Honkai Impact 3rd: My Days as a Captain in Schicksal

The radiance emanating from her was so dazzling, warm yet not glaring, like the rising sun every day, inspiring longing in people's hearts.

So... without any hesitation, I accepted her request.

"I have unlocked the shielding of your memories and the sealing of your power for you..."

"This world... and her, please protect it."

Theresa reached out her hand, seemingly wanting to grasp the phantom's hand in front of her, but the moment their fingertips touched, the phantom shattered into countless points of light and disappeared into the air.

What remains is the feel of hard metal.

At this moment, standing before her were weapons she knew all too well.

It was the weapon that accompanied her on her campaigns, saving countless lives; it was like half of her body, and like her comrade-in-arms.

[The Oath of Judah].

“I remember now…” Theresa’s hand stroked the smooth surface of the cross. “I am… Theresa Apocalypse…”

"I am the chosen one... an S-rank Valkyrie..."

"I am... God's representative... I am..."

"I vow to save all that is good in the world..."

"Guardians!"

The night sky, which had been soaked in blood, suddenly lit up with the light of dawn. Faint singing came from the horizon, yet it was so close to our ears. The singing, which sounded like a chorus of ten thousand people, praised the mercy of God as the Father and the beauty of mankind as the Son.

"Praise be to the name of the Lord, for he bore the calamities for us."

"Praise be to the name of the Lord, for he will protect, save and teach his Son."

"Praise be to the name of the Lord, because he loved the world."

"Praise be to the name of the Lord, for the Son also loves their Father."

Light, like snowflakes, slowly descended from the sky. The light was so warm and gentle, as if it wanted to soothe everyone's pain. When the light fell on the injured, the wounds disappeared as if by magic.

The light gathered around Theresa.

"Five hundred years have passed, yet this longing remains so vivid..."

Countless chains suddenly flew out from the Oath of Judah, surrounding Theresa and seemingly protecting her, as the golden chains and light converged.

"The stage curtain has long been drawn, yet I linger on the stage, unwilling to leave..."

The radiance emanating from Theresa grew increasingly dazzling, almost completely obscuring her.

"Because I'm afraid... I'm afraid that on the day I leave, your coldness and loneliness will be known and remembered by no one..."

Finally, the light gradually faded, and at the same time, a magnificent dress appeared on Theresa's body.

"And my soul and warmth will transform into a dress to protect you..."

Its accessories include a veil typically worn by nuns, and its skirt flares out like flower petals or angel wings, swaying gently in the wind.

"Let the long road no longer feel so far, let the lonely journey no longer feel so lonely..."

"This is my last gift to you..."

"cherry……"

Theresa quietly opened her eyes, as if the hymns from the horizon were crowning her.

"Do you know why God's people respect and love God?" Theresa's eyes were devoid of any emotion as she stared at the fox spirit, who had lowered its body as if it might pounce at any moment.

"Because God is all-knowing, God is omnipotent, God is omnipresent..."

"God teaches us to be loving, united, zealous, and faithful..."

"God guides us to plant, to harvest, to grow, and to multiply..."

"God is omnipotent, therefore he asks nothing of his Son."

"God is all-knowing, therefore He knows the good and evil in the hearts of all people."

"God loves the world, not because He has any demands or restrictions on His Son..."

"Everything God has done for His children...is all..."

"Because... God truly... truly loves His people!"

The cross behind Theresa suddenly unfolded, revealing rows of golden spears standing atop it. A chilling light pierced the fox demon's heart from the spear tips. Theresa stomped her legs and soared into the sky. The spears seemed to have souls as they flew up and danced around Theresa.

Theresa grabbed a spear and plummeted down like a shooting star: "A selfish, wicked child like you... plundering the happiness of others... God will punish you!"

Under the golden light of the spear, the fox's tough fur tore like a piece of paper, and the spear was deeply embedded in the fox's right paw, pinning it firmly to the ground.

The fox demon let out a deafening roar, and flames gathered around it before exploding violently in an attempt to retaliate. But just a second before the flames reached Theresa, a semi-transparent shield suddenly appeared around her, and the flames vanished upon impact with the shield.

"God will protect his people, for those good children deserve praise." The second spear pierced the tendon in the fox demon's leg, shattered its leg bone, and pinned its left leg to the ground, rendering it unable to fight.

The fox demon was powerless to resist and could only endure the beating. Sharp spears pierced its body one after another, and its blood was evaporated by its own flames the moment it splattered out. The entire altar was filled with a strong smell of blood.

"Such a god does not exist at all! All your insistence is nothing but a self-deceiving illusion!" the fox demon roared, its bloodthirsty eyes glaring fiercely at Theresa.

“According to your understanding, God certainly doesn’t exist!” Theresa plunged the thirteenth spear deep into the fox demon’s body. “He doesn’t exist in this world, nor does he leave any trace, because…”

"God exists in the heart of every person!"

"He is humility, honesty, compassion, courage, justice, loyalty, perseverance... He is all that is good in humanity, he is humanity itself!"

Theresa flipped backward and landed, placing her right hand on the Oath of Judah. ​​Instantly, countless golden weapon phantoms appeared beside the fox demon, and its feet were covered with complex golden patterns. A huge magic circle-like array, large enough to envelop the two-story-tall fox demon, imprisoned it in the very center.

"Repent in hell, you sinful fox spirit!"

As if sensing Theresa's command, the golden weapon phantoms hummed and trembled, gradually becoming clearer and more solid. Sharp sword beams, sharp enough to cut one's own skin, danced wildly in the sword formation. With each sword beam that appeared, a shocking, deep wound would suddenly appear on the fox demon's body.

The fox demon seemed to have given up resisting, silently enduring more than ten attacks per second in the center of the sword formation, but the strange phenomenon in the night sky at this moment indicated that it did not want to sit and wait for death.

The blood-red moon suddenly burst forth with a blinding crimson light, momentarily overshadowing even Theresa's sword light. Thick dark clouds, stained by the blood moon, resembled wisps of blood mist, guarding the moon like sentinels, spinning wildly like a passage leading directly to the earth.

Suddenly, the blood moon's radiance dimmed, and a huge shadow obscured its form.

"A lunar eclipse?" Theresa looked at the strange phenomenon in the sky in surprise, wondering for a moment what the fox spirit was up to.

Just as Theresa was paying close attention to the changes in the blood moon, a sticky black shadow, like tentacles, suddenly emerged beneath Yae Sakura's feet, enveloping her and pulling her rapidly into the ground.

By the time Theresa realized what was happening, it was too late. Yae Sakura had already flowed into the fox spirit's body from underground along with the dark shadow.

"Hahaha... In the end, the victor... is still me!" The fox demon's hoarse throat emitted a sharp, mocking laugh. "When that nun removed the shield from your memories, I finally had the chance... to peer into all your memories!"

“I’ve found it… I’ve found your hatred! Your pain! Your past that you don’t want to face!”

"That is a shadow you can never escape in this life, that is your eternal nightmare!"

"In the end, I still won this battle!"

The black moon shadow suddenly expanded, like a black hole that seemed to swallow the entire world. In Theresa's eyes, the whole world turned into a black mass. The earth, the village, Mei and the others all disappeared, leaving only a mass of darkness without any concept of space or time.

When the darkest hour before dawn arrives, will you be able to hold on?

……

Of course! Because dawn is just around the corner!

Then he cheekily begs for recommendations, monthly tickets, swords, rewards, and being lifted up high.

Chapter 101 Are you a Snickers bar?!

Theresa seemed to be sinking in the deep sea, surrounded by crimson liquid. Scenes from her memories flashed around her like a movie before disappearing. In this space where even time had lost its meaning, she drifted for an unknown amount of time.

Finally, the feeling of her feet touching the ground brought her back to her senses. The startled Theresa looked around warily, but the image on the huge screen in front of her made it impossible for her to look away.

“Cecilia…” A surprised murmur escaped Theresa’s lips as her body trembled, and she could not even grip the spear in her hand.

This scene had appeared countless times in her nightmares: the helplessness across the screen, the farewell from afar, and the day that robbed her of the only light in her life.

“Theresa…” The white-haired woman on the screen smiled gently, as if she were talking about something as ordinary as a family matter, “Kiana… I’m entrusting you with the future.”

Theresa seemed to be hallucinating, seeing herself lying on the screen, pounding on it with tears streaming down her face, watching helplessly as the person she had sworn to protect died before her eyes, while she could only shout and weep from thousands of miles away in despair.

"I've finally found it... your hatred." A familiar voice came from behind her, a voice filled with undisguised confidence and malice.

Theresa slowly turned her head, only to see the person who was etched in her memory.

Archbishop Otto of Destiny.

Otto was still wearing his usual clothes, his long trench coat swaying behind him. Although the two were close enough, it was as if he were looking down at Theresa.

"All your hatred and darkness... come from this man named Otto."

Otto slowly approached Theresa, opening his arms as if to deliver a stirring speech: "This person is your only family member, yet he unhesitatingly took the life of the one you cherish..."

A flood of memories washed over Theresa, gradually swallowing up the rationality in her eyes.

Theresa knows about her origins. She has no father or mother. She is an experimental product of the Archbishop of Schicksal, created by synthesizing the genes of an ancient Honkai Beast and the genes of a Valkyrie of Schicksal...

Artificial humans.

Because of the fear of the Honkai Beast factor in her bloodline, no one in the entire Schicksal organization was willing to approach her. Everyone looked at her with fear in their eyes. The only person she could rely on was her creator, her grandfather, Otto. But even Otto devoted himself entirely to the operation and experiments of Schicksal, ignoring her completely. Apart from assigning tasks, the two had almost no communication.

She once thought that this kind of life would accompany her forever, but the appearance of one person broke the lonely wilderness of her heart.

Her name is Cecilia, one of the three pillars of destiny, the current saint of the Shaniat family, Cecilia Shaniat.

She was like a ray of light, without the sense of alienation that others had, warming Theresa's heart, which had gradually frozen since she became conscious, like a sun.

When she first knelt down and smiled as she looked into Theresa's eyes, Theresa knew she was doomed.

"I'll probably do a lot of things against my will to see that smile again."

That was... a few years ago.

The Second Herrscher attacked Schicksal's Siberian branch. Theresa and Cecilia, both S-rank Valkyries, were dispatched to the Siberian branch to fight the Second Herrscher. However, at the most critical moment, Theresa was forcibly recalled to the rear by an order from Otto. Meanwhile, Cecilia was fighting the Second Herrscher, Sirin, and struggling to hold on...