Firefly, I want to be a Sanyo Hermit

B.146 Lightspeed Frustration

[Forget it, never mind.] The Herrscher of Corrosion, who was inexplicably entangled in her own thoughts, quickly abandoned these thoughts and then looked at Kiana in front of her. [You will be the first sacrifice!]

As soon as he finished speaking, [Herser of Corrosion] instantly disappeared from the spot.

It wasn't teleportation, but an illusion created because her speed was fast enough.

Almost at the same time as she disappeared, she had already appeared in front of Kiana, and slashed down with the bloody long sword in her hand without any hesitation.

"It seems that you are not aware of the difference in strength at all." Facing the oncoming long sword, Kiana just casually stretched out her hand and grasped the blade of the long sword with incredible precision.

The speed of [Hersher of Corrosion] is indeed very fast, but in Kiana's eyes, this speed is like slow motion.

[What? How is this possible?!] The Herrscher of Corrosion was extremely aware of how powerful Yaezakura's body was.

Although her Herrscher Core is sealed and cannot be fully used, some of its strengthening effects still exist. Moreover, Yae Sakura also possesses natural stigmata. Although they have not been fully activated, the power provided by the stigmata should not be underestimated.

After adding the two together, the power that the [Hershers of Corrosion] now possesses far exceeds that of an ordinary [Pseudo-Hershers]. Even if it is a real Herrsher, she has the possibility of defeating her.

But...her attack was broken so easily? How is this possible?

[Damn it!] The Herrscher of Corrosion shouted angrily and tried to draw his sword and retreat.

Kiana did not stop him, but naturally loosened her grip on the blade, allowing the Herrscher of Corrosion to move away, giving her a chance to regroup.

"Since a direct attack will be blocked, then..." [Hersher of Corrosion] wiped his hand across the blade, and a blood-red flame suddenly rose up, and the heat wave rushed towards Kiana. At the same time, [Hersher of Corrosion] changed the angle and attacked Kiana again.

Although the result was slightly different, this time Kiana directly grasped the blade.

The extremely sharp slashing blows and demonic fire from the [Demon Sword: Akazaki Sakura] couldn't even cause any harm to Kiana.

[Go to hell!] [The Herrscher of Corrosion] ignited a black and red flame in his left hand in disbelief. It was a flame mixed with [Power of Corrosion]. Once hit by this flame, even if you are not burned by the flame, you will be corroded by the virus contained in it.

[Herser of Corrosion] shouted loudly, and his left hand turned into a claw holding a flame and hit Kiana's chest.

"..."

Maintaining this posture, the black and red flames burned at Kiana's collarbone, but it didn't seem to cause any damage.

The imagined scene of her hand piercing through Kiana's chest and then the flames turning her into ashes did not appear.

The atmosphere seemed to be stagnant, and Kiana's eyes shining with white crosses stared at the purple-red animal eyes of [Hersher of Corrosion].

"How is it possible..." An incomprehensible fear appeared in the eyes of [Hersler of Corrosion].

Even that woman, Kallen, didn't dare to take its attack head-on!

Why could this woman completely ignore his attacks? This is impossible!

"Well, it's my turn, right?" Kiana loosened the hand holding the blade and raised it up as a hand knife.

The divine ring turned into a flaming wheel and spun in Kiana's palm. The fiery sparks and the creepy sizzling sound made the Herrscher of Corrosion realize that something was wrong.

She tried to retreat, but Kiana's flame wheel slashed towards her without any hesitation.

"Sizzle!!!"

An extremely harsh friction sound was heard, and in just less than two seconds, the [Demon Sword: Red Sakura] of [Hersher of Corrosion], which was strengthened by the power of the Herrscher, was cut into two pieces by the cutting of the Flame Wheel.

The flaming wheel passed by the Herrscher of Corrosion by a hair's breadth and did not cause any harm to her.

After all, this is Yae Sakura's body, and Kiana has no intention of destroying it directly, otherwise she would have to spend a lot of effort to "repair" Yae Sakura's body.

With a wave of his hand, he dispersed the Flame Wheel, which turned into several pieces and transformed into a constantly floating divine ring beside Kiana.

[How is this possible...] Faced with this invincible enemy, [Hersher of Corrosion]'s legs went limp and he sat down on the ground, looking at Kiana with fear in his eyes.

"Haven't you found it yet?" Kiana said to the Herrscher of Corrosion, holding the blade. "Look around."

[What?] Following Kiana's words, she looked around.

There was a vast expanse of space all around, as if in a wasteland...but the strange thing was that the ground beneath him was not land, but an extremely solid...unknown material.

"Tree...right! Why is that cherry tree gone? ! " The Herrscher of Corrosion, who had not noticed anything wrong, suddenly realized that the cherry tree that had sealed him and Yaezakura was gone.

[What did you do?!] The surrounding Honkai energy was extremely powerful, so powerful that she might even be able to absorb it to unlock the seal on her core.

As long as she unlocks the seal on her core in the black box, she will be able to become a true Herrscher again.

But it is definitely not normal for Honkai to be so powerful. Even the Herrscher of Corrosion, whose brain has been stopped for a long time, can understand this.

"This is my world." Kiana spread her hands towards the Herrscher of Corrosion. In just a blink of an eye, thousands of Sub-Sky Spears almost blocked the vision of the Herrscher of Corrosion.

[How is this possible?! What kind of power is this!] [Hersherrs of Corrosion] roared at Kiana in despair.

"Didn't I tell you?" Kiana retracted and dispersed the [Spears of the Sub-Sky] that filled the sky. "I am a Herrscher, the [Herrscher of the Fire Flame]."

[...I don't understand.] [Herrscher of Corrosion] no longer had any thoughts of resistance, she just looked at Kiana helplessly. [Why...why did you stop me...]

She couldn't understand, if Kiana was indeed the Herrscher, why would she stop herself?

"Because..." Kiana suddenly stopped herself.

"Because I want to save you?" Such words have no meaning at all to the [Herrser of Corrosion]. She is somewhat similar to Xilin, but not the same.

"Because I can't let you hurt others." Kiana sighed and said, "So I have to stop you."

[【Herrser of Fire】...Do you like humans so much? ]【Herrser of Corrosion】I can't understand. Herrsers are clearly the enemies of humans...

B.147 tnnd, I exploded with you!

[【Herrscher of the Fire】...Do you like humans so much? ]

"Like humans? That's not necessarily the case." Kiana pinched her chin and thought for a moment before saying.

The situation of this [Rule Master of Corrosion] of the previous civilization is similar to that of Xilin, but also different.

Judging from the hatred she expressed towards humans, she was actually a rare herrscher with human nature in the pre-civilization era.

Since she has human nature and was once a poor person who died due to persecution by others, Kiana felt it necessary to advise her.

But the difference between her and Sirin is that Sirin did not cause any real disaster. The targets of her revenge were all those who had harmed her, so Kiana allowed her to do it so early.

But the [Herser of Corrosion] is different... Kiana doesn't care about the destruction of the last three cities of the previous civilization era. After all, the previous civilization era has been destroyed, and all those who persecuted her have paid the price.

However, for the disasters she caused in the current civilized era, only the parties involved can forgive her or punish her.

So...the only person who is now qualified to punish the [Hersherers of Corrosion] is Yaesakura.

[Then... why?] Knowing that he was no match for Kiana, Herrscher of Corrosion also showed an attitude of being willing to talk.

Kiana truly understood the meaning of the famous saying, "I am a reasonable person. The reason why I am good at fighting is to make the other party reasonable with me."

If she hadn't just completely crushed the [Hersher of Corrosion], there would probably be no possibility of a conversation.

"The reason is simple." Kiana easily found a very reasonable reason. "Human civilization is very convenient and interesting."

"If I destroy humanity, I will be bored."

[Is that all?] [Herrscher of Corrosion] widened his eyes in disbelief. [You bastard! You ignored it just for your own amusement...]

[Hersher of Corrosion]'s roar suddenly got stuck in the middle, because what she wanted to say was "Ignore the mission of being a Herrscher".

But "Honkai" has never given her any mission. Destroying human civilization is her revenge. For her, it is her own business.

And Kiana's desire to protect human civilization also stems from her "selfishness".

Therefore, both her and Kiana's behavior were natural to them.

"Huh? She's so calm?" Kiana looked at the Herrscher of Corrosion in surprise. Her heart had been corroded by hatred and anger, but her attitude was not violent at all. She could even be said to be very calm.

"Is it the sage mode after being beaten?"

[I won't give up... I will kill them all. None of them can escape!] [Hersher of Corrosion] roared at Kiana, but her voice did not sound firm to Kiana.

Rather than a 'declaration', her words were more like 'self-suggestion'. She was suggesting to herself that everyone was her enemy, everyone was an enemy.

"I see." Kiana thought for a moment and understood the fundamental reason. "The Herrschers of the pre-civilization era were almost all puppets of the Honkai, without their own will. Moreover, the 'Honkai' of the pre-civilization era had no will, so naturally, as Herrschers, they had no so-called 'mission'."

The puppet Herrschers are just like Honkai beasts, following the basic underlying logic to carry out the work of "destroying civilization".

However, the [Rersher of Erosion] who possesses human nature does not have such underlying logic.

'The reason she intends to destroy civilization is that she was persecuted to death, and her humanity makes her want revenge, and that's why...'

"Fifty thousand years have passed, and all the hatred that once existed has been wiped out by the passage of time."

"Have you lost your reason for existence? Herrscher of Corrosion."

The reason why she suggested this to herself was not because she hated anyone, but precisely because...she no longer had anything to hate.

However, the resentment that has trapped her in the black box for fifty thousand years is the pillar that has supported her survival to this day. If even the hatred disappears, she will no longer find the reason for her existence.

So she was deceiving herself in this way, making her think that her hatred was not over yet.

[Ugh! Aaaaaaaaah!!!] Having its thoughts completely exposed, the Herrscher of Corrosion screamed terribly at Kiana.

Even though she knew she was no match for Kiana, she still burned her Honkai energy with almost losing all her sanity.

The black and red flames ignited her body.

The stigma was madly absorbing the energy from [Eternal Tribulation: Infinite Corridor]. The increasingly powerful energy of collapse caused cracks to appear on her body. Although it was very blurry, Kiana could still see the blood gushing out from the cracked parts of her body.

But at the same time, the powerful Honkai energy repaired her body, and her pink muscles were throbbing.

The overly powerful Honkai energy level even caused her to resonate with her Herrscher Core, and the power of [Erosion] completely eroded the Soul Steel Box, which was freed under the control of her power.

A dark red beam of light suddenly rose into the sky. It was the [Herrser of Corrosion Core]!

Unlike any other Herrscher, the ultimate virus, [Herscher of Corrosion], can fully exert the power of a Herrscher even without a body.

But through the previous confrontation, she knew very well that even if she was in her best form, she would not be a match for Kiana, so...

'Kara'

The over-operating Herrscher Core collapsed directly, and a level of Honkai energy so powerful that even Kiana frowned erupted from her body.

The black and red mist dissipated from Yaezakura's body and transformed into a huge fox shadow hovering in the sky above [Naraka: Infinite Corridor].

"As a Herrscher of Sequence Twelve, and with her achievements in destroying civilization, her power level exceeds that of any Herrscher except for the Herrscher of the End and the Composite Core Herrscher."

Even in the final period of the 'original world', only she, Sirin and Mei Raiden possessed a Honkai energy level of over ten thousand. Even the Herrscher of Meteoric Ice, who also had a 'composite core', did not have an energy level exceeding ten thousand points.

"You are not planning to erode me, but to die with me?" Kiana thought seriously, but at the same time she was also raising her Houkai level.

"Sorry."

A green glow bloomed from Kiana's body.

"Your life does not belong to you for the time being."

【Creation·Full Solution】

B.148 Curse or Blessing

[How is it possible...] [Hersler of Corrosion] can clearly feel that his own 'body' is being destroyed.

Unlike ordinary Herrschers, the power of ordinary Herrschers cannot be released unless it exists on the Herrscher's body or is made into a [Key of God] and the power is released in a fixed way.

In other words, a normal Herrscher Core cannot release its power without a carrier.

Of course, there are exceptions, namely the [Herrser Core of Consciousness] and the [Herrser Core of Corrosion]. These two powers are not very dependent on the 'physical body'. Unless the consciousness is also destroyed, even if only the core is left, the Herrser can still drive the power in the core to launch an attack.

The body of [Hersher of Corrosion] had already been decomposed into viruses at the moment of death, which means...power is the essence.

But now, she could clearly feel that her power was being destroyed.

"Isn't it common for cells to destroy viruses?" Kiana, who was driving the [Power of Creation], said to the fox shadow in front of her. "I said, your current life does not belong to you."

'clatter'

A crisp snap of fingers suddenly sounded, and the surrounding 'imaginary space' vibrated in the snap. In just a blink of an eye, the huge fox shadow was completely crushed by the vines formed by the entangled emerald light particles.

"Be quiet for now." Kiana held a burning flame feather between her index finger and thumb. As Kiana spoke, the flame feather approached the [Hersher of Corrosion Core] like a dart.