"Humph, trying to run? Lightning Cyclone Slash!"
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As Sirin simultaneously wielded the Authorities of the Herrscher of Wind and the Herrscher of Thunder, thunder boomed and lightning flashed across the skies of Siberia. The genuine Lightning Cyclone Slash struck the fleeing Herrscher of Ice head-on, sending it flying several kilometers through the air before it crashed heavily into the ground.
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Just as Dr. Einstein had said, no matter how fast another Herrscher was, it could never escape the Herrscher of Void, who could teleport at any time. The Herrscher of Ice fled all the way while Sirin chased after it and kept beating it down. Even though the Herrscher of Ice still possessed terrifying regenerative abilities, when facing a Four-Core Herrscher, all it could guarantee was that it would not die.
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"Haha☆, I never expected it to become this weak after shrinking. Even if I don't throw it into Imaginary Space, even if I'm the only one here, I can definitely take it down!"
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Sirin herself had not grown stronger, but since her enemy had grown weaker, she became inflated with confidence yet again. Throwing it into Imaginary Space and slowly grinding it down was clearly the safest option, with the lowest cost, but Sirin, already carried away, rejected the plan outright. She believed that although the Herrscher of Ice's regenerative ability was powerful, it had a limit. Based on the Anti-Entropy doctors' earlier line of reasoning, as long as she broke through that limit, she could naturally eliminate it.
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Her judgment was not actually wrong. If it could not be killed under normal circumstances no matter what, then after the plan to make it self-destruct had failed, why would it have needed to run?
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However, she had clearly not considered that killing it in the most honorable way would consume far more Honkai Energy than she imagined. She had chased it for over two hundred kilometers and beaten it into critical condition more than a hundred times, yet it was still full of life.
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"It can still recover? Then I want to see how many more times you can recover. Today, I'm determined to defeat you this way!"
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Every time the Herrscher of Ice finished recovering, it did not counterattack. It released an icy mist to block Sirin's vision, then continued fleeing. No one knew where it was trying to escape to.
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Schicksal HQ, Floating Island.
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Otto sat somewhat lazily on his throne, listening to Amber's report.
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"Lord Bishop, Anti-Entropy's earlier plan failed. The Herrscher of Ice abandoned its body, which was on the verge of collapse, in an act of severing its tail to survive, and then escaped. Teams A-12 and A-13 have lost contact with their entire units."
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"Although Anti-Entropy's plan failed, the Herrscher Core of Rocks has already fallen into the hands of the First Herrscher. The Herrscher of Corruption is currently missing, and we speculate that it is still inside the Herrscher of Ice. During her battle with the Herrscher of Ice, the Herrscher of Void's methods were somewhat too... clumsy. Should Schicksal provide assistance?"
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Otto swirled the wineglass in his hand and replied unhurriedly, "No. If the Herrscher of Void were a little smarter, things would actually become more difficult. Mutual destruction... is the outcome I want. Amber, how is the weapons depot?"
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"Everything is in order. Following Lord Bishop's instructions, we installed a new terminal. The new control terminal only controls the launch of high-damage weapons such as the Honkai Energy Fission Bomb, making it more efficient and convenient. However... Lord Bishop, even with the replacement, Schicksal still probably has no defensive measures against the Herrscher of Corruption if she wants to take control."
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Seeing the worried look on Amber's face, Otto merely chuckled.
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"I never intended to stop her in the first place."
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"Then..."
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"If she wanted to destroy the world, no one could stop her from coming back. She can control the launch of nuclear weapons at any time, yet she has not pressed the button. That can only prove that she and the First Herrscher are fundamentally the same kind of people: equally capricious, equally unwilling to cooperate, equally... Heh. Amber, I'm about to go out for a while. You'll handle everything here." Otto drained the red wine in his glass and slowly rose from his throne.
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"Void, Corruption, you two had better not disappoint me... You can recover from injuries of any severity in an instant? I wonder whether you can..."
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Amber bowed deeply toward his departing back.
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February 9, 2000, 12:00 p.m.
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Sirin had chased the Herrscher of Ice from early morning until noon. By then, she had completely lost herself in the fight, blasting it to pieces again and again, then watching it come back to life. Seeing that its recovery speed had dropped drastically compared to before and that it had clearly slowed down, she revealed an excited smile. The process had been grueling, but she had undoubtedly proven through practice that the Herrscher of Ice's regenerative ability was not truly invincible.
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"If a hundred times isn't enough, then a thousand. If a thousand isn't enough, then ten thousand. You recovered so quickly before, didn't you? Keep going! Why can't you do it now?"
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Sirin, already somewhat carried away, pointed her right hand toward the sky, and another enormous thunderball appeared overhead. However, just as she was about to blast the Herrscher of Ice into pieces again, a wave of weakness washed over her, and the thunderball vanished without a trace.
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"Hm? What's going on... Why... can't I use it?"
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Without a doubt, among everyone fighting the Herrscher of Ice, Sirin, with four Herrscher Cores, was overwhelmingly the strongest. However, her efficiency at utilizing Honkai Energy was the worst of all the Herrschers who had appeared so far.
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If, as in a game, the Honkai Energy stored by a Herrscher and the damage caused by using their Authority were both quantified numerically, with the First Herrscher as the benchmark, then if Walter Yang needed to consume one point of Honkai Energy to deal one hundred points of damage, Sirin would need three points, five points, or even more Honkai Energy to deal the same amount.
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However, because she was a Four-Core Herrscher, the amount of Honkai Energy she could use was far greater than Walter's. Thus, even though a great deal of it was wasted, she could still kill her enemies.
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But the Herrscher of Ice before her clearly could not be treated as an ordinary single-Core Herrscher. Although all of its attributes had declined sharply under Sirin's relentless bombardment, Sirin's Honkai Energy had also run dry.
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Admittedly, in theory, the Herrscher of Void should never run out of Honkai Energy. But theory had never been the same as reality. Expecting Sirin, who had never attended a day of school, to understand all of the Herrscher of Void's Authorities within a few days was simply asking too much.
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Just as Sirin began to feel exhausted, the fleeing Herrscher of Ice suddenly turned around and sent countless icicles stabbing toward her. She immediately activated the Authority of the Herrscher of Void and shifted her position. But after teleporting only a few dozen meters, Sirin fell from the sky like a bird that could no longer fly and crashed into the ground.
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"Why... can't I use it!!!"
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Her impatience and fury did not grant Sirin any miraculous power. The Herrscher of Ice fired an ice hairpin, precisely piercing Sirin's heart, then did not stop for even a moment before fleeing into the distance again.
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In simple terms, although this looked like a guaranteed victory, Sirin was simply too incompetent and too prone to getting carried away, and she had managed to throw her life away.
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At that moment, Bella, flying at full speed, felt a sharp pain in her chest. Since Sirin's position was no longer constantly shifting, Bella quickly located her.
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"Queen, how are you?!" Seeing Sirin lying there without a breath, Bella truly panicked.
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Fortunately, although Sirin was weak and loved to take unnecessary risks, she still cherished her own life. After obtaining the Serenity Gem, she had stored part of her Honkai Energy in a special form. Before her heart was pierced, she used that energy and activated the Authority of the Herrscher of Death, restoring her heart.
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As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Bella kneeling beside her with an expression of great pain. Guilt and shame immediately spread through her entire body. A Four-Core Herrscher fighting a single-Core Herrscher and still getting counterkilled—just thinking about it was unbearably humiliating.
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"Bella, I'm sorry for making you worry." Sirin rose and gently caressed Bella's cheek.
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"No, it's all because I failed to arrive in time. If I could have used my body to block that fatal attack for you, Queen, you wouldn't have suffered such a serious injury."
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Hearing this, Sirin stood beside Bella and hooked her right hand under Bella's chin.
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"I absolutely forbid you from doing that. Even I was seriously injured by that attack—what makes you think you could withstand it? Without my order, you are absolutely not allowed to leave my side. Do you understand?"
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"Yes..."
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"I'm going to recover my Honkai Energy here. Stay here and keep me company." Sirin, having suffered another setback, sat down where she was and began recovering her Honkai Energy, while Bella protected her from the side.
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At that moment, Enoshia, who had been absent for several chapters, followed the flow of energy and arrived at the place corresponding to the Herrscher of Ice's brain. After merely taking a look at its memories, her eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets.
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Her two original hypotheses were: 1. What would happen if the being who became a Herrscher were not human, but an existence that already possessed other supernatural abilities?
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2. Since Old Yang could run over to the world on the Honkai: Star Rail side, then theoretically, couldn't the Pathwalkers and Emanators from Honkai: Star Rail come over here as well?
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The vessel of the Herrscher of Ice fulfilled both of the above conditions simultaneously.
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Why did it possess such terrifying regenerative abilities? The answer was actually very simple, because it was
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a Denizen of Abundance.
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