (cont.)

In front of Li Sushang stood a red-haired woman, whose face clearly showed surprise.

"Is this... an intercontinental ballistic missile?"

Beside her stood a blonde woman...

No, that's not right.

Seeing the large hole in the blonde woman's chest, beneath which was clearly a metallic body, Li Sushang immediately realized that the other party was not a human with a physical body.

"No, it's worse than that."

At this moment, Reanna Brigantia, in extremely poor condition, spoke sternly to her companions.

"In recent years, inspired by the First Honkai Eruption event, headquarters has secretly developed a bomb that can instantly recreate the Honkai outbreak – the Honkai Energy Fission Bomb."

Seeing the utterly shocked expression on her blue-haired companion's face, Reanna immediately continued to explain to them.

"The Honkai Energy Fission Bomb uses a physical chain reaction to artificially condense and release a large amount of Honkai Energy in a short period of time, thereby achieving the effect of destroying everything around it."

"That's why their developers see this weapon as the ultimate trump card against the fighting Herrschers."

Even though he understood his companion's words, the blue-haired man's expression clearly told everyone that he did not want to accept the despairing reality before him.

"What if this thing explodes here..."

"Then, besides the fact that we ourselves will be in grave danger, the city that our comrades protected with their lives will also be reduced to ashes."

Watching the crowd begin discussing how to save the city, Li Sushang felt completely detached from reality.

Now, only a few questions remain in her mind.

Where is this place?

Who on earth would commit such a heinous act as massacring an entire city?

"That!"

Seeing the group discussing, Li Sushang suddenly interrupted them and asked them a question.

Is there anything I can do?

"I'm sorry, Su Shang."

Looking at the girl in front of her, Reanna shook her head slightly and said to Li Sushang with a helpless expression.

"While your Sword God technique is powerful, it is insufficient to stop the Honkai Energy Fission Bomb launched by Otto Apocalypse."

"Now hand everything over to us, you..."

"Let's go take refuge first."

What?! Rosharian actually did such a thing?

After watching the blonde woman soar into the sky using the propulsion system built into her mechanical body, Li Sushang, who was instantly vaporized by the intense heat, stared blankly as the blue-haired man continued his actions.

The heavily injured blue-haired man also rushed into the sky and opened a huge energy barrier, blocking all the remaining Honkai Energy.

Even the most powerful knights in the stories Li Sushang heard as a child could not have done what these two did.

But now, as Li Sushang watched the man fall from the sky, she felt no positive emotions whatsoever.

Was all of this done by the Rosharian?

To throw such a weapon imbued with such powerful true energy at a city with a large number of innocent civilians...

What on earth is going on in this guy's head?!

The man's heroic act ultimately protected the city.

However, the man's heroic act was naturally not without its price.

After handing over the core of his body to a child, the man finally closed his eyes peacefully.

As Li Sushang, who was watching all this, was finally about to do something, she was shocked to find that the scene around her had changed again.

When the girl opened her eyes again, she saw two people fighting in the sky.

Judging from the Honkai Energy erupting from the two of them...

Wait a minute, isn't this the First Herrscher that the Rosharian say is a villain?

"Hey! Su Shang, what are you still standing there for?!"

Siegfried, who was running frantically at this moment, looked at Theresa, who was already seriously injured in his arms, and said to Li Sushang.

"Retreat! Leave this to Welt!"

"He's Herrscher just like the Second Herrscher. Trust him, he definitely won't lose!"

"But... no, I want to stay!"

Thinking back to how she had mistaken the other person for a bad guy last time, Li Sushang spoke to the white-haired man who looked much younger, but whom she had indeed met once before.

"You go first, I'll stay and see if I can help him."

Hearing Li Sushang's words, Siegfried hesitated for only a moment before taking another step and continuing his frantic sprint.

"Don't do anything rash. I'll get Theresa to a safe place first, then I'll come and help you and Welt!"

In the ensuing battle, Li Sushang witnessed the First Herrscher gradually losing ground to the Second Herrscher.

Li Sushang, who was observing the battle and preparing to make her move, also noticed something else.

The man in front of them was clearly the child to whom the blue-haired man had entrusted the core earlier.

It's just that he's grown up now, which is why he appears on the battlefield in this form to fight the enemy.

As the two engaged in fierce combat, the First Herrscher gradually found herself at a disadvantage.

Seeing that the First Herrscher had already begun coughing up blood, Li Sushang dared not delay any longer.

Although she didn't know what was going on, judging from the expressions on their faces, the purple-haired Herrscher was clearly not a good person.

At this moment, Li Sushang looked at the First Herrscher who had fallen to the ground and dared not be negligent in the slightest. She directly condensed the Honkai Energy onto her Sword God.

However, before she could chant the incantation for self-suggestion, a Void Lance suddenly shot out from mid-air and struck Li Sushang directly in the abdomen.

"Varied--"

Having been forcibly interrupted, Li Sushang, the Sword God, was now forced to endure the backlash from her true energy.

Meanwhile, Sirin, who had noticed Li Sushang, was distracted by the powerful Honkai Energy and was caught off guard by Welt and his companions.

A few seconds later, after Welt and the others took care of Sirin with Silver Bullet, Li Sushang, whose condition had improved slightly, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, Li Sushang, who had wanted to laugh, could no longer laugh.

Welt, who had activated Star of Eden at zero power, had his attack interrupted by a man who suddenly appeared.

The First Herrscher, already severely injured, was now unable to launch a final attack on the Second Herrscher after being ambushed.

At this moment, Li Sushang, clutching her abdomen, looked at the masked man who had appeared on the battlefield, and her heart gradually turned cold.

Although the other party was wearing a mask and even changed his voice, Li Sushang recognized him at a glance. The person in front of her was Otto, the Rosharian who she had a great liking for.

In Li Sushang's eyes, Otto not only let the Second Herrscher go, but also injured the First Herrscher was fighting the Second Herrscher.

Having already learned which side the two belonged to, Li Sushang truly couldn't understand why Otto would do something so self-destructive.

Next, Li Sushang saw Welt telling Siegfried and Li Sushang to escape the scene, while he himself prepared to sacrifice himself for righteousness.

In Li Sushang's eyes, the First Herrscher, who had once been her enemy, was now clearly a hero betrayed by his own people.

And Otto —that guy is clearly a big bad guy!

After this incident ended, the scene before Li Sushang's eyes changed again.

This time, Li Sushang appeared on the snowfield again, but her companions had changed.

"Siegfried, I have a way to make those Honkai Energy disappear in a short time."

In front of Li Sushang, a woman with long silver hair spoke to Siegfried, who was already showing signs of Honkai Beast transformation.

"I'll go find a good spot. You stay here and wait for the Honkai Energy to dissipate!"

"Cecilia, wait—"

Hearing the worry in Siegfried's tone, Li Sushang immediately understood the nature of their relationship.

Damn it!

Siegfried, watching his beloved wife walk away, slammed his fist on the ground and said angrily.

"Why did she have to do something so reckless at this time!"

Then, realizing that there were other people present, Siegfried immediately changed his tone and spoke to Li Sushang.

"Su Shang, you should leave quickly. I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about this."

"But now..."

Looking at the Honkai Energy erupting in the sky, Li Sushang, completely bewildered, asked Siegfried.

"The Second Herrscher, she..."

"She was indeed defeated by me just now, but at the last moment, perhaps it was because of the outburst of her negative emotions that her Herrscher Core unleashed such terrifying Honkai Energy."

Siegfried looked at the Honkai Energy in the sky and said with deep regret.

"At the last moment, my hand went limp... I shouldn't have done that."

"Even if she is a pitiful girl, she is also a demon who has slaughtered tens of millions of people. I should defeat her immediately."

A demon who slaughtered tens of millions of people?

This girl, the Rosharian let her go, which means...

Li Sushang, whose brain had already shut down, no longer wanted to think about anything.

But Siegfried looked at the Honkai Energy in the sky and, as if communicating with Li Sushang, or as if talking to himself, whispered something.

"That guy, who seemed to be my ancestor, said something before he disappeared: 'After the Second Herrscher's core energy goes berserk, it will continue to spread until it devours half of the Asian continent...'"

The thought that the lives of billions of people in Asia were in his hands ignited an incredibly high fighting spirit in Siegfried.

Siegfried, having squeezed and contracted all the Honkai Energy within his body to the extreme, aimed his Jie Mie, which had already connected with the cores of Reason and Flame, at the Second Herrscher's body in the sky.

"Once the core is sealed, this farce will come to an end, so..."

"Welt, fight alongside me!"

As the man unleashed this earth-shattering sword strike, the attack successfully completed its mission.

Li Sushang, who was shocked by this attack, never expected that the seemingly carefree white-haired man would have such terrifying power.

Even after the man's body was engulfed by the flames erupting from the greatsword after he swung it, Li Sushang still felt that if she had faced this attack, she would not have been left with even ashes.

"So strong... but..."

"Su Shang, you..."

Cecilia, now back by Siegfried's side, looked at her companion who was unable to escape, and a hint of sadness appeared in her eyes.

"I will use the power of the Black Abyss White Flower to heal your and Siegfried's bodies and create a strong enough shield."

"I hope... you and Siegfried can survive."

"Etc!"

Looking at the woman's injuries, Li Sushang asked Cecilia in a trembling voice.

"Wasn't the battle already over?"

"Yes, our battle with the Herrscher is over, so..."

Looking at a certain spot in the sky, Cecilia gave a bitter smile.

"Those of us who have unleashed tremendous power, and may even threaten Bishop Otto, should also 'sacrifice' ourselves."

"Just now, when I was dispelling the Honkai Energy, I already sensed that the Honkai Energy Fission Bomb were flying towards us."

"Although we don't know Bishop Otto's reasons for taking action, but..."

"—He clearly doesn't want us to live anymore."

Another Rosharian?