"It seems that girl's plan worked," Queenie sighed in relief, feeling the distortion around her slowly fade.
The '𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘅𝗶𝗿'… A liquid capable of granting absolute purification to its target. Made from the blood of a Transcendent being, purified by the Saintess of the Holy Spirit Empire.
According to Takamiya Mayuri's account, a Herrscher was a human distorted by Honkai Energy.
So in theory—if the Elixir could purify corrupted energy, then the Herrscher should be able to be restored...
At first this serum had been their original plan, but Laura had wanted to use another strategy, namely making use of the Hunters' Talents.
Unfortunately, because she failed, even causing the deaths of Rank SS Hunters, she ended up using the Elixir...
Queenie's alluring body leaned against a wall of the ruins, trying to ignore the pain running through her entire body.
As a Rank SSS Hunter, she knew exactly the limits of her abilities. Fighting the Herrscher of the Void was the same as signing a death warrant, even if she might be able to land a decisive blow.
"Now what should I do," she muttered as she looked at Rina and Mayuri, who were still unconscious.
She could have escaped—her abilities were more than enough for that—but seeing Mayuri, a Spirit with a connection to Lux, made it impossible for her to simply leave.
There was a bond she could not ignore. So she decided to stay… Hoping help from the World Organization would arrive in time.
It didn't take long for her prayer to be answered… The air trembled with the presence of Hunters from the World Organization.
***
"Clear the area and search for survivors! Prioritize the zones with the lowest Honkai residue!"
Lingyun, the Rank SSS Hunter assigned to lead the rescue mission, surveyed the destruction around him with a cold gaze.
The air was still distorted, containing poison that could kill an ordinary person within minutes.
The sky, cracked like shattered glass, framed the apocalyptic scene below.
No one would survive in chaos like this.
But then his eyes caught an anomaly.
The electric current from his body flared, and a lightning teleport carried him to the source of the anomaly in an instant.
"...Pitiful," Lingyun whispered without emotion.
Before him lay a figure with gray hair, now dull with dust and blood.
Laura, the Queen of Gravity.
Her body was riddled with gaping holes as though pierced by hundreds of invisible spears.
Fragments of her sword were scattered around her, glittering in the light from the cracked sky.
"Still breathing..." It was astonishing how a human could survive in this condition.
Lingyun immediately summoned the medical team while his eyes continued to sweep the area.
"If Laura is here, the Herrscher of the Void is probably still roaming around," he said sharply to the Rank S Hunter beside him.
"Contact those three Rank SSS idiots. They're the ones who must take responsibility for this mess."
"Right away, Captain."
***
[𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻...]
[𝟭%...]
[𝟮%...]
[𝟯%...]
"𝐇𝐚𝐡, 𝐡𝐚𝐡, 𝐡𝐚𝐡..."
Broken laughter cut through the silence of the devastated forest.
Among the fallen trees, the figure of the Herrscher of the Void could be seen trembling.
Her usually solid form now fluctuated like a malfunctioning hologram.
Her eyes, which normally glowed golden, now flickered, occasionally changing to a blue as clear as the ocean...
"𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐧, 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧, 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧..." She cursed again and again, clenching her fist until blood dripped from her palm. "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧..."
For a queen who considered herself above everything, this defeat was an unforgivable humiliation.
Every cell in her body screamed with burning vengeance. If she met that human again, there would be no mercy—only the most painful death.
The Herrscher of the Void decided to withdraw for the time being.
The Honkai Energy in her body was unstable, causing problems with her Authority. But as she was about to walk away, her survival instincts flared.
Her right eye, still golden, narrowed, staring sharply into the darkness before her.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭?"
Her voice was chillingly cold, yet there was wariness in it.
In a condition like this… Even the most dangerous predator could become prey.
From the shadows, a figure emerged and answered in the calm voice of a young girl,
"I can heal you." The offer was simple.
"But in exchange, join my organization—Akatsuki—and become my subordinate."
There was a moment of silence.
Then mocking laughter burst from the Herrscher of the Void's lips—laughter full of contempt and disgust.
"𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞? 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞? 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧'𝐬? 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞?" Her golden eyes glinted dangerously.
"A queen, huh." The figure answered without emotion, its voice as cold as the Herrscher of the Void's own. "If you are a queen, then the one standing before you now is a 'God'!"
"𝐇𝐞𝐡, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤! 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡!"
Without warning, dozens of Subspace Lances shot out like bullets, cleaving the air toward the figure!
But the figure was ready. With a practiced motion of the hand, it pressed all five fingers to the ground and shouted:
"<<𝐊𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐮>>!"
𝙋𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙁...!! 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙈...!!
Thick white smoke exploded, creating a protective wall that deflected all the Subspace Lances until they shattered to pieces!
***
'A-almost... if I'd been a little late, one of my Pain puppets would definitely have been destroyed!'
Kirai steadied his ragged breathing.
His original plan was simple—recruit the Herrscher of the Void for Akatsuki, the organization he wanted to form.
At first, he had intended to interfere in the battle between the Rank SSS Hunters and the Herrscher of the Void to show off his power and introduce Akatsuki to the world.
But witnessing their tremendous strength firsthand had made him falter. Even Uzumaki Nagato would not easily have destroyed an area thousands of kilometers wide in an instant!
He had abandoned the idea. But fate brought him face to face with a wounded Herrscher of the Void—a golden opportunity he could not ignore.
Although the Herrscher of the Void was a threat to the world, to Kirai her existence was a guarantee of safety.
Her power was so great that perhaps only Uchiha Madara in his Rikudo version could match it.
With Jigokudō, one of the Rinnegan jutsu capable of restoring all damage, he was confident he could heal the Herrscher of the Void and make her join.
But his calculations were off.
The Herrscher of the Void refused and chose to fight!
'Damn it!'
Kirai had no other choice.
You want to fight? Fine, this is a chance to test the power of the Pain Rikudō puppets with his unlimited Rinnegan!
One by one, white smoke billowed, summoning the Pain Rikudō puppets:
Pain Tendō (Deva Path), Pain Shuradō (Asura Path), Pain Ningendō (Human Path), Pain Chikushōdō (Animal Path), Pain Gakidō (Preta Path), and Pain Jigokudō (Naraka Path).
Each puppet used a special jutsu from the Rinnegan.
The one Kirai had used to meet the Herrscher of the Void was Pain Chikushōdō, the only female puppet, with the summoning jutsu.
Controlling Pain Tendō, Kirai launched an attack:
"<<𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐢>>!"
𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙈...!!
A tremendous wave swept the entire area, blasting back every Subspace Lance that shot toward him!
Not only the spears, but the trees, rocks, and everything around were wiped out in an instant!
Seeing the Herrscher of the Void's imperfect condition, Kirai moved Pain Shuradō to attack.
The puppet's hands transformed into gun muzzles, firing auto-aim missiles in rapid succession!
But what happened next was beyond his expectations.
A purple portal opened in the air, swallowing all the missiles—only to return them to the sender!
𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙈...!! 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙈...!!
Successive explosions shook the area, creating a tremendous shockwave.
Kirai struggled to control his puppets.
'Fuck! How did Nagato and Obito control six bodies at once?!'
That difficulty became his weakness.
A Subspace Lance changed shape into sharp needles, piercing Pain Shuradō's body and destroying it from within!
𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙈...!!
The sound of a broken machine echoed as the body shattered to pieces.
But Kirai's suffering was not over. Thousands of Subspace Lances shot out like a rain of death!
"<<𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐢>>!!"
𝘽𝙇𝘼𝘼𝘼𝘼𝘼𝙍𝙍𝙍...!!
A powerful thrust from Pain Tendō saved the remaining puppets.
Kirai then ordered them to scatter… A strategy that turned out to be fatal.
The Subspace Lances moved in zigzags with terrifying intelligence, hunting the Pain Rikudō puppets one by one!
'Crazy, they can do that?!'
The first target: Pain Ningendō.
Though capable of ripping out souls with a touch, the puppet was helpless against long-range attacks. Even with speed equal to a Rank A Hunter, it could not dodge!
𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙈...!!
Pain Ningendō was destroyed instantly. But the slaughter had only begun.
The Herrscher of the Void teleported, appearing beside Pain Jigokudō.
With crushing telekinetic pressure, she squeezed the puppet like paper!
𝘽𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙂!!
Pain Jigokudō was annihilated, its resistance futile against the absolute power of the Herrscher of the Void.
The Herrscher of the Void's cold gaze turned sharply toward the female puppet—Pain Chikushōdō.
Purple energy gathered in her palm, preparing to create a Blackhole that would devour everything.
But just as her fingers were about to snap, the ground beneath her shook violently!
The earth cracked and shattered in an instant—from beneath her feet shot a pale figure with black piercings all over his face.
Pain Gakidō's cold hands seized both arms of the Herrscher of the Void from behind, locking her movement!
The Herrscher of the Void was startled.
How could this lowly creature penetrate the "Imaginary Void Barrier"?
Even more surprising, she felt Honkai Energy beginning to be drained from her body like rushing water!
This was Pain Gakidō's jutsu—the ability to absorb all kinds of chakra-based attacks and even pure energy! Whoever was trapped in his grip had their fate sealed.
But instead of panicking, the Herrscher of the Void's lips curved into a cold, mocking smile—a smile full of contempt and arrogance.
"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐛 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬..." her voice was as cold as deadly ice, trembling with terrifying power. "𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞?"
The words hung in the air like a whisper of death, raising questions in the minds of all who witnessed it.
But the next second, the answer was plain before their eyes.
Just as in the original story, when Pain Gakidō absorbed Naruto's Sage Mode chakra and turned into a frog statue, Honkai Energy turned out to have a far more horrifying nature.
But instead of turning into a frog statue, Honkai Energy turned anyone into a zombie!
And as expected, Pain Gakidō, who kept absorbing Honkai Energy without pause, began to feel a horrifying change in his body.
Blackish-purple lines crept like a virulent virus across his increasingly pale skin.
His eyes changed to a glowing purple, his skin peeled away, revealing raw flesh that slowly rotted.
A scream of horror came from Pain Gakidō's mouth as his form changed into a hideous Honkai zombie!
The Honkai Energy he had greedily absorbed was gnawing at his body from within!
The Herrscher of the Void only needed to move her fingers gracefully, and the space around Pain Gakidō turned into a twisted dimension.
Tremendous pressure crushed him like paper, pulverizing the zombie's body into drifting purple dust!
Kirai felt a wave of madness assault his mind—a terrifying sensation flowing from the Pain Gakidō puppet he was controlling.
Cold sweat soaked his whole body, his eyes wide in disbelief.
But his resolve did not waver.
As the Rinnegan user who would lead Akatsuki in this world, he could not retreat!
Quickly, he shifted his control to Pain Chikushōdō, the last puppet besides Pain Tendō still intact.
"<<𝐊𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐮>>!!" cried Pain Chikushōdō as she slammed both palms to the ground.
𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙈!
A thick explosion of white smoke filled the battlefield.
From behind the billowing smoke came a ferocious, deafening roar!
Two giant shadows emerged from the smoke—Pain Chikushōdō's strongest summons!
The first was the Giant Drill-Beaked Bird—an emerald-green giant bird with a serrated yellow beak that spun like a drill. Its outstretched wings covered the sky, instantly darkening the area below. Its glowing red eyes stared at the Herrscher of the Void with hunger.
The second, even more terrifying—the Giant Multi-Headed Dog. A giant hellhound with a fifteen-meter-long body, wings, and three heads growling with poisonous saliva dripping from its sharp fangs. What made it more dangerous, every time it was attacked, it would grow more heads—and with each additional head, its power multiplied!
These two summons, equivalent to Rank S Magical Beasts, had destroyed many formidable opponents.
But facing these two deadly monsters, the Herrscher of the Void's expression remained indifferent.
Not a shred of fear showed in her golden, glowing eyes.
With an elegant, dance-like motion, she simply snapped her fingers.
𝙎𝙣𝙖𝙥.
A tiny black dot formed in the air—right between Pain Chikushōdō and her two summons.
The dot spun, rapidly expanding, turning into a sphere of pitch-black darkness that pulled in everything around it!
A black hole!
"𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗪𝗪𝗥𝗥𝗥!"
The Giant Multi-Headed Dog tried to resist the abnormal gravitational pull by digging its sturdy claws into the ground.
But in vain—its huge body lifted like a feather, sucked into the boundless darkness!
The Giant Drill-Beaked Bird tried to fly away, but its wings seemed torn by an invisible force, pulling it into the whirlpool of nothingness.
𝙒𝙃𝙐𝙐𝙐𝙈𝙈𝙈𝙈𝙈!
In an instant, Pain Chikushōdō's prized summons vanished without a trace, swallowed by the black hole.
Pain Chikushōdō herself was dragged in halfway, leaving only her shattered upper torso—no longer functioning, no longer controllable by Kirai.
The Herrscher of the Void turned her gaze to the last Pain puppet still standing before her—Pain Tendō, the leader of the six Pains.
His bright orange hair stirred slowly in the wind of death enveloping the battlefield.
"𝐒𝐨... 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 '𝐆𝐨𝐝' 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐟?" The Herrscher of the Void's voice sounded like a deathly whisper, belittling and full of mockery. "𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞."
Pain Tendō did not answer, his face remaining expressionless.
But Kirai, controlling him from afar, felt a chill creep down his spine.
His face was deathly pale, his hands trembling.
'Damn, what the hell is this person?!' he thought in panic.
In the blink of an eye, five Pain puppets had been wiped out like flies—leaving only Pain Tendō.
Even Naruto in a rampaging Kyuubi mode would not have defeated all the Pains this quickly!
Was the power of the "Pain Rikudō" that had ravaged Konoha Village really this weak in this world?
'No... it's not that Pain is weak,' Kirai realized in horror. 'This girl is just too strong!'
Should he run?
No! He was the owner of the Rinnegan! The man who would become the leader of Akatsuki in this world! If he retreated now, where would he put his face?!
Even so, Kirai understood that relying on ordinary attacks like Shinra Tensei would be useless against this monster, so he kept his composure and pretended to be strong.
"You want to see the power of a 'God'?" Pain Tendō said flatly but with resolve. "Very well, I'll show you!"
With the boundless Rinnegan, an absurd amount of chakra poured from Kirai's body into Pain Tendō's!
A purplish-red aura enveloped his figure, the air around him trembled violently, and the ground cracked and rose!
Pain Tendō raised his hand high to the sky.
In his palm, a small black sphere of terrifying gravity formed—far denser and stronger than any black sphere he had ever created!
"Be sealed, <<𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐔 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐈>>!!"
The world seemed to scream in agony. The earth shook violently, huge cracks spreading across the ground like a giant spiderweb.
A tremendous quake rocked the mountains until they erupted, and the sea churned, creating tsunamis dozens of meters high!
Unlike an ordinary Chibaku Tensei, this technique of Kirai's was amplified by nearly unlimited chakra!
As a result, within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, everything—living and nonliving—was forcibly drawn toward the center of the black sphere!
Giant chunks of earth and rock flew toward a single point, forming a dense ball that grew larger and larger.
Trees were uprooted, mountains lifted from their places, and even seawater was sucked upward, creating a horrifying phenomenon!
Nearby cities felt the disaster—houses and buildings lifted from their foundations, humans and animals screaming in fear as their bodies fought the abnormal gravity.
This Chibaku Tensei was hundreds of times stronger than anything shown in the original story!
And this devastating attack was aimed at only one person—the Herrscher of the Void!
The Herrscher of the Void's slender body lifted from the ground, drawn by the overwhelming gravity.
But instead of panicking, a cynical laugh slipped from her lips.
True, Chibaku Tensei was very powerful—but in the end... it was only gravity.
And the Herrscher of the Void… She had the Authority to counter all types of gravity.
And the black sphere?
It was truly laughable that Pain Tendō used that defective version of a black sphere against her, who could create a perfect one!!
The Herrscher of the Void raised her hand, preparing to use her full Authority to show despair to this insect that claimed to be a god!
She would show that the only one worthy of being called a god was herself—the Herrscher of the Void!
But—
[𝟭𝟬𝟬%...]
[𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗴! 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹. 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲『𝗞𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 - 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗱 : ✯✯✯✯✯』]
𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙙!
Like a puppet whose strings were suddenly cut, the Herrscher of the Void's body abruptly lost all its strength.
Both of her eyes, which had shone with arrogance moments ago, dimmed, empty and hollow. Her beautiful face was now expressionless.
Without resistance, her body was dragged into the vortex of the Chibaku Tensei, joining millions of tons of debris that kept gathering to form a giant sphere in the sky—an artificial moon far larger than the real moon adorning the night sky.
On the other side, Pain Tendō, controlled by Kirai, panted heavily. His body trembled.
Of course, even though he could use the Rinnegan without limit, a technique of this caliber was still a heavy burden even for the strongest user.
'Even Uzumaki Nagato, with his enormous chakra, nearly died using a standard Chibaku Tensei,' Kirai thought, admiring himself. 'Even Madara would be overwhelmed creating a Chibaku Tensei this strong!'
Kirai felt proud of his extraordinary achievement, but astonishment also haunted him.
Why had the Herrscher of the Void suddenly stopped resisting? Wasn't she so confident and powerful before?
Was she still hiding a secret power?
The thought made the hairs on Kirai's neck stand up.
If that was true, what was the last trump card he had to fight back with?
Minute after minute passed in tension.
Kirai stayed on guard, waiting for a counterattack that might come.
But after what felt like forever, there was no sign of resistance from inside the giant sphere in the sky.
"So... is this my victory?" Kirai asked hesitantly, his voice trembling between awe and disbelief.
Pain Tendō looked around—the shattered ground, the vanished forest, the dried-up lake.
Total destruction as far as the eye could see. Slowly, he nodded, convincing himself.
Yes, this was his victory. Without a doubt.
'Now... what should I do?' Kirai thought. 'Should I leave the Herrscher of the Void sealed in that Chibaku Tensei in the sky? Or take her so I can recruit her again?'
The problem was, how could he take home a giant sphere the size of a moon? Too conspicuous and dangerous.
The Hunters would surely find out soon and cause big trouble.
[𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗴! 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆]
"Huh? Really?" Kirai was astonished, then smiled in relief at finding the solution.
'My system is more advanced than I imagined!'
Using his chakra, Pain Tendō floated high into the sky, approaching the giant Chibaku Tensei.
He extended his hand, preparing to put the 'moon' into the system inventory—
But his movement stopped abruptly in mid-air.
Because his eyes caught flashes of purple lightning appearing on the surface of the Chibaku Tensei... like tiny sparks growing more and more numerous and larger!
'Shit, don't tell me...'
Cold sweat poured from Kirai's forehead.
In a panic he sped up the process of storing it in the Inventory.
But… it was too late.
𝘽𝙕𝙕𝙕𝙕𝙕𝙏𝙏𝙏𝙏....!!!!
Kirai's expression, as he controlled Pain Tendō, turned to pure terror.
Purple lightning raged from within the Chibaku Tensei, breaking through the giant walls of rock, sending out waves of a deadly aura that stung anyone who witnessed it!
And then—
"FUC—" Kirai managed only to curse before—
"<<𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥... 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲>>"
The sentence sounded soft yet held absolute majesty that was both soothing and blood-freezing.
𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙈𝙈...!!
A horrifying phenomenon occurred before the entire world.
The artificial moon, larger than the real moon, exploded into dust fragments in an instant!
From within the destruction emerged a projection of energy wrapped in wildly raging purple lightning—cutting through space and time like a hot knife through butter!
The purple energy slash absorbed all the energy—[mana]—around it, creating a magical vacuum phenomenon never seen before.
Nothing could halt its movement. The sky was split, the atmosphere was torn, creating dimensional cracks that spread in every direction with purple lightning dancing wildly!
The energy explosion finally formed three giant lightning flashes merging in the sky—a symbol very familiar to Kirai, who had played Genshin Impact!
'INSANE! Don't tell me—'
Kirai was stunned, his eyes wide in disbelief.
But he had no time to think further because Pain Tendō's body, which he was controlling, began to crumble into dust, burned away by the overly intense energy!
A moment before the connection was severed, Kirai glimpsed it...
A figure that should have existed only in a game...
An adult woman of beauty beyond the limits of human reason.
Long purple hair flowed gracefully in the wind, her purple eyes shining bright like twin stars amid a lightning storm.
The giant tomoe ring behind her body radiated fierce bursts of electricity dancing wildly.
A pair of giant golem hands formed a throne for her, lifting her high like the queen of the universe.
Other dense electric energy hands floated around her, one of them gripping a giant katana glimmering purple.
Her gaze was emotionless, yet full of an authority and majesty that made anyone kneel in awe and fear.
Though her appearance differed somewhat from the original version, Kirai could not possibly mistake the woman regarded as a waifu by so many...
'WHAT THE HELL, THERE'S RAIDEN EI IN THIS WORLD??!!!'
A feeling of awe and disbelief filled Kirai a moment before Pain Tendō's body, which he was controlling, vanished into ash—destroyed for being unable to withstand the intensity of the Archon's Electro energy...
***
[𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗴! 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲『𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗶/𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗻 —✯✯✯✯✯』𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹]
"..."
The woman—Raiden Ei, or more precisely Lux, who was now controlling the form of the Electro Archon—stood gracefully amid the destruction.
She was silent, absorbing the memories of what had happened while her consciousness slept.
Calmly, she whispered in Raiden Shogun's characteristically cold and merciless voice:
"It seems... a lot happened while I was unconscious?"
[𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗴! 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁]
"..."
The system's unhesitating statement left her speechless.
She realized the system had apparently been in a bind when the Herrscher of the Void took over control earlier...
Sensing the presence of Rank SSS Hunters from afar—countless kilometers away—Lux, in the form of Raiden Ei, realized she had to withdraw for the time being.
She needed to digest everything that had happened and prepare her next move.
"<<𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐦𝐢𝐚>>" she said calmly.
The space before her split, creating a dimensional rift of electric purple that shimmered beautifully.
With graceful, dignified steps, Lux walked into the dimensional portal and vanished—leaving behind the chaos that had occurred...
***