Playful! Collapse!

"And now..."

Seeing that Yuno's breathing had gradually stabilized, Yuan Yan jumped down from the tall building and landed gently on the ground.

"The last obstacle has been cleared, and it's almost time to get down to business."

Looking at the dark green core in his hand, Yuan Yan threw it into his mouth without hesitation.

Theresa Apokalis, who had just rushed to the scene because of the loud noise nearby, said nervously after seeing Yuan Yan swallow the Herrscher core.

"Little boy! Don't swallow it! Spit it out!"

"This thing is dangerous..."

Looking at the lightning interweaving around Yuan Yan, Theresa, who recognized Yuan Yan because she had read the information, suddenly stopped talking and took two steps back with great vigilance.

"You...are Yuan Yan, the Herrer of Thunder?"

"what......"

Yuan Yan exhaled a breath of foul air, feeling the burden brought to him by the second core, and spoke calmly to Theresa.

"Look at the lightning around you. Even if I say it's not true, you won't believe me."

Looking at the young man in front of her, whose eyes were calm but with flashes of lightning from time to time, Theresa's mood had not yet fallen to the lowest point.

Although she always felt that she seemed to have forgotten something, in the battle fourteen years ago, Theresa, who had fought against Xilin one-on-one twice, could be said to be one of the few people who had seen Xilin's eyes clearly.

At that time, when Theresa saw Xilin said, "I will let you live until the moment the world is destroyed," she clearly saw endless hatred in Xilin's seemingly gentle eyes.

She said this to Theresa because Theresa, as a cyborg with the Honkai Beast gene in her body, really had the "smell of Honkai."

But at the same time, Theresa's identity is the Destiny Valkyrie, and for Xilin, the Destiny Valkyrie is the group she hates the most.

Looking back on those things, although Theresa could not forgive Xilin for what she did, she could understand why she expressed such emotions.

However, the young man in front of him was different from Xilin back then.

Theresa didn't sense much of the most extreme negative emotions, such as resentment and hatred, from him.

The feeling he gave me was...at most a little impatient?

That is not bad.

At least he is not as extreme as Xilin.

Yuan Yan... According to the information sent from the headquarters, he should have been a member of Anti-Entropy, and a member of the Cocolia faction.

Well, it’s completely different from the stereotype. He doesn’t give the impression of being as bad as that female fox Cocolia.

Try to talk to him, if you can avoid fighting, then...

"Rita! What's wrong with you?!"

Just as Theresa was about to speak, she suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from a distance.

Yuan Yan, who heard the voice, looked towards the location of the energy explosion with an expressionless face.

At that location, a blonde girl angrily turned into a stream of light, rushed directly to Yuan Yan, and stabbed Yuan Yan with the spear in her hand.

"Herrser, it must be you—"

"...Ha, that's enough."

Watching the girl's quick stab, Yuan Yan suddenly slashed with his sword in great annoyance.

"roll!"

At this moment, the three Herrscher powers were simultaneously gathered on his right arm.

As he used three-tenths of his strength to strengthen the magic crystal gauntlet, Yuan Yan used the Seven Thunders of Purification to slash out and actually forced back the furious Yulandel.

"Yulandel?!"

After seeing Yulandel being cut back by a sword, Theresa immediately shouted to her junior.

"Wait! Stop! He may not be the enemy!"

"Theresa...Branch Head."

At this time, after being forced to retreat, Yulandel looked at Theresa with cold eyes, and very rarely addressed her by her position.

"I don't know what you're thinking right now, but after I discovered the powerful Houkai energy fluctuations here, I rushed to the scene as soon as possible."

"Then, I saw Rita fainting, and Major Wuliangta also fell unconscious after fighting with the Herrscher of Thunder. Are you trying to say that this guy isn't my enemy?"

"correct."

At this time, Yuan Yan suppressed his inner irritability and said to Youlandel.

"I was bombarded by Hyperion while flying in the sky. In this case, I only destroyed their energy shield, and the battleship itself was not damaged."

"As for your companion, I cured her. The real murderer is still lying on the ceiling of that building over there."

Seeing the thought of "Who are you kidding?" clearly written in Yulandel's eyes, Theresa now felt extremely headache.

"Yulandel, calm down first - I'll go up and take a look at the situation. Don't do anything!"

"...I understand, Lady Theresa."

After watching Theresa jump up, Yulandel tightly grasped the Black Abyss White Flower in her hand.

But in Yuan Yan's opinion, Miss Dai E, whose knuckles had turned white from excessive force, did not seem to intend to let him go.

"Ah, there really is someone."

After saying this, Theresa jumped down from the roof, jumped between Yulandel and Yuan Yan, and said to Yulandel behind her.

"Calm down, what he said might not be a lie."

"That might not be a lie—do you trust the Herrscher that much?!"

Actually, I don’t really believe it—That’s what Theresa really wanted to say.

But now, she didn't want to provoke this Herrscher who at least didn't seem to take the initiative to attack her.

Ahhhh, Himeko, you bomb girl, must have used Nexus again!

If you hadn't fainted, you should be thinking of countermeasures at this time - I'm not a brain person at all!

"Well, it's normal not to believe it. After all, I am a Herrscher."

At this moment, Yuan Yan calmly put down his right hand, and a sarcastic smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"I personally understand your perspective, Ms. Kaslana."

"...You got the wrong person. My last name is Atagina."

After pointing out the other party's mistake, Yulandel, who was suppressing her inner anger, finally resisted the urge to continue attacking and forced herself to wait patiently for the other party to finish speaking.

"Ha, then let's put this explosive topic aside for now."

"I said, I understand your thoughts. After all, the Herrscher itself is a high-level combat force on the Honkai side, born from a human body combined with the Herrscher core."

"Under such circumstances, no one can guarantee whether the Herrscher still possesses his original wisdom, or whether he will choose to disguise himself, stifling his hostility to deceive others."

Listening to Yuan Yan's words, Theresa nodded slightly, but always felt that something was wrong.

No, instead of comforting yourself, you confirmed the legitimacy of Yulandel's suspicion of you - is it really okay to say such things now?

"but......"

At this time, Yuan Yan was emotionally unstable, and suddenly a burst of black mist and several flashes of lightning burst out from his body.

"—Damn it, do you think I became a Herrscher voluntarily?"

"Cocolia is driving the Honkai crisis forward. Otto has the ability to curb Cocolia's actions, but he chose to allow Cocolia to drive the Honkai crisis forward for his own selfish desires."

"Under these circumstances, Changkong City was on the verge of exploding, so I managed to seize the Herrscher of Thunder's core and temporarily halt the impending Third Collapse."

"...Well said."

Listening to Yuan Yan's words at this time, Yulandel not only did not let go of the hostility in her heart, but instead pointed the weapon in her hand at Yuan Yan.

"But you didn't mention that you had the power of a Herrscher from the very beginning."

"According to headquarters' feedback, you've possessed the power of a Herrscher from the very beginning. Your actions, rather than the so-called 'saving Changkong City', are clearly more like a Herrscher seizing the cores of other Herrschers to become stronger!"

"Well, this inference does make sense."

At this moment, the smile on Yuan Yan's face became even more sarcastic.

"So where does this Herrscher power come from?"

"Was it caused by the collapse of Changkong City? Forget it. Even if the collapse of Changkong City was a disaster planned by Cocolia for a long time, the energy of such a large-scale collapse can only create one Herrscher and one Pseudo-Herrscher at most."

"The pseudo-Hershers is the high school student who defeated your companion. I've already dealt with her. The Herrscher is naturally Mei Raiden, who was originally a base body."

"Given my low energy level, where do you think I get this Herrscher power?"

Having said that, Yuan Yan actually took the initiative to walk towards Theresa and Yulandel.

Looking at Yuan Yan's actions, Youlandel shouted at Yuan Yan angrily.

"Don't come over here! Otherwise I will be rude!"

"You've been rude from the beginning, Miss Kaslana."

After once again saying this name that Youlandel found very confusing, Yuan Yan approached the two of them step by step, but he did not show any posture of preparing for a fight.

"Let me tell you about an accident."

"Five hundred years ago, after the Old Mandate failed in its crusade, an epidemic called the Black Death broke out in Europe, where the Old Mandate existed."

"At the time, Tianming, under the pretext of 'curing the Black Death,' secretly began human experiments, attempting to unlock the secrets hidden within the black box left behind by the previous civilization and use these secrets to satisfy his own ambitions."

"It was only during the human experiment that Kallen, the then Saint of Destiny, discovered this and tried to stop the despicable and reckless actions of the Destiny leaders."

"Later, the demon hidden in the black box possessed another Valkyrie of the time—Eleanor Shaniat, the master of the Black Abyss and the sister of Otto Apokalys."

"After defeating the demon-possessed Eleanor, Saint Kallen temporarily sealed the Black Box Demon. To prevent the high-ranking officials of the Skyward Sword from making another mistake, she left Europe with the Black Box."

After seeing Yuan Yan walking towards her on his own initiative, Yulandel realized that the other party really had no intention of fighting. Although she did not put down her weapon, she did not launch an attack either.

"Of course, the matter didn't end there. Saint Kallen originally wanted to go to Shenzhou to seek the help of the legendary Red Kite Immortal, but the Immortal had already died by then, so he naturally couldn't help Kallen seal the demon."

"At the end of this incident, Kallen, by chance, completely sealed the Black Box Demon in the Far East, temporarily resolving the crisis of world destruction."

"Kudong...what do you mean?!"

Looking at Theresa's shocked expression, Yuan Yan nodded slightly.

"Just as Ms. Apokalis imagined, the place where Kallen sealed the demon later got a new name, Changkong City."

After saying this, a hint of anger finally emerged on Yuan Yan's face that he couldn't help but feel.

"And this Black Box Demon is the Herrscher who nearly destroyed Destiny five hundred years ago."

"It might not have had a chance to come out, but because Otto allowed Cocolia to act, everything went in the worst possible direction."

"The reason why Changkong City was blown up like this is because of you, Tianming, who have an unshirkable responsibility!"

"I'm here to clean up the mess for you Tianming and that idiot Kokolia, and you're pointing a weapon at me—good people deserve to be pointed at with guns?"

"Siegfried Kaslana and Cecilia Shaniat are undoubtedly heroes who saved the world, but..."

"--It seems their daughter has become a lackey of the evil party."

...! ! !

"What do you mean."

Listening to these words that she seemed to not understand at all but which somehow resonated with her, Yulandel unconsciously took a step back because of hesitation.

"You think the words of the Herrscher can't be trusted, but the words of Otto as the bishop can be trusted, right? Now, let me tell you and Ms. Apokalis something, Ms. Kaslana."

At this moment, Yuan Yan's words suddenly made Youlandel feel like she didn't want to face him.

He, what exactly does he mean? Could it be that...

"Your true identity is the daughter of the two saviors, Siegfried and Cecilia, [Kiana Kaslana]."

"The fundamental reason why one of them died and the other was seriously injured was because Otto killed them in the battle fourteen years ago."

"Over the years, the knights of Kaslana have been burned to ashes in the flames to protect the world."

"Five hundred years ago, your ancestor, Kallen, chose to wander alone to thwart the ambitions of the higher-ups of the Fate of Destiny. In the end, she even chose death in order to avoid collusion with them."

"Fourteen years ago, your parents chose to burn their lives and shed their blood to solve the problem caused by Otto in order to protect civilians around the world from the threat of the Herrschers."