Chapter 8: You are Murata Himeko's student!!!

This is a world without light.

Everyone has a hypocritical smile on their face.

Everyone mocks as they please, and resentment forms a cage.

Transparent threads connect their limbs, creating cold Puppets.

Yunduo could not see the light, as if she were sealed in the deep sea.

That malicious Honkai Energy swept through her body and mind, trying to pull her toward destruction.

A question had always remained in the girl's heart.

Is this how I admit defeat?

I can do nothing.

Why is it always like this?

Her tired and broken body was pulled by the threads; every movement brought heart-wrenching pain.

But thinking of her friend tied in the sky, her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.

I can't lose yet!

"We are all losers."

"This is the end."

At this moment, the Herrscher of Domination looked at Yunduo, who was tightly bound by threads, and issued a victor's declaration.

It could see in its eyes that this failed girl no longer had the strength to support herself.

Soon she would merge into the Puppets and become one of the rabble.

"No!"

"I won't... submit to you!"

Amidst the heavy shadows, the girl's blue eyes appeared exceptionally stubborn.

Even if she used up her last bit of strength, she did not admit defeat.

Her knees were suspended in the air!

Behind her was the weight of thousands of Puppets, all concentrated on her back, trying to force her to kneel.

She supported herself with all her might, her bones making overburdened sounds.

"They have already fallen; you are the last one."

The Herrscher of Domination laughed, its shrill tone full of joy and mockery.

It was so happy.

After harvesting the power of the Herrscher of Sentience, it would soon obtain the power of the Herrscher of Reason, the Herrscher of the Void, and the Gem of Haste.

After that, it would be the strongest in the world!

Humans have finally reached their end!

But suddenly, the Herrscher of Domination Shuhu discovered a spark of fire ignited in the struggling girl's eyes!

"Boom!"

The flame burned larger and larger!

The leaping light illuminated the shadows.

It seemed to see another person, clad in flames and unstoppable, picking up a greatsword.

A true warrior!

This made it a bit afraid, so the threads squeezed harder, wanting to kill the girl in its palm.

At this critical moment, the image of a deceased warrior appeared in the girl's eyes.

Facing the invincible Herrscher of the Void, she had never given up.

She exchanged her life for her rebirth.

She.

They.

Never gave up!

How could I just give up like this?!!

"I will—"

"Nooooooo!!!"

The girl roared, and the Puppets in front of her were all burned by the flames; hot fire shot out from her eyes.

The threads were burned through by her scorching fire, making a sorrowful sound of collapse.

She thought of that warrior, the warrior who never retreated.

Stand up!

Stand up!

Stand up!

You are... you are... Murata Himeko's student!!!!!

The girl stood up stumblingly, holding a Greatsword of Fire, like a phoenix reborn from the ashes, glaring at the Herrscher of Domination.

She was firm.

And she believed.

A voice without a hint of hesitation echoed in the center of the stage!

"They will never give up!"

"Now it's my turn to do what I must do!"

"To tell everyone that their choice—"

"Was not wrong!!!"

The Greatsword of Fire erupted with scorching Honkai Energy.

Sizzle!

Melting the surrounding Puppets before they could even get close.

Even thousands of Puppets were disappearing at a rapid speed, like snowflakes meeting a fireball.

The Herrscher of Domination saw that the originally weak girl had stood up.

Her eyes were filled with light and determination; there was no more hesitation, no more retreating.

This was a true warrior!

It seemed to see that warrior clad in flames.

The figures of these two people overlapped in its eyes.

The girl swung her sword, and the eternal flame on the hilt burst into a dazzling light, illuminating this dark world.

"Is your attack over?"

"Now it's my turn!"

"Any objections?"

She looked at the Herrscher of Domination and swung the greatsword in her hand.

"What?!!"

The Herrscher of Domination was in disbelief; why could she escape?

"Why stand up again?"

"Why?!!"

"No matter how much you struggle, the result won't change!!!"

The Herrscher of Domination roared, gathering all the Puppets for a final battle.

It didn't understand; this world was not beautiful to begin with.

Why? Isn't it good to just die like this?

Why stand up?!!

"Because we have no reason to fall!"

"Incarnation, draw your sword!!!"

The girl's eyes were like torches as she pulled out the Greatsword of Fire in her hand.

Draw the sword!

Slash!

A wave of irresistible thermal energy was generated from the tip of the sword, slashing through the air toward all the Puppets around her.

The rapidly converging Honkai Energy and speed tore through space, carving out scattered spatial fragments; the entire stage was about to be melted by it!

"Aaaaaaaaaah—"

The crumbling Puppets shrieked and roared.

Countless parts turned into steam and firelight.

But there were still too many Puppets, attacking frantically like swarms of insects.

The Gem of Haste alone could not completely clear them.

Just then, streaks of deep blue lasers exploded from the sky.

Those violent beams of light rushed towards the Puppets, blowing them to pieces!

The girl looked back and saw Bronya lying on the ground, her body flickering with a deep blue color.

This was the energy of using the Herrscher's authority.

"Who?"

The Herrscher of Domination was in disbelief; hadn't she just died?

"Kiana... doesn't care about what you said... because..."

"Because she is an idiot..."

"An idiot... won't give up!"

Bronya, lying on the ground, said softly with the herrscher core of Reason.

Even with her body heavily injured, she continued to support the girl.

Having said that, the girl discovered that a deep blue gem had suddenly been embedded into the greatsword in her hand.

"Bronya..."

It turns out they have been supporting me all along.

They haven't given up.

A phantom appeared beside the girl, and the Herrscher of Reason's core radiated new life.

Countless deep blue cannons ignited from the sky, encircling the entire stage.

The abundant Honkai Energy immobilized the Puppets, leaving them unable to move.

Together, they issued the command!

Angel Reconstruction!

"Fire!!!"

In that instant.

The cannons fired lasers, piercing through all the Puppets.

The stage rose from the ground, and all the lights and props were reduced to ashes.

This was the result of the Herrscher of Reason and the girl fighting together!

"How is this possible?!"

"No, this world isn't at all like what you said!!!"

The Minion, flying into a rage o

ut of humiliation, spread its massive arms in mid-air, with eight Filthy Cores condensing around its body.

It swung the stone pillars that made up the stage, and a dark beam of light slammed violently toward the girl.

The girl's vision darkened, contaminated by the Filthy Core, leaving her in a precarious state.

In an instant.

A golden-red feather slowly descended from the rainbow in the sky.

All of the Herrscher of Domination's attacks were blocked.