Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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Roland, however, turned his gaze back to the window.

He was mostly telling Aponia the truth, but only half of what he said was true.

Based on the current level of Honkai energy accumulation, the Seventh Herrscher is truly a powerful being on a completely different level from all previous Herrschers.

If it were the current version of Flame Chaser who were to deal with this, then this Herrscher would force Flame Chaser to implement the Fusion Warrior plan.

The strength of the Herrscher of Flame is just that outrageous.

It's so outrageous that when Dr. Mei used the Blank Key to access the core of the Herrscher of Flame, it was clearly described that she merely replicated the power of the Herrscher of Flame, and in an instant, she annihilated all the remaining hundreds of Herrschers of Domination.

In that scene, Dr. Mei is wearing the Blank Key, and the form in which she displays the power of the Herrscher of Flame is... raising the Judgment of Heavenly Fire.

When the future civilization queen descended, the Godslayer Armor that Himeko wore was modified from the Blank Key, and at that time she was essentially displaying a portion of the power of the Herrscher of Flame.

So

The Herrscher of Flame possesses at least that level of athleticism and the attack power unleashed by Judgment of Heaven. Unlike Himeko and Judgment of Heaven, the Herrscher of Flame cannot harm herself when using these powers; they can be used almost without restriction, and her expressiveness may even be stronger.

This is the kind of combat power that could render the technology of the pre-civilization of the Mu Continent completely ineffective, and the kind of combat power that burned the entire Australia.

She is really strong.

And the fake part...

Roland's gaze as he looked out the window deepened, so much so that even as the setting sun shone upon him, his eyes remained as black as ink, as if they reflected no light whatsoever.

"After the Fusion Warrior Project is officially launched, Kevin was able to kill the Herrscher of Flame. So even if our current Fusion Warriors are not quite the same as Kevin's, with equipment, magic, and support, Thousand Calamities will not lose to them."

"Besides, there's Alicia, Seele... and if all else fails, there's me, Ryougi Shiki, and Tiamat."

“Even Vervi, Aponia.”

"Dealing with a Herrscher of Flame is too easy."

But he wanted to make things simpler.

At the fastest speed and with the greatest power, once the Herrscher of Flame's outburst threatens to the extent necessary, kill her directly and then throw her corpse into the Sea of ​​Life for repair.

During the seventh Great Collapse, Roland didn't even consider letting the Fire Moths get involved.

This means they haven't fought a Herrscher in three consecutive Great Collapses.

That way they will underestimate the Honkai.

That's how they maintain their arrogance.

This way, they will continue to reject Mebius, thus forcing her to their side.

In this way... they will be forever lost in the beautiful dream of the Eighth Great Collapse.

While Anti-Entropy is fully preparing for the seventh Great Collapse, Roland's symbiotic partner, along with the internal departments of the Firemoth, has officially begun operations.

The team at Firemoth has been quite busy lately. Meetings that used to be held only once every three days are now held almost daily, and sometimes even three times a day.

The discussion wasn't about collapse, entropy reversal, or the future of humanity; it was practically a game of Werewolf chasing fire!

I send out one or two every day.

They simply didn't have the time or inclination to care about anything related to Honkai or anything like that.

Mebius witnessed all of this and was extremely disappointed.

And she wasn't the only one disappointed. Mei was also qualified to attend the council. She came to attend one council meeting after leaving the lab, and although she didn't say anything, you could tell from her not attending the council meeting that she was also disappointed.

This is what a moth drawn to fire looks like.

Roland, who caused this series of problems, was now distracted and managed to completely confuse the high-level meeting of the Fire Moth.

Then, compared to this side, he focused more of his attention on Eden.

Eden's concert is about to begin, so Roland has been rehearsing with Eden all this time.

Through this period of contact, Roland and Eden also gained a certain understanding of each other.

This further convinced Roland that Eden was the best candidate for the Minister of Propaganda of Anti-Entropy.

Moreover, Eden's combat ability is not weak and her potential is high, as long as she finds the right way to fight. As for achievements, she has already made progress in music.

It is indeed perfect.

So Roland waited.

Waiting for the concert to begin.

Awaiting the start of the seventh Great Collapse.

And... awaiting the end of the Moths of Fire, which have already begun their infighting.

....

105. Roland and the Herrscher of Flame

"Roland, don't be too nervous. As long as you perform at the level you did in rehearsals, you'll be fine."

Just before the concert was about to begin, Eden and Roland stood backstage together. When she saw that Roland was not saying anything and just standing there, she gently comforted him.

After all, in her opinion, this was Roland's first time performing on stage, so it was normal for her to be nervous.

But in reality, Roland was just playing Werewolf on the other side.

In that brief moment of hesitation, he launched several Firemoths!

However, since Eden had called him, Roland naturally turned his attention back to Eden, smiled at him, and then they started chatting.

To be honest, it's kind of like when you're playing a game and your girlfriend calls you, and while your hands are still on the game, your mind is actually chatting with your girlfriend.

Although it was just casual conversation, Roland still intentionally steered the conversation in a certain direction.

"Eden, if you were to witness the end of the world one day, what would you do after the end of the world?"

Because they had previously talked about music and then about movies, and it just so happened to be a post-apocalyptic film, Eden wasn't surprised at all by the topic Roland brought up. After thinking for a moment, he gave his answer.

"What I did yesterday, I will do today, and I will do the same thing tomorrow... If I had to give an answer now, this would be it."

"The end of the world is a very serious topic. I had never thought about such a scene before. If I were to imagine it, perhaps in my world's apocalypse, there would still be art. This art would make the world more beautiful, but such a world would not feel like the end of the world."

"That's just how I am. A world without art is unimaginable to me right now, so if I were to witness the end of art..."

At this point, Eden fell into thought again, and this time his thought lasted even longer than before.

"...Then perhaps I should also think about doing something for this era."

Eden already has the answer.

"Well, I might be lost for a long time after witnessing the end of art, but in the end I will not succumb to it, because I have always wanted to be the most dazzling one in the crowd, and that is the only thing that will not change me even if art ends."

Hearing Eden say this, Roland nodded gently.

"It certainly seems like your choice."

In the original storyline, Eden joined the Fire Moth when she was feeling lost, and when she became a Fusion Warrior, she said when faced with the choice of Honkai Beast Factors—"I want to fuse with the brightest one."

Meanwhile, Roland had taken Eden's hair to Tiamat for testing. Only a few types of Honkai Beasts matched Eden, but each one was incredibly powerful, the kind that would instantly attract everyone's attention as soon as it appeared on the battlefield.

She is indeed very radiant.

Just like the brightest star of this era.

That is why, in the original story, Eden survived to the very end, but still chose to step into the end with the era.

"And Roland, what would you do if you faced the end of the world?"

As Roland sighed, Eden asked him the same question.

However, Roland did not answer her directly, but simply shook his head slightly.

"I'm about to go on stage. I'll tell you after the performance."

Eden's Australian concert was held as scheduled.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Australia, Anti-Entropy's combat forces had already landed in large numbers.

"I've detected Honkai energy starting to gather... Damn it, it's in the middle of the city, and it seems to be near Eden's concert!"

Vervi's voice came through the communication channel for this operation, and Aponia frowned upon hearing her words.

"If I remember correctly... isn't Roland over there?"

"cut!"

Qian Jie pursed his lips, then said nothing more. Only a rumbling sound and the sound of wind rushing past came from his direction. Clearly, he had left his original post and headed towards Roland's location!

"A thousand tribulations, a thousand tribulations... Oh dear, I'm really anxious."

Alicia called Qianjie's name twice in a flat tone, as if she really wanted to stop him. But after calling Qianjie's name twice, her tone became more lively when she got to the second half of the sentence.

"There's nothing I can do, I couldn't stop Qianjie, so Aponia, Velvet—Seele and I have to go stop Qianjie, otherwise it wouldn't be good if we interfered with Roland's plans~"

"you..."

"No need to thank me. After all, a girl as beautiful as a falling flower like me would naturally do cute things on my own~"

After leaving that message, Alicia was even more decisive than Qianjie and immediately logged off!

"Eh."