Collapse, I save everything alone

——She lifted herself with one hand and jumped between tall buildings, easily avoiding most of the Honkai beasts.

After looking at the raven that was gradually going away, Mingyu turned around and looked towards Qianyu Academy which was not too far away.

Anyway, his initial goal is to use his abilities to infiltrate Chiba Academy.

With no other ideas for the time being, the only way now is obviously to find a certain white-haired ball who is still in the academy.

With this thought in mind, Mingyu took a step forward.

But changes always happen faster than planned.

An unexpected figure blocked his way.

It was a cherry-colored figure.

Before Mingyu could say anything, the cherry-colored girl spoke:

"Human, I have a favor to ask of you."

Chapter 8 Yaezakura

Time goes back to five minutes ago, in a high-rise building near Qianyu Academy, a special existence appeared here.

She stood on the high platform, looking down at the academy filled with rich Honkai energy, her face calm.

It is special because of the ancient witch costume that is not quite suitable for this era.

A shoulder-baring shrine maiden costume, a black undershirt, and a shimenaro rope tied around the waist; underneath is a plaid skirt, white stockings, and wooden clogs.

This witch's costume is obviously not the style of today, but rather seems to be a style that was circulated in a remote village hundreds of years ago.

If someone is willing to look through ancient books and do research, they might indeed discover that this shrine maiden is closely related to a place called Yae Village five hundred years ago.

In addition, there are long fox ears that are very eye-catching above her long pink hair.

Although this pair of fox ears looks very cute, it also proves that she is definitely not a human at this moment.

This is indeed the case, she is a ghost, a ghost from five hundred years ago.

The guardian of Yae Village, the last combat priestess of the Yae family, and... Yae Sakura, who was influenced by the Herrscher of Corrosion in the past and turned into a pseudo-Herscher.

Five hundred years ago, after she went berserk and was defeated by Kallen, she was sealed away in the Far East by her opponent and has never appeared in the world again.

However, as she has become a pseudo-hermssage, her life span is extremely long. A mere five hundred years is not enough to wear away her life span.

And because of the Herrscher-level Honkai disaster that occurred in Changkong City, the seal on her body also loosened.

This witch, who had been silent for five hundred years, finally saw the light of day again.

Yaezakura, who had just awakened, did not have a clear understanding of the world today, but she was still very familiar with the feeling of destruction.

Relying on instinct, she came to the vicinity of Qianyu Academy. She could clearly recognize that she was near the existence that caused her seal to loosen.

She thought she should do something.

"I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."

A resentful voice sounded behind her.

Then, a huge, pitch-black fox appeared behind the girl.

She is Kiriyukumaru, whose will now depends on Yaezakura, and the true form of the Herrscher of Corrosion from the previous generation.

Feiyuwan warned:

"The one in that direction is a true Herrscher, and you are not in a position to interfere with it now."

"..."

The pink-haired girl did not respond, but just looked in that direction silently.

"Why, is your sense of justice coming out? Don't forget, five hundred years ago, you were also a demon who killed countless people."

Feiyuwan said sarcastically:

"Don't you remember how many people you killed in Yaemura?"

"I will not deny that fact, but they... those executioners, they deserved it, and I have never regretted it until now."

Yaezakura said calmly.

She placed her hand on the spiritual sword Sakura Fubuki at her waist and once again looked seriously in the direction of Senba Academy.

She has made her decision:

"…I'm going to defeat that Herrscher."

Just like Kallen saved her five hundred years ago, she should do something too.

"Hey, I don't want to die with you!"

Feiyukumaru objected fiercely.

Now, it and Yaezakura are like grasshoppers in the same boat, living and dying together.

"Even if you have a lot of faith, what can you do? You are now at best just a pseudo-herrscher, which is completely different from a real herrscher..."

The difference in strength between a pseudo-herrscher and a true herrscher is simply heaven and earth.

Feiyuwan sneered disdainfully:

"Besides, you can barely maintain your spiritual body now. You don't even have your own physical body. What can you use to fight the Herrscher?"

She, or rather they, who had just broken through the seal and returned to reality, were now quite weak.

Going to the genuine Herrscher now would be like throwing an egg against a rock, and would only lead to his own death.

"What you should do now is to hide in this city and wait until the Herrscher leaves here or is destroyed by other humans, then absorb the remaining Honkai energy in the city to restore your strength."

In order to survive, Feiyuwan had to make a serious proposal.

With the genuine Herrscher here, they can't do much now. Even their desire to absorb Honkai energy will be disturbed and cannot be realized.

Here, it is better to avoid the sharp edge and be tolerant for the time being.

After things here are over, I will slowly absorb the Honkai energy to recover. At least, I will rebuild my complete body first.

Of course, Feiyumaru does not have the right to control Yaesakura's body now, so he can only give suggestions in this way.

——Now that Yaesakura is no longer obsessed with hatred, Kiryuumaru has no way to directly influence any of her decisions.

"...There is one more way."

Yaezakura's gaze fell on the street.

She saw a human running non-stop towards Qianyu Academy.

“——That’s the [Descending God].”

A spiritual advent is a way of requesting supernatural will to descend upon one's body.

This was a technique she had learned when she was a shrine maiden, asking the fox god to descend into her body.

To put it more commonly, it is "possession".

Of course, this trick never worked. After all, she later realized that there was no such thing as Lord Fox God in the world.

The so-called "Fox God" that Yaemura has always believed in is probably just a fox that has been infected by Honkai energy and mutated.

But at this moment, for her who is only a spirit left, she can indeed become a being that possesses others.

With a physical body as support, the power she can exert will be more complete.

"Although I don't know why that human appeared here... but do you want to rely on him? Do you think a normal person would agree to such a sudden thing?"

Feiyuwan tried his best to stop him again.

She really wanted to live, not die here in vain.

Even if Yae Sakura really possessed that human's body and exerted stronger combat power, she would have absolutely no chance of winning against the real Herrscher!

Unfortunately, she had no way to change Yaesakura's decision.

“…We have to give it a try.”

Yaezakura has made her decision.

Under the desperate gaze of Feiyumaru, the cherry-colored girl jumped down from a high altitude, flew to the front of the human at an extremely fast speed, and intercepted him.

"Human, I have a favor to ask of you."

Chapter 9 Unavoidable Cooperation

Looking at the cherry-colored girl who suddenly appeared in front of him, Mingyu's expression became strange.

Of course he knew who she was. Yaezakura, who was supposed to have lived five hundred years ago, was bewitched by the Herrscher of Corrosion after coming into contact with a damaged black box. She transformed into a Pseudo-Herscher and slaughtered many ordinary residents of Yaezakura.

Of course, if Mingyu were to comment, it would be just two words, "good death" - after all, those so-called ordinary residents have been doing the stupid ritual of sacrificing young girls to pray to the gods for rain.

There are countless innocent girls who died tragically at the hands of these human-skinned monsters. Even Yae Sakura's sister, Yae Rin, died for the same reason. This was also an important reason why Yae Sakura was finally chosen by the Herrscher of Corrosion to depend on.

It can be said that the disaster that befell Yae Village was all its own fault from beginning to end.

We've strayed off topic. Anyway, why did Yaesakura appear in front of him?

According to the original timeline, she should have appeared when the Pseudo-Herrscher Yuno appeared later, and saved Theresa who tried to defeat her alone, saving her life which was almost about to end.

And because Theresa has Kallen's bloodline, Yae Sakura finally chose to give all her power to her, erasing her own existence in reality.

Well... Speaking of which, it is indeed a bit embarrassing that Theresa, an S-class Valkyrie, was killed twice by the Herrscher.

Mingyu noticed that the cherry-colored girl who appeared in front of him seemed a little transparent.

Although I was clearly looking at her body, I could vaguely catch a glimpse of the scenery behind her, just like a ghost.

After thinking for a moment, Mingyu said to Yaezakura:

"Before asking for help, you should at least introduce yourself first, right?"

Anyway, she doesn't seem to be hostile, so it would be feasible to achieve her goal through negotiation first.

If she really intended to take action, the magic sword at her waist would have probably chopped it off long ago.

"That's right. My name is Yaezakura. I'm a miko, and as you can see, I'm a... ghost."

The cherry-colored girl briefly introduced herself, then stretched out a finger and pointed in the direction of Chiba Academy:

"There is a very powerful being in that building. I want to try to defeat her... but I am alone now and cannot exert my full strength."

A powerful being... She is referring to the Third Herrscher, right?

Mingyu pondered to himself.

So, their goals are the same.

"So, I need a human body as a target to possess. Only in this way can I exert more strength."

Yaezakura said simply and in shock.

She thought that Mingyu, who was able to come here alone, should not be someone who knew nothing about Honkai, so she omitted the explanation for the time being.

"…If I don't agree, are you going to take over my body by force?"

Mingyu asked.

In response to his question, Yaezakura just shook her head slightly and said:

"I won't force you."

Although there were few possible targets, she could barely sense the existence of other living people in this Changkong City.

For example, even inside the nearby Senba Academy, she could sense that there were still living humans there.

"But since you are here, I think you are probably here for that existence. In that case, this should be a [cooperation] for you and me."

It's indeed a very tempting proposal.