Honkai Impact 3, but I’m Amamiya Ren!

However, according to Yutu, this place is already inside Kallen's palace, and the calm atmosphere seems abnormal, as if some terrible storm is brewing.

Amamiya Ren looked around. This was an endless desert with soft quicksand under her feet. The sky above was red, making her feel extremely depressed.

There was no gap connecting to the top in the sky dyed red, and the entrance through which Amamiya Ren and Hato entered the palace had already closed and disappeared without them noticing.

Amamiya Ren was silently observing the surrounding environment, and he accidentally caught a glimpse of a familiar black color out of the corner of his eye.

After turning around, Amamiya Ren saw a black bird-beak mask half buried in yellow quicksand.

The kite mask left behind by the Phantom Thief Ziyuan can not only open the door of the palace, but should also be able to help Amamiya Ren find the whereabouts of Kallen herself.

Therefore, after discovering the black bird-beak mask fallen into the quicksand not far away, Amamiya Ren stepped towards that side, wanting to pick up Kallen's mask again.

And just as Amamiya Ren took the first step forward.

A ray of sand was obscured by the wind, and only a white-haired figure could be vaguely seen. It suddenly appeared in the desert like a mirage, and bent down to pick up the kite mask buried in the quicksand.

The white figure gently put the black bird-beak mask picked up from the quicksand on his cheek. The wind and sand in the sky completely swept away from here, revealing the clear figure of the white figure.

The strange feeling that Amamiya Ren had sensed from it before, as if encountering a mirage, also disappeared the moment the wind and sand receded.

"You feel your own aura approaching, so you come to greet us at the entrance so quickly, Kallen."

Chapter 67: To deal with Kallen, use Yaezakura!

She has long, smooth white hair tied into a pigtail, a delicate and beautiful face, and a slender and well-proportioned figure.

The white-haired figure appeared at the entrance of the palace, picked up the black bird-beak mask and put it on his cheek under the gaze of Amamiya Ren.

It was exactly Karen Kaslana herself, wearing a black nun's uniform.

".....Karen, do you still remember who I am?"

Amemiya Ren originally thought that Kallen came out to greet her because she sensed the aura of the Purple Iris Mask.

However, when Kallen, who was wearing a nun's uniform, put on a black bird-beak mask, her blue eyes looked at her coldly, as if she was looking at a stranger, or even an enemy.

After realizing that Kallen, the master of the palace, had an unpleasant attitude towards her, Amamiya Ren cautiously stopped approaching her and asked Kallen in the distance.

"Your name is Amamiya Ren. You are the first person to awaken the stigmata in this era. You are also the one who made a promise with the Phantom Thief Ziyuan to inherit her power. After putting on this mask, I have learned all this information."

Kallen, wearing a black bird-beak mask, responded to Amamiya Ren with an expressionless face.

Although Karin has expressed that she has the memory of Amamiya Ren, Amamiya Ren did not let down her guard because Karin's attitude was really wrong. She did not seem to be ready to welcome the agreed companion.

As the master of the palace, it is natural that her mind and desires are distorted. Amamiya Ren never thought that she could get Kallen's personality mask recognition easily and smoothly.

As expected, Amamiya Ren, who was waiting for Kallen's answer, soon received the "but" she wanted.

"But... you are just outsiders after all, and you are not qualified to obtain the power of Kaslana. Although the side of you as the Phantom Thief Ziyuan has recognized you, do you have the qualifications to bear this power? Let me verify it myself."

As the master of the palace, Kallen Kaslana's tone was extremely heavy and serious, so serious that she didn't even have the slightest overlap in personality with the [Phantom Thief Ziyuan] that Amamiya Ren knew.

"...Sakura, is Kallen usually like this?"

Amamiya Ren frowned slightly and silently asked Yaezakura who was living in his heart.

Ren Amamiya and Kallen Kaslana met only once.

But even if it was just that one contact, in Amamiya Ren's opinion, Kallen should not be such a dull, rigid and uninteresting woman.

[No, I've never seen Karen become so... bitter and resentful? The Karen I know has always been sunny and optimistic, just like the warm sun shining into my heart. ]

Yaezakura's hesitant reply echoed in Amamiya Ren's heart. It was obvious that the extremely unfamiliar Kallen Kaslana in front of him made Yaezakura, who was living in his heart, seem to be shaken.

"It seems that unlike your situation at that time, Kallen's shadow directly exposed the distortion of her mind."

When Yaezakura was still the master of the palace, she looked very normal on the surface, but beneath that gentle and peaceful appearance, Yaezakura's heart had long been twisted, and she was constantly filled with anger that wanted revenge and venting.

Kallen Kaslana's situation was different from Yae Sakura's. She openly revealed the distortion in her mind, just like the palace masters that Amamiya Ren encountered in the game.

"In that case, I'm very familiar with the process... In the name of the Phantom Thief of Hearts Joker, Kallen Kaslana, I will steal your heart!"

Amamiya Ren raised his hand and snapped his fingers crisply, and pointed his red-gloved fingertips at Kallen, who had an expressionless face in the distance, and made a declaration to her that he was going to steal the secret treasure.

[…Although nothing seems to be wrong, it seems that something is wrong. I feel a little weird…]

After hearing the Phantom Thief Declaration made by Amamiya Ren, before Kallen could react, Yaezakura who was living in his mind made a somewhat distressed sound.

"Don't even think about running away. I'm tired of having to run back and forth throughout the maze even though the Palace Master is right in front of me. After defeating all the guards who block my way, I finally have to face the Palace Master in the deepest part of the maze and see him show his true form!"

The master of each palace will appear at the very beginning, but only when stealing the secret treasure will he reveal his true shadow form after his mind is distorted and start fighting with the mind thief.

Amamiya Ren, who had been tortured by various mazes, had long been completely fed up with the process.

Yutu had mentioned before that the palace where Kallen was located was very special. It was so big that it didn't seem like a palace created in a person's heart.

For a huge palace like this, the maze mechanism must be very special and outrageous. There might be a maze mechanism that is even more sinister than the mouse transformation and spectrum lights waiting for Amamiya Lian. He doesn't want to go through the process honestly.

In the game, Kamoshida's Shadow did not fight back even when he was imprisoned in a cell.

If you want to make the shadows of these palace masters show fighting spirit, there are probably only two ways: stealing their secret treasures or directly attacking them.

Now, Amamiya Ren has just stepped into Kallen Palace and has not yet detected the location of the secret treasure.

Therefore, the only option available to Amamiya Ren now is to immediately initiate a battle against Kallen, the master of the palace!

"Although you are just an outsider, since you have set foot in this space, as a human being you should accept the test of trials. But if you insist on doing so, I will allow you to face your first defeat here."

Seeing that Amamiya Ren seemed so familiar with the trial process of Kaslana's Stigma Space, even Kallen Kaslana, who was as cold as an iceberg, couldn't help but show a little surprise.

Feeling the strong fighting spirit of Amamiya Ren, who had no intention of allowing herself to return to the core of Kaslana's stigmata space, Kallen stretched out her hand to her side, and the golden light gathered in her fair palm, turning into a golden cross weapon called the Oath of Judas.

"If I were to deal with you, I think this personality mask would be more appropriate."

A blue-green flame ignited in Amamiya Lian's palm. Along with the emergence of the deep flame, a white fox mask with three cherry-colored magatama patterns on the center of the forehead suddenly appeared in Amamiya Lian's palm.

"————It's decided to be you, Yaesakura!"

Chapter 4 Kaslana's Stigma: The Key to Corrosion? Zeroth Rated Power? (K words)

A white fox mask decorated with three cherry-colored magatama flew out in mid-air, and then turned into a blue-green flame, reconstructing into the figure of a cherry-colored priestess holding a cherry-red spirit sword.

Her hair, as gorgeous as cherry blossoms, swayed slightly, and the slender cherry-colored fox ears on the top of her head were extremely eye-catching.

When Yaezakura obeyed the call from Amamiya Ren and landed lightly in the red desert.

Amamiya Ren could clearly observe that in the distance, the palace lord Kallen, who was wearing a black bird-beak mask, finally showed a trace of fluctuation that was difficult to conceal, her eyes, which had always been as cold as ten thousand years of black ice.

Yes, this is what I want to see!

Instead of choosing Arsem, he used the personality mask of Yae Sakura to fight against Kallen. What Amamiya Ren wanted to see was Kallen's expression when she saw Yae Sakura again.

It was a pity that Kallen calmed down her emotions too quickly. Before Amamiya Ren could appreciate the reminiscing look in her eyes, Kallen had already returned to her previous indifferent state.

"Joker, I'm here to help too..."

Seeing that the battle between Amamiya Ren and Shadow Kallen was about to break out, Yutu was about to summon a dream projection to join the battle to assist Amamiya.

However, just as she had the thought of helping Amamiya Ren, her entire body felt a deep chill and stiffness as if she had fallen into an ice cave. Kallen Kaslana's cold gaze, which seemed to be able to freeze the soul, was fixed on Yutu.

"You are not human. As the power of the stigmata, you are not qualified to accept the trial. If you insist on helping him fight, you will only cause him to lose the qualification to inherit Kaslana's power, and...you will face the most terrifying truth."

The gaze from Kallen Kaslana seemed to contain the terrifying power to freeze everything. Just by being stared at by her silently, Yutu felt as if his body was frozen and it was difficult for him to make any other movements.

Karin's meaning was very clear. This was a one-on-one fight between her and Amamiya Ren. If Hatagi wanted to intervene, she would exert her full strength without any scruples, defeat Amamiya Ren and Hatagi, and then expel them all.

This stigmata space is very special. It is like connecting all the stigmata spaces of people with the same characteristics. Not only is the space incredibly large, the power of the stigmata will residing in it is beyond Yutu's imagination.

As the holy scar crystal of Shaniyat, Yutu's power should be at the pinnacle of the holy scar theory.

However, the Kallen Kaslana who appeared in the stigmata space in front of him possessed terrifying strength that even Yutu could not match.

The power of the stigmata that can surpass the stigmata of Shaniyat, plus the blood flowing in Kallen's body.

Yutu gradually realized the truth about this holy scar space... This must be the holy scar space built by the entire knight family of Kaslana!

The one that Amamiya Ren is facing at this moment is completely different from Kallen in both personality and strength, and naturally is not the real Kallen Kaslana.

Instead, it was as if she had instinctively chosen Cecilia Shanyat's body as a model, and the will of Kaslana's stigma appeared in front of Amamiya Ren in the form of Kallen Kaslana!

"Does this mean you want to fight me one on one... It's okay, Hatagu, just watch from the side."

Amamiya Ren waved to Yutu behind her, indicating that she should just stand aside and watch the fight.

During the game, Amamiya Ren had never tried to clear the palace alone without teammates.

However, that was an action that could only be performed casually when carrying the invincible god Izanagi, in order to skip the battle turn of teammates and directly use tens of thousands of proverbs to end the battle.

The current Amamiya Ren does not have the god Izanagi residing in his heart.

But the situation now is not as dangerous as in the game.

No matter how twisted the palace master's mind is, Kallen is still Kallen after all. Since she has already made an agreement with Amamiya Ren, she will never turn her back on her.

Amamiya Ren could tell that although Shadow Karin kept talking about trials and burdens, and looked as cold and ruthless as an iceberg, making the atmosphere tense, she actually had no real ill intentions.

"Welcome the first failure" sounds like it means giving Amamiya Ren many opportunities to make mistakes, allowing him to challenge again after failure.

only----

"I'm not prepared for a failed ending. Watch me clear this palace with one life!!"

The moment Amamiya Ren finished speaking, Yaezakura, who received the order to attack, shot forward at high speed like a cannonball. The spiritual sword Sakura Blizzard in her slender hand flashed a brilliant sword light in the air, and the sword was swung towards Kallen, who was as steady as a mountain and did not move at all.

Seeing Kallen standing still as if she had no reaction to her attack, Yaezakura's blue eyes flashed with hesitation.

The originally sharp and swift sword in her hand suddenly stagnated, and the blade's landing point also subconsciously shifted towards the golden cross standing next to Kallen's hand.

"You're too slow, Yaezakura. I don't need you to show mercy. You just need to attack me with all your strength, just like Amamiya Ren."

Yaesakura's slender and light body had just approached the air in front of Kallen when she heard Kallen's extremely cold voice.

The sound of chains vibrating suddenly rang out.

From the inner box of the Judas Oath, a golden soul steel chain as nimble and swift as a snake shot out in an instant, tightly binding Yaezakura's wrist holding the cherry-red spirit sword.

After restraining Yae Sakura's movements, Kallen turned Yae Sakura's body into a cannonball like a whip, and shot it out at high speed towards Amamiya Ren who appeared behind her silently.

Facing the Sakura-colored priestess who was shooting towards him like a cannonball, Amamiya Ren did not show the slightest sympathy for her.

He tightly grasped the mechanical sword Raikiri that was wrapped in deep purple lightning in both hands, and his body moved forward with extreme agility like a black falcon flying in the sky.

Just as the blade of the Raikiri sword, which was wrapped in dazzling purple lightning and emitted the sound of a thousand birds singing, was about to pierce into the back of Yaezakura.

Yaezakura's slender and petite figure instantly turned into a sky full of dark blue spiritual flames that spread out in all directions.

Armed with the Raikiri katana, Amamiya Ren penetrated the curtain formed by the dark blue flames with unstoppable force. The dazzling purple sword wrapped in brilliant lightning had already fallen on Kallen Kaslana, whose eyes showed a hint of surprise.

"Good combat awareness, but unfortunately your own strength is too weak."

The battle had barely begun when Kallen gave Amamiya Ren a gentle nod of praise.

However, in the next moment, the golden soul steel chain that shot out from the inner box of the Judas Oath repeated its old trick, and like a spirit snake, it bound Amamiya Ren's right hand holding the sword Raikiri.

"Don't even think about using the same move a second time in front of me!"

The strong electromagnetic shield surrounding Amamiya Lian's body exploded instantly, and the bird-shaped lightning sword that burst out from his body instantly knocked away the golden soul steel chain that was bound to Amamiya Lian's right arm.

After eliminating all obstacles, Amamiya Ren's hand was wrapped in a deep purple blade that was shining with lightning, and finally slashed down towards Kallen in front of him.

Kallen, who had been standing still since the start of the battle, finally made an evasive move under the might of Amamiya Ren's lightning sword.

Kallen leaped backwards nimbly, and the sword slash that fell with thunder burst out with strong power, raising violent dust on the ground.

"......"

Kallen, who had regained her footing in the desert with the Oath of Judah, was silent for a moment. She lowered her head silently and looked at her right shoulder.

The Destiny Nun's uniform, which was made of a special material and had extremely excellent defensive properties, had been torn into a long and narrow crack. The wound on the right shoulder showed a shallow bloodstain, and a numbing and stimulating feeling was transmitted to the body.

"Well done, although I only used Kallen..."

Kaslana's stigma will did not make things too difficult for Amamiya Ren, a human visitor who entered Kaslana's stigma space and wanted to take away Kaslana's stigma power.