Mistakes and Mistakes / All Is Over

Wrong.

Chrono Jie's upturned lips suddenly froze. He raised his hand, grabbed the pistol pointed at him, and then crushed it instantly!

Meanwhile, Immer brandished the dagger hidden behind his back and stabbed at Chrono's throat. The cunning and swift attack left a bloody gash on Chrono's neck. He then raised his foot and kicked Immer in the chest, sending him flying like a bullet against the wall with a "thud".

Beneath the Chrono Calamities Mask, his expression was ferocious. He touched the bloody gash on his neck, feeling his boiling, scalding blood, and stared with a crazed gaze at the "person" who was slowly rising.

The terrifying heat, along with the rage and rage that ignited in his heart, slowly seeped out of his body.

"It's turned into something like this... Immer, are you the kind of person who would compromise with something like this?"

The ground beneath my feet was trembling.

As if in fear of this man, everything around them began to distort due to the high temperature, and steam rose from the gaps in his muscles.

No one knows why Chrono would keep Immer by his side, who had always wanted to kill him.

This reclusive man, whose temperament was more like that of a beast than a human, always wore a mask and walked alone like a monster.

Everyone thought he would kill Immer sooner or later.

But no one expected him to let out a heart-wrenching roar at this moment.

Tell me, Immer!

The figure that stood up remained silent.

Chapter Twelve Errors and Mistakes

"A large number of Honkai Energy reactions have been detected and are being confirmed... Report: 359 Honkai Energy reactions with frequencies similar to the Tenth Herrscher have been detected near the nearby sea area, and the number is still rising."

"73 Honkai Energy reactions exceeding 300 kilometers per hour! Suspected of possessing abilities similar to the Fourth Herrscher!"

"T-21 fighter jets have been scrambled to detect the approaching Honkai Energy reaction. Upon receiving the attack command, an attack can be launched!"

In the twenty-third hour since the start of Project P-21, a large number of Tenth Herrscher began to appear in the sea near the P-21 facility. Fighter jets took the lead in attacking the Tenth Herrscher, but with little effect. Some of the Tenth Herrscher with flight capabilities broke through the first line of defense.

After three hours of fighting, the first line of defense was completely breached, with the Tenth Herrscher losing fewer than ten men, while the air force of the Fire Moth was completely annihilated. The second line of defense, led by Kevin and composed of Flame-Chaser, began to fight against a legion of more than five hundred Herrscher.

The battle lasted for a full five hours. Kevin killed as many as a hundred Tenth Herrscher, but the situation was still not optimistic. After the first release of the Phoenix, Kevin had killed two hundred and sixty Tenth Herrscher, which greatly relieved the pressure, and the two sides began to be deadlocked.

But at that moment, an unexpected event occurred inside the P-21.

"Can't we really go and help Kevin?"

Kosma paced back and forth anxiously. On the sea, Kevin was fighting the Tenth Herrscher. The endless swarms of Tenth Herrscher, like locusts, were far beyond what Kevin could handle alone. However, the other Flame-Chaser were finding it difficult to fight the Tenth Herrscher, and the number of casualties far exceeded expectations.

Kevin is an anomaly among Flame-Chaser. Even Elysia, who later fused with the End of Dharma-class Honkai Beast, and Mobius, who fused with the Judgment-class Honkai Beast, are far inferior to the terrifying abilities Kevin has displayed. So it's not that Flame-Chaser are too weak, but that Kevin is too strong and too exceptional.

Only the person at the Deepest Place, after fusing with the Honkai Beast genes, possessed abilities comparable to Kevin's, but she was not involved in the plans and operations of the Fire Moth at all.

Therefore, Kosma wanted to go and support Kevin. Kosma Kevin be fine on his own, but intercepting all the Tenth Herrscher would be extremely difficult.

"Our mission is to protect the P-21 facility." Dessidobia's expression was also not good. She bit her lip and shook her head. "We are the last line of defense. Trust Kevin and Doctor Mei."

Even though Dessidobia was also anxious, she was calmer than Kosma.

They grew up together, so he knew his childhood sweetheart's personality all too well. He seemed quiet and reserved, but he was actually incredibly stubborn and impulsive. If he wasn't restrained, he would probably disobey orders and rush out.

"..."

Kosma closed his eyes to calm his restless heart. For some reason, he felt a strange irritation burning against his heart, as if it were being pierced and scratched.

"Dessidobia, I..."

"Bang!"

The ground beneath their feet suddenly trembled, and the two of them turned their heads in shock to look in the direction from which the loud explosion had come.

That's... EW3 district, the area where Mei and the others are!

Without needing to communicate, the two immediately rushed to EW3. Along the way, Dessidobia constantly used her telekinesis to sense the situation in the vicinity. Her face was pale as she said to Kosma, "EW3 has been attacked. A Tenth Herrscher has somehow entered P-21!"

At that moment, their terminals beeped. "All nearby squad members, immediately proceed to EW3 to protect Doctor Mei. The Tenth Herrscher is lurking among the guards and launching an attack on EW3. Please be aware!"

"Repeat, all nearby..."

The Tenth Herrscher was also among the guards...

What exactly is going on...?

Kosma gritted his teeth and sped up.

Ninth Honkai War, he didn't even get to see Hen and Lin one last time. Herrscher can leave behind complete bodies, but what about them? They didn't even leave a trace. The entire Mu Continent was buried with the Ninth Herrscher. Countless people died in those surging waves and terrifying black holes, and he had no way to save them.

All he felt was a profound sense of powerlessness, as if he were in a black hole with those people, unable to escape even the light.

At least this time, he won't... he can't—

As they drew closer, the siren blared, and the flashing red light seemed to be either the malevolent aura in Kosma's eyes or the color of a warning light.

A bright red figure stood at the end of the road, his arms burning with crimson flames, like a fire demon emerging from hell.

Kosma charged at it without hesitation. A pillar of fire rose from beneath his feet. He suddenly stopped, but calmly dodged the high-temperature pillar of fire!

Swift as a leopard, Kosma leaped forward and grabbed Kosmos's face before the Tenth Herrscher could launch his next attack, slamming the back of his head to the ground.

The Tenth Herrscher tried to resist, but Kosma's eyes were bloodshot. He increased the pressure on his hands, and a chilling creaking sound came from beneath them, followed by...

"Bang!"

The Tenth Herrscher's head exploded like a watermelon under his palm, the yellow-red liquid, like blooming, foul-smelling blood flowers, scattered all over the ground along with bones and tissues.

"..."

Kosma slowly closed his blood-stained hands. He stood up and nodded to Dessidobia, who was a step behind him. The other looked at the headless Tenth Herrscher at his feet in astonishment, a hint of pity flashing in her eyes.

This person was originally their comrade-in-arms.

After the bloodthirsty impulse subsided, Kosma belatedly realized what had happened. He silently looked at the scene of his rampage, suffocating and speechless.

What exactly was that impulse that had just dominated his mind?

Blood spread to the soles of his feet, and in a daze, he saw his hands turn into demonic, deformed claws.

"Kosma, go and check on Doctor Mei and the others."

Dessidobia seemed to have noticed Kosma's abnormality as well. She stepped forward and took Kosma's hand with concern. He came to his senses and looked at Dessidobia's pursed-lips face with suspicion. After a moment, he nodded gently.

They hurried toward May and Vill-V's location, passed through a dark corridor, and stopped in front of a locked door. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the door was intact.

May and Vill-V were behind the door, which could only be opened with a special identification card from the command center.

"Thank goodness, they didn't..."

"Bass!"

Kosma abruptly stopped before he could finish speaking.

He sensed something at the last moment and turned around in astonishment as fast as he could.

But the moment the lifeless eyes of his childhood sweetheart came into view, a tearing pain completely overwhelmed his chest.

Chapter Thirteen: All is Over

Kevin held the Phoenix in front of him, blocking the powerful blow. He caught a glimpse of something blurry to his left, and his eyes blazed with light. A chilling aura seemed to have a mind of its own as it reached out and grabbed the blurry air. The Tenth Herrscher, who had no time to make any expression, was turned into an unmoving ice sculpture.

With another fierce kick, she shoved the Tenth Herrscher in front of her away. The raging flames on the Phoenix burned even more fiercely, burning the Tenth Herrscher in the air to ashes.

The situation has now stabilized. The Tenth Herrscher is no longer able to breach their defenses. Kevin can feel that the fatigue after unleashing the Phoenix is not nearly as great as before when he was almost completely exhausted. It seems that Mobius's modification surgery has begun to take effect.

Even if all the remaining Tenth Herrscher attacked the defensive line, Kevin could annihilate them all, as long as...

No surprises.

"Sizzle..."

A discordant crackling sound of electricity rang out among the zombie-like surge of the Tenth Herrscher. A Tenth Herrscher, whose body shimmered with electricity far brighter than the Tenth Herrscher, soared into the sky and swooped down toward Kevin, its momentum far surpassing that of any Tenth Herrscher with the power of the Herrscher of Thunder that had been seen before.

Kevin frowned, and with a flick of his fingers, ice crystals sprang up in front of him, like a towering building descending from nowhere to meet the Herrscher of the Netherworld, whose current surged through the air. Then, with a deafening roar, the ice crystals shattered!

Are they special individuals?

Among the Tenth Herrscher, some individuals possess destructive power surpassing that of others. Since the Tenth Herrscher only possess incomplete powers from the previous Herrscher, some of their abilities are less destructive, such as the light refraction of the Fourth Herrscher, the cold wind of the Fifth Herrscher, and the vegetation growth of the Sixth Herrscher. Others, however, have gained abilities with greater combat power, posing a danger far exceeding that of ordinary Flame-Chaser and the Tenth Herrscher.

But what Kevin saw next made his heart skip a beat.

All the Tenth Herrscher within sight began to crackle with electricity, instantly turning the surrounding area into a lightning pool!

"Ahhh!"

"Why all of a sudden... Ah!"

An unexpected attack, beyond imagination, tore a gap in the defense line in an instant, and many people were electrocuted and turned into charred remains in the sudden lightning and thunder!

Moreover, the powers of the Herrscher of Thunder used by these Herrscher are unprecedentedly terrifying. Even the most destructive Herrscher of Thunder individuals are far inferior to these Herrscher!

They are just like real...

The Herrscher of Thunder.

Kevin was startled. He swung his sword to sweep away the monsters attacking him and turned to look at the P-21 in the distance.

This change couldn't have happened out of nowhere; something must have gone wrong with Mei and the others. The core of the Herrscher of Thunder has been obtained by the Tenth Herrscher!

The special feature of the Tenth Herrscher lies in their non-uniqueness and their ability to share information. What if they could use the powers of other Herrscher and share them?

Kevin then understood why the Tenth Herrscher had an almost obsessive desire for the cores of other Herrscher.

He wanted to check on Mei's safety, but the increasingly frenzied Herrscher attacked him relentlessly!

The next piece of news sent a chill down everyone's spine. "More individual Tenth Herrscher have been confirmed to be approaching the defensive line!"

After obtaining the Herrscher of Thunder Core, the remaining Tenth Herrscher was also mobilized.

"Boom!" As soon as the lightning struck Kevin's location, he gritted his teeth and endured the electric current that tore his skin and muscles apart, trying to stop wave after wave of Herrscher. But even if he could stop the enemies in front of him, no one else could stop the Tenth Herrscher who possessed most of the Herrscher Authority of Lightning!

Some of the Tenth Herrscher have already broken through the defenses. Without stopping, they rushed towards P-21!

Oh no!

Kevin cleaved the charging Tenth Herrscher in two with a single sword strike, then turned and ignited the flames on his sword. He had to use the Zero Rated Power of Phoenix once again!

"Bass!"

A shooting star, trailing a streak of light, landed on the head of the charging Tenth Herrscher.

The magnificent crystal arrow shattered into numerous tiny crystals the moment it reached its target, instantly transforming into a giant shield that enveloped all the Tenth Herrscher. Then, light rained down, blasting them into the sea.

Looking up, I saw a figure leap off the transport plane, raise a bow and fire, the arrow hitting the Tenth Herrscher who was about to launch a surprise attack from the sea with pinpoint accuracy.

The pink-haired girl stood steadily on the sea, nodded to the transport plane, and then the transport plane accelerated towards the P-21.

"Elysia! Go support P-21, Mei and the others are in an emergency!" Although the pressure was relieved, Kevin gritted his teeth and shouted at the pink-haired girl who was there to provide support. He couldn't leave here to go to P-21 to check on the situation.

"Oh, don't worry." Elysia lightly stepped behind Kevin to lend a hand, her smile unchanged, "Someone has already gone."

"Who?"

"Whoa, who is it..."

Elysia's mysterious smile made Kevin frown, but at this moment, he had no choice but to believe her.

"Was it outside the plan...?"

In the dim light, Mei lay on the ground, clutching her bleeding right arm. One of the lenses of her black-rimmed glasses was missing, and her uniform was torn in half, revealing a shocking wound.

"My combat abilities are indeed inferior to those of more outstanding Flame-Chaser, not to mention that the abilities of psychic Flame-Chaser are even more convenient for dealing with humans." Vill-V, also covering half of her face covered in blood, leaned against the wall and gave a weak smile. "Perhaps it would be better to let an expert handle this... oh no, maybe a magician..."

"You didn't prepare a backup plan this time?" Mei struggled to her feet, supporting herself with one hand. After all, she was just a human with a fragile body, and her Honkai Energy Adaptability did not allow her to perform Hypervariable Surgery on herself. After all... no one would want her to gamble on a negligible possibility; her life was the property of all mankind.

"That's what I should be asking you, because this is your plan."

"Hehe, well, I did have a backup plan... but I probably won't have the chance to use it now." Mei briefly checked her injuries and smiled helplessly.

"Are you planning to wear it yourself?" Vill-V understood May's backup plan, and she smiled. "Who exactly is the suitable person you found?"

"Consider it a surprise... but the P-21 was breached much earlier than expected, and even the Tenth Herrscher appeared among the Flame-Chaser. We encountered an accident before he could even arrive."

"This is already a surprise enough, even more surprising than a magician's magic trick."

Prometheus stood beside the two, dragging a large box. His inorganic face was expressionless, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

The core of the Herrscher of Thunder has been taken, and the remaining cores are in their hands. It's only a matter of time before they are found.