Honkai Martial Artist

Chapter 1

Imagines flashed in my mind. Showing the purpose of this tower. It was a cloning facility. The whole facility is trying to clone a Herrscher.

This Herrscher could control Void. More images flashed through my mind. Its previous body was destroyed and now they are trying to insert the Herrscher crystal into a cloned girl's body.

The girl has white hair and blue eyes. Her blood is special.

I hummed to myself as I saw things through the energy.

Regardless. I finally found some purpose in what I will do in this reality.

Whatever organisation this is. I don't like it.

Cloning like this is wrong. Especially for something so easily achievable.

Whatever this organisation is they lack spiritual understanding of Herrschers.

After reading all of this my hand went to my sword and with a casual swing of it, I cut the tower open. Creating an entrance point.

Just like that I walked inside and proceeded to enter deeper into this cloning facility.

Alarms started to blare through the building.

I was greeted by a small army of women.

"My…what a curious development. Someone has quite the funds to just employ women as guards." I commented on the fact that the only guards they have are females.

This is quite a shock.

"What is with this kid…"

"C-Check his Honkai levels!"

"...I-Is he a Herrscher!?"

The girls panicked when they noticed me.

"Now ladies, I don't want to hurt you. So why don't you just surrender?"

I asked with a smile which for some reason made them pale even more.

"H-Herrscher! We won't surrender!"

"Well, I did warn you."

With a casual motion, a large Yin and Yang symbol appeared underneath them which caused them to un-gracefully collapse on the ground.

Once that was done I proceeded to walk deeper into the base. The girls had difficulties standing up.

So I used this moment to slip past them.

The energy guided me to where the only successful and living girl was. I saw how she looked. She had bandages all over her and she had one orange and one blue eye.

The girl looked pitiful, as she looked like she was experimented on.

A few more minutes I once again used my sword to cut open doors.

Arriving at her cell.

"...Who are you?" She asked me with caution and curiosity.

My eyes ended up on her. My energy scanned her up. I frowned when I realised that she was quite special! Like she can resist my scans at subconscious levels.

Some sort of bloodline ability?

'...Her family name… Kaslana? How curious…' Images of people with this bloodline started flashing through my mind.

They all have white hair and blue eyes. The most prominent one was a guy with a flaming sword… from long ago.

'I see… so they are fighting against the energy…'

"My name is Raynold Westwood, and I will take you away from this place."

With a casual hand thrust, I launched a Yin and Yang symbol at the wall next to her. Shattering it and creating an existence outside, cold winds started to rush inside.

"...You will? Why?"

"Because I want to." As I said that I walked over and sheathed my sword and picked her up effortlessly. I could smell medicine from her. This made me annoyed.

Sadly, it's either I pick her up or dig up through this place to find out more about this tower. The option for me was clear: I pick her up, meaning I take an important asset from this shitty organisation.

With a casual kick off I jumped out from the tower.

'Hmm…if I do this…'

Mid-jump I realised that I could use my Balance power to fly!

With such an idea in mind, I tried it out and just like that! I was flying! Since my power dictates a balance between relationships I can alter my relationship with gravity!

"...Um…"

"Hold tightly we will go somewhere warmer."

"...Okay…"

~~~

The guy who took her was strange. His eyes were strange, he had one white and one black eye. He could use these strange abilities. She had never seen anything like this before.

The voice in her mind was telling her to be careful, so she followed it.

Regardless they arrived at a place where there was no snow, they were close to a place with a lot of water and it was quite warm

This person then started to do something which caused a building to get built up…by itself.

"Do you have a name?"

His question got her confused.

"...I don't know."

"...Hmm…in that case…" He created a white stick and started to write on the ground.

"...Your name… it feels right…to call you Kiana Kaslana…what do you think?"

"...Kiana…Kaslana?"

The moment he said that it rang well with her. It felt right.

"...Yes…I like it!"

"Good. We have that out of the way. I will teach you how to read and write, as well as to fight and use those powers of yours." Raynold casually mentioned that while looking at her with a small smile.

"...Why would you do that?"

"Because you are like me. You are a Herrscher. Those people want to use you. This is why, I will teach you how to defend yourself. Is it good enough for you?"

His explanation has somewhat calmed the voice she had in her head.

"...I…"

"Relax. Now why don't we explore the small house I just built for us." He patted her head before motioning to come inside.

She slowly nodded at him. There was a mesmerising look on her face. This guy was…strange. In a good way. He didn't look older than her. Maybe by a few years. But, he was reliable. He even knows how to wield the power she has!

"I used this energy to build everything since it's not organic, everything non-organic is possible to create."

He casually mentioned that as they entered the house. Kiana looked around. Eventually, she picked a room.

"...Can I stay here?"

"Of course."

A small smile appeared on her lips. She then looked through the window and saw the endless water in the distance.

The view was beautiful.

After a few minutes, Raynold walked in and created a few pieces of furniture for her.

Kiana is still in awe of how he makes everything for her. They just met and he is helping so much. Even the voice in her head stopped telling her to be careful.

Once he was done with the furniture. He focused on her.

"Now stay still. I am going to make some clothes for you."

"..O-Okay…"

Just like that, he put his hand on her head and she could feel Honkai energy flowing through the surface of her skin.

Moments later her clothes changed. They were no longer simple patient rags but simple to move in pants and a sweater.

"Hmm… let's see if I can make some more things."

He walked away from her and started to make clothes appear on the top of her bed.

A few minutes later she had a small mountain of clothes of different colours and styles.

"Now you have no excuse to look bad or dirty, Kiana."

"...O-Okay!"

The girl went over and inspected herself in the mirror which he created for her.

The girl quickly used the hoody, which had cat ears, to cover her head. It just felt right to use it like that.

When Raynold saw that he could only smile. One of the things he didn't mention to her is that he always wanted to have a cat in his previous place.

But circumstances didn't allow it. So now he is going to have one!

"It appears you like it. Now why don't we inspect the wounds you have on your body?"

She slowly nodded and walked over to his side.

~~~

Soon enough the white-haired girl started her new life with Raynold.

Her caution slowly started to disappear and instead, she embraced this new life. It was heavy on discipline as he would teach her an array of skills.

While it was hard at times he would always reward her for her work. From food to entertainment.

What the girl didn't like was studying, however, whether she wanted or not he would force her to study and learn.

As months went through, one night Kiana's eyes would snap open and instead of one orange and one blue both of them were orange.

The Herrscher persona has fully taken over.

The girl slowly got up from her bed. Her sleepwear disappeared and it was replaced by a short white dress, knee-long black stockings and high-heeled shoes. Behind her several black-orange lances manifested.

The girl floated over to the door and slowly opened it. Floating over to Raynold's room and opening the doors as well.

Her lancers floated over to him and pointed at his neck.

"If you want to kill me you shouldn't have hesitated."

"I don't want to kill you. I want answers." Her voice was different. It sounded like she was speaking through a filter.

"...So the lances are to make sure I don't lie?"

"That is correct."

"Hmm. Fine. I suppose you can start asking." He didn't sound terrified or on edge. It was nothing like that. It was as if he didn't even register sharp weapons at his throat.

"You are a Herrecher. Why are you not destroying humanity?"

"Why would I? I do whatever I want. This is power I developed myself. No one will tell me how to use it."

His straightforward answer got the fellow Herrscher by surprise.

"...I don't understand."

"I created the crystal myself, I gathered energy myself, Why would I follow some sort of a will? And why would you do that?"

His question got her frown and somewhat angry. Her anger was obvious. It was mad fury.

"...Because of the experiment they do on people, because of their greed, because they are weak, they are like worms. Humans need to be purged."

"...Hmm, I see. How much of that is your anger and how much of that is fake?"

"I don't understand."

Instead of answering he brushed the lances away and pulled the girl into a hug.

For a moment her brain short circuits. That second she had a flashback of something similar happening before. Only the issue is that she can't recall who hugged her like this before.

"This energy which you can't control properly yet is inflating your anger."

As he said that golden glow surrounded him and spread into her.

At that moment her anger which was always there in the background started to lessen to a large degree.

"Let me explain the principles of life while we are at it."

Sure enough, he started to explain the deal between weak and strong. How weak people could exploit even weaker people and how strong people should behave.

Raynold was always thankful for the lessons he got on morals from the Shaolin and the Taoists.

That's the thing about this energy. It preys on certain emotions and inflates them considerably.

He realised that this specific Herrscher's original birth was thanks to experiments as well.

Not only did this organisation create a Herrscher but when they defeated it they tried to create it again. Most likely to make it into a weapon.

And now he has stolen this asset from them. There is no doubt they will try to look for him.

After explaining to the Herrscher persona what a weakling can do. She somewhat calmed down.

One could say that she doesn't like weaklings. It was good progress. From hating humanity as a whole to hating weaklings who can exploit people. He lowered her hate and focused on a specific branch of people.

Regardless, she ended up falling asleep in his hands. He knows well enough that Herrscher doesn't need sleep and she is just abusing the situation.

However, when she opened her eyes again, Both of her eyes were blue.

"...Huh…how did I end up in your bed?"

"...I think you sleepwalked."

"...eh!?"

"Don't worry. It's fine."

He patted her head once again which made her giggle with happiness.

'I guess I will start teaching her how to control her powers. The Herrscher persona which she inherited with the crystal should be much less hostile. They need to form a synergy.'