[Above the southern periter of the Honkai Energy System Lab, Helheim. The Hyperion rushes toward the coordinates sent by Tesla. However, four kiloters from the objective, it is suddenly attacked! The Hyperion's situation is grim; combat-capable personnel are few and far between. i's Gem of Conquest was taken by the Herrscher of the Void, damaging her heart; she requires imdiate surgery. Theresa's injuries have been stabilized, but it is unknown when she will wake. Therefore... the heavy burden of defending against the swarming Honkai beasts falls solely on Bronya!]
Undoubtedly, the Hyperion is currently a ship of the wounded and the broken. Forget facing the Herrscher; simply surviving the onslaught of Honkai beasts is a monuntal challenge! In this bleak situation, the responsibility of protecting everyone rests on Bronya's shoulders.
[Bronya just woke up and has to face such a brutal battle. She's working so hard.]
[True... her forr companion beca a Herrscher and severely wounded Theresa and i. Bronya must be under imnse pressure, right?]
[Don't worry! Professor Hiko is on her way! There's nothing to fear!]
Knowing that Hiko has donned the Vermilion Knight armor and is racing toward the battlefield, the viewers aren't overly worried about Bronya's safety. As expected, after Bronya repels a large number of beasts, the Hyperion—damaged and failing—is forced into an ergency crash landing.
Due to the inertia, Bronya rolls across the ground several tis before stabilizing. She scrambles up, only to see a sliver of light piercing the darkness. The light grows brighter, and in the next mont, she sees it.
—Flas, burning.
Murata Hiko stands before Bronya, hands gripping the Godslayer blade. She can feel it: the terrifying fluctuations of Honkai energy from the Herrscher are drawing near. What awaits Hiko next is a battle of attrition.
Under Hiko's cover, Bronya retreats into the Hyperion. Facing the resurgent tide of Honkai beasts, Hiko's thod is simple: she swings her giant flaming sword, incinerating every beast that dares to approach. With Hiko's arrival, the pressure on the Hyperion is greatly relieved, but it is no ti to let down her guard. The number of enemies is increasing; the Herrscher of the Void's power seems infinite, summoning endless swarms.
Hiko has lost count of how many beasts she has cut down, but they keep pouring out as if there is no upper limit. Now, with every swing of her sword, Hiko must endure the agonizing erosion of the Gem of Haste. How long can her already battered body sustain this fight?
The viewers in Pardo's stream begin to realize sothing. They were perhaps too optimistic. Hiko possesses the power of the Vermilion Knight, but her physical condition is at its absolute worst. Simply clearing the swarms is pushing her to the brink. The power of the Gem of Haste is a double-edged sword; while it grants her imnse strength, it is rapidly burning through her remaining life force. And she hasn't even faced the Queen yet.
Soon, after clearing a massive wave of beasts, Hiko's stamina clearly begins to fail. She wipes the fine beads of sweat from her face, panting slightly. At that mont, an elite dual-wielding Deadweight suddenly appears from behind to ambush her!
Blades clash.
["Drip, drip." Blood falls onto the scorched earth, evaporating into crimson mist. Hiko blocks the attack and cleaves the Deadweight in two. In her ear, a cruel, mocking voice rings out. "Oh? You blocked it? An encore is no good if it doesn't follow the script, you know?" The chaotic sky is crudely torn open. The Herrscher's figure, accompanied by lightning, manifests from within.]
The Herrscher of the Void has arrived. The Queen of Honkai looks down at Murata Hiko as if she were an ant crawling on the ground. To the Herrscher, killing Kiana's companions is nothing more than an amusing pasti after her awakening.
As Hiko and the Herrscher face off, the ga enters a combat stage. Unlike the story segnts, the combat stage allows for a trial of the Vermilion Knight while also allowing players to bring their own Valkyries. Pardo brought i's [Crimson]and Bronya's [Yamabuki], originally wanting to see if [Crimson]could fight the Herrscher. But the result was frustrating; the Herrscher constantly teleported, and i's small blade couldn't catch her.
Ultimately, Pardo switched to the Vermilion Knight. The effect was imdiate and spectacular. The chase range of the Vermilion Knight was much larger than imagined, catching up to the teleporting Queen almost instantly and delivering a blast of "Burn to Ashes!" It felt like a character specifically designed to counter the Herrscher of the Void.
[Good, good! Slice her up!]
[Do you know about the ti Murata Hiko used two waterlon knives to cut from one end of the street to the other? My eyes didn't even blink!]
[Then weren't your eyes dry?]
[I said I killed without blinking, and you ask if my eyes were dry?]
Watching Pardo control Hiko to puml the Herrscher, slamming that giant fla sword into the Queen's face as her HP bar plumted, was incredibly cathartic for the audience. The suppression and frustration brought by the Herrscher earlier were swept away in this fight!
[Herrscher of the Void! Auntie Hiko's sword is big! You'll have to endure it!!]
[Auntie Hiko only needs to think about swinging her sword, but we players have to think about a lot more.]
[I can't take it, I have to pull for her imdiately. I'm going to empty my wallet for Auntie Hiko's Vermilion Knight!]
Satisfying. Utterly satisfying! Even Pardo had to admit that controlling the Vermilion Knight to beat down a Herrscher felt amazing.
"Brother Su Mu, you definitely designed this stage for player stress relief! It's too good!"
Beside her, Murata Hiko watched the in-ga Queen being stomped with great interest. "Even though I know that's Kiana being controlled... for so reason, being able to give that kid a thorough beating feels unexpectedly refreshing."
Kiana Kaslana... if Hiko had to describe her in one word, it would be "Troublemaker." Back in school, she caused no end of headaches. Most importantly, the girl had no self-awareness and was always talking back. So of the things she did truly made Hiko's fists itch!
"Can I try?" Seeing a chance to "beat up" Kiana, Hiko wasn't going to pass it up.
"Of course!" Pardo handed the controller to Hiko.
[Holy crap, Hiko is controlling Hiko to hit Kiana!]
[Is this a Stand attack?]
[This is too funny!]
Watching Hiko control the Vermilion Knight to slash at Kiana, the audience was amused. But soon...
"Hehe... Kiana..." "Finally, I finally found the chance!" "This is for not respecting your teacher!" "This is for oversleeping every morning!" "This is for leading i and Bronya to skip class!" "This is for dragging down the class average!" "This is for lowering St. Freya's graduation rate!"
Murata Hiko operated the Vermilion Knight with a relentless "boar rush," and though she didn't know how to play the ga properly, she was mashing buttons with pure spite. It looked like she wanted to eat the in-ga Herrscher alive!
[Uh... is Auntie Hiko breaking?]
[It seems Auntie Hiko has a lot of resentnt toward President Kiana?]
[Just what did Kiana do during her school days to deserve this?]
[I can't tell who the real Hiko is anymore—the one in the ga or the one on the couch...]
Watching Hiko's expression go from gritted teeth to the bliss of a new person, as if she had discovered a new way to decompress, Pardo was stunned. Wait, this isn't right? Kiana-chan gets so hyped playing gas, and her teacher Hiko is the sa way! I get it now! No wonder they're teacher and student! They're cut from the sa cloth!
"Hiko-san! Take it easy! The controller! The controller is going to break!" "Kiana, I'm going to make sure you understand the aning of 'Respect the Teacher'!" "Brother Su Mu, don't just sit there laughing! Help stop her!"
Pardo clung to Hiko, looking like a helpless but cute kitten. The teacher-student duo was a disaster!
[Hahaha! Another mandatory segnt of Pardo's stream: the livestream accident!]
[You think there's a script? No way! A script couldn't be this real!]
[I'm dying. The mont I saw Auntie Hiko, I knew sothing big would happen today!]
[President Kiana and Auntie Hiko are exactly the sa!]
The interlude sent the viewership skyrocketing. Having Hiko as a guest was already a crushing advantage over other strears, and this "accident" pushed the hype to a new climax. The most lively Honkai 3rd strear, Pardo Felis, was in top form!
After the chaos, the gloom in the chat had cleared. Pardo retook the controller, and the plot continued. In the story, the Herrscher of the Void still held the upper hand. But, under Hiko's blade, she bled.
["You... you're bleeding... so even a God can be wounded?" Murata Hiko mocks the stunned Herrscher. "Why? I should have killed you dozens of tis over!" The Herrscher glares in rage at Hiko. She never imagined that a re mortal—a human—could wound her noble body! It was impossible! Unacceptable! Unforgivable! "My apologies then." Hiko raises her sword, pointing it directly at the Queen in the sky. "I'm... a bit of a handful!" The Herrscher burns with even more fury: "Insolent human!" Hiko snorts. "Isn't calling everyone 'human' a bit tireso? I have a na... make sure you rember who you are facing... MURATA HIKO!!"]
The storm of fla blades incinerated the Herrscher's attacks, turning them to ash. The Herrscher finally realized the Vermilion Knight was drawing on the power of the Gem of Haste. Distorted by rage and losing her reason, she focused entirely on killing Hiko, ignoring a vital fact: she wasn't alone on this battlefield.
Aboard the Hyperion, Einstein took aim. In the next instant, a massive beam struck the Herrscher. Amidst the blinding rain of light, the Honkai energy on her body scattered frantically!
[Born in the 20th century, proposed and researched by Edison—the greatest 'civilian invention' in human history. The ultimate weapon of Anti-Entropy, Earth's strongest Honkai energy conversion device. After 50 years of secret developnt, it announces its existence to the world—a weapon made by humans, carrying their ideals and will. The Moonlight Throne!]
At this mont, the "secret weapon" Theresa ntioned was finally revealed. Just as Otto held the God-Slayer Spear, Anti-Entropy possessed its own trump card against the Honkai and the Herrschers. The Moonlight Throne was Einstein's ace!
"Dr. Einstein is incredible..." Pardo's eyes widened. "She endured and waited for that one perfect opportunity to fire the winning shot!" Einstein had seized the mont in a chaotic battlefield to land a decisive blow.
[I guess Cocolia is the only true bastard in Anti-Entropy?]
[Right? I used to think Anti-Entropy was a villain organization, but Tesla and Einstein have nothing to do with being evil!]
[The hot-tempered Tesla and the wise 'mop-head' Einstein make such a great duo!]
[As the Captain of the Hyperion, I'm starting to beco a fan of Anti-Entropy. What do I do?]
[Join them! Down with Dog Otto!]
[If Otto can sit as Overseer, why can't us Captains?!]
The fans expressed their love for Tesla and Einstein. Under their gaze, the wounded Herrscher of the Void was forced to retreat into imaginary space. Victory. With the coordination of Hiko and her comrades, the Herrscher had been repelled. But the battle was harder than anyone imagined. The viewers realized this victory was only temporary.
[Sigh, I didn't expect it to be this difficult...]
[If not for the Moonlight Throne, the outco would still be undecided.]
[Even with a temporary win, she has the Gem of Serenity; she just needs to hide in imaginary space for a bit to recover and co back!]
At this ti, in the Schicksal branch, Senti had also pushed the plot to the Herrscher's retreat. "Dammit! That bastard Herrscher got away!" Winning felt good, but she wanted more than a temporary victory. "She talks so big about being a God, then runs away imdiately! Shaless! If you have the guts, stay and fight another three hundred rounds! Running when things get bad—does a coward like that deserve to call herself a God?"
Beside her, Fu Hua sighed. "I'm afraid the upcoming battle will be even more perilous." She analyzed the situation and concluded it was grim. "The Herrscher won't fall for the sa trick twice; the Moonlight Throne is spent. And Professor Hiko... her body is at its limit. If I'm not mistaken, the next clash... will be the final showdown."
Senti looked at Fu Hua. "Old Tir, they'll win, right? Hiko and the others will win, right!" As the story progressed, Senti found herself caring deeply for these characters. Especially Murata Hiko, the mortal who raised a rebel sword against a God. She desperately wanted to see Hiko and her friends achieve total victory.
"I don't know... I hope so." Fu Hua couldn't be certain, but in her heart, she also wanted them to succeed.
As the ga visuals shifted, a CG of Murata Hiko appeared. She held the "God-Slayer Spear" created by Tesla.
[Hyperion, lower deck corridor. Hiko leans against a railing outside the infirmary. People are constantly rushing past with the wounded. She instinctively hides her own wound.]
lancholy music begins to play. Hiko now looks completely different from the Vermilion Valkyrie on the battlefield. After so many battles, her broken body is failing her. No matter how strong her will, she is still only human.
[The bleeding cannot be stopped. "This ti... things really got out of hand." Murata Hiko knows all too well how dire her condition is—the lamp is running out of oil. No one answers her; only the serum's faint glow illuminates her scarred face.]
The next mont, a piercing alarm sounds. The Hyperion is under attack again.
[The bustling corridor becos even more chaotic. But the world in Hiko's eyes remains calm. "...Fine. It's ti to go out for so air." She straightens her back and walks in the direction opposite the crowd. Ti seems to stand still at that mont. "They're all a bunch of kids who refuse to grow up, but I like this place." "There's a long road ahead of you, isn't there?" "..." "Good luck to you all." People with weapons, people in bandages, people carrying the wounded, people moving parts— People of the Hyperion, the Far East Branch, Anti-Entropy— People Hiko has t, people she hasn't— People who rember her, people who don't— One by one, they pass her by. "I really want... another drink."]
As Hiko's voice fades, the screen goes dark, soon returning to the stage select screen. In the somber music, the image of Murata Hiko walking against the crowd makes the audience panic. At this mont, not only in Pardo's stream but in every Honkai 3rd stream, the comnt volu spikes.
[Auntie Hiko sounds like she's saying a final goodbye to the world!]
[Mhm, she looks like an old general covered in flags on a stage!]
[My heart hurts! Poor Auntie Hiko! She's covered in wounds yet she's going to fight...]
[Fighting in that condition is a suicide mission!]
[Is there so mistake? God Su, say sothing!]
In Pardo's stream, the chat is frantically interrogating the masked Su Mu.
[God Su, this is really a heartwarming and healing story, right?]
[Honkai 3rd is really a healthy, sunny, and positive ga, right?!]
[God Su, say sothing! SAY SOTHING!]
[Brothers, trust God Su! Though I'm already holding a knife...]
[God Su, you don't want your fans sending you razor blades, do you?!!!]
Pardo clicks the last stage. There is no combat, just like Hiko's earlier monologue. The icon for the final stage is a Play button. As the visual appears, Murata Hiko is in an elevator, staring at the God-Slayer Spear in her hand. Various noises from the outside world drift in...
Beside Pardo, Su Mu finally makes a move.
"Here it cos..." he murmurs.
"Final Lesson!"
END OF CHAPTER
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