Dawnlight, Transform! / The Final Battle

Moreover, for Flame-Chaser with a psycho-sensory ability, finding someone is far too easy.

"Beep, high-level Honkai Energy reaction is approaching." Prometheus suddenly raised his head, data flowing in his eyes.

"Boom!"

The wall next to him was blasted apart, and the fragments floated in mid-air. The telekinesis closest to the concept of superpower was that person's signature ability.

Dessidobia... or rather, the Tenth Herrscher, slowly walked into this unsafe safe house.

Vill-V leaned against the wall and stood up, blocking May's way, just as that person had blocked her way that day.

Chapter Fourteen: Radiant Sun, Transformation

Suddenly, the building debris beside Dessidobia turned around and blocked her back. In less than half a second, the hot air exploded on the debris. Taking advantage of this opportunity, someone broke into the safe house and, as the telekinetic power turned into an invisible fist that hit him, turned around and blasted out an orange-red sphere that was two people tall.

"Boom!"

The gust of air made it hard for Vill-V to open her eyes. The man leaped up, grabbed her waist and hips, and tackled her to the ground, avoiding the backflow of heat.

The intense heat burned her thighs, most of it being blocked by the person who rushed to her. Only after the heat completely dissipated did she squint and slightly open her eyes.

Then, she opened her eyes wide.

"Finally..." Mei breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the newcomer. She said to the silver-haired man who had stood up, "Something unexpected happened; the Tenth Herrscher hasn't fully appeared yet."

"Um."

The silver-haired man looked at the figure floating halfway in the doorway. The attack had not caused her any harm; her telekinesis had enveloped her, completely blocking all the heat.

He had already planned to take action against Dessidobia last time, but at that time he could not reveal to the Tenth Herrscher that he had returned, and Kosma was also there to stop him. He certainly couldn't take action against Dessidobia by himself.

His cautious actions were to avoid being discovered by the Tenth Herrscher. Otherwise, given the intelligence of these Herrscher, it would be impossible for them not to have guessed that the Key of Blankness had been completed and that he was the Adaptor. The so-called research on the Divine Key on P-21 was just waiting for them all to show up so that they could be wiped out in one fell swoop.

"Step back." Lin pulled Vill-V up from the ground, staring indifferently at Dessidobia.

Vill-V looked at May blankly, and May shook her head, indicating that they could talk about it later.

Now is not the time to talk about romance.

He prepared to focus on dealing with Dessidobia, Honkai Energy was drawn to him, flowing through his body.

"Wait a moment..."

The broken, interrupted sound halted the ensuing battle.

A "person" resembling a "demon" appeared behind Dessidobia.

Crimson covered the body, transforming into ferocious armor.

A sorrowful gaze fell upon the blank-faced figure.

His right hand, holding a harmonica, was stained with blood, irrigated with blood.

The harmonica that once played beautiful melodies is now just a blood-soaked shell.

"Let me..."

Lin looked at the crimson-clad youth. "Kosma..."

"Let me do it!" The boy's voice abruptly ended the conversation, catching Dessidobia's attention. She quietly turned around to face the boy who had lost his physical form.

The boy would always remember leaning against the trunk of a big tree with his childhood sweetheart, watching the sunset as the wind blew.

The dream of becoming a hero was extinguished by human malice.

The senior who once told him that he might indeed be able to do it, but there would always be a day when he couldn't, disappeared into the black hole.

The naivety, the innocence, the perfect solution of the past... all have vanished without a trace, like the last rays of the setting sun disappearing into the long, dark night.

Just like the face of the girl in front of me, it vanished.

Like the harmonica clutched in one's hand, it has vanished.

Like outstretched hands... they vanished.

Instead, the Herrscher's cold eyes appeared.

Instead, there are deformed demon claws.

Whether they were teenagers or young girls, they all drifted further and further away amidst the shattering sound of the harmonica.

"Howl----"

The terrifying explosion overturned the waves. Kevin was already exhausted. He stood on the frozen sea and looked back at the P-21 that was making strange noises.

The Tenth Herrscher launched a continuous barrage of attacks, even though he was already injured. These Herrscher were using their Thunder Herrscher Authority with increasing skill. Even if each individual was not as powerful as a true Herrscher of Thunder, the qualitative change caused by the quantitative change was extremely terrifying.

Elysia took Kevin's place, but she could only barely hold off the Tenth Herrscher. Now they were almost unable to defeat them one by one. The Herrscher's cooperation with each other was even more effective due to their special communication methods, and they were even more coordinated than the soldiers of the Fire Moth.

How much longer...

Kevin gritted his teeth and brought up the Phoenix. He was far from finished, but at that moment, when he saw a new Tenth Herrscher rushing towards him from afar, his expression froze.

In the terminal's report, the Tenth Herrscher was labeled L10-461.

His original name was Immer.

Immer's previously silent face now grew even colder, his body crackling with the same electric light as the other Herrscher, as he charged straight at Kevin!

"Bang!"

Kevin gripped the hilt of the Skyfire Greatsword tightly, suppressing his emotions. He looked at Immer, who was locked in a stalemate with him, as if he were any other Honkai creature, and then suddenly increased the energy output of Skyfire!

"Boom!"

The flames engulfed Immer, but in the next moment, Immer, who should have been reduced to ashes, burst out of the flames again and attacked Kevin!

The power of the Herrscher of Thunder is even more prominent in Immer, whose blackish current is different from that of the other Tenth Herrscher!

Kevin's pupils contracted, he raised his leg and kneed Immer in the chest and abdomen, then stepped back and cleaved Immer in two at the waist with a single sword strike!

"Bass!"

The cut, which could have been cooked by the high temperature, began to heal in the next second, wriggling and moving.

This is... the power of the Herrscher of Death!

Only a very small fraction of the Tenth Herrscher possess the abilities of the Herrscher of Death, and there has never been an individual with the self-healing ability of the Herrscher of Death. Now, it has actually appeared in Immer!

Kevin reacted extremely quickly. He immediately steadied his retreating steps and then crashed directly into Immer's arms, the Phoenix piercing through his chest!

"Sizzle".

But Immer seemed to feel nothing. This damage, enough to kill any living being, was endured by him without him moving, and then an unprecedented burst of black lightning erupted from his body.

"Hmm—"

Black lightning began to dance across Kevin's body, and a burnt smell wafted from him. He forced himself to pull out the Phoenix and retreat.

The moment the flaming greatsword left his body, the wounds on Immer's body disappeared.

Kevin, panting heavily, leaned on his sword and stared at Immer, who was closing in again. The strength Imre possessed was beyond his expectations; he had actually been worn down to this extent...

"Whoosh."

A figure he couldn't even see clearly rushed past him from behind, the resulting wind pressure parting the seawater. Before he knew it Phoenix was snatched away.

Kevin's expression hardened, and a chilling aura immediately emanated from his body.

"Leave the rest to me."

The familiar voice made him stop all his movements.

Chapter Fifteen: The Final Battle

The reunion with an old friend, especially on the battlefield, left Kevin with a host of questions for Lin, but the current situation prevented him from asking, and the way Lin was dressed also silenced him.

A full-body gray armor suit enveloped Lin, devoid of the power unit previously used to compensate for Lin's physical limitations, as well as any additional combat aids.

This device is an "exception" of the Divine Key, an unnumbered side key.

Unlike other Divine Key, it does not possess Herrscher Core.

However, it is able to embed other Herrscher Core into its armor.

It has only one function.

Allow the wearer to use true Herrscher Authority.

The user's body became part of the Divine Key.

"The Herrscher of Reason Core has begun, and the critical point countdown has begun."

Holding the Black Abyss White Flower and the Phoenix, Lin looked down from mid-air at the Tenth Herrscher below, who were gradually ceasing their attacks on others and turning to attack him. He gazed at Immer's familiar yet unfamiliar face and slowly closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back inside the closed helmet.

This world has never changed.

It was just one separation after another, one destruction after another.

Like a giant whirlpool, every time he thought he could escape, he would be mercilessly pulled back to the deepest part.

The armor emitted a pale blue light from its chest, and the azure blue gradually permeated the original grayish-white. At this moment, Lin sensed something unusual.

Lin shook his head, his vision blurring for a moment. "Hmm..."

Unlike his brief use of Herrscher Authority, this time he truly felt a connection with something indescribable, with a large amount of Honkai Energy and what was called powers flowing back into his body.

Suddenly, it was as if a door had been pushed open.

On the other side of the door, a man with iridescent eyes gazed at him from afar.

The man raised his pistol and pointed it at Lin's forehead.

Inside, only one bullet remained.

As the thunder of the Awakening of Insects roared, Immer leaped toward the motionless man in the air, and a bolt of dark lightning streaked across the sky, striking Lin's body!

"——"

The pupil constricts.

The armored figure suddenly swung his hand back, and the Black Abyss White Flower directly knocked down the black lightning!

Without the slightest pause, the propulsion wings behind them roared, and an unparalleled azure color instantly covered the entire sky!

Like a torrential rain from heaven, it nourished this parched and desperate land.

"Boom!"

The sharp explosion came a step too late for Lin; the sound arrived belatedly when Lin's figure appeared directly in front of Immer!

Immer slowly raised his head. The helmet, which was so close to him, no longer emitted its former azure blue, but instead glowed with an eerie iridescent light.

Because that's not a normal color.

Therefore, it would only be a non-human color.

"The Imaginary Space link disturbance has ended, and the Honkai Energy has broken through the critical point, rising to 3500KW." While having Prometheus bandage her wounds, Mei manipulated the terminal to monitor the condition of the Key of Blankness and Lin. "The user's vital signs are normal, and the brainwaves are at a normal level."

Mei clenched her fists so tightly that she didn't even notice her wound starting to bleed.

Artificial Herrscher were created in their hands.

"The Herrscher Core of Death has begun, and the critical point countdown has started."

"Lin has linked to the second Herrscher Core." Mei frowned and murmured. The direction she established at the beginning of the design was that the Herrscher Core mainly used by the Key of Blankness would be the Herrscher of Reason Core that had no Herrscher consciousness. However, what would happen if two Herrscher Core were linked at the same time was still unknown.

Fortunately, the data stopped at a normal level, and the load is expected to be lifted in 300 seconds. During these 300 seconds, Lin will be the true Herrscher!

Lin charged forward into the purplish-black lightning, his five fingers dispersing the current, and he gripped Immer's throat tightly.

The two people stared at each other in silence.

Lin, in the end, still couldn't see through the heart of the man who had once chosen the Squad Seven.

Was he acting for himself, or as a moth drawn to the flame for others? Did he ever consider abandoning his past? Was the future he spoke of... just naiveté he unearthed from lies and hatred?

His past, his hatred, his struggles, the emotions he suppressed—the real Immer, whom Lin hadn't yet come to know.

At this moment, everything vanished like smoke.

The pitch-black mist drifted from Lin's palm, and Immer, who had become the Tenth Herrscher, was surprisingly calm. He did not resist or struggle, but just calmly let the Black Mist engulf his entire body, just like the Immer that Lin knew, until his dim eyes also disappeared into the Black Mist.

Lin lowered his hand and dispersed the Black Mist. Seeing the Tenth Herrscher still rampaging on the front line, he casually tossed down Black Abyss White Flower.