Behind-the-scenes video of the beginning of Honkai.

"It's all just fate's arrangement. Even if we lose this time, under the leadership of a new savior, humanity will eventually defeat the Honkai!"

However, a voice interrupted Xilin's sarcasm. Xilin looked over and saw a girl with wine-red hair, none other than Penglai Temple Jiuxiao.

"Jiuxiao, what are you doing? It's dangerous!"

When the three families saw that Jiu Xiao had suddenly jumped out, they hurriedly tried to call her back. After all, Xi Lin was too strong now and it was not easy to provoke her. They could only stall for time and see if there was any chance of a turn of events.

However, they then discovered that they couldn't move. It turned out that Sirin had used the Space Stone to lock down the space around them.

"Human, come here right now!"

Xilin teleported Jiuxiao over directly and then grabbed Jiuxiao by the neck.

"Human, what did you just say about a savior? What is it?"

"I am the savior!" Jiuxiao said with a very serious expression.

"You are the savior! You, who can you save? Who is it? Your companions? Or others?"

Sirin was very disgusted by the idea of ​​a savior; after all, if there really was a savior, she wouldn't have suffered so much in the first place.

"Perhaps I cannot save everyone, but as the savior, I will one day fulfill my destined mission and complete the mission of saving humanity!"

"Is that so? Then go and see for yourself what kind of humanity you're trying to save!"

After saying that, Sirin's expression turned cold, and she threw Jiuxiao directly into the mouth of an Emperor-level Honkai Beast.

"No, Nine Heavens! I will kill you, Herrscher of the Void!"

Kiana saw this and tried desperately to break free from the spatial lock, as did Bronya and Mei, but no matter how hard they tried, they could not break free from the spatial constraints.

"Alright, we've dealt with one unpleasant fellow. Now let's talk about how you want to die!"

"The Herrscher of the Void, she actually... she actually fed the Nine Heavens to the Honkai Beasts, how hateful!"

At first, Kiana felt very wronged by everything Sirin suffered in the video and felt very sorry for Sirin.

After all, it was the researchers from Destiny who conducted all sorts of human experiments on Sirin and the others, which led to all of this happening.

However, after Sirin used meteorites to attack people, turning the entire Siberia into a chaotic wasteland and causing countless deaths, her feelings towards Sirin became very complicated.

"Perhaps this is hatred; hatred can completely change a person!"

Himeko only sighed at Sirin's plight. After all, she was long past the age of being sentimental. In all her years as a Valkyrie, she had long known the dark side of the world.

Moreover, after witnessing Valkyries die one by one on their path to fighting the Honkai, she understood that becoming a Valkyrie would inevitably lead to death on this path sooner or later. But life goes on, and the dead become the driving force for the growth of others.

“Jiuxiao shouldn’t be dead yet!” Fu Hua said calmly. “After all, if Xilin wanted to kill Jiuxiao, she could do it with just a flick of her wrist. I guess Xilin is trying to break Jiuxiao’s spirit!”

"belief!"

"That's right. After all, didn't Jiuxiao tell Xilin that he wanted to become the savior of humanity? This made Xilin very angry. I guess Xilin wanted to shatter Jiuxiao's belief! After all, if a person's belief is shattered, that person is probably more painful to live than to die!"

Thinking of this, Fu Hua couldn't help but sigh at Xilin's ruthlessness. After all, even if her beliefs were shattered, she probably wouldn't have the motivation to live. Could Jiuxiao bear it?

While everyone at St. Freya Academy was worried about Jiuxiao, Sirin used her spatial powers to pull everyone in front of her.

"This queen is so kind! My previous words still stand. Tell me, what kind of death do you want!"

Sirin sat on her throne, looking at the people who were struggling in mid-air, bound by her spatial powers.

"Herrscher of the Void, whatever your purpose, kill us if you want. We've already been captured, so do with us as you please. If I, Siegfried Kaslana, were to beg you, I wouldn't be called Siegfried!"

Siegfried didn't know what the Herrscher of the Void wanted to do, but that didn't mean he couldn't be a little tougher.

"Oh! Are humans in such a hurry?"

Several Void Spears appeared near Siegfried's body, seemingly poised to pierce him the moment he uttered another word.

"I……"

"Stop talking about Siegfried! Think about your daughter Kiana!"

However, Siegfried's tough stance did not mean Cecilia was willing to see her husband die in front of her, and she directly advised her.

"Ok!"

Seeing Cecilia say that, Siegfried shut up.

"That's more like it, humans!"

With Siegfried behaving himself, Sirin also withdrew the Spear of Subspace.

"As for what I'm going to do? Isn't it obvious? Of course, it's to destroy humanity!"

Chapter Fifty-Six: The Power of the Herrscher

"Destroy humanity?"

"That's right, you came to fight me to protect humanity, didn't you? So this queen has decided to make you witness the extinction of humanity! To show you that you are powerless!"

A powerful burst of Honkai energy erupted from Sirin, causing the Honkai energy level in Siberia to rise once again. Countless Honkai Beasts were created by Sirin and began to attack humanity.

The scene then switched to a drone in a desert region.

"Your Excellency, the Honkai energy intensity in the Siberian region has increased once again, and countless Honkai Beasts have begun to appear. What should we do next?" Amber communicated with Otto through a holographic projection.

"Have the Valkyrie forces retreat, deploy heavy weapons, kill as many as possible, and let the Valkyries finish off the remaining Honkai Beasts!"

"Even so, our defensive lines won't hold for long?"

After all, the meteorite that Sirin had previously dropped had caused many defenses to collapse, and with such a long battle, even robots would be overloaded, let alone human Valkyries.

"Let the troops keep holding out. I'm currently looking for someone who can resolve this!"

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

"It seems they failed!" Otto thought after Amber killed the holographic projection. However, this was not unexpected for Otto. After all, Sirin's Honkai energy had exceeded 100,000 HW according to satellite detection. Otto naturally knew how strong Sirin was!

Moreover, after learning that Sirin possessed the Mind Stone and the Soul Stone among the Infinity Stones, Otto did not intend to personally go to Sirin. After all, he was not afraid of death mainly because only his Soul Steel body would die, while his consciousness could be transferred.

But Sirin is different. That guy has the real ability to kill him, and he absolutely cannot die before Kallen is resurrected. So even though he really wanted the Infinity Stones, he didn't go for them.

"This is it!"

Otto stepped off the drone. He had found this place by chance via satellite; it was second only to the Siberian Honkai energy reaction. However, this place was somehow blocked, preventing the Honkai energy detector from reacting. He only discovered this by zooming in on the area. His intuition told him that there was something here to solve Sirin's problem.

"The Honkai energy reaction here is almost comparable to that in the central region of Siberia!"

Otto was surprised by the extremely high concentration of Honkai energy in the air.

"Otto, you actually managed to find this place!?"

Just then, a voice rang out, and Otto immediately turned his gaze to it, discovering a little girl dressed in red and black clothes, a little girl Otto recognized.

"I never expected Miss Seele to come here! What a surprise! This must be our first meeting, Miss Seele!"

"I don't want to see you!"

Otto is a very difficult old fox to deal with. Seele can tell from her own intelligence that although she could easily kill Otto's soul steel body with her strength, there is no need to.

"Miss Seele, why didn't you go with Welt and the others to fight the Herrscher of the Void? Instead, you came here. Otto is here to ask for your answer!"

Otto asked Seele very politely, after all, he could feel the enormous power emanating from Seele's small body, so he naturally wouldn't voluntarily seek death.

"The reason is simple: I can't beat Sirin, so I need to become stronger here!"

"Become stronger!?"

“Yes! Otto, do you know just how powerful a Herrscher can be?” Seele then turned to Otto and asked.

How much?

Otto pondered this for a moment. From the Void Archives, he obtained a lot of information about the previous civilization and also learned about the strength of the Herrschers of the previous civilization. The Herrscher of Thunder's outbreak of disaster affected most of East Asia and even crossed the sea to affect the cities along the eastern coast of the Divine Continent at that time.

The Herrscher of Flame burned the entire Australian continent in a week, the Herrscher of Geo swallowed a continent with a simulated black hole, and the Herrscher of Restraint deployed a divine grace barrier with a radius of hundreds of kilometers, killing all but the Thirteen Heroes of Fire Chaser among the fusion warriors of the former civilization.

And then there's the Herrscher of the End, who can destroy the world. That's all the Herrscher power Otto knew. Of course, if we're going to include one more, there's Sirin, the Herrscher of the Void, who can destroy planets. Otto told Seele all of this.

"Damn, were the Herrschers from the previous civilization this strong?"

Tesla, inside the space, couldn't help but curse, after all, none of the Herrschers that Otto mentioned above were weak.

"This is quite normal. After all, Honkai is the suppressive force of civilization. The higher the level of civilization's development, the stronger the destructive power of Honkai! Previous civilizations were more advanced than the current civilization, and the Herrschers of Nature were stronger!"

Einstein said this, and thinking about it, I can't help but sigh. Although I don't want to admit it, it seems that the reason why the current civilization's Herrschers are so much weaker than the previous civilization is really because of Otto.

"I never expected Otto to actually do good deeds!"

Siegfried said angrily, after all, he hated Otto very much, but he couldn't deny that without Otto's leadership, more people would probably die. Thinking this made Siegfried even angrier.

"It seems we can't completely deny Otto's achievements just because he was a bad guy!"

Walter Young said this, but that doesn't mean he doesn't hate Otto. If he had the chance to kill Otto, he would only make Otto die a more gruesome death.

In the scene, Seele nodded in agreement with what Otto said.

"These are indeed the strengths of relatively powerful Herrschers. Honkai is the suppressive force of civilization. The higher the level of civilization's development, the stronger the Herrschers born from Honkai!"

"The strength of a Herrscher depends on two things. One is the use of their powers. Every Herrscher's powers have their own strengths, and the Herrscher can only become powerful by maximizing their use."

"The second point is Honkai energy. After all, even the best machine needs energy to run. The more Honkai energy a Herrscher has, the more it can use its powers and the better its physical abilities will be!"

"The reason why the Herrscher of the End is so strong is because it possesses all the powers of the previous thirteen Herrschers, as well as that enormous Honkai energy. This is why the Herrscher of the End's strength is completely different from that of the previous thirteen Herrschers!" Seele explained the Herrscher's power directly to Otto.

"So what do you mean by 'stronger'?"

"Then of course I'll become a second-stage Herrscher! Add to that the Godslayer mech tailor-made for me, and I'll have the power to face Sirin head-on!"

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Sirin's Memories

"The second stage? I didn't expect a Herrscher to have such power!"

Otto in space analyzed Seele's words in the video, since neither the previous civilization nor the current civilization had ever produced a Herrscher who reached the second stage.

"Does a Herrscher have a second stage? Yang, can you transform into one?!"

"I think I'd better give up! With my resistance to Honkai energy, I'd probably just die instantly!"

Welt Yang shook his head. After all, he wasn't a native Herrscher of Reason, and men have extremely low resistance to Honkai energy. During the Second Honkai Impact, he overused the power of the Herrscher of Reason, which is why his body hasn't recovered even now.

In the video, Seele continues to explain.

"A Herrscher who has reached the second stage can be said to possess power second only to the Herrscher of the End among Herrschers, and will also have an additional ability!"