Honkai Impact 3rd: The Girl Who Chases the Flame

I think not.

Aponia shook her head.

"There's no other way, we'll try another one later..."

Melutina tilted her head suddenly halfway through her sentence—

"Waaaaah, why did my investment fail again? No way! Absolutely not!"

A guest who was pounding the table and crying.

“This guest…you’ve had too much to drink. Our place is a noodle shop, not a tavern.”

The store manager said with an embarrassed expression.

"Waaah, really? Where's the tavern?"

"Turn right after you go out..."

The five people's gazes followed the guest's dejected figure until he disappeared, and then they looked at each other in bewilderment.

"It's Aunt Cangxuan."

Greta calmly revealed the truth.

"...Let's continue the welcome party in another place later."

Melutina continued the sentence.

"Gresch likes to paint, doesn't she? How about we go to an art museum?"

"This little... Gretchen, isn't she the one who draws weird and strange things?"

Qianjie originally wanted to say "little brat," but seeing the look Aponia was giving him, he changed his mind.

"We're all here, so it doesn't really matter, right?"

"What? Isn't it dangerous? We'll..."

"Paddo, the task of looking after Gretchen is now in your hands."

"No, Sister Mei, we..."

"Let's pull off something big together!"

"Look, Gretchen and you get along very well."

"........."

Chapter 109 Death in Battle

"Life is not beautiful because of death, but death is noble because of life."

There is no absolutely just death, nor is there an absolutely sublime life. Only when life transcends death can all beings be equal.

—Excerpt from Nino's "Refutation of the Declaration of War"

.........

Nino, that's actually a very famous name.

Previously, the name circulated among journalists and writers, who held it in high esteem, calling Nino the "most honest" and "most free" journalist.

Later, someone edited her manuscripts and published them as a book, not as news clips, but as a philosophical classic, which amazed many highly respected professors.

As the world entered its end times, people seeking faith and comfort began to resonate strongly with her writings.

In a sense, perhaps this can be considered a trend.

But what would they think if they knew that this "Honest Miss Nino" was one of the apostles of this apocalypse?

.........

"How arrogant."

Agnes—no, to be precise, she should be called the "Herrscher of Binding"—walked down the street, flipping through Agnes's favorite book.

"Life transcends death, and then all beings are equal. What a funny joke. But making this a reality is God's salvation... isn't it?"

"Hey kid, how do you walk? Watch where you're going!"

The Herrscher of Restraint, who was engrossed in reading, bumped into a burly man who seemed to be reaching out to grab her.

The Lawbearer of Restraint slightly shifted his body and tripped the man with his foot, causing him to fall to the ground.

"Watch where you're going? Why don't you all just move aside?"

The Lawbearer tilted his head.

"Ah... he's dead. He attacked without warning. Humans are so fragile."

Spiked chains emerged from beneath her feet, and the man's blood flowed down his chest.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"

Of course, such an obvious anomaly would not go unnoticed on the street during the day, but the scream only lasted for a moment.

The next second, their chests were completely pierced through.

"How boring, how boring, how boring..."

The Law Bearer of Constraints opens his arms.

"Beyond death...and then all beings are equal. Hahahaha...hahahahaha...interesting, how arrogant. I'll accept this boast from that half-baked Tenth Herrscher."

Then, the Herald of Binding stopped smiling and tilted his head to look at the woman in front of him:

"...They came way too fast, didn't they?"

The woman silently gripped her weapon, and behind her, a line of fusion warriors stood in formation.

"New captain of the 9th Honkai Squad, Salome. Your mission ends here, enemy of humanity."

Salome frowned, looking at the Herrscher who was filled with murderous intent and madness, but it shouldn't be her imagination...

She didn't sense any powerful Honkai energy from this Herrscher, not even as much as one of the thousand Herrschers.

"Is she a weak Herrscher? Or has she not yet awakened...?"

Salome assumed a posture of readiness.

"Should I marvel at my good luck here...?"

.........

Moth Chasing Fire Headquarters

"Urgent report! There are no survivors in the monastery! But the Honkai energy reaction is weak, making it impossible to determine the situation."

The new secretary pushed open the door to Mei's office, walked in with a report in hand, and there was a metal detector at the entrance.

Since the last incident involving a thousand Lawyers, Mei's secretaries have been rotated, so she no longer needs to vet them...

As long as everyone is on alert, that's fine.

"Don't rush, it's not certain yet whether it's Law..."

Mei, who had recently returned to work, frowned. She picked up the teapot, intending to have a cup of tea to calm herself down.

"Report! Report!"

However, before Mei could finish her sentence, a fusion warrior in combat gear stumbled to the doorway.

"Sasha, Salome... Captain Salome... is dead!!!"

"Click".

Mei's water bottle fell to the ground.

……

"Beep beep beep beep!!!"

"kindness?"

Melutina, who was sleeping in her dormitory, was suddenly awakened. She opened the window barefoot, looked up, and saw a red light everywhere she looked.

"Highest alert?!"

Melutina was startled.

A new Herrscher... has appeared?

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a loud knocking at the door. Melutina opened it and there was Alicia, who was standing on tiptoe, trying to put on her boots that she hadn't put on yet.

"Melutina, emergency assembly, let's go!"

"Yes!"

Although they hadn't been in a superior-subordinate relationship for a long time, Melutina still answered instinctively, and then after a moment she said,

"You'd better take off your sleeping cap before you go."

.........

Half an hour later

"……what?"

Melutina lifted the private in front of her.

"What did you just say?!"

"Captain Salome... has fallen..."

The private swallowed hard. Last time, when he was in charge of informing Klein about the Thousand-Man Herrscher, he was kicked away by Melutina and had several ribs broken.

I never expected that he would get into this mess again...

"Bastard!"

Melutina threw him out, and before she could even take a step, she was grabbed from both sides.

"Kevin! Alicia! Let me go!"