Chapter 167: Titans Clash

Hua and Elysia then stared at each other and the herrscher was tense. As she saw multiple times how Elysia held back on them greatly with her training against Ein. But she was their greatest weapon specialist, Aponia might know how to wield any weapon. And she received Ein's experience in fighting with them, but there are still gaps in applying it unlike her who trained to the limit by themselves.

"You are very strong Elysia-san, I guess it's up to me to fulfill his ambition!" Hua pointed Gáe bolg at her and tensed up.

"Hah, I already told you Hua... This will get us nowhere, but you leave me no choice~ I guess, think of this as a training session." Elysia waved her staff and readied herself as well.

"Your heart is pierced as I declare! Gáe bolg!" Hua threw the spear with all her might as an opening and Elysia chuckled, she aimed her bow at the incoming spear and several of her crystals connected to it. Making her into a mobile turret as she released an arrow at the incoming spear. Loading it with null energy and they cancelled each other out.

Hua then surfed on her sword and wings of fire appeared on her back. They flapped once and accelerated her to the max, flames bathed the earth behind. Scaring the crap out of Ottilie and Anti-Entropy.

Entering close quarters with Elysia that still had her eternal smile on her face. "Why do you want to protect them!? Schicksal is rotten! Anti-Entropy is incompetent! Being heroes of the world is for us!" Hua's attacks were all parried or dodged by Elysia and she were hit at the midsection by her kick, Elysia's leg suddenly extending a bit more with her crystals.

Hua went crashing down to earth like a relativistic meteor and would've destroyed the country she landed on if the barriers weren't set up. "Doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle." Hua stood up and Elysia was already watching her, just standing a few meters away.

Hua then wielded her whip blades and swiped it right at her. Elysia bent down with impressive flexibility and coated her hands with crystals, she then caught it while it was in the air and pulled Hua towards her.

"Prepare yourself, Hua. Ein taught me this little trick a while back. It's called, imagine breaker~" Elysia threw a punch aimed right at her face. It was a direct counter to herrschers that used null energy. Ein developed it with Elysia as she was a herrscher and she knew what it was like to be one. Especially because she was a special one just like the 14th.

Hua immediately let go of her bladewhip and blocked the attack with her great sword. Elysia's hand just passed through without any effort whatsoever, making her weapon dissipate instantly. Draining the honkai energy from it in a blink of an eye.

But it gave her enough time to dodge and Hua was sweating heavily. "T-that's cheating Elysia-san!" She shouted with exasperation and the elf shrugged. "Fufufu~ then show me how you'll counter it Hua." She taunted her and Hua gritted her teeth.

Hua gathered ginormous amounts of honkai energy onto herself and a cape of the stuff appeared on her back. "Hmm? You are provoking me? Ha, how interesting." Hua entered her herrscher mode and decided to even out the playing field.

She then spawned swords of energy above Elysia and it surprised her a bit. Hua then chained her down using her power over sentience in which everything she could think of becomes real. Her powers evolved, unlike the previous herrscher of sentience which can only put people into an illusion and she could kill them there.

"Going up!" Hua gave an uppercut to Elysia and sent her flying, making her into a shooting star. Elysia retaliated by firing beams onto her as she steadied herself on the air.

"That was a good one Hua. Now, let me repay the favor." Elysia created gigantic pillars using her crystals, they then fell down to the ground with a resounding boom. She aimed her bow at the sky and shot an arrow, it then turned into a dome of her crystals that were all angled to reflect her lasers right onto Hua.

She didn't let it happen all wily nilly and bent reality to her will. Massive swords that looked like the 10th divine key fell down from the sky, breaking open a part of the dome before Elysia's onslaught of omnidirectional lasers of death started.

"Yatta! Take that Elysia-san!" Hua cheered and dodged the lasers that were less efficient. She then pulled on one of the massive chains that were stuck onto the swords and swung it right at the pillars. Taking out the source of Elysia's attacks effectively as a vacuum blade appeared from the edge of the blade slicing the air too quickly.

Elysia blocked with a thick bulwark of her crystals. And Hua equipped a pair of gauntlets, her personal herrscher weapon. The domain of sentience. (pic)

She then flew up to Elysia's position and raised her hands for a hammer fist. "Ha! Here comes a big one!" She smashed the shield with her hands downward, Elysia then crashed onto the ground and a nuclear explosion resulted from it.

Hua pelted the area with energy blades and thought that surely was not enough. She then heard a clap from behind her and Elysia gave her a beaming smile.

"You've really come a long way, Hua. But that's not enough you know~" Elysia raised her staff and a bright light blinded Hua. They were put inside Elysia's domain and it looked like they were in space, stars and galaxies were in the sky as Hua squinted her eyes. Trying to find Elysia that was missing.

The floor suddenly cracked and Hua was hit by a manta ray. Her bones creaked and Elysia sent out constellations of stars at her, making her frown.

"With this, I will reverse all of creation!" Hua used her powers to destroy the realm. Massive chains wrapped around it as it contracted to a sphere. She then popped it with her hands and they returned back to earth. But apparently, Elysia still wasn't done yet and her realm encompassed a larger area. Seeing her float in the middle as space around them peeled off and dissipated into diamond dust of pink.

"Everything started with Elysia. And everything will end with Elysia." Hua went unstable as Elysia manipulated reality to damage her directly. Blood escaped from Hua's lips as she kneeled on the ground. "I got careless!" She hissed and used her honkai reactive form, turning into a phoenix. Flying up high in the sky and used her blade mantra to create a burning sword that shone brightly in the sky.

"Let's see who is stronger! You better not run!" She challenged Elysia and large crystal pillars appeared once again. They then turned into dust and reformed into smaller ones, aiming all at Hua as Elysia entered assault mode. They started blasting onto Hua and destroyed her blade mantra.

Her phoenix form was riddled with holes, but it quickly regenerated. "I will not lose here!" She nose dived right at Elysia and bathed the world with the flames of a phoenix. Impacting the ground, rocking humanity with a quake as they saw nothing but pure white.

"Ahhh! My eyes!" Tilie screamed as she forgot to put shades on, unlike the other observers like in Aesir HQ and those who were instructed to in St. Freya.

"S-such power and might. They're basically gods." Tilie spoke as her voice trembled, seeing their prowess for the first time.

"Ufufufu~ Nice try Hua, but that certainly would not work on me." Elysia emerged from a crystal pod and Hua frowned at the sight.

She then equipped short swords and lunged at her, deciding to once again fight her in close range as that was her specialty.

Elysia smirked with her bow in hand and coated her legs with crystals. Hua opened with a slash and Elysia replied with a roundhouse. Flashes of light coming from their every clash as Hua's slashes sliced everything that was behind Elysia.

"Hmm, good thing I. The sorcerer supreme had the idea of making a barrier that put them in a mirror dimension." Ein nodded in satisfaction and Eden deadpanned at him.

Elysia went on the offensive and went Legolas on Hua. Combining close quarters combat with attacks from her bow. Hua had no choice, but to give up the pressure and she was the one that was being cornered now. Crystals firing on her blind spots frequently, testing her concentration and focus to the limit.

She then set up an automatic defense system with her blade mantra and created swords that intercepted Elysia's annoying attacks. Hua kept her cool and made chains slither around for a counteroffensive.

All the swords on Hua's realm started to float in the air and pointed at Elysia. She sighed and cracked her neck. Showcasing her flexibility and reflexes, Elysia looked like she was aggressively breakdancing as she shot down every single one of them.

"Tch, why won't you just let me do it Elysia-san!?" Hua got frustrated and held Excalibur proto tightly in her hands. Her burning wings shone brightly, turning invisible from the intense heat, melting everything as far as the eye can see.

"Whew~ It's getting hot in here Hua, why don't you cool down a bit?" Elysia disappeared and disintegrated into crystals, Hua tried finding her. But she was blindsided by a kick from Elysia's disembodied leg.

Hua's plowed the ground deeply, arriving at the challenger deep. Crashing onto the trenches, her flames boiling the Pacific ocean. She glared at the surroundings and gathered Elysia's crystals until she reformed.

Slashing with Excalibur proto, the ocean got divided and Elysia was hit because of Hua's sudden move.

"That was good, Hua." Elysia wiped off some blood on her arm as her slash breached her crystals. But Elysia didn't like that as she was quite the vain individual.

Hua was standing atop a sword at the surface of the violent ocean. The split bodies crashed back together that created tsunamis. Holding a copy of Aponia's noble phantasm along with Himeko's. Mahapralaya and Laevatein. Elysia was high up in the air and space cracked once again behind her. Crystals growing on her skin as they scattered through the heavens, casting a shadow on Hua that was burning brightly with her wings.

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here... As divine judgement will fall upon you!" The crystal constructs gathered her energy. She released it like a broken dam as space trembled violently.

"Shine brighter than the sun! Sword of flame! Loptr Laegjarn!" Hua's burned like a star, the ocean beneath her evaporating to nothingness. Mahapralaya then glowed an azure blue, vibrating in her hand as she raised it in the air.

They roared, releasing their attacks. Ein needing to interfere or they'll breach the mirror dimension and their attacks would hit the real earth. Everybody thought the world was ending as quakes ravaged the lands. Cities were torn in two. And their attacks were launched from another dimension on top of it.

"Ahhh! We're all gonna die! Elysia-san and Hua-san are gonna kill us all!" Kiana screamed, running around like a headless chicken as they saw the two fight briefly before they went faster than they could see.

"S-shut up Kiana idiotka! Ein-nii wouldn't let us die, t-that's right!" Bronya said nervously, seeing them duke it out seriously made her super anxious.

"C-calm down, Kiana-chan, we'll be alright. I think..." Mei tried to calm her down, but she was shaking as well. The ambient null energy they were releasing making her weak, as it was a direct counter to honkai energy, thus, herrschers.

"Ahhhh~ How delightful, if his subordinates are that strong... Then I wonder how much he has grown." Veliona took over as Hua's massive amounts of honkai energy roused her.

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Mahapralaya's blade crashed onto a shield of pink crystalline lattice. The crystals then exploded like pressure sensitive bombs, blowing away Hua's sword. Shattering to pieces from the defense.

Hua got heavily damaged from the explosions and was ragged, her clothes torn. Skin, riddled with burns. Panting heavily from her wounds and exhaustion of energy.

"Not yet!" She brandished her sword of flames and flew high up in the sky. Raising the sword over head, looking defiantly at the relaxed Elysia who had a smile on her face.

"This is the stance of the victor! I shall be the last person standing!" Hua roared, her wings of flames burning brightly one last time. Bringing down her sword to raze everything to the ground for Ragnarok.

"Fufufu~ you've got a nice look on your face Hua. Too bad, you're simply outmatched, you also lost your calm and coolness." Elysia launched a barrage on her, dampening the intensity of Hua's attack. Hua gritted her teeth and burned her energies to the very last drop. But Elysia's omnidirectional attacks were not to be eaten face to face.

And the last thing she saw, was Elysia poking her cheek from the side. Elysia then sluggef her on the face with imagine breaker activated and she crashed down on the deep ocean floor, unconscious.

"Huhun~ You can't beat me Hua, I'm one of Ein's originals after all." She nodded in satisfaction and was the strongest of the original group Ein trained in MOTH.

She then gave a peace sign and carried Hua back to Aesir HQ, teleporting away like nothing even happened. Leaving the mirror dimension.

MEI then immediately released a statement that Aesir's worldwide gas pipes had a leak that resulted from the earlier one and would give everyone compensation that is double the damages they have received. Quickly shutting up anyone that had any complaints.

"Ein~ I took care of Hua, she was honestly a tough opponent. I even got a wound on my arm." Elysia hugged his back while reporting, he patted her head for a good job and she purred like a cat.

"Good, now let's wake her up. That would've been a disaster if none of us were here and Hua turned into a herrscher." He sighed and poked her head. She then started to wake up.

"Nghhh, Ein-nii?" Herrscher Hua was surprised and she just stared at him. He then flicked her forehead, Hua got teary eyed and rubbed the spot he hit. She then pouted at him.

"What are you doing? I was doing it for you! Because of these stupid humans, everything you worked for went to waste!" Hua shouted at him with tears in her eyes. Wiping them away as she sniffled.

"I know, but it is not de wae. It's pretty easy to manipulate them now you know? I would've approved if it was the previous era, but it's a piece of cake now." He shrugged and Hua looked depressed, thinking that it was all for naught and she should've just listened to Elysia.

"Hah, good effort though. But quite unnecessary, and you already know you're not her, right?" He smiled and she flinched. She then buried her head behind her knees and didn't respond.

"I... I know, I'm a herrscher. And I'm not Hua, but I still want to be here, everything I know, every memory I cherish. Is with you guys... Am I unneeded? Am I unnecessary? Is it because I'm not her?" Herrscher Hua looked up at him, crying once again as she thought that she would disappear.

"Hah, you're a pain in the ass you know? Don't you know me already? Higyokumaru is right here, and she's a herrscher you know? Why do you think I can't separate the two of you?" Ein created a separate body for her and she started ugly crying like a character from one piece.

"Uwahhh! Ein-nii!" She hugged him tightly and spread her snot on his shirt, making him smile wryly. "She's pretty cute isn't she? She's like a kid version of Hua." Ein commented and everybody nodded. It was a big disconnect to her usual graceful and stoic self.

He patted her head and looked at her in the eyes. She then nodded and closed them, going into hibernation as Ein took out Hua's real consciousness deep inside the recessed of her mind.

Ein then split the herrscher core by creating another one with Adamantine. He then connected the original one in Hua's body with herrscher Hua's, so they could both use the core of sentience. She could benefit from it after all.

"Ugh, Ein... S-sorry." She gained her consciousness again and looked down on the ground, letting her memories get the better of her.

"Hmm, this is confusing. Let's use your surname, from now on. You're Fu Hua, and she'll be Hua. That's the name she accepts as her true self after all." Ein roused Hua and the herrscher woke up, patting her new body all over and nodded in satisfaction.

"Ein-nii, thank you! I knew you still need to rely on me, unlike this boomer over here." Hua hugged him tightly and Fu Hua glared daggers at her.

"What, old timer? Wanna go?" Hua taunted her and Ein chopped her on the head as Fu Hua groaned. Embarrassed and annoyed as she basically looked like her and she was all over Ein while making fun of her.

"Shh, stop fighting. Be good friends or I won't give you some noodles." He chided her and Hua was shocked to her core, she then went quiet and Fu Hua cringed, thinking that tactic would also work on her.

"Ahhh, Ein-nii. I want to ask, can you touch me here? The old timer was always thinking of you when she touched herself here. And I remember that it was so good!" Hua pointed at her crotch and Fu Hua gasped.

"Oh? That's something new." Eden said, relaxing on the couch as Elysia gave a sultry smile to Hua. Aponia then nodded and gave Fu Hua a thumbs up. The mommy trio looking at her with a knowing smile.

"T-that's not true! The will of the honkai must've given her some false memories!" Fu Hua denied adamantly and Krishna went up to her.

"Don't lie, little bird~ Remember that psychic MANTIS are right here. You're only digging your grave even deeper~" Krishna teased her and Fu Hua went an atomic red, she then ran away while crying out in embarrassment.

"Huh, weird... And she would get so passionate too, making weird noises while she did it. Anyways, can you? Ein-nii? Can you? Can you?" She gave the puppy dog eyes and he smiled at her.

"No. Ask Mobius and MEI what it means first." He did the Russian special and put the responsibility on Mobius and MEI. He then dipped out as Hua locked her eyes on them, making MEI and Mobius sigh heavily while they massaged their temples.

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Thanks for reading everyone. Let me think for a bit on how I'll develop the St. Freya girls, then Ein will go with Kanchou on a journey to the bubble universes with Adelheid. Anyways, ciao.