The Vixen's Gambit: Tonight We Hunt

.....The Herrscher, was defeated?

It's strange, he clearly lost to the Herrscher of Finality, how could these people.....

It must be Lee playing a prank on them again.

Yes, it must be.....

Although he tried to convince himself like this, Kevin's expression had become extremely stiff at some point.

Without trying to establish communication again, Kevin silently turned his head to look at the scenery outside the porthole, and then – kicked open the door of the escape pod and jumped down!

Might of An-Utu once again became a thruster for Kevin's accelerated descent. With no reservations, Kevin almost turned into a red meteor, rushing straight to the ground!

Impossible – it can't be what he's thinking!

At the moment of landing in the suburbs of Fortress Three, the aftermath caused by Kevin almost smashed a huge crater around him. But he didn't stop for a moment, and rushed straight into the city towards the Fire Moth base – in fact, if he hadn't been worried about hurting Lee in the base, he would have landed directly next to the base.

Kevin had never in his life been so eager to be faster. He just wanted to see Lee as quickly as possible and make sure she was safe.

Then, when Kevin finally arrived at the square in front of the Fire Moth base, he stopped.

The base behind him was burning. Under the starry night sky, it was like a huge bonfire at the center of a bonfire party.

And in front of this giant bonfire, the remaining humans were reveling and dancing.

"We defeated the Herrscher!" they shouted.

"We avenged humanity!" they laughed.

"Humanity will definitely defeat the Honkai!" they sang.

Kevin saw Lee, but the other party didn't meet his gaze. Those light blue eyes had lost all their light and spirit at this time, leaving only the last fatigue.

Taking a rest might be better, Kevin couldn't help but have such a thought in his mind – but it was no longer possible.

Because the head of the owner of those eyes had been cut off and pierced high on a spear.

Not just the head, but also more parts, arms, legs, torso.....

Lee's whole person had been dismembered, like trophies being flaunted, pierced on the tips of those weapons, swaying.

Her body swayed with the dance steps of these people, as if she was also dancing.

Everyone present excitedly waved the part of the body in their hands, because this was proof that they had defeated the Herrscher.

And Kevin just stood blankly in front of the square, looking at everything in front of him.

Why is it like this?

Is this..... an illusion?

Yes, it must be that he was still in the Eighth Herrscher's dream..... This must still be a dream. Everything he had encountered since then must be a dream.....

"Kevin, you're finally here. You're late for the party too!"

Kevin saw a person walking towards him. He knew this person. This was a captain in charge of security at headquarters. This person should usually be unsmiling, but the smile on his face at this time was unusually happy and bright.

"Look, we killed the Thirteenth Herrscher! She tried to sneak attack you while you were fighting the Herrscher of Finality!"

"This guy was beaten too badly by you, and she was so weak that she couldn't deal with us, so she hid in the trash can! She was really disgusting and embarrassing, but we still dragged her out and killed her!"

"....."

"Do you know how embarrassing this guy was? She actually wanted to beg for mercy, and she cried when she died, hahaha!!"

"....."

"Kevin, why aren't you laughing?" This person happily pointed to the direction of Lee's head for Kevin. "We killed another Herrscher, you know? Every time we kill a Herrscher, the Fire Moth has to hold a party to celebrate, have you forgotten?"

"....."

"Dance, dance, anyway, we're the only ones left, hahaha~"

The man left, leaving Kevin still standing in place, not saying a word.

Although these people's actions made Kevin sad, he could understand. After all, these people didn't know Lee's good intentions, they only saw that Lee had killed everyone.

These people didn't have the power of MANTIS Soldiers, but they still dared to challenge the Herrscher. They deserved respect.....

Yes, they deserved respect.

He shouldn't get angry at them, he shouldn't. Even if Lee was resurrected, when she saw all this, she would probably just tell him helplessly that there was no way, and let him forgive them.

".....Kill....."

They did nothing wrong.

.....Then what about Lee?

What did Lee do wrong? She wanted to save everyone. Everyone in this world should thank her, but what did she get in return?

Calm down, calm down..... What he should do now is calm down.

"...You...kill....."

It was so noisy. It seemed that he had just heard a very familiar voice saying something unintelligible.

Now he was facing a very complicated problem that needed careful consideration. Don't disturb him.

Lee had always been saving people. If he killed these people now because of anger and for revenge, it would definitely be contrary to Lee's ideals. After all, these people had no malice, they just wanted to eliminate the Honkai.

So what should he do now?

Rationally communicate the situation with them, and then select a few people who can play a role in the future civilization to enter The Great Hibernation, waiting to continue to fight the Honkai in the future? Well, this sounded reasonable and was a correct choice.

Another option was to indulge his anger, but this would not only violate Lee's ideals and wishes, but also be meaningless to the future of humanity.

Everyone knew how to choose here.

"...I'll kill you all....."

At this moment, Kevin finally remembered who this voice belonged to – it was himself speaking.

It was just that this voice was like a roar squeezed out of his throat, so unpleasant that he didn't even recognize it himself.

That's right, he had already made a choice.

"I'LL KILL YOU ALL, YOU BASTARDS! I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!!!!"

The flames of Might of An-Utu boiled, like a violent tsunami of flames sweeping everything around!

Kevin held the greatsword and fell heavily, once, and again..... Until everything around him was burned to ashes, the ground turned into glass, and all the buildings turned into a sea of fire and powder, he finally stopped.

There was nothing left here.

The last of humanity in this world had been killed by humanity itself.

The end of human civilization was not ended by the Honkai, but by humanity itself.

And on this land that had burned everything, there was only one person left.

A useless person who accomplished nothing, a waste who could neither protect the world nor protect the person he loved..... waste.

"Ah....."

Blue ice drops shattered on the ground. In the end, this person couldn't even cry.

This person who could only talk big, from beginning to end, could do nothing.