Chapter 63

Elysia: "Besides, there's precedent for Flame-Chasers becoming Herrscher, don't you think, Hua?"

Fu Hua: "?!!"

Those Herrscher of Reason: "?!!"

Theresa: "I suddenly can't find a reason to refute this, or is it that there are just too many Herrscher in our group, making it impossible to feel anything special about them?"

Danzhu: "Correction, it's because your St. Freya Academy has too many Herrscher."

Cang Xuan: "Even Chi Yuan, who had absolutely no chance of becoming Herrscher, got in, and still had to get Herrscher status. Is your academy's location too popular with Honkai?"

Elysia: "Hua cannot become Herrscher, but Herrscher can become Hua."

Theresa: "... Stop talking."

You guys are really going too far! This is how St. Freya Academy's reputation has been tarnished by spreading rumors!

Do you really think this place is Far East Demon Cave?

Raiden Mei: "Let's put aside the issue of her status Herrscher for now, but Elysia, you still haven't told us why you became the Thirteenth Herrscher."

It's truly unbelievable that the second-ranked, even first-ranked, Flame-Chaser would become Herrscher.

Chapter 101 The Noble Give Their Lives for the Base

Elysia: "What else could it be? It's just the old tradition of the Fire Moth. Today they're fighting here, tomorrow they're fighting over interests there."

Elysia: "In two days, the Herrscher will be born. Everyone has different opinions, but they still defeated the same enemy and started dividing up the spoils... Sigh, I'm used to it."

Theresa: "Just listening to it, you can feel the sheer helplessness."

The headmaster had to admit that the people from the Previous Era were all talented.

Honkai is coming!

A global crisis is imminent. If we're not careful, all of humanity could perish together. We're in dire straits. What interests are you still concerned about?

If this continues, everyone will be dragged down with us!

As a result, the higher-ups of the Previous Era's Fire Moth actually started fighting each other for this inexplicable reason. When they turned on their own people, they were probably even more ruthless than when they fought the Honkai.

Ultimately, only a dozen or so Herrscher have appeared, and there are intervals between their appearances, but the infighting is happening all the time.

You spend most of your time scheming against your own people, what are you even Honkai?

Let's just wash up and go to sleep, and all of us can lie down and wait for the Finality the world.

Pardofelis: "There's no way around it, no way around it. Even someone like me who just wants to sleep and sunbathe all day can find out about the dark side of the Fire Moth."

Chakravartin: "The dark side? Heh~, haven't they already laid their dirty deeds out in the open? And they even call it justice, shouting despicable slogans for humanity, disgusting worms."

Kiana: "Is it really that exaggerated?"

Fu Hua: "Kiana, believe me, the truth is far more exaggerated than you imagine, otherwise the Previous Era wouldn't have lost so completely."

It's fair to say that even at the very moment of the Finality, the higher-ups of Fire Moth were still engaged in internal strife!

As a warrior and one of the Flame-Chaser, Fu Hua couldn't understand what was going on in those people's minds.

Theresa: "But what does this have to do with Elysia becoming the Thirteenth Herrscher?"

Elysia: "After the Twelfth Herrscher, we had already failed. Only by uniting everyone can things turn around."

Elysia: "In your opinion, when faced with a situation where everyone is fighting their own battles, if reconciliation cannot restore everyone's relationships, what is the most effective and quickest way to reunite the Fire Moth?"

Himeko Murata: "... The same enemy."

After Elysia put it this way, everyone understood what had happened.

In order to rebuild the Fire Moth, Elysia volunteered to become the Thirteenth Herrscher, using the same enemy to bring humanity back to a united front.

The price she pays is that she, who loves everyone so deeply, will become the enemy of all humanity— the Thirteenth Herrscher.

Kiana: "So, Elysia, you didn't die as a Flame-Chasers on the battlefield against the Honkai, but at the hands of your own people?"

Elysia: "Yeah."

Theresa: "How can this be! These people are going too far! They're fighting amongst themselves, why should Elysia have to pay with her life?!"

The noble give their lives for the despicable, and for such a nonsensical reason.

Theresa was furious; those people from the Previous Era were simply incomprehensible!

Elysia: "Sigh, sometimes reality is just this cruel and unreasonable. But in terms of the result, I've achieved my goal. Although the destruction of the Previous Era was inevitable, at least I planted the seeds of destiny, and the process had meaning."

Pardofelis: "Sister Elysia, it's not worth it, it's absolutely not worth it! Why you of all people, why you're the one who has to sacrifice yourself?!"

Elysia loves each and every one of them, and she also deeply loves humanity.

But this is the very person who should have been loved and Elysia by everyone. Alicia, however, had to stand against humanity and was then killed by her own companions.

Elysia: "Be good, Pardo. You need to know that the one who was most heartbroken wasn't me, but Kevin, who already knew the truth at that time but had no choice but to shoot me. He was the one who was most heartbroken."

Raiden Mei: "What? Kevin was the one who did it, and he even knows the truth?!"

Wow!

Mei guessed that after Elysia transformed into Herrscher, she would become an enemy of humanity and all Flame-Chasers, and would die at the hands of her own people.

Of the thirteen Flame-Chasers, even if Elysia held back, only Kevin was capable of killing her.

But if Kevin had known the truth at the time, that would have been a different story.

Kiana: "That Kevin guy, how could he do that?!"

If we put ourselves in their shoes, no one in that situation would have shot Elysia and personally executed their own comrade.

But Kevin carries the mantle of "Deliverance," and he must make this choice.

Eden: "The circumstances at the time forced Kevin to make that choice. The pain and struggle he endured are absolutely unimaginable to us."

Fu Hua: "Kevin really had a tough time back then."

The Moths of Fire Moth fight amongst themselves, and the Flame-Chasers are constantly at odds, but Fu Hua is certain that none of the Flame-Chasers are willing to understand Elysia.

Even if she did it willingly.

But this responsibility and pressure fell on Kevin's shoulders.

Fu Hua could understand how desperate Kevin was when he shot Elysia.

Raiden Mei: "For a moment, I suddenly seemed to understand why Kevin was so obsessed. Or rather, it's truly remarkable that he's managed to maintain his sanity all this time."

Kiana: "If it were someone else, they'd probably be turned into a Herrscher of Thunder on the spot."

The Herrscher of Reason: "Sigh, that old Kevin is just too rigid. Didn't Elysia say before that since the ending is already predetermined, the process should be chosen by oneself?"

The Herrscher of Reason said, "If it were me, I would beat all those who disobeyed to the ground until they submitted."

Fu Hua: "Little Senti, some things can't be solved with force."

The Herrscher of Reason, "What difference does it make? Since the Previous Era was destined to fail, why use the lives of the noble to save the base?"

The Herrscher of Reason: "They are incorrigible. You save them once, and they'll come back a second time, a third time. Apponia is right, human nature is hard to change, especially you Fire Moth freaks."

The Herrscher of Reason, "Even putting that aside, is my friend's life really less valuable than that of a bunch of outsiders? Why should I kill my friend for the sake of strangers?!"

Fu Hua: "..."

Fu Hua couldn't find a reason to refute the words of the Herrscher of Reason.

Perhaps that's why a normal person would make the same choice as the Herrscher of Reason, but that person just happened to be Kevin.

Flame-Chasers bearing the mission of saving humanity.

Chapter 102 Bronya's Second World Bubble

The Herrscher of Reason: "No matter how you put it, Kevin's situation back then was exactly the same as yours, you Old Timer. What's the point of all this so-called mission and responsibility?"

Fu Hua: "Why are you bringing me up again?"

The Herrscher of Reason: "Ha! Where were you when Chiyou was born? Weren't you just there to carry out your so-called mission?"

The Herrscher of Reason: "If you were me, I wouldn't care about all that nonsense. I am the Immortal Crimson Bird, the invincible Immortal Crimson Bird! I can slaughter my Land of Jiuyou. Don't even mention a mere Chiyou who hasn't reached the Judgment-class; even if Honkai God came, I could knock him out with a single blow!"

Back when the Immortal Crimson Bird wielded several Divine Key and his Sword Heart was still intact, he was unparalleled in the world.

With just the Ruoshui Sword in hand, who could possibly harm her friend?

Kiana: "The Herrscher of Reason is so cool!"

Theresa: "The Immortal Crimson Bird is invincible!"

The words of the Herrscher of Reason truly stirred the blood of everyone present.

Especially the last line, "Even if the Honkai God came, he would still knock her offline," she was practically arrogant to the heavens.

If they were that capable, they would be even more arrogant.

Fu Hua: "Perhaps... you really could have done better than me. I'm sorry, Danzhu, Cang Xuan."

Danzhu: "Chi Yuan, this isn't your fault. The fault lies with us. We tried to override your mission with our own ideas and even secretly tried to change you."

Cang Xuan: "We went to fight Chiyou voluntarily. We could have waited for you to return, but it ravaged the land of Shenzhou, and we couldn't stand idly by. In the end, it was you, Chi Yuan, who spent over a thousand years alone."

The Herrscher of Reason: "You all spoil the Old Timer too much, and the Old Timer, in turn, spoil humanity too much."

Disasters in Shenzhou will naturally be resolved by the people of Shenzhou.

Whether it was Cang Xuan imparting too much knowledge to them, or the Immortal Crimson Bird protecting the Shenzhou with his unparalleled power, both influenced the development of civilization to some extent.

Fu Hua: "To eradicate evil completely, I simply did what I felt I should do."

The Herrscher of Reason: "Is that so? But what were the results? How many casualties did the birth of Chiyou cause, and how many casualties did the Honkai and the Honkai zombie cause?"

The Herrscher of Reason: "Old Timer, do you still remember the Seven Kingdoms War, do you still remember the Schicksal's Eastern Crusade? Those were truly times of utter Honkai, filled with despair and wailing. What are the casualties caused by the Honkai over the years compared to the infighting among humans?"

Humanity never seems to learn from history; internal strife is always the biggest theme of any era.

Don't be fooled by the seemingly peaceful world now. The Valkyrie of Schicksal protect the world and bravely fight against the Honkai.

But the conflicts between the various factions never ceased.

It's simply that since Bishop of Schicksal Otto of Destiny took office five hundred years ago, Schicksal has been thriving and now it can overwhelm all other forces.

Aside from the World Serpent hidden underground, the only one openly defying Schicksal is the Anti-Entropy guided by Welt.

Unfortunately, the gap between the two is as vast as an insurmountable chasm.

Bishop of Schicksal Otto of Destiny can be considered the uncrowned king of this era, a man who can control the world order and suppress all demons and monsters until they cannot raise their heads.

Therefore, compared to the power struggles among the higher-ups of the Previous Era 'Fire Moth, it wasn't as intense.

Kiana: "Fortunately, nothing major has happened here yet."

Theresa: "Ever since the Second Honkai War, Anti-Entropy has been consistently outmaneuvered by Schicksal, and the devastating catastrophe caused by the Honkai has left a shadow on everyone."

Fu Hua: "Well... the main thing is that Tianming has branches in various places. While resisting the collapse, it also controls the pattern of the world. It can be said that the current world peace is completely maintained by Tianming."

Bronya: "So we should thank Bishop Otto?"

Bronya scratched its head, feeling unusually that its clever little brain wasn't enough.

[Q&A begins.]

[In the second World Bubble that Bronya experienced, who was the head of the orphanage, the priest?]

[A: Otto.]

[B: Theresa.]

[C: Welt.]

[D: Kevin.]

Theresa: "Bronya experienced the second World Bubble, which means that of the three trials Joachim gave her, Bronya, you've already passed one, haven't you?"

Bronya: "As expected of me!"

Seele, can you see? Your Sister Bronya is here to save you!

It seems the test of the Sea of Quanta isn't too difficult after all. I easily passed the first test, and the second test is just around the corner.

If Seele knew how capable I am, she would be so happy!