Chapter 382

What kind of Herrscher should it be? With multiple identities and roles, could it be considered Thousand-Man Herrscher? Or more accurately, Thousand-Face Herrscher? Perhaps "Thousand-Face Herrscher" would be more fitting.

Honkai is a game based on some anime and religion, and many of its settings are inseparable from the influence of religion and animation.

It would be quite reasonable to say that it has a thousand faces.

From a religious perspective, it seems that there are multifaceted Buddhas, such as three-faced or Four-Faced Buddha, each face representing a different meaning.

Each character represents a different person and a different life.

Moreover, these are just the characters I've drawn so far, and it doesn't mean I won't draw more characters in the future.

Therefore, using "a thousand faces" would be more appropriate, right?

Okay, let's just call Thousand-Face Herrscher.

Decide on a name? Then what? Activate your power or something else? What can Herrscher do? If we're talking about what Herrscher can do...

At the very least, it should be able to summon Honkai Beast, right?

This should be the most basic thing.

Li Pu opened his eyes and was greeted by Gilgamesh's mocking face.

"Oh~ my queen, what are you planning to do with your eyes closed?" Gilgamesh asked teasingly, "Are you ready to enjoy bliss?"

"No, I was just thinking about how to surprise you." Li Pu replied in a similarly playful tone, "If you're willing to let me go, I'd be happy to show you something amazing you've never seen before."

"Oh?" Gilgamesh actually let go of Li Pu.

I wonder what kind of good stuff Li Pu was planning to look at.

Anyway, Li Pu, who has temporarily regained his freedom, does not plan to run away immediately. Right now, the probability of him escaping from the Golden Flash Chain of Heaven and his spaceship is basically zero.

So let's first see what we can actually do as Herrscher.

Call!

Summon Honkai Beast!

Call...

Why aren't they coming? Are they going to say something? Fight for me? Or wake up, my warrior? This isn't some scumbag couple from WoW, what's the point of saying that!

So what exactly is the key to using this power?

'It's probably a resonance.'

Just then, a voice suddenly came to Li Pu's mind.

'Hmm? Who is it?'

Is it the angel Gaia? It doesn't seem like it. Is this Gaia's voice? It doesn't sound like Gaia, but it does sound like her voice. Could it be the system? No, this shouldn't be the system. The system wouldn't be that kind. Then could it be another character? Impossible! Without Inherent Domain, it's impossible for it to appear, much less communicate with. So whose voice is this?

This piqued Li Pu's curiosity, but he quickly put it aside.

Regardless of who spoke that voice, he didn't have much time to think about it right now. Gilgamesh was staring at him menacingly.

Knowing that Gilgamesh would gain a physical body after the Great Holy Grail, this was one of his few remaining opportunities.

If the system can find a reason to upgrade and prevent her from using the character, she will definitely be able to use it a second time, and a third time! She might even seal the character and prevent her from using it when she is in the most critical situation.

Therefore, only by becoming stronger can one ensure safety when there is no way to switch roles.

Resonance!

What is this resonance with? It must be a resonance with the heart of the Herrscher!

As Herrscher, I possess the Herrscher Core.

How to achieve resonance?

I am you!

Chapter Fifty-Six: My Herrscher's Heart

"What is he doing?" Kirei Kotomine was quite wary of Gilgamesh releasing Li Pu.

"My king," he said respectfully but with a hint of command, "She is the Goddess of Fate. If you loosen the shackles that bind her and she suddenly attacks, it will not be very advantageous for us."

"Are you questioning my decision?" Gilgamesh said, swirling the wine in his glass.

"No, my king." Kirei Kotomine understood Gilgamesh better than Tokiomi, and he also understood that this tyrant would not allow anyone to question his decisions, even if those decisions were wrong and would bring him danger.

Even so, Kirei Kotomine still had to speak.

"My king, I just think she is too dangerous and cunning." Kirei Kotomine suggested, "It would be better to bind her with your shackles that can restrain the gods."

"Restriction?" Gilgamesh stopped what he was doing.

He raised the wine glass to his nose, seemingly inhaling the aroma. Yet, his eyes held a mocking and sarcastic gaze as he looked at Kirei Kotomine. He seemed to say nothing, yet also seemed to have said something.

Kirei Kotomine suddenly realized why he had to release Goddess of Fate. The Chain of Heaven couldn't bind a god-level being; the only reason they could bind Goddess of Fate was because she was currently weakened. Moreover, it was likely only a facade of restraint; if the Goddess resisted strongly, the Chain of Heaven would merely be sturdier chains, unable to truly restrain Goddess.

Even so, isn't this a bit much? After all, is she Goddess or an enemy?

"His power is starting to become violent." Kirei Kotomine noticed some changes in Li Pu. His power became violent, seemingly approaching the power of the Berserker.

This is not a good sign! Berserker? Could it be that the "good thing" she was talking about is summoning Berserker?

No! Shouldn't Berserker have already left the stage? How could he possibly be summoned back?

But if this is a summons from Goddess, then it's hard to say.

Kirei Kotomine tensed up; no matter how you looked at it, this was not a good sign.

"No need to be so tense," Gilgamesh said. "Be elegant, relax, they're just some small fry."

They were just some small fry.

The Herrscher's Heart had begun to react. Whether it was because he was an artificial Herrscher or because he had been injected with a needle after the transformation, Li Pu didn't feel much of a response from the Herrscher's Heart. It was only slightly better than before; at least the seemingly stone-like Herrscher's Heart was starting to respond.

It has begun; he has already heard the Herrscher's Heart's response.

'Who are you? Shouldn't you fill in your address before praying?'

The voice, seemingly from the Herrscher's Heart, instantly confused Li Pu. It sounded like a loli's voice and the words he had just heard or seen somewhere before.

"Are you some kind of Ding Dang traveler from the Xiling Empire?" Li Pu couldn't help but retort. "Shouldn't you be Herrscher Core? You actually have to pray, and even write down your address first."

'I'll write you a string of characters!'

"Oh, this unknown Herrscher." The Herrscher Heart said shamelessly, "Didn't you want me to send my most elite Honkai Beast to support you? Since you're calling it the most elite Honkai Beast squad, shouldn't you at least provide your coordinates? If you don't provide your coordinates, even if I wanted to support you, there's nothing I can do, isn't there?"

What should I do if this guy seems to make a lot of sense and I can't refute him at all?

Li Pu seemed unable to refute the Herrscher's Heart's words, but upon further reflection, something still felt off. Is this really the Herrscher's Heart? It's speaking to him in a loli voice with such an absurd tone.

Why does it feel so strongly like something I've seen before?

'You're not another system, are you?' Li Pu asked warily.

"System? I don't know what you're talking about." Herrscher of Heart's tone was always so assertive, as if she really didn't know what a system was.

Is it true that you don't know? The more he said that, the more vigilant Li Pu became, saying, "I always feel that you are not my Herrscher Heart, but some kind of system. Or perhaps it's a system in disguise, or maybe my Herrscher Heart didn't respond to me at all, but the system disguised itself as the Herrscher Heart to respond to me."

"I don't think my Herrscher Heart would say anything like 'Shouldn't you fill in your address before praying?'"

"And I certainly won't use a loli voice," Li Pu added.

"If it were any other Herrscher's Heart, it might be like this," Herrscher's Heart said. "But I am your Herrscher's Heart. The Herrscher's Heart is not in a relationship of opposition to the Herrscher or a cooperative relationship of mutual benefit. The Herrscher's Heart and the Herrscher are one, two sides of the same coin, coexisting and prospering together, and suffering together. So the Herrscher's Heart is just another reflection of yourself."

"It reflects another version of yourself within you. If the Herrscher's heart were to respond to the Herrscher with those words in a loli voice."

"That can only mean one thing!" Herrscher of Heart paused for a while before saying, "You're just that flirtatious, and you're Loli Enthusiast!"

"I'm not Loli Enthusiast!" Li Pu denied. "I don't seem to have the slightest interest in lolis, and being a loli-con is illegal! How could I, a transmigrator, possibly go down the path of crime?"

Loli Enthusiast? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could someone as proper as me be Loli Enthusiast?!

She seemed uninterested in debating Li Pu's denial of the Herrscher's Heart, instead shifting the topic to another point. "If you intend to use Honkai Beast to fight Gilgamesh..."

"I suggest you be more suitable to be his mother."

The Herrscher's Heart is serious, especially the last sentence, which was delivered without a hint of joking.

"Pfft..." Li Pu felt like he was about to vomit blood. His system wasn't reliable enough, and even his Herrscher's Heart wasn't so dependable!

This is ridiculous!

"You still insist you're not a system!" Li Pu roared. "How did you come up with such a terrible idea? To be Gilgamesh's mother..."

"Is this even a solution that a human could come up with?"

Is this even human?

"Of course I'm not human~ I'm Herrscher Heart." Herrscher Heart said very frankly, "And this idea isn't actually bad. With your current strength, the Honkai Beast you can summon are very weak. With Gilgamesh's combat power, killing your Honkai Beast is basically like Ea a watermelon with the Ea. He has to be very careful to leave a claw on your Honkai Beast as a souvenir."

"Moreover, cross-time and space teleportation severely restricts the Honkai Beast's performance due to the spacetime laws of different worlds. Even if they can appear, their strength will be greatly diminished. They were already a big watermelon in front of Gilgamesh, but with further damage and restrictions, they're just watermelon seeds! We don't want to be used as watermelon seeds by Gilgamesh here! So, you want to resolve our current predicament."

"There are only two options: first, become Gilgamesh's wife; second, become Gilgamesh's mother."

The Herrscher of the Heart spoke eloquently, saying, "You certainly wouldn't want the first option, so let's round it off and you becoming Gilgamesh's mother is the optimal solution at present."

"After all, Gilgamesh is still very lacking in love, and I believe that with your abilities, it will be quite easy for you."

"Of course~ there's another way." Herrscher of Heart added, "For example, do nothing. Just lie down."

"Huh?" Faced with his Herrscher words, which were tantamount to slacking off, Li Pu said in despair, "So, what exactly can you do?"

Is this all the Herrscher's Heart I have? Besides offering some completely useless advice, there's nothing else? So my system is a freak, and my Herrscher's Heart is a freak too! Then what on my side isn't a freak?

"In terms of opinions, these are all very good opinions," said Herrscher of the Heart. "Based on the known inner thoughts and behavioral logic of Gilgamesh, it's like this. He doesn't care about beautiful women or treasures. What he cares about is, as he himself said, 'I can bestow it upon you, but you cannot take it away.' The same goes for beautiful women. If you actively pursue him, he may not be interested in you at all and may even hope that you stay away. But if you resist, he will be very interested in you, somewhat like a 'Dragon Proud Sky.' Like, 'Beautiful lady, you have piqued my interest,' or something like that."

"So whether you take the initiative to be a wife or a mother, theoretically he will quickly lose interest in you. Similarly, you can choose to do nothing. Three days is a short time, and one and a half days have already passed. As long as you don't do anything reckless and maintain a non-violent, uncooperative attitude for the remaining day and a half, he won't do anything to you either."

"So what's the reality?" Li Pu countered. "Don't I have any other choices?"

"That's true," said the Herrscher's Heart. "I know these methods seem pessimistic, but if you think they're the worst, there's nothing I can do. However, if you want to find an optimistic method that you think has the best chance of success, there are ways."

"But in my opinion, the probability is the lowest."

"What?" Li Pu pressed.

"Go and fight!" Herrscher Heart said without hesitation, "Never forget that you are no longer the weak human you once were. You are now Herrscher, a Herrscher capable of bringing disaster to the world and destroying a Herrscher!"

"As a mother... go and fight, a true Herrscher! Li Pu!"

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Go, Mom... Li Pu

'This is outrageous.'

Li Pu opened his eyes and looked at Gilgamesh, who was holding a glass of red wine and looking at him in the flickering candlelight.

The Herrscher Heart, which I always thought was a different system, gave Li Pu four different choices, but if you really want to summarize it, there are only two.

He resigned himself to his fate, leaving it to Gilgamesh, since he only had less than a day and a half left. If he could just survive this period and wait for the system to restart, he would have the ability to attack! But what if the system didn't restart? Or what if the system didn't restart on time, or what Gilgamesh had other plans?

I don't know, but in any case, handing over one's fate to others is not the best policy.

The other way is to rise up and resist!

Revolt!

Perhaps this isn't the best path, given the vast difference in strength between himself and Gilgamesh. Wouldn't relying on his own body to fight Gilgamesh be a certain death? But perhaps this is the most correct path.

He knew he was Herrscher, no longer an ordinary human. He possessed the power to destroy an entire civilization. Compromise and surrender were not the best options; the true best option was resistance! He knew this might be a path of certain death, yet he still resolutely embarked on this doomed path!

The chance to survive is always reserved for the bravest!

'What is Gilgamesh's weakness?' Li Pu's eyes swept over Gilgamesh. Statistically, Gilgamesh's weakness is that he has no weaknesses. He is someone who excels in every single ability!

But Gilgamesh's greatest weakness is actually his personality; his arrogance is his biggest vulnerability. Because arrogance breeds contempt. The reason he brought himself here is because of his arrogance; he doesn't value himself. At least, he doesn't value his current self, nor does he consider himself an equal.

Judging from his relaxed posture and playful eyes, Gilgamesh now resembles a resting lion toying with a rabbit that is about to become a snack.

He wasn't in a hurry to do anything, because the absolute difference in strength meant that no matter what his prey did, it couldn't escape his grasp. Her desperate resistance was merely a small scene for him to enjoy and amuse himself in his spare time.

And what about myself? Will I be the one used as a toy for amusement and mockery?

If I don't want to be treated as a toy to be amused and teased, then what are my advantages? Is it knowing the plot, knowing his attributes, knowing the future? Perhaps, but right now my advantages are definitely not those! My biggest advantage is probably the characters I've transformed into.

Every character I've played leaves their mark on me, and that's my advantage.