In this fantasy world, be a Kamen Rider

Cecilia gripped the gun handle with increased force, and the Black Abyss White Flower slowly and firmly pierced into Sirin's Herrscher core. The core emitted a crisp cracking sound, and fine cracks appeared on the gem-like core. The overflowing Honkai energy was terrifying.

"Ahhhh!"

Sirin screamed in agony, but it was no use. The pain of her Herrscher core being destroyed exceeded her limit. She howled loudly, her cries echoing across the silent Siberian ice plains. Her Herrscher core trembled within her body, emitting a final, breathtaking light, before shattering completely in Cecilia's final piercing!

"God! I'm sorry, I failed to destroy humanity!"

Sirin reached out to the sky, as if trying to reach for something, but in the end she grasped nothing and collapsed into Cecilia's arms. Cecilia released the Black Abyss White Flower, held the dying Sirin tightly, and said in a gentle voice, "If only you were my child, then you wouldn't have to endure the pain. I would give you love and make you happy!"

"Hehe! Do you love it?"

Sirin let out a bitter laugh. Her Herrscher core shattered, and her life was about to come to an end. Looking into Cecilia's beautiful eyes, her vision suddenly blurred, and images of the past flashed before her eyes. Her mother was reading the Bible to her, her mother smiling sweetly and patiently correcting her pronunciation. Perhaps, this was the happiness she had always wanted.

"Mother!"

Sirin cried out hoarsely, and Cecilia hugged her even tighter. It wasn't that she didn't want to save this tragic girl, but she was a Herrscher, and her core was already shattered. Even the Black Abyss White Flower needed time to analyze the DNA blueprint, let alone now that she had no Honkai energy left in her body. Maintaining consciousness was already her limit.

"My child, may you be happy in your next life."

The girl's body slowly grew cold in her hands. Cecilia wiped the blood from her face and gently placed her on the ground. She tried to stand up but collapsed onto the ground. She was at her limit and could barely move.

"Report to the Captain's Cabin! The Herrscher has been annihilated! The Valkyrie is in critical condition! Requesting recall!"

Siegfried, having recovered somewhat, pressed his earpiece and reported to the warship, but soon Theresa's panicked voice came through the earpiece:

"Siegfried! Take Cecilia and get out of here! Grandpa has already launched a Honkai energy fission bomb to completely destroy the Second Herrscher! You'll all die in the center!"

Theresa's anxious shout made Siegfried's mind go blank. She stood up, leaning on the Judgment of Heavenly Fire, and stumbled toward Cecilia, trying to help her up, but Cecilia forcefully pushed her hand away.

"Cecilia, what are you doing! That old bastard Otto has already launched the fission bomb! If we don't leave, we'll all die!"

Despite Siegfried's roar, Cecilia remained calm. She sat beside Sirin, gently stroking her hair and cold body, a hint of relief in her voice:

"We can't get out of there. With our current physical condition, it's impossible for us to leave the area."

"Don't talk nonsense! Think of Kiana! Think of that bastard Nightsong! They're still waiting for us!"

Siegfried excitedly tried to grab Cecilia, but the next moment she was speechless. Cecilia cut her wrist, and her blood flowed into the Black Abyss White Flower. The power of creation was slowly released, and vines and petals enveloped Siegfried.

"So, even if it's just you, you have to live! Carry my wish, and stay with that bastard!"

Section 114, Chapter 110: Awakening

Cecilia laughed and laughed, then suddenly burst into tears. The reluctance in her heart made her want to stand up and run towards survival, but in the end she still couldn't stand up. Because of the use of the Black Abyss White Flower, her blood was almost exhausted. The petals and vines generated by the power of creation slowly wrapped around the immobile Siegfried. In her unwilling eyes, Cecilia disappeared from her sight. The exhaustion from using the Heavenly Judgment surged up, and Siegfried could no longer hold on and fell into a coma.

"Hey, Sirin, in the very last moment, let me give you warmth."

Cecilia looked at the specks of light in the sky, slowly cradling the already cold body of Sirin. A clinking sound came from behind her, and she looked down in confusion, discovering that a pure black bottle had fallen out of Sirin's body and landed on the ground. Suddenly, she remembered something about the bottle and looked into the distance, towards the direction where Nightsong had thrown Benares earlier.

"It seems your experiment has failed. Both test subjects are going to die here now, Mr. Night Song."

The Honkai Fission Bombs had begun their descent, their brilliant flashes illuminating the entire area around the Tower of Babel. Schicksal launched a carpet bombing campaign against Siberia. Cecilia rested her chin on Sirin's head, silently closed her eyes, and murmured a whisper filled with endless desolation and hope:

"I hope that in the next life, we can have an even deeper connection."

"...Night Song!"

The fission bomb landed with a deafening roar, and the massive explosion shook the entire Siberia. Honkai Beasts and zombies died in endless agony. A huge mushroom cloud rose, evaporating all living beings. Cecilia's body quickly turned to ashes. In her final moments, she looked one last time at the world she loved so dearly. She no longer had hands to embrace it, but she still managed to lift her remaining head and look at the gray sky.

Cecilia Schariac, the S-rank Valkyrie of Destiny, is declared dead!

As Cecilia's body turned to ashes, a pure black bottle emerged from the air and slowly fell, landing squarely on top of Black Abyss White Flower with a crisp clinking sound. No one noticed, not even Night Song. Black Abyss White Flower's pure white knight's lance flashed a white light, and at the same time, the Lost Energy Bottle also emitted a white glow, but it quickly disappeared. Everything was as if nothing had happened, and the world returned to peace.

After an unknown amount of time, the mushroom cloud slowly dissipated, and the massive dust almost buried the corpses. Under Schicksal's insane bombardment, all life here was extinguished. Even the Honkai Beasts died miserably under the effect of the Honkai Energy Disintegration Bomb. Dust and ash shrouded the entire Siberia, seemingly casting a shadow over the whole world. This battle, in which thousands of people died, finally came to an end.

In the ruins of the base, a figure walked silently, unaffected by the lingering radiation. His colorful armor shielded him from everything. Night Song wandered alone among the ashes of the ruins, holding a black metal plate in his hand, like a bard walking in a desolate place, softly recounting the history of this place.

He slowly crouched down, gently wiping away the dust on the ground, rummaging through it for something. Finally, his movements slowly stopped, and he pulled the white gauntlet out of the ashes, holding two energy bottles that had turned pure black in his hands. The direct explosion of the Honkai Energy Disintegration Bomb had not damaged them in the slightest.

"Is the refining complete?"

Nightsong tossed two Lost Energy Bottles aside, picked one up and placed it in her other hand, letting out a long sigh: "Rest in peace, Sirin. Benares has been killed with her core shattered, but she did her job well, blocking the near-S-rank Valkyrie. If there is an afterlife, I hope you live in a world full of love."

He picked up another energy bottle and sighed in a nostalgic tone, "I really like you, Cecilia. You are as dazzling and pure as Siegfried. You sacrificed everything for the people you loved and for the world. Even knowing it was hell, you would still resolutely step into it. That is what attracts me the most. I also hope that in your next life, you can live in a world without deception and scheming."

Night Song removed his armor, lowered his head, and deeply kissed the two Lost Energy Bottles. This was his way of expressing his guilt towards them and also his final blessing. Even without him, all of this would still have happened, but it wouldn't change the fact that he had stood by and watched. If he had intervened forcefully, perhaps both of them could have been saved, but he didn't.

"As compensation, I will... um?"

Night Song was about to insert Sirin's energy bottle into the metal plate when he suddenly stopped. According to the connection of the black metal plate, he found that the timing of the energy bottle's refinement was completely wrong. Cecilia's time was just now, but Sirin's seemed to have been refined a long time ago, as if it was when she had just become a Herrscher.

"Is it because you became a Herrscher that your body has been completely sublimated? That's why you were able to unleash a combined energy comparable to that at the moment of death to refine the Lost Energy Bottle."

Evolto appeared beside Yege with a complicated expression, arms crossed, looking at him. She could sense that Yege was not at peace with himself.

“It was my negligence; Sirin could have survived.”

Night Song gripped the Lost Bottle tightly, took a deep breath, and coughed as the smoke and dust in the air made him cough. The pain in his lungs made him slightly more awake. He straightened up again and nodded to Evolto: "It seems we need to change our strategy from now on. We need to find those who are qualified to become Herrschers, then modify them, defeat them when they become Herrschers, and take out the energy bottles. At least, we won't let them die. This is my apology to them."

"You're in charge, partner."

Evolto raised his hands, indicating that it was up to him, and returned to Yege's body as liquid. He looked at the metal plate and slowly inserted the energy bottle into the groove. Each insertion was heavier than he had imagined. The energy bottle carried the lives of the girls and their brilliant will.

The lost energy bottle was placed into the slot and immediately became firmly embedded, seemingly plated with gold. The black metal plate shimmered, as if expressing its joy. Night Song stroked Cecilia's energy bottle and whispered:

"You're wrong, Cecilia. My experiment has only just begun."

After speaking, Yege transformed again, spun the Genius Bottle, and blew away all the dust around him, revealing the original appearance of the place. The broken Herrscher cores were scattered around him, but he didn't even look at them. For humans, Herrscher cores were enough to be made into God Keys and drive them crazy, but in Yege's eyes, they were just relics of a certain girl, relics that he was not qualified to touch.

"Black Abyss White Flower? It's a pity it doesn't have the ability to revive."

Shaking his head, Yege tossed the Divine Key next to the Herrscher Core and turned his gaze to the humanoid figure on the ground entangled in vines.

"Siegfried, it's time to wake up from your dream."

*Ahem*, all done smoothly... I was wrong, I was wrong, please stop hitting them! Celine and Cecilia's mother-in-law both have scenes later on, and I'm a perfectionist pervert! How could I let them off the hook? 23333

Section 115, Chapter 111: Sleep

Night Song gently extended her finger and easily parted the vines. Siegfried lay asleep inside, his body shrunken and his face pale. Using the Heavenly Judgment had brought his body to the brink of collapse. Night Song sighed, and gentle energy emanated from him, stimulating the cells in Siegfried's body to revive, accelerate their division, and slowly heal his body.

"You should have seen the darkness of destiny by now, even though I was in it too. I wonder if you will hate me."

Nightsong bent down and kissed Siegfried's forehead, closing the vines and petals again, letting her once more be protected by the Black Abyss White Flower. The Siberian cold was enough to freeze a person to death, but under the protection of the Divine Key, he believed Siegfried would be alright. The people of Schicksal would come to reclaim everything here, confirm Sirin's death, and they would discover Siegfried and the shattered Herrscher Core. But Nightsong couldn't do that, because once he felt compassion, his concealment would lose its meaning.

"Go back, Evolto, I'll listen to you. Get a good night's sleep, and I hope that when I wake up I'll see a new world."

Night Song turned away, no longer looking at Siegfried. She spun the Genius Bottle, her body wiping away in the air as if washed by water, disappearing into Siberia. Soon after, Schicksal's search team arrived and conducted a thorough search of the area. They discovered the sleeping Siegfried and Sirin's shattered core. At that moment, the people of Schicksal were overjoyed. The Herrscher core had shattered into four pieces, each containing immense energy, each piece comparable to a Herrscher!

"Teacher, are you back? How are Cecilia and Siegfried?"

Back in Destiny, Rita found Nightsong, who had deactivated her transformation. Her purple eyes flickered with anticipation and nervousness. Nightsong smiled wryly and patted her head, his tone heavy: "I don't know either. You'll have to ask the recovery team later."

"Okay, Rita understands."

Rita looked at Ye Ge's slightly tired face and nodded obediently. Ye Ge had always appeared strong and unrestrained. Except when she was sleepy or languid, she had never shown such fatigue as she did now. Being sensible, Rita didn't ask any more questions and was about to leave the room when Ye Ge stopped her.

"Rita, I need to talk to you about something."

Rita turned around, her large eyes sparkling with doubt. Night Song paused slightly, took a deep breath, and slowly spoke:

"I may not be able to teach you anymore."

"Teacher! You're going to..." Rita waved her hands in a panic, grabbing Ye Ge's clothes, tears welling in her eyes. "Is it because Rita hasn't done well enough? Please be stricter, teacher! So, please don't leave Rita!"

"That's not how it is!"

Night Song hugged Rita tightly, feeling her small body tremble in her arms. She stroked her gray hair to calm her down before continuing:

"Because of some things, I may have to go into a deep sleep for a while. I'm not sure exactly how long it will be. It could be a few years or even more than ten years. I can't delay your growth. Rita, you are an excellent Valkyrie. I have taught you enough. I believe that in my absence, you can become the strongest on your own."

"Teacher, shall we go to sleep?"

Rita nodded blankly, took two steps back, and suddenly bowed deeply to Night Song.

"Although I don't understand anything, a teacher is a teacher. A teacher for a day is a father (or husband) for life. My teacher will always be my mentor. Even if ten, twenty, or even thirty years have passed, I will never forget my teacher."

Night Song smiled with relief. Rita's words brought some comfort to his weary soul. He affectionately patted Rita's head and said in a gentle voice:

“我也不会忘记可爱的丽塔的，等我苏醒，我回去找你的哦！作为奖励，就让我陪你到最后一刻吧，如果奥托欺负你的话，尽管和我说，等我苏醒了绝对要暴揍他一顿！”

Night Song hugged Rita tightly once more, then spoke to the Evolto within her:

"Let's begin, everything is now complete."

"Yes, don't worry, partner, you won't be lonely. I'll always be with you until the end of time."

"Haha! Evolto, when did you start saying such cheesy things?"

Amidst Evolto and Night Song's laughter, Pandora's Box slowly emerged behind Night Song. A gray-red platform stood in the center of the room, and Pandora's Box landed right in the center. A gray domain spread out, and the sudden pressure made Rita unable to hold on, almost collapsing to the ground. Night Song quickly dispelled the pressure on her.

"Well then, see you later, Rita."

"Okay, see you later, teacher."

Under Rita's gaze, Night Song's body slowly floated up, curling up like a newborn baby sleeping. Gradually, a layer of scarlet liquid enveloped his body, and the Pandora's Box behind him emitted a gray light, illuminating him. His body slowly became transparent and finally disappeared.

Only Rita remained in the room, facing Pandora's Box alone. The pressure emanating from the box enveloped the entire room, repelling all living beings except Rita. With a dazed look in her eyes, Rita stepped forward and gently stroked the cold surface of Pandora's Box. Tears finally streamed down her cheeks uncontrollably.

"Goodbye, teacher. When we meet again, Rita will have grown into the person you hoped she would be. Then you will stay with me and never leave me again, right?"

Rita wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, walked out of the room that held so many memories for her, locked the door, composed herself, and resolutely headed toward Otto's office. The things left behind by Nightsong's slumber still needed to be discussed between her and Otto, and she also had something she wanted to ask him for help with.

"Hey, partner."

In his sea of ​​consciousness, Ye Ge slowly opened his eyes. Evolto was leaning against him, waving at him. She still looked like Fujiwara no Mokou. She pointed to the Pandora's Box in the center. In his soul form, Ye Ge could see more things, such as the constantly flickering purple light source inside the Pandora's Box. The familiar aura made him immediately realize that this was the undigested Honkai God's origin that Evolto had mentioned.

"By devouring it, we will have more power in this world, and the authority and energy that Pandora's Box will gain will be greater. When the box is full and completely opened, perhaps we will be able to reach that ultimate state."

Evolto, holding Night Song's hand, flew towards Pandora's Box. Their hands simultaneously pressed against the box, instantly unleashing a red light. The same red light shone from their bodies as well. Three beams of light enveloped the purple orb and began to slowly absorb it. The source of the Honkai God struggled desperately, but to no avail. How could it possibly resist the embodiment of the Knight's Will?

During this time, Night Song and Evolto were completely absorbed in devouring, having no time to care about anything else. They only knew that part of the Honkai God's essence was slowly weakening, and the feeling of the essence flowing into their bodies made their souls feel comfortable.

He had no idea that during the time he was absorbing the nutrients, he had been asleep for more than ten years!

Phew, finally finished the prequel! Next up is the starter era! Bronya's mine! Hehehe!

Section 116, Chapter 112: As expected, Rita is still my wife.