The dead were not Honkai creations that had existed from the beginning. During the previous two great Honkai outbreaks, only Honkai Beasts had been born—there had been no dead.
The dead had mutated during the Third Honkai Outbreak, this very great Honkai outbreak.
"Unable to confirm the target?"
Even though she had been prepared for Hiyoumaru's answer, the white-haired girl could not help but frown.
It seemed... the Herrscher of Lightning's personality had been firmly suppressed by Kiana and Mei!
After all, this Kiana, like herself, was not the real "Kiana." She was Kiana clone K-423, created by Otto using the genes of Sirin, the Second Herrscher.
Within Kiana slept the Second Herrscher of the Void. Only because of this had Kiana unconsciously prevented the Herrscher Consciousness of the Herrscher of Lightning from awakening several times.
After all, only a Herrscher—or a Divine Key—could defeat a Herrscher!
At this point in time, K-423 Kiana had not yet become a Valkyrie. She had not even met Theresa, Himeko, or Fu Hua.
In 2006... not long after K-423 was born, Sigfried escaped Schicksal with K-423 with Theresa's help and settled on a snowfield. After that, they lived on the snowfield almost the entire time and rarely went out.
At the time, although Sigfried took care of K-423, he had never truly treated her as his daughter. K-423 had no memories from before she was eight, and Sigfried lied that this was because she had suffered a severe head injury in an accident.
Sigfried even told K-423 only that she had been born into the Kaslana family, and that her mother, Cecilia, had died when she was two. Yet he refused to tell K-423 her name.
Under Sigfried's influence, K-423 decided to become a Kaslana warrior who would spare no cost to