I've already said this isn't a life simulator!

"team leader……"

"Ah... Hua, I'm so glad you can still use that form of address."

Following the sound, it looked at Hua, who had a blank expression, and said with a smile.

"You...really..."

"However, unfortunately, I am not your captain."

It didn't pay any attention to Hua's words; it simply shook its head, a mocking smile on its face, and said...

"After all, Himiko... is already dead, right in front of you, isn't she?"

"........."

Hua's thoughts froze for a moment. She opened her mouth, but no sound came out. It was as if something had completely... fallen into her heart.

She looked again at Xi Wang, which it was holding in its hand. The confusion in her eyes gradually faded, and she slowly regained her composure, which finally turned into determination.

Now that... it's confirmed, and we've heard it from her, then... there's no need to think about it anymore.

Focus your attention on what's in front of you, focus your thoughts on what's in front of you.

I am a soldier, a warrior belonging to the "Fire Moths," and what I must do now... is to join everyone in reclaiming the dawn from its grasp.

“Great eyes…you’ve grown up a bit, Hua.”

It spoke in a tone similar to Himiko's, sighing like an elder sister.

Its response was nothing more than a silent raid.

but……

Do you want him?

It simply smiled, shifted Xi Wang's body slightly, and blocked the path of the attack.

What a despicable act, but... it doesn't matter, as long as it works.

Seeing the crowd forcibly stop their actions, it laughed again, a rather mocking laugh.

"Hey……"

Just then, Xi Wang, who was being held in its hand, gently patted its arm and said in a slightly distorted voice.

"You're scratching me a little too hard..."

"Oh, so I really am... sorry?"

Just as it was about to make a joke at Xiwang, it suddenly stopped.

Xi Wang's gaze towards it... became somewhat strange, as if he were looking at some kind of "prey," and his pupils... was it an illusion? It felt as if the gold inside had magnified slightly, and the surrounding scarlet ring had also become more conspicuous.

tick-

It was the sound of rain falling.

The rain that would normally be steamed by the flames had somehow fallen on it again, bringing it a slightly cool and damp feeling.

But more importantly... why? Why do I feel like I'm surrounded by danger?

It was as if the rain was expressing hostility towards me, as if I had been "marked" by something very dangerous.

The one who felt the most danger... was actually Xi Wang, who was being held in its grasp.

How can this be? !

It subconsciously wanted to increase its strength and demonstrate its power to suppress the sense of threat emanating from Xi Wang, but soon, an immense fear made it forcibly stop its actions.

It couldn't move any further; if it continued... it might unleash something truly terrifying—that was the feeling in its heart.

tick-

It was the soft sound of raindrops falling, but when the raindrops hit it, it felt a stinging pain, as if what fell from the sky was not rain, but thin needles.

clatter--

It was the sound of lightly stepping on the ground.

While it was stunned, Sakura had silently arrived beside it, and in an instant, she swung her sword. The icy blue light of the blade sliced ​​across its elbow and severed its forearm.

"hiss--"

It was the sound of a rapid inhalation.

Hua took a stance on its other side, ignoring the flames engulfing her, stepped forward, and threw a punch at close range, forcefully knocking her away.

The two who had witnessed all of this quickly retreated with Xi Wang, and the soldiers who were still able to move quickly gathered around and protected Xi Wang behind them.

"Wait...backwards!"

Sakura noticed something out of the corner of her eye, shouted loudly, and quickly stepped forward, driving the blade in her hand to its maximum power, forcibly constructing an ice wall in the scorching heat of the field.

Then it was burned through by the roaring flames, and the blade in Sakura's hand melted away in an instant.

"...I have to admit, I underestimated you a little."

Its voice no longer carried a hint of laughter.

"This is a problem with my attitude, I admit it, so... I'm not playing anymore."

It raised its only remaining hand expressionlessly and pointed it at Xiwang, who was being protected by the crowd.

“I will destroy him right before your eyes, so that you will know that everything you have done is in vain, and how ridiculous your so-called protection is.”

"Who are you pointing at with that hand, [Herrscher]?"

"Ok?"

boom! ! !

Before it could even notice where the words came from, it was instantly knocked away by a figure rushing towards it.

"...A thousand tribulations?!"

"Shut up, you bunch of useless trash."

Qianjie glanced at the soldiers around him with an extremely dangerous look, his words revealing his undisguised contempt for them.

"........."

No one dared to refute it, no one would refute it... They had promised to protect Xiwang, but they failed to do so... It was right, how ridiculous their so-called protection was.

“…Hey, you.”

Qianjie focused his gaze on Xiwang, staring intently at him as if confirming something.

"Cough... Qian Jie? Ah... Thank you so much, it's really great that you made it in time."

Xi Wang coughed twice, regained his balance with the help of Eden and Hua, and quickly helped Ying, who had fallen to the side, to her feet. At the same time, he smiled and nodded to Qian Jie, and said softly.

"...If I see you here again later, I'll twist your head off too."

"Sorry... I won't disturb your battle."

"……snort."

Qianjie's gaze lingered on the faint purple markings on Xiwang's neck for a moment. He snorted softly and said nothing more, but glared at the soldiers around him again, giving them a rather threatening look as if urging them to take Xiwang away from this place as soon as possible.

The crowd remained silent, turning their gazes away with a hint of shame, and silently escorted Xi Wang and the others away from the area, leaving the battlefield... to Qian Jie.

"A thousand tribulations...?"

Its voice came again, mingled with flames.

"Since we are both non-human, we should be the same kind of people..."

"Shut up, who the hell is like you?!"

Qianjie's voice became more irritable than ever before.

Enough with the nonsense! Let's fight! Let's slaughter each other! Let's add a vibrant splash of color to this place with our blood!!!

"I will break your hands! Cripple your legs! You'll be reduced to crawling on the ground like a lowly insect, begging for my mercy!!!"

"At that time... I will stomp your face under my feet! I will let your hair mingle with the charred ground!"

"Hahahaha!!! Fire! That's right! Fire! Burn freely! Just like my anger! Let's see if you burn out first, or if my anger subsides first!"

"Hahahaha!!! Come on! Let's begin!!! Use everything you have! Try... to defeat me!!!"

"But the final result is the same..."

Its form blurred, and in the blink of an eye, Qianjie's figure appeared before it.

Punch, strike, furiously, mercilessly, attack, suppress.

"you will die!"

He declared this.

Let's sing together again after Chapter 46~ (7939)

The battle between Qian Jie and the "Seventh Herrscher" lasted for several days... The "Seventh Herrscher," born from Himiko, inherited some of her thoughts and combat abilities. With a foundation, it quickly found a way to deal with Qian Jie and began to use its own powers to suppress her.

[But Qianjie was not so easy to bully. Amidst his maniacal laughter, his fighting style became increasingly ferocious. Relying on his terrifying combat instincts, he constantly engaged it in combat. Whenever it relaxed its guard even slightly, it would be subjected to a barrage of attacks.]

[Furthermore, the rain that accompanied your song did not stop; on the contrary, it grew heavier over time, directly curbing the spread of the "Seventh Herrscher's" flames and allowing Qianjie to fight it on equal terms.]

In the end, Qianjie completely disregarded his own injuries and forcibly killed it... however, Qianjie paid a very heavy price.

[The others still remember that moment: Qianjie, his body burned beyond recognition, dragged a limbless, contorted corpse, stepping out of the flames, one step at a time, onto the lava-like ground... That scene deeply shocked everyone.]

Unfortunately, in the end, Qianjie simply threw its corpse at everyone's feet, seemingly to signify that the extermination was complete, before fainting.

Fortunately, Qianjie's "inhuman" physique allowed him to survive... However, when he woke up in Möbius's laboratory, he predictably caused another scene, clearly showing that he really disliked Möbius.

However... even if the defeat of the "Seventh Herrscher" is completed, this calamity is not over, or rather, it is far from over.

Although the rains curbed the spread of the fires, the flames of the "Seventh Herrscher" still burned down most of the Australian continent. In addition, almost all cities were destroyed and ravaged by Honkai Beasts, leaving less than one in ten places that could be rebuilt.

Even if the "Fire Moths" wanted to rebuild the city, it would face numerous difficulties. Even if the "Seventh Herrscher" disappeared and the Honkai energy stopped rising, there were still Honkai Beasts roaming around, and small-scale Honkai would occasionally erupt, making the already terrible situation even worse.

This incident also made the "Fire Moths" abandon their useless pride and begin to promote Mei and others' "Fusion Warrior Project"... Humanity now needs more and stronger power and no longer has the mind to discuss the issue of whether or not they are "inhuman".

Those who initially opposed the plan have all fallen silent; faced with the harsh and crisis-ridden reality, their words seem utterly... pointless.