I loaded the dream game

Calculating the time, the First Herrscher will be born soon, right?

He thought so in his heart.

Chapter 57: An Existence That Does Not Belong to This World

"Huh...huh..."

Lilia put down the broken sword in her hand and gasped.

At her feet was a strange beast that had already turned into a corpse. Its pink bioluminescence flickered, as if it was making its last struggle, but it could not change the fact that the vitality in this body had been completely lost.

"Sure enough, it's still a bit too forced..."

After taking several deep breaths, the girl finally slowed down her breathing, but she could do nothing about her heart that was still beating rapidly.

There is no way around it. After all, burning magic power means having to endure such side effects.

The act of using magic is essentially a living person pushing his or her own limits to that of a dead person who has been freed from the constraints of physics. It is an act of chronic suicide.

If you make a mistake and fail to control it well, you will die. Even if you don't die, your physical condition will deteriorate after the battle, just like the girl now.

Therefore, usually, both adventurers and quasi-heroes are reluctant to use this skill in non-emergency battles.

But there is no other way. This must be done if one wants to kill those monsters before they cause too much damage.

Although Liu Jian is very powerful, her own strength is still too weak, and she can only rely on this method to make up for it... Come to think of it, after all, it has only been less than a year since she started learning how to fight.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there is no other way.

The first four of the six swords, whether it's the real and imaginary insect chirping, Xia Lan's all-around defense, or the graceful and entangled love affair of defeating the many with the few, are essentially sword moves used to deal with people, so they seem so difficult when facing large enemies like the monster just now.

Starting from the fifth sword, the Six Swords will truly demonstrate its power to kill gods and demons.

The sword technique that can kill even gods and demons should not be a problem when used to deal with these monsters which are just a little bigger and harder, right?

Lilia took a few breaths, and when she felt her body had almost adjusted, she stood up from the wall she was leaning against.

The long sword in his hand was completely soaked in sticky black blood and could not be wiped clean no matter how hard he tried. He could no longer use it and had to throw it away.

Fortunately, her knight's sword was relatively clean due to her deliberate protection, and was not stained with too much black blood. If she went back and rinsed it with water, it might be able to be washed clean.

"It would be nice to have a holy sword..." she muttered softly.

Come to think of it, the master had clearly obtained three holy swords before, but he didn't remember to leave one for her... Obviously, that red holy sword could be considered her trophy.

Only then did Lilia realize that her spoils seemed to have been embezzled by the young man.

"Damn Master..."

She cursed under her breath and kicked the gravel at her feet, as if trying to vent her anger.

After she had vented most of her emotions, she raised her head and looked at the monster corpse beside her, which had become completely quiet.

Against the backdrop of the girl's petite figure, the monster's body appears extremely huge, and just lying there quietly can give people a huge sense of oppression.

If you just look at it this way, it's hard to imagine that this terrifying giant monster was eventually killed by a girl who was countless times smaller than it.

"So, what exactly is this?"

Lilia kicked the monster's white skin, making a slightly dull "dong dong" sound, sounding like kicking some metal.

Through the battle just now, Lilia also discovered that the monster's body was not normal flesh and blood, but was more of a fusion of flesh and blood and metal, so it felt so weird when it was chopped.

This is definitely not a creature that should exist in this world!

The girl quickly came to a conclusion in her mind.

Because all life in this world was created by the star gods back then, both the number of races and the existence of each race itself have been determined. Even if some races have changed for some reasons, there are traces to follow.

The monster before him was not any species known to mankind, and no one had ever heard of such a creature before. It was as if it suddenly appeared in this world.

"Suddenly appearing in this world... a creature not from this world..."

Lilia murmured, and suddenly recalled a very concerning term she had heard from the boy shortly after she met him.

"People from another world..."

Without even thinking too much, the girl naturally connected the two together.

"In other words, the appearance of these monsters is related to Master?"

Lilia inexplicably recalled the conversation they had by the lake that night. Her heart tightened slightly, and she felt a little uneasy.

She shook her head, drove these thoughts out of her mind, tightened her grip on the knight's sword in her hand, took a deep breath, and raised her head again.

Now, she already knew that there was some connection between these monsters and the boy, and that was enough.

At least it provided her with some clues, so she didn't have to search aimlessly like before.

"However, once we find him, there will be one more thing to ask..."

Looking at the clear blue sky in the distance, Lilia gently pressed down the gray hat on her head and thought to herself.

Chapter 58: The Birth of the First Herrscher

"——The number of humans has increased too much, and we are finally reaching the limit of the curse."

While my consciousness was hazy, it seemed as if a voice sounded in my mind.

"who is it?"

The girl wondered in her heart.

"——Human beings should not have existed in the first place."

"——Creating this race was the Star God's first and greatest mistake."

"……mistake?"

The voice did not answer her question and continued to speak on its own.

"——Star Gods, why did you create humans?"

"——What did your nostalgia give to this land, and what did it take away!"

"Take away...what?"

The girl's memory gradually came back, and she gradually regained consciousness. She began to recall her name, her mission, and...

She slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was a ruin of broken walls and broken houses. Flames were burning between houses, devouring houses and corpses. No one was spared, whether men or women, old or children. Gun smoke mixed with the smell of blood filled her nose, and thick black smoke carrying unburned ashes rose into the sky, blocking out the sunlight.

Bazelfidel, the ghost ship kingdom built on the sea, her former homeland, was completely destroyed in less than a day after the collapse.

The one who caused this disaster was "Attilide Astilide", the girl herself, who was chosen by Honkai to become the First Herrscher.

——It was she who destroyed this country.

The girl stood there, quietly looking at the country that was gradually perishing in the flames. There was no ripple in her clear blue eyes, she just calmly watched the scene in front of her.

She did not feel any regret for destroying her former homeland with her own hands and turning everything she was familiar with in the past into ashes in the flames, because she knew that it was something that had to be done.

"This is the price..."

The girl murmured in a low voice: "I am not destroying, but saving..."

She raised her head and looked towards the distant sky.

Although a country was destroyed, it was far from enough. There were still too many living humans, and it would not be long before the dead population was replenished. In this case, the destruction of Bazelfidel would be meaningless.

So, her mission is far from over.

But, before that…

The girl walked through the blazing street, stepped on the rubble and came to a ruin.

As a pale blue light lit up, she stretched out her hand and pulled out a large golden sword with a transparent blade from the ruins of crossbars and rubble.

It is also composed of large and small metal fragments called "talismans", but unlike other holy swords, this sword seems to have its own consciousness.

The golden sword shone with an emerald silver light that flickered in and out of focus. The light flickered slightly, beating slowly like a heart, giving people the illusion that it was alive.

The girl could feel a burning pain in her hand that was holding the hilt of the sword. She knew that the sword was trying to erode and assimilate her.

——The ultimate ancient holy sword, Zerumelfioru.

The legendary man-eating holy sword.

For her as a Herrscher, this sword was not of much use, but there was a voice in her mind telling her to collect as many of the supreme ancient holy swords as possible while completing her mission.

"Is this also my mission?" she asked in her heart.

"It's not really a mission. Just treat it as a hobby." The voice paused for a moment and gave an example: "It's like stamp collecting."

The girl was still a little confused, but she didn't ask any further. She just nodded silently and kept the matter in mind.

……

After finally assigning the task, Xia Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and turned his attention away from Atilaide.

Originally, he had given up hope of completing the task of [Collecting Holy Swords]. After all, he had not collected any of the ancient holy swords so far, and he didn't even know where they were located. If he wanted to collect them all, it would undoubtedly take a lot of time and effort, and he was a bit busy right now.

Just when he was thinking, "Why not just let this mission take its course," he suddenly remembered, wait, it seems like he has someone under his command now?

Anyway, it all depends on fate, so I might as well make one last attempt. If I succeed, I can earn 750 dream points for free. If I fail, it won't be a loss.

With this mood in mind, Xia Zhi spent some dream points to contact Artilaide's consciousness and successfully outsourced this troublesome task to the newly born Herrscher girl.

Well, now that you don't have to worry about the side quests anymore, it's time to focus back on the main quests.

Thinking of this, he turned around and set his sights on the girl with long crimson hair who was sleeping quietly on the bed not far away.

Chapter 59: Is death really necessary?

Ever since leaving the village of the Fallen Ghost Clan, Ailu Ke has been in a state of sleeping more and waking less. He usually only wakes up for a short while at mealtime and falls asleep again soon after eating.

Kirisu Madoka was very worried about the girl's condition, but Xiazhi was relatively calm. After all, when he first met Eluke, the girl had been sleeping all day, and now she was just back to her original state.

"Maybe I'm tired of playing outside, and finally I feel more comfortable sleeping at home." Xia Zhi thought to himself.

But if she continued to sleep like this, her main task would probably be delayed until a long time later.

Thinking this way, Xia Zhi habitually opened the task list and took a look:

[Main Mission 2: Give the Star God Ailu a meaning for his existence (completed)]

"...?"

Xia Zhi suspected that he had read it wrong, so he closed the task panel and reopened it again, and found that the words (Completed) were still written on it.

When did this happen?

Xia Zhi was full of doubts.

He recalled what he had done recently...it seemed like he hadn't done anything special. How did the girl suddenly realize this?

Wait, could it be that Ailu Ke is the kind of genius who can gain enlightenment in his sleep?

So, there is a reason why she has always liked sleeping?

Xia Zhi shook his head and threw this unreliable idea aside.

No matter what, it's always a good thing that the mission is completed. As for the specific reason, let's ask the girl after she wakes up.

"But then again..."

I have completed both main quests, so why hasn’t the dungeon end message appeared yet?

Xia Zhi looked at the task panel again with doubt, and finally noticed the main task that he had ignored all along.

[Main Mission 3: Ensure that Kirisu Madoka survives until the end of the dungeon]

Because of his experience in the previous dream copy, he preconceived that as long as he protected Teacher Madoka until the first two main tasks were completed, then this task would be completed, but he subconsciously ignored the subtle differences in the descriptions of the two.

In the previous dream copy, the task given by the game was to [Ensure that Yukinoshita Yukino survives until the end of the main task one], but in this copy, the task requirement is to [Ensure that Kirisu Mafuyu survives until the end of the copy].

Just a few words difference, but the meaning expressed is completely different.