The Legacy of Moonlight

The knight smiled happily, as bright as the summer sun.

"Can't you give it to me now?"

Shi Hen was getting a little anxious.

Moonlight Throne: Imaginary Embedded Pulse Annihilation Generator.

As its name suggested, this sacred relic could be placed within Imaginary Space.

And Olivia had indeed hidden it there. Only during a full moon would it reveal traces of itself due to the lunar tides.

Theoretically speaking, Honkai existed only on Earth; there was no Honkai on the moon.

But in reality, the relationship between Honkai and the moon far surpassed humanity's understanding.

Every Herrscher of Finality had originally descended upon the moon.

The tides during a full moon could even affect Imaginary Space. That was the true reason the sacred relic emitted Honkai Energy fluctuations.

Likewise, retrieving the sacred relic from Imaginary Space would cause spatial tremors, leading to a massive leak of Honkai Energy.

In other words, it would spawn countless Honkai Beasts and trigger a large-scale Honkai disaster.

If nothing unexpected had happened, Raven should already have been busy fighting Honkai Beasts.

"Hmm... it's not impossible." Stroking her chin with a finger, the knight put on a thoughtful expression. "But Edward said I have to tell you about Little Moon's dangers."

"I think I understand that better than you do."

Shi Hen spoke seriously.

Although he had only come into contact with this sacred relic recently, his understanding of Honkai far surpassed that of Olivia from a thousand years ago. Naturally, he understood its value better.

"But Edward said I have to tell you about Little Moon's dangers."

The knight repeated herself, winking at the youth.

Clearly, she did not intend to hand the item over directly.

"...Fine."

Shi Hen gave in.

This was Olivia's Stigmata Space, after all, and she had been dead for a thousand years. He ought to give this knight some face.

Raven would just have to suffer a little longer.

Surely that legendary mercenary would not mind.

"Yahoo!"

The knight had obviously forgotten to pretend to be a robot and could not help cheering.

The Legacy of Moonlight

Inside a training room on the Floating Island, Schicksal HQ.

2990, 2991... 3000.

Counting silently, the golden-haired girl forcefully lifted the barbell on her body and returned it to its place. Only after an incredibly dull metallic crash did she slowly let out a breath.

With that, today's warm-up was over. It was time for the real training.

As she moved her body and woke every muscle, the girl thought to herself.

Beep!

The phone placed nearby rang.

Another mission?

Puzzled, the girl wiped the sweat from her forehead and hands with a towel, then picked up the phone and accepted the call.

Whoosh!

The screen lit up, revealing a white-haired woman wearing an amber eyepatch. She lowered her head slightly and said respectfully, "Good morning, Lady Durandal. I hope I'm not disturbing you."

"I just finished warming up." Durandal shook her head in explanation before asking, "Amber, did something happen?"

She was an A-rank Valkyrie in the combat forces, while the other woman was the Schicksal Bishop's personal secretary. They had little private contact; their only connection was Valkyrie work.

"HQ has just received intelligence that a large-scale Honkai disaster has occurred on Sicily. Bishop Sir has ordered you to lead the Blade of Immortality Squad into action." Amber went straight to the point. "The Hover Battleship is ready at the Third Air Harbor. It will depart in ten minutes."

"Understood."

Durandal nodded.

Sicily was not far from the Floating Island. It could practically be called Schicksal HQ's doorstep.

A Honkai disaster occurring right outside their front door was somewhat embarrassing for Schicksal.

Of course, Durandal did not care about that. She only wanted to resolve this Honkai incident as quickly as possible.

With the matter explained, the call ended. The golden-haired girl threw on her coat and quickly headed out of the training room.

There was still some distance from here to the Third Air Harbor, and ten minutes was a tight schedule.

Beep!

She grabbed the endlessly ringing phone and shut it off. A head of white hair as messy as a bird's nest poked out from beneath the blanket.

After spacing out for a full ten seconds and finally getting her brain to boot up, Kiana looked at the bright red warning symbol on her screen and let out a huge yawn. "Another Honkai incident..."

Unlike the models sold in stores, her phone had a built-in Honkai Energy detector that could detect Honkai Energy reactions within a certain range.

Her mind quickly cleared. In three minutes, Kiana finished everything from washing up to combing her hair, then ran out of the rental apartment with a baseball bat in hand.

Today, Raymond City would be protected by Kiana Kaslana!

Under the faint morning light, the white-haired girl's figure vanished in an instant among the uneven buildings.

Within the long-abandoned Raymond Castle.

Hiding in the corner of a high terrace, Raven watched the large number of Honkai Beasts frolicking below, then glanced at the white light in the sky that had already shrunk into a ball. She could not help silently complaining about a certain utterly unreliable youth.

He was only retrieving a sacred relic. Did he really have to make such a huge commotion?

He dared cause trouble right on Schicksal's doorstep. Did he think they were blind and deaf?

If this dragged on any longer, Schicksal's Valkyrie forces would arrive!

Once they were surrounded by Schicksal's troops, even Raven's group might not be able to escape. Those Valkyries were quite capable fighters, after all.

Even though she was confident she could fight any A-rank Valkyrie from Schicksal, they probably would not bother fighting fair with her. They might even bring ship-mounted cannons to bombard her.

If it really came to that, they would not be able to leave even if they wanted to.

Did that guy even know how urgent this was!?

Watching the eastern sky gradually turn pale, Raven could not help growing anxious.

Within the Stigmata Space, Shi Hen followed Olivia and took a single step, arriving from the castle study at the nearest shore.

Raymond Castle had been built atop a cliff beside the sea.

As the scenery changed, the weather shifted from clear skies to dense storm clouds.

Gales howled and waves raged. The entire azure sea instantly turned black, as though someone had poured vast amounts of ink into it.

Seeing this, Shi Hen understood. This was probably the place in the story where the Knight of Raymond calmed the sea with one sword strike.

Being able to witness a legendary tale unfold before his eyes interested Shi Hen quite a bit. He could treat it as a free blockbuster.

Besides, he truly was curious about Olivia's strength.

He wondered how far she had developed her Stigmata.

Glancing at the eager golden-haired girl beside him, Shi Hen waited silently in anticipation.

Very soon, the black clouds descended as though they would crush the entire world. Torrential rain poured down, while the waves rose over a hundred meters high, crashing down with a force that seemed capable of destroying everything.

Shi Hen raised a thin barrier, blocking out the rain and sea spray, and could not help marveling at nature's power.

In his original world, waves twenty or thirty meters high were already extraordinary under normal circumstances. Anything taller than that... would probably require tectonic movement, undersea earthquakes, or something similar.

Yet at this moment, a mere storm had easily raised waves over a hundred meters high.

It could only be said that Honkai had truly changed many things.

Yes, this storm was not a purely natural disaster, but a large-scale Honkai disaster, even though not a single Honkai Beast stood before them.

Honkai Beasts and zombies were merely the most common manifestations of Honkai, not its sole standard.

In fact, any disaster involving supernatural power could be classified within the scope of Honkai.

For example, the two world wars that had occurred in this world had both been driven by Honkai behind the scenes.

The Honkai Energy concentration within those high-ranking war criminals had far exceeded the theoretical lethal dose. They could absolutely be viewed as another form of zombie.

After all, in terms of destructive potential alone, powerful figures corrupted and infected by Honkai were far more terrifying than any zombie.

So, how would Olivia deal with a Honkai disaster of this unusual nature?

Curious, Shi Hen looked toward the knight beside him.

"Isn't this cheating?"

Shi Hen kindly pointed it out.

Beneath the storm, rain fell all over the girl without even disturbing a single strand of her hair, as though they did not exist on the same layer at all.

Clearly, that was not scientific.

"Oh, what does it matter? I'm already dead, and this place is made from my memories anyway."

The knight waved her hand generously.

Shi Hen: "..."

He could no longer be bothered to argue.

If he seriously argued with an old monster who still insisted on acting young at her age, then he would be the loser.

Sure enough, there was no such thing as real history in this world.

Shi Hen could already foresee just how much beautification and revision the other party's demonstration would receive.

Taking one step forward, Olivia naturally walked across the sea as though the surface beneath her feet were solid ground. No matter how violently the waves raged, they became obedient and tame before her.

Shi Hen silently watched it all.

Olivia raised a hand, and a silver-white metal ring emerged from the void. It descended behind the girl like a divine crown placed upon her head.

So this was Little Moon... no, the Moonlight Throne: Imaginary Embedded Pulse Annihilation Generator.

It was rather compact.

Shi Hen silently remarked.

Depending on efficiency and scale, the Moonlight Throne came in different sizes.

The Moonlight Throne developed by Anti-Entropy in the future was a ship-mounted weapon, while the Moonlight Throne created by the Previous Civilization's Moth to Fire was satellite-class equipment. The latter clearly possessed greater power.

Moreover, this Moonlight Throne seemed to operate quite differently.

Brilliant silver-white light bloomed from the ring, accompanied by a piercing hum.

The Moonlight Throne began operating.

Within the increasingly radiant light, the metal ring's form took on an illusory quality, as though it no longer belonged to this world.

This Moonlight Throne was already attempting to enter Imaginary Space and confront this Honkai disaster from the other side.

The next second, an airflow entirely different from the raging storm began to rise.

Wind?

Removing his barrier and allowing the rain to strike his body, Shi Hen extended a hand to sense the anomaly mixed within the air.

Another storm was rapidly forming!