I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

The heavy crocodile jaws suddenly bit into the massive arm that the Flame Soul Titan swung out, and then—

The crocodile's kiss and the crimson energy clashed, but in the end, the crocodile's kiss prevailed, directly biting and shattering the Flame Soul Titan's arm!

Kusanagi spun around once more, and his crocodile-like bite snapped shut again, completely shattering the upper half of the Flame Soul Titan!

Kusanagi slid a short distance before landing, and then, as if to symbolize the end, the remaining parts of the Flame Soul Titan exploded behind him.

"Ha, ha, ha..." Kusanagi gasped for breath, then pulled out the Fullbottle from his waist, and his purple armor was also deactivated.

Originally, driving this armor required human experimentation, but Otto has modified the driver so that it can be used without nebula gas or human experimentation, although it does consume magic power and physical strength.

Two years ago, Kusanagi was almost lying down after using two finishing moves. If it weren't for Gil's "train to the death" method that greatly improved his physical strength and magic power in the past two years, he would probably have been lying on the ground resting after just two finishing moves.

"Class monitor, what is that Lucky Gem?" Kusanagi asked, putting away his driver.

Fu Hua didn't answer directly, but instead looked at Kusanagi Gakuen, making Kusanagi Gakuen feel a little uncomfortable. "What's wrong, class monitor?"

"It's just that I'm amazed that the guy who only relied on instinct and intuition to fight two years ago has now figured out the tactics of striking in one fell swoop and pressing forward in one fell swoop." Fu Hua's words carried a tone of concern, like an elder caring for a younger person. "It's really a bit unexpected."

"That makes it sound like I'm some kind of brainless, muscle-bound idiot... Anyway, class president, what exactly is that Gem of Desire?" Kusanagi steered the conversation back to the main topic.

Bronya provided the answer: "The Gem of Desire is a fragment of the Herrscher Core of Sirin, the Second Herrscher of the Void, whom Gillespie annihilated."

This is the version of events presented to the outside world, and many official documents state this, but...

"That's the surface-level explanation. The truth is that Gilgamesh has already shattered Sirin's Herrscher core. This gem, along with the Conquest Gem inside Mei and the Plague Gem currently at Schicksal headquarters, are all Sirin's Herrscher cores. Gilgamesh has honestly said that these powers are very likely Herrscher cores from the previous era. So, to put it another way, the Gem of Desire is a Herrscher core."

Bronya used information she had seen from Jill to explain what this Gem of Desire was.

"Hmm, I see... Oh, right, those two kids said they were going to find the holder of the Gem of Desire..." Kusanagi frowned as he recalled this, "So... the Gem of Desire was injected into someone's body?"

The Herrscher core injected into the body is extremely difficult to deal with.

Because Kusanagi found himself unable to watch something that had become one with the lives of others being destroyed.

The most direct evidence is that Kiana's body was injected with the Tranquility Gem, but Kiana did not experience any strange symptoms. However, Kusanagi could not see the death line of the Tranquility Gem.

It was as if the Tranquil Gem had become one with Kiana's existence, completely obscuring the dead line.

Therefore, even if we find the holder of the gem first, we still won't be able to completely eliminate the future trouble...

"However, since Teacher Jill knows all this, she should have already gone to find the holder of the Gem of Desire, right?"

Fu Hua thought for a moment and said, "We don't need to worry about Professor Jill. If we have to say, Professor Jill sees further than we do. It's like playing chess; Professor Jill can definitely see three moves ahead... If I'm not mistaken, Professor Jill might already have found the holder of the Stone of Desire, or even be on her way back to the Hyperion..."

Chapter 218 Backup

at the same time.

Kiana's team encountered a little trouble.

"Why are there so many Honkai Beasts?! Kiana, your sixth sense is really unreliable!" Lian swung her magic sword, tearing apart the shields of two Temple-class Honkai Beasts, then slashed the Temple-class Honkai Beast in half with a backhand strike, and asked.

"Who knew there would be so many Honkai Beasts! Senior Lian, quickly use your invincible sword technique to think of a solution!" Kiana kicked away a rush-class Honkai Beast, then used her pistol to fire a shot at it, shattering its Honkai core, before complaining to Lian.

"Tsk! There's no way to use the ultimate sword technique right now, so I can only use Soul Flash!" Lian raised the demonic sword that Lestia had transformed into, and its violent divine power turned into a jet-black light.

"Soul Flash - Earth Shattering!"

The demonic sword left a long mark on the ground before suddenly slashing upwards!

"Boom—" The pressure, like a storm, tore apart all the Honkai Beasts in a straight line in front of Lian!

However, there were too many Honkai Beasts to fill the gap. Lian frowned, "Too many! We've basically disturbed a Honkai Beast's lair!"

Mei gave a wry smile. "That's certainly very possible!"

The dark divine power erupted once again from the demonic sword in Lian's hand.

"It's been a long time since I used this move." The divine power on the demonic sword in Lian's hand transformed into dark lightning, "Dark Death Thunderclap!"

A violent, dark lightning bolt descended from the sky, and countless black lightning bolts instantly swept across the surroundings, making everything around look as if it had been ravaged by a giant beast. Even the Honkai Beasts were almost reduced to dust.

Even though a single Dark Death Thunderclap almost crushed all the Honkai Beasts around it, visible Death Warriors were still rushing towards this direction.

"Run!" Lian grabbed Kiana and they started running.

"Mmm, run!" Kiana reacted immediately.

While there are some fast-running types among the assassins, they are few and far between, and even if there are, there aren't many in this area where the Great Collapse just occurred. If they catch up, Ren and the other two can take them down.

"Judging from the number of these assassins, there are no living people left around here..." Lian glanced at the number of assassins and muttered under her breath, "Damn it."

Even people with Honkai energy aptitude would find it difficult to remain active for long under such a high concentration of Honkai energy during such a massive collapse.

Since entering this place, Lian has been using divine power to protect herself with Restia. Although it is invisible to the naked eye, there is a faint layer of divine power flowing on the surface of her skin.

In addition, the Valkyries who carry out the mission are all equipped with Honkai energy filtering systems. Otherwise, if the Honkai energy accumulates to a certain level, even the mysterious suppressive force will not be able to suppress it, which would be terrible.

Honkai energy has both physical and mental aspects of corruption. The mental aspect involves destroying the will of the corrupted, turning them into monsters that only know how to destroy.

At the physical level, it involves physically strengthening the body of the corrupted individual, enabling them to split steel plates with their bare hands, or to dodge attacks that were previously impossible to avoid, and so on...

However, it is not impossible for beings corrupted by Honkai energy to possess immense power while still maintaining their own will.

That being—is the pseudo-hero.

However, not all pseudo-Herrschers are able to maintain their own will; some are unable to control their powers...

Moreover, under such a collapse, the probability of a pseudo-Herrscher being born... is not zero.

However, the chances are too small.

Therefore, seeing the number of those assassins, Lian could only conclude that there were probably no survivors left in this place.

“The most important thing right now is to get out of here!” Lian sighed. “Let’s eliminate the assassins along the way and return to the Hyperion. This town… sigh.”

Lian made this decision with some reluctance.

"Hmm... that's the only way." Mei agreed to Ren's plan.

"I'll just follow your orders..." Kiana muttered.

……

With Wendy by her side, Jill cleared out the Honkai Beasts along the way, quickly moving towards the Hyperion.

Honkai Beasts are too weak for Jill.

To Jill, assassins were no different from pieces of paper.

Even steel mechs are of little use against Jill's Gate of Babylon.

As Jill, holding Wendy, drew ever closer to the Hyperion, an obstacle appeared.

After all, there are always people who don't want certain things to fall into Jill's hands.

Gildon stopped in his tracks.

“It seems Otto really does get the news faster than us?” Jill slowly turned her head in a certain direction, the emerald compound eyes on her visor gleaming. “It seems Rita Losweiser wasn’t completely idle after all…”

"That's true."

A voice, sounding like a sigh, rang out as a blonde girl, holding a huge white lance, walked out with a sigh.

And that's not all.

A group of women dressed in black combat uniforms emerged from all directions.

"A little faster than I expected. It seems the Undying Blade is on a mission here." Jill said, glancing at the Undying Blade members around her, each wielding a variety of weapons.

Among these members, some of the more senior members were completely focused, their nerves taut, fearing that the person in front of them might suddenly make a move.

The remaining team members, having heard about the achievements of the person in front of them from their seniors, dared not be careless.

"Unfortunately, I have no interest in playing with you guys." Jill pursed her lips, and he could inadvertently see a hint of envy flash in Wendy's eyes as she looked at Durandal.

Gil's expression, hidden beneath his mask, stiffened.

Wendy once possessed the potential to become an S-class Valkyrie, but fate implanted the Gem of Desire into her leg, causing her to lose it permanently and become unable to stand or walk. She also lost her chance to become an S-class Valkyrie. Furthermore, removing the gem would release enormous energy, directly threatening everything around her…

This is a minor matter, because Jill is fully capable of protecting everything around her—

However, if the gem is removed, Wendy will undoubtedly be the first to face the impact of this energy...

So, for Wendy's safety or the safety of the surrounding area, Jill was unable to remove the gem back then, thus leaving Wendy to live as a vessel for the Gem of Desire.

But that must be very painful...

That's why Wendy looked at one of the current S-class Valkyries with such envy, right?

Jill tightened her grip slightly and sighed softly, "I'm sorry, Wendy."

Gil activated the communication system on his Knight System, "Gross, Randolph, I'm leaving this to you."

"Hahahaha, great! I couldn't wait any longer!"

"Hmph, don't try to jump first, you bastard!"

As the sound rang out, two figures suddenly descended from the sky.

One of them was a blond young man carrying a huge cello case.

One of them was a red-haired youth carrying a huge iron box.

"Gross, the Demon Dragon of Dragon Fang... Randolph, the Mad Lion of Azure Dragon..."

Among the team of the Undying Blade next to them, someone also mentioned the names of these two people.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's with such an embarrassing title?!" Gross complained. "Oh well, I've always liked dragons anyway, after all, I am such a monster!"

"So is it really okay to complain about your own title while saying this?"

Randolph tossed the box he was holding to the ground with a dull thud. "Your Majesty, leave this to us."

"Hmph, that's exactly what I meant." Jill glanced at the two people in front of her. "I'll provide you with backup. Let's finish this quickly."

“Of course, no problem!” Gross took out the squeeze driver and attached it to his waist.

Randolph also took out the squeeze driver and was fully equipped.

"RobotJelly!"

"DragonJelly!"

"let's start!"