Necromancer, but pre-collapse civilization

　Even if certain special models of airborne transport ships are equipped with concealment systems, Otto is unwilling to risk gambling on whether the covert operation system can successfully conceal its tracks when facing an entity capable of unleashing such devastating attacks.

　The withdrawal of the Destiny Transport Force did indeed successfully deceive Morros and Sirin.

　After all, he and the Queen of Honkai were completely focused on the intense collision between the legendary spell [Doomsday Judgment] and the dozens of Honkai energy fission missiles launched by Schicksal at this moment, and had no time to pay attention to anything else.

　But this is only temporary.

　As the energy shock from the collision gradually subsided, Moros and Sirin finally noticed the transport fleet that was evacuating the personnel stationed on the last floating island of Destiny.

　All of this was actually part of Otto's meticulous planning.

　More precisely, in Otto's plan, this transport aircraft unit that was evacuating personnel was set up to provide cover for the transport aircraft unit that had previously evacuated the key supplies that were crucial to Karen's resurrection.

　With Otto's profound wisdom, he was naturally able to discern the extraordinary strength of Morros and Sirin.

　Otto had anticipated such a powerful being, even with their unexpected detection methods, and had made corresponding preparations.

　To ensure the success of Kallen's resurrection plan, Otto was willing to sacrifice the lives of those who trusted him, making real losses in exchange for Morros and the Second Herrscher's unwavering belief in his victory.

　But Otto's ambitions went far beyond that.

　Through Schicksal's internal communication channels, the Archbishop of Schicksal had already learned of the airship carrying Fu Hua and Cecilia.

　News of an imminent arrival in the Mediterranean region.

　He had to keep Moros and Sirin tied down in this airspace before they reached the battlefield.

Chapter 324 Divine Grace Barrier

　"Cirin, the fate of the escapees is in your hands. As for me, I will personally bring this floating island to a close."

　After glancing at the evacuating Destiny transport force and briefly exchanging words with Sirin, Moros prepared to cast his second legendary spell of the day.

　Last time, the destructive power released in the final stage of the [Doomsday Judgment] was largely neutralized by the Honkai energy fission bombs launched by Schicksal.

　Although its residual power left a huge lava crater hundreds of meters in diameter and twenty or thirty meters deep on the floating island of the Heavenly Mandate, severely damaging the island's structure and billowing black smoke, it was still one crucial blow away from completely destroying it.

　"Well, leave it to me."

　Celine nodded and accepted Moros's arrangement.

　She then opened an imaginary portal in front of the two of them, a gateway she constructed using imaginary space that led directly into the chaotic transport fleet.

　Wielding the power of [Space], she floated lightly out of the imaginary channel that opened above the transport fleet.

　As the panicked and fleeing Destiny troops approached, Sirin revealed a malicious smile.

　“You ants, your struggles are all in vain.”

　As the Honkai Queen announced this, blazing lava meteorites fell from the sky, crashing heavily onto the transport planes.

　Moreover, driven by her will, the swarm of flying Honkai Beasts, led by her companion Honkai Beast, Judgment-class Honkai Beast Benares, launched a fierce attack on the fleeing transport planes.

　Unlike heavily armored and sturdy transport ships, transport aircraft have relatively weak defensive capabilities.

　Whether it's the bombardment of meteorites falling from the sky or the attack of flying Honkai Beasts, it's enough to cause fatal damage to these industrial creations filled with evacuees.

　Those who lost their aircraft, except for a few elite Valkyries, had almost no chance of survival in the high sky.

　Meanwhile, above the last floating island of Destiny, a slightly smaller crimson cloud condensed once again.

　Given the current state of the floating island of the Celestial Lord, Moros has decided to stop using incantation-based spellcasting to enhance the power of his spells.

　With the aid of a super magical technique called [Instant Spell Casting], he cast the legendary spell [Doomsday Judgment] at an unprecedented speed.

　As for the extra mana required to instantly cast [Doomsday Judgment], for Moros, it was just a minor problem that could be solved by consuming a [Gift of the Magic Well] potion.

　Just as the sky was about to be filled with dark red bubbles, and the blazing meteor was about to crash into the transport planes, and Benares was about to unleash a thunderous roar, a clear and firm voice pierced the sky.

　"The Oath of Judah - Zero Rated Power!"

　"Divine Grace Barrier - Deploy!"

　As the sound rang out, golden light shot into the sky, and countless golden chains spread out in all directions from what appeared to be an ordinary transport plane.

　Retro gears appear in the sky, with the large core gear driving the other smaller gears to rotate, one after another, interlocking like the most exquisite mechanism.

　Theresa Apocalypse!

　A powerful S-rank fighter, the granddaughter of Bishop Otto, and the holder of the Eleventh Divine Key, the Key of Binding, the Oath of Judah.

　Previously, in order to protect her during the second wave of the Great Collapse, Otto imprisoned this powerful combatant on the main floating island of the Schicksal headquarters, ordering her not to step into the battlefield without authorization before she had mastered the zero rated power of the Oath of Judah.

　However, just as Theresa successfully mastered the latest skill of the Oath of Judah—Divine Grace Barrier—Moros and Sirin's surprise attack shattered the tranquility of destiny.

　Theresa's power was not given a chance to be displayed in the previous intense collision between legendary magic and Honkai energy fission bomb.

　Even though she possesses the Eleventh Divine Key, the Oath of Judah, even though her combat strength is no less than S-rank, even though she possesses extraordinary power bestowed by Vishnu's genes, almost comparable to a Fusion Warrior...

　But in the face of weapons of mass destruction of that magnitude, her power still seemed pale and powerless.

　Therefore, Otto was prepared to send them to the first batch, which was also the real evacuation force.

　However, Theresa refused.

　This is not surprising.

　Given Theresa's personality, she would never accept a way to ensure her own safety at the cost of others' lives.

　Faced with Theresa's insistence, Otto remained silent for a moment.

　He knew his granddaughter's character and determination well.

　Ultimately, he compromised and granted Theresa's proposal to board the second transport plane to escort the Valkyries and other staff on the Destiny Sky Island.

　In the original world, after the second Great Collapse, in order to prevent Theresa from interfering with his plan to resurrect Kallen, Otto could use [Feather of Dust] to brainwash her into becoming a madwoman.

　Now, for the sake of the safety of the supplies necessary for Karen's resurrection, Otto can also harden his heart and approve of his beloved granddaughter's almost suicidal plan.

　For the Archbishop of Destiny, he was willing to pay any price for Karen.

　Including his own life.

　Getting back to the main point, in Theresa's hands, the eleventh divine key, the Oath of Judah, activated to its zero rated power, was enough to recreate some of the glory of the Lawbinders of the previous civilization era.

　That was a terrifying force capable of wiping out an entire fusion warrior unit down to just thirteen.

　With such power, Theresa successfully intercepted all the incoming attacks.

　Even those dark red bubbles that had nothing to do with Honkai energy vanished without a trace under the power of the Divine Grace Barrier, unable to touch the transport aircraft troops in the slightest.

　The Divine Grace Barrier is not just about eliminating Honkai energy.

　Although not as powerful as the Herrscher of Binding from the previous civilization era, capable of eliminating all bioelectricity within a radius of 100 kilometers, the Divine Grace Barrier still possesses the ability to dissipate other non-Honkai energy.

　However, the cost-effectiveness of this capability is not ideal, but it is sufficient to deal with the current crisis.

　However, the deployment of the Divine Grace Barrier also brought some expected consequences.

　The transport fleet of Destiny is also powered by Honkai energy.

　When they enter the divine grace barrier, they inevitably lose their original momentum and begin free fall.

　However, this was also part of Theresa's plan.

　Before being brainwashed by [Feathered Dust], Theresa was exceptionally intelligent.

　She had calculated that, under the pull of the planet's gravity, the transport fleet would gradually leave the range of the divine grace barrier, and the remaining altitude would be enough for them to regain power and continue their evacuation mission.

　In Theresa's view, this temporary predicament was obviously insignificant compared to capturing the Second Herrscher and thus threatening the mysterious man who called himself Moros.

　Yes, just as Theresa activated her divine grace barrier, the Honkai Queen, caught off guard, was tightly bound by golden chains.

Chapter 325 The Destruction of the Destiny Headquarters

　"What is this...my power?!"

　The Honkai energy within her body drained away rapidly like water from a burst dam, causing the Honkai Queen, who had once risen to the top of the world's combat power, to instantly lose her support and collapse helplessly.

　Her magnificent Herrscher dress, once meticulously constructed from Honkai energy, gradually lost its luster under the powerful effect of the Divine Grace Barrier, returning to the simple experimental suit she wore when she was first a test subject.

　The golden chains controlling the Oath of Judah were tightly bound together, and Theresa gripped one of the chain spears, mercilessly plunging it into Sirin's arm.

　Although she could not end the Second Herrscher's life in order to keep the mysterious and unpredictable Moros in check, depriving him of his ability to act became something she had to do.

　"sorry."

　"Woo!"

　The emptiness of losing power and the intense pain in her arm made Sirin feel as if she were back in the dark and desperate days she spent in the Tower of Babel.

　Those painful memories came flooding back, and she couldn't help but shed tears.

　Hearing Celine's mournful cry, Theresa's thoughts drifted back to the heavy archives in the Babylonian laboratory, and a tear slid down her cheek.

　This is our sin...

　Knowing all too well the dishonorable role that destiny played in the birth of the Second Herrscher, Theresa felt a deep sense of guilt.

　But the vow she made as a Valkyrie to "fight for all that is good in the world" led her to raise her second chain spear once more.

　However, before Theresa could plunge the chain spear into Sirin's other arm, the process of the "Doomsday Judgment" entered its second phase.

　Sensing an increasingly strong sense of threat from above, Theresa realized that she had to get Sirin away from this dangerous place first before continuing to deprive her of her mobility.

　Unfortunately, her actions were destined to fail.

　The moment the divine grace barrier was activated, Moros noticed that Miss Pufferfish had once again overturned.

　But at that time, he was fully focused on advancing the legendary spell [Doomsday Judgment], and therefore had to temporarily let Theresa's actions go.

　【Doomsday Judgment】Unlike ordinary destructive magic, it requires the caster to continuously cast spells to maintain its powerful effect.

　However, once the final stage of the Doomsday Judgment is reached, the necromancer will no longer need to maintain the operation of its constituent spells.

　With his hands free, Moros instantly cast a level 5 dark magic spell called [Puppet Master] without hesitation.

　Then, Theresa could only watch helplessly as her body, bound firmly by the Oath of Judah, was sent into the dark blue portal that opened before her.

　While the Divine Grace Barrier can indeed dissolve all energy, the necromancer is not without options when facing the zero rated power of the Divine Key.

　Just like the relative relationship between [Spell Penetration] and [Magic Immunity], this method of dissipating energy is never absolute.

　If a force is to be possessed by God

　If the barrier is easily dispelled, then use two, three, or even ten or twenty times the magic power to fight it.

　Moros believed that as long as the amount of magic power output was large enough, he would definitely be able to break through the limits of the Divine Grace Barrier.

　After all, in the pre-civilization history of the original world, the Moth of Fire had successfully annihilated the Herrscher of Binding at the cost of countless Fusion Warriors' lives.

　Since even the predecessor of the [Oath of Judah]—the Herrscher of Binding—could be resolved in this way, then the current predicament for Moros is merely a matter of time and magic.

　As it turned out, the necromancer's prediction was correct.

　With only seventy times the magic power, his dark magic successfully controlled Theresa's body inside the Divine Grace Barrier.

　Although Morros could feel that his control was being weakened every second, at least for the moment, it was enough for him to achieve his goals.

　With a hand constructed of magical energy, the necromancer took Sirin's seemingly boneless body and canceled the portal's maintenance without the slightest hesitation.

　The next moment, without any crisp cracking sound or any additional noise, the closed portal, like a silent blade, directly severed the soul steel chains that had once firmly bound everything.

　Even the indestructible Soul Steel, forged with the wisdom of previous civilizations, proved incredibly fragile when faced with the overwhelming power of space.

　Once outside the area of ​​effect of the Divine Grace Barrier, Sirin's Honkai energy gradually revived, allowing her to use the power of the [Tranquility Gem] to heal her injuries.

　However, even such power could not conceal the fragility and helplessness in her heart at this moment.

　“Moros…”

　She threw herself into Moros's arms, clutching his mage robes tightly as if she had grasped a lifeline.

　The Herrscher, who once reigned supreme as the Queen of Honkai, now resembled a helpless child, sobbing softly.

　"I am really scared……"

　"It's okay, I'm right here with you..."

　He gently stroked Celine's long, smooth purple hair, as if soothing all her pain and fear.

　Gradually, under the warmth of Moros's palm, Sirin's emotions began to calm down.

　She lingered, nuzzling the hand that was gently stroking her long hair, then shyly pulled away from his embrace.

　At that very moment, the dazzling pillar of light generated in the final stage of [Doomsday Judgment] struck the last floating island of Destiny like a giant hand of destruction.

　"—!"