Starting from the Collapse World, I became the behind-the-scenes boss

"Miss Kiana, shall we end it here for today?"

Seeing that the girl's condition was beginning to deteriorate, Yae Sakura asked kindly, but her attack movements were not slow at all.

A spear of the void appeared, blocking the rapidly slashing blade. Kiana gritted her teeth and shouted, "Continue!"

Several months had passed since the end of the War of Destiny.

During this period, Yae Sakura would visit her about once a week to teach her the techniques of using Honkai energy through battle.

According to the witch, she can only obtain clues about the boy when she has mastered these skills and defeated her in a direct battle.

If she fails in this battle as well, she will have to wait another seven days.

Thinking of the boy whose fate was still unknown, Kiana couldn't help but feel anxious.

Time is getting longer and longer. Even if she can stall for time, what about the boy?

She didn't want to wait until she was finally able to defeat Yae Sakura only to be told that the boy had already died.

Therefore, even if she had only a sliver of strength left, she would fight desperately.

Nothing and no one could stop her from seeing the boy!

"How ridiculous! With your extremely weak strength, what can you possibly accomplish?"

Clearly sensing that Kiana's body was gradually approaching its limit, Sirin couldn't help but laugh.

"I can do everything you'll never understand!"

Kiana answered in a soft yet firm voice, disregarding the fact that one of her eyes had turned completely gold, and continued to frantically squeeze power from the core of the Herrscher of the Void.

In an instant, Kiana felt as if a mountain was pressing down on her, and every cell in her body groaned in agony, unable to bear the weight.

So, this is what the marks felt like back then?

Thinking of the boy who shone like the sun that day, Kiana couldn't help but smile gently.

"Hahaha! You idiot!"

Since you're courting death, then I won't hold back.

Seeing this, Xilin couldn't help but smile smugly.

For a pure Herrscher like her, every time Kiana uses a sliver of Herrscher power, it's equivalent to relinquishing some of her body's privileges.

Now that the girl has chosen to overwork her body, it is tantamount to completely abandoning her body.

"When Hen saved me, he did just that."

Now, it's my turn!

As she spoke softly, Kiana seemed to see a familiar smiling face appear before her.

Kiana's smile widened, and the golden light that had been shimmering in her eyes settled, revealing identical target-shaped patterns in her heterochromatic pupils, one gold and one blue.

Kiana's body vanished through a wormhole, evading the priestess's pursuing blades, and reappeared in mid-air, suspended upside down.

"burst!"

With a sharp cry, Kiana suddenly clenched her right hand into a fist.

On the ground, the wormhole left by Kiana's teleportation did not disappear but exploded with a bang, and the power of space quickly spread out, causing Yae Sakura's movements to become sluggish for a moment.

At the same time, starlight lit up the places where Kiana teleported, perfectly surrounding the priestess's body in the center like a giant net.

"not good!"

Startled, Yae Sakura immediately unleashed her full power, revealing two long, long fox ears that she hadn't seen in a long time, and a surge of massive Honkai energy broke through the spatial forces binding her body.

But in that instant, countless golden starlight intertwined, forming threads that tightly bound the priestess's body.

"That's quite surprising, Miss Kiana."

But if you think you can trap me with just this, you are greatly underestimating me.

With a light laugh, Yae Sakura's lips curled up, and the Honkai energy within her body erupted, causing the entire giant net to sway precariously.

To ensure secrecy, Kiana's trap didn't actually have very strong binding power.

At least for a Herrscher, this level of constraint is clearly insufficient.

"That's enough."

With a long sigh, Kiana's white armor quickly shone, transforming into a new set of armor with a more knightly and capable style. Several pairs of elfin-like golden wings also suddenly unfurled from the girl's back, shining with a brilliance even more dazzling than the sun in the sunlight.

Once the girl can control Herrscher-level Honkai energy, switching between White Knight: Moonlight becomes as simple as eating and drinking.

"Wings of Light... Deploy!"

Kiana shouted, her golden wings, already prepared, unfurled to their fullest extent, unleashing countless high-energy rays that rained down on the fox-eared priestess on the ground.

Furthermore, as the light wings continued to emanate, Kiana's silver-white twin pistols rapidly disintegrated and reassembled into a particle cannon, which was none other than Gungnir, the girl's former favorite weapon.

"This is my... final blow."

Kiana whispered, aiming her particle cannon firmly at the center of the countless golden beams, "Gungnir, Fire!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden beam of light, several meters in diameter, burst forth, leaving a trail of brilliant golden light in the air, like the eternal spear that a god in legend had hurled with all his might.

After a long while, when the golden light, even more dazzling than the sun, slowly dissipated, a huge crater more than ten meters deep had appeared on the ground.

In the center of the pit, the shrine maiden, disheveled and with even her fox ears drooping, was breathing heavily with her mouth slightly open.

rustle~

A gentle breeze blew by, and the crimson demon sword in the priestess's hand turned into sand and gradually disappeared into the distance.

Originally just an ordinary good sword enshrined in a shrine, it only acquired some divine power after being imbued with Honkai energy. Ultimately, this demonic sword could not withstand a clash between Herrscher-level beings.

Or rather, considering that this demonic sword could endure to this extent before finally dying of old age, it was already quite resilient.

"..."

As she watched the demon sword in her hand, which represented her past sins, slowly disappear, a look of disbelief appeared on Yae Sakura's face.

After losing the Seven Thunders of Purification, the boy asked her if she needed other weapons, but she politely declined each time.

For her, this demonic sword held special significance, serving as a reminder to never forget the sins she had committed.

But now...

It was destroyed in a duel with the same Kaslana, so it deserved to die, right?

As she thought about it, Yae Sakura suddenly felt a sense of relief somewhere in her heart.

"The whereabouts of the traces..."

At the edge of the crater, Kiana, whose armor had returned to its original white color and whose eyes held a hint of dazedness, uttered an incredibly firm question.

"Miss Kiana, I assure you, you will definitely be reunited with the one you love."

Looking directly into the girl's unfocused blue eyes, Yae Sakura spoke earnestly.

"remember……"

Before Kiana could finish speaking, she murmured to herself and collapsed forward.

Swish!

With a swift movement, she caught the girl in her arms. Looking at the white-haired girl who had finally fallen silent, Yae Sakura couldn't help but feel a deep sense of pity in her eyes.

"Trust me, Miss Kiana, you will definitely meet the person you like."

Yae Sakura gently rubbed the girl's still furrowed brows to smooth them out, and made a soft promise.

As if she understood the priestess's words, Kiana's lips curled into a faint smile while she was unconscious, as if she were having a rare and beautiful dream.

Chapter 72 Mei's Fateful Choice

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the latest intelligence, I have two pieces of good news and two pieces of bad news to share with you."

In the Hyperion conference room, Einstein's gaze swept over the faces of Theresa and the others as he spoke in a calm tone.

"Good news? Is it something important?"

She immediately pressed for an answer, her face showing a mixture of confusion and curiosity.

Since the end of the War of Destiny, although the Far East Branch and Anti-Entropy formed a joint action team and officially used the Valkyries and Titans together to fight against the Honkai, the two sides still operated independently in other aspects such as intelligence systems.

After all, Einstein and Tesla could only control the power of the conservative faction within anti-entropy, and were not qualified to fully accommodate the Far East branch.

Despite controlling nearly 70% of the anti-entropy power, the radical faction is still firmly under Cocolia's control.

Even though the latter also share the goal of fighting the Honkai, they have always struggled to reach an agreement, much like the alliance that Welt White forcibly created through force.

In some ways, the Far East branch had closer ties with Einstein and others than with Cocolia.

So strictly speaking, if we include the World Serpent, the global situation is actually divided into four parts by the three major organizations.

The only saving grace is that the World Serpent has remained dormant, and Destiny has also been quiet since losing Durandal, so the overall situation of the world is still relatively stable despite the rapid changes in the Honkai situation.

At least, large-scale conflicts between human factions, like the War of Destiny, have not occurred again.

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have gathered everyone here like this."

Upon hearing Theresa's words, Einstein nodded slightly, his gaze finally settling on the upright, long-haired girl with black hair. He took a deep breath before finally speaking, "Anti-Entropy has found the whereabouts of Time Mark."

"..."

Mei's pupils dilated instantly, and her expression immediately went blank. She couldn't come back to her senses for a long time, as if she couldn't understand Einstein's words at all and her brain had completely crashed.

"Einstein, can you take responsibility for what you've said?!"

Upon hearing this, Himeko's expression instantly turned serious, and her amber eyes were once again filled with the oppressive aura of the former ace Valkyrie.

Even though she lost the power of the Valkyrie, the aura that Himeko honed during her ten years of combat career cannot be dissipated in just a day or two.

"Three days ago, a Honkai energy fluctuation of 2000 HW was observed near Haiyuan City, and its wavelength closely matched that of the Tranquil Gem."

And since then, the defenses of the medical district in Haiyuan City have become extremely tight.

Facing Himeko's overwhelming power without fear, Einstein calmly explained.

"Can you confirm it's the Tranquility Gem!?"

Upon hearing this, Himeko's expression suddenly turned serious.

Although they were initially restricted from intervening in the battle between the boy and the Herrscher of the Void, they still witnessed the scene of the boy stripping the Gem of Tranquility from the Herrscher of the Void.

"I've checked it many times."

Einstein nodded.

"Haiyuan City?"

Theresa asked aloud, her face filled with deep confusion.

"Well, this is the bad news I was talking about."

He sighed softly, and Einstein's expression became more somber.

"Sea Abyss City is a secret base of Anti-Entropy located deep in the Pacific Ocean, and only a few people within Anti-Entropy know about it."

Tesla continued, explaining, "But now, that area is under Cocolia's control!"

As he spoke, Tesla's face was completely filled with resentment and dissatisfaction.

In their search for the boy trapped in the imaginary space, she and Einstein devoted a great deal of time and energy, which slowed down and delayed several planned experimental projects.

But as it turned out... it was Cocolia, the female fox, who stumbled upon this incredible stroke of luck!

Thinking about all the despicable things the other side had done, Tesla wanted to lead all his mechs directly to Abyss City.

"Then what are we waiting for here!?"

Mei jumped up from her chair with a bang, her eyes flashing with lightning. "Dr. Tesla, give me the coordinates of Abyss City right now! I'm going to bring Hen back immediately!"

Having quickly grasped the situation, the girl's mind was now solely focused on seeing the boy.

Moreover, she also didn't trust Cocolia's character.

But now that she has become the Herrscher of Thunder, even if Cocolia has deployed an army of 80,000 mechs in Abyss City, she is still confident that she can rescue the boy.

"Raiden Mei, calm down a bit."

Einstein offered some words of advice.