Time in a collapsing world

"died?"

“…There is still a breath left.”

"Are all people with the last name Kaslana so desperate?"

"Maybe... Kevin is like that too."

"..."

In front of Francis, who was almost burned to charcoal, a green-haired girl in a tight dress and a woman in an alternative nun's uniform ignored the residual heat left by the Holy Judgment of Heavenly Fire and talked very naturally.

The largest Honkai beast noticed this side, but it didn't come closer, perhaps because it was discouraged by the high temperature or because it was afraid of these two humans who were out of tune with this era.

"Are you going to save him?"

Noticing the woman in nun uniform squatting down, the green-haired girl crossed her chest and sneered, "The side effects of this weapon are not so easy to counteract. Similar experiments have been done before. Without the conditions, you can't save him, Aponya."

"I'm just...trying to delay his death..."

Aponia put his hand on the forehead of the "charred corpse" and extended an invisible mental force towards him.

"I think you are adding to his suffering. It would be better to just let this guy die."

The green-haired girl, Mebius, still spoke in a harsh tone.

Aponia arrived before Yaeri returned from Taixu Mountain, but did not meet with Yaeri Rin and Theophil. Instead, after confirming that Yaeri was not there, she chose to go find Mebius.

At that time, Mebius was not in the city, but stayed in his own little world. When he noticed Aponia approaching, he did not open the door immediately to let her in, but waited for a long time, and only came out slowly after finishing all the experiments.

After that, he didn't even invite Aponya in to sit down, but just started chatting.

Aponia asked about the recent contact between Mobius and Yaeri, and then talked about Mobius' experiments and various personal matters, but the other party just casually brushed them off.

"Li is already on the way."

Aponia said so, causing Mebius to frown. In the herd, even the gray snake couldn't always keep an eye on Yaeki's whereabouts, especially since the other party was still using his power to travel.

"you sure?"

"His mental strength is getting closer and closer..."

Apparently, Aponia was willing to keep Francis alive even though he should have died, just to gain a glimmer of hope after Yaegiri's arrival.

"That's fine, he's just an ordinary person anyway, he won't say anything even if he saves Mei."

Mebius glanced at the Holy Fire Judgement tightly held in Francis' hand, squatted down and snatched it away.

"Consider it as a reward for saving his life. This weapon will be most effective in Kevin's hands."

“This might cause a little bit of unrest…”

Aponia disagreed. After all, without the Holy Judge of Skyfire, the Kaslana family would probably be weaker than Apokalis.

And Francis' title as the God of War will completely disappear after this.

"Kevin's descendants are not weak, don't underestimate them."

Mebius didn't care, playing with the Seventh God Key that Mei rarely let her touch before. "If they are easily swallowed up after losing a mere weapon, it means that this family has no reason to exist."

Aponia said nothing more, and concentrated on maintaining Francis' mental power.

Mei has some restrictions on people from the previous civilization, but Mebius is obviously not among them. Whether he will obey or not depends purely on his mood.

……

On the other side of the battlefield, Kallen, who had escaped, was found by a team sent by the Kaslana family, who were all trying to persuade her to go back.

But Karen didn't find her father, so she struggled and didn't want to go with them.

"This...Captain."

One team member looked at their captain in embarrassment. They couldn't waste too much time. Several waves of attacks had been resolved, but more Honkai beasts were approaching.

"..."

The team leader pondered for a moment, "Lady Saint, do you know the location of the master of the family?"

"team leader?!"

Being stared at with shocked eyes by his teammates, the captain shook his head and signaled her not to say anything more.

Francis was the pillar of the Kaslana family. The fact that he hadn't returned for such a long time meant that he might have run into some trouble, or even...

The captain didn't dare to think further.

For Kaslana, Francis cannot leave so early because her daughter Kallen is not yet grown up, and it would be best if she could bring her back.

But they couldn't let the saint take risks, so the captain thought of sending a few people to send Kallen back to the main force, and then he and several other team members would go to the deeper part of the battlefield to look for Francis.

Hearing the captain's question, Kallen's eyes involuntarily looked in the direction where the pillar of fire disappeared.

Is it over there?

The captain came up with the answer.

This team was not that old, so they had never seen the Holy Fire Judge at his full strength. Only Kallen, with some kind of magical sixth sense and the boasting her father had said to her in the past, could vaguely guess that Francis was in that position.

The captain signaled several team members to step out and escort Kallen back.

This time, Karin's struggle was not as intense, but she had not completely given up the idea of ​​going to find her father in person.

Several team members held onto Karen's arms tightly, preventing her from leaving.

Just as they were about to separate, a Valkyrie on guard suddenly shouted in a panic: "Captain, something's happening! It's noticed us!"

Everyone looked over and their faces suddenly changed. They saw that the largest Honkai beast changed direction and walked slowly towards them.

With just two or three steps, he had quickly closed the distance between them.

Not only that, even the followers at its feet followed their master and rushed over madly, at an even faster speed!

A charge-level Honkai beast rushed out from the corner of the street and was mercilessly pierced through the head by a Valkyrie.

But this was like a signal. More and more Advance-level Honkai beasts appeared, followed by the Tank-level and Knight-level beasts...

The speed of killing cannot keep up with the speed of the opponent's attack.

As a last resort, the captain had to temporarily give up sending Kallen back and instead flee with her.

We can't go back to the port anymore, and the people there are constantly evacuating.

We have to find a large army... No, if a large army could deal with these Honkai beasts, the city would not have fallen.

The captain was in a dilemma as he looked at Kallen who was forcibly carried on the back of a team member.

If the Saint was not around, they would not mind sacrificing their lives here, but with the Saint around, they would regard ensuring each other's life safety as their highest mission.

"..."

Oh, right! Master of the family!

For some unknown reason, there were no Honkai beast activities in the direction where the pillar of fire disappeared.

If they could find the head of the family, maybe they would be willing to risk their lives to get these two people out?