Bronya miscalculated one thing.
Even though she has been training her fighting skills and Honkai energy control ability, and even though she has a combat mecha like Project Bunny 19C, which allows her to easily defeat ordinary Honkai beasts and dead soldiers, and easily deal with ordinary people——
However, there is still a considerable gap between her and a true Herrscher.
She really had no reasonable understanding of how strong the Herrscher was.
After all, when the previous Herrscher, the Second Herrscher, was destroying the world, she had not even been born into this world.
As for the combat capabilities of the Herrscher, she had only occasionally heard some rumors from her mother Cocolia, who had personally experienced the second Honkai crisis.
——One of its abilities is the ability to summon a large number of Honkai beasts to cause destruction in a large area.
It is said that during the second eruption that year, the Second Herrscher summoned more than 500,000 Honkai beasts throughout Siberia.
As for other information... there was none, and her mother Cocolia had never seen the Second Herrscher with her own eyes.
Although there is also a First Herrscher, their Anti-Entropy leader Welt Yang, Bronya has never seen him take action.
Therefore, this battle against Raiden Mei is her first real confrontation with the Herrscher.
The combat power displayed by the Third Herrscher far exceeded Bronya's imagination.
That is definitely not something that humans can possess, the ability to control lightning with just the physical body.
And, most importantly, the compatibility between her abilities and those of the Third Herrscher... is simply too poor.
"Is this mechanical doll all you can rely on?"
Following the black purple-haired girl's sarcastic cry, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky and hit the huge mecha behind Bronya.
The excessive current disrupted the normal operation of Project Bunny, destroyed its internal circuits, and caused it to fall to the ground on the spot, unable to get up again.
——Her ability to control lightning and electromagnetic fields made it difficult for her to deal with it.
"…"
Without much hesitation, Bronya immediately bent down, took out a dagger from the side of her mechanical exoskeleton, and then rushed toward Raiden Mei.
Even if she lost Project Bunny, she still had other combat capabilities, such as close combat skills as a special forces soldier.
She had been observing the opponent's action patterns. From the beginning, the Third Herrscher had only been using the method of summoning lightning or shooting lightning to carry out long-range attacks.
If we can drag the battle into close combat, we might be able to gain a chance.
A real fight is not simply a contest of strength. Even if the opponent is much stronger than you, there is still a chance to win the big with the small.
However, just as Bronya rushed towards the black purple-haired girl, the other party condensed lightning in her palm and instantly constructed a katana.
…Is she also good at close combat with weapons?
Bronya had clearly read the life record of Raiden Mei. She had always lived in a big city in the Far East and was well protected. She was not forced to learn various killing techniques since childhood like herself.
Before she could think too much, Bronya's dagger collided with the katana wrapped in lightning.
With just one move, she was knocked flying and fell heavily on the wall of the platform. At the same time as the wall cracked, the electric current transmitted to her body at this moment also greatly paralyzed her body.
Even so, Bronya still adjusted her state and tried to attack again while enduring the pain.
"...snort."
The black purple-haired girl snorted and shifted her gaze to Bronya's legs.
This overconfident insect probably relies on these machines to keep moving.
As she thought about it, two electric currents hit Bronya's legs, destroying the function of the mechanical exoskeleton.
Then, Bronya fell to the ground with a thump.
——After losing the exoskeleton that assisted her in movement, she couldn't even move normally.
"Bronya, hold on for a few more minutes! I've arranged for tactical mechas to go and support you! They'll be there soon!"
Through the biochip implanted in the brain, Cocolia's voice was transmitted to Bronya's ears.
Titan mecha... the crystallization of Anti-Entropy's proud technology...
However, can those tactical mechas really gain any advantage over the Third Herrscher?
Only after she had fought her personally did she truly realize the power of the Herrscher.
Bronya originally wanted to say something to Cocolia, but she found that the chip communication had stopped suddenly.
——It was the Third Herrscher that blocked the electromagnetic waves and cut off the communication.
She lost her ability to move, Project Bunny, and her means of communicating with the outside world.
…She had truly been forced into a desperate situation.
"I can sense that there seems to be a chip in your brain... What will happen if it is destroyed?"
The Third Herrscher gently hooked her fingers and used Honkai energy to lift up Bronya.
She stretched out a finger, and a strong purple light shone from the fingertip.
As the light surged, the silver-haired girl seemed to be in extreme pain.
"Go away, bug."
The Third Herrscher did not use the power of thunder to infuse her body but used a more unexpected power.
Bronya's body suddenly began to disappear from bottom to top, decomposing and dissipating bit by bit.
——Although her power seems to be the natural force of controlling lightning, she also has the ability to break down living things and objects into atoms.
"…"
Bronya remained silent.
After losing her emotions, she no longer had any fear of death.
She who kills will be killed. As the former Ural Silver Wolf, her hands were already stained with countless blood. She had long anticipated that one day she would die at the hands of others.
However, whether serving in the military as a young soldier or carrying out missions under the orders of Cocolia's mother, she never had the right to choose for herself.
This is her life... always living under the control and orders of others.
In the last moments of her life, the only things the girl remembered were her friends in the orphanage.
Sin-mal, Rosalia, Lilia, and of course, Seele...
A tear unconsciously slid down the corner of her eye, but before it fell, her body was decomposed and completely dissipated between heaven and earth, as if it had never existed.
After doing all this, the Third Herrscher clapped her hands lightly, then turned her head and looked into the distance as if she had sensed something.
Dozens of dark blue tactical mechas were flying towards Chiba Academy at a very fast speed. It was not difficult to guess that those mechas were just like the girl just now and were coming for her.
The black purple-haired girl waved her hand casually, and the sky suddenly became dark. Countless thunders fell from the sky and turned into a dense attack, striking directly on the mechas.
Just like the girl's mechanical doll, these tactical mechas were easily paralyzed.
Uninteresting, boring, useless.
Then, the Third Herrscher looked at Kirataka on the other roof.
In addition to the silver-haired girl and those tactical mechas, there was also a stranger here.
The pair of red eyes looked at Kirataka coldly.
Unlike the silver-haired girl, he looked like just an ordinary person.
If an ordinary person gets so close to her, there will only be one outcome.
Sure enough, the other party waved his hand and said helplessly:
"You don't have to do it. I'm almost dying."
As he spoke, Kirataka looked down at the Honkai energy lines that had covered all over his body.
This is because he cannot withstand the erosion caused by the overly high intensity of Honkai energy. If it goes any further, he will probably become a dead man.
——With his current physical condition, this is the result of close contact with the Herrscher.
And he did witness the end of this timeline.
Bronya fought to the death to capture the Third Herrscher... This was what he saw, the ending of this timeline.
Now, erase this future.
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