The Battle Has Just Begun

Due to the Herrscher's appearance, Cecilia arrived here at the first moment. At this time, Siegfried and the others thought she was here to block their path and all drew their weapons.

"Meeting again. Can you tell me why?"

"Ah, finally someone who can talk properly. The area ahead has both extreme low temperatures and abnormal gravity. With your level of strength, I'm afraid you'd die on the road before even seeing the Herrscher of Frost. You don't actually think that just having enough numbers can create a qualitative change against a Herrscher, do you?"

"But protecting human safety and eliminating Honkai is Schicksal's duty. Even knowing the danger, we won't back down." A Valkyrie said firmly.

"From the Ural Mountains to the Kamchatka Peninsula, there are still survivors fleeing for their lives, yet you're lining up to feed yourselves to the Herrscher. Is this how you protect ordinary people?"

"This... But that Herrscher is the root cause of these disasters. If the Herrscher isn't eliminated, this Honkai eruption won't stop..." Cecilia and the others began arguing with Enoshia. Just as the atmosphere grew increasingly tense, countless missiles howled in from the horizon, and the area ahead instantly turned into a sea of fire again. However, unlike what intelligence had suggested, the missiles were not affected by the abnormal gravity and struck their targets with precision.

"If I hadn't stopped you just now, how many of you would have been injured or even killed by your own people's missiles?" Enoshia knew that Schicksal's Valkyries always preferred compromise. If she blocked them from going forward, they would risk their lives to see why. But if she told them to go back where they came from, they would be willing to stop and talk with her.

Dozens of minutes later, the smoke cleared. The large number of Honkai Beasts around the Herrscher of Frost were now few and far between. Only then did they understand her true intention.

"Once gravity returned to normal, they fired missiles without caring about their own people's lives. Who would do that, I think you know better than I do." Enoshia said coldly.

Out of her own selfishness, among the seven people in front of her who had names in the original work, Cheng Lixue and Cecilia were the ones she most hoped would survive. As for the rest... Enoshia's gaze lingered on Shigure Kira for a few extra seconds. As the only member of the Snow Wolf Squad to survive until the end in the original work, she was actually the one Enoshia least wanted to save.

"Let's go." Enoshia signaled this Emperor-class Honkai Beast to clear the path ahead. The Valkyries behind immediately followed. Whenever they encountered resistance, this Emperor-class Honkai Beast would directly knock them flying.

Since there wasn't much fighting, the group quickly arrived less than a kilometer from the Herrscher of Frost. The closer they got to the Herrscher, the fewer Honkai Beasts there were.

"Strange. Didn't they say the Herrscher had the ability to manipulate gravity? Why did it suddenly return to normal?" The unusual ease left Siegfried scratching his head. The others also noticed that the Herrscher of Frost's position had changed. The Herrscher, originally in the center of the large crater, had now moved four or five kilometers outside of it.

"You think the days are peaceful because someone is carrying the burden for you. Of course, it's not that the Herrscher of Frost had a change of heart and made gravity normal." Enoshia pointed at a figure fighting the Herrscher of Frost.

As soon as she finished speaking, that figure was sent flying and landed in front of the group. Siegfried looked down and immediately widened his eyes:

"Welt?!"

The man lying in the snow before them, his clothes disheveled, was none other than Welt, who had cooperated with Schicksal just a few days ago. It was he who had engaged the Herrscher of Frost immediately after Schicksal's bombardment ended, preventing it from running rampant. It was also he who used the Star of Eden to restore the surrounding gravity to normal. However, as a Herrscher of Reason, maintaining a normal gravity environment while fighting a dual-core Herrscher and also preventing Schicksal HQ's missiles from hitting himself was truly asking too much.

"He volunteered to hold this guy off and asked me to bring in reinforcements while turning enemies into allies. Fortunately, I wasn't too late." Enoshia shot an arrow at the Herrscher of Frost, shattering the ice shards it had sent flying toward Old Yang.

"Turning enemies into allies?" The group was puzzled.

"Mm. For example, this Emperor-class Honkai Beast, and many of the Honkai Beasts that were fighting other Honkai Beasts earlier, were originally born in Siberia because of it. But now they listen to me.

Honkai Energy concentrates within a Herrscher to form a Herrscher Core, granting the Herrscher the authority to generate and command Honkai Beasts and Zombies, up to the level of Judgment-class Honkai Beasts.

The relationship between a Herrscher and Honkai Beasts is actually more like a queen bee and worker bees. The birth of a Herrscher accelerates the growth of Honkai Beasts in their region, just as a queen bee breeds more worker bees to guard her hive. These Honkai Beasts are utterly loyal to the Herrscher that commands them, like soldiers serving their sovereign. Therefore, even if two Herrschers appear in the same region, they cannot control each other's Honkai Beasts.

Of course, all of the above are general cases. As the Herrscher of Corruption, capable of corrupting even other Herrschers, Enoshia could naturally tamper with the data of other Honkai Beasts. By essentially forcibly brainwashing them, she turned soldiers once utterly loyal to the Herrscher of Frost into her own subordinates.

At this moment, the Herrscher of Frost no longer resembled a budding flower. The flower's five petals were spread out in five directions, each petal's edge adorned with an ice hairpin like a sharp blade. Two Frost Lanterns floated on its left and right. Up to this point, its appearance was almost identical to the Herrscher of Frost she had seen in the Abyss and on the battlefield.

But the figure standing in the center of the flower was vastly different from Anna Schariac's white-haired girl form after her Herrscher transformation. Its entire body was pitch black, and only upon closer inspection could one barely make out a humanoid shape, emitting an eerie black aura.

Watching Old Yang charge forward again, Cecilia immediately ordered all Valkyries below A-rank to retreat several kilometers away, responsible for maintaining communication, assisting any possible wounded, and dealing with any low-level Honkai Beasts that might appear at any time. She herself charged forward with Black Abyss White Flower.

"Everyone, cover me."

Cheng Lixue, Shub, and Salome immediately rushed out, each drawing the attack of one ice hairpin. Theresa drew the attacks of the remaining two ice hairpins. Siegfried and Shigure Kira, both gun users, acted as ranged support, shattering the ice spikes aimed at others. Welt, while maintaining normal gravity, created a large number of Titan Mechs to suppress it with firepower.

With everyone performing their respective roles, Cecilia quickly found an opportunity. She leaped up, stepped on a Frost Lantern flying toward her, jumped above the Herrscher of Frost, and threw Black Abyss White Flower, piercing its body precisely.

With a few gunshots, the ice spikes originally aimed at her were all shattered by Siegfried and Shigure Kira, and Cecilia returned safely to the ground.

Watching its body being disorderly deconstructed by the power of Black Abyss, Enoshia felt something was off. It had made such a big commotion when it descended upon the world, yet in the end, it was all thunder and no rain, destroyed with just one blow?

Just as she was puzzled, a scene that left everyone incredulous appeared: Although it had stopped attacking, the wound caused by Black Abyss White Flower was healing at a visible rate, disappearing completely in just a few seconds. Black Abyss White Flower, lying on the ground, emitted a wisp of black smoke.

Then, with it as the center, a powerful shockwave spread out in all directions. The earth was torn up, all the Titan Mechs constructed by Welt vanished, and several Valkyries who had been charging at the front were sent flying.

The battle had only just begun.