BoW: Salvage Chapter 6

While things on paper looked quite beautiful. All those increases in numbers. Increase in performance…

BUT!!!

They all need to be done manually…

For a few hours Marcus was thinking…should he upgrade Duel? Or should he store it away like a piece of a collection?

In the end… His fetish for collection has won.

After checking the amount of metal he has… He has enough to build a Gundam from the ground up.

Even enough Sakuradite. The thing was there were five Sutherlands stored in the mobile fortress. They were fully functioning ones.

This means Marcus can have some fun in the hangar with one.

But, that was an afterthought as he focused on building his new Gundam.

The industrial forge and manufacturing were done with the parts in just a few days. Another few days for the metal to cool off at a regular temperature before he started to install the cables and smaller work.

While he was working. Kiana from time to time would come to see him and interact with him. Even helping him to do some basic stuff. She was feeling quite bad that she is spending a lot of time playing games or spending time in a simulator.

She was guilt-tripping herself without Marcus even doing anything.

Though…one day she decided to check on a specific terminal…

She was wondering…

What are the next three worlds!?

[Mass Effect: Battle of the Citadel]

[Honkai Impact 3rd: Chapter 9]

[RWBY: The Breach]

Kiana sucked in cold air when she read the second world! It had Honkai in it!

Without thinking much about it she swiftly rushed to tell this discovery to Mei!

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"MEI! MEI!!!"

Kiana's loud voice got the purplish black-haired girl to frown for a bit. The white-haired girl was being very loud.

"Kiana…Why are you—"

"No time! Quick! I need to show you something!" The white-haired girl grabbed Mei's hand and started to pull her toward the Hangar.

"Just tell me what it is. I can walk by myself." Mei said that as she started to walk instead of being dragged.

"Honkai! One of the next worlds has Honkai in it!"

"!!!"

Mei's expression changed instantly. This was their chance!

"Let's go!"

Kiana smirked seeing that Mei doesn't need to be pulled anymore. It was opposite Mei who was pulling her now.

A few minutes later they were in front of a floating glass screen that was showing three choices.

'Honkai Impact 3rd? What does this mean… is…3rd… related to Kiana? And her Herrecher or Void awakening? Since it was the third eruption…'

Mei was confused by the name… she can only speculate.

By this point this was pointless. She needs to tell this to Bronya.

Then, they will face Marcus. They need to know!

~~~

Less than ten minutes later the teen engineer has been pulled aside from his glorious work of making a robot of mass destruction.

He was face to face with a trio of girls from Honkai. They had faces of worry and hope.

'What is this time?'

"What is Honkai Impact 3rd?" Mei asked curiously.

Marcus' right eyebrow slightly went up when he heard this specific name.

"It's the name of a game where you play as a captain of a ship, and you command and collect Valkyries. You can play it on your phone or PC.

Apart from that you follow the story of several characters… Like Kiana Kaslana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya Zaychik."

"...You Lied to us," Bronya said with narrowed eyes.

"No. I did not. I said the third perspective. I did get more detail from my time power than I get from a mobile game. Games only mark important points in stories." He said with his narrowed eyes. Challenging the girl.

"Yes. Well, this is no longer important." Mei said as she got in between those two.

"What is important is that this is our world. Or at least one of its timelines. Correct?" Mei asked for confirmation as she looked at Marcus.

"Yes. Though what is the specific destination?" The teen engineer asked the trio with a sigh. He can't believe his third dive is into Honkai. He ain't ready, he doesn't want to go there at this moment.

It depends on the chapter he will be diving into. If it's shit he ain't going there.

"It's chapter 9. What does it mean?" Mei asked with a frown.

When Marcus heard that he frowned…well, well what kind of destination is that!?

"it's Herrscher of Void. Third eruption and Himeko's sacrifice to give Kiana a chance to gain control back of her body." Marcus explained with a simple tone.

Though his words were like thunderclaps on a cloudless day.

Kiana took a step and stood in front of the black-haired teen. There were borderline flames in her eyes.

"We must go there!"

"Not before I check other worlds in the list."

His words made the white-haired girl bite her lower lip. There was frustration in her eyes.

"This is important to me. Important to Mei and Bronya! Aunt Himeko is an important person in our lives."

"I know. However, this is not YOUR aunt Himeko, but another Kiana's. There are billions or not trillion of those in the wide multiverse."He said while shaking his head.

"Ghhh… Fine! FINE! I will do it! Name it and I will do it! You can ask anything!" She said while gnashing her teeth.

"You don't hold back with your innuendos," Marcus exclaimed with a raised eyebrow. This girl is too pure. Though she is quite a pervert in some ways just as much.

Her eyes widened to a huge degree as she understood what he meant!

"Y-You perv! What are you even thinking!?"

"A cute girl is offering herself. Hard to say no." He said with a casual shrug. This made her cheeks explode in deep red.

"...N-Not that!!!" But then she looked away…fiddling with her hoody…

Though the funny thing is she is considering it…

"B-But…we can discuss certain things…"

Marcus shook his head in amusement, he looked at silent Bronya and Mei.

"We can talk about this as we walk. I want to see the other two worlds."

He started to walk as the trio followed him a few steps behind. They all were thinking about things.

Bronya was the only one who wanted to get to the very bottom of the game and world relationship.

Their private lives may be known to many, MANY peoples, and that just terrifies the very soul out of her.

While Mei was thinking similarly to what Kiana was thinking. They need to save Himeko. This time around she is not a weak Valkyrie! But a Herrecher!

Eventually, not a single one of them said a thing. Kiana would. But she is too embarrassed to speak. She realised that she has messed up badly and is even thinking of doing pervy things to make them visit their Honkai world!

Marcus looked at the list while the trio stood behind him.

'Mass Effect is a good choice, but we don't have a ship and it's in the middle of space with no habitable worlds in sight. Plus they could open fire on us and it would be difficult to fight…

Then we have RWBY… Didn't think this World would be a choice…studying dust and possibly unlocking Semblances is… interesting perspective.'

"Marcus…"

Kiana's voice brought him out of his thoughts.

"...Please…"

The girl asked, even starting to beg him!

*Sigh*

"Geez…fine…whatever… Go, change into your Valkyrie gear. We have no idea how the Honkai world we will walk into will affect you. There is the possibility that there will be no resonance and you won't be able to transform into your Herrscher forms."

His words made them panic quite a bit! Is that even possible!?

"I-Is that even possible!?"

"Very. Infinite possibilities…remember?"

"Geez! Fine! Marcus…at least once, just this once help us save her! At least once! We are not asking much. When we finish this world dive it will reset and you will have the means to continue to dive." Kiana said that while ending up hugging him. If she needs to beg she will goddam do it! She doesn't know when she will have a chance like this! Again!

"Fine…this once, I will not hold back. There will be no rules." He can lock up his rules to give these three some closure.

To give them peace of mind he will not use his rules. Hearing that made all three of them smile at him. Marcus used this moment to hug Kiana tighter who realised that and ended up slightly blushing at him.

The girl understood that he didn't push any sort of comment on her previous 'do anything' proclamation which only made her heart start to make erratic 'doki doki' noises.

It appears she can trust him on that which only made her giggle internally. Soon, she will save Aunt Himeko and she will have this guy's help to make sure Himeko survives!

Maybe…things finally are coming together!

Few moments later he released Kiana who, alongside the other two, dashed to change their clothes.

This left Marcus alone who pulled out his phone and went to the game folder. He found Honkai Impact. There were two copies of this game. The thing was one of them was a hacked version that allows him to play in places where the internet doesn't exist.

He started this specific version. A very quick load later he checked his Valkyrie roster. He stopped on Herrscher of Void and just stared at her for a bit.

This was a rare chance for him. A very rare chance. Sirin/Kiana's version is around for just chapter 9. Any other time Kiana is fighting back.

This is like a rare beast that only pops up at a very specific and unique time; he simply can't pass this and try to get her.

And once he has her… He will cuddle that love-hungry girl.

'Yes… If I have this power… then I will use it. To make the most of it.'

By the time the trio of girls was back in their Valkyrie clothes, Marcus had a serious look which made the trio slightly confused.

What's going on with him?

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As they were walking through the catapult launching tunnel toward the white portal into Honkai Earth Marcus opened up.

"I will deal with the third eruption and all of the Honkai Beasts on Earth. In turn, Herrscher of Void belongs to me." He said out of blue.

"Eh? You can do that?" Kiana exclaimed with shock he can do that?

"I can."

"...I guess?" The white-haired girl didn't know what to say. All she wanted was to save Himeko. Same with Mei and Bronya.

She was thinking that all he wants is to get the core. Then he can do that. It should be easier for this Kiana to use her powers in the future or something… Or whatever. At this point, they didn't think about what would happen after.

The excitement level was at an all-time high. They didn't even understand what he truly meant by belonging to him…

~~~~~~Honkai Impact 3rd, Schicksal HQ~~~~~~

As the group passed through the white portal they were greeted by intense wind followed by roars of Honkai Beasts and sounds of fighting.

In the distance, there was a familiar ship for the three girls. It was barging in towards the HQ!

Though the trio could not believe they were here! For them, it was quite a distant past!

"While it's beautiful to look around. We are here for a specific thing. Yes?"

Marcus' voice reminded them of the obvious!

"You are right! Thankfully…" As Kiana said she started to get surrounded by flames.

"...Our powers do resonate with Honkai in this world…" Mei said as purple and red lightning surrounded her.

"...We will assist…" Bronya said as her form was surrounded by blue butterflies.

All three transformed in front of him.

Kiana was dressed in white with a long single-shoulder cape, holding a big red flaming sword. This was her Herrscher of Flamescion form. An upgrade from her Herrscher of Void form. From his understanding, she wields fire and void at the same time. Plus that sword delivers an absurd amount of damage.

While Mai was in her Herrscher of Thunder form. Black dress, with samurai armour protectors around her arms, she had a katana on her waist. If he is correct about her weapon she might…he is not certain. But she might have one of the fancy 'keys'. Though the most distinctive thing about her was the serious look in her eyes and the pair of red horns sticking out from her forehead accompanied by her absurd long heels and black hair with purple tips. One could say she was a combination of samurai and a diva.

'Guess her theme song 'Honkai World Diva' makes sense.'

Last was Bronya who was floating in the air. The girl was just happy that her Project Bunny was with her. She didn't even bother with her surroundings as she was just looking fondly at her mech companion.

It has been a few weeks since the last time she saw him.

"What do you think? Seeing Herrscher of Flamescion in person?" Kiana said with a cheeky smirk. By this point, she can consider that he has seen her and might even have her game counterpart. So she asked it this way. Does the living version in front of him look much better?

"Yes. Adorable mixed with Heroic. It hits differently." Marcus said that while giving her thumbs up.

This made the Herrscher blush erupt once again she swiftly looked away.

"I-I am going! I am going to protect Aunt Himeko this time! The rest of you can do whatever!!!" With a flaming blast, the girl just blasted herself away.

"...Does she even know where she is going?" Marcus asked the duo of remaining Herrschers.

"Idiotka Kiana strikes again," Bronya said with a deadpan voice.

Mei only smiled for a second as she crossed her arms and looked at Marcus.

"Bronya and I can deal with Honkai Beasts around here. While you focus on Herrscher of Void. This is what you want, yes?" The Thunder Queen proposed her plan.

"Fine by me. Let's go… I can feel fluctuations in the space-time continuum. Herrscher of Void is here." Marcus said that as he looked in a specific direction.

The pair nodded at him as Mei pulled out her sword and with a blast of thunder, a dragon roar spread in the surroundings. Seconds later the winged Honkai beast landed next to Mei. She jumped on it and they flew away.

Not to be left behind, Bronya's Project Bunny transformed into a bike as she sped away after Mei.

Marcus just shook his head. Transportation? He ain't playing around in this dive. This means that the gap between destinations A and B is meaningless to him.

With the simple glow of purple, he was simply gone.

~~~

Theresa Apocalypse and Valkyrie Raiden Mei looked at White haired girl floating in the air. She was dressed in a white short dress, with black stockings, and high heels. She had the face of Kiana Kaslana. Though her facial expression is something Kiana would never show. It was haughtiness and superiority. It doesn't change the fact that she is emitting an absurd amount of Honkai energy and has lances of the pure crystalized void behind her.

This was Herrscher of Void, the second Herrscher who descended on Earth more than 14 years ago. But she was brought back and now she is possessing a much superior body and is much stronger than ever before. Though she is missing a few items to become truly unstoppable.

That is the general description of her. At this moment only two people are facing her. Not that it means much for the Herrscher she is feeling like she wants to play with these two before she turns the whole place into ashes and kills every single human here.

"Mei…—"

Before Theresa could say anything, a burst of purple light, a person appeared in front of them. He was standing between them and the Herrscher.

"Ah, my Queen. As gorgeous as I expected you would be." He said that with an appreciative voice. Kiana with a royal look is something else. It's like hitting all the right spots with extra effort.

His appearance made the Herrscher's smug look be replaced by a curious one.

For one…she can't sense anything, if she can't sense anything then this guy should be a zombie by this point.

Standing in front of Herrscher is like staring at the sun a hundred times over. You get blind instantly, in this case, he should be dead several times over.

"Who are you? I have no interest in worms."

She said that with distaste, motioning to get lost, she will kill him by accident later.

"Hehe, how about this… you want to get to them you need to deal with me."

Hearing how smug he was made the Void Queen divert all her fury toward him. He wants to die. Then she will kill him!

"Then die!"

Without any sort of ceremony spikes and lances from the solidified void slammed into the guy. She made the portals appear very close to him and made the lances accelerate at an absurd speed.

The amount of force of those should be enough to turn a human into a mist of blood.

But all of her weapons…just bounced off.

This made Mei and Theresa look at him as if they saw a miracle happen in front of their very eyes! Herrscher powers do not affect him!? Who the hell is he!?

"You need to try harder, my Queen." He said while dusting himself off. Not that there was any sort of dust to speak off.

"You! I will turn you into a pile of dust!"

As she said that she disappeared and reappeared behind him a much larger lance rushed towards his back, targeting his spine. If that hit is to land he would be cut in half or at least crippled for life.

But once again it just bounced off and flew away…leaving a half-cracked crater in its way.

"Darling…are you done throwing a fit?"

"...Darling!? You dare to call me that!?"

"I do, love."

The white-haired and dark gold-eyed beauty screamed with frustration as there was an embarrassed blush on her face. No one, no one in this world is allowed to call her like this!!!

That moment her whole body glowed black and dark orange. Hundreds of void portals surrounded his location and a massive purple cube appeared above him.

This was overkill for any sort of lifeform. But for him…she will lose the majority amount of her Honkai energy. Just to make him disappear and turn into space dust!

The guy just looked around at all the weapons. He only had a fraction of a second before they all launched at him.

Followed by a large purple cube like a meteorite smashing into his location.

Theresa and Mei had to cover their eyes as this time there was a massive explosion. The pair could not even stand as they were sent flying away from the aftershock.

The short-lived smug look on the Herrscher's face disappeared as she felt something on her right shoulder.

Her whole body turned stiff from…fright.

As her gaze slowly went to the side. She saw him…him putting his chin on her shoulder. He was looking at what she did to the location.

"Not bad. You forgot to make the spikes pop from the ground. It would have made an opponent feel that he can't even escape from you even if he is to dig the ground out."

Hearing how casual he was only made her anger boil and another feeling started to rise in her body.

It's called…fear.

With a roar, she tried to smack him away from herself, to make some distance. But before her hand could even make contact with him he was gone.

Instead, she felt something poking her left cheek.

Her gaze went to the left as she saw him standing there. He just poked her cheek with his finger.

This was IT!

"You will die! I promise you that! Even if I have to blow up this whole disgusting world! I don't care anymore, you will DIE with the rest of them!!!"

Black and dark orange honkai energy erupted from her as she was about to do something utterly crazy but at that moment she felt like something hard smacked into her stomach.

This made her start sweating buckets. Something which should be impossible but a huge amount of force crushed into her very being which made her fly away. And slam into one of the towers of the Schicksal HQ.

'Impossible…what was that! I felt like the entire world slammed into me.'

Sirin thought to herself as she walked with wobbly steps out of her imprint in the wall.

At that moment someone grabbed her chin and made her look at him. She could see a friendly smile on his face. This guy just made her look at him. Such contact… no regular being should be able to do that!

Her domain is void! She can sense any movement! But…this…this being… he doesn't exist in her perception of void!!!

"Are we done? Do you surrender to me? My darling queen? Or do you want me to try harder to get your attention?" He asked her while his thumb stroked her cheek.

Honestly…

This made her fear rise… even more.

But…

She was not done! NEVER! She is a God to these ants! They will pay for mocking her!

Herrscher of Void eyes glowed as an absurd amount of Honkai energy spiked from her.

If she can't damage him with her void then she will pummelled him to oblivion!

Just like that she grabbed his holding hand and proceeded to kick him away!

A victorious smirk appeared on her face as she realised that her attack worked! She moved him!

Though she didn't see Marcus' expression… he didn't even register that he was hurt in any sort of way.

To tame the Queen he has entered the second stage of the process. He is giving her false hope of being able to fight him back.

This is where she proceeded to try to beat him up in hand-to-hand combat however… even to Marcus' amateur eyes… She was bad at it.

Gameplay wise he knows that Herrscher of Void is a pure ranged fighter. Abusing her power over space. However, hand-to-hand is Kiana's thing. This means she is using Kiana's trained body.

But she is amateur as Marcus without training could keep up with her.

Sure enough, this amateur fight ended up in an embarrassing position as Marcus was holding both of her hands above her head. She was leaning against a wall without any means to escape.

"Unhand me you brute! Pervert! How dare you do this to me!?"

"Say…for our first date do you want it to be in an expensive restaurant or picnic outside?" Marcus asked her out of blue. Which for a second made her look stupefied!

"..."

For several seconds she didn't know what to say. At that moment something inside of her snapped.

That moment her Honkai energy went erratic. She doesn't care anymore or anything; she just wants all of this to disappear!

So she turned herself into the epicentre of an explosion, as she unleashed all of her power in a single go.

***BOOOM***

A massive, nuclear-like explosion spread through the whole area. Strangely enough, nothing much has happened. It was as if it was controlled in a strange way to only look cool and big, and unleash strong winds.

Nothing more.

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"What in the world… Who is this guy… He is manhandling Herrscher of Void instead of fighting. No, it's not even a fight…

H-He is flirting with her!?" Theresa said with a baffled look.

What madman is he!? Is he nuts!? That's a Herrscher who wants humanity gone!

Is he courting death in the most literal sense!?

"...You said it Principal… It's strange…" Raiden Mei said with a sweaty forehead. This was intense… She doesn't know if she could handle such a thing. It's maybe even worse than a proper fight.

It's like… He doesn't see the Herrscher as an enemy, instead… it's the opposite… it's like she is powerful enough to be courted… Is he THAT strong?

"Yes… However, we still need to get Kiana back, Mei. We might need to fight this guy."

Raiden Mei's eyes widened for a second. Her Principal was right! If this guy beats Herrscher of Void what will happen to Kiana!?

Slowly the pair proceeded to follow where the 'fighting' had moved. They need to see what is going on!

At that moment a streak of red appeared in front of them.

A distinctive-looking person was standing in front of them. It looked strikingly similar to Raiden Mei!

"You…" The Valkyrie Raiden Mei spoke first. She was baffled to see someone who looks just like her. And…most importantly…

"You are a Herrscher… Impossible… There should be only one of them!" Theresa said with a pale look. This was bonkers! Insane! One Herrscher is enough to put a world at risk…but this…

The new Herrscher just waved her hand to make them relax.

"I am not here to fight. I am on humanity's side." The Herrscher said while trying to make them relax.

'S-She even sounds like me!' Valkyrie Mei thought with a shocked look.

"...On humanity's side…how? How is this possible, how we didn't know that there is a Herrscher like this already!? Schicksal would have picked that there was another eruption!

*Sigh*

"To keep a long story short…we are from the future. Or…more like from a parallel word which is in the future. Marcus…the guy who is fighting Herrscher or Void brought us here on Kiana's insistence."

"...This…this means…you…"

"I am you. Herrscher of Thunder. I hope you won't need this power after this is over." Herrscher Mei said while crossing her arms and turning around. She watched how the smoke had settled down. She observed their 'fight' for a while.

The older version of Mei realised what Marcus meant by 'taking Herrscher of Void' for himself.

The Thunder Queen had a weird knot in her stomach appear. If her hunch is right… The life in Marcus 'garage' will change forever.

Before long Bronya arrived as well. She was still on her bike. Her appearance shocked Theresa and Valkyrie Mei as well!

Bronya was a Herrscher as well!

What is going on in the future!?

"Hnnn…Bronya has lost…"

Herrscher Mei slightly smiled upon hearing that.

"I do command lightning and thunder. Speed is my forte."

The Silver-haired Herrscher didn't say anything; she dismounted her bike which transformed back into her Project Bunny.

"...Bronya…you are a Herrscher as well!?" Theresa said with pure shock! What's on Earth is going on!?

Valkyrie Mei nodded at her Principle! The silver-haired girl Herrscher's clothes looked like she was going to a ball or something similar! It doesn't quite fit to fight with!

"Principal…yes. Bronya is Herrscher of Reason." The girl quite simply explained which made the pair dumbfounded. It was quite awkward for Herrscher Mei and Bronya…they never expected this much of a shock… Maybe it's because of the situation? Theresa they knew wasn't THAT shocked. Or was she?

~~~~~~On Other Side of Schicksal HQ~~~~~~

A tired-looking Murata Himeko and Frederica Nikola Tesla were moving deeper into the HQ to free captured Kiana Kaslana, they didn't know that the Herrscher inside of Kiana already awakened and was causing a ruckus outside.

So, they were proceeding deeper pointlessly and fighting a greater and greater amount of Schicksal Mechs.

"There is no end to these things! I never knew they had this many of them!" The Red-haired Valkyrie said as she swung a massive red blade at a mech.

Destroying one, another two took its place.

"Let me handle them! Aunt Himeko!!!" Excited Kiana's voice spread through the surroundings as that moment was like a meteorite, a flaming ball slammed into a horde of mechs.

Revealing herself, it was Kiana…but she was very, very different from what Himeko can remember!

"...A Herrscher!?" Tesla said while fixing her glasses. She was in utter disbelief seeing this person in front of her!

"Give me a sec!"

Arcs of three different flames erupted from Kiana's sword as she sent a wave of flames forward melting any and every robot she could see.

Once she dealt with all the threats she dismissed her sword and lunged to hug Himeko without any sort of care!

"Aunt Himeko, I missed you so much!!!"

"...!?!?"

The red-haired Valkyrie and the red-haired scientist were confused! What is going on!? Is this Kiana? Or something else entirely!?

"... It's good to see you as well…Kiana?"

"Yes! Well…you are most likely confused. But, I am Kiana Kaslana from the future. I have arrived here with Mei and Bronya and a guy by the name of Marcus Goldman who can travel to different worlds and timelines!" Kiana said that as she pulled back and puffed her chest.

"???"

"As you can see I am a human who can control her Herrscher power! I am Herrscher of Flamescion!"

"!?"

"...Impossible." Tesla who heard that was so baffled that it made no sense…

It's like this girl was saying that the sky is red. And she as a scientist was wrong her whole life!

"Possible. I am here! Anyway! Let's go back to where my evil self is. Marcus should be taking care of her. While Mei and Bronya should have dealt with the Honkai Beasts by this point." Kiana said that as she motioned for her sword to return to her.

"Let's go! I want you to meet Mei and Bronya. They are Herrschers as well!"

""W-What!!!""