Chapter 255: "The end of the fourth honkai war"

"[The winner takes all, and the loser is forgotten.]"

"[But, the girl still hasn't given up.]"

Herrscher of Ice created a rain field domain with her ability, and when the rain approached land, all the water droplets turned into sharp needles filled with solid nitrogen.

When it penetrates the skin, internal organs can be exploded to cause more damage.

Thea opens the Oath of Judah domain to protect Kiana.

When it reached Judah's domain barrier, all those ice needles turned back into soft water droplets.

"[She worked harder than anyone, day and night, to make everyone aware that she was useful.]"

"[She wants to surpass you.]"

"[However, a failure made her wake up from her beautiful dream.]"

Herrscher of Ice continues to carry out consecutive attacks while telling a story. Kiana, who heard this, became annoyed.

"So what exactly are you trying to say!?"

Herrscher of Ice looked at Thea from behind her black mask.

She deflected Thea's attack at close range with a crystal spear.

"[Not everyone is as perfect as you. You have everything, but you leave all your problems to her.]"

"[Your laziness, and your ignorance, are pushing her to the brink of despair slowly.]"

"[Why are you forcing something that even she can't do?]"

"[Answer me, Saintess Thea.]"

Unexpectedly, the spear held by the Herrscher of Ice managed to penetrate Thea's chest precisely. The ice spread, and caused part of Thea's body to freeze.

Kiana was shocked by the sudden turn of events.

As for Thea, she still silent.

Herrscher of Ice waited for her answer.

Thea, however, just narrowed her eyes.

All preparations were complete, and it was time to save Maria.

Schariac's stigmata spread and covered Thea's entire body very quickly. The sacred flower tattoo bloomed, and all the flowers bloomed in unison.

The Oath of Judah, which was splashed with holy blood, also began to transform into a cross with spotless white wings as accessories.

"Zeroth power, Elysion Pedion!!!"

The same attack, but has a different effect than before.

The entire bubble world is covered by thousands of extremely pure white chains. Angel feathers fell from the sky, and caused the honkai energy in the entire area to begin to dissipate instantly.

Bubble world, experiencing purification.

Schariac's blood, which can negate honkai energy, coupled with a divine key weapon which has similar power, produces a very terrifying destructive power.

Herrscher of Ice was bound by white chains that came from heaven and earth. She knelt on the ground, unable to put up the slightest resistance.

The honkai energy in her body had disappeared completely.

Herrscher of Ice tried to get up, but she fell to the icy ground once again.

"[Why... why don't you want to answer my question...]"

The last thing Herrscher of Ice saw was Thea's eyes looking at her with a cold gaze.

Herrscher of Ice let out a long sigh.

She knelt down, and lowered her head slowly.

The whole world of bubble, covered in very beautiful angelic white feathers.

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A few moments later, Maria finally regained consciousness.

The white chain managed to cut off the energy supply of the Herrscher gem, and made Thea succeed in pulling the Herrscher of Ice gem out of Maria's body.

This rescue operation was a success.

Now that Maria is safe, the bubble world created for isolation, slowly begins to collapse.

Maria opened her eyes, and she realized that her head was currently lying on Thea's thigh.

Even though it felt comfortable because it was soft and elastic, Maria turned her head to the side guiltily.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you had that kind of pressure."

Thea spoke first.

"You must be confused why I didn't answer your question. I just wanted you to hear my answer."

Different from when she looked at the Herrscher of Ice, when she saw Maria, Thea's eyes softened.

"I'm not as perfect as you imagine. I also make a lot of mistakes."

"It's okay to fail once in a while, just keep gathering experience until you can. Everyone has the same start."

This time Maria dared to look at Thea's face. Maria didn't see any expression of disappointment or anger at her failure.

She only saw a face that was half frozen, but still had a gentle smile on her face.

Maria's heartbeat beats a little faster.

"What if I fail again?"

"It's okay, I'm always behind you. If you fall, then I'll catch you."

Maria rose from her lying position, and she opened her mouth to speak. however, no words came out.

Thea could see the worry on Maria's face. She thought this was absolutely so silly.

"So Maria, do you still want to remain my assistant?"

"Yes, Saintess Thea!"

Maria nodded her head with teary eyes.

She clutched her chest tightly.

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Somewhat different as everyone imagined, the fourth Honkai War had indeed ended, but the problem was still not completely resolved.

The temperature of Antarctica has indeed returned to normal, but the space gap created by Thea and Kiana when creating the bubble world has still not closed tightly.

The sea of quanta energy spread out from the space crack very stably.

This made Thea and Kiana confused.

In the end because the space crack couldn't be closed by force and they couldn't find a solution temporarily, Thea ordered all the valkyries to retreat, and left several research teams to build a temporary observation base.

Even though the fourth honkai war did not result in many casualties, and could be included in the glorious victories that could be written in human history, the casualties on Schicksal's side were still there.

They held a funeral ceremony at the same time as the valkyrie members who died in the Herrscher gem delivery operation.

Maria stood in the front row to pay tribute to her fallen teammates.

The memorial was covered in thousands of condolence flowers that day.

The lives of valkyries were truly very short and fragile.

To overcome the heavy atmosphere surrounding Schicksal, and at the same time celebrate humanity's victory against Honkai. A party was held, and Thea also invited the Anti-Entropy party who had helped them during the war.

Thea greeted Bronya and Welt Yang for a while, before she left.

"So, do you really want to donate your entire salary to help the education of these orphanage children?"

Thea asked Maria curiously.

"Yeah, it's not much... I just hope I can help them a little with my abilities." Maria looked away embarrassedly.

Both Thea and Maria are currently not at the party anymore. The two of them visited an orphanage in Wina, where one of Maria's teammates grew up here.

Seeing the children running on the green lawn very cheerfully, Thea could see Maria who had a satisfied smile on her face.

Thea leaned her arms over the fence, and laid her head down while enjoying this peaceful view.

"Donating educational scholarships is not easy. If you want to educate them to a high level of education, then it will be even more difficult. Are you really sure you can do it?"

"Yeah! This time I didn't fail again! Never!"

Seeing Maria who had a serious look on her face, Thea felt like wanna laugh.

She saw children running around freely, and Maria joining in playing with them.

"You're like more Saintess than me."