The Final Lesson! (6K) (Continued)

"You are facing Kalpas! Now, do everything in your power to start running away!! Hahahaha!!!"

Pardo was so frightened that she scrambled out of the kitchen, not daring to look back, probably because she was afraid that Kalpas would cook her too.

Just thinking about that scene sends chills down Pardo's spine.

The originally stirring battle music suddenly turned extremely sad, instantly attracting the attention of all the viewers.

Himeko leaned against the railing outside the medical room. People kept running past her with wounded soldiers. She instinctively covered her wound, the blood flowing uncontrollably.

She looked at the annotation device in her hand, her eyes revealing an unconcealable weariness.

"This time... it's really gotten out of hand."

No one answered her words; only the blood serum shimmered faintly, reflecting a face covered in scars.

The silence was shattered by the piercing alarm, and the noise returned, making the situation even more chaotic.

But the world in Himeko's eyes remained peaceful.

"Alright, it's time to go out for some fresh air." Himeko raised her head, her tone relieved, as if she could see her future.

She straightened up, took a step, and walked in the opposite direction from the flow of people.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

"Even though they're all kids who never grow up, I still quite like this place."

"There's still a long road ahead, isn't there?"

"I wish you... good luck."

People carrying weapons, people with bandaged hands, people carrying the wounded, people moving spare parts—

The people of the Hyperion, the people of the Far East Branch, the people of Anti-Entropy—

People Himeko had met, and people Himeko had not met—

Those who remember Himeko, and those Himeko don't—

One by one, they brushed past her.

"I really want... another drink."

Finally, only Himeko's own murmurs remained.

"Himeko..." For some reason, when Kiana heard the background music, her eyes felt like they had sand in them, and her eyes welled up with tears.

Especially after seeing that Himeko was still concerned about them, the three little ones could no longer hold back.

"Himeko, I don't want you to die!"

Unexpectedly, it wasn't Kiana who broke down first, but Theresa, who looked at Himeko with teary eyes.

"Theresa, you're too caught up in the movie. I'm perfectly fine in real life." Himeko helplessly, but didn't know what to say, so she took out a tissue and wiped the tears from Theresa's face.

Elysia, who was leaning on Eden's shoulder in the back row, was already in tears, crying out, "Eden, it's too much for you to be the one providing the music, I just couldn't help it."

North America.

Einstein put down his ever-present coffee and began to watch the movie intently.

Europe.

Otto opened another bottle of his treasured red wine, and this time Kallen didn't kick him out of bed, because Kallen was now constantly wiping away her tears and snot with tissues.

"What a respectable lady. I think if I were in the same world as her, I would choose to toast her." Otto raised his wine glass.

Oceania.

"Himeko- sensei..." Wendy looked at Himeko on the screen in the movie.

"I remember now, you were also Himeko's student," Ai-chan said.

Listening to the panicked announcements from the communications officer, Himeko simply stared at the syringe in her hand. Suddenly, the indicator light in the elevator turned red, and Himeko gripped the syringe tightly.

"Are they here?!"

Benares soared through the sky, tearing through the Hyperion's defensive shield with the sharp tips of its wings, dodging the Hyperion's anti-aircraft guns, and launching an attack with its sharp claws.

Himeko placed the serum into the storage space in her thigh armor, and at that moment the elevator arrived at the deck, watching the anti-aircraft gun wreckage being thrown at high speed.

Himeko smiled slightly, cleaved the wreckage in two with a single sword strike, and kicked it onto Benares' head. She then leaped high into the air, using the force of her fall to send Benares crashing onto the deck.

Himeko's Godkiller Sword glowed red.

Just as he was about to kill Benares, he found himself in an unknown space.

Watching Bebelong being beaten so badly in the movie, Bella suddenly felt a strange pain all over her body. It seemed that, except for the second movie, every time she appeared on screen, she was being beaten.

"Xingqiu Liuyun, Himeko, teach them a lesson!" Kiana cried and laughed at the same time, looking extremely strange.

"Kiana, that's called 'flowing clouds and flowing water,' not 'flowing autumn clouds.'" Mei reminded Kiana that she had used the wrong idiom again.

Himeko was observing her surroundings when a familiar laugh reached her ears.

Himeko looked in the direction of the sound.

Sirin stood on the void, seemingly with nothing beneath her feet, yet there appeared to be an invisible staircase. Her high heels made a crisp sound as she walked on it. She looked down at Himeko with an utterly cold gaze.

Do you think you can escape?

"Hmph." Himeko snorted coldly, holding her greatsword in both hands and assuming a fighting stance, her eyes fixed on Sirin's movements. "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Are you ready to face death?" Sirin simply raised her hand, and the power of the Herrscher of Space instantly enveloped Himeko.

Himeko felt a strong suction force on her body, and her body was lifted into the air. Just as she was about to touch Xilin, she was pushed away again.

"Struggle as hard as you can."

With a flick of Sirin wrist, a massive purple square block suddenly appeared from the ground. Himeko slammed it down hard, and two more purple square blocks appeared on either side, stacking together to form a cage resembling a Rubik's Cube.

Sirin snapped her fingers, and the Rubik's Cube began to spin like a cage. With a wave of her hand, the Spear of the Void behind her transformed into four flowing ribbons of light, piercing through the air like a magic trick.

"That's about it."

Sirin turned and left, assuming Himeko was dead.

"Completely powerless to fight back." Pason couldn't believe it.

"Don't worry, Sister Pardo. According to the TV series and movies I've watched, the main character always gets beaten up first, then a flashback happens, and finally a critical hit kills the boss." Ling said, sounding like a little devil.

"That makes sense," Pardo thought to herself.

"It wasn't like this outside. Does this space have some kind of advantage over Sirin?" Vill-V couldn't understand. Himeko, who could fight Sirin to a standstill outside, was beaten to the ground by Sirin after entering this space.

A mechanical longsword flew out of the Rubik's Cube cage, looking as if it were floating behind the Vermilion Knight: Eclipse.

Sirin was startled. The Spear of the Void behind her instantly transformed into a barrier, but it failed to stop the attack. She was only able to avoid injury after activating spatial teleportation.

Amid Himeko's panting, Eden's rendition of "Nightglow" began to play.

Himeko dragged the Godfall Sword, her body covered in wounds, the purple patterns of Honkai energy spreading across her entire body.

"Is your attack... over?"

"Now it's my turn, no objections, right?"

"Hmph hmph hmph hahahahaha—!" Sirin covered her face, her laughter filled with disdain and anger, her tone light yet arrogant. "Die!"

Behind Sirin and around Himeko, countless voids suddenly appeared, each one protruding a Spear of the Void, with only one target: Himeko.

Kiana.

Himeko's gentle voice rang out.

The small sword that had been shot out returned to Himeko's hand and merged with the Godfall Sword, allowing the Vermilion Knight: Eclipse's attack to be activated once again.

"When you wake up, you will see that everything has changed."

Himeko's Godkiller Sword transformed into a giant, fiery red sword, and with her swing, all the Anchors of the Himeko were severed.

"You will find that the world is no longer beautiful."

"Those ordinary days are about to be gone forever."

"But don't give up, never give up!"

Himeko's Godkiller Sword shone even brighter, surpassing the brightness of the flames, like the sun illuminating the dark and dim space.

"Stop getting cocky!" Sirin activated her power again, slamming two square blocks into Himeko, while the aftershocks of her attack also injured herself.

A slight opening was revealed, Himeko leaped high from the smoke, her Godkiller Sword slicing through the smoke.

Sirin made a final effort, firing two Spear of the Void.

Himeko cleaved it open with her sword, though this left her with many wounds.

In Sirin's hand, a small black sphere gradually expanded, then transformed into a black spiral cone, spinning towards Himeko.

The moment the attacks from both sides collided, the entire space turned snow-white.

Theresa, Mei, Fu Hua, Bronya, and the others appeared one by one, calling out Himeko's name, and finally, a familiar back view appeared.

She turned around, her face always beaming with an innocent smile.

"Himeko, I want to become the strongest Valkyrie!"

Kiana's voice echoed in Himeko's mind, and her already battered body surged with power once more, as the Plague Gem within the Vacuum Knight was activated to its maximum.

Behind Himeko, a radiant light, like wings, appeared. She seemed like an angel descending to earth to save the world. Angels save the world, but Himeko only needed to save her students.

That wasn't the flame of the Plague Gem, but Himeko's final flame of life.

Nightglow's singing reached its climax.

The Godkiller Sword she held high possessed an indestructible power, shattering the black cone of light.

"Kiana! Lift your head and keep moving forward! Go and turn this imperfect story into the one you desire!"

The light exploded in the space, making it as bright as day for a moment.

The white light gradually disappeared, and what appeared in the lens was Sirin's terrified pupils.

Himeko's sword did not injure her, but instead pierced her back, leaving the Godkiller Sword covered in shards.

"This is... the Final Lesson..."

The Godkiller Sword shattered upon impact, and Himeko's body fell forward, her eyes devoid of light.

"You!"

Enraged, Sirin pushed Himeko away. At the last moment Himeko smiled, and Sirin noticed that the syringe had begun to inject serum into Himeko's lower back.

"Ah!!!"

Sirin let out a piercing scream.

The Imaginary Space began to collapse, signifying that the Herrscher of the Void had once again been defeated by humanity.

Himeko slowly sank into the boundless darkness.

But outside, the sky was blue and the clouds were white.

At the end of Eden's Song, the film ended, and the credits began to roll.

"Himeko- sensei!" Kiana could no longer hold back her tears and threw herself into Himeko's arms.

Kiana said with a sob in her voice, "Himeko- sensei, don't worry, I will definitely listen to your lectures carefully before graduation and I will never skip class again."

Kiana was crying her eyes out, and the other two kids weren't much better off.

Mei wiped away her tears.

Bronya had left the screening room at some point, perhaps because she didn't want anyone to see her crying.

"Eden ~, Yaqing is too much! He clearly said it was a song to encourage everyone to bravely face life, but he put it here." Elysia said angrily.