Honkai Archives: Old, Short, but Gold

[The Fourth Honkai Eruption broke out.]

[The Fifth Honkai Eruption broke out.]

[The Sixth Honkai Eruption broke out.]

[...]

[Time passed by, and as you looked at the global Honkai energy peaks that appeared again and again on the recording instruments, but couldn't see any Honkai Eruptions or Herrschers, your confusion grew as you racked your brains.]

[This world had Honkai, and it also had Honkai Beasts. There was no problem with that. You had conducted countless investigations to prove this point.]

[You were absolutely certain that you were indeed in a world with Honkai, Honkai Beasts, and where human civilization was facing a doomsday crisis.]

[But after such a long time, you hadn't seen a single Honkai Eruption or a single Herrscher.]

[This caused the morale within the "Earth Union" you had established to waver. Many people doubted that the doomsday crisis you spoke of actually existed, and even you yourselves began to doubt yourselves.]

[This situation continued for a long time, until the Seventh Honkai Eruption broke out.]

[You finally detected a long-wave Herrscher signal fluctuation. Based on this signal fluctuation, you were certain that a Herrscher had indeed descended!]

[After analysis, you located a small city in East Asia. It was a small place that you had never paid attention to before.]

[When you followed the Herrscher signal fluctuation to the location where the Herrscher signal last flickered in the city, the scene in front of you almost made all of you stop thinking.]

[It was a villa built in the mountains.]

[A person you were very familiar with, someone you had been searching for for a long time but couldn't find, was sitting leisurely under a towering tree in front of the villa, drinking tea and reading the newspaper.]

[A tall and sturdy figure, deep black short hair, and a friendly and lazy expression... It was Yuhao!]

[Based on your visits and investigations in this small city, you learned that Yuhao had been living in this small city for quite some time, and the people living here had an exceptionally good impression of Yuhao.]

[Many people from the political, business, and art worlds would visit Yuhao and ask for his guidance, and Yuhao would generously give them some pointers on their questions.]

[But these were not the main points.]

[The main point was that you saw a dozen or so beautiful women with different characteristics surrounding Yuhao.]

[Some of them were white-haired lolis, some were black-haired ara-aras, and some were red-haired girls... The first impression that all the girls gave was stunning, and the way these girls looked at Yuhao was either full of respect, gratitude, or intense adoration.]

[From these girls, you detected strong Honkai energy fluctuations and Herrscher signals.]

[They were all Herrschers...]

[After some careful searching, you confirmed their identities.]

[First Herrscher: Herrscher of Earth]

[Second Herrscher: Herrscher of the Void]

[Third Herrscher: Herrscher of Thunder]

[Fourth Herrscher: Herrscher of Stars]

[Fifth Herrscher: Herrscher of Dominance]

[Sixth Herrscher: Herrscher of Reason]

[Seventh Herrscher: Herrscher of Death]

[Six of them were independent Herrschers, while the others were all the same Herrscher of Dominance. They were all gathered around Yuhao, obeying his every word.]

[These Herrschers, who could easily destroy the entire human world, showed no hostility at this moment. They all sat or stood obediently beside Yuhao.]

[They acted cute and coquettish towards Yuhao, like harmless, delicate girls who needed to be cared for and loved.]

[You didn't know why they appeared beside Yuhao, but this scene made you不敢轻举妄动 not dare to act rashly.]

[This was just too shocking.]

[Even Elysia couldn't help but gasp.]

[But soon, a girl you hadn't seen before contacted you. She claimed to be one of the Herrschers of Dominance.]

[Through her, you finally learned what had happened before.]

[The global Honkai energy peaks you had detected before were correct. The Honkai Eruptions did break out, every single time.]

[The Herrschers were never absent either, descending along with the Honkai Eruptions.]

[But they did not descend upon those important industrial components and large cities, nor did they descend upon areas with many research centers.]

[Instead, they descended beside Yuhao.]

[The First Herrscher did, the Second Herrscher did, and so did the Third, Fourth, and all the subsequent Herrschers.]

[The moment they descended, a seductive voice from the Honkai echoed in their minds.]

[This voice constantly reverberated in their minds, telling them to kill Yuhao, to kill this heinous man in front of them!]

[From the very beginning, the Cocoon of Finality did not intend to cause a huge disaster in human society, but wanted to kill Yuhao first by directly sending the Herrschers to him!]

[This was also why the Herrschers never appeared.]

[They were all sent to Yuhao's side by the Cocoon of Finality.]

[You gasped after discovering the truth. A single Herrscher could destroy most of human society, but the Cocoon of Finality had sent all the Herrschers to Yuhao.]

["How much of a shadow and obsession does the Cocoon of Finality have with Mr. Yuhao?"]

[But this wasn't even the most outrageous part. The most outrageous part was that not only did the seven Herrschers sent by the Cocoon of Finality fail to kill Yuhao, but they were also won over by Yuhao.]

[Uh... to be precise, it shouldn't be called "won over."]

[From the Herrscher of Dominance, you learned once again that Yuhao had never actively pursued any of the Herrschers. His attitude towards these Herrschers was no different from his attitude towards other people.]

[He was still humble, gentle, and treated them with equal and selfless care. Even knowing that they were Herrschers, his attitude did not change at all.]

[In other words, these Herrschers who descended beside Yuhao were conquered by the strong charisma emanating from Yuhao.]

[Yuhao was universally loved, by humans and Herrschers alike.]

["In that case, why are you contacting us now?"]

[It took you a long time to accept this shocking information.]

["That old fart, the Cocoon of Finality, is too evil, absolutely evil."]

[The Herrscher of Dominance said seriously.]

["It actually wanted us to hurt Brother Yuhao, that's completely unacceptable."]

["That Cocoon of Finality can control energy, and our Brother Yuhao can create energy. Why can't our Brother Yuhao be the Lord of Honkai energy if it can be?"]

["We're going to kill our way to the Cocoon of Finality and take its damn position for our Brother Yuhao!"]

["Such good energy like Honkai energy should be controlled by Brother Yuhao."]

[The Flame-Chasers were silent.]

[What hadn't they seen?]

[This was something they had never seen before!]

["Are you... serious?"]

["Of course, otherwise why would I come to you?"]

[After receiving confirmation from the Herrscher of Dominance in front of them, Mei couldn't help but ask,]

["You are Herrschers, shouldn't you be hostile to humanity and aim to destroy human civilization?"]

["Heh, of course."]

[The Herrscher of Dominance sneered with disgust.]

["This world has never been beautiful."]

["Greed, selfishness, desire... Humans vent their filth and vileness on everything, including their own kind, yet they ridiculously call themselves civilized and kind."]

["The darkness of human nature is far more terrifying than any disaster. Humanity should have disappeared from the very beginning!"]

["If there were no humans, this world would definitely be better."]

["But Brother Yuhao wouldn't. Our Brother Yuhao is the most beautiful existence in the world. We will protect the most beautiful Brother Yuhao in the world!"]

[The Flame-Chasers: "..."]