Elysia's self-sacrifice caused the Flame-Chasers immense pain. Eden nearly cried herself unconscious. After the final ball ended, the Flame-Chasers followed Elysia's wishes and announced that they had successfully slain the Thirteenth Herrscher—the Herrscher of Origin.
Some of the civilians were naturally encouraged. Fire Moth had kindly concealed the truth and told them that this was the final Herrscher, and the surviving people cheered in jubilation.
But the Flame-Chasers knew that the true confrontation was about to begin!
The Herrscher of Finality, born on the far side of the moon from the gathered Authorities of all Herrschers, prevented Fire Moth from telling the few remaining survivors the truth. They merely reassured them that the ground had been devastated by nuclear explosions and that the nuclear radiation was too intense for ordinary people to survive on the surface.
Thus, Su's weapon, the Fifth Divine Key longsword, was modified by Verity into the Stagnation Key: All Things Dormant Cryo Pod.
Operated by the Stagnation Key, it froze people into slumber. Those civilians were kindly deceived and told that they only needed to sleep in hibernation for a while. Once the nuclear radiation on the surface had dissipated, they would be able to begin a new life.
Su's weapon had become Black Abyss White Flower, and he was responsible for support.
At this point, Fire Moth had resolved the issue of the civilians as well. Dr. MEI and Prometheus informed everyone that the Herrscher of Finality on the far side of the moon was about to awaken, and that the final battle was about to begin.
That Herrscher of Finality was none other than Theresa, making a friendly guest appearance as the Finality from Honkai 2.
At that moment, Pardo's body was trembling violently. Every cell in her body was telling her not to