Chapter 76
Skills: Twin Familiars, Echo), Immortal Frost, Overload
Family members: Anna
Regarding the Ice Herrscher's abilities... there isn't much explicit information about them in the story, often leaving it to the players to speculate.
An Yu flipped through the attributes
Immortal Frost: The original prison, the cornerstone connecting the universe, and the power of Extreme Cold.
Simple and easy to understand.
As for the initial cage... it's probably similar to the Third Herrscher, except that the Third Herrscher is electromagnetic force, while the Ice Herrscher is power.
Electromagnetic force is the thread connecting everything in the universe, while the strong force is the stable foundation of the universe. The Herrscher of Flame? It's all about molecular thermal motion.
However, it's best to just take these kinds of comments with a grain of salt. After all, this game seems to be based on reality, and reality is all about effort. To talk about the game's setting without considering the effort involved is like talking about the effects of a drug without considering the dosage.
"Alas, effort is above all else."
"The Ice Herrscher, who should have been the natural enemy of electromagnetic forces, got a pretty good beating from Mei in the story."
An Yu stood up and patted Kevin on the shoulder.
What are you babbling about?
Kevin frowned slightly; perhaps due to the previous dreams, he felt somewhat uneasy seeing An Yu's face now.
2. "It's nothing"
Jiu An Yu shrugged, her face still feigning a depressed mood.
After much hesitation, Si Kevin went over to comfort her. Perhaps Anna was only a half-finished Herrscher, and could atone for her sins in the second half of her life? Maybe the two of them could still spend the rest of their lives together...
This tender moment was interrupted by Elysia's hysterical voice coming through his communicator, "Watch out for An Yu! Kevin!"
4. [The extreme cold is exactly the same as before, even far more intense! The old ice that hasn't melted is covered by a new absolute zero, and the entire city is completely transformed into a lifelike ice sculpture.]
[Although An Yu really wanted to shout arrogantly: You guys are so easy to fool.]
5. [If his real-world business rivals were a group of naive people like you, he'd be overjoyed.]
[But to avoid being discovered by his older sister, he still harbored a mixture of determination and hope.]
"This power should be enough to rescue Anna."
The Fifth Honkai has officially begun.
[Then, let's begin the slaughter!]
An Yu knew for sure that there wouldn't be much time left to gather information in this level, so she might as well focus on clearing it... Of course, if she had the chance to continue gathering intelligence, that would be another story.
The sudden chill made Kevin stiffen; the lesson from his previous dream kept him constantly on his guard.
The Key of the Void quickly rippled outwards, causing him to teleport away. He needed to maintain some distance to avoid being killed by the first encounter.
"It seems this power is sufficient."
[Overload]
Active: Increases the efficiency of residual energy utilization by 100%, and the effect can be further increased by 0-80% depending on the level of dedication.
Passive: Initial magnitude increased by 500*6hw
"Consider this city a small gift as a token of our meeting."
An even larger number of Honkai Beast began to emerge from the void. Ice crystals that should have shattered with a single punch became indestructible under the power's blessing.
An Yu slowly raised his hand, and the frozen city seemed to come alive under his control.
Kevin could only leap backward again to dodge the attack from the Ice Crystal City, but since the entire city was a creation of the Herrscher, there was simply no way to escape.
"This shouldn't be a simple creation made of ice."
Kevin quickly realized that the seemingly indestructible ice crystals were incredibly fragile within the Void Realm passage.
At least, with the space cutting skill of long forward swing, I can easily cut these.!+>"♀"
"But brute force won't work..."
How do we fight?
Relying on the Divine Key? But he didn't bring the Seven Thunders of Retribution.
"Troublesome fleas."
An Yu didn't expect to kill Kevin here. Since he was the Ice Herrscher, she would play it safe. To put it nicely, the Ice Herrscher's underlying code was powerful, one of the four fundamental forces of the universe.
However, the range of the strong nuclear force is very short; it only suppresses electromagnetic force. Strictly speaking, the Honkai also strengthened the Ice Herrscher...
"The Herrscher have already come forward on their own; An Yu is one, and Anna is another!"
I don't know who said that at the meeting.
However, this meeting was not for discussing combat strategies, because it was not their turn. They were usually very understanding when Aponia offered sincere advice.
"Preliminary assessment indicates that the Herrscher's physical combat strength is very weak."
Mei's voice was very soft, and she, who was usually so confident, showed a rare hint of hesitation at this moment.
After all, it was her boyfriend on the front lines; if her judgment was wrong, it was her lover who would pay the price.
"The Herrscher's ability is not enhanced, but rather the movement between molecules is solidified, increasing the intermolecular forces."
"But Herrscher is a living being; he cannot arbitrarily modify his own body as if it were an object."
An Yu is not the Herrscher of Reason. Even though the Ice Herrscher can create ice armor for himself or even enhance his physical body, he is a living Herrscher, not a robot.
Metal objects or frozen objects, while temporarily hardening without any effect, can cause a chain reaction that is difficult for the physical body of a living being to bear... After all, forces are reciprocal, and the physical body of a living being is often a very precise instrument.
The ultimate objective is very simple: melee combat. Ranged combat is far too weak for the Ice Herrscher, except for single-point bursts like the Seven Thunders of Retribution of Purification which force annihilation.
[Kalpas left first, a disobedient act that made Aponia frown slightly.]
[But ever since she changed her fate and became a late-stage Aponia ahead of time, Kalpas's relationship with her has been rather strained; she often doesn't even give her a friendly look.]
[Moreover, the timeline is too far back; the two of them have completely lost any of their past chemistry.]
[Well]
But this time it seems really different from before.
[A major problem has arisen in the operation: what if... what if the Herrscher chooses not to fight?]
The familiar sonic boom in the distance made An Yu realize that the boss had arrived.
He sat in the center of the ice and snow, and the surrounding ice and snow seemed to have a mind of their own, gathering and shaping from bottom to top, eventually condensing into a slender ice sword, just big enough for An Yu to reach out and grasp.
You lied to that child.
You are the Herrscher, Anna is at most your familiar. Kalpas hates people who play with other people's feelings, and fighting with such people is unlucky.
Pure rage caused the frozen ice crystals in front of him to retreat continuously. Even if An Yu leveled up 3 more times afterward, he still didn't have the ability to assimilate the entire city.
∝<*^¨÷|※∷≥-sosO: "I don't understand."
An Yu still didn't show the same murderous intent she had shown towards Kevin before; instead, she seemed somewhat confused.
"Is the current situation implying that I was responsible for the previous disaster?"
The retreating ice crystals shattered naturally, An Yu dodged to the side, narrowly escaping Kalpas.
"In that case, can I exchange my sister Anna for her?"
The fist stopped in front of the ice blade, Kalpas's still somewhat sharp brain began to work.
"You all say I'm Herrscher, does that mean Anna is innocent?"
An Yu raised his longsword, but did not thrust it at Kalpas. He simply repeated softly, his tone unusually calm. "I'll switch with her."
The Fire Moth —that was where he cared most.
By the way, let's make a bet, Kalpas.
I bet you humans here abide by the contract.
Volume 1: Chapter 112 111 I won my bet
[The seemingly perfect and efficient architecture suddenly encountered a major problem.]
[Elysia, Aponia, Kevin —which of the three can understand the current situation?]
[Change? Are you kidding me?]
[Aponia sensed that the Herrscher were gambling, gambling that, for insurance, for safety, for the future of humanity, they would break the contract and kill both of them here.]
But why not gamble?
[The opportunity to kill the Herrscher at the lowest cost of 8 is right in front of us, what reason is there not to try?] ∽>∠△
[What if the Herrscher is gambling, and they'll pin Anna's sins on him, and actually honor the contract and release Anna?]
[Kevin remained silent, but he agreed. During the years when An Yu transitioned from the Finality to another Herrscher, and everyone shared an apartment, the same dream repeated itself repeatedly.]
He clearly remembered how many people his mercy had harmed during his normal Herrscher of Death.
Elysia hesitated, but hesitation wouldn't change anything.
[Even if it weren't those three, if it were anyone else following the plot blindly, those old fogies would have made the same decision.]
[Back then, Elysia didn't understand, and Kevin didn't understand either. Now that it's their turn to make the decision, they haven't changed their minds either.]
[Because this ruthless decision is indeed very efficient.]
Are Fire Moth found between Australia and the Americas?
Because in each previous level these bosses were running around everywhere, and the various defenses had also shifted the center of the world, An Yu really didn't know where the Fire Moth was exactly.
"Thanks."
An Yu turned her head and spoke softly.
Kalpas Jie stiffened slightly. "You're too polite. Why are you being so courteous? Your politeness only annoys me now."
In the dim and cold environment, An Yu met Anna, whom she hadn't seen for a long time. The girl, who always had a sweet smile, seemed to have become much more haggard.
"An Yu?" she hesitated, her voice tinged with uncertainty.
"I am here."
An Yu smiled warmly, reached out, caught the girl who rushed towards her, and gently nuzzled her cheek.
The girl's body trembled slightly, and warm tears quickly soaked his shoulder. He gently stroked Anna's back.
"We can go home now, Anna."
He spoke softly, trying to comfort her.
What had started as quiet sobs instantly turned into wailing as Anna clung tightly to An Yu, her tears mingling with her sobs, completely shattering the girl's former image.
"They...they all say you're lying to me," she choked out, burying her face deeply in his neck.
That's right, An Yu said with a gentle smile, nuzzling Anna's forehead with her chin.
"I bet Anna didn't believe it."
"Hmm! I don't believe it..."
She wiped away her tears, and suddenly laughed out loud from her tear-stained face. Under the watchful eye of the surveillance camera, she awkwardly hugged her younger brother's head and kissed him forcefully.
Elysia:...
Kevin glanced at her, said nothing, and silently prepared the Seven Thunders of Retribution.
"An Yu, close relatives should not have children."
Anna's actions just now seemed to have exhausted all her courage. She buried her head in An Yu's arms, her voice barely audible.
"Let's not have children, let's stay together for life, okay?"
Even if my parents disagree, even if I have to face the scrutiny of others...
She looked up, her eyes blurry with tears, yet filled with pure sincerity and longing. "An Yu, I really, really like you."
Kalpas sighed and turned to leave.
An Yu may not have been lying, but the Honkai often doesn't give people that much time to prepare. Li, Kong, Lei, Feng, and Kalpas probably understand how much pressure the Honkai puts on an individual.