Blue Flame
After a few minutes in the air, Kouro, who had a clear view of the city of Manila, then swooped down sharply.
His eyes then suddenly narrowed, he saw dozens of 'Zombies' chasing a woman who was holding her daughter.
The woman's body was covered in blisters, but she didn't care, with a panicked and desperate expression she ran with her child while being chased by the 'Zombies'.
But alas... Perhaps because she was panicking and tired, she didn't pay attention to her footsteps and fell down.
Feeling the pain in her leg and the sound of the 'Zombies' footsteps coming closer, she could only protect her child's body using her body and closed her eyes with a desperate expression.
Seeing this, Kouro used the [Dominator's Touch] ability to swoop down to the spot, he calculated the time needed to arrive before activating [Power Strike] and fell into the midst of the 'Zombies' like a falling meteor.
*BOOM!*
The woman who heard a very loud sound like an explosion behind her hugged her daughter tighter without realizing her body was shaking.
"Mama... The knight has fallen from the sky and saved us." her daughter innocently said who looked to be about 4 or 5 years old.
Hearing her daughter's words, the woman's body stopped trembling and turned to look back with a confused expression.
Around the smoke and mist above the cracked road, there was a white-haired man dressed in black with his back facing her and a pair of gold and black colored swords in his hands.
The man then turned to look at her, The woman could not see the expression of Kouro who was approaching her because of his mask, but she could only see his bright purple eyes.
Kouro looked at the woman's reddened swollen leg, he then touched it and used his [Death and Life] authority.
And in the blink of an eye, the woman's leg returned to normal and the abrasions on her body had also healed.
Kouro did the same to the little girl who only had a few abrasions before patting her head.
After doing this, Kouro looked at the woman who looked surprised at her wounds suddenly healing.
Seeing that the man who saved her had been staring at her, the woman then cleared her throat and put on a slightly embarrassed expression.
"Do you know the nearest evacuation site?" asked Kouro.
The woman nodded her head and thanked him several times before leaving.
"Bye... Handsome Black knight..." the little girl waved her hand at him.
"[What a sweet little girl]" Ji Xuanyuan said with a smile.
Kouro waved his hand too, after which he then raised his head, he could see several Valkyrie airplanes that had started to descend to land in several places.
His eyes suddenly narrowed, and he discovered tens of thousands of Seraph-type Honkai Beasts that were seen flocking to crash into the Valkyries' planes.
Although the Seraph-type Honkai Beast were the weakest of Honkai Beasts, but with such a large number of them it would certainly pose a threat to the Valkyries.
Several Valkyries were firing at the Honkai Beast but it was useless due to the sheer numbers.
In the end, because it was hit too often, it made the plane emit black smoke before exploding.
*BOOM!*
Fortunately, the Valkyries were able to quickly exit the plane and parachute into the air, of course, they all carried parachutes, unlike Kouro.
Unfortunately, in order to avoid the debris from the plane and the thousands of Honkai Beasts, all the parachuting Valkyries had to quickly split up.
Kouro could see several familiar faces in the air who were scattering to avoid the debris and Honkai Beasts.
The golden-colored Xuanyuan sword in his hand then seemed to transform into a cannon similar to Bronya's.
He aimed the cannon at the Honkai Beasts before firing a high-pressure blue fireball.
*BANG!*
*BOOM!*
The fireball exploded at the center of the Honkai Beasts' flock before burning hundreds of Honkai Beasts to ashes.
Kouro fired several times before stopping because the Honkai Beasts were so close to the other Valkyries, he was worried that his shots would hit them.
He looked up at the sky one last time before looking forward.
He believed that Ragna, Kiana, and the others would be fine, they were strong.
Kouro then used his enhanced senses to search for the Honkai Beast.
He then suddenly turned his head in a certain direction hundreds of meters away with a raised eyebrow.
"[What's wrong, Kouro?]"x2, asked Ji Xuanyuan and her twin.
"This aura.... Sakura and Higokumaru?"
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In the middle of a damaged road with buildings that have become ruins.
Sakura and Higokumaru were seen eliminating several Chariot-type Honkai Beasts with ease, behind the two of them were several survivors.
It looks like the two of them were protecting the survivors.
Right after eliminating the Honkai Beast, Higokumaru suddenly raised her head and looked in a certain direction.
"Whose aura is this? It feels familiar..." she could feel someone heading towards them very quickly.
"Hm?" Sakura's ears perked up, she was staring in the same direction as her hand had been holding the handle of her katana.
A moment later, they saw a white-haired man with a black mask running toward them.
Sakura didn't notice that Higokumaru's pupils narrowed slightly when she saw the mask the man was wearing.
"Yo! Long time no see, do you guys still remember me?" the man said happily after approaching the two of them.
"This voice... Kouro-kun?" said Sakura before her hand holding the hilt of the katana loosened.
She really couldn't clearly recognize him because Kouro's appearance had changed significantly, even more so with his aura that had been completely different when they first met him.
Higokumaru looked at Kouro with strange eyes before returning to normal as usual.
"~Ohh... Kouro-nii, I didn't expect to meet you here."
Kouro removed his mask confirming their guess, he then greeted them before looking at some people behind them.
"Are you guys rescuing the survivors?"
"Yes. We happened to go to the city of Manila, only to find that this place had been hit by the Honkai Eruption." Sakura replied with a complicated expression.
"~That's why we're trying as much as possible to save people!" Higokumaru added.
Kouro looked at the people behind the two of them who had abrasions in addition to some parts of their bodies turning pale due to Honkai corrosion.
Seeing them like that, he then said, "Then, let me help you guys."
Kouro approached the survivors and healed them whether it was wounds or Honkai corrosion.
His HP had no longer decreased from absorbing Honkai's energy since he had the authority of [Death and Life].
Well... This is not surprising, after all the authority itself not only grants Herrscher of Death him abilities and increases his healing factor significantly to the point of being able to grow his damaged limbs, but it also significantly increases his body's resistance to everything, be it poison, disease, and even Honkai energy.
It can be said that after having the authority of [Death and life] coupled with the ability of [Unknown], stamina is the least of his worries because as long as he takes a short rest, he can quickly recover.
Kouro along with Sakura and Higokumaru then accompanied the survivors to safety.
The three of them besides fighting off some Honkai Beasts that approached them, Kouro also had a little conversation with them.
"Kouro-kun, looking at that crest on your back...Did you join the Schicksal organization?" asked Sakura, after glancing at the crest on his back.
Kouro nodded his head, "Yes. I've been a member for over four months. By the way, the reinforcements will be here soon."
"Good."
After saying this, Kouro then looked at Sakura for a moment before scratching his head and saying casually, "Sakura, do you know? Your friend Kallen is still alive."
Kouro's casual remarks, almost made Sakura fall, after all, Kouro said such important information so suddenly that she doubted her ears.
Perhaps due to having lived a long time, her expression didn't seem to have changed much, at least on the surface, Sakura then looked at him with a serious expression, "What do you mean?"
She slightly believed his words because she had never told Kouro about Kallen.
For a moment, hope arose in her heart.
Kouro then began to tell her about when he met Kallen in the Virtual world, he also told her how he made a robot body for Kallen, and so on.
Listening to Kouro's story one after another, Sakura's expression was still calm even though her ears said otherwise, her fox ears were moving in excitement.
Looking at those ears, Kouro really wanted to touch them.
'It's a pity that Sakura doesn't have a fox tail, otherwise...' Kouro thought sadly after looking at Sakura's backside.
"Are you thinking something bad to me?" asked Sakura spontaneously.-
"No, I didn't.. I just thought your ears looked pretty" Kouro replied without blinking.
"Th-thank you!" said Sakura with a blush, this was the first time she heard a compliment about her fox ears.
'Why do I suddenly feel danger?' Kouro thought in confusion, he then looked at Ji Xuanyuan and her twin who were sitting on his shoulders.
'Did you guys sense danger?' he asked.
"[No, we didn't feel anything.]" said Alter Ji Xuanyuan.
"Hmm... Is it just me, huh?" Kouro muttered.
After that, they then focused on escorting the survivors to their destination.
Looking at the survivors who had taken refuge in a safe place, Kouro looked at Higokumaru with a serious expression, he seemed to open his mouth before closing his mouth again and finally asked.
"Higokumaru did you realize it?"
"... Realized what?" asked Higokumaru in a serious tone mixed with enthusiasm.
She seemed to have realized something after seeing the mask worn by Kouro.
"This Honkai eruption is unusual."
The flying Higokumaru looked like she was about to fall because Kouro's words did not match her expectations!
"What do you mean this Honkai Eruption is unusual?" asked Sakura.
Kouro's expression looked serious before saying, "As you know, every time a Honkai Eruption occurs, there will always be a Herrscher born with it. But right now I don't feel any Herrscher aura at all..."
Kouro continued, "There are only a few special cases similar to this, an example is the Honkai Eruption that occurred in Singapore a few months ago that shook humanity."
He reminded them of the purple light that soared into the sky in the direction of the moon.
Kouro somehow remembered the Will of Honkai, 'Don't tell me that ehe created this Eruption to be a grinding place for me, right?'
"So? What do you want to say exactly?" asked Sakura.
"I need your help." replied Kouro.
"Hm? Our help?" x2 Sakura and Higokumaru tilted their heads.
...
On a ruined highway with a view of the surrounding ruins, thousands of Honkai Beasts of various types were chasing after something, no, someone!
Of course that someone was Kouro himself, he asked Higokumaru for help to collect as many Honkai Beasts as possible.
Higokumaru as the Herrscher of Corruption has various abilities related to 'Corruption', one of her current abilities was used to collect Honkai Beasts.
Sakura and Higokumaru were currently staring at Kouro who is being chased by thousands of Honkai Beasts on top of a relatively intact building with a speechless expression.
Because Kouro was wearing a mask, the two of them couldn't see his expression, but Higokumaru who could feel other people's emotions felt confused at Kouro's strangely 'Excited' emotion at being chased by Honkai Beasts.
'Does this he have a strange fetish?' thought Higokumaru and Sakura.
Well... Their thoughts were not surprising, after all which person would feel happy to be chased by the Honkai Beasts?
They then saw Kouro stop and turn around, facing the thousands of Honkai Beasts before him, he looked undaunted.
He raised the black-colored Xuanyuan sword and then the sword was enveloped by burning hot blue flames.
Due to the increase in [Honkai] status, the quality of his own Honkai energy increased along with his control over Honkai energy increased significantly.
Looking at the thousands of Honkai Beasts that had come within a short distance of him, Kouro then swung his sword that was enveloped in the burning blue flames.
*Swoosh!*
*BOOM!*
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