A Drop in Swordsmanship? Just a Frog in Slowly Boiling Water!
Kevin, a hothead, immediately got to work.
"Kevin, honestly! Can't you leave Miss Pink Elf with some nice memories?~?" Elysia's cheeks puffed up like a hamster's indignant expression.
"I was wrong!"
Kevin readily admitted his mistake.
"Kevin, you would actually do something so thankless and difficult. I underestimated you," Su said.
In the white world, only Mei remained. She had just blocked the attack of the Herrscher of Ice at the last moment, and the power that had been lost by the Staff of the Underworld returned to her body.
"Raven, Night Owl! Answer me!"
Her response was still only deathly silence.
All of these factors combined to form an answer she didn't want to believe.
Honkai energy converged, lightning erupted once more, Herrscher of Thunder unleashed her power again, riding a crimson dragon, ready to find the source of all problems: the Herrscher of Ice.
"Poor Mei- neechan, she was betrayed, and she still has to worry about their safety."
Seeing the Thunder Queen's imposing presence, Rin stood up for Mei.
"This is Mei's true nature, gentle and kind." Mei adjusted her glasses. "The world has kissed me with pain, and I will repay it with song. No matter how her appearance and temperament change, her true nature has never changed."
"Can't understand."
Ling's little head shook like a rattle drum.
Mei smiled.
During the search for the Herrscher of Ice, Raven's weak voice came through the communicator, telling Mei about Night Owl's betrayal.
To stop Night Owl from taking away the Herrscher of Ice, Mei needs to move even faster.
But the Raven brought bad news.
Durandal is rushing towards her.
In this part of the story, Vill-V's attention is focused on the Third Divine Key, which she guesses is the core of the Herrscher of Thunder based on its number.
However, the properties of lightning are not apparent.
It just looks like a sniper rifle.
"Could it be that the bullets were fired from lightning?"
Vill-V believed that as a genius, she was sure she could figure it all out.
"It would be much more suitable if it were made into a katana."
Sakura has practiced using the katana since childhood and believes that the katana is the best weapon of all.
"It's not that the katana is suitable, but that Mei uses a katana, so the first thing that comes to mind when you mention the Herrscher of Thunder is the katana."
Mei analyzed.
"No, I just feel like I want it."
Sakura said straightforwardly.
"Sister, don't you have a weapon?" Ling joked, "The Spirit Control Blade - Frozen Naraka... How cringeworthy!"
Sakura roughly rubbed Rin's cheeks.
Chapter 304 Decreased Swordsmanship? Just Like a Frog Being Boiled in Slow Water!
Contrary to what the audience expected, Durandal and Raiden Mei did not engage in a major fight upon meeting. In order to end the Honkai, they simply greeted each other and headed towards the Herrscher of Ice.
The garden was frozen solid, as if even time itself had been frozen.
The Herrscher of Ice meets with Night Owl.
"Anna ...we meet again."
The Herrscher of Ice became even more tormented upon seeing the pendant that Night Owl had produced.
The Night Owl's gentle voice comforted Anna's heart as he reached out and lightly stroked the black veil.
"Night Owl!"
An angry voice broke the peaceful atmosphere.
"Don't get in my way, Herrscher of Thunder!"
Night Owl's expression changed instantly; the gentle look in his eyes just moments before was replaced by murderous intent.
The romantic subplot between Night Owl and Anna reminded viewers that, in the Honkai series of anime, besides the main character, there are also heterosexual characters.
Especially the gentle comfort from Night Owl gave them an ominous premonition. They were still angry that Night Owl had betrayed Mei, but they were also afraid that the upcoming plot would lead Night Owl and Anna to turn against them.
Tragic, pessimistic, sorrowful.
Moved, sighing, saddened.
Either way, it will cause them immense distress.
"The romantic subplot is starting to unfold."
Mei sighed.
Once feelings develop, the knife is not far away.
Mei questions Night Owl, but Night Owl also wants to save Anna; he sees hope in Mei.
Mei hesitated for a moment, but quickly made up her mind. For Kiana's sake, she had to seal away the Herrscher of Ice.
Durandal, however, didn't have so many thoughts and directly engaged in battle with the Herrscher of Ice.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Mei, Night Owl grasped the Third Divine Key.
"Stop! Don't hurt Anna!"
Under Mei's blade, Anna's black veil shattered, a familiar scene that caused her to hallucinate. The camera kept switching, with Anna and Kiana overlapping.
Mei quickly realized what was happening.
But Night Owl had already used his body to block Mei's knife.
"Raiden Mei, if you want to kill her, you'll have to step over my dead body first!"
Night Owl's mechanical body was severely damaged in the attack, but his expression remained resolute.
Mei felt a sense of déjà vu about the scene before her, and was momentarily disoriented.
"If sacrificing my life can bring her back, then I'd be happy to!"
"After all, my life was saved by her."
The camera then flashed back to a memory: the confrontation between Mei and Raven.
Back to reality.
"She gave me my life, so even if it means death... I will protect her."
The Night Owl was weak, yet extremely focused.
"It feels very familiar. The story of being rescued and then being rescued again is similar to the development of Kiana and Mei."
Vill-V noticed it.
Anna saved Chen Tianwu during the Honkai 3rd, and later, when Anna became Herrscher, Chen Tianwu spared no effort to save her.
Mei was awakened by Kiana during the Third Honkai Eruption. Later, when Kiana became Herrscher, Mei was willing to fall into darkness in order to bring her back to the light.
"It's a pity that Chen Tianwu is not Herrscher, nor does he have the protagonist's halo. Anna also doesn't have a teacher who would give his life to awaken her. They are destined to become a tragedy," Mei sighed.
"History always repeats itself in surprising ways, but each history unfolds differently."
Through Night Owl, the audience sees Mei's shadow, their consciousness pulled back to the previous film's Sinners Elegy, recalling the sadness it brought them.
Their anger at Night Owl's betrayal lessened considerably.
Inside the luxury apartments allocated to employees by World Serpent Company.
Chen Tianwen sat between Chen Tianwu and Anna.
What seemed like an exciting plot to outsiders actually made Chen Tianwu feel a little ashamed. After all, anyone would feel the same way if they heard themselves say such childish things.
"Brother is so handsome!"
Chen Tianwen didn't think so.
"He is indeed very handsome."
Anna's words slightly eased the shame in Night Owl's heart.
The Herrscher of Ice cried out in anguish, using Durandal and Raiden Mei to resist the burst of Herrscher energy. Night Owl then quietly disappeared with the Herrscher of Ice.
In another corner of the city, Night Owl supported the Herrscher of Ice, both of them extremely weak.
"Anna... I will definitely make you... live!"
Chen Tianwu's consciousness seemed to be pulled back to the past.
In his most desperate moment, Anna lifted the heavy soil and, in his eyes, was like an angel, rescuing him.
His thoughts returned, and beside him was only the Herrscher had lost consciousness. Like a child, he didn't care whether the other could understand or not, and he still made a vow for the other.
"I will definitely take you away from here."
A wave of nostalgia.
Viewers not only saw Mei's shadow in Night Owl, but also seemed to see Kiana's shadow in Anna.
It is precisely through contrast.
The plot of the previous movie kept replaying in their minds. What they couldn't understand was that they thought they had moved on, but they never expected that a single stab would send them back.
"This movie deeply moved me, but it didn't make me cry. It seems my swordsmanship has really declined."
"It should be written by Yaqing."
Sirin looked at the comments in the live stream.
Has your swordsmanship declined?
She admitted that the knife skills in this film seemed to have really declined.
But she didn't believe that the skill in the Honkai series would decline; she believed more in the gradual, insidious process of making the next movie more tear-jerking by using a less tear-jerking film as a backdrop.
That was the Final Lesson.
The same applies to meteors in the sky.
"You guys are still too young."
Sirin's words left the viewers in the live stream puzzled.
They had no idea what the usually clumsy Queen was saying.
[Night Owl and the Herrscher of Ice forcefully broke through the Valkyrie's defenses. Rita fought back with all her might, but the Herrscher's power was a natural counter to the Luna Kindred Armor, and unsurprisingly, she fell.]
Rita got the short end of the stick again.
The audience was surprised to find that they weren't actually that surprised.
It seemed that Rita's failures had become a habit.
"Rita, what do you think?"
Shigure Kira asked Rita, who was standing next to her, with curiosity.
"Me? I'm looking at it seriously." Rita still had a polite smile on her face. Ever since she learned that Durandal was coming to the Far East, nothing could disturb her mood.
Seeing Rita's reaction, Shigure Kira suddenly felt bored.
Mei and Durandal pursue the Herrscher.
To protect Rita, Durandal sent Mei to pursue them first.