Chapter 86

"Miss Vill-V ... that behemoth was merely a monster created by the Herrscher in just a few minutes."

Someone spoke up to explain, trying to calm her anger.

"And the monster created within minutes was already able to overpower Elysia."

Vill-V was so angry she laughed, "Who told you that a giant beast could overpower Elysia?"

She found the surveillance footage nearby and rewound a few minutes. "If Elysia hadn't been trying to protect the city, she would have already won, understand?"

"But she lost because she wanted to protect the city."

Someone, I don't know who, just mentioned it tentatively.

I***!

Vill-V could no longer hold back and swore. She rubbed her temples hard, laughing in anger.

"Furthermore, what if the Herrscher creates a second behemoth?"

Nobody dared to gamble; what if the Herrscher had the ability to create a second colossal beast?

For a moment, Vill-V didn't know what to say. Looking at so many people around her, she suddenly realized something: times had truly changed.

These guys would never have been so foolish in the past, but they really don't understand Honkai and can only make normal judgments based on ordinary warfare.

What they didn't know was that it was precisely because of that special rank, with characteristics completely opposite to Elysia's, that this Honkai Beast evolved so rapidly.

Tell me, who is he weakening by creating a second Honkai Beast? Is he weakening Elysia, who has already found herself and can do whatever she wants with him?

What gives An Yu the right?

They are still alive.

Aponia spoke softly.

The surveillance footage had been updated sometime earlier, and a slender arm gradually emerged from the shattered street. It wasn't Elysia, but Black Seele.

The body of the Great Freedom Heaven was torn to pieces, but it protected the two people beneath it. An Yu also shielded Black Seele from another layer of damage.

Black Seele then helped An Yu and quickly began repairing her body.

Volume 1: Chapter 126, Section 125: Who said fading is bad?

An Yu's expression showed a moment of bewilderment. After all, neither the boss's IP nor his previous experiences in the levels had made him realize that humans possessed such weapons.

I was caught off guard by this sudden trick; I almost forgot you guys aren't NPCs, right?

He sighed, and during a brief pause in Black Seele's panting, he went to the side, the black mist corroding the ice surface, and barely managed to grasp the small hand that could still move slightly.

A few seconds later, accompanied by a faint cracking sound, Elysia finally broke free of her restraints, gasping for breath in the cold air, her face flushed.

You chose the wrong person.

An Yu's voice was calm. He didn't expose Elysia. Without the protection of the Herrscher of Death's power, Elysia's current condition was already very bad after taking this hit head-on.

Before, the icy fog obscured his vision, but now he could clearly see the gruesome wounds and frozen blood beneath her tattered clothes... He didn't intend to pull her out completely; what if she had nightmares that night?

I dreamt that my older sister was covered in blood, choking me, and kept muttering, "You can't escape, you can't escape..."

After an unknown amount of time, Elysia's voice was weak. "They... don't know the specifics either..."

"That's your dereliction of duty. The management made a poor arrangement. After all, why would you assign people who don't understand Honkai to command a battlefield that's already Honkai? Because they have extensive experience."

An Yu sat down on the spot, wiping the blood from her face. Elysia, standing next to her, barely managed to peek out with her head covered in blood as well.

He paused, then turned his head to look at those bloodshot, starry eyes. "Hey, Elysia, you lost."

Elysia didn't answer; she still didn't understand where An Yu got her Genetic Blueprint from.

She had originally thought that even if she failed this time, at least she could gain enough experience due to her unique circumstances.

Her voice grew fainter. "Finally... can you tell me where... I went wrong?"

An Yu glanced at her; this was Elysia from her dream.

In reality, when he and his older sister were racing and he was thrown off balance, the other woman was already writhing in pain. Even when she was almost fully recovered in the hospital, she was still whimpering and crying all the time.

"Too few talented people, too few companions, that's all."

Although social progress is extremely difficult, Elysia is strong; even before she was born, a whole bunch of old folks were already clinging to Prophecy, fantasizing all day about a goddess descending to earth.

Her starting conditions were much simpler, but she seemed to like taking on everything herself. Clearly, Elysia wasn't a god and didn't have that ability.

"You always talk about a bottom-up approach, you've made others bleed and you've made others eat bread, but it seems you've stopped there. In the last reincarnation, Kalpas knew to wait for others to make decisions, but you just nag like an old woman."

An Yu casually summarized, until a sword blade pierced his heart without warning.

"You want to kill me, huh...?"

An Yu looked down at the sword tip that had pierced through his body, his tone revealing neither joy nor anger. He gripped the blade with his other hand and slowly pulled it out. The flesh at the wound writhed, healing almost instantly without leaving a single scar.

"I'll boost your damage output a bit, so we don't have to go outside and find out your rating isn't as high as Kevin's."

The deceased appeared to be in relatively good spirits.

[But the deceased's companion was in a very bad mood.]

[But it doesn't matter anymore. With Elysia's complete death, An Yu, who can now be called a necromancer, is invincible.]

Who says fading is bad?

I think this blue-purple color is really nice!

That is

Why did it fade?

An Yu poked Elysia's cheek. The girl blinked, her eyes as bright and beautiful as ever, her voice ethereal:

"Are we... on a date?"

She murmured softly, Honkai followed her like a shadow.

Black Seele, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed. She hadn't expected that the wicked woman Elysia, would be so evil even after her death.

"No, and I won't go on a date with you."

"Ugh, how heartless."

The purple-clad, faded Fairy Miss's eyes held a melancholy gaze, tinged with a touch of lilac-like sorrow.

Black Seele stood between the two, realizing that it was her inaction and her concession that had completely destroyed this beautiful life.

Anyway, she wouldn't believe Elysia.

"Prepare yourselves, and see what kind of counterattack humanity will mount now, with your help."

An Yu sat atop the Great Freedom Heaven, while the faded Elysia stood gracefully, watching the busy ants in the distance, trying to swarm and wipe out the remaining humans.

"Why not just destroy their hopes directly?" Faded Elysia pursed her lips, not quite understanding An Yu's line of thinking.

"Look at the results of your hard work."

An Yu's reply was understated and nothing more.

[Human combat power has been greatly weakened, even less than during the Ice Herrscher era.]

[Elysia's first search for the boundary between dreams and reality led her to choose a location so fantastical that she couldn't see the path beneath her feet, causing human civilization to stumble and fall.]

[Kevin was on the verge of death, and after much persuasion, Kalpas finally calmed down.]

[No one knows what the Herrscher is waiting for, but Elysia's current faded appearance leaves many without a glimmer of hope.]

[But in order for everyone to have bread and milk now, the machine of civilization is still barely functioning.]

[Although many people were sacrificed, most of them came from extremely wealthy families, having enjoyed decades or even centuries of privilege; now they were even less inclined to die.]

The ultimate variable wasn't Kevin, but Kalpas.

He suddenly remembered the lies Elysia had told him this time.

[It's a bit retro, but Elysia says, "Kalpas, I'll help you save this village. In return, you must one day become one of my 'calamity materials,' to be used by her."]

[It was a fair deal at the time, but Elysia never fulfilled the contract.]

Yes, if the progress of civilization is inevitably accompanied by sin, then someone must bear the burden of that sin.

[Elysia was too foolish. She thought she could bear both hope and sin, but in the end, hope wasn't so bright, and sin was tinged with gentleness; the two were mixed together, and she protected neither.]

"Is this your idea?"

Kevin was astonished. "You think this is something a roughneck like you would come up with?"

Just like in the previous level, when Kalpas insisted on waiting for the little girl to make her own decision, Kevin was shocked once again.

"Kalpas, tell me, have you been possessed?"

"Idiot, I told you to find someone who can inherit Elysia's mantle."

He will fulfill the contract, bear the sin, and throw all those unsuitable for boarding the new era's Noah's Ark into the sea.

As for how to strike that balance?

Kalpas Er didn't know, just like what Ai Lixi Lingya did in the past, there always had to be five people feeling their way across the river.

Are you sure there's still time?

Mei hesitated. The idea was good, but with human civilization on the verge of collapse, there was no time to think about such things.

"No!" Kevin suddenly realized!

"Kalpas, you're right!"

He gripped Kalpas's hand tightly. "I will definitely carry on your last wish and turn this world into the place we long for!"

Of course, not this time.

Volume 1: Chapter 127, Section 126 Kevin: I just want to win this once!

An Yu didn't notice how much time had passed; he was playing the game at double speed, watching human civilization constantly change.

There seemed to have been bloodshed and quite a bit of turmoil along the way, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

Until that day, Kevin, radiating a chilling aura, stood before him, wielding a massive ice crystal greatsword.

"What about Kalpas?" An Yu asked casually.

"He has more important things to do," Kevin replied curtly and coldly.

An Yu was about to continue asking questions when Kevin suddenly swung his heavy sword, each swing accompanied by a dull whistling sound. His moves were wide and powerful, carrying immense force.

After a brief clash with his sword, An Yu felt a numbness in his hand and a weakness throughout his arm.

"Tsk, what monstrous stats."

His idea of a fair fight vanished instantly.

"Roar--!" The Great Freedom Heaven roared as it stepped forward, using its hard bone armor and sharp claws to block the heavy sword strike.

The icy blade was deeply embedded in the Honkai Beast's flesh, penetrating several meters, before Kevin forcefully pulled it out, bringing with it a spray of dark purple flesh. For the Great Freedom Heaven's size, it was of no consequence.

"Elysia, I'll listen to you one more time. Am I...?"

Kevin let out a long breath, his bony wings unfurling behind him—a scene completely contrary to dynamic aesthetics, yet it made the cold man appear exceptionally powerful.

An Yu was momentarily stunned. "Wait, buddy, how come you suddenly got stronger, just like Elysia from the third level?"

"Now, the Savior King's Sword!"

Kevin unleashed another powerful and devastating mountain-splitting strike, his ice crystal greatsword slashing down with an oppressive force!

An Yu's expression was complex as an arrow slashed out from the side, shattering the greatsword.

The Faded Fairy Miss smiled and said, "Were you talking to me just now?"

An Yu still didn't understand what kind of surgery Kevin was undergoing to enhance his body. He hadn't come across any related information when he was gathering intelligence.

"It seems that some things will only be revealed over time."

Before An Yu could continue to lament, the greatsword materialized again, its blade grazing An Yu's cheek. He only had two or three chances before Elysia arrived.

Even in order to counter the opponent's healing ability, he chose the ice ability, intending to use it to imprison the opponent and deliver a fatal blow, rather than to wear them down.

Bang!

Just then, a completely different gunshot rang out from another direction!

"Seven Thunders of Retribution - First Rated Power!"