Chapter 118: Awakening! Herrscher of Reason

It's truly foolproof, a hundred attempts and it never fails, you'll never get the best results than this.

Chase felt pleased in his heart. This was indeed like using Noble Phantasm against Welt's. Its effect was no different from presenting Kallen before Otto.

But such words could only be spoken at the right conditions because trouble would arise in a different context.

He reached out and touched the wary little angel's head, smiling, "Sirin, what are you standing there for? Quickly call your Uncle Welt."

After saying this, Chase looked at Joachim. It seemed like he felt something was off. Before Sirin could speak, he added another sentence.

"Um, call him Uncle Little Welt."

"Uncle Little Welt, hello~" Sirin was already accustomed to this part and naturally addressed Joachim as Chase had taught her.

Joachim: ...

Silence was tonight's companion.

Joachim met Chase's slightly amused gaze. He knew the other party was doing it on purpose and felt a bit dissatisfied.

But he didn't pay attention to these trivial matters now. His gaze was on Sirin as he asked, "She..." He opened his mouth, and Joachim didn't organize his words for a while. A syllable kept stretching, gradually reducing the silence.

Joachim had noticed Sirin standing beside Chase long ago. However, during the confrontation with Chase earlier, he hadn't had time to pay attention to her. Now that he had confirmed she was an ally, he inquired.

Feeling the aura related to the Herrschers and power emanating from Sirin, Joachim was at a loss for words when he spoke.

Damn it, the deceased Second Herrscher suddenly started attacking me.

What else could he ask? Asking how the other party hadn't died yet would be too impolite, although the way the other party had just addressed him was also a bit impolite.

"Sirin is not the Second Herrscher you are familiar with," Chase explained directly. "She comes from a parallel world, just like me."

"How do you know so much about me?" Joachim wondered.

"You told me yourself," Chase said matter-of-factly. Joachim's mouth twitched slightly after hearing this, feeling a bit speechless.

Well, he was speechless about himself.

As for the existence of parallel worlds, Joachim was not particularly surprised. However, he really wanted to drag that leaky Welt Yang out and use his pointed boots to kick him in the ass, teaching him what to say and what not to say.

"By the way, in that world, Sirin calls you Uncle Welt."

"So here, she calls me Uncle Little Welt?" Joachim was speechless for a moment.

"Change it back after you reshape your body and do some sit-ups," Chase said indifferently.

Joachim's mouth twitched slightly.

................

Bronya was currently caught in a moment of confusion.

Doubt, incomprehension, and worry—all sorts of peculiar emotions were thrown into the large dye vat called "heart," intertwining and blending with each other until their original forms were unrecognizable.

Bronya stood blankly on the snowy plain, looking at the world around her that had already undergone a considerable transformation. She hadn't yet recovered from this sudden turn of events.

Even though it had been daytime just a moment ago, in the blink of an eye, darkness seemed like a massive black hole, swallowing all the surrounding light.

In the darkness, voices echoed.

The howling of the wind, explosions, shouts, and neighs...

Feeling a bit dazed, Bronya surveyed her surroundings and found them strangely unfamiliar.

"Bronya nee-chan, Bronya nee-chan..." a familiar voice came from beside her. While feeling a slight sense of relief, Bronya turned her head and found the short-haired girl she had been searching for.

"Seele, where's Chase and the others?" Bronya didn't see the other two people and felt a bit uneasy.

"Seele doesn't know." Seele shook her head and showed a worried expression. "And Father Priest and others are gone too."

"..." Bronya fell silent.

What on earth was happening?

Forcing down the unease in her heart, Bronya began to analyze the situation.

Chase and his little companion Sirin were missing, and at the same time, the priests were gone too. The commonality among them was...

Natives of this world. Bronya could only come up with this term to connect these people.

She had heard from Joachim at the beginning that she needed to go through several trials to enter the Quantum Sea and find the Desire Gem. Could this be one of the trials?

If the native residents were disappearing, then Seele...

Bronya's gaze shifted to the girl beside her, and suddenly, her pupils contracted.

Seele's pupils were flashing with a red light as she rushed toward Bronya with a sickle in hand.

"Be careful!"

After killing a charging Honkai Beast, Seele breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

"Fortunately, everything is fine now, Bronya nee-chan. This place..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Seele was hugged by Bronya, causing her to be slightly stunned.

"...Bronya nee-chan?"

"Seele, like Bronya, doesn't belong to this world, right?"

"Seele... nee-chan...?" Seele's voice began to tremble, full of disbelief.

"Bronya has finally found you, Seele."

"Is it really you? Bronya nee-chan?"

"Yes." Bronya gave a positive answer, and Seele's response confirmed her speculation.

In fact, Bronya had some suspicions about Seele's identity before this, but she never held much hope.

What was she really expecting?

In this world, there were Himeko, Fu Hua, and everyone from St. Freya, so it wouldn't be strange to have an older Seele.

However, when the world changed, and everyone around disappeared, leaving only Seele and herself, Bronya became certain.

The Seele before her was indeed the one who grew up with her in the orphanage, the Seele who used to call her "Bronya" sister, the Seele who fell into the Quantum Sea due to the X-10 experiment.

Bronya hugged the girl in her arms a bit tighter, as if afraid she would slip away.

"Seele... Bronya is right here." Bronya said, "After so long... Bronya... finally found you..."

Seele, with tears in her eyes but smiling, dropped warm tears on Bronya's back.

How many times had she seen this scene in her dreams?

Bronya couldn't remember; she had forgotten many things.

But there was one thing she would never forget.

She still remembered the girl's sobbing, the temperature of her tears, and the feeling of embracing her.

—She remembered the promise she made to her.

Bronya never forgot.

Somehow, her eyes suddenly felt uncomfortable. She sensed a moist touch slowly flowing out along her eye sockets.

Before the two could fully recover from the joy of their reunion, a voice from not far away interrupted them.

"Bruonia, I finally found you!" A white-haired Valkyrie with dual guns rushed over, excited.

Bronya: ???

"Scared us, we thought you were captured by Honkai Beasts." Kiana showed a relieved expression, smiling, "We were walking, and suddenly we found you were missing. It really startled us."

"Kiana?" Bronya was puzzled.

"Why do you have a face like you've seen a ghost?! Could it be your head got damaged by a shell?!"

At this moment, Mei, who was left behind by Kiana, also stepped forward and reminded, "Kiana, stop messing around. Check your equipment; the battle is about to begin."

"The final stage against Herrscher of the Void is about to begin."

"The Herrscher of Void has absorbed the energy of the Honkai Reactor and is summoning a large army of Honkai Beasts through the dimensional rift."

The more Bronya heard, the more confused she became. Her thoughts were a bit chaotic.

Herrscher of Void... Is this the second Honkai Impact? But clearly, Kiana is here.

Why are they appearing in this era?

But the current situation didn't seem to give Bronya more time to think. Raiden Mei warned alertly:

"The enemy's reaction is approaching. Everyone, get ready for battle!"

............

On the other side, Chase observed what was happening in the world bubble and looked at Joachim with a strange expression.

"Are you planning to let Bronya deal with the Second Herrscher and the somewhat crazy, Welt, like this?"

"First of all, the Second Herrscher is just a name without substance, unable to be compared with the real Second Herrscher. The volume of this world bubble cannot support the existence of two Herrschers." Joachim sighed, sounding a bit exasperated. "Secondly, the me you mentioned is only ideologically extreme, not crazy."

"How about calling that Welt 'Yang Joachim'?" Chase ignored Joachim's defense and, while paying attention to the development in the world bubble, playfully suggested.

At this point, in Bronya's world bubble, she had already encountered Yang Joachim. The defeated Second Herrscher, Yang Joachim, was trying to instill his ideology into Bronya, but it seemed that Bronya did not approve.

"I don't think so." Joachim's mouth twitched, directly refusing.

Strange, too strange.

"Sirin, you're not doing well at all, can't even defeat Yang Joachim." Chase, as if completely ignoring Joachim's argument, turned to the main character and teased.

"That's not me, brother is silly!" Sirin wasn't provoked at all, instead, she stood hands on hips proudly and said, "I am the second Herrscher who single-handedly killed the First Herrscher twice!"

Joachim: ...

He simply remained silent, even though he felt offended, he didn't bother to speak.

Sometimes, a person can be quite helpless.

Sitting on the platform, he sighed silently and cast his gaze on the world bubble where Bronya was, finding a bit of comfort in his heart.

Fortunately, things seemed to be progressing well on Bronya's side.

............

Bronya didn't know what was happening outside. At this moment, she was deeply shocked by the words of this world's Welt.

"Power, destiny, ideals. When I inherited the name Welt, I also obtained everything from that man." Yang Joachim took off the goggles he was wearing, and in the brown pupils, black-red light flickered, showing the intense excitement of the owner at the moment.

"But... under this name, there is nothing that belongs to me. I'm just playing the role of a dead shadow."

"...But why should I play the role of a failed shadow?"

Yang Joachim's tone became more and more excited, with a hint of madness. His body splattered blood, and that broken body could no longer support his use of the Herrscher's power.

But he seemed oblivious, and his voice became even more excited—

"Yes, I killed the Herrscher of Void, saved this world!"

"I did what that man couldn't do, I have surpassed him!!!"

Bronya had never seen Welt Yang so crazy. Although she had never really met Welt before, she roughly understood Welt's temperament from the database of anti-entropy.

At least, it wouldn't be the appearance of the current Welt.

He's too crazy.

"You're insane." Bronya, though injured by Welt, showed no signs of timidity.

"No, I'm not crazy. I have defeated this world; this is my own power!"

"My own destiny... my ideals... this is the real me!"

.............

Joachim withdrew his gaze, unwilling to look anymore.

He figured out why Chase called this Welt by that name.

Yang Joachim, huh? It seems to be no problem.

But this made him even more dissatisfied. He turned his head to look at Chase, who was chatting with Sirin on the side, a little annoyed.

"Well, it seems that Bronya is making good progress. She will soon become your successor if nothing unexpected happens." Chase noticed Joachim looking over and earnestly commented.

"The barrier between this real world and the Quantum Sea is constructed by the power of the Herrscher of Void. If Bronya inherits the core of the Herrscher of Reason, will this place be preserved?"

"After finding the successor, the meaning of this space's existence will also disappear," Joachim hadn't expected Chase to ask this, thought for a moment, and replied, "Without the support of the Herrscher's core, this space will soon be invaded by the Quantum Shadows wandering in the Quantum Sea."

"Of course, as the manager of this space, I will disappear as well."

"Oh, it doesn't matter, you can do sit-ups." Chase said indifferently.

Joachim: ???

Just as he was about to say something, Joachim suddenly stopped and stared at his outstretched hand, dumbfounded.

Starting from his fingertips, his hand was gradually turning into golden particles, disappearing into the air...

The surrounding space was similar to his situation, cracking on the ground, and the walls collapsed...

Without any panic, Joachim smiled calmly, accepting the process of disappearance.

Because he knew—

The next Herrscher of Reason had already awakened.