However, Mei was still convinced by Kiana's stubbornness.
The Herrscher personality within Mei is essentially a self-protection mechanism. It makes her more extreme and tougher in dealing with things. Despite this, Mei saw Kiana's selfless behavior, which gave her the courage to try to defeat her other self.
After coming down from the wire mesh on the rooftop and sitting on a chair with Kiana, Mei looked at the burning Nagazora, feeling even more guilty.
"Are they all dead?"
After listening carefully to Kiana's explanation about the Honkai, she realized that everything was a disaster spreading from her, causing the entire Nagazora to be destroyed. This realization greatly shocked the young Mei. She even considered using death to escape the guilt, unsure of what to do.
"Resurrection from the dead is a miracle. Not everyone can achieve such a miracle. Even Sister Bronie almost exchanged her life for it. Bronie thought she hid it well, but little Bronya leaked it."
"Ah? Isn't Sister Bronie a game producer?"
"Yes! It's outrageous! Before becoming a game producer, Bronie was like a traveler in the Sea of Quanta. I've almost forgotten that knowledge. Just think of it as a different world!"
Kiana had basically forgotten the knowledge. If Bronie heard this, she would definitely be angry and her blood pressure would rise. But would Kiana care about such things?
Mei naturally still believed Kiana's words. After all, things like the Honkai are already incredible enough, so a different world doesn't seem so difficult to accept.
"I didn't expect Bronie to be so powerful..."
"Really? When I heard that Elysia was the hero who fought against Honkai 50,000 years ago, I found it incredible. Remember Gurren Lagann?"
"The countless fleets of the Anti-Spirals fighting against Team Dai-Gurren were really shocking."
"Bronie was in a similar situation then! She even won! But unfortunately, it seems that Bronie can't guarantee her safety when facing an enemy like that again, so it's called a miracle."
"But resurrection from the dead and across 50,000 years... It's truly a miracle..."
Mei couldn't help but sigh. Bronie could actually do this. No wonder Kiana thought Bronie was omnipotent. Perhaps dealing with the Apostle of Honkai would be easier.
"Yeah, yeah, I don't understand how Sister Bronie did it. I asked her how to eliminate the Honkai, and she said we have to wait for Finality to come. The Honkai is not useless. If used well, it can become a helper of civilization..."
"For example, use the power of thunder and lightning like me to generate electricity?"
Kiana was silent for a while when she heard Mei's ridicule. Then she responded, "It seems true. If there was unlimited electricity, everyone's life would be better!"
But these topics are probably very distant. To be honest, Kiana doesn't have much expectation.
After resting for a long time, Kiana stood up.
"Let's go, let's leave Nagazora. Although I don't know how many people survived in Nagazora, according to what I know about the Second Eruption, there are almost no survivors in the large area centered on Siberia. Nagazora has such a dense population, let alone..."
Hearing that millions of people might have died by her hands, Mei's expression dimmed. Mei always told herself to be strong and mature, but facing these things, she inevitably wavered. The immense pressure made her feel breathless, and sometimes Mei really wanted to escape.
At this time, her other self stood up at an inopportune time.
'Humph, since you want to escape, why don't you give me this body and let me destroy everything? Anyway, I don't have to worry about debts. If I eliminate everyone who knows I did this, no one will doubt it.'
'Get out! You are quibbling! Even if you do this, the sin will not be completely eliminated!'
'Naive! Do you think you can have a good life after leaving Nagazora? No, the other party is just lying to you, otherwise you can ask how many Herrschers are alive so far?'
'But...but Kiana...'
'Humph, Kiana, Kiana, how long has it been since you believed her? Do you really think she is different from those snobs in the school?'
'Kiana is different! So stop disturbing my thoughts! I will never admit defeat!'
Mei, the Herrscher, remained silent. She thought that she had blocked the Herrscher's words because she had strengthened her faith, and she was a little happy in her heart.
"But people always have to look forward. Real bad guys never care how many people they kill, just like they don't remember how much bread they eat. So Mei is a good person! In the future, I will accompany Mei to fight against Honkai!"
"Then let's go!"
Walking down from the rooftop of the school, Mei had a certain psychological preparation after learning about the byproducts of Honkai, the Zombies, and Honkai Beasts from Kiana. But even with psychological preparation, Mei still felt very unreal when she saw the humanoid zombies die in Kiana's hands. For this reason, she even found a place to vomit all her breakfast from this morning.
Kiana still understood Mei's state, but there was really not much time to waste. It was still the early stage of Honkai's advent. As Honkai energy infects this land more deeply, more Honkai beasts will be born. It will be difficult to escape from Nagazora then!
So Kiana was very anxious. Unfortunately, Mei was still a little too fragile, and Kiana could only worry.
...
"Hey, why did you suddenly change into this form? Could it be that the stigmata space caused some special reaction in your body?"
Bronie was too lazy to watch the closeness between Kiana and Mei, and let Elysia watch the rest. After all, two beautiful girls she sticking together and showing affection, Elysia liked watching this kind of thing. And Bronie naturally had things to do. For this reason, Bronie also invited Fu Hua to come.
"This... I don't know, but so far I haven't felt the ICHOR in my body activated, and Fenghuang Down is in good condition, so there shouldn't be any problem. After all, I have been in this state for a period before."
Book of Fuxi has always been with Fu Hua, but this time it is probably impossible to enter the Stigmata space. together with her After all, ELFs don't have dreams. So even if Fu Hua wants to ask Book of Fuxi beside her to join, it may not be easily be achieved.
"Forget it, it's pretty good this way, but I'm worried that you will lose control because of SWARA. After all, I'm not as good as you in the field of consciousness. Next we are going to the Yae Shrine in Nagazora. As early as five hundred years ago, the box containing Rin's Divine Key was sealed there."
"Five hundred years ago?" This time point was a little subtle. Fu Hua was also slightly silent when she heard this.
"But I remember the box was originally placed in the European area, right?"
"Kallen Kaslana found that the Schicksal at that time accidentally caused the Black Death in order to study the power in the box, so she brought the box to you to seal it, but she only found ruins on Mount Taixu, so she had no choice but to cross the ocean to the Far East."
"It seems that a lot of things happened here, and Kallen Kaslana is the successor of the Key of Binding, right? If it is her, there is indeed a chance to seal the box. For people of that era, the Far East is indeed a very remote place."
"Later, as you know, Schicksal tracked down Kallen all the way, captured her, and then executed her."
"Since you already knew about this, why did you wait until now to act? I am not doubting you, just a little curious..."
"Five hundred years ago, Kallen Kaslana met a witch in the Far East. Her name was Yae Sakura, and she was a stigmata awakener. Under the suppression of the Binding Key, Yae Sakura used her stigmata power to temporarily seal the Key of Corruption in her stigmata space, but after five hundred years, how can I find her?"
"So that's it. Through the regional Project Stigma of Nagazora, we can forcibly connect to the other party's stigmata space and then find the Key of Corruption? This is indeed a very good idea, but what does this have to do with the promise to find Sakura's sister? Could it be that the Key of Corruption is... No, it's absolutely impossible. Except for that one person, all the Herrschers of the previous civilization have no humanity, or their humanity has been almost worn out!"
Sakura's sister became the Divine Key? Why do I have such a ridiculous guess?
Back then, Vill-V and Dr. Mei finally caught the Herrscher of Corruption. Due to the problem of insufficient time, they kept the manufacturing program and prepared to slowly transform it into the Divine Key over 50,000 years. If successful, it can be said that almost all the data of the Herrscher of Corruption has been digested, not to mention hatred and self-will. For 50,000 years, the Soulium Program has been constantly worn away, but it has still lasted until now!?
"The power of time is indeed very terrifying, but Dr. Mei obviously underestimated the resilience of the Herrscher who can also have a certain will, or maybe she always believes that Rin can still recover in the future?"
Bronie was not very sure. But the Herrscher of Corruption did survive. There is even a certain degree of Rin's memory.
"I roughly understand the general content of the mission: find the Key of Corruption, bring it back, and then observe its situation. If necessary, destroy it, or bring Rin back again?"
"That's right! That's it! It seems you've figured out the idea of my plan this time!"
"I'm just a warrior. I will definitely complete the task of fighting against Honkai, but I may be a little powerless about Rin's affairs. After all, it is the Herrscher of Corruption. You can't guarantee that it will not corrode the Stigmata Space. So my inclination may be a little sorry for Sakura, but I will probably choose to destroy the Key of Corruption."
Don't! Although the plan feels ideal, to be honest, with the help of Su from the outside and Fu Hua from the inside, Bronie feels that her chances of winning are still very high!
After more than 50,000 years of weakening, and fighting at home, Bronie doesn't know how to lose!
"In short, let's go first! It won't be too late to decide whether to take action after we meet Rin. And Mr. Otto, do you feel familiar with this Yae Shrine?"
At this time, Otto was still observing his side. However, the broadcast screen is completely determined by himself. Sometimes it's Kiana and Mei sticking together, and sometimes it's Bronya playing the live-action version of Dying Light. Otto really enjoyed watching it, but he didn't get much information.
To be honest, Otto thinks that the reason why Mei became a Herrscher is very ridiculous. If everyone became a Herrscher because of being bullied, the world would be dangerous. So Otto has never been able to figure it out, and doesn't quite understand why Mei became a Herrscher. As the scene turned, they came to the gate of Yae Shrine again. Bronie's words reminded Otto of his memories.
"I do remember some of this. After all, I brought Kallen back from the Far East here. Sometimes I wonder if I had left Kallen here and told the people of Schicksal that the tracking failed, would the future ending be different?"
"How can there be so much early knowledge in the world? I came here to tell you that the fog in Nagazora will not last too long. Although Raiden Mei's condition is not very stable now, it is indeed improving. Next, we just need to take out the Key of Corruption. You, Schicksal, had better be prepared for rescue."
In fact, Bronie just wanted to remind Mr. Otto that this was once the place where Kallen and Yae Sakura were close. It was precisely because Yae Sakura was sealed by Kallen herself that Kallen felt desperate about the world and Schicksal. Although this was not said explicitly, every detail of the Yae Shrine here evoked Otto's memories. That was the pain in Otto's heart. After all, it was indeed the team led by Mr. Otto that captured Kallen.
"Alright! Higokumaru! The time for you to chant in Yae Sakura's ear is over! Give me the Jizo Mitama!"