Chapter 155: Destined Fate! (4k)
Everyone was curious about the so-called ultimate boss. After all, as long as any participating team accumulated 1,000,000 points, Lierre would have to give away a Divine Key, the Authority of the Fifth Herrscher, and the very planet beneath their feet.
In a sense, these three rewards added together were only worth 1,000,000 points, so they were even more eager to know what this ultimate boss had done to be worth 100 million points!
Under everyone's gaze, the three giant screens lit up, and a photo of a girl burst into view.
The girl stood quietly on a desolate island, the sea breeze stirring her long hair that seemed woven from the night sky, every strand shimmering with a deep blue-violet luster.
Her figure was slender and elegant, every inch of her skin appearing kissed by moonlight, emitting a faint silver glow. Her eyes, as quiet as the deep sea, gazed forward as if waiting for someone's arrival.
Partial Display of the Ultimate Boss Background Story — Pure Love War God!
Excerpt of Quotes: I gaze at the sky through the starlight, so high and far above the Earth. I have divided the sea, waiting for my guest amidst the tedious wind. My physical form withers day by day, yet you have opened the window to my heart.
Kiana, if you were human, I would be willing to become human to stay by your side; if you want to destroy the world, I will become a world-ending calamity alongside you!
This is my love for you... From the moment I saw you, it has never changed. Kiana — I love you. #
In Honkai Gakuen 2, the planet-class Honkai Beast Jhana had another mission besides the one bestowed by the Will of Honkai to destroy humanity: to travel to Earth and unite with Kiana.
After silencing all civilizations in the entire Alpha Centauri system, Jhana arrived at Earth and met the dying Kiana on the moon.
From the moment she saw her, Jhana fell in love with the dying girl and made a promise with her on the moon. Consequently, she directly defied the mission imposed by the Will of Honkai to destroy humanity, helped the girl preserve human civilization, and agreed to provide power for the Stigma terminal.
Eighty thousand years later, in the New Era, Kiana discovered Jhana on an island humming an unknown melody. Thinking the girl had unfortunately lost her memory, Kiana gave her the name Jhana.
After the finale's Kiana and Raiden Mei defeated the Will of Honkai, they traveled to the universe where the Will of Honkai resided, leaving Jhana on Earth.
Even though she had become a "defeated dog" in love, Jhana still waited in some corner of the Earth for her beloved's return, just as she had done day after day for over eighty thousand years, waiting forever.
However, Lierre had not yet proactively revealed this information, so many people were stunned by the love-filled confessions on the screen.
"Pfft, cough, cough, cough!!!"
Hearing such a blunt confession letter, Kiana sprayed the water she had just sipped right out of her mouth, coughing violently after being choked.
"Kiana, when exactly did you trick that little girl's heart into your hands?" Murata Himeko walked up playfully and patted her on the shoulder, saying, "As my student, you must not let her down!"
Although she was shocked by the confession, she didn't take it seriously.
The words "For plot purposes only, please do not take seriously" in the bottom left corner of the screen weren't just for show.
Murata Himeko simply thought Lierre was playing a prank on her niece.
"Himeko-sensei! If I really had such a beautiful girlfriend, I would have brought her to St. Freya long ago to show her off!" Kiana admitted that when she saw the girl's photo, her heart did indeed flutter for a moment.
While she also wished for someone so beautiful and deeply in love with her, she didn't have one. She would never take the blame for being a "scum girl"!
"I really didn't guess wrong—you Schicksal Valkyries are definitely not right! Mophead, we need to keep our distance from the Schicksal Valkyries from now on!" Tesla pulled Einstein along, warily putting distance between themselves and Kiana's group.
Durandal: "..."
Rita: "..."
They couldn't easily refute Tesla's words. With Lierre and Theresa acting as "shining examples" before them, the atmosphere of the Schicksal Valkyries was flooring the accelerator toward a strange direction.
"Dr. Tesla, please stop provoking the Schicksal Valkyries. This confe... background story is not as simple as it appears on the surface." Einstein began to analyze calmly.
On the other side.
"'If you were human, I would be willing to become human to stay by your side; if you want to destroy the world, I will become a world-ending calamity alongside you!' If this isn't a metaphor, it perfectly matches her 100-million-point value."
After Bronya's analysis, she quickly received nods of agreement from Joyce and Welt Yang.
"Correct. Lierre wouldn't reveal useless things for no reason. This short confession letter has already revealed enough information."
"Yes, if the opponent truly possesses world-ending strength, then we might encounter a prolonged, bitter struggle when we face her in the future."
The three of them had no specific reference for world-ending combat power, so they temporarily equated the girl with Sirin, the Second Herrscher, at her peak.
Yet even so, she was not an existence the three of them could easily defeat.
In the distance.
Gray Serpent retracted his gaze and looked at the dazed Raiden Mei, saying, "I remember you have a friend named Kiana at St. Freya. Have you ever seen that girl on the screen?"
Raiden Mei snapped back to reality, and after easing her shocked heart, she shook her head and replied, "I have never seen her. As a temporary teammate, I can only tell you this much, but that is all. I hope you know when to stop."
She wouldn't reveal too much intelligence about St. Freya Academy to outsiders to prevent leaks.
"Don't be nervous. We know our limits and won't intentionally ask sensitive questions." Raven stepped in to smooth things over.
On Theresa's side.
Sin Mal was inspecting Theresa and Ana with a strange look. After contemplating for several seconds, she couldn't help but say, "Is your Schicksal a bit abnormal? How many public female-female couples is this now?"
"Nonsense! Schicksal's conduct doesn't need an evaluation from Anti-Entropy!"
Theresa's expression froze upon hearing this, and she retorted without hesitation.
Even if the Valkyries had been led astray, she naturally had to fire back when facing an Anti-Entropy member's broad generalization of Schicksal.
"If you speak disrespectfully to Theresa again, I won't hold back from teaching you a lesson just because you're a child!" Ana furrowed her brows slightly and warned.
"Tch." Sin Mal turned her head away dismissively, looking very defiant, but she didn't continue. Instead, she looked toward the Olenyeva sisters.
"Waaa, such a heart-wrenching confession! Having the Resolve to stand with you even if it means opposing everyone is just too touching!"
Stars twinkled in Rozaliya's eyes as she said to Liliya beside her, "Liliya, do you think I'll meet someone who loves me like that in the future?!"
"Stupid Rozaliya, 'love-brain' is not advisable," Liliya deadpanned.
"Eh? Don't tell me Liliya doesn't have any thoughts about this at all?"
"A little..."
Gabriel's brow twitched as she listened to the two sisters' conversation.
I accidentally brought a strange Thug-like atmosphere to others!
"But what does that have to do with me?" Gabriel, who had just straightened her back, slumped onto the table again.
The fault isn't mine; it's the world's!
Who told the corporate culture of Honkai Gakuen 2 and Honkai Impact 3rd to be like this?
Elysian Realm.
"What a beautiful girl."
Elysia's eyes lit up after Jhana's photo was released. After reading part of the publicized data, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes. "This direct confession is quite bold."
Immediately after, she took a step forward and began to feel around the screen in front of her.
Pardofelis asked curiously, "Sister Eli, what are you doing?"
Elysia replied cheerfully while searching, "I'm looking for a channel to communicate with the organizer, like sending a bullet chat or something, to ask her what I need to pay to know more about that mysterious girl."
"Elysia, I think you've become too trusting lately. This publicized information might just be a setting the organizer fabricated on a whim; it doesn't have much reference value." Mobius leaned her body against the prototype flight device with little interest.
Until evidence appeared to prove this information was true, she wouldn't believe Lierre's one-sided claim.
If some person of unknown origin suddenly appeared and you claimed she could destroy the world, that was somewhat disregarding the Herrscher of Finality.
"As a qualified viewer, being full of anticipation for content not yet shown in the story is exactly how one respects the creator. It has nothing to do with whether it's true or false. Aren't you even a little curious about the upcoming 'story,' Dr. Mobius?"
"...Hmph, I don't have the slightest interest."
Mobius snorted coldly, but her eyes didn't look away.
Among the participants in this competition, there were too many people she cared about.
"..."
Aponia did not join the discussion. Instead, she stared at Jhana's photo for a while. Finding nothing special, she turned her gaze to the other participants.
Suddenly.
Aponia looked as if she had discovered a terrifying fact, her pupils shrinking slightly.
She saw the destined 'death' of all the participants!
Aponia was born with two special abilities. The first was that she could impose "Disciplines" on people, making them unconsciously follow her requests, possessing immense "persuasiveness" and "command."
The second was that she could see the threads of people's fate. After Elysia went to her death in the Previous Civilization, she saw all the threads of fate above humanity disappear.
And now, Aponia saw a fixed, unchangeable fate from all the participants—death!
"How could such a fate exist..."
Aponia felt it was unbelievable.
Because among these participants, there were not only the finest warriors of the current civilization but also outstanding scholars, the Herrschers standing on the side of humanity, and finally, the MANTISes, Mobius and Hua.
Especially since the vast majority of these people had been significantly strengthened by an unreasonable item like the Proof of Courage.
Combat power of this scale was already fully qualified to go head-to-head with the Herrscher of Finality.
However, their fate was already sealed.
Death did not exist in the world where the arena was located, yet everyone met the fate of death. Therefore, there was a 90% chance they would fall at the hands of the ultimate boss.
This conclusion led Aponia to look again at the small portion of intelligence displayed for Jhana.
'If you want to destroy the world, I will become a world-ending calamity alongside you!'
100 million points...
Aponia's expression turned dazed. From this information, she connected to the most impossible possibility.
The unknown girl appearing as the ultimate boss of this competition possessed combat power rivaling the Herrscher of Finality!
Because an ordinary Herrscher simply couldn't wipe out all the participants!
And what role did Lierre, who could easily command such an existence, play in all of this?
Where would the future of humanity lead?
Eden, standing nearby, immediately noticed something was wrong with Aponia and asked with concern, "Aponia, are you okay? Are you too tired? Do you want to go down and rest?"
"Yeah, Sister Nia, why do you suddenly look like you have something on your mind?" Pardofelis cast a concerned gaze.
Hearing this, Elysia stopped searching the screen, turned around to come before Aponia, and said caringly, "If something is on your mind, don't keep it bottled up. I can be your listener and help share your burdens."
Mobius also cast her gaze over.
"..."
After weighing the pros and cons, Aponia informed everyone of her discovery.
Fate was set; the others would learn the truth sooner or later.
It was better to say it sooner.
As Aponia spoke bit by bit, the reactions of the others were varied.
"You've got to be kidding me! Summoning people from the past to the present to extend their lives is terrifying enough, but the boss actually has an even more terrifying trump card?!"
Pardofelis's hair stood on end on the spot, feeling that the boss she was following now was simply too formidable.
To put it exaggeratedly, she even felt that if her venerable boss truly lost her temper, even the terrifying Herrscher of Finality might not be able to withstand it!
"..."
Mobius fell into silence.
Previously, she thought she had highly regarded Lierre by believing she could force Kevin's final trump card and defeat him.
But now it was different.
Mobius believed that if Kevin, with all his cards played, could force out Lierre's true reliance, that would already be impressive.
"Although things have exceeded my imagination, as long as Lierre still stands on the side of humanity, it is a good thing for mankind," Eden said objectively.
Elysia smiled and nodded, agreeing with Eden's statement.
She then said to the others, "Lierre might just be holding an impressive tournament. If we continue to worry about the sky falling here, it would be a bit disrespectful to her. So, as viewers, let's watch until the end together."
They couldn't be spoilsports.
Immediately after, Elysia sent the first bullet chat in the live stream room.
[Elysia: Mobius, Hua, Eli is here to cheer you on!]
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