Herrscher of Reason's Arknights

What is an infected person?

Non-recyclable waste, the lowest of the low, animals that anyone can step on, the cheapest labor.

Who would respect a beast?

These infected patrolmen were used to swaggering around. After all, this semi-official organization was more troublesome than the empire's tax collectors. Their methods were far more underhanded than those of official organizations. It's true what they say: it's easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with his underlings.

One of the disciplinary team members, with a cruel smile, brandished the baton in his hand.

The stick was quite old; the original paint had long since peeled off, and the metallic color was mixed with some indelible brown spots.

That's blood. How many infected lives and how much blood does this person have in his hands?

The moment that black uniform appeared, it stirred up the deepest fear in Yelena's heart!

Sheep are afraid of wolves, both physiologically and psychologically, and so are rabbits. The "black bug" that is despised by all ordinary people is itself a symbol of terror.

It represents disaster, malice, repression, and violence.

People who are oppressed often develop conditioned reflexes, such as feeling fear when they see members of the disciplinary team.

However, the oppressors wanted to see a girl with a face like that.

"Alright, you lowly thing, kneel down now! Put your hands behind your head, or I'll break your legs."

Several members of the black-clad police squad had already surrounded them.

The girl, filled with fear and unease, trembling all over, was seen by the group as a lamb to the slaughter.

Infected people are usually extremely weak, cowardly and powerless, because they have no power to fight against Ursus's iron fist, and even if they did fight, what would be the point?

These black bugs have beaten countless infected people to death with sticks, those so-called "outbursts of unbearable suffering."

The rebels were unarmed and had no way to fight against the pickets.

They had no intention of taking the girl away; that would be too troublesome. They were very accustomed to keeping their opponents calm and waiting for them to kneel down and be at their mercy before killing them on the spot.

This is a good deed for all of Terra. Killing an infected person is equivalent to eliminating a potential source of infection, and it has saved countless lives.

However, Originium Arts is always a matter of idealism.

The next moment, a cold wind howled!

"W-what's going on?!"

The temperature suddenly dropped for no apparent reason.

The weather was just cold winter, and their coats were enough to keep them warm. However, this sudden cold snap even froze their feet to the ground!

"It's...it's magic! This beast knows magic!!"

"Aaaaaah! My legs, my legs!"

One of them lost his balance when he was frozen, and his frozen joints could not withstand the weight of his body as he fell. The crisp sound of breaking was followed by the man's painful scream.

"Watch out for that bitch! She knows magic!"

The world enveloped by the ring of snow became Yelena's sanctuary, where she could only protect herself in the depths of winter.

The girl, who had closed her eyes in extreme terror, would then remember her Originium Arts.

Those damned villains retreated in terror upon contact with the cold air, trying to escape this death zone that could freeze people into blocks of ice instantly.

Yes, I am no longer that incompetent version of myself.

Looking at my hands, I realized that what I've been practicing these past few days is controlling and suppressing this power.

It was like a curse, a source art colder than the winter of this land.

Is this what it feels like to have power?

Yelena was, after all, just a little girl. Before, she had no real sense of power and was good for nothing except adding trouble to her frozen house, until now.

The horror and disbelief on the faces of the patrol members, the thick frost on the bodies of the two people lying dead in the area enveloped by the cold wind, and the real feeling of this power being summoned all stimulated the girl's nerves.

The powerlessness of the past contrasts sharply with the present; if only I had possessed this power sooner, if only I had used it sooner…

Is it possible to avoid all tragedies?

The ugly and hateful faces of the mine foremen overlapped with those of the inspectors before him, and old and new grudges surged into his mind like flames blooming in his blood.

It was anger, fueled by the long-suppressed emotions of working in the mines. He hated his former weakness, his incompetence, the belated arrival of this power, and his inability to pounce on those damned overseers and kill them.

Because of her status as an infected person, all her relatives died in the mine, which was an inescapable nightmare for Yelena.

Now, she wants to banish that nightmare.

Then die!

Environment changes people, and girls will also release their resentment in ways they understand.

The deadly cold front suddenly expanded!

"How can it be!"

"Get out of here! This bitch's gone mad!!"

The side effects of the unprecedented expansion of Originium Arts are known to many, but the girl in front of him probably doesn't know them, or rather, doesn't care.

The inspectors often deal with these lowly infected individuals and have naturally witnessed infected individuals turning into humanoid Originium bombs due to overload caused by improper use of Originium Arts.

The signs of these people were that they had awakened Originium Arts from immense anger. However, skills always require adaptation. Just like sword skills, they need to be learned to be used to their full potential, rather than simply holding them and swinging them around.

That could hurt yourself. The same goes for Originium Arts, except that because they are very effective, the price is also very high.

The way this guy is using it clearly shows that he intends to use himself as an Originium bomb!

This is the cruelty of the world; every gift of fate comes with a hidden price.

The men screamed and fled in panic, while the unlucky ones who couldn't get away were frozen into ice blocks the moment the area was covered!

Perhaps this girl really has some talent; this is a power that a child shouldn't be able to display!

This isn't a cold winter, this is an avalanche!!!

The Originium crystals grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, even spreading from the original lines on the skin into a solid covering the skin, and directly piercing through blood vessels and emerging from the muscle tissue!

If this continues, no one can withstand the series of side effects brought about by high levels of Originium poisoning.

The voices gradually faded away, and so did the violence and malice.

The dirt roads in the village seemed to have fallen completely silent.

The ground was littered with corpses covered in frost and ice, and you could even see the grimace and fear on their faces as they died.

Haha, isn't this... pretty simple?

Are these the damn black bugs? I've killed them all.

Her consciousness was already somewhat blurred, and she could no longer see anything with her left eye. Perhaps it was the surge of adrenaline from the stress response that prevented the girl from being controlled by the pain. She took a few shaky steps forward and stood among the corpses on the ground. Yelena seemed to feel an unprecedented sense of exhilaration, along with an emptiness that followed.

Is this revenge?

However, it seems that there were more than just these people who came.

A guy dressed rather unusually appeared there, followed by a number of disciplinary officers.

Here they come again? Then kill them all!

The girl once again ignored the pain and urged herself to use her Originium Arts.

The higher the Originium fusion rate, the stronger the power it can unleash!

The power that previously required preheating can now be released at will, and the massive cold current carries the girl's ferocious smile.

Die! Die, die, die, die!!!

The next moment, the city wall forged by the cold wind was breached by a single hand!

what? !

It was a gloved hand with delicate and intricate patterns that passed through this deathly realm filled with the cold wind!

It's that guy whose clothes and appearance are different from everyone else's!

Yelena panicked, and her expression suddenly turned terrified.

It's normal, because she's never encountered such a situation before. Why...why was her previously incredibly powerful strength so easily surpassed?!

The cold wave couldn't even leave a trace on that person's hand, how is that possible?!

However, the girl had nowhere to retreat, and her body was already extremely vulnerable due to the excessive release of her power. That hand had already locked onto Yelena.

Like catching a duck, he reached out and tightly gripped the girl's slender neck.

Then comes the power to crush bones.

“Wu ...!!!”

Before a brief whimper could even be uttered, the cracking sound of bones shattering had already filled his entire consciousness.

That was real fear.

The Originium Arts dissipated because they were interrupted, and the girl in mid-air finally got a clear look at the person's appearance.

That was the embodiment of fear; the girl's pained expression was reflected in the crimson viewfinder.

He neutralized all of the girl's strength with just one hand; it was simply...

It's like the manifestation of the nightmares that the girl experiences every time she has a nightmare.

Or rather, the darkness of the past has returned, but Yelena no longer wants to go back to that place.

Do not!

I don't want to go back...

I don't want to go back!!!

However, when she tried to call for help, she could no longer make a sound.

After seeing hope, people become terrified of death and struggle desperately on the brink of death, uttering screams that are no longer human. Some people enjoy watching this extreme despair and terror.

The strange man, wearing a black mask and completely shrouded in black, was about to snap the girl's neck.

Just then, a loud bang startled a flock of birds into flight.

Dropping the infected person in his hands, the emperor's bodyguard jumped aside and looked around warily.

"who!?"

Why didn't I detect this attack?!

The Emperor's Imperial Guards dared not be careless, because most attacks were incredibly slow in the eyes of such elites as the Emperor's Imperial Guards, except for this one.

Although the bullets failed to harm someone of the Emperor's inner guard caliber, it was extremely rare for such an attack to go unnoticed.

Who is it?!

However, when the guard turned around to look for the source of the bullet, he saw a silver-haired girl slowly walking inside and putting the slug back into the magazine.

"Today really is a good day for visiting graves."

P.S.: Some people said the main character's name is a bit strange... well, it's mainly due to the homophony. Plus, I felt that "律化娜" (Lü Huana) would have sounded a bit odd, so I changed it to a homophonic name. Relax, relax! [heart emoji]

Section 12, Chapter Twelve: The Art of Inch-Length Power

"Using the Herrscher state to travel is truly a luxurious choice."

Several tens of minutes ago, on the snowfield, Sodium Chloride, who had just finished her Herrscher state, landed and immediately shed that state, running on foot across the snowfield.

Even without using her Herrscher abilities, a Valkyrie's physical abilities far surpass those of ordinary humans. The reason she didn't use her Traveler form to directly enter the town to investigate is because she couldn't guarantee she wouldn't be witnessed by Yelena.

Once you see it, erasing the memory becomes much more difficult.

In addition, she is not in her complete form now. The energy consumption from traveling through worlds is too great. It is too difficult for this world to replenish Honkai energy. She can only rely on food to recover. Also, after stopping the use of Herrscher transformation, she will wait for her body to generate Honkai energy on its own and consume it.

However, the consumption of Herrscher transformation is simply too astonishing. After all, Herrschers are beings who can materialize inconceivable and almost impossible rules, and their power is so great that they can destroy an entire city in the blink of an eye.

The price of immense power is a massive consumption of Honkai energy. The Honkai world can be replenished with Honkai energy, but here, unless a Honkai event is triggered, it can only be used sparingly.

However, this was enough for her to get back. In the eyes of mortals, the power of the Valkyrie was no different from that of a demigod. Schicksal's technology was actually an artificial Herrscher, which reduced the power of the Herrscher by many times and put it into the Valkyrie's body.