Chapter 276
As a fellow katana user, Raiden Mei witnessed Sakura's battle against the Corruption team, and her speed was something she could only look up to.
"Miss Mei, all sword styles, no matter how varied, ultimately boil down to slashing, chopping, thrusting, and stabbing. In the end, they all come down to speed."
" In Setsuna second, like lightning, as long as your movement is fast enough, any technique will become secondary."
Sakura, holding a soft knife, walked straight towards Raiden Mei.
"I can't teach you much, only reaction time and speed. Now, please try your best to dodge my attacks."
"Come on then."
Raiden Mei was completely focused, her eyes fixed on Sakura, not daring to blink.
Even so, in the next Setsuna, Sakura's figure truly vanished without any warning, without any visible movement, and without even a residual image.
Sakura simply vanished from her sight.
Raiden Mei reacted in the next instant and subconsciously prepared to step back, but before she could move, the icy touch on her neck made her stop.
"When?!"
Raiden Mei's eyes widened. Even though she was somewhat prepared, she couldn't help but be shocked when she saw Sakura's unreasonable speed.
Was that kind of disappearance really within the reach of speed?
Raiden Mei asked herself honestly, if Sakura was her enemy, she might be killed dozens of times and still not know who killed her.
"Miss Mei, time is precious, please don't get distracted."
"Yes."
Raiden Mei instantly perked up, turned around, but once again saw Sakura's afterimage.
This continued repeatedly, with Raiden Mei standing in the same spot, constantly tracking Sakura's movements, while Elysia and Pardofelis sat to the side, watching with great interest.
The content on the screen quietly unfolded at that moment.
In the scene, Raiden Mei, guided by the Fairy Elysia, enters Elysia's memories and observes her life.
It all started in an ordinary border town. A hardworking gardener met a little girl with pink hair under a tree. She was sleeping in the bushes, like a daughter of nature.
The girl was lovely and obedient, and loved by everyone. In the season when the spring snow was just melting, she stood at the church door and gave flowers to everyone who passed by.
The girl is like a gift from the forest to people; no one knows where she came from, nor what to call her.
A year later, she received her first gift: a fairy tale adapted from an ancient legend.
--Legend has it that at the ends of the earth there is an Elysian Realm. The protagonist of the story embarks on a journey to find this Elysian Realm, only to be told by everyone that the Elysian Realm does not exist.
The protagonist doesn't think so, but when she finally reaches the end after overcoming all obstacles, she discovers that the Elysian Realm really doesn't exist.
"If Elysian Realm doesn't exist, then I'll create one myself!"
An unnamed girl stood under the night sky and made the same declaration as the protagonist.
At the same time, she found a name that satisfied her for the first time: Elysia.
However, the good times didn't last long. One day, a group of people suddenly broke into the welfare home, grabbed the people inside and questioned them one by one, and forced everyone to undergo a physical examination.
The girl was so well-liked that she was hidden in a room by the orphanage staff, thus escaping a terrible ordeal.
"Can we go home now, Mother Celia?"
After the danger passed, Elysia emerged from the room.
"Yes, it was those people who made a mistake. Everyone is fine. As an apology, I received a large sum of compensation."
"But what exactly are they looking for? They've already given everyone a physical exam three times."
"I don't know, but they said it would be fine, so that's enough!"
The children gathered around the adults; the sudden search didn't disrupt their lives, and they were even given delicious candy.
Chapter 449 Elysia as a child
Only Elysia stood silently in the corner, knowing it was time for her to leave.
After dinner, the children slowly fell asleep. The woman who ran the orphanage was cleaning the room when Elysia suddenly came over and tugged at her clothes.
"What's wrong, Elysia?"
"I have something I want to say to Mother Celia."
Elysia bit her lip, seemingly worried and afraid.
The woman who ran the nursing home patted her hand, encouraging her to continue.
Elysia mustered her courage and said, "Mother Celia, I want to leave here."
"Want to leave the orphanage? Do you want to become an apprentice at a bookstore? After all, you love storybooks so much."
The woman who ran the orphanage nodded in understanding.
"No, no, I want to leave the town."
"Leave the town?"
"Yes, those people who came here before and took everyone away, they... they..."
"Elysia, what happened to them?"
"They showed me how vast the outside world is! So, I want to go out and see it, to travel and find the Elysian Realm at the end of the world."
Elysia was lost in thought, her eyes shining.
Amidst the blessings of the crowd, the girl shouldered her pack and embarked on her journey. She climbed the highest hill outside the town and saw the city for the first time.
So many lights, so many families.
She once thought that the small town was the whole world, but it was just one point of light among many, and could be swallowed up if she wasn't careful.
"Now, it's time to go find my Elysian Realm!"
The young girl took her first steps, embarking on her journey. Though a sense of reluctance lingered in her heart, she knew she had to leave.
Himeko Murata: "Those people who came to the orphanage to investigate, do they perhaps know about Elysia's Herrscher identity?"
Those people searched the place three times, which shows they were very confident in the existence of their target. Of all places, it just so happened to be the town where Elysia appeared.
The nature of their relationship inevitably raises suspicions.
Durandal: "But according to the timeline, even the First Herrscher hadn't appeared yet at that time. How did the people of the Previous Era know about the Herrscher's birth, or even find her location?"
Vill-V: "I don't know about that, but it's said that the organization has close ties with the former Fire Moth, so it could be considered its predecessor."
Himeko Murata: "That's even stranger."
An organization was able to discover Elysia's identity and even launch a manhunt before the First Herrscher was created.
After that, they even developed into a huge organization called the Fire Moth, which at one point held a leading position in the world.
Elysia: "Who knows? Maybe they're the legendary aliens, or perhaps a Deliverance organization from another world, or even Extreme Evil subordinate of the Demon King."
Pardofelis: "Sister Elysia, how can you still be in the mood for jokes? Those people are obviously here to arrest you."
Elysia: "Because we don't need to worry about them anymore."
Before the Fire Moth had fully grown in strength, Chakravartin Tribulations ran back and slaughtered indiscriminately, nearly annihilating the Fire Moth with his superior memory.
Even if a few escape, they are unlikely to cause any significant trouble.
If we can capture some important individuals, we can also get Apponia to take action and extract the information from their minds.
Kiana: "Mei, I miss you so much! When are you coming back?!"
While everyone was wondering about the origins of the Fire Moth, Kiana didn't care about that; she was still in the grayish-white state she had after losing Mei.
Who's in charge of dinner tonight?!
Raiden Mei: "Phew... I'm fine, in fact, I feel better than ever before!"
Inside the Death Space, Mei is still being beaten up during Sakura's training... cough cough, I mean, to improve her strength.
Realizing that it was impossible for the human eye to keep up with Sakura's speed, she simply closed her eyes and used the fluctuations of the electromagnetic field to track Sakura's movements.
Even so, her body couldn't keep up with the speed at which the electrical signals were transmitted to her brain. By the time she reacted, Sakura's knife was already at her neck.
Raiden Mei: "Although I can feel my reaction time getting faster, Sakura, is this speed really something your body can do?"
Sakura: "Those I assassinated before had similar questions, but please rest assured, Miss Mei, I have no ill intentions towards you."
Pardofelis: "In the end, Sister Mei still couldn't do the move?"
Ultimately, she's still too far from Mei's level of Mei (middle school syndrome).
If she had enough Honkai Energy to control the power of Raiden, perhaps she could forcefully fight Sakura with lightning.
But Mei in her current state is unable to control such massive amounts of Raiden.
From the very beginning, it was Sakura constantly flashing while Mei was spinning in circles. Even Pardofelis got tired of watching this kind of training.
Sakura: "Miss Mei, please don't be in such a hurry. When you truly become the Herrscher of Thunder, you will surely possess a speed comparable to mine."
Sakura: "My training is simply to improve your reaction to danger, to get you used to moving at extremely high speeds in advance."
Mei really wants to say that you are too modest.
You can fool others, but you can't fool me. The speed of the Herrscher of Thunder is still enough to see lightning, but Setsuna an instant, it won't even leave an afterimage.
However, since Sakura had already said that, she could only calm down and continue to adapt to the high-speed combat.
[In the scene, Elysia embarks on her journey. She once listened to the choir singing in an abandoned church. She encountered many people and many things.]
She was shivering in the subway station, wearing a cloak.
Why are you following me?
The thin girl asked Elysia.
"Huh? But you just said that if I shared the apple with you, you would only give me an orange."
"I was just kidding, there are no oranges at all, you've been fooled!"
The thin little girl quickly finished the apple in her mouth and proudly pointed at Elysia with her fingers.
"I was just kidding, there are no oranges at all, you've been fooled!"
"Consider it a lesson; this is the only way for people here to survive."
"Oh."
After thinking for a while with her head down, Elysia took out two candies from her pocket.
"I have two more candies, you can have them too! Here, one for each of us."
"You..."
The thin little girl stared wide-eyed, as if she were seeing something like this for the first time.
She just tricked him out of his apple, and she still wants to share her candy with him? Is she an idiot?!
The frail little girl couldn't understand, so she simply accepted the candy and slowly said, "Thank you."
After bidding farewell to this place, Elysia continued her journey.
Chapter 450 The Dream of Traveling the World
She once stood in a magnificent theater, awestruck by the heavenly voices on stage, listening to deeply moving operas.
She once stood in a rain-soaked alley, weeping along with the city under the night sky.
She once passed by the clean and tidy school buildings and looked at the children, who were about her age, through the fence. They were so happy and so lively.
She also passed through isolated villages and witnessed horrifying rituals through the crowds.
The white-haired man was tied to a pillar, his body covered in large and small cuts. He cried out in pain, but offered no resistance whatsoever.
She once traveled to cities in the East, lingered on bustling streets, and outside martial arts schools, saw young girls riding horses and shooting arrows, their sweat pouring down their faces.
She once returned to the streets at dusk, sat on the dilapidated stage by the roadside, and learned about the Magician's legend from the rumors circulating among the crowd.
She had set foot in remote mountain villages, she had visited the heart of the world; the girl's footprints covered the world, gradually shaping her soul.
She has received kindness from strangers, and has been moved, warmed, and encouraged by them.