K424 of the Collapse World

Northern Europe...

When people saw the "second sun", they were surprised and confused, and even though they had countless speculations, they never expected that this new sun would fall towards the earth five minutes after it appeared!

With the rapidly rising temperature and the increasingly bright ball of light in the sky, anyone who witnessed it could realize what was going to happen next. The despair of the end of the world quickly enveloped the entire city...

"The sun...the sun is setting!"

"Oh, damn, what the hell is that!"

"It should be a meteorite from outer space..."

"Meteorites? Our technology is so advanced, why don't we intercept those things? Damn it! What is the government doing?!"

"That's divine punishment! It must be God's punishment for us!"

"Lord, why are you destroying us..."

"..."

The city was in complete chaos. People who had been talking about it and taking photos and videos with their mobile phones not long ago, now completely lost their minds as they watched the scorching ball of light approaching.

Some people drove away like crazy, some stood still, but more people gathered together instinctively, trying to use collective strength to reduce fear. However, this would only make the chaotic city even more chaotic.

There was no official announcement, and no staff organized evacuations. When the authorities saw the extraordinary ball of light, they fell into despair like everyone else...

"The attack order is withdrawn! All troops prepare to retreat!"

Not only the ordinary people in the city, but even the Destiny Force that was ready to attack, gave the order to retreat in astonishment when they saw the huge fireball that ignited the entire sky.

Obviously, this level of collapse disaster is far beyond the capabilities of a branch of destiny.

Even when facing the most dangerous emperor-level Honkai beasts, the Valkyries would not be afraid. However, no one would try to stop a chariot with a mantis arm in the face of such a devastating blow that could be called a natural disaster.

Tianming's branch chief immediately made a decision and ordered the troops to withdraw from the city.

According to the results of energy detection, the Honkai energy intensity of that light ball exceeded 5000hw, and the destructive power was expected to be enough to raze the entire city to the ground!

Moreover, near St. Lourdes Academy, a Honkai energy reaction exceeding 2000 hw was also detected.

This level of Honkai energy intensity is enough to explain the nature of this Honkai disaster.

——The Herrscher Arrives

Facing an invincible enemy, the most important thing is to reduce losses as much as possible. As for the attacked city, it is inevitable to follow the footsteps of Far East Changkong City.

The hastily retreating warships and transport planes were naturally seen by the people in the city. The Valkyries didn't know what the completely desperate people were saying, nor did they want to know...

There was nothing they could do anyway.

However, at this time, no one, whether it was the boiling crowd or the Heavenly Mandate troops withdrawing from the city, noticed that in a noble academy in the neighboring suburbs, a small figure suddenly rushed into the sky, reflecting a bright silver glow under the firelight, and flew towards the huge fireball falling from the sky...

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Can humans really create Herrscher?

Nina didn't know whether her power came from the experiment of destiny or she had it since birth. Even after entering the St. Lourdes Academy of destiny, she never showed her true power to others.

Iselin once told her that her power would bring disaster no matter whether it was discovered by destiny or by anti-entropy. If she wanted to live in peace, she had to hide herself. Forever...

Over the years, no matter what happened, Nina has always kept her promise to her best friend. But now, when she realizes that she is the source of the disaster, she sees the city that is about to be destroyed by the collapse caused by her.

Nina suddenly realized that she could no longer hide...

It’s not that I can’t escape, but that I don’t want to escape anymore.

Thousands of meters in the sky, a petite body was wrapped in silver metal armor, and four gorgeous steel wings spread out behind her. The blonde girl turned into a silver shadow and flew across the sky. Dense metal structures followed her in suspension, rushing towards the unstoppable ball of fire...

The Fifth Herrscher - Herrscher of Metal

Looking at the overwhelming fireball, Nina gritted her teeth and controlled the metal structures floating around her to gather in front of her, quickly splicing them together to form a huge circular shield. As she continued to create structures, it gradually grew larger and closer in size to the planet-like fireball.

As the metal shield gradually obscured the entire fireball, a shadow began to cover the city below...

The anxious people looked up, trying to see something from the black curtain. However, the human eye was destined to be unable to see the little girl supported by the giant shield.

I will never let you ruin it!

Nina, who was using all her strength to activate the Herrscher core in her body and control the giant metal shield, could no longer judge the distance of the fireball. However, as the increasingly scorching breath slowly approached, her eyes widened instantly, and she controlled the metal structure to meet the fireball of the Herrscher of Flame...

582 The Curse of the Herrscher

After a brief period of darkness, endless light suddenly burst out and completely swallowed up the huge black shadow in the sky.

The giant steel shield blocked the "sun". At the moment when the two came into contact, the fireball that compressed the energy of the Herrscher of Flame exploded directly, and a huge fire lotus bloomed in the sky!

People on land didn't know what was happening in the sky, whether it was the giant shield that suddenly appeared or the sudden and violent explosion of the "Sun". No one among these ordinary citizens knew what these meant.

Is it saved... or is this just the beginning of another disaster?

The Tianming troops that were withdrawing from the city had stopped their retreat. Looking at the sky image displayed on the terminal screen, the commander of the branch frowned and sent a contact request to the headquarters...

High in the sky, the light of the exploding flames was clearly only a moment, but to Nina, it seemed as if a long time had passed.

Although it was only a fireball with a diameter of several hundred meters, it was indeed an attack that was enough to turn the entire city into ashes! When a collection of unstable compressed energy came into contact with an obstacle that could not be melted instantly, the terrible energy squeezed inside would burst out in an instant, melting everything around it into a sea of ​​fire!

After realizing this, Nina hesitated for a moment and then resolutely chose to block it head-on.

Although she is called the Herrscher of Metal, her Herrscher ability is not to control metal in the strict sense. Instead, she can transform Honkai energy and external metal into a solid substance of unknown structure, and manipulate it at will for attack and defense.

Although Nina, who was almost a novice Herrscher, had not yet mastered this power, the metal material she constructed already possessed the "laws" of the Herrscher:

As the Herrscher who is best at defense, her creations are almost indestructible by ordinary technological weapons. The simplest way to fight against them is to use a stronger Honkai strike at the same level as the Herrscher.

Even if the Herrscher of Flame's fireball was enough to hurt her, Nina was absolutely confident that she could block the attack.

--boom! !

As the extremely powerful shock wave hit the shield, Nina immediately released the blessing of Honkai energy and used the energy of the Herrscher to defend herself, allowing the exploding fireball to instantly destroy the metal shield, turning into a dissipated flame wave that expanded and sprinkled a rain of fire on the ground.

The large amount of residual fire energy falling down would inevitably cause certain damage to the ground, but compared to the city being completely destroyed, this result was already very good in Nina's opinion.

“Hoo…Hoo…”

Nina suddenly spread her steel wings and stabilized herself after being pushed back by the blast. Floating in the sky, she looked at the half of the sky dyed red by the flames, panting lightly, and a trace of fatigue appeared on her delicate baby face.

At least it was successfully defended, so next...

"It seems that your position is quite clear, right, Senior~?"

Swish-!

Suddenly, the girl's cold laughter rang in her ears. Nina was startled. With a strong sense of crisis, she instinctively turned sideways. A scorching flame arc passed by her, leaving a fiery red scratch on her armor.

Behind Nina, a girl with long fiery red hair shook her hands and extinguished the flames burning on her fingertips.

"Oh, what a pity, I missed it."

Although she said it was a pity, the girl did not hide her slightly contemptuous look, and it was obvious that she did not care about it.

The scratches on the waist armor were repaired by the Honkai energy. Nina took a deep breath and put away the surprised expression on her face.

If the other party really wanted to sneak attack her, he would not hide his aura and come to her side, and speak slowly in her ear. The other party is obviously stronger than her, so she has the time to do such unnecessary things to satisfy the pleasure of being a strong person...

(Like me... no, there are people who are closer to the Herrscher than me. And... there are more than one!)

I almost forgot that the enemy's target seemed to be me...

(The ability to release heat... Herrscher of Fire? The giant fireball from before must have been the work of this guy.)

The girl in the crimson dress didn't seem to intend to take action directly. She looked at Nina, whose eyes moved slightly, as if she was thinking about a countermeasure, and chuckled again.

"If you didn't want to be found by us, you could have just run away."

"..."

"Why do you take the initiative to come forward? Is it to protect the ants below? Do you know what this behavior means to us?"

Nina remained silent, but raised her iron wings as a warning. The red-haired girl didn't care whether Nina answered or not, and didn't even mind Nina's threat. She played with the flames on her fingertips with one hand, and her smile became cruel.

"This is betrayal! In my eyes, the Herrscher who disobeys the will of Honkai is more hateful than those dirty ants! So, you should have guessed what's going to happen next, right?!"

At the end of her speech, her voice suddenly rose! She waved the flame in her hand and spread it into a burning cloud of flames, rushing towards the blonde girl and engulfing her in the blink of an eye! However, Silver Shadow broke out in the next moment. She did not take the opportunity to launch an attack, but turned her back to the Herrscher of Flame and flew towards the distance with all her strength.

Knowing the huge gap in combat power between the enemy and us, Nina naturally would not fight head-on. Although she was not afraid of pain and death, she did not want her life to end here.

(For her, I can't die yet...)

The Herrscher of Fire's attack was merciless, and the energy of this fire cloud was not much weaker than the fireball just now. However, perhaps the Herrscher of Fire did it on purpose, this large-scale radiation attack only burned half of Nina's body, and did not cause fatal damage.

Using the scattered energy waves as cover and the wings of the Herrscher to help accelerate, Nina flew hundreds of meters in an instant and escaped far away from the Herrscher of Fire.

(The life and death of others has nothing to do with me... But if it were Iselin, she would definitely do her best to protect those innocent people...)

Nina thought silently, looked back at the red-haired girl who was left far behind, and felt a little relieved.

Even if the opponent moves faster, he should not be caught up in a short time.

Since their target is me, they will definitely chase after me next. As long as I can lead these two Herrschers away, at least the city below will not be implicated...

"Oh, he ran away?"

Watching the silver light quickly distance itself from the enemy and continue to accelerate in flight, the Herrscher of Fire had no intention of pursuing it.

"Hmph... Whatever, it won't be too late to clean up the mess a little later. Rather than spending extra energy dealing with a weak traitor, it's better to do your job first."

The girl snorted, turned around calmly, and looked down at the tiny city below. Suddenly, she sneered and raised her right hand above her head, and the dazzling red light appeared again! In less than two seconds, these scorching lights gathered together and once again constructed a simulated sun that was exactly the same as before!

"Run away, you coward. If you hide well, you might be able to avoid extinction before the world resets and live to the next era..."

Before he finished speaking, the figure that had turned into a small point of light suddenly stopped. The next moment, looking at the silver-white light that resolutely turned back and even sped up a bit, the Herrscher of Flame sneered and slowly clenched his raised palm into a fist.

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"It seems that I have misunderstood your evaluation."

Wow...

Just as Nina was holding the Herrscher's metal spear and rushing towards the Herrscher of Fire in anger, the huge fireball floating above her like a meteorite suddenly disappeared! The next moment, the Herrscher of Fire turned around and met her gaze...

The murderous intent overshadowed the contempt in her eyes.

"You are not a cowardly traitor...you are a foolish idiot."

In his clenched right fist, energy equal to that of the simulated sun was fluctuating, and the small space became blurred in the fluctuation of energy. The complete Herrscher of Fire was able to control the terrifying destructive power at will, compressing the powerful energy that could destroy a city into his small fist.

Without dodging the spear, the Herrscher of Flame raised a mad smile and rushed towards Nina, whose pupils were dilated, and punched at the tip of her spear...

In an instant, a shock wave that shook the sky spread out, and a dazzling fiery red beam of light crossed the clouds, like a meteor across the sky, almost splitting the distant sky in two!

The people in the city stared blankly at the flames in the sky. In the dead silence, everyone forgot to escape and what they had just done. As the fiery red beam gradually dimmed, the fireball exploded.

After the explosion, the overwhelming fire wave slowly arrived, and the scattered sparks turned into high-temperature fire rain, quietly spreading in the city...

Of course, compared to the outcome of turning the entire city into scorched earth, such a disaster is not worth mentioning.

However, this city, which was supposed to be doomed to collapse like Changkong City, had its fate changed because of the decision of a certain girl.

......

"This is the French branch. We have detected a high concentration of Honkai energy exceeding 8000 hw, and witnessed an Honkai energy attack that was powerful enough to destroy the city. We can be sure... that a Herrscher of Sequence Honkai has arrived."

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"Yes, the disaster has been basically controlled. The Herrscher's ability is manifested in the form of fire, which is basically consistent with the Herrscher of Flame in the historical records of the previous civilization. It could have easily destroyed the city, but was stopped by some existence...

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"Regarding this, the unknown entity seems to have engaged in a battle with the Herrscher. During this period, the Herrscher of Fire created simulated suns twice in a row. The energy index detected each time was close to the destructive power of nuclear weapons..."

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"Yes... I'm very sorry. The people of the entire city are witnesses of the collapse. Our Mephisto battleship was also exposed during the emergency deployment. May I ask about these eyewitness intelligence... ah? Don't worry about it?! Yes... I'm very sorry, I understand..."

Where the flames finally disappeared was a burning forest. The moment the high temperature passed through, the fire-prone trees began to burn fiercely in the sea breeze, and the fire quickly spread to the entire island...

That's right, an island. A casual blow from the Herrscher of Fire was enough to destroy an area with kilometers as the basic unit, so it would be no problem to convert this destructive power into a shock wave that could cross an obvious continental plate.

In the burning flames, a small human figure lay on the cracked ground. Her body was covered with burns of various sizes. Most of her curly light golden hair had been burned. The broken metal armor became twisted, as if it had been melted by the high temperature and then cooled down into a strange shape...

In her chest was a charred pit, ash mixed with melted and cooled metal, occupying the place of her lungs and heart.

The girl who lost her lungs and heart had stopped breathing, and her blood was no longer circulating. However, her inorganic eyes were still open, and her pupils reflected the firelight and fluctuated. The breath of the living still remained in her body.

That's right, this miserable girl is still alive. Even though she has lost the necessary internal organs, she has already mastered the basic knowledge of Honkai energy and can use it to transform it into the necessary energy for her body to continue to maintain her life...

The fatigue is increasing.

so tired...