K424 of the Collapse World

623 Shattered Illusion>>

(Could it be that... those advantages were an illusion from the beginning? The Herrscher blocked the headquarters' information, making me think that I had the upper hand, and then I annihilated all the troops on the defense line and invaded Saint Freya...)

Her body swayed, and it seemed that she had to use all her strength to keep her balance.

(… and finally deal with this self-righteous piece of shit like me.)

(It's over)

The girl stretched out her hand hard, her cloudy blue eyes had become blurred.

"Himeko... Kiana... I'm sorry, everyone..."

--puff

The girl's choked sobs stopped abruptly. She silently lowered her head, looking at the bloody sword blade piercing from her chest, and subconsciously raised her hand to grasp the sharp blade of the sword.

But soon, she gently let go of the sword and her arm fell down weakly.

(Forget it... That's enough. I couldn't protect them, so what right do I have to live on...)

With a sad smile, the girl let the blade be pulled out of her chest. The splattered blood dyed the windowsill red. She fell down, and the blood from her chest spread on the ground.

——Bang! Bang!

Two gunshots rang out, and two blood flowers bloomed on the silver-haired girl's body again, destroying her spine and heart respectively.

Why would the assassins use guns? Theresa was no longer able to think about this question. She was completely in despair and just wanted to see the end of her life here...

However, at this moment, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice domineeringly broke into her already closed mind.

"What a pity, my little Theresa."

(......?)

"You left the headquarters on your own and headed to the Far East to develop your own power... To be honest, I thought you could bring me some surprises, but in the end, you are still as stupid as before~"

The next moment, a soft and slightly cool touch enveloped her body, and Theresa could feel as if she was being held by someone.

(Who is that? A young girl’s voice… Is it one of the Valkyries at the headquarters? But why does this frivolous and somewhat annoying tone sound so familiar…?)

"Hey, isn't it time to open your eyes? Your body, which is made of Vishnu's genes, will not die from such a small injury."

(Open your eyes? Haha, what's the point of a guy like me at this point... Well, maybe I can still be of some use to them...)

Although she sneered in her heart, Theresa still followed the instructions of the voice and slowly opened her blue eyes.

For some reason, the strong feeling of despair that had been lingering in my mind just now became weaker at this moment, as if I were a heartless person. It only took me a few minutes to adjust my mentality...

Before Theresa's slightly hazy vision could come together again, she heard the girl's slightly playful voice again.

"Oh? You're crying so sadly. I'm suddenly a little curious. What did you see just now..."

Hearing this, Theresa opened her eyes wide and what she saw was a familiar blonde girl with a sweet and lovely appearance and emerald eyes. At this moment, she was holding her in her arms like a princess.

"Long time no see, little Theresa."

“You…! Cough cough cough…”

Theresa was about to say something when the sword wound that pierced her trachea forced her to cough violently. Although Theresa was sure that this was the first time she had seen this girl, she instantly recognized the blonde girl's true identity based on her familiar tone and undisguised signature expression.

"Grandpa Otto..."

"Ah~ How annoying! You actually call a girl of the same age "grandpa" or something like that..."

"Why are you here? Are you here to laugh at me?"

Directly interrupting Miss Bishop's malicious cuteness, Theresa stared at the blonde girl in front of her with sharp eyes, her tearful eyes almost bursting with sparks.

"...Why do you think I came here?"

Miss Bishop responded to Theresa's question with a rhetorical question and blinked seductively. Just as she was about to continue speaking, she saw Theresa's expression suddenly become dull. She turned her head to look at the window next to her, and her pupils dilated slightly.

"This is......?!"

The blue sky and light clouds, the artistic buildings of St. Freya are still scattered all around, and the neat and tidy school is spotless, as if the fiery hell just now was just an illusion.

Theresa tried to turn her head and looked around. The pale dead soldiers had disappeared, and were replaced by Valkyries in military uniforms, lying around her in all directions, all in coma.

The blood-stained sword was held in the hands of a brown-haired Valkyrie officer. It was obviously the weapon that pierced Theresa's chest just now.

"What the hell is going on...?"

"Theresa, I don't know what you saw, but if you know anything about the Herrscher of the Heart, you should be able to understand what happened just now."

Looking at the silver-haired girl with doubtful eyes, Miss Bishop couldn't help but whisper a reminder. However, before Theresa could show a look of realization, the roof above the corridor suddenly exploded!

Looking at the falling rubble, the bishop's eyes moved, and a translucent light curtain unfolded outward, protecting Theresa in her arms and the unconscious Valkyries.

——Bang!

Another stream of purple light fell with a bang, hitting the gravel not far ahead, leaving a dent in the hard ground of the headquarters. As the smoke and dust quickly dissipated, a human figure was revealed...

"Fu Hua?"

After seeing the gray-haired girl in purple armor clearly, Theresa couldn't help but exclaim.

Fu Hua, who was wearing the Moon Wheel Armor, looked up, not paying any attention to Miss Bishop and Theresa behind her. She just stared at the blue light slowly falling from the other side, and raised her fists of Nuada the Light Breaker again...

"You can resist my ability? There are interesting people among ordinary humans~"

The circular halo slowly dissipated, and a young girl with pink hair and blue skirt appeared in mid-air, looking at Fu Hua who was concentrating on her work with a smile.

Theresa bit her lip gently, her pupils rippled as she thought of what Otto had just said.

From this point of view, there is no need to explain the identity of the pink-haired girl.

(The Ruler of the Heart...)

624 The Herrishers and the Watchers

"What a shame... We were just a step away from defeating your tiny commander."

Looking at Theresa who was injured but still conscious, the pink-haired girl sighed slightly in distress.

There is no doubt that this girl with pink hair and blue skirt is naturally the eighth Herrscher of Sequence Collapse - the Herrscher of the Heart.

"Although this is our first meeting, there's no need to introduce yourself, right?"

The pink-haired girl floated in the air in a sitting position, her eyes scanning the three girls below, finally landing on Fu Hua.

"I have to admit, your abilities are quite interesting~ Miss Unknown Valkyrie."

Looking at Fu Hua below with great interest, the Herrscher of Heart praised softly, and in his seemingly indifferent and playful eyes, there was a barely perceptible solemnity.

The will interference automatically triggered by the illusion field is actually ineffective against her? Who is this seemingly ordinary Valkyrie...

"The Far East Branch of the Destiny, A-level Valkyrie Fu Hua."

The gray-haired girl said in a deep voice, maintaining some kind of ancient martial arts stance, and a faint golden light gradually appeared between the patterns on the black and purple arm armors on her wrists.

"A-rank Valkyrie? Haha...I see."

Hearing this, the Herrscher of the Heart smiled and nodded, looking at the expressionless gray-haired girl, his blue eyes showing a hint of coldness.

What a joke! A-level Valkyrie? Croy's followers have hunted down more than a dozen so-called A-level Valkyries, but have never encountered an individual as powerful as her.

Although it is not the energy of a Herrscher, there is indeed something belonging to a Herrscher in her...

(Damn, there's not much time left...)

Silently staring at the enemy in front of him, the Herrscher of Heart secretly clenched his teeth.

Faced with Fu Hua's unknown ability, the Herrscher of the Heart originally wanted to carefully test her and find out her true colors. But now, she had to consider another aspect.

How long had the Herrscher Legion held off the enemy in the trap set in the Sahara Desert? Five minutes? Or ten minutes? How could they waste the time gained by letting a thousand Herrschers die like consumables? !

If the goal is not achieved before someone feels it, everything will be over...

This base must be razed to the ground as quickly as possible!

The contemplation in the world of consciousness is just a blink of an eye in the passage of time in the outside world. The eyes of the Herrscher of the Heart suddenly widened! At the moment when the Herrscher's energy burst out, Fu Hua's figure also rushed over, relying on the burst of the Moon Wheel Armor to accelerate to the side of the Herrscher.

boom--! !

The spherical barrier that was hit by the heavy punches caused ripples, spreading the impact force in all directions.

Although the Herrscher of the Heart's law power cannot affect the material world, as a Herrscher, she will not be easily defeated by physical attacks relying solely on her Herrscher-level Honkai energy strength and reserves.

While Fu Hua and the Herrscher of the Heart were fighting again, Miss Bishop and Theresa also immediately took action.

"Mimicry Star of Eden."

As the girl murmured softly, a sphere of golden light appeared above Miss Bishop's head. The next moment, the dissipated golden light quietly turned into an ominous dark red, and used gravitational waves to pull the unconscious Valkyries up and drag them to her side.

Maintaining control of the Mimic Star of Eden, the blonde girl turned around without hesitation, holding Theresa and jumping out of the broken corridor window, jumping down from the building dozens of stories high.

"Grandpa Otto...?!"

The whistling strong wind blew into her ears as she fell, but Theresa was unaware of it. She just looked at the blonde girl in surprise, unable to understand her behavior just now.

Since Grandpa Otto has the strength to fight, why did he leave Fu Hua alone to face the enemy? That is the real Eighth Herrscher!

"Don't worry, she won't be defeated easily."

As if she saw through the silver-haired girl's doubts, the bishop glanced at her and began to explain while she was falling.

"She is the holder of Yu Duchen. If she could not resist the power of the Herrscher, she would have been killed by the backlash of the Key of Consciousness five hundred years ago."

Miss Bishop said as her falling speed gradually slowed down as she approached the ground. She controlled the gravity of the Simulated Eden's Star to land steadily, caught the Valkyrie officers who fell at the same time, and continued to run forward.

"But we cannot resist the influence of the Herrscher of the Heart. Even if our wills are not immediately controlled, we will fall into illusions and will only hinder the Red Kite Sage in the end. The same goes for these Valkyries. If they stay there, they will only become the Herrscher's new toys."

As she spoke, Miss Bishop glanced back at the Valkyrie officers being carried by gravity. It was obvious that she did not rescue these Valkyries out of kindness.

Moreover, seeing Theresa's reaction, she knew that her granddaughter had come into contact with Fu Hua's true identity.

"But... what is going on? Why did the Herrscher of the Heart appear here without anyone noticing? And why did Grandpa Otto come to Saint Freya? And he looks like this..."

After regaining her composure, Theresa temporarily put aside her old grudge against this relative. She organized her words and tried to ask all the questions she should ask.

The bishop's daughter shook her head helplessly and glanced at the silver-haired girl in her arms with some disappointment.

"You can't even figure this out...without anyone noticing? My naive and lovely granddaughter, do you really think that with all the protective measures you have taken, you can completely prevent the Heart Ruler's puppets from infiltrating?"

"I......"

"The Herrscher of the Heart can affect spiritual bodies within a certain range with just a thought. When you were hallucinating just now, you severely injured three Valkyries without knowing it. This is enough to prove how powerful her ability is."

"I thought they were infected dead..."

"As long as they can control a grassroots worker, they can gradually influence higher-level organizations. With the current level of infiltration of the puppets, as long as the Honkai detection device somewhere is shut down in advance, the Herrscher of the Heart can break into your Saint Freya like a stroll in the backyard."

624 Herrscher and Watcher>>

"..."

Looking at Theresa, who looked remorseful, the bishop stuck out her tongue and softened her tone a little.

"It's okay, Theresa. The Herrscher of the Heart's abilities are beyond ordinary, and it's inevitable that the organization will be invaded and infiltrated. I can tell you the truth, the level of infiltration at the headquarters is definitely much more serious than your Far East branch."

"The Destiny Headquarters was also invaded by Honkai?!"

"That's right. In a sense, the guests over there are more troublesome than the Herrscher of the Heart..."

The corners of Miss Bishop's mouth rose slightly.

"It's the Herrscher of Fire."

"The Herrscher of Fire attacked the Destiny Headquarters?!"

Theresa's voice suddenly rose in surprise, and her injuries, which had not yet fully healed, were affected.

“Hiss…! Grandpa! The headquarters has been attacked by the Herrscher, and you still have the time to come to Saint Freya?!”

"Don't worry. I was able to leave the headquarters' command center and come here because I had already prepared a countermeasure. If the commander of the Far East Branch could be a little more motivated, I wouldn't have to make an extra trip to connect to this damn prosthesis again."

"Well......"

Seeing the bishop's slightly strange expression, Theresa tilted her head. Although it was a bit inappropriate, looking at the petite and cute body of the blonde girl, she couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Grandpa Otto, how is your body..."

"Let me make it clear first! I didn't become like this just because I like you."

The blonde girl hurriedly interrupted Theresa's question, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she thought of that nightmarish experience again, and her expression became subtle.

However, in this extraordinary period, the plug-ins that interfere with thinking have been turned off. Miss Bishop, who always remained calm, naturally did not overreact and simply explained the matter of the Soul Steel prosthesis.