"Then…"
"With the posture of perpetuity, reproduce the epics of all heroes throughout history upon this world."
After a brief exchange, Hare did not fight the Herrscher of Reason with her own power.
Instead, she summoned a humanoid figure.
"As expected, it's those we saw before…"
"However… this is precisely the most critical part of the strategy."
Facing Hare's killing move, there was not the slightest trace of surprise on Bronya's face.
On the contrary, up until this moment, everything seemed to be within her expectations.
That being said, even after regaining the power of the Herrscher of Reason, her starting point was still only one three-hundred-thousandth.
Therefore, Bronya focused more on kiting and long-range output.
She once again showed off her motorcycle skills, and the creation of various weapons was also fully loaded.
Soon, even a single humanoid could not get close to Bronya and was forced back several steps.
Before Hare could make another move, the final cannon shot struck the humanoid.
It turned into a mark that fell into Bronya's hand.
Hare couldn't help but say: "You… are containing those consciousnesses within the fragments of the Core?"
"Like… the Joyce of the past?"
"The sure-win strategy… was this your true intention when you took back the Core?"
"However, with only one three-hundred-thousandth of the power, you… probably cannot keep doing this, right?"
As she continued clashing with Bronya, Hare still maintained a relaxed and effortless posture.
"Now, I shall integrate those rulers who left their names in history into clear concepts as well…"
"The mighty will that conquered all directions shall awaken here——this is the insatiable monarchy."
As her words fell, this time it was not one, but several humanoids that appeared, each carrying a powerful oppressive force.
But Bronya remained rational. While fighting, she continued to analyze the current situation.
"Illusions… The real Eidos must be among them. I need to find it first."
After quickly assessing the current situation, Bronya's combat style also changed accordingly.
Project Bunny stayed by the girl's side at all times, guarding its master like the most loyal knight.
When the girl needed it, the robot could quickly transform into motorcycle form for a desperate ramming attack.
Soon, the true body among the four illusions was found by Bronya and then ruthlessly punched by Project Bunny.
After retreating dozens of steps, the humanoid that barely knelt on one knee turned into a mark and once again fell into Bronya's hand.
Meanwhile, Hare acted like the most incompetent villain in a story.
Not using her full strength from the beginning was one thing, but she even kept giving Bronya experience points again and again.
But at this moment, Bronya suddenly murmured: "Eden's Star… it is time to display your full strength."
Hare seemed to understand something: "I see. The Herrscher of Reason truly lives up to her name."
"But… in the face of the Stigmata Plan, those fleeting rulers are equally insignificant."
As she spoke, this summoner named Hare was far more powerful in every move than the Eidos she summoned.
Even when facing Project Bunny's firepower and iron fists head-on, she showed no weakness.
Moreover, taking advantage of the gaps in combat, terrifying power spread throughout the surroundings.
After a patch of darkness passed, Bronya felt as if she had fallen into another space.
"This is… the same kind of space as before?"
"No, it seems a little different. These barriers feel somewhat distinct…"
Originally, Bronya thought Hare was planning to use the same trick again, but she was actually trapped in a slightly larger black box.
Without any hesitation, Bronya quickly used her power to break it open and returned to reality.
Hare did not hesitate to praise: "Not bad… only after passing through the deepest darkness can the first light of dawn be born."
"Then the next gift should also make its appearance."
"Step into your flames, O world without legacy."
"However, for the newborn, only this can be considered fair."
Following heroes and monarchy, the humanoid—or rather Eidos—of the world also manifested.
However, having learned from the previous two times, Hare seemed to have added a buff to it this time.
But after clashing with it, Bronya became even more puzzled.
"Strange… compared to the previous Eidos, this one seems overly ordinary."
"No… regardless, Bronya cannot let her guard down."
With that thought, the girl's movements became even more cautious and swift, and the energy shield around her body remained open at all times.
Before long, after repeated probing, a look of realization appeared on Bronya's face.
"As expected, it can predict Bronya's every move…"
"Bronya must wait for the opponent to reveal an opening."
After quickly formulating a strategy, Bronya's execution was naturally impressive.
"Now is the time. Let me contain it into the Core's fragments as well."
The moment the opportunity arose, Bronya rode the motorcycle-form Project Bunny while constructing a large number of sci-fi-style cannon barrels around her.
After a scalp-numbing full-firepower barrage, the Eidos representing the world also turned into a mark just like before.
Bronya stored it away and thought to herself: Authority, fully restored.
However, the girl did not become complacent. Instead, she continued to cautiously kite Hare.
"It seems you have indeed planned deeply on the combat level, however…"
"Heroes, monarchs, even the will of millions——in the face of history like a rolling river, they are still but a drop in the ocean."
"This is the entirety of life preserved by the Stigmata Plan."
"Please witness——the boundless multitude!"
Just like a final boss in a game entering a new phase.
Not only did terrifying power gather above and continuously smash down deadly meteors.
Even around Hare, barriers and Eidos pillars guarding those barriers appeared.
While dodging, Bronya attempted to attack and thought to herself: This defensive mechanism…
"Hare, what is she preparing?"
"I must break through the blockade of the Eidos Seeds as quickly as possible."
"Her power is still rising rapidly… I need to hurry."
With that thought, Bronya's movements became even more agile and fierce.
Every shot of firepower that should have been used to clear the field was instead fully directed at a single person.
Seeing this, many viewers were completely convinced.
"To be honest, from a god's-eye view, I actually thought Hare was planning to hold back."
"Yeah, from her previous behavior, Hare doesn't seem like a proper villain, though she may not necessarily be a villain?"
"But Duck-Duck is vigilant. Well done! As expected of the main trio member who is best at using her brain!"
"Nonsense. With the treatment our Duck-Duck gets, if she didn't use her brain, it wouldn't just be getting tormented!"
"Dog director, hurry up and buff Duck-Duck! I really want to see Duck-Duck dominating the battlefield!"
"…"
Inside Fire Moth Interstellar Entertainment Company.
Kiana and Mei looked at the phone Hessian handed over and felt that these fans' comments were quite ambiguous.
What did they mean by "the main trio member who is best at using her brain"?
Did they think the other two didn't use their brains?
Bronya knew nothing about this. She was currently hugging two Seele's, one on each side, fully focused on watching the TV.
Finally, Duck-Duck's highlight moment was about to arrive!
On the TV.
Hare said softly: "Very impressive insight, however… I'm afraid time has already run out."
Bronya continued to unleash firepower, yet she still could not break through the defense Hare had set for herself.
It seemed to verify Hare's extremely confident words just now.
But facing such a result, Bronya instead said with even greater confidence: "No. It ends here, World Serpent cadre."
As her words fell, Bronya rode the motorcycle-form Project Bunny and delivered a drifting impact straight into the barrier.
Like the last straw that broke the camel's back, the originally indestructible defensive barrier actually shattered!
In the blinding white light, Hare said in surprise: "Not conversion… but a direct breakthrough?"
Bronya said: "As expected, you cannot truly take the recorded lives as your own power."
"You are merely preserving them and reproducing them."
As the white light dissipated, Hare, who had been relaxed and effortless the entire time, was actually forced back more than ten meters by Bronya.
In the end, she thrust the flag-spear in her hand into the ground and half-knelt on one knee.
"…Preserving?"
Raising her head, Hare did not admit defeat. Magical array-like patterns appeared around her.
Streams of power swirled around her, causing Hare to float in mid-air in a curled, charging posture.
Bronya naturally would not sit and wait for death. Seeing the situation turn bad, she immediately piloted Project Bunny to launch an attack.
She didn't even use firepower barrages, but instead adopted a more conservative yet aggressive approach.
She charged forward on the motorcycle herself!
Yet at this critical moment, an incredibly powerful force erupted from around Hare.
Not only did it repel the incoming Bronya, but when she hit the ground, she couldn't even maintain her Herrscher outfit.
This scene nearly made viewers across the country lose their composure.
They thought she was about to win, but she still got tormented at such a moment.
"Tsk tsk, isn't the dog director reminding us——improper driving brings tears to loved ones?"
"Damn, isn't this the first time Duck-Duck had her license revoked?"
"No, Duck-Duck, and Project Bunny, why are you all lying on the ground!"
"…"
On the TV, Hare slowly descended from the air to the ground.
"The Core of the Herrscher of Reason is ultimately a distributed structure…"
"Although I am unwilling, I shall take back everything I granted."
"This is very familiar to both of us, isn't it?"
As she spoke, Hare mercilessly released an attack. Bronya quickly commanded Project Bunny to raise its shield in defense.
Facing Hare's continuous onslaught, Bronya instead felt somewhat uncertain.
"Strange… this time she didn't take those thoughts back…"
"——Ugh!"
Before she could think further, the intensified offensive left Bronya somewhat powerless.
Hare took the opportunity to drop a massive meteor, completely smashing Bronya away.
But even so, Bronya's thoughts continued to race.
"In other words, she used three hundred thousand false thoughts to deceive the upper limit of the Core?"
Realizing this, the girl barely landed on the ground in a duck-sitting posture.
Although it looked very cute, those red leg stockings were completely unsympathetic.
Hare said at this time: "Correct. In this battle, you did indeed seize my flaw."
"But if a flaw can be easily compensated for… it will only become the key to a counterattack."
"In the end, the key to this battle still comes down to Misteln and Bronya."
"In the face of the Stigmata Plan, the history and glory of the Herrscher of Reason… are insignificant."
Even at this moment, Hare still did not forget to belittle the Herrscher of Reason.
Bronya said angrily: "This cannot be equated at all. The best evidence… is you yourself!"
Hare remained expressionless: "Of course… I understand my own limitations. But haven't generation after generation of Herrscher of Reason been the same?"
At that moment, a strange sound appeared.
"It seems it has also reached its limit."
"Just like all the other external objects you possess."
What she spoke of was none other than the partner that had always accompanied the girl and never left her side.
"…Project Bunny?!"
Bronya said in panic.
Although Project Bunny was still barely holding on, anyone with eyes could see it was at its last gasp.
Hare took the chance to say: "Just let it go——I know your past and understand its significance."
"I only seek victory and will not harm you; and you… do not need to risk everything."
"Face reality. This is——the cycle without complaint."
As her words fell, a mass of energy was thrown into the air by Hare, evolving into despair-inducing meteors crashing down.
But just as a famous law states——there is no injury when there is smoke.
Accompanied by a large amount of purple smoke and dust caused by the falling meteors, Bronya's voice rang out from within.
"——Yes, face reality, Misteln."
The girl's voice was stern yet confident, as if it was not her who had fallen into adversity or even desperation, but the opponent.
It was also at this moment that the BGM of angelic reconstruction suddenly played.
Sung by Bronya herself, under a voice carrying both a milky tone and hot-blooded passion.
The girl who had been knocked out of her Herrscher form now bloomed with a brand-new and dazzling appearance.
Her original twin braids had turned into a single high ponytail.
While retaining cuteness, it also added a touch of crispness and decisiveness to the girl.
On that petite body, a blue, white, and black battle outfit continuously materialized.
Not only were there skirt hems and tail fins, but a halo resembling both an angel and a crown appeared above her head.
After displaying a brand-new posture different from the past, Bronya held a double-headed great spear full of sci-fi style.
Then she threw it with a crisp and decisive motion!
"What you face——is the name of Truth!"
Just as Bronya had been confident from beginning to end, when that great spear fell like a meteor.
——The outcome was decided at this moment.
What entered Hare's eyes was an unprecedented armament, a power that completely belonged to the future.
Understanding and reproduction.
The authority that the Herrscher of Reason had frequently used in the past was clearly unable to reach the height before her now.
Just like the Moonlight Throne of the past, this was by no means a power that a user could truly understand with personal intellect alone.
And this time, the girl named Bronya did not collapse under the burden.