Honkai Impact 3: Rebirth of Ellie, starting with the Tower of Babylon

"I will defeat you, for our future..."

"What about the future... that's not important at all!" Before Kiana could finish her words, Nadia condensed a spear and stabbed at Kiana.

“Then…” Kiana raised her sword, and the black spear was cut in half vertically by the golden flames, “Prove it with your actions!”

But the next moment, the spear turned into black mud again, condensed in Nadia's hand, and turned into a sharp claw.

Kiana directly turned the debris she had just cut into a barrier in front of her.

Then the barrier emitted a dazzling golden light.

boom!

Because Nadia's connection with the Thousand Herrscher's thread was cut off by Kiana, she could not absorb the "black mud" from other people as power.

She was directly blown into the building by the explosion caused by Kiana's barrier.

"Huh...what's that expression on your face?"

"..." Kiana looked down at the people below, her eyes actually contained a trace of pity... This made Nadia feel very uncomfortable.

She doesn't need anyone's pity.

"Don't think you can get carried away just like that!" She gritted her teeth and yelled at Kiana who was in mid-air.

"You can no longer draw strength from those threads..." Kiana said this. When fighting with the opponent, she vaguely felt the sadness hidden in the opponent's heart. Under the influence of the core, she showed that look.

Although this doesn't mean that Kiana will let her go directly...

"So what!" Nadia quickly rushed to Kiana, raised her claws, and grabbed down.

But Kiana cut off his arm with a single blow.

But soon, the arm healed again, and then attacked again...

……

temperature,

Extremely high temperatures,

Nadia felt as if every cell in her body was clamoring with dissatisfaction, just like it was then...

"Heh..." She laughed bitterly.

Is she still... a person made up of cells...

Is she really... a person?

Healing again and again, counterattack again and again...meaningless counterattacks,

Just like her existence...

at last,

After her arms were cut off again, she stopped healing, and Kiana stabbed the sword into her chest.

"It's over..." Kiana murmured as she looked at the figure in front of her that was no longer moving.

“No…” But the other party’s voice made Kiana alert again, “It’s not over yet, it will never end!”

Nadia's body instantly began to heal and expand, but it would be more accurate to say that it was swelling rather than expansion.

It's like a person with pustules all over her body, except that her whole body is black.

Kiana quickly stepped back, but saw Cecilia, Bronya, and Fu Hua still lying on the ground.

She threw out a circle of flames as a barrier. Nadia's swollen body couldn't cross it, but it also trapped the two of them together.

"Ah...Ah...Ah!" A violent scream came from the black monster in front.

It seems that the expansion of her body did not bring comfort, but more intense pain...

but……

"I... will not fail! I will not lose!" The liquid in the black "pus" began to gather upwards.

In her mouth, which was emitting colorful light, a terrifying energy was accumulating.

Even more powerful than the one directed at Cecilia,

But there was still no fear in Kiana's eyes.

But... she was a little nervous. She tightly grasped the sword in her hand and raised it into the air.

Kiana,

Kiana,

Kiana,

Stupid Kiana,

Kiana sauce...

……

Friends, partners, and family... They seem to be right beside me...

It seemed to be encouragement, comfort, encouragement for her, and...

"That's why," she smiled softly, and then gathered the golden power on the tip of the sword, "Because this is everyone's wish, I will not lose..."

She raised the sword above her head, and her power overflowed and cut through the dark clouds in the sky. "This sword connects us. It will burn the dark sky and shine the light to further places!"

"what!!!"

The black mud accompanied by colorful flames was launched towards Kiana in the sky.

Kiana chopped down...

boom!

The golden light instantly replaced the entire black area, and the swollen body was cut in half...

-

"..."

Kiana just looked at the blue-haired girl in front of her. They returned to their normal attire and talked in this space of consciousness.

At the moment when Nadia was about to be cut off by the sword...

Like a miracle, they established a connection of consciousness.

Just as miraculous as Kiana gaining power...

But Nadia's body was slowly emitting light particles, as if it would disappear in the next second.

"Why," Nadia looked up and asked, "In that situation, you still didn't fall into despair..."

"Because everyone is still waiting for me."

"Is that so..." Her eyes dimmed a little, as if she was thinking about something.

"..."

"You won..." a choked voice came. "You can leave now..."

"Really, nothing to say?"

"…It's meaningless. If you fail, everything will be meaningless."

"..."

"I was born with only this meaning..." She knew from the beginning that she was not the original girl.

She was just a tool created out of the girl's despair and used by "God"...

"It will have meaning..." Kiana sighed and said, "Everyone's life has its own meaning, we just need to find it."

"but……"

"Besides humans...everything, every matter has its own value and meaning..."

“Without dust, we would not know the beauty of cleanliness; without disease, we would not see the importance of health; without death, we would not understand the value of life.”

"Besides, you are a living being, a living being with self-thinking. How can you be meaningless?"

"…My significance?"

wow~

A baby's cry was heard...

"Is this... my child, Nadia? I hope her future will be as hopeful as her name." These are the words from the mother's heart.

The father said nothing, but expressed his love with his eyes and actions.

What about her...

what about me……

"I hope..."

"I hope..." She did not continue speaking, but suddenly laughed. As she laughed, tears began to fall one by one. Then, she could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

"I hope..." Kiana walked forward and gently hugged Nadia's body that was about to disappear, "You can find your own meaning in the end..."

Feeling the shape in her arms completely disappear, Kiana raised her head. She had returned to reality.

But Nadia had been burned by the flames without leaving any trace, and all that was left were the words faintly visible on the ground.

"I hope to be with my parents forever and live happily..."