Firefly, I want to be a Sanyo Hermit

The emblem of three leaves and three flowers shrank and gradually turned into three intersecting lines...

"So cold... but so warm... what's going on?" Anna felt her body was extremely cold, but her soul seemed to be immersed in a warm hot spring.

She witnessed her own transformation.

The three intersecting lines turned into six branches... and then fine 'fluff' spread.

An ice-blue ice flower was gradually constructed.

Anna could feel it, that was the 'Awakening Stigma'... Although it seemed to have nothing to do with [Shaniat], but...

"Feels like Mei?" Anna felt the breath of the new stigmata, but inexplicably felt that she was very similar to her friend.

The only difference between her stigma and Raiden Mei's aura that carries violent power is that her stigma has a chilling chill.

'Is this my stigmata? ' Anna's soul whispered.

[Feel this power, and wake up...]

The black and white gradient tights wrapped around the girl's body, and the gorgeous cloak with a dark blue and ice blue gradient covered everything.

Beautiful ice flowers climbed up the girl's body and a crown-like tiara fell on her head.

'bass! ’

The pale-faced girl suddenly opened her eyes, her deep blue eyes staring at the dark ceiling.

Frost like tear marks slid down his cheeks.

[Go question her, Anna.]

"Ask her..." The girl looked at her hand pierced by the icicle. "Ask her..."

'Why...why do you want to kill me?'

C.135 Herrscher of Ice

[Herrser of Ice]'s mood at the moment is extremely complicated. It's hard to tell whether I'm sad or feeling something else.

Are you sad? Very sad.

Angry? Very angry.

But when I wanted to vent all my emotions, they were blocked in my heart.

The Herrscher who possesses the [Power of Ice] is like a volcano about to erupt.

Normally, after the [Sequence Collapse] erupts, the surging Collapse energy will gather towards the Herrscher like a backflow.

After absorbing enough Honkai energy, the Herrscher will become a complete form and possess the same power as the [Herrscher].

After all, the original definition of [Herrscher] was just 'a Herrscher who has a 100% synchronization rate with the Core and possesses humanity'.

And in this [Eternal Tribulation·Infinite Corridor], the energy of destruction is infinite.

Because it is originally located in the 'imaginary space'.

The surge of Honkai energy poured into the body of the Ice Herrscher, who possessed the Ice Power and felt as if he was immersed in a warm stream of water.

But the joy of her body and soul kept reminding her that she had almost died.

She was puzzled, so she wanted to ask the other party.

She couldn't understand. Could it be that just because they hadn't slept together for a few days, their relationship had become so cold, so cold that Wendy even wanted to kill herself?

[Herrscher of Ice] I can't understand...

Doubts, doubts, doubts...

Unanswered questions piled up and turned into intense resentment.

His mind was in a mess, so messy that the [Herrser of Ice] could hardly think of many things.

This feeling is very strange. The Ice Ruler can clearly know that she is stuck in a dead end, but she can't get out of it no matter what.

It’s like a song suddenly starts to repeat in your mind before going to bed. You know it’s time to go to bed, but this song just won’t stop.

But she felt as if her body was locked.

Neither her sadness nor her anger could be vented. She wanted to attack those around her madly and scream loudly to vent her inner torment, but she simply couldn't do it.

It's like wanting to cry but losing the ability to cry. No matter what, I can't express the emotions in my heart the way I imagined.

'Why, why, why...'

The increasingly confused brain made the Ice Herrscher's thoughts confused as well. She couldn't even remember what she wanted to ask in the beginning when the word "why" was repeating in her mind. Only this word was constantly repeating in her mind.

'Kara'

Suddenly, a strange shattering sound was heard.

Although I have returned to my body, I can still see myself from a third-person perspective.

The expressionless face suddenly collapsed.

It was clearly her face, but now it seemed to be cracked like a mask.

Suddenly, the faces completely shattered, and they turned into ice powder and scattered beside the bed.

The girl with the shattered face closed her eyes like a doll, and ice-blue tears slid down from her eyes, dripping onto the bedding and turning into ice flowers.

'Kala-Kala...'

The sound of dense glaciers cracking was heard, and with the [Herrser of Ice] as the center, everything around was quietly covered with a layer of frost.

"I... want to leave here..." The [Herrser of Ice], who had almost forgotten everything, opened her eyes. She had only one thought in her mind... that was to leave this space.

She has one more thing to do...

"Wendy..." Almost instinctively, the Herrscher of Ice called out the name stiffly.

Then, even stronger power spread from her body.

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[Wendy...]

"!" Wendy, who was maintaining her power output, suddenly stopped. "Anna?!"

Just for a moment, she heard Anna's voice calling her.

"What's wrong?" Kiana asked in confusion when she saw Wendy stopped outputting her power, but Kiana's own power output did not stop.

Wendy used her power to attract and diffuse the air currents. Although it didn't take long, a strange 'climate' had already formed.

Therefore, even if Wendy briefly stopped outputting her power, the climate that was formed did not dissipate directly, but still spread to the distance with Kiana's power.

"Lady Kiana, I seemed to hear Anna's voice..." Wendy said excitedly, but then her face froze.

Kiana had told her before that she had simply treated Anna's body. Anna was temporarily fine now. She just needed to wait for the rescue here to be completed, and she would further treat Anna's body, so Anna would not be in danger.

While Wendy was very happy, she was also scared about her previous behavior.

"Anna's voice? She shouldn't wake up so soon..." Kiana muttered in confusion. "Continue to activate your power. I'll check on Anna's condition."

"Yes, thank you for your help, Lady Kiana." Wendy nodded quickly and displayed her power again.

Kiana was multitasking, maintaining the output of [Power of Death] while investing part of her consciousness into [Eternal Tribulation: Infinite Corridor].

Although it is said to be conscious investment, for Kiana, it is actually like the uncle in the monitoring room who has to take care of multiple screens. It is not a big deal.

In an instant, the entire corridor turned into Kiana's "surveillance", and she saw the [Herserker of Ice] sitting up from the bed.

"Hmm? He's really awake." Kiana raised her eyebrows in surprise.

The girl's condition was not very good. When she "picked" Anna up, Anna's armor was already badly damaged, and she also had severe injuries on her body. But the most serious thing was that Anna used the power of "Shaniat" to squeeze out her own vitality.

To some extent, the behavior of [Herrserker of Ice] is a bit like [White Flower and Blood]... although the principles are completely different.

[White Flower Blood] instantly drains all of the [Shaniat Holy Blood] in the body, which is enough to instantly destroy all the Honkai energy of a Herrscher-level unit.

What Anna launched was what every Shaniyat would do, an attack at the cost of one's life.

Although Kiana had only given Anna preliminary treatment before, she used her power to treat her. Not only did she repair Anna's injuries, but she also replenished some of her vitality. At least before the end of this Houkai rescue operation, Anna would not die from being too weak.

Looking at the Herrscher of Ice who had sat up but still had his eyes drooped and looked dazed, Kiana shook her head helplessly.

Anna is a really silly kid.

"Then let's release her first. It's good to let her stay in the environment of [Creation]." Kiana thought, and the [Herrser of Ice], still wearing the broken armor, was transferred out.

...

"Eh?" Wendy, who was maintaining the output of power, had a strange feeling for a moment.

That was a sign of spatial turbulence. The next moment, Wendy saw a familiar figure appear in the air.

At this moment, Wendy instantly realized the Herrscher's ability of 'super-accelerated thoughts', and the time around her was slowed down countless times in an instant.

However, this kind of "super-accelerated thinking" has no meaning to Wendy.

The question 'Why is Anna here?' flashed through her mind for a moment, but then countless thoughts of 'catching her' overwhelmed her consciousness.

And outside of her thoughts, it seemed that Wendy opened her eyes wide, and instantly rushed over to hold up the [Herrserker of Ice] who was about to fall.

"Anna." Wendy maintained her power while catching the [Herrserker of Ice].

Although Kiana said she would treat Anna, she was still very worried when she didn't see Anna.

And now, the lover appeared before him, and he finally felt relieved.

"Lady Kiana, Anna..." Wendy was about to ask Kiana when she suddenly noticed that the Herrscher of Ice had opened his eyes.

Completely different from the cute pink eyes before, there was almost no emotion in the deep blue eyes, and even no reflective luster.

The empty eyes stared at Wendy grimly.

"Anna?" Wendy called out anxiously. With the look in the Ice Herrscher's eyes at that moment, Wendy felt that she had hurt her too deeply, so she lost her mind.

Wendy did not think of the possibility of Anna becoming a Herrscher, because she believed that a [Stigmata Awakener] could not become a Herrscher. (In fact, this is true. The original text said that the Stigmata Awakener and the Herrscher are completely opposite existences, and Anna's previous determination was not complete.)

"Wendy..." The Herrscher of Ice stared at Wendy without blinking.

"Sorry, Anna... it's me...?!" Seeing that the Ice Herrscher seemed to be waiting for her answer, Wendy apologized first.

She had no intention of making excuses for herself for almost hurting Anna. If she had done something wrong, she should admit her mistake and she was willing to bear any punishment.

However, just as Wendy opened her mouth, the Herrscher of Ice had already hugged Wendy.

"Anna has forgiven me? Or is it because Anna didn't know what I did at that time..." Wendy instinctively hugged the girl in her arms. She was happy at first, but then she was swallowed by guilt.

Even if Anna didn't know, she had to confess to Anna... After looking at herself like that, Wendy wanted to tell Anna her true self completely.

Even if the result is losing Anna, it doesn't matter.

"She's so cold..." Wendy hugged the Ice Herrscher tightly. "Hmm? What's going on?"

After becoming a Herrscher, even the flames of Raziel did not make her feel hot. At most, she felt that the temperature around her was a little high.

When this patient body embraced the [Herrserker of Ice], she felt a chill.

It's not just chilliness, it's also an extreme murderous intent.

"Wendy!" Kiana, who was viewing from a third-person perspective, had already noticed something was wrong, and she quickly reached out her hand to stop it.

But in such a split second, when even Kiana had no time to stop it, an ice cone with a diameter of about ten centimeters instantly pierced Wendy's chest.

The ribs and spine were pierced instantly, and even a piece of the heart was gouged out by the ice pick.

"Huh?" Everything happened so fast that Wendy didn't even feel anything or react before she was attacked.

"Why, Wendy?" The Herrscher of Ice looked at the girl who was pierced and hung on the icicle. "Why? Why? Why?"

"Get out of my way!" In an instant, a burning hand knife suddenly chopped down.

Facing Kiana's attack, even the completely opposite power like [Hersher of Ice] would not be able to resist at all.

However, contrary to Kiana's expectations, the Ice Herrscher had no intention of dodging or resisting, and his empty eyes were still staring at Wendy.

'call'

The flame burning on the palm suddenly went out.

Kiana just wanted to force the [Herrserker of Ice] away, not to kill her directly.