Collapse, but Stand users

"Control it, don't let it succumb to the Honkai."

Seeing Himiko struggling before him, Kira Yoshikage allowed her to attack, but his grip on her hand never loosened.

......

"Kira...Kira Yoshikage?"

"Yes, it's me."

"I...I'm...Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!"

......

"Yoshikage Kira, I'm alright now."

Kira Yoshikage summoned his Stand to test Himiko, but she didn't react. Kira Yoshikage then increased the force of his blows, but Himiko didn't respond to his cries.

......

How long has it been?

do not know.

How much longer can we hold on?

do not know.

Should we give up?

impossible.

Will Himiko succeed? Yoshikage Kira doesn't know. With his mind already crumbling, awakening a Stand is extremely difficult.

But was Yoshikage Kira the type to back down when faced with difficulties? Obviously not.

The hymn to humanity is the hymn to courage; the greatness of humanity is the greatness of courage.

The blades formed from flames were all blocked by Killer Queen, who at the same time absorbed the Honkai energy from Himiko's body to create a greater possibility for her to defeat the Honkai.

Kira Yoshikage stood in front of Himiko and held her down, seemingly unshakable by anything.

......

Kevin walked across the scorched earth, and all he could see were flames.

Kevin propelled the ice through the air, rapidly moving towards the Australian Dome.

But the closer Kevin got to the giant egg, the higher the temperature became, forcing him to slow down.

......

After an unknown amount of time, the wound on Himiko's arm caused by the arrow stopped bleeding and instead formed a circular wound.

Himiko seemed to have exhausted all her strength and collapsed into Kira Yoshikage's arms. In her dazed state, she saw the Killer Queen behind Kira Yoshikage and the humanoid creature with flames behind her.

"Welcome back, Himiko." Kira Yoshikage said with a smile as he looked at the exhausted Himiko.

Yes, it's like the joy of putting on new underwear to greet the first rays of sunlight in the morning during the New Year.

The raging fires over Australia rushed towards the Australian Dome, gathering around Himiko's Stand. The Stand waved its hand, and the flames dissipated.

Kira Yoshikage picked up Himiko and walked outside.

"..." Kevin had just reached the entrance when he saw Kira Yoshikage carrying Himiko and walking towards him.

Kira Yoshikage walked up to Kevin and said, "Just say that you defeated Himiko, understand? Also, give me a set of clothes."

The commanding tone didn't make Kevin feel bad; instead, it relieved him.

Kira-senpai is alive, and Himiko-senpai seems to be mostly unharmed.

He no longer needed to kill the captain he respected with his own hands.

There couldn't be a better ending, could there?

Kevin nodded without asking any further questions.

'As expected, Kira-senpai was secretly helping me.' Kevin felt relieved, recalling the scene with the Herrscher of Death.

"Wow, Kira-senpai is really strong," Kevin couldn't help but exclaim.

......

[You and Kevin have successfully returned to the Firemoth headquarters.]

Kevin, as you instructed, publicly declared that he had defeated the Herrscher of Flame.

[Then, you carried Himiko's 'corpse' into the Spiral Workshop that Velve had set up at the headquarters of the Firemoth.]

[With this, the seventh Honkai Impact 3rd has ended.]

Australia was devastated, with no survivors, and the fire-scorched land was beyond repair.

[But you have good news. How to save the Herrscher? By weakening the Herrscher's Honkai energy yourself, using arrows, and combining this with the Herrscher's own will, you can transform the Herrscher into a Stand user with humanity.]

But how many people possess truly unwavering will?

[To your knowledge, of the thirteen Herrschers from the previous civilization, it seems that only Himiko briefly regained consciousness after being chosen as a Herrscher by the Honkai.]

Everyone else willingly succumbed to depravity.

Such people don't need to be saved.

Although you never intended to save them in the first place, the more Stand users there are, the greater the risk of exposing yourself.

As Kira placed Himiko on Virvi's workbench, he felt someone embrace him.

Kira Yoshikage turned around, hugged Velvet in his arms, looked at the girl who was crying her eyes out, stroked her hair and whispered.

“I’m back, Vilvi.”