Previous civilization, Fire Moth Special Operations Command Room, time unknown.
The Fire Moth commander looked worriedly at the bad news coming from the front battlefield.
They mobilized a large number of troops and sent many tanks and fighter jets to besiege the enemy. The person they attacked was not the army of a certain country, nor were they vicious mercenaries. It was just... one person.
If that existence could still be described as human.
He looked at the high-definition photo of the existence on the screen.
With long white hair and four hems of clothes with broken patterns, she stood high in the air, fearlessly facing the many modern weapons that besieged her.
——This is the second time that a powerful human individual with special abilities, different from the Honkai beast, has appeared in this world.
The Fire Moth has already characterized this type of existence and started classification analysis.
Human individuals like this who possess powerful powers are recorded as "Herrscher".
The large-scale Honkai disasters that led to their birth will be recorded in history as the "second Honkai eruption" according to the sequence of their appearance.
Right now, he was facing an existence that could be called the [Second Herrscher].
Compared to the previous [First Herrscher], her Honkai energy level has not only become stronger, but her power is also completely different from that of the First Herrscher.
According to combat records, the First Herrscher was able to create fighter jets, tanks, and even mechas out of thin air by touch, forming an army of one man, and caused considerable trouble to the Fire Moth when it faced the Herrscher for the first time.
The battle with the First Herrscher was more like a regular military war, so the Fire Moth eventually succeeded in killing the First Herrscher after exhausting its strength.
But the Second Herrscher is different. The power she possesses is... how should I put it? It's already a bit mysterious.
It was a power to manipulate space. All the shells and missiles fired at her would be distorted by her space and would either be reversed and rebounded or teleported thousands of miles away.
It is not easy to attack her true form, as every bullet may become an attack on her own people.
At the same time, she can also use Honkai energy to create spears to accurately destroy their tanks and fighter jets.
Therefore, the current battlefield situation is quite pessimistic.
At this moment, a soldier entered the command room and reported to him:
"Report, Commander, the headquarters has sent a new group of soldiers to support the battle!"
Then, he handed the list to the commander and continued:
"All but one are already in the barracks."
"I see... Except for one? Where is the other one?"
The commander frowned.
Could he be a deserter? This is a very common situation on the battlefield.
Faced with the blood and death they see with their own eyes, some soldiers who are new to the battlefield will be frightened and choose to retreat.
In order to ensure the good work style of the army, deserters like this must be severely punished.
He was about to ask where the deserter was when the soldier in front of him answered:
"Report, the remaining one... has entered the battlefield alone! The communication equipment has malfunctioned, and she cannot be contacted now!"
"...ah?"
The commander was slightly stunned.
Even airplanes and artillery can't defeat the Herrscher. For a mere recruit to enter the battlefield, isn't that just courting death?
He asked quickly:
"Where is the photography equipment at the Herrscher event? Can we still find the new recruit?"
"Reporting to the commander, most of the camera equipment has been destroyed by the Herrscher, and now we can only capture the scene before the new recruit enters the battlefield."
The image was then transmitted in front of the commander.
It was a pink-haired girl who looked quite young.
She was wearing the standard uniform of the Fire Moth and had a badge on her chest with the serial number "1" on it.
…"1"?
The commander was stunned for a moment.
Logically speaking, a badge that is so close to the front should belong to the founder of the Fire Moth.
If he remembered correctly, the holder of Badge No. 1 should be the scientist named Mobius.
…
The white-haired girl stood in the sky, resisting the continuous artillery attacks from the human troops.
Reversing the void space to divert the attack did not cause much loss to her.
As long as this continues, there will always be gaps in the human forces.
Just as she was thinking this, a pink arrow suddenly shot out from the ground.
"...?!"
The speed of this arrow was so fast and unexpected that it was completely beyond the Second Herrscher's expectations.
There was no time to use the imaginary space to reverse, so she could only barely control the Honkai energy to build a shield in front of her.
The shield constructed with her ability will have no problem defending against general military bombardment, and she is confident about this.
However, the pink arrow easily broke through her defense and pierced her right foot.
After becoming a Herrscher, she felt the piercing pain for the first time.
Feeling the pain, the Second Herrscher chose to teleport to the ground and came near the attacker.
She was a pink-haired girl, and even the standard clothing could not hide her beautiful face and figure.
But she did not attack her with guns like the other Fire Moth soldiers did.
In her hand was a longbow.
It was just such an outdated weapon... that caused humans to hurt themselves for the first time?
No, the focus is probably not on the weapon, but on the pink-haired human woman.
"Hi~, my name is Elysia... Well, I don't know if you can still understand human language now."
She waved enthusiastically.
"…"
The Second Herrscher raised her hand wordlessly, and several Sub-Earth Spears took shape behind her, launching themselves out at the fastest speed she could control.
She didn't care about the damage she had suffered, but the human in front of her had to be eradicated.
However, all the attacks were easily dodged by the pink-haired girl named Elysia. At the same time, she turned around and shot more arrows in between dodging, accurately hitting the Herrscher's body.
——For some reason, her spatial control seemed to have lost its original effectiveness. Although she tried to block it, she was still unable to avoid being pierced by the arrow.
The battle became one-sided and unfavorable to her. The space defense that even an organized army could not penetrate was as fragile as air in front of the pink-haired girl.
Soon, the Second Herrscher completely lost her ability to fight and knelt on the ground helplessly.
The pink-haired girl put away her longbow and pulled out a pistol from her waist. She came in front of her, put the muzzle of the gun against her forehead, and said softly:
"I'm sorry."
......
Kirataka came back to his senses while swaying.
Is this the story of the Second Herrscher incident in the previous civilization?
Different from the complicated things that Otto in this generation has done with the Second Herrscher, the Second Herrscher of the previous civilization simply attacked humans and was defeated.
However, the one who defeated her was indeed a cause for concern.
——The deputy leader of the Thirteen Flame Chaser Heroes, the Herrscher of Origin, Elysia.
'If I remember correctly, this was indeed the first battle she participated in after joining the Fire Moth. She helped the human side, which was in a difficult battle, win the second battle against the Herrscher, and began her career in the Fire Moth.'
In short, after traversing the life of the Second Herrscher, the projection of the Cosmic Juggernaut was also obtained.
The important purpose of his trip to London has been achieved.
So, the next step should be...
Kirataka suddenly felt something was wrong. He shook his head and opened his eyes.
"…"
He was slightly stunned and couldn't help but be surprised by the scene before him.
——At this moment, he was not under the water of the Thames.
There was no feeling of weightlessness from being trapped in water, and no sound of fighting came to his ears.
All that came into view was a huge old tree and a gray-haired man leaning against the trunk.
Everything seemed so quiet and peaceful, with only the occasional falling leaves bringing a slight sound.
Obviously, here...
It is the world bubble, [Seed of Sumeru].
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