That was not a purely physical impact. The extreme cold and Honkai energy contained within it pierced through the energy field the Herrscher of Reason had only just begun to construct, directly shaking the core inside her that had only just stabilized.
"Ugh—!"
With a stifled groan of pain, Bronya and her bike were kicked into the air, sent flying like a kite with its string cut, and smashed into a jagged cluster of dark crystals in the distance.
The sturdy Herrscher of Reason armor gave an overstrained crack, and spiderweb-like fractures spread from the point of impact.
What shook her even more was that the dark-blue Herrscher Core inside her was trembling wildly, its light flickering erratically, transmitting an intense sense of separation and unstable signals, as if it were about to be shaken right out of her body.
"Cough...!" Bronya struggled to prop herself up from the shattered crystal pile. Sweetness rose in her throat, and she forcibly suppressed the churning blood and qi.
She stared fixedly at the man in the distance as he slowly withdrew his leg, as if he had only done something utterly insignificant. What surged up in her heart was not only agony, but also an almost absurd horror.
So this was... the strongest warrior of the Previous Civilization? This was Kevin Kaslana?
She had clearly already become the Herrscher of Reason. She clearly felt that her power had undergone an earth-shattering change. So why... could she barely withstand even a casual kick from him?
Kevin did not pursue her. He merely looked at her calmly, no emotion visible in his ice-blue eyes, as if the one he had just sent flying was not a newly born Herrscher, but merely a pebble blocking the roadside.
He spoke, his voice low and steady:
"Why