I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

"We're finally here...Nanoha~~~ You run so fast! I was planning on asking you to give me a ride."

Retracting the weapon box casually, Seele looked at Nanoha with resentment. She had originally planned to ask Nanoha to give her a ride, but the little girl ran away, leaving Seele with no choice but to come by herself.

“Ahahahahahahahahaha…”

When Nanoha heard this and looked at the long trail left by the bicycle, she could only laugh out loud.

"never mind……"

Seele didn't mean to complain about Nanoha, she just complained casually, then she looked at Chrono beside her and asked, "So, what's the situation now?"

Chrono, who was observing the report, said, "According to observation, there are four activated Holy Stone Seeds. These four Holy Stone Seeds have just begun to resonate, and their frequencies are gradually becoming unified. It is estimated that they will be completely unified in 45 minutes. It is unknown what will happen then. It is said that Holy Stone Seeds have the ability to trigger dimensional shocks, but that is the effect after all of them are gathered. It is completely unknown what will happen with only four of them."

Chrono showed the results of his speculation on Asura to the two of them.

"Can it be sealed by force?"

Xier frowned and said that she was familiar with the name of Dimensional Shock. It was said that it could create a space-time fault and then attract the surrounding objects into the created hole.

The Space-Time Administration has observed dimensional quakes several times, but has never been able to figure out anything because all the machines or people that approached the void have disappeared without exception.

"Thinking about it"

Chrono smiled bitterly, pointed to a place in the distant sea and said, "Nanoha and I have tried to seal it by force, but the result was not satisfactory. For some reason, there is a powerful barrier at the four holy stone seeds, and all our attacks were blocked."

Nanoha also added: "Yes, my artillery fire can penetrate this barrier but it cannot completely penetrate it, and this barrier can actually repair itself."

"Is that so...Nanoha's magic doesn't work either..."

Seele knew the power of Nanoha's move called God's Reaper, which was a powerful artillery attack with extremely high penetrating power.

"According to our observation, the reason why Nanoha's bombardment was ineffective is because the barrier has a very high repair capacity before it is completely broken. However, if a penetrating attack is carried out from two directions at the same time, the barrier may be penetrated and shattered."

Chrono gave the results calculated by the crew, but this was also a point that gave him a headache, that is, there was no one else in the entire Asura who could use magic with the same power as Nanoha.

"I'm sorry, I'm not strong enough..."

Nanoha's braids were hanging down, and it was obvious that she was devastated by the fact that she couldn't help Chrono and the others break through the barrier.

(No, no, no, you are already very strong...)

Chrono and Seele both shook their heads. Nanoha is only a nine-year-old child, but he has such abilities. If he grows up, he will be even more terrifying.

"Let me guess, you asked me to come here to see if I can cooperate with Nanoha to break through the barrier?"

Xier immediately understood her role.

"Yes, I hope you can cooperate with Nanoha to break through the barrier."

Krono nodded and said, "You are the only candidate we can think of now."

"Okay... I'll try."

Xier nodded.

"Very well, I'll take you to the other side. Nanoha stays here and keeps communicating."

Chrono nodded, and Nanoha nodded.

——Girl flying——

"arrive"

Chrono brought Xier to a place close to the barrier.

"Is Nanoha ready?"

"We're ready!"

Nanoha Genki's voice came through the communication, his voice quiet but with a hint of excitement.

“Ready”

Xier also made an OK gesture, and the square box in her hand turned into a long sickle with a blue and white pattern. Several chains were hung on the handle and blade, and the tail of the sickle was a key-mounted counterweight.

This weapon called the Door to the Other Shore was specially made by Bai Xi to maximize Xier's power.

"Listen to my command! Charge and get ready, three... two..."

"Heart of the Rising Sun, God of Fiery Destruction, prepare!"

"Yes, Master."

Compared to the other side's huge momentum, Seele's side was not so conspicuous. As the Honkai energy gathered, Seele's eyes unconsciously turned red. The power of the Stigmata of Death gradually climbed up to the door to the other side, adding a dark red to the blue and white pattern.

"One"

The door to the other side was already covered with a layer of dark energy, and the captivating energy fluctuations made Chrono take a few steps back.

"attack!"

"God's fierce destruction! Fire!"

"what!"

Following Seele's shout, she swung out the Door to the Other Shore wrapped in Honkai energy with all her strength. As she moved, the sickle wrapped in the energy of the Law of Death drew a dark red mark in the air, and a dark red slash flew out from the tip of the blade and slashed straight towards the barrier.

The withering power of the Death Law collided violently with the barrier. Although the barrier had a strong repair ability, it was still no match for Xier's withering power. The slash cut directly into the barrier like a hot knife cutting butter, and it was able to cut the barrier open quickly... It should have been like this.

"This is!"

Just when the slash was about to penetrate the barrier, Xier suddenly discovered that the energy properties of the barrier had changed, and it was these changes that caused the slash that was supposed to penetrate the barrier to be intercepted.

No! Xier noticed that it was not her slash that was blocked, but that it was absorbed by the barrier!

"How can it be!"

Seele was stunned. You know, this is the energy of the Herrscher of Death. How could the power of withering be offset by a mere barrier? But this is what happened, and it was not just Seele's side, there were problems on Nanoha's side as well.

"Why! The God of Heaven's Fierce Destruction was absorbed!"

Nanoha's exclamation also came through the communication.

"Nanoha! Stop the bombardment!"

Seele seemed to have thought of something, and quickly asked Nanoha to stop the bombardment, and she also cut off the energy supply for the slash. As the energy flow was cut off, the slash that lost its energy supply was quickly completely absorbed by the barrier, and the place that was previously cut by the slash also returned to its original appearance.

"really!"

Xier looked at the barrier. The simple energy barrier just now had now turned into something else.

"What kind of energy is this! This familiar feeling..."

Xi'er felt the energy emanating from the barrier and was amazed. This energy felt thick and ancient to Xi'er, as if it had existed since the beginning of the universe. It was also very inclusive and could perfectly accommodate all forms of energy. Just like Honkai energy... Honkai energy!

Xier was stunned, and suddenly remembered the nature of the Honkai energy that she had learned about. It was energy from the imaginary space, which did not follow the second law of thermodynamics and could be perfectly transformed into other energies.

"But how is this possible..."

"No, this is psionic energy."

Chapter 24: The Man from the Abyss

"How can it be!"

Xier looked at the barrier that had returned to peace and said incredulously, if it was really as she thought, then how powerful would the technology in this world be...

"No, this is psionic energy..."

Suddenly, a voice that was neither loud nor soft sounded beside Xier's ear. The voice sounded very gentle, but it was full of malice in Xier's ears. Every word seemed to carry a disgusting breath, almost making Xier vomit on the spot.

"who!"

Xier turned her head suddenly and looked behind her. A person covered by shadows was floating quietly behind her. The dark figure seemed to absorb all the light, with only an organ like a mouth exposed, and the gentle voice just now came from this organ.

Very strange! So strange! Clearly, there was Chrono guarding the area, and everyone from Asura was paying attention to this place, but the owner of this voice approached Seer easily as if he was in an empty space, and did not attract the attention of others, as if he did not exist at all.

Xier turned her head to look at Chrono, but found that the latter seemed to have not seen the black shadow at all. The black shadow was clearly right in front of him, but Xier could see that his eyes simply passed over the black shadow in front of him and looked at her with a confused look on his face.

"Oh? Can you sense me?"

The black shadow seemed very surprised that Xier could actually see him, but in just a moment, his expression returned to its original state.

"I felt a familiar aura and came to take a look, but I didn't expect to be mistaken? Really, I thought I could see an old friend."

The figure looked as lost as a little girl who didn't see the person she expected, and even kicked the air in a humane way, if it weren't for the body covered by shadow.

However, Xier could not hear what it said at all, because when Xier realized it appeared, for a moment Xier felt that all the cells in her body were trembling, as if the creature in front of her (? ) was her natural enemy. Even if it was just standing there, Xier felt it was difficult to breathe.

But this situation only lasted for a moment, because Xier made a move in the next moment that even she did not expect.

"Ding!"

Before Xi'er could react, her body had already moved on its own. The power of the Law of Death once again enveloped the Gate of the Other Shore, and she swung her hands vigorously at the black shadow.

However, the all-powerful power of the Law of Death seemed to have completely lost its effectiveness. The black shadow simply stretched out a little finger to block Xier's attack.

The only organ once again emitted a voice that made Xier uncomfortable. It said:

"Huh? Can't you wait? Don't worry, although my goal is this thing, I don't mind studying you later, okay?"

Malice! Pure malice! This guy made such a move and said such words, not taking Xi'er seriously at all. It was not difficult to hear from her words that she only regarded Xi'er as something worth studying. She had no aversion to Xi'er's sneak attack, not even a trace of hostility, just like teasing the little white mouse in the glass box.

"hateful!"

Xier naturally heard what it said. If it was the original Xier, she would have been crushed by such malicious words, but the current Xier could not listen to such words at all, because...

"Hahaha! Come and play with Xier!"

The blue eyes were completely replaced by red. Xier forced a crazy smile, looked at the man made of shadows in front of her, and attacked again.

"Eh?"

Chrono could not see the shadow at all, he could only see Seer suddenly attacking the air frantically after finishing attacking the barrier.

Completely confused as to what was going on, he subconsciously activated a detection magic, but found nothing. This made him even more confused. What was going on?

At this moment, Nanoha's voice suddenly sounded from the communication.

"Who are you! Wait! Don't move!"

"Hey! In that case, Heart of the Rising Sun, lock the physical damage limit, and then! God's Fierce Break!"

"Nanoha? Nanoha!"

Chrono only heard the sound of fighting from Nanoha's side and then the communication ended, but that was enough. He glanced at Seele who was madly attacking the air again and contacted Asura again.

"Enemy attack! All ships prepare to defend against the attack! I'll go support Nanoha! I'll leave this to you!"

As he spoke, Chrono climbed up a certain height and flew towards Nanoha. Although he wanted to help Seele, how could he help if even the enemy couldn't see him?

Back to Xi'er, the continuous attacks were like a violent storm. Xi'er danced with the sickle that was more than a person tall, and the places that the blade touched were stained with a faint red color. That was the track left by the energy of the law of death passing through the air. However, such continuous attacks had no effect at all.

"Ding ding ding ding ding"

Like raindrops hitting the roof, Xier's heavy rain-like attacks did not pose any threat to the shadow, and all the attacks were perfectly blocked.

"Huh... Damn it! Are you a cuckold?"

Xier spat viciously and cursed loudly.

"Hahaha, it's a great side show, but it's too sweet for a dessert!"

The dark shadow smiled a smile that could not be called a smile, and casually slapped Xier onto the sea.

"Okay... let's stop here for the entertainment. For the greater cause!"

The black shadow ignored Xier who had climbed up from the sea, and went straight into the barrier that Xier and the others had failed to break, and then disappeared.

"spit……"

Xier wiped the place where the black shadow had hit her with disgust, glanced at the place where the black shadow had left, and then flew towards Nanoha.

Through the battle just now, Xier knew that she posed no threat to the black shadow. The only reason she could stand here was that it had no interest in Xier. It was like a human being facing an ant. Although they might observe it due to momentary interest, when they were attracted by another thing, the ant would be ignored, and then it would have nothing to do with that person whether it lived or died... Although it said it was researching, Xier could feel its disgust for this world, as if everything in this world disgusted it.

“What a disgusting feeling…”

Xier thought so in her heart. She felt the feeling of being unable to do anything again. However, this time, perhaps because the gap was too huge, Xier didn't care so much. In contrast, she cared more about what Chrono said during the battle just now.

At that time, she did hear Chrono say that Nanoha was attacked. Although she was not sure if Nanoha was attacked by the same thing she had encountered, judging from Nanoha's personality, if the other party was going to ignore Nanoha, Nanoha would not let it go. If that was the case...

"Hey, hey, Nanoha, don't be impulsive..."

Xier was secretly worried about Nanoha's safety, and at the same time, she moved forward a little faster.