Being Their Hero in Honkai Impact 3rd, Part 25

"Prepare the 500HW-concentration Honkai Energy injection."

"Honkai Energy corruption level: ninety percent."

"Looks like today will be the last time."

"Tsk, tsk. Who knows when we'll come across another specimen this exceptional?"

When the final drop of Honkai Energy was injected into the boy's body, the zombification everyone had expected did not occur. Instead, Bai Ge's body began to heal.

His battered, hole-ridden body was being reborn, while terrifying Honkai Energy surged forth from within.

The entire space trembled and warped.

"WARNING! WARNING! Subject's Honkai Energy concentration is rising sharply, exceeding safe limits, exceeding safe limits!"

"W-What's going on?! What happened?!"

"This Honkai Energy concentration—2,000HW? How is that possible?! He... he's becoming a Herrscher!"

"Activate the emergency disposal system! Quick, kill Subject X1!!!"

The researchers in the laboratory trembled from head to toe.

The power of Honkai descended upon Bai Ge.

The instant his eyes opened again, it was as though a God had opened His eyes!

In an instant, boundless majesty filled the entire space!

Bai Ge regarded them all indifferently, his voice colder to the bone than the winds of Siberia.

"Are you prepared to face judgment, insects?"

At this moment, he was Honkai itself!

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Bai Ge: Now Is the Time for Judgment! (Please Support the New Book)

"Humans, are you prepared to face judgment?"

Light blazed from Bai Ge's golden eyes. What should have been pale-gold irises had now become pure Golden Eyes, filled with the majesty of an Apostle of God.

The bloodstained experimental uniform he had been wearing vanished.

In its place was a striking Herrscher Attire. Upon the white-and-gold combat suit rested light armor condensed from Honkai Energy, its ornate patterns and design resembling a work of art, making the youth look like a knight in service to the Gods.

To Bai Ge's right floated three unused Spears of the Void, while to his left spread three golden Herrscher wings formed from highly concentrated Honkai Energy.

"Quick! Activate the disposal system!"

"X1 has become the Second Herrscher!"

"Report this immediately, or else..."

How could the disposal systems in the laboratory, meant for dealing with zombies and Honkai Beasts, possibly stand against a Herrscher? Even though Bai Ge had only just been born, such things were not worthy of offending him.

The three Spears of the Void shot out, instantly destroying those devices. At the same time, vast stretches of space twisted and collapsed. Amid flying sparks, the surrounding area was reduced to ruins in an instant.

Some people had just taken out detonators and pressed them with all their strength, yet nothing happened.

Bai Ge's body had indeed been implanted with many things. To prevent him from going berserk, there was even a palm-sized electromagnetic bomb near his heart.

However, these people knew nothing of Herrschers or Honkai. Becoming a Herrscher was equivalent to rebirth, to evolution. All the injuries, impurities, and foreign objects within Bai Ge's body were completely purged in an instant.

"...I finally succeeded."

Feeling the surging Herrscher power within his body, Bai Ge sighed. Thanks to the gift of a certain Pink Fairy Lady from the Previous Civilization, his humanity had been preserved.

Becoming a Herrscher was not actually that difficult.

He had sufficient Honkai Energy adaptability.

He had sufficient Honkai Energy as well.

And he had more than enough negative emotions.

The first went without saying. As for sufficient Honkai Energy, these researchers had supplied it to him. The cumulative amount injected into Bai Ge during every experiment had long since reached the required threshold.

As for the final requirement—negative emotions...

That was the least of his problems.

No matter how positive and optimistic Bai Ge might have been, after undergoing human experimentation to such an extent, if he had not harbored even the slightest resentment, he would have been even more angelic than Elysia.

This was karmic retribution.

It was precisely these beasts in human clothing and their human experiments that had brought about Bai Ge's Herrscher transformation.

Yet just as these people thought they would die the next second, Bai Ge suddenly vanished before their eyes.

"W-Where did he go?"

"An additional spatial anomaly has been detected within Babylon. Could his Authority be...?!"

"Wait, what is he doing?! X1 rescued all those test subjects!"

Though Bai Ge wanted to slaughter these bastards immediately, not only would that be letting these animals off too easily, but he had more important things to do right now.

Imaginary Gates opened in every prison cell of Babylon Laboratory. Before the countless children used as test subjects could react, they found themselves outside.

The girls looked around in confusion.

A sky filled with swirling snow, a pure white world utterly unlike Babylon, and... Bai Ge, floating in midair as a Herrscher.

They stared blankly at him. Then one little girl timidly asked, "Big brother, are you an angel?"

Snow-white hair, golden eyes, a handsome face, and the golden Herrscher wings behind him—aside from the lack of a halo over his head, he looked exactly like the angels they had heard about in stories!

"Angel Brother, did you come to save us?"

"Please, Angel Brother, I miss Mommy and Daddy so much. Please take me home."

"Save us, Angel Brother. We don't want to go back there. It hurts so much. It's so scary."

A Herrscher was supposed to bring disaster and destruction, yet in these girls' eyes, Bai Ge—the one who had rescued them from hell—was an angel from a fairy tale.

They begged Bai Ge to save them, to take them away from this terrifying human hell.

Meanwhile, Sirin, Avrora, Agata, and Galina stared blankly at Bai Ge as well.

Just moments ago, they had still been praying for the boy's safety in their cells. Before they could even process what had happened, everything had changed.

"Bai Ge, are you okay?"

"Big Brother Bai became... so pretty."

"Huh? How did we get out?"

"Bai Ge must have saved us!"

Bai Ge came over to the four girls and, as gently as ever, patted each of them on the head.

The Herrscher of the Void's personality had actually already been born, but he had firmly suppressed it.

With the "Unyielding Will A" trait and Elysia's blessing, Bai Ge successfully used his own will to take control of the Herrscher of the Void's authority.

He had become the Herrscher of the Human of the Current Civilization!

However, at that moment—

The gates of Babylon Laboratory opened.

Dozens of Valkyries and nearly a hundred Schicksal Divine Machines appeared. Their objective was unmistakable as they all erupted with hostility toward Bai Ge.

"The Second Herrscher has been confirmed!"

"Contain her and keep her occupied!"

"Wait for reinforcements from the Bishop, then capture her in one fell swoop."

"Divine Machine unit, open fire!"

Babylon Laboratory was, after all, one of Schicksal's most important laboratories. The experiments conducted here were all extremely dangerous experiments related to Honkai.

As such, it was normally equipped with a massive armed force.

Bai Ge looked at them coldly. There were still so many children on his side, yet these people did not hesitate in the slightest.

"Heh... so this is your choice?"

He knew that not all of Schicksal's Valkyries were like this. In fact, most of them were good people who held to the belief of "fighting for all that is beautiful in the world."

But!

These people before him clearly were not.

As Babylon's guards, these Valkyries naturally knew about the human experiments being conducted here. Not only had they raised no objections, they had even aided and abetted the evil.

In that case, Bai Ge would feel no burden when killing them!

"Humans are truly foolish most of the time."