[Processing Reward... Please wait]

"Mhn? What's going on? "

Sirin stared at the screen interface that seemed to be intermittent before finally cutting off completely.

Strange, why was the screen disconnected? Didn't the 'Gods' create this screen interface? Why is there a glitch now... Wait, don't tell me!?

Her expression then completely changed as 'God' had told her something that a unknown entity had entered Kouro's [Imaginary Space] and isolated the place.

Seeing her expression Mobius and the others looked at her with worried expressions, "Sirin, is there something going on? "

Sirin rubbed her temples which strangely felt throbbing before answering her question.

"Something has isolated Kouro's [Imaginary Space], 'God' even had to go there herself to help Kouro. "

Mobius, Ashborn, Kosma, and the others glanced at each other knowing that the 'God' Sirin was glorifying was Prometheus, a Super AI created in the previous Era.

Prometheus was able to become a 'God' because she managed to hack the [Imaginary Tree] during the final battle of the MANTIS on the moon against Herrscher of the End.

And if what Sirin said was true that something was bothering Prometheus... Did that mean that an unknown entity on her level had noticed Kouro's existence?

"Kouro... I hope you're okay... " Sirin murmured with a worried expression.

Mobius seemed to have a thoughtful expression and glanced at Aponia whose expression was still flat as usual before narrowing his eyes.

'Is... This is the future you see, Aponia. '

...

Inside the Ark, humanity was currently confused by the screen interface that had disappeared.

Including Einstein, Tesla, Sakura, and the others they were completely confused by the sudden disconnection of the screen interface without any notice.

Question after question arose in their minds and some even asked Grey Serpent whether they could now leave or not.

But to be sure, at this moment Hanagami was suddenly and causelessly crying loudly in her mother's arms.

Luna tried to soothe him gently while smiling apologetically at the people.

No one noticed that Sagaki's expression now looked hardened and completely serious.

'Herrscher of Shadows!'

...

Kouro in a full cold sweat was unable to move his body in the slightest under the terrible pressure.

'Damn it! 'Kouro'! You're telling me to fight the Herrscher pf Shadows who turned out to be this strong!? Do you want me to die?!'

He actually cursed 'Kouro''s consciousness for telling him that the Herrscher of Shadows was his enemy.

'Hah! Damn it! It doesn't matter what it is! The most important thing I have to do now is move!'

Kouro actually remembered the sensation he felt at this moment, this sensation similar to when he first met the [Will of Honkai] that made him involuntarily kneel down.

Only with determination and nonsense like 'Dignity', he was able to resist the pressure of the [Will of Honkai] and now he had to do the same to something that was likely many times stronger than the [Will of Honkai].

The feelings of surrender and rebellion within him clashed against each other making his progress to move completely hindered.

["Found you."] ["Found you."] ["Found you."]

["Found you."] ["Found you."] ["Found you."]

["Found you."] ["Found you."] ["Found you."]

["Found you."] ["Found you."] ["Found you."]

The sound of Herrscher of Shadows behind him slowly getting closer to him made him really tense up.

He didn't know why the Herrscher of Shadows was muttering the same phrase over and over again, but Kouro didn't have time to care because he was squeezing every ounce of his potential to move!

'Come on! Move! Move quickly!'

Because of how hard Kouro wanted to move, blue veins could be seen appearing and expanding at his temples and all over his body as if he wanted to explode.

He even subconsciously used [Dominator's Touch] at full power but even after all that he was still unable to move his body.

["Found you."]

The voice of the Herrscher of Shadows already behind him made him desperate, but right then, just for a moment the existence of [Will of Honkai] appeared in his mind and pointed at him.

Right after the pressure that paralyzed his body seemed to dissipate, Kouro's eyes that were filled with despair at this moment then quickly shone brightly,

He could sense the presence of the Herrscher of Shadows behind him, making him mindlessly use [Sprint].

*Swosh! *

Due to the excessive feeling of joy, Kouro seemed to lose his balance making him immediately fall and roll around.

"Urgh!"

Kouro gritted his teeth while panting, he didn't care about his now messy appearance, a sincere smile full of gratitude was seen on his face.

He was truly grateful to the [Will of Honkai] and then how deep Kouro's feelings of gratitude were. It could be said that he would not hesitate to lick [Will of Honkai]'s feet wholeheartedly if told to.

The breathless Kouro then slowly stood up and raised his head looking forward out of curiosity at the Herrscher of Shadows' appearance.

But then the expression changed slightly as Herrscher of Shadows had apparently taken over Herrscher of the End's body.

Her golden eyes and expression looked very stiff like a robot except for her mouth which muttered the same thing and walked towards him with stiff movements.

"Don't tell me... That this Herrscher of Shadows in front of me is just his avatar?... " Kouro muttered with an expression that was not pleasant to look at.

Well, this really wasn't surprising because Kouro knew that Herrscher of Shadows was his enemy, he just really didn't expect that Herrscher of Shadows' avatar was already that powerful, Kouro didn't dare to imagine how powerful the real Herrscher of Shadows was.

Herrscher of Shadows using the body of Herrscher of the end saw her body begin to turn into dust starting from her left hand to the head then to the stomach and finally to the feet.

As if sensing her state in her final moments, she pointed at Kouro and muttered the same thing.

["Found you."]

Said the Herrscher of Shadows before her body turned into dust completely.

Kouro involuntarily gulped down his saliva at her words even though it was the same sentence, but in that final moment... He somehow felt goosebumps.

But at the same time his determination to be stronger become more resilient , under the terrifying power of the Herrscher of Shadows Kouro felt no fear as long as he had enough time to improve.

After calming down and resting for a while, Kouro then saw the system notification that he had completed the [Hidden Quest] and could receive his reward now.

It seemed that earlier he didn't receive the system notification immediately because the Herrscher of the End was still alive.

Kouro then pressed the receive reward button and waited for a moment, only to be given nothing by the system.

[Processing Reward... Please wait]

Seeing this notification, Kouro's eyebrows rose, to think something like  'System' would process a reward like never before, like the reward he was about to receive must be something really great.

While thinking like this with a heart full of pleasure, Kouro opened 'Inventory' before his expression froze.

"..."

The Herrscher of the End core stored in his 'Inventory' had disappeared!

Kouro stiffly turned his head to stare at the system notification which somehow avoided his gaze as if aware of his piercing gaze.

In the end after being stunned on the spot for several minutes, Kouro sighed and put on a helpless expression.

No matter how angry he was, he could not get angry at a system that was an inanimate object.

He then used his acting skills and smiled to face the system's notice before asking softly.

"System, the Herrscher Core of the End that I had taken is missing where? ~"

Kouro did not really expect the system to answer him but that thought quickly disappeared upon seeing the system notification before his eyes.

[The Herrscher Core of the End is being processed into a reward... Please wait]

Seeing this, Kouro subconsciously held his chin with a thinking expression, he had originally thought the system had no intelligence at all, but it seemed that it was not true.

[Be a Shadow, then you will know the truth of the world]

The notice flashed through his mind, before shaking his head.

"Well! No matter what, my biggest obstacle is now gone, I can complete the [Job Change Quest] easily now. " Kouro said before opening a portal to exit his [Imaginary Space].

But before that he did not forget to clap his hands and bow his head to the [Will of Honkai] whose existence had disappeared.

After that, Kouro then entered the portal.

__

Kouro who had come back to realize that someone had hugged him made him open his eyes and look at the person hugging him.

"Sirin?"

He didn't expect that of all people, Sirin would hug him so tightly.

"Thank goodness! Thank goodness you're okay Kouro. "

Kouro didn't know how he should react to the hug, but then as if realizing her actions, Sirin pulled away slightly with an embarrassed expression.

"S-sorry!" Sirin apologized for her impolite actions.

Kouro only scratched his head with an awkward expression before raising his head to see Mobius, Bella, Ashborn, and the others approaching him.

"Looks like our worries were in vain. " Mobius said with a small smile.

"You beat that woman who was disrespectful to my queen really hard didn't you, Kouro?" asked Bella with a raised fist as if to punch the Herrscher of the End herself.

Kouro nodded his head with a smile without saying anything.

He was trying to hide the fact that Herrscher of the End's core had disappeared in the system.

"You really do deserve to be called a savior, Kouro. " Welt said with a smile.

"Fyuh! Thank goodness this ended well. " Siegfried said before being hugged by Cecilia.

"Yes, it is indeed a good ending. " Cecilia added remembering that all her loved ones didn't die.

Theresa actually shook her head looking at the two of them who were radiating a pink aura.

"Here your long staff, Kouro. " Ashborn gave the Edge of Abyss to him.

Kouro took it and looked at the staff with a gentle smile, it was because Ji Xuanyuan and his Alter were also worried about him.

Griseo currently looked like she was still focused on drawing the European continent which was 70% complete and they all didn't bother elher either.

Otto had also accepted their request to use the 4th Divine Key and was clearing Honkai radiation in places that had high levels of Honkai energy.

Kouro stared at his staff then turned his head to look at all of them, before he realized it he had arrived at this point.

Looking back, the current Kouro was not a stupid boy trying to be the savior of the world, nor was he alone anymore, there were friends and people who supported him.

Perhaps if he was in a Shounen novel, he would have been in the final arc against the Final Boss where either the Protagonist died to save the world or lived to witness the history he had built.

Thinking of this, Kouro smiled.

"It's time for me to save the planet. "

He then stuck the staff into the ground and activated the [Death and Life] authority making himself irradiated with a dazzling green light.

That light then slowly spread to cover the entire planet, repairing and eliminating Honkai radiation faster than the 4th Divine Key.

...

"This is the end. " said Sagaki with a sigh of relief looking at the screen interface created by Vill-V.

He then turned to look at Luna and Hanagami in his arms before hugging them both tightly.

Sagaki didn't know why the Herrscher of Shadows had come, but the most important thing now was that everyone he cared about was safe.

Alexei and Alexandra also hugged each other happily.

Cocolia who was alone just folded her arms looking at all of them who were either hugging or kissing each other.

'Do I need to find a boyfriend now? ' she thought with a pensive expression.

"He did it! Humanity won! Hahaha!"

Tesla hugged Einstein with a happy expression while jumping up and down.

Einstein who was hugged only had a calm expression and sighed helplessly before smiling a little.

Sakura who saw Kouro return safely let out a sigh of relief, her hand that was holding the handle of her katana very tightly loosened slightly.

"Miss, you really resemble someone I know."

A girl's voice that felt familiar to her ears then sounded from behind her, making Sakura's body tremble slightly.

She turned her head back to stare at a girl around 15 or 16 years old with pink hair tied up with a big red ribbon and sea-blue colored eyes with an appearance completely similar to her sister.

"It's strange I feel familiarity with you, have we met before? " The girl said with a tilt of her head.

Sakura's lips quivered at her question and paused for a moment, a flashback memory of her long-dead sister flashed through her mind before finally answering.

"No... We've never met before. "

__

4 hours later.

In the middle of the night.

Inside a luxurious room with an open balcony illuminated by moonlight.

Kouro was seen leaning on the balcony while looking at the night view that felt quiet but safe.

In the last four hours, Kouro had really worked hard to save planet Earth until it was completely back to normal, not only that he had to face the welcome and cheers of humanity who were 90% women.

While getting all their praise, he suddenly got the Title [Savior of Light] whose simple but deadly effect is to greatly increase his charisma and this Title's effect is yet active even if he doesn't use it.

Kouro felt dizzy as he recalled how he was chased by girls, even Mobius jokingly suggested him to become the emperor of earth and have all the women on earth as his Harem.

Of course he firmly rejected Mobius' suggestion, as a man of upright character and high morals, he would never have such perverted ambitions.

But if he had three or four harems, that would be fine...

He was currently in a five-star hotel run by World Serpent in Mexico.

Thinking of this, Kouro then opened his status interface.

Name: Hanagami Kouro

Level: 75

Job: None

Title: Wolf Slayer [+]

[Authority: Death and Life, Ego.]

[HP: 48,000/48,000]

[SP: 20,288/20,288]

Fatigue: 0

Strength: 330 

Agility: 256

Vitality: 240

Senses: 210

Intelligence: 240

Honkai: 317

Point(s): 100

Skills:

Cooking(Master), Stealth(Master), Weapon Mastery(Master), Parkour(Master), Martial Arts(Grandmaster), Mechanical Mastery(Master), Riding(Master), Swimming(Advanced), Acting(Grandmaster), Singing(Advanced), Painting(Master), Learning(Grandmaster), Survival(Master), Hacking(Advanced), Disguise(Advanced).

*Abilities :

Passive:

Unknown Lvl Max

Iron Body Lvl: Max

Hokushin Itto-Ryu Lvl: Max

Active:

Sprint Lvl: 8

Power Strike Lvl: 8

Dominator's Touch Lvl: 8

Bloodlust Lvl: 6

__

Seeing all his status, skills, and abilities increase by leaps and bounds, Kouro nodded his head happily.

Not only that he got Elysia's Herrscher of Human:Ego authority, with this he no longer needs to borrow Elysia's ability when turning into Herrscher of Salvation, he can use his own authority and of course with the help of Herrscher of Shadows core and Herrscher of the end core fragment.

By the way for information Kouro returned Elysia's Herrscher core to Mobius.

He then stared at the unused points before rubbing his chin at the thought of distributing his status points.

Name: Hanagami Kouro

Level: 75

Job: None

Title: Wolf Slayer [+]

[Authority: Death and Life, Ego.]

[HP: 50,000/50,000]

[SP: 21,120/21,120]

Fatigue: 0

Strength: 330-->343

Agility: 256-->270

Vitality: 240-->250

Senses: 210-->250

Intelligence: 240-->250

Honkai: 317-->330

Point(s): 0

Seeing the unused points already distributed, Kouro then sighed.

"I have now changed the future of this world, creating a new history and a new future... Too bad, Higokumaru... I wish you could be here... "

Higokumaru's death really made an impression on his mind, even if that Higokumaru really wasn't the Higokumaru of the original world.

Kouro then sighed for the umpteenth time before turning to look at Ashborn who appeared from the shadows.

"What was the need for you to find me?"

Ashborn walked over to him with bated breath, he then removed his mask and looked at Kouro.

"It's about Higokumaru. I can resurrect her. "

Kouro's eyebrows rose at his words.