Opinions of the Herrscher of Dominance

"Come here, is throwing a lance your way of greeting? You are worthy of it!"

After easily dealing with the group of Honkai beasts, which were most likely arranged by Otto, Yae Sakura sensed a powerful attack approaching at a very fast speed just as she took a few steps.

Turning around, drawing her sword, and slashing, Yae Sakura used the blade wrapped in black flames to confront this extremely heavy force head-on.

"Boom!"

The violent airwaves spread in all directions, overwhelming all the flowers, plants, and trees within a radius of hundreds of meters, forming an exaggerated flat ground.

After a short period of wind and waves, Yae Sakura held the blade horizontally, and the huge lance was inserted straight in front of her. Durandal fell from the sky and stood on the top of the lance handle.

The two pairs of eyes met in the air, and the atmosphere became oppressive, making it hard to breathe. If it were an ordinary pseudo-Herrscher, this spear would be enough to kill them. The only Valkyrie who used this power as an ordinary attack was Durandal.

After a moment of confrontation, Yae Sakura slowly sheathed her sword and whispered.

"You should be a Valkyrie of Schicksal? I think there may be some misunderstandings between us. Anyway, I am not an enemy."

"..."

Durandal's mission was to test Yae Sakura's strength and personality stability, so she had nothing to say. She kicked the lance with terrifying force, turning into a white light and rushing straight at Yae Sakura.

Yae Sakura's pupils shrank, and she drew her sword again in a flash.

"Bang!!!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The two terrifying forces collided at high speed in this small space, raising circles of white airwaves. The air was swept into chaos, and the earth was shaken to pieces.

And this was just a physical collision.

"Queen!"

After a brief trial, Durandal found the opportunity and summoned the quantum mech for support.

The white giant sword which was more than dozens of meters long fell from the air, pressing the unprepared Yae Sakura heavily into the ground.

At this time, Durandal landed for the first time, casually lifted the flying golden hair from her forehead, and stared at the huge sword mark spanning hundreds of meters with her crystal blue eyes like gems. She exhaled lightly.

"She should be okay right? According to the bishop, she is close to the level of a true Herrscher." Durandal muttered to herself, pulled up the lance from the ground, and walked towards the sword mark.

"Ah——"

Suddenly, a helpless and tired sigh came with the wind.

The next second, endless black fog quickly filled the whole place, blocking Durandal's vision.

Retreat!

The black fog of unknown nature had shown strange power in the process of destroying the Honkai beast just now, Durandal naturally didn't want to be contaminated casually.

She jumped into the sky, and before she could catch her breath, a huge black shadow had already fallen from the sky.

"King?"

This time, the giant sword was no longer summoned by Durandal, nor was it aimed at Durandal's enemies.

"Bang!"

The long sword cut the earth for the second time.

At the same time, Durandal appeared on the chest of the phantom mech.

"The connection was cut off? Or, it was plundered. Is this the Key to Corruption? Anyway, you should rest first, King!"

Durandal clenched her fist, and a strong golden light was released from her fist.

"Ha!!"

With just one punch, countless cracks like spider webs appeared on the body of the machine god, and the Honkai energy injected by Durandal shone dazzling golden light in the cracks.

The out-of-control mech collapsed with a bang. Looking at its pitiful appearance with thousands of holes, it must be unable to move again in the short term.

Then Durandal turned around and saw countless human figures and Honkai beasts in the black fog below, looming and moving in the fog.

"Is this... looking at me?"

Durandal was locked by countless scarlet eyes. Even the Valkyrie who had experienced hundreds of battles could not help but feel a chill in her heart at this weird scene.

"This blade can devour everything it kills and release them again when necessary for my use. Kallen's hometown is right in front of me. I don't want to get stopped here anymore. Valkyrie, please rest here."

Yae Sakura's soft and sad voice came from the fog.

Then, countless people and Honkai beasts wrapped in black flames, like a group of demons flying out of hell, drowned Durandal's golden figure in the blink of an eye.

Yae Sakura appeared on the ground a hundred meters away, turned around, and wanted to take this opportunity to go to the Kolostein ruins in front.

"Swoosh!"

A white light flashed by.

Yae Sakura dodged almost synchronously but it still left a blood mark on her face.

She turned around.

A golden light burst out from the place engulfed by the ghost of the resentful spirit, and rushed straight to Yae Sakura.

"Bang!!!"

Yae Sakura only had time to block with her sword, and then was blasted back a hundred meters, leaving a long mark on the ground.

Durandal did not pursue but looked at her fist, noticing a blade mark on the back of her hand, with the black breath drilling into it, bringing an ominous and dangerous feeling.

"What a strange power!"

Durandal was a person who believed in intuition. After sensing something was wrong, she immediately grabbed her wrist with her other hand and injected energy.

"Pah!"

The palm injured by Jizo Mitama instantly burst into piles of meat.

She used the most brutal method to expel the energy that invaded her body, destroying the hand in the process. The flesh and blood were blurred, and the joints were exposed to the air. It was horrible.

But the next second, Abyss Flower in the distance flew back to her hand. The power of life surged, causing the destroyed palm to regrow flesh and blood at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After this short delay, Yae Sakura had already arrived in front of Durandal.

"I'm sorry, are you okay? This blade is very dangerous. Just in case, can I check it? I'm really not your enemy, and I don't want to hurt you." Yae Sakura said anxiously, the blade sheathed, with a sincere and worried look.

Durandal was silent for a while.

Then, she put down her lance, stretched out the white palm that had grown back, and motioned Yae Sakura to check.

Yae Sakura breathed a sigh of relief, walked over quickly, held Durandal's hand, and examined it carefully.

After a long while, she breathed a sigh of relief and apologized.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you."

"...No, it's not your fault."

Durandal replied with a wooden face. She was trying to suppress embarrassment.

If you want to test it, it's almost done.

The physical strength is far superior to Rita. Although it's not as good as herself, it can be called a Emperor-class Humanoid Honkai Beast. The swordsmanship is quite superb, at least it is worthy of this kind of physical strength and can exert effective lethality.

And that blade has a really weird ability. It can plunder the control of the her Phantoms and control the undead she killed in the past.

If the power on her wound was not effectively expelled just now, Durandal would have become one of the undead contained by the blade, just like those resentful souls just now, right?

In general, it is worthy of being the Key of Corruption. It is indeed weird and difficult to resist.

The last question about personality stability - well, she is indeed a gentle and kind person!

Looking at Yae Sakura's relieved expression, and the sincere apology and relief in her eyes, Durandal who clearly distinguishes between public and private, also felt a little sorry.

"You were too reckless. Your whole palm exploded. Didn't it hurt? And what if there are side effects? Is it really healed? Otherwise, I'll go find some herbs nearby that can be used..."

"It's okay now. The Black Abyss White Flower has the strongest healing ability. Anyway, I misunderstood. Sorry to bother you. I have something else to do. I'll leave first."

Durandal felt even more reluctant and apologetic about Yae Sakura's gentle whispers. Her mission was over, so she simply took off and left first.

"Why is this child so impatient... Just like you back then, Kallen. I hope she's really okay."

Yae Sakura murmured, sighed faintly, then looked in the direction of Kolostein, and gradually a heartbreaking sad smile appeared on her face.

"Kallen, I'm here. Do you still remember me?"

She said, and turned to her destination.

...

This is a typical deserted ancient town.

There are dilapidated and collapsed houses everywhere, stubborn weeds are growing everywhere, insects and small animals can be seen from time to time, but no human voices can be heard.

However, when she arrived at the destination, Yae Sakura was confused again.

Although she heard that this is Kallen's hometown, which abandoned house is Kallen's home?

"But, Kallen, if it's you, there must be traces of you everywhere here, right?"

Yae Sakura held the sword, wiped her tears with a smile, and walked aimlessly on the abandoned street.

"Kallen, I'm here to see you."

"You said you would come back to see me, but I kept waiting in that dark world, but I never saw you come back."

"I was worried that something had happened to you, but I promised you that I would wait for you there and not let the seal be broken."

"When I saw this world again, I realized that five hundred years had passed... I heard that you sacrificed yourself to save the people."

"That's really your style. Once you find something you want to do, you forget everything, even your own life and our promise!"

Yae Sakura walked through streets after streets, through ruins after ruins, pouring out the words she wanted to say to Kallen in the past five hundred years, sometimes resentful, sometimes smiling, sometimes aggrieved, and sometimes laughing and crying.

Just like Kallen was walking beside her at this moment, listening with a smile.

After a long time, she appeared tired of walking, and it was more like her mind and emotions could not hold on, and she sat down on a dilapidated stone step. She held the blade, closed her eyes, bowed her head deeply, and did not move at all.

Time passed.

The sun set, and the starry sky covered the earth.

Under the moonlight, Otto, who had been following for a long time, finally walked in front of Yae Sakura.

"You have followed me for a long time, and your footsteps and breathing cannot be hidden from me. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Yae Sakura did not look up, but asked in a weak voice that was there and not there, empty and soulless.

Otto stood with his hands behind his back and looked up at the moon sky.

He had not been here for a long time. In the early years, he would occasionally come here alone to talk to Kallen, but gradually he stopped coming - not because he did not want to see Kallen, but because he knew that Kallen would definitely not accept what he did.

So, Otto learned to lock everything in his heart and never share it with anyone, anything, or anything.

And now, Yae Sakura wandering around the ancient town talking to herself reminded Otto of his past self.

So, he stopped hiding his smile and asked in a low voice with a bit of sadness.

"Do you hate her? I mean Kallen."

Yae Sakura froze for a moment, as if this question touched something.

She raised her head and looked at Otto blankly with red eyes.

After a long time, she shook her head.

"I don't hate her, I love her."

Yae Sakura said slowly, showing a happy smile, as if she had taken out something sweet and beautiful from the bottom of her heart.

Otto took a deep breath, and the conflicting emotions in his eyes were gradually replaced by gentleness.

He nodded - did you hear this answer, Kallen?