People are in Star Iron, and the game begins with the unsheathing of Heavenly Fire.

In Durandal's heart, the goal she pursued throughout her life originated from that chance encounter.

Although it was only a brief encounter, the other person's actions and words left an impression on her that she would never forget.

Therefore, even if it meant defying orders, Durandal was unwilling to lay a hand on Ron, preferring to go against the Valkyrie's beliefs and protect him!

"..." Rita.

As Durandal's best friend, Rita knows Durandal very well and is well aware of just how stubborn she is.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have earned the nickname "Silly Goose".

Rita then looked at Ron, who remained motionless in the distance, and slowly lowered her weapon, but did not completely conceal the scythe in her hand.

“I can obey your orders, Lady Durandal, but Bishop Otto will not let you off so easily…” Rita said slowly.

"I will willingly accept the punishment."

Durandal gritted her teeth.

"..." Ron.

He never expected that Durandal, such a straightforward person, would do something like this, willing to make such a huge sacrifice just to spare him.

Although he didn't have a particularly deep impression of Durandal, and had simply saved her life on a whim, he didn't just stand by and watch her pay the price for him.

“Don’t worry, your Lord Otto will believe in you,” Ron said slowly. “After all, I have a reason that he has no choice but to accept.”

"what?!"

Ron's words left Durandal and Rita slightly stunned.

"It's a very simple method. As long as I completely defeat you, Otto won't have anything to say, right?"

"..."

Ron spoke calmly, but Durandal and Rita were speechless at his arrogance, feeling that he was far too confident!

They have two S-rank Valkyries here!

However, before taking action, Durandal tried her best to dissuade him:

"Doctor, I don't want to fight you... After all, we made a promise that I would protect you when I grew up, so let me do it this time..."

"Do I need to put it more bluntly? I don't need your protection right now."

Ron shook his head, and two golden pistols slowly appeared in his hands.

Upon seeing these two weapons, Durandal's face immediately showed a confused expression. She clearly did not expect to see this familiar weapon in Ron's hands!

"Heavenly Fire Judgment? How could it...!"

Before Durandal could react, Ron's twin pistols had already begun to merge at an extremely fast pace!

"boom!"

The two Herrscher Cores of the Herrscher of Flame fused together, and the blazing golden flames suddenly began to engulf everything, burning the atmosphere completely!

At the same time, as the power of salvation erupted, an astonishing chill suddenly enveloped the scene, causing the temperature of the entire space to drop to an alarming level!

"boom!"

In that instant, a golden greatsword appeared in Ron's hand, and the might of the heavenly fire once again shone upon the world, igniting everything!

Almost the instant she saw the Heavenly Judgment, Durandal reacted first, activating her God-Slaying Armor 'Radiant Knight: Moonlit Blade' at an extremely fast speed!

"Boom!"

A massive shield materialized from the silver-blue Godslayer Armor, blocking Durandal's path!

And Ron's Heavenly Fire Greatsword crashed down—

"Skyfire, unsheath!"

"Boom!"

Fire breaks out!

Everything is being burned by this heat!

Rita, under Durandal's protection, saw her surroundings and discovered that the alloy walls of the Schicksal headquarters were melting at an extremely fast rate!

The terrifying heat devoured everything. If it weren't for Durandal's protection, she would have been engulfed by the flames and turned to ashes in an instant!

"Pfft..."

As the embers of the Heavenly Fire spread, Ron casually planted the Heavenly Fire Greatsword into the ground.

He calmly observed Durandal and Rita, who were still alive because of his leniency, and said, "Alright, now you can go and report to Otto. I think he will forgive you for your incompetence."

"..." Durandal & Rita.

The two were completely numb, still unable to recover from the power of the heavenly fire. They felt as if they had been thrown into the sun and experienced what a real scorching storm was like!

……

Meanwhile, in the highest laboratory of Destiny.

Kiana's eyes flashed with an astonishing golden light, and the power of the Herrscher of the Void suddenly erupted within her, transforming into an astonishing force that ravaged everything!

"Hehe, hehehehe!!!"

"I will exact my revenge on this world!"

Kiana, or rather, Sirin, the Queen of the Sky.

As her voice rang out.

The entire headquarters of Destiny was thrown into chaos, with intense alarms blaring continuously!

Chapter 169 The Battle of the Herrschers! The Arrival of the World Serpent and the Heroes!

With the resurrection of the Herrscher of the Void, Schicksal Headquarters officially launched a war of destiny.

The parties involved in this battle are the Schicksal organization led by Bishop Otto, the newly resurrected Herrscher of the Void, and St. Freya Academy from the Far East.

The Herrscher of the Void's purpose is easy to understand. After experiencing the Second Honkai War, all that remained in the Herrscher of the Void's heart was hatred for humanity.

In short, in the original timeline that was not altered by Ron, Sirin grew up in the Siberian snowfields, living with her mother.

After her mother's death, Sirin was taken away by Schicksal's Babylonian laboratory and became an experimental subject for researching artificial Stigmata. She was also injected with a large amount of Honkai energy by Schicksal's researchers.

Ultimately, as a suitable candidate for Honkai, the Herrscher core was born within her, and she personally brought the Second Honkai to the world.

At its peak, the Herrscher of the Void was incredibly powerful. Not only did it obtain the four gems sealed on the moon by the previous generation, gaining the abilities of the Herrscher of Thunder, Herrscher of Wind, Herrscher of Death, and Herrscher of Flame, but it also stole the core of the Herrscher of Reason that Welt Yang possessed.

Including her own Herrscher of the Void core, she possesses a total of six Herrscher cores, making her one of the top combatants in Honkai Impact 3.

However, all the enemies she encountered were overpowered.

During the Second Honkai War, Sirin was repeatedly beaten by Welt Yang, the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, Fu Hua, the immortal of Shenzhou, and Siegfried possessed by Kevin. Finally, she was blown to dust by the Honkai energy fission bomb launched by Otto.

After this crushing defeat, Sirin, the Herrscher of the Void, should have disappeared.

But Otto, the Archbishop of Schicksal, never stopped causing trouble. After retrieving the core of the Herrscher of the Void, he directly stuffed it into the body of K423, a clone of the real Kiana Kaslana.

Ultimately, Kiana has become a special being who carries the consciousness of the Herrscher of the Void and has the Herrscher of the Void sealed within her.

Because of all this, Sirin developed an extreme hatred for humanity.

Even with her soul nearly shattered, she was determined to return and completely destroy everything in this world related to humanity.

Therefore, after Sirin was revived from Kiana's body, she immediately summoned her companion Judgment-class Honkai Beast - the Demon Dragon Benares, also known as the Bebe Dragon, intending to destroy everything starting from Schicksal.

However, all of this is undoubtedly something that St. Freya Academy cannot allow.

St. Freya Academy, with Theresa as its principal, cannot accept the fact that the Herrscher of the Void used Kiana's body to commit evil.

Therefore, she led her men to the Schicksal headquarters immediately, intending to reawaken Kiana and seal the Herrscher power within her.

This is the full picture of today's battle for destiny.

……

On the warship where everyone from St. Freya Academy was located.

Theresa, Himeko Murata, and Raiden Mei, along with Dr. Tesla from the Anti-Entropy organization, have all gathered here.

Bronya is currently asleep and receiving treatment on the Hyperion because her biochip was burned out during her previous battle against the Fourth Herrscher, Wendy.

"Ahem, everyone, although I think you all know what happened, I still have to repeat it again."

Theresa looked seriously at everyone present and said, "Grandpa's purpose in taking Kiana away this time is undoubtedly because of the Sirin Project. He still wants to awaken the Second Herrscher within Kiana, and for this he is even willing to sacrifice Kiana, this poor vessel!"

"The Second Herrscher?!"

Upon hearing Theresa's words, everyone present except Tesla showed expressions of surprise.

After all, while people knew that Raiden Mei had the Third Herrscher inside her, they didn't know that Kiana also had a Herrscher inside her, and it was the Second Herrscher!

The atmosphere at the scene immediately became tense.

Just then, a crew member from the distant warship suddenly spoke up:

"Principal Theresa, an unidentified communication is being connected!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a strange image suddenly appeared on the huge screen in the distance: a blond man with a very 'punchable' aura appeared on the screen.

"grandfather?!"

Upon hearing Theresa's words, everyone quickly realized that this man was the highest level of Schicksal.

Bishop Otto of Destiny!

"What do you want to do with that toy, Theresa? Go back home. Everyone goes through a rebellious phase. I won't blame you for being childish."

In response to Otto's words, Theresa took a deep breath and then spoke:

"You're still as gentle as ever, Grandpa. But this time, I won't back down! I won't give in to you again!"

"Oh? Then I'll have to look forward to seeing how my darling granddaughter performs!"

As he spoke, Otto, still sporting an infuriating expression, abruptly ended the communication.

The scene fell into complete silence for a moment.