Collapse, I save everything alone

Like a bolt of thunder passing through her mind, Kiana stood there in a daze, motionless.

The past that she didn't want to be recalled appeared in her mind uncontrollably.

Even though she didn't want to see it, the scenes appeared vividly before her eyes.

The burning earth and houses, the uncontrollable self, the father who lost an arm...

"Do not……"

The girl's expression became distorted and she bent down in pain.

Forget it…

No, I don’t want to recall it…!

The intense pain spread into her mind. The white-haired girl held her head with both hands and knelt on the ground in pain.

A red feather was floating in Mingyu's hand at some point.

He looked at the girl kneeling on the ground, with a trace of pity in his eyes, but he did not stop controlling Yu Duchen.

——He used Yu Duchen's power slightly to let Kiana "see" the real memories, and then combined with his words to further stimulate the girl to recall her past.

Although it is a bit painful, it is something that must be experienced.

If the beautiful dream that Otto had woven for Kiana was going to be torn apart one day, it would be better for him to do it now.

As the saying goes...

Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain.

Chapter 133 Awakening

Perhaps because she couldn't accept the truth, she sealed off the memory she didn't want to recall a long time ago.

She only remembered that her father resolutely left her one day, disappeared from her world, and no longer appeared in front of her.

But, she couldn't remember why he left her.

Is it because… ?

"..."

Kiana covered her head tightly with her hands. The more she thought about it, the more painful her head became, as if she was instinctively refusing to continue.

She didn't want to recall it, but the images still surfaced in her mind, forcing her to recall the past.

The burning earth, the broken walls, and everything that was destroyed were not done by Dad.

All of that was...destroyed by herself, and she was the one who took away one of her father's arms.

——Because she was the second Herrscher, and because of her rampage, her father left her.

"I... am a Herrscher?"

Kiana muttered to herself.

Just like Mei...?

The white-haired girl only felt her heart beating faster and faster, as if something was about to awaken from within her body.

Her body became more and more trembling.

No, I'm not a Herrscher...

"You are afraid. You dare not face your true self."

Mingyu's voice did not stop, he continued to persuade patiently.

"No, don't say anymore..."

The girl's voice was already filled with tears as she begged bitterly.

"You don't want to face it, because... what Mei Raiden can do, you think you can't do it?"

"I...wu..."

"Your family, your friends, and countless ordinary people... will all be killed by your own hands the day you can no longer control yourself - you know, the evil intention buried deep in your heart that wants to destroy everything in this world."

"No...I..."

Kiana wanted to say something, but found that she had no capital to argue.

At the same time, the scene created by Mingyu appeared before her eyes again.

It was a world engulfed by the flames of disaster. Everywhere you looked was devastation and all you could hear was the sound of people crying out loud.

All the relatives she knew...also fell in front of her one by one.

"What's this?"

The white-haired girl murmured.

It seemed like he was asking Mingyu in front of him, but also like he was talking to himself.

“This is your future.”

Mingyu replied calmly.

——This is an illusion he created based on what he knew about the "Queen's Coming" that would happen in the original timeline.

After Otto resurrected the Herrscher of the Sky, although she was defeated again in a short time, the Great Disaster caused by the Herrscher's revival caused the deaths and displacement of tens of millions of people around the world, and countless cities were destroyed by Honkai beasts.

In a sense, it is indeed showing Kiana a possibility of the future she will experience.

It was precisely in order to prevent the situation from developing in this direction that he chose to reveal Kiana's past now and force her to get to know herself again.

"Kiana, if you really think you can't do it and choose to escape..."

As Mingyu finished his words, a spirit spear summoned by him flew quickly to Kiana's side, aiming at her forehead, with a chilling aura.

"Then the greatest good you can do for the people of this world is to die here."

he whispered.

A hermit who cannot control himself will only bring more destruction and sorrow to the world.

Having said that, he still knew that Kiana would be able to master this power in the future.

…I gained this painful realization at the cost of the sacrifice of my relatives and friends.

What he wanted to do was to change this outcome and achieve that future with as little sacrifice as possible.

Yu Duchen's illusion continued, and Kiana knelt on the ground motionless.

Mingyu did not continue to say anything to provoke her, but took advantage of this gap to turn around and look at the processed Gem of Desire.

The index on the Honkai energy concentration detector nearby has returned to normal levels, and the Honkai energy that was additionally injected into the gem has been completely neutralized.

He let the chains loosen, and the projections of the two crosses dissipated.

Afterwards, he took out the Serenity Gem and placed it in the insulated container that Siegfried gave him.

If you want Kiana to realize the reality, Yu Duchen's illusion and his few words are not enough.

Next, it's time for her closest relatives to come out and put pressure on her again.

According to the time he expected...just right.

Sure enough, just as he put the Serenity Gem into the insulated container, a man's voice came from outside the passage -

"What are you doing to my daughter!"

Along with it, a blazing fire bomb also appeared and arrived in front of Mingyu at lightning speed.

[No lower limit technique], expand.

The fire bomb exploded very close to him, and the blazing fire wave swept over, filling every corner of the safe room.

Everything except Mingyu and Kiana turned to ashes in an instant.

Siegfried walked out of the flames, holding the Holy Judgment of Heavenly Fire, and aimed it at Mingyu.

The sound of the explosion and the familiar voice naturally awakened Kiana, who was in extreme sadness and confusion. She barely raised her head and saw the appearance of that familiar loved one.

The blue eyes that had lost their luster finally regained a bit of their luster.

So the girl said with difficulty:

"Dad?"

The father whom he hadn't seen for a long time was standing in front of him at this moment.

If it were any other time, she would have rushed forward, crying and laughing, punched him on the chest, and loudly asked where this stinky old dad had been all these years.

But now, facing this sudden reunion, she only felt relaxed.

If my dad is around, I don't have to work so hard, right?

Great, I don't have to face it anymore...

Just like before, hiding behind him and watching his back as he fought... I didn't have to do anything...

But she couldn't move her feet to stand up and move towards Siegfried.

I... am scared?

Are you afraid that you will hurt your father again like you did that time?

At the same time, Mingyu said again:

"Kiana, you may feel that you can rely on your father...

"But reality is often more cruel."

As he spoke, he took a step and began to walk towards Siegfried.

"...He is your father, the protector of the Herr. In other words, he is guilty of the same crime as you. Therefore, I will kill him in front of your eyes."

A dagger projected from his hand and he began to walk towards Siegfried.

Beside him, the Oath of Judah reappeared, and golden chains shot towards Siegfried from all directions, trying to restrain his body.

The opponent kept using the Holy Judgment of Heavenly Fire to attack him, but all of them were blocked at a safe distance by the [Unlimited Spell] without exception, and did not cause any harm to him.

Why……?

Why was he still unharmed even though his father was attacking him with the Holy Judgment of Heavenly Fire?

The white-haired girl was full of doubts.

The flames shot out from the pair of guns could easily burn any Honkai beast.

If this continues, my father will be attacked by him.

The golden chains had entangled Siegfried's body, and the restraining force made the flaming spear in his hand misfire.

Mingyu had already raised the dagger in his hand and was about to stab Siegfried in the chest as he was unable to move.

"..."

No...she wants to protect her father, her stinky old dad.

"The Kaslana family must protect this world, others, and their loved ones, no matter what the cost."

——These are the words her father once said to her.

The white-haired girl stood up with difficulty.

Being in an environment with such a high concentration of Honkai energy, her body, which had been weakened by the injection of serum, has also absorbed some Honkai energy and recovered a certain degree of physical strength.

She started running.

How to stop him from hurting his dad?

If it was an enemy that even her father couldn't hurt...what method would she use to touch him?

She didn't have time to think about these questions, she just ran towards Mingyu with all her might.

As she ran, the space around the girl seemed to begin to distort strangely.

——The fighting instinct and the desire to protect her loved ones made her unconsciously mobilize that power for the first time.

He wrapped this power in his fist, raised it, and smashed it towards Mingyu without hesitation, trying to drive him away from Siegfried.