Honkai Martial Artist

Chapter 5

"You are Kaslana. Just like Kiana. No— you ARE Kiana Kaslana." Raynold said with wide eyes as images flashed through his eyes.

This girl is the original donor from which the clone Kiana Kaslana was created. Because of her special bloodline, she was the perfect material to bring back Herrscher of Void.

"...what are you talking about?" The blonde girl asked if she could barely move or comprehend what was going on.

This guy is so powerful that it doesn't make sense to her. He is not even using his Herrscher form! Hell! He even looks younger than her! Just WHAT is he!?

"Your origins. Do you know who your parents are?"

"...They are dead."

"Indeed. Overseer Otto killed your mother and forced your father to hide, and yet— You followed him like a puppy. Such a great girl you are."

Her eyes trembled.

"You're speaking nonsense!" She snapped angrily! How does he even know that? They just met! He is her enemy!

"Fine. Be your way. Then ask your Overseer. Ask him to tell you the truth. Ask him to tell you about Cecilia Schariac, your mother."

Once again her eyes trembled.

"H-How do you know about her!?"

"I wield Honkai." He lifted his hand and a ball of energy gathered turned into different elements, forms, and densities.

"Honkai gives form to things. It's like magic, once you are in tune with it, it even shows you glimpses of the past." After saying that he released the hold he had on her.

This girl is Kiana Kaslana. This automatically makes her not his enemy. Even IF she said she would kill him. All he sees is her face in this blonde girl. Now that he can see it they do have similar face shapes, same eyes. She is only blonde.

It's not hard to alter her genetic makeup with the technology they have. But you can't change everything.

"You…you are a Herrscher! Of course, you can wield Honkai! In truth it controls you!"

*Snort*

"The only thing controlling me is my curiosity." After saying that he let her go and then walked away transforming back to his Herrscher form and then proceeded to fly away.

"W-Wait!"

"I will see you later, other Kiana."

The blonde's eyebrows twitched from anger! This guy! Not only did he humiliate her, he even turned her head into chaos!

"I AM NOT KIANA! I AM DURANDAL!"

She screamed at him. After that, she collapsed on her back. All the strength left her. Adrenaline stopped pumping through her blood.

The pain returned with force.

"...That Herrscher…I will remember this humiliation."

Her eyes started to burn with fire. She will train like there is no tomorrow.

Once she is ready…she will beat the very life out of him!

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While Raynold was dealing with Durandal, Kiana proceeded through the HQ like a natural disaster. Her Honkai Beasts are making way for her.

'It appears we are losing some of them even if we are only creating higher-tier ones.'

Her Herrscher persona spoke to her as she just sensed several Templars cease to function.

'Doesn't matter. We have more than enough energy stored in Imaginary Space to replace all the lost dolls.'

'I guess…they are here to cause distraction after all.'

As the Void Queen proceeded she eventually encountered a Valkyrie with a Scythe. Behind her was a blonde man dressed like a noble, and another girl who looked…strangely familiar.

Kiana narrowed her eyes and her void territory spread out to encase everything.

"We meet again. Otto Apocalypse." The Herrscher's voice got the trio's attention. All the Honkai Beasts stopped and allowed their Queen to take the stage.

"The Great Void Queen. It's a pleasure to see you again." Otto did a respectful bow. While his two followers looked nervously at this.

"...Hmm, I am still thinking if I should allow you to live or not.

You turned me into Herrscher, then killed me, then created a body for me and brought me back." Kiana counted on her fingers with leisure.

"Now-Now." he motioned for her to calm down. "We should solve this through dialogue."

"Indeed. But you are like a cockroach and a worm. It's hard to know with you— weak people.

Weaklings always prey on weaker people. Yet, when stronger comes into the play they beg and squirm but the moment a stronger being shows his back the weakling will stab in the back.

That is you. So tell me, how should I treat you?"

"...You have grown…Herrscher of Void." He was impressed. Otto didn't expect her to turn philosophical.

"You have no idea…Otto Apocalypse."

With a snap of her finger portals opened from all sides…. Emperor Class Honkai Beasts surrounded the trio.

Above them, subspace lances came out from portals.

She had them cornered and by all means, she had taken them hostage.

"...It appears you still have some use for me if you haven't killed me." He realised that she was showing her might. There should be a hidden motive for her actions.

"Correct. My origins. What are they? I know I am a clone. Who am I? What is my past? Tell me, and I will let your Schicksal exist."

'Why does she care about that? Identity crisis?'

"...What do you want…specifically?"

"...Kaslana. This body is that of Kaslana. What are they?"

"...Kaslana are one of three families which have fought against honkai since times immemorial. Some say they have been here since the Previous Era. I, myself, only have a hypothesis on this."

"...Hmm… you are telling the truth."

"...You can tell that?"

"...I have my means. After all, if you told a lie, that Parvati would have turned you into a chewing toy."

The blonde looked at the menacing boar-like Honkai Beast standing next to him.

How on Earth these rebelling Herrschers can control Honkai Beasts?

"Regardless, at least I know the roots of this body. Now tell me about Herrscher roots?"

"..."

"...Sirin, the girl's name was Sirin. She was one of the test subjects. We were running tests on girls from frontier villages. Stigmata is still a mystery to us. It's a genius creation from the Previous Era.

"...Overseer…"

The maid Valkyrie looked with wide eyes when she heard that.

"You surprised? Your Schicksal created a Herrscher, causing the Second Eruption which killed millions of people.

If not for Raynold, I would have gone rogue again! Since I was in a similar facility once again."

'Raynold? So that's the name of Herrscher of Balance.' Otto will remember that name. This was the person who trained this Herrscher into the monster it is now.

With such powers she has, there is no question that she could end life on the planet with minimal difficulty.

"Sacrifices had to be done—"

That moment Kiana's eyebrows twitched.

Before Otto can say something more he is blasted into a wall. The Void Queen was holding him by the neck.

Her movement was so fast that none of the three could even perceive her movement.

"Your weakness disgusts me."

She started to choke him.

His followers finally reacted and started to attack her.

But Kiana completely ignored them.

Their swings and attacks bounced off a barrier.

"You are using Honkai to fight Honkai. Don't make me laugh. You haven't established your dominance over it!!!"

Just like that their weapons started to crack and shatter.

All the Honkai were absorbed by Kiana.

"N-No Way."

"...How is that even possible!"

The pair looked at their weapons which turned into dust!

Otto even though he was pinned down saw what this was!

'This is like…Edge of Taixuan!'

Now it made sense to Otto, this Raynold is like Hu Fua! He trained Kiana, and now she has Herrscher powers with teachings similar to Edge of Taixuan!

'What a terrifying combination.'

"Wait!" With a groan, the Overseer tried to find a solution to this situation.

"You can still talk? Let me break your neck."

"I-I haven't fini—*Crack*"

"Let him finish Kiana… you need to satisfy your curiosity." Raynold's voice spread through the hall as the roof was blasted off and he descended.

Just hearing his voice was enough for Kiana to lose a large amount of anger.

"Fine."

She released his neck and floated right next to Raynold's side.

'Two of them… it appears Durandal was no match for him.'

Otto realised that he had double the issues.

"So you are Otto Apocalypse. The illustrious Overseer of Schicksal."

"I am honoured for such an introduction. But I am not worthy. You alone did more to humanity than I did in the past 500 years."

"The way you speak. You have an angle." Raynold realised that as Otto answered and revealed something about himself, trying to peak his curiosity.

"...Perceptive. I want powers over the void. If you can give it to me you can have Schicksal."

"!!!"

"!!!"

"!!!"

Raynold frowned for a second. He thought about this for a bit. If Otto wanted Herrscher he could have waged war on Anti-Entropy and gained Herrscher of Reason Core.

No, he wants specific power. Herrscher of Void powers.

"Why?"

"I want to reach the Imaginary Tree."

"...What for? You are a being who is over 500 years old. You've been 'working' on something for that long.

You have my respect for that. Dedication is something I respect."

"Heh…fine… I suppose I'll tell you." The blonde man sighed, he will say something he has not told to anyone in this world. A secret as old as him.

"...Ray…"

"Don't worry. If his answer satisfies me—" He motioned for her to calm down.

"I will give you Gem of Space." Raynold told that to Otto.

"...Gem of Space?"

"This gem will give you access to illusionary Space. You will be a pseudo Herrscher."

"...what are you? You can make Honkai crystals!?" Otto was more than flabbergasted.

"I turned myself into Herrscher. Making crystals like that is a child's play." He casually mentioned that, before motioning to explain.

Raynold's curiosity peaked. He wants to know what drives this man to work towards something for 500 years.

"!!!"

*Sigh*

"No wonder… no wonder I could not find you… well whatever…"

"Let me explain something about the world. When a person dies his or her soul leaves the body and goes into a cycle of reincarnation.

This means even if you want to resurrect something you can't because that person's soul is not there anymore."

"...you want to resurrect a person."

"Correct! Her name is Kallen Kaslana."

"...Overseer! You're saying that…all of this… because you want to bring to life one woman!?" One of his followers who had honey blond hair was utterly shocked and maybe even disgusted. He did all that for one woman!? All the experiments…everything!

"...Correct. There is no point hiding this anymore."

"...Impressive. I am impressed."

Instead of being disgusted or disappointed, Raynold was impressed.

"Ray…"

"Kiana. Being dedicated to a single cause for more than 500 years. That is what I call dedication.

I don't care if it's for a girl or for selfless reasons. It doesn't matter to me. What matters is that he never gave up on that goal.

You need to learn from the Overseer. Your dedication to training is still lacking."

The white-haired Void Queen groaned.

Why now!? Why in front of random people!?

"Very well. I will assist you, in turn, Schicksal is mine."

Otto smiled. It was a genuine smile.

"You can have it. I don't care."

"Overseer! You can't be serious!" The maid exclaimed with disbelief so did Kiana.

"I am very serious, Rita. Raynold is something Schicksal always lacked." The blonde man responded with a nod to the Valkyrie.

"Your understanding of Honkai energy is something I haven't seen before." Otto turned towards Raynold who landed on the ground.

"...Ray…are you sure?"

"Kiana… once you have access to the information you can find everything you want about the Kaslana family and your origins."

"...Fine. If this is what you want. I don't care."

The Void Queen swiftly caved in. She doesn't care. Besides this was his idea to invade.

She only played along.

"I will give her access to everything she wants." The Overseer casually agreed. There was no hesitation.

"Good. Then show me how you run this place. And then I can give you the crystal.

Do say goodbye Otto Apocalypse, This is the last time you see this place. You are planning to die, yes?"

The blonde man smirked at him.

"You Herrschers are fascinating. You already know what will happen to me."