Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

In the Nagazora City strategy that Jiang Qiao had designed for Elysia and them, after dealing with Bronya, they had to go directly to Cocolia's base as soon as possible.

If they didn't do this, Cocolia would quickly realize that something had happened to her daughter.

At that time, if that cunning fox was prepared, then it would be even harder to deal with her.

However, what Jiang Qiao hadn't expected was that that fox would actually relax her monitoring of Bronya due to a moment of capriciousness and confidence. This was something that neither he nor Elysia and them knew.

But, no matter what, they had to go directly to Cocolia's base.

If they wanted to save Nagazora City, they had to take down that fox as soon as possible. If they waited until the Honkai energy concentration rose to a certain level, then even if they killed Cocolia, they would still be the losers.

Honestly, Jiang Qiao had a real headache when designing the plan, considering how rushed it was.

If he didn't care about Nagazora City's safety and only focused on dealing with Cocolia, he could have made the plan more detailed. With preparations, Jiang Qiao was confident that he could even deal with that Schicksal archbishop.

Unfortunately, he couldn't.

Whether it was to ensure his own safety, or to fulfill that pink fatty's selfish desires, he had no choice but to take risks and try a surprise attack.

However—

Things were different now.

With the help of his chat group members, Elysia's side, who had extra combat power, would have a much lower risk, even if that limited combat power was only available for one hour due to the limited-time commission.

Especially since—

"Now that I've obtained this power."

Standing in the snow, Jiang Qiao looked at the pink light in her hand. She felt incredibly refreshed and at ease.

—She had completely mastered this body.

The somewhat crazy statement in the chat group wasn't just a joke.

After obtaining Elysia's Honkai energy manipulation techniques, she had indeed surpassed Elysia herself in terms of using the body of the girl named Elysia.

This sounded very magical, and if she told others, they would think it was a joke.

Even if Elysia heard it, she wouldn't believe it.

Come on, are you Elysia, or am I Elysia?

I have used that body for so many years, can you understand me better than I do myself?

Unfortunately, that was the truth.

Jiang Qiao had not only mastered the Honkai energy manipulation techniques, but she had also discovered Elysia's still-unknown power—the authority of the Herrscher of Origin.

She guessed that this difference might be due to her own special traits, but it was more likely to be due to the difference in their views.

As the first Herrscher, the Herrscher of Origin was different from all the other Herrschers.

Elysia, the Herrscher of Origin, was just like an ordinary human besides being skilled at Honkai energy manipulation. That was rather strange.

Even the most important power of a Herrscher was only understood by her at the end of her life.

But, this power couldn't just be something that could only be used at the moment of death. Otherwise, Kevin wouldn't have said: "If we had found out about your identity sooner, the Previous Era wouldn't have come to such an end."

So, what kind of change had Elysia undergone?

Jiang Qiao didn't know. This was something she could probably only ask the later Elysia.

However, she had her own guesses, and these guesses had been proven to be correct.

The prerequisite for being able to master the Herrscher of Origin's authority was—to acknowledge that you're a Herrscher and recognize the reality that you're a Herrscher.

The first Elysia didn't know she was a Herrscher. The later Elysia vaguely sensed that she was a Herrscher, but didn't want to believe it. And until the very end, she finally accepted her Herrscher identity and died as a Herrscher.

"As expected of the Herrscher who was the closest to the Herrscher of the End."

This change made Jiang Qiao think of the Trial of the Cocoon of the End. To become the Herrscher of the End, you had to understand yourself and move towards the future.

Then, the Herrscher of Origin, whose essence was [Connection], was undoubtedly the Herrscher who was the closest to the end.

Unlike Elysia, who was still ignorant, Jiang Qiao didn't care about her identity as a human and clearly recognized her essence as the Herrscher of Origin.

This difference meant that in Elysia's hands, this body was just a Honkai energy manipulator, but in Jiang Qiao's hands, she truly stood in this world as a Herrscher.

"If Elysia saw herself now, she would probably feel very surprised and unfamiliar, wouldn't she?"

Looking at her gorgeous clothes, Jiang Qiao tilted her neck, revealing her fair skin, and gently caressed the manta ray-shaped Honkai beast next to her with her silk-gloved hands. That was a familiar creature belonging to the Herrscher of Origin—an Origin Spirit.

She sighed.

"But, there are some differences after all."

Although they were both the Herrscher of Origin, Jiang Qiao could feel that this power, in her hands, didn't have the concept or traits of a human.

The [Elysia] right now, could only be called the Herrscher of Origin, and could absolutely not be called a Herrscher of Man.

She guessed that this was probably due to the unique nature of the Herrscher of Origin, which would change depending on the person who held the power.

Only in Elysia's hands could the Herrscher of Origin be called the Herrscher of Man.

But, so what?

"I am just the Herrscher of Origin. The word "man" means nothing to me."

Jiang Qiao raised her bow, her pink, glass-like eyes reflected the figure in the distance. Her expression was cold.

Unlike Elysia, she didn't hold on to her human identity.

The current her was already completely the Herrscher of Origin! Enough to contend with the Second Herrscher.

However—

"She really is just like the pufferfish from fifty thousand years later."

Looking at the purple figure in the distance, looking at that familiar face, Jiang Qiao couldn't help but sigh.

The surrounding village buildings reminded her of Sirin's background—a village girl who lived with her mother.

According to what Zhi had said, the Fire Moth higher-ups had tried to use high-powered weapons to defeat the Second Herrscher before sending in the soldiers, like they had done with the First Herrscher, but it hadn't worked.

Was she consciously protecting this village?

Looking at the buildings around her, which, apart from being affected by the Honkai Eruption, hadn't suffered much damage, Jiang Qiao couldn't help but have such a thought.

At the same time—

In Nagazora City, fifty thousand years later, Elysia and them, who were fully prepared, had placed the tied-up Bronya in the abandoned warehouse of the Raiden Residence, and then went to the ME Corp building.

—At this moment, Cocolia in her base was still completely unaware.