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Chapter 26

Kiana pushed her hands forward in a clawed motion, repeating what Raynold did several days ago.

Before pulling her hands back and starting to gather energy in the form of a ball.

Though she realised several issues with this… It would take her ages to gather the same amount of energy as Raynold used to send that thing into space.

Another thing is she won't be able to compress it into such a small ball to fit in her hands!

In other words… She can't do it!

[The words he used are not meaningless, each short word compressed and pumped the ball with more energy. He released a massive amount of energy and compressed it at the same time.

If….if it was pointed at the planet he could have blown it up.]

Sirin said all that from the side as she was thinking about that move for days. It was something she had never seen before. It was just pure energy in the form of a destructive wave.

"Serious?"

[Very.]

"Damn…just…just how powerful he is?"

[No idea… I doubt he even went seriously against that minion sent by the Will of Honkai.]

"You mentioned that before… but what is this Will of Honkai?"

[Can't explain it properly but the Will of Honkai is the presence behind Honkai. It is what commands how the energy behaves.]

"So it will come back?" Once again Kiana did the motion trying to shoot a beam. She did shoot a beam but it was miniature compared to Raynold's planet slayer.

[Not anytime soon. I am quite certain what Raynold did has long consequences for the Will of Honkai. There was no struggle or any sort of battle. And that thing was the biggest thing Honkai can send. And since he continuously absorbs the energy the Will behind it is losing its presence here.

In other words… Raynold alone is pushing Honkai back…]

Sirin said that with wide eyes… As she just realised that herself.

"...Wow…"

Kiana for a second stopped as she had stars in her eyes.

[Yes. Well, impressive as it is. It doesn't change OUR position, does it? You need to work hard. Harder than ever. As Mei started to have weird thoughts about him as well.]

The Void Queen said while brushing her hair behind her back. She was thinking of schemes for this situation. Even after becoming Herrscher Mei didn't leave, she decided to live here full time.

Her excuse is to 'learn everything' Raynold has to offer.

And Raiden Ryoma couldn't say anything after Mei gave him a chilly look. Especially since the Thunder Queen has not mastered her transformation yet.

So Sirin immediately understood what this girl was thinking.

Though Mei is a few years behind Kiana in this race.

"I definitely won't lose to Mei!"

Kiana said that as she clenched her hand.

While this is happening at the back of Raynold's house where the training field is.

Same time deeply in Siberia's snowy forest on a cleanly cut mountain top Raynold was sitting in lotus meditation.

Golden aura was surrounding him as the air around him was static from time to time it would crackle in black lightning. Black clouds started to gather around that area…little by little.

That was until his eyes snapped open as he had his Herrscher eyes. The transformation was slow as slowly his clothes changed.

Before long his regular black GI pants changed into slightly puffier and more comfortable looking, followed by white ornamented battle shoes.

The black Gi's upper part became fancier with golden embroidery of a dragon appearing on the Gi's back.

This was only the beginning as at that moment all of the Honkai energy around him started to surge towards him. Refining… and his core started to grow once again in size.

A new concept has been added to his arsenal and that was the Black Thunder. Or just Thunder…

That moment he summoned his Dead and Life Core and started to ADD on it!

Black lightning crackled like crazy as the core emitted colours of life and death.

Before forming something akin to a crystal in the form of a miniature sword.

In other words, what he had is two cores merged into one and taking the shape of a sword.

When Raynold took the weapon he could feel the absurd power this thing had been radiating!

With a simple burst of energy, it formed into a Western longsword. It had a black and white crossguard with the edge of it being a mix of blue and red. The metal itself was black and white.

More importantly the sheer amount of destructive power… was radiating from the very weapon.

The boy looked around and saw mountains on the horizon.

He then just swung the thing…

At that moment everything…including the mountains in the distance was gone.

There was no explosion, no burst of anything… It was just silence… Silence, reminding one of the very voids of space.

"Hmmm?"

At that moment he realised that he lost his hearing.

"It appears the planet is becoming too small for me…"

He said that to himself after using life powers to fix his hearing.

After saying that he opened the wormhole and left the area…

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Only after several minutes did the dust finally return to the area which has been erased with a single swing of a sword.

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Otto looked at the footage which was mind-numbing to him. He made sure to rewind it, again and again, several times as he saw a huge Honkai Beast being pushed out of the planet and right into space before it exploded in a huge blinding light.

This was an attack used by Raynold Westwood.

An attack that he could have used on Schicksal any time he wanted!

Who knew he could do such things? A pure energy attack, raw energy that destroyed a thing that could have been a huge pain in the back to deal with.

'Is the Will behind Honkai finally acting up? Only to fail spectacularly… Now let's continue to watch what he will do next…'

*RING*

"Yes?"

"..."

"..."

"Is this information double-checked?"

"..."

"..."

"I see…"

Otto put the phone down before sighing and massaging his forehead.

"5th has been born. No wonder it has sent that thing. Only for that kid to utterly crush it."

For a moment he thought about it. Confrontation is not recommended. With Anti-Entropy circling him, even underhanded methods could fail badly…and all it takes is that kid to shoot that beam and erase Schicksal.

No… It's not good for his end goal. For now, he can just allow the kids to do their thing. He only needs a way to get a void core.

The moment the kid can harness Sirin's power he could just buy one off him. Otto doesn't mind handing off a fortune, or even critical information.

Seeing how the kid can make them from nothing he doubts the boy even puts a huge value on those things.

One or two things should be enough for him to get his hands on a Herrscher core.

'Maybe becoming a Herrscher of Void could help me reach that place.'

Thinking for a bit Otto decided to wait and watch. He has done that for a few hundred years. He can easily wait for more.

~~~~~~Two Years Later~~~~~~

Raynold brushed his finger and drew a half circle before he added several smaller circles into it. At that moment it glowed in black and dark orange light.

Just for a few moments, he could feel….void.

That was until the stigmata just ceased to glow. It was half baked try…but after two years… he could finally sense the boundaries of the void!

Though he was the only one who could do anything like this. His Kitten over two years could only make her void heavy. Even with Sirin's help. He is not even talking about Mei or Seele.

Thankfully Bronya has been having steady growth and she is close to having a core of her own.

'I guess I should teach the basis of Lotus Meditation. Otherwise, it will take decades if not centuries for the girls to reach my level of strength.'

After thinking of a specific approach to this a wormhole opened behind him. Raynold turned around and walked through it.

It was time to call an end to today's training as the girls want to have a movie night mixed with a sleepover.

This means they're going to be quite a few girls coming over… Bronya, Seele, Lily, Roza, Rita…

Internally he sighed. He is kinda sad that he could not find some kind of guy for a friend or at least a rival.

'Well, whatever…'

As he appeared in his room he walked over to the wardrobe and scooped some fresh clothes before moving to take a shower.

Less than ten minutes later he descended to the lower floor.

"Come on Mei! I can do this!" Kiana complained like a small girl.

"Fine. Then I will do the salads." Mei said with a resigned tone.

"Thanks!"

Raynold internally sighed. Hopeful Mei didn't allow his Kitten to work on something difficult.

Her Cultivation talent for food making is very bad. It was so bad that Raynold needed to start from the very basics. Like making basic sandwiches.

As in bread, butter, and ham. The stuff of that kind of level, before proceeding with stuff like hot sandwiches.

Thankfully, after a few years of training the girl could survive in the wilderness.

'Hmm…maybe I should do that? Drop her in the Canadian wilderness…ask the cultists for some sealing tech to seal her powers.

A month should be enough to make her appreciate hot meals.'

"You are thinking something diabolical, aren't you?"

Bronya asked him as she saw him just standing there and having a far-off look.

"I think that Canada has some beautiful landscapes."

"...they do. Is there something related to that place?"

"I think it's a nice place for teaching someone how to survive on their own."

Raynold said that with a bright smile as he patted the Ash coloured girl's head.

"...I don't think anyone deserves such punishment? Pretty sure everyone is performing quite well." Bronya said with some nervousness. Is he planning something horrifying!?

"Indeed. But being in nature is a reward on its own."

The girl wanted to complain, and tell him that this kind of stuff is a no-no! She can't stay away from her games for an extended amount of time!

"Anyway, so what kind of movies do you girls pick up for today?"

The girl swiftly smiled at him. This was fantastic! He changed the theme of conversation on his own!m

"Come! Check it out!"

Bronya pulled him over and showed him a pile of DVDs.

"Did you girls rent the whole DVD store…"

"Not…really…I proposed to 'liberate' some movies over the web…but Mei used her connections to get 'legitimate' things.

I guess she just bought the whole place," Bronya said with a not-caring shrug. She is just happy to have a huge collection of discs.

"Ray! You are here! saves us!!!" A ball of pink hair slammed into him.

It was Rozaliya.

"What is it?"

"They want to watch that garbage movie Tita-something!" She said that with teary eyes.

"Titanic?" Bronya asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, that!"

This was where Raynold had a look of disgust.

"Is it that movie where the dude tries to save a ship but fails and ends up killing himself?"

The pair looked confused for a second. What is he talking about!?

"... it's a tragic romantic movie about a cruise ship that sinks after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean," Bronya explained to him.

"...Wait, it's romance? Hmm…all I remember is the failure of a guy who tried to save people, a woman included, but then he just kills himself instead of swimming. Honestly, it was disturbing how weak he was."

Once again the pair looked at each other. Is this all he cares about? The pair of girls grimaced for a bit.

"Ray…not everybody is as freak strong as you are." Bronya honestly said Rozaliya nodded alongside the ash-haired girl's words.

"Hmm, it's not an excuse not to save the ship and survive."

"B-But he saved the girl he loved!" Funny enough it was Rozaliya who went in and started to defend the main character! Though she thinks the movie is just too cheesy for her but for love's sake she can't handle it when Raynold is just roasting the guy! For some reason he even wanted a regular guy to save a sinking ship! How do you do that!?

"Roza if we compare this situation to breakfast so it's just tea. And not a sandwich or the scrambled egg! You can't operate through the day if you only drink tea.

As I said… it's disturbing."

Funny enough Rozaliya rushed out to get back up! She needs…somehow…somehow explaining to him that this cheesy film is good!