Everyone Is Getting Heated; What Exactly Is Dawn... (Continued)

The Herrscher of Corruption stole her appearance, clumsily impersonated her, and then personally killed her cherished companions.

How could Elysia not be breached?

Even the rough-around-the-edges Hen couldn't help but shed tears at this scene, while Blanca was already sobbing uncontrollably, tightly hugging Griseo.

Griseo stared blankly at the big screen for a long time.

"Kosma... I did the right thing, didn't I?"

Upon hearing Griseo's words, everyone couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"...Um."

This time, Kosma did not remain silent for long.

"Griseo, you and Kosma have done your best."

Sakura couldn't help but say.

Although it is unknown what Kosma and Hua originally planned, Griseo and Kosma's sacrifices managed to hold off the Herrscher of Corruption for a long time, buying Mei a lot of time.

Moreover, because they were drawn into the painting, the Herrscher of Corruption did not obtain any data from the two of them. Seeing the Herrscher of Corruption break down, they felt extremely satisfied.

"Pah, serves her right! Someone like her doesn't even deserve to be Elysia! She doesn't understand the sacrifices of the Flame-Chasers, yet she wants to inherit Flame-Chasers will? She's only fit to be a rat in a mud pit, destined to never amount to anything!"

Little Knowledge has already been quite restrained.

Over the past few days, she suddenly had a whim and spent a long time learning from a telegraph operator, resulting in a dramatic increase in her swearing skills.

"The Herrscher of Corruption was initially just a machine that acted according to code. After gaining consciousness, she was targeted by the Honkai. Then came the intense desire to live. Of course, she could not understand Flame-Chasers's will to protect her even at the cost of his life!"

Vill-V sneered.

As expected, the one currently in control of the body is the Evil.

"Vill-V's meaning is simple: the Herrscher of Corruption hasn't even figured out the essence of life yet, so how could she possibly understand the will of the Flame-Chasers who sacrificed themselves?"

Mei looked into Kevin's confused eyes and explained softly.

"I'm next..."

Fu Hua parted her thin lips slightly.

She was not surprised at all. There were only four Flame-Chasers left. Aponia and Sue had been corrupted and infected, and Eden had the Crystal Flower in his body.

She's the only one who can continue to intercept the Herrscher of Corruption and buy Mei time.

"I wonder what kind of treatment Yaqing is receiving right now. I hope Mobius won't let him off easily."

Su smiled.

But his usual gentleness was completely gone at this moment.

Meanwhile, Yaqing, far away in Central Europe, was indeed having a difficult time, and was currently enjoying the treatment that Su had mentioned.

"Stop, stop, stop... Don't fight anymore. Give me some face in front of the younger generation."

Yaqing curled up into a ball.

Unable to contain his rage at Griseo's death, Mobius struck first, followed by Kallen and Cecilia, who vented their fury on Yaqing against the writers and the Herrscher of Corruption.

Otto and Ziegfried watched quietly, showing no intention of helping, their faces bearing amused smiles.

"Junior?"

They say three women make a drama, and upon hearing Yaqing's words, she immediately stopped what she was doing.

"Bianka, please step out for a moment. We need to take care of the adults' matters."

Cecilia turned to Durandal and said.

Yaqing's pleading gaze fell on Durandal, but Durandal completely ignored it.

She turned and left, just like Xia...

"..."

Yaqing tried her best to make her story sound more plausible.

"Don't hit my face..."

Yaqing is now filled with regret. If he had known that he would get beaten up no matter where he stayed, why did he bother to return to Central Europe? Staying in the Golden Courtyard would have meant getting beaten up anyway.

Now look what's happened. When he gets back from Central Europe, he'll be beaten again, turning one beating into two. He's truly a "genius."

"So... it was you who brought them here, now that they've become paintings, Hua?"

The Herrscher of Corruption had been on the verge of a breakdown, suddenly calmed down. Looking at the girl in front of her, her tone became strange. Before this, she had never shown such a tired yet helpless emotion.

She suddenly longed to see the painting, but it was too late. Just moments ago, she had personally destroyed it.

The Herrscher of Corruption's voice was complex, no longer the deliberately disguised tone of Elysia; it was somewhat pleading and somewhat sad, as if she wanted Huawei to describe the painting to her.

Recalling Griseo's last work, Hua fell into deep thought. The scene in that painting reminded her of a moment she had witnessed in reality—

"Kosma, Kosma! Morning Light... what does that mean?"

Griseo asked, puzzled.

Why do you ask that?

"Just out of curiosity."

Upon hearing this answer, Kosma remained silent for a moment.

"Let's use your Signets to explain."

The heart-wrenching background music started playing again, and as Kosma spoke eloquently, it made one's heart clench once more.

"The stars you can see in the sky... the so-called Morning Light is the light emitted by the one closest to us."

"So, it's not special at all?"

"No, it is very special. Although it arrives too early to illuminate anything, when people see it, they will know that since stars are everywhere in the sky... countless more lights will arrive sooner or later."

That is the color they ultimately left behind in a world of vibrant colors.

No one expected that after Kosma and Griseo were dead, they could still be dealt another blow.

Listening to Kosma explain his own Signets to Griseo using Griseo's Signets, for some reason, they always felt an urge to cry when the background music started playing.

"The Herrscher of Corruption dares to be curious about Griseo's paintings?! She has no right to be Griseo's audience!"

The Herrscher of Corruption wasn't in a hurry, but the spectators were starting to get anxious.

Kosma didn't know how to express the complex emotions in his heart.

Hua cannot be described in words, and the Herrscher of Corruption is by no means the kind of observer Griseo expected.

The Herrscher of Corruption sighed softly.

She hoped that Hua could empathize with her feelings at this moment, the feeling of personally sending her companion to her death, because it was Hua who brought Kosma and Griseo, who were depicted in the painting, to her.

Hua calmly looked at the Herrscher of Corruption. Her feelings were not sadness, but respect for Kosma and Griseo.

"Now, it's my turn to fulfill my mission..."

"Mission? Oh... Hua, what exactly is the original plan?"

"I will reveal it to you..."

Hua assumed a fighting stance.

"The real meaning behind their sacrifice."

Returning to a familiar place, the audience was no longer surprised, and even tacitly accepted the term "memorial portrait hall."

But this time, it's different from before.

It wasn't just a single portrait, but rather enlarged and juxtaposed portraits of Kosma and Griseo, all shattering simultaneously.

"No!!!"

She knew this scene would unfold, but Pardo still couldn't help herself.

As the portraits of Kosma and Griseo shattered, their hearts broke at the same moment.

Elysia was already numb from the knife.

Or to put it another way, the tears have all been shed.

"So next up is Sister Hua?"

Ling looked at her eldest sister.

"It was inevitable."

Sakura said softly.

There was no time to grieve for Kosma and Griseo; the next to arrive on the battlefield was Fusheng Zhiminghua!

After Griseo was killed by the Herrscher of Corruption, Sakura knew that it was impossible to get the writers to show mercy and let any of the Flame-Chasers survive.

Sakura sometimes thinks to herself, if Honkai were a game instead of a movie, Yaqing wouldn't be in such a state... After all, she has to be careful about the revenue from the gacha pool. If she wipes out all the gacha pulls, her revenue might drop to zero.

What Sakura didn't expect was that while she was hoping it was a game, Yaqing was also regretting why it wasn't a game.

"Speaking of which, why does the Herrscher of Corruption's tone suddenly seem to have changed?"

Kevin scratched his head.

The Herrscher of Corruption had been impersonating and disguising Elysia all along, both in appearance and tone. But after killing Griseo and Kosma, the weariness and helplessness in her voice made it seem less like she was faking it.

"I don't know. Maybe it really broke down. Like I just said, it can't understand the meaning of Flame-Chasers's sacrifice."

Vill-V continued to sneer.

"Could it be that the Herrscher of Corruption really never intended to kill Flame-Chasers...?"

Mei's words shocked everyone.

"Mei, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Kevin was stunned.

"Mei, have you lost your mind?"

Even the Evil didn't react in time.

Mei seemed to have anticipated this reaction and quickly offered an explanation.

"Let me make this clear first, I'm not trying to whitewash the Herrscher of Corruption."

Before explaining, Mei first gave everyone a pep talk, fearing that the anger would be directed at her.

"So far, the only Herrscher of Corruption have shown strong killing intent are Elysia, Kalpas, and Mei. Elysia poses the greatest threat to her, Kalpas makes her fear death, and Kalpas also has the power to destroy Elysian Realm. As for Mei... as the only one who is not a Memory, she also poses a threat to the Herrscher of Corruption."

"Then what about her actions towards other people? Yandere love?"

Vill-V refuted May without hesitation.

"Putting aside whether she wanted to kill us or not, she did take action anyway. Her instinct was to survive, and whether she wanted to or not, she would eliminate any threats around her."

Mei remained silent.

"Okay, let's stop discussing this."

Kevin stepped in to stop them, trying to change the subject, as the tension was escalating.

"Is Hua next?"

Kevin's way of changing the subject was abrupt, but very effective.

"Sigh, they used to break one by one, but now it's two at a time. It seems the writers can't wait any longer. Will all three break together next?"

Pardo sighed.

The result was a moment of silence around me.

"We... we were just joking."

Pardo scratched her head awkwardly.

Everyone took it as a joke, after all, there were only four Flame-Chasers left. If three of them were to fall together, what would happen? The Herrscher of Corruption was declared the winner.

"Speaking of which, where is Mobius...?"

Sakura suddenly remembered Mobius, who had always been ignored.