People are in Star Iron, and the game begins with the unsheathing of Heavenly Fire.

However, her confidence and pride as a Herrscher made her unwilling to slink away in such a disgraceful manner.

How could she, a ruthless queen of lightning, accept the reality that a mere human had forced her to retreat?

So, the girl decisively raised her right hand, and countless bolts of lightning burst forth in her hand.

"Boom!"

Intense thunder spread across the sky, and the entire Changkong City seemed to have transformed into a ship struggling in a storm, on the verge of capsizing at any moment!

At the same time, the raging thunder that had just gathered in the sky was about to erupt completely, as if it would destroy everything!

The Herrscher of Thunder has no choice but to destroy this city and this detestable man completely, turning them all into dust!

"go to hell!"

Thousands of lightning bolts descended from the sky, and astonishing lightning erupted from the girl's body, with countless purple bolts spreading out. The power of the Herrscher of Thunder was almost unleashed to its limit.

And just as everyone showed expressions of horror—

The next instant, a scene that shocked the Herrscher of Thunder and everyone present unfolded.

"boom!"

An astonishing flame erupted from Ron's hand, the blazing flames spreading like a dragon devouring everything from the greatsword in Ron's hand with a roar!

"Annihilation! Unsheath!"

"Boom!"

The blinding flames tore everything apart!

The Herrscher of Thunder's lightning was almost completely obliterated the moment it touched the firestorm!

Ron's attack shattered all the purple lightning she had created. Countless bolts of lightning were extinguished as quickly as fire met water, or ice met fire.

"No! This is impossible!"

The Herrscher of Thunder's eyes showed disbelief. She couldn't understand what was happening, and she couldn't accept the reality that she had been defeated by a mortal!

However, reality cannot be changed by ideas.

No matter how strong the will, it is impossible to break free from the bondage of gravity when faced with absolute power!

"Wow!"

Suddenly, everyone in Changkong City, the entire Far East, and even the whole of Asia was astonished to see a roaring fire dragon soar into the sky, tearing apart all the clouds!

It was as if the stars in the sky had been completely shattered!

……

The secret headquarters of the World Serpent.

Paradise of the past.

After leaving the Far East, the gray snake came here and immediately passed through a dreamlike road to a secluded laboratory.

"Lord Mebius."

"..."

Upon hearing Gray Serpent's respectful words, Möbius, who was still conducting experiments, looked up.

A hint of confusion and impatience flashed in her eyes. "What's wrong? Didn't I tell you to keep a close eye on the development of Changkong City? Why are you back so soon?"

"I am fully aware of everything that happened in Changkong City, which is why I rushed back as soon as possible to inform you of some special news, sir."

"Special message?"

Unexpectedly, Gray Serpent used such vague language to describe what happened, and a hint of curiosity couldn't help but show in Möbius's eyes.

She slowly opened her mouth and asked, "Is it good news or bad news?"

"This should be bad news for the World Serpent, but for you, I'm not sure..." Gray Serpent answered honestly, without any pretense.

"Oh? Tell me about it." Möbius then completely put down his experiment, his pale green eyes showing great interest.

The gray snake then spoke, word by word:

"In Changkong City, I encountered the adult who suddenly disappeared after defeating the Herrscher of the End 50,000 years ago—Dr. Ron, the chief scientist of the Firemoth. Furthermore, Dr. Ron refused my request and forcibly stopped my Stigmata experiments in Changkong City, causing the experiments to fail completely..."

"..."

Upon hearing Gray Serpent's words, Mebius fell into a long silence, remaining completely speechless.

Just as the gray snake was about to say something...

Möbius finally slowly raised his head, a brilliant smile flashing in his eyes: "This is truly wonderful news...it couldn't be better, hehe, hehehehe..."

Chapter 73 Mebius: Hehe, Ron, long time no see!

【Ding--! 】

[Main Quest - Resolving the Third Herrscher Crisis in Changkong City - Completed!]

Based on the number of casualties, the extent of damage, and the Herrscher's handling of the situation, the final completion rating is B!

One B-grade skill or B-grade item will be randomly selected.

"B-rank?"

Ron was stunned when he saw the system's final evaluation.

Just now, after slicing the Herrscher of Thunder to pieces with a single sword strike and confirming that Raiden Mei had returned to normal, he took advantage of the fact that the Heavenly Fire was affecting everyone's vision and quietly left the scene.

Furthermore, he went alone to a secluded corner of Changkong City where no one noticed him, deactivating the Blood Steam Gun's transformation while waiting for the system's mission feedback.

Ultimately, the system gave him a B-level rating for this mission. Although this rating was not low, it still deviated from Ron's basic expectations.

"Why is it Grade B?"

So Ron took the initiative to ask a question to his own unscrupulous system.

[Regarding the completion of this mission, although the host successfully dealt with the Herrscher of Thunder and there were not many casualties, the damage to Changkong City and the final condition of Raiden Mei fell far short of the standard, failing to achieve an 'Excellent' rating. Therefore, a B-level score is ultimately awarded.]

"Excellent rating? There's such a setting?"

This was the first time Ron had ever heard the system give such an excellent rating.

Could this be something the other party made up on the spot to fool me?

That's right, this was made up on the spot.

"They actually admitted it without any shame!"

What else? What, you got a problem with that? Bite me!

"This……"

Ron instinctively felt that the system was becoming more and more human lately, and finally gave up the idea of ​​arguing with it.

Ultimately, I am just an ordinary worker, while the system can be considered equivalent to a capitalist.

Until he has the ability to change this system and blast the opponent's body to pieces with a weapon, he can only let this damned system unilaterally torment him.

[Task rewards have been distributed]

[Randomly draw one skill or item]

[Drawing...]

[Reward has been drawn - Herrscher of Thunder Core]

[Herrscher of Thunder Core: The source of Herrscher power. After being implanted into the body, it can establish a special connection with the Cocoon of the End. As long as one is willing to become the embodiment of Honkai and the vanguard of destroying civilization, one can freely use the Herrscher's abilities.]

[Note: Before using the Herrscher Core, please enter the unique activation password – 'I can't do anything!'. After activation, you can power on and use it.]

"..."

Ron felt that this note was full of flaws once again, and he couldn't help but wonder how much more trouble this system could cause him.

How many more surprises do you have in store that I don't know about?!

Of course, the reward of the Herrscher of Thunder core given to him by the system was not useless.

Unlike Divine Keys, Herrscher Cores are unprocessed Honkai energy. They can be directly embedded into the body to control a certain amount of Honkai power, or they can be modified and developed into new Divine Keys by the user.

Although half of the Divine Keys for the Fire Moth were designed by Velvey, who was the head of the Engineering Department, and the other half were developed under the initiative of Dr. Mei, Ron had also participated in the production of the Divine Keys, so he roughly knew how the Divine Keys should be designed.

However, Ron hasn't figured out how to design this Herrscher Core yet, so he probably doesn't have any plans to turn it into a Divine Key in the short term.

Once I have a concrete idea, I'll try to design it.

"Should I leave this world after the main quest is completed?"

[A fight to the death, we're leaving tonight.]

"What the hell is 'fight to the death'? Am I supposed to fight someone?"

【you guess】

"..."

There are still temporary tasks to be settled.

"A temporary mission?"

Upon hearing the system's reply, Ron remembered that he still had a temporary mission to complete, but wasn't that mission only given a rating after all three starter families joined St. Freya Academy?

Will we have a conclusion before tonight?

That's a must.

"This……"

Just as Ron was deep in thought, the system suddenly gave him feedback.

The new task settlement has begun.

[Temporary Task - Part 1 of a Doctor's Required Course - Completed]

【Task rewards have been issued】

[Randomly select a B-level skill corresponding to your profession]