diskusbooks Chapter 197 The Cycle of Cause and Effect
Chapter 197 The Cycle of Cause and Effect
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Time: When Kevin and the Herrscher began their battle
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When Kevin found her hiding place and decisively started a battle, the Herrscher was filled with resentment!
I kept my promise to the gods and never harmed a single person. Why did you come to kill me?!
However, the Herrschers of the previous civilization were absolute "evil," and Kevin was unaware of their psychological state, simply relying on his past experience to fight them to the death.
Surprisingly, the Herrscher's power was not strong; she failed to kill any of the warriors present, and even the most seriously injured only suffered broken bones.
This is so wrong.
In the end, the Herrscher was exhausted, critically injured and dying. He lowered his proud head, and tears fell to the ground.
God, you've lied to me...
Kevin finally relented and said to her, "Herrscher, if you are willing to give up your power and accept supervision in the Moth of Flame, I can spare your life."
The girl opened her captivating eyes, the undisguised desire to survive shining within them. She smiled gently: "Okay."
But in that fleeting moment of lapse in concentration, she suddenly launched her attack! Crimson, evil thorns spread and climbed, while eerie, purplish-black tentacles twisted and coiled! She unleashed the full power of the Herrscher under the sky, recklessly destroying everything around her in a manner that bordered on self-abandonment!
She cried out in despair, "The gods have lied to me! You're all liars!!"
But in an instant, her beautiful face twisted, and her sorrowful sobs turned into a sinister laugh: "At least, I'm going to kill you all!!"
The power surged wildly, sweeping across the surroundings in an instant and draining the life force from most of Kevin's teammates!
Kevin's body trembled, overwhelmed with regret and resentment—regret for his soft heart, and resentment towards the Herrscher's wickedness! He raised the Honkai weapon…
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Matter rewinds, time reverses, and everything stops before the Herrscher riot.
He stepped out from the void and came to the Herrscher's side. He gently stroked her hair, left a light kiss on her cheek, and lowered his head apologetically.
"I'm sorry, I need this scene. But please don't be resentful—I did deceive you, but not in the way you imagine."
My deception was to ensure you continued fighting as a Herrscher, not to abandon you.
In the frozen moment in the image, the girl's eyes suddenly trembled, then she turned to look at him and asked haltingly, "God... why did you kiss me?"
We are your people, and this divine kiss is absurd from any perspective.
He chuckled softly: "It is not a god who kisses you, but I, who have made a vow with you. I do not mean you lightly, but you are a part of me, and I cannot sever you."
"?..."
The girl, her voice a mixture of tears and laughter, said, "You liar..."
He wiped away her tears: "My deception was so that you would continue fighting as a Herrscher, not so that I would abandon you. Can you cheer up? Seeing you cry makes me want to cry too."
She gritted her teeth, turned her head away, and refused to look at him again.
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Time continued to flow within the frame. Herrscher Seele suddenly attacked Kevin, but Kevin was strong enough to defeat her after a fierce battle.
First playthrough: Herrscher of Death; second playthrough: Black Herrscher (inherited Stigmata); then Erinise's Death Herrscher and World Bubble Herrscher; and finally, third playthrough: Herrscher Herrscher and Death Herrscher.
—This is where cause and effect are linked.
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Time: After Yun Fuyu and the two Xier discussed "how to act in the next scene".
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Xi'er was momentarily dazed, but her vision cleared again. Both Xi'er and Yun Fuyu looked at her with concern.
"..."
She was silent for a moment, then suddenly jumped up and bit Yun Fuyu! She then pounded his chest hard!
"You bastard! It's all your fault, it's all your fault, it's all your fault!!"
Therefore, the suffering she endured when she became a Herrscher, and the script of her being repeatedly killed in the three reincarnations, were all set by him!
These "little punches" were no fake Herrscher punches. Yun Fuyu gasped in pain, but still reached out with her other hand to touch her head, stroking her hair like petting a cat.
"Sweetie~ It's all my fault, I'll make it up to you, okay?"
Seele cried like a little kitten, tears clinging to her long eyelashes, trembling with each blink, looking both pitiful and adorable.
This time, Yun Fuyu didn't just give her a light kiss on the cheek to get rid of her easily. Instead, he hugged her tightly, wiped away her tears with his fingertips, and then sucked on them, saying with a smile, "They're sweet."
"...!!"
The high-attack, low-defense Seele's face flushed crimson. Tears still streaming down her face, she glared at him fiercely, turning her head away to ignore him. But after a moment, she looked back at him and couldn't help but smile.
She asked again, "How much of our story is true and how much is false?"
Is the chain of cause and effect man-made, or is it inherently so? Are those emotions false or real?
Yun Fuyu straightened her expression: "It's true, and it's false. The story may have been altered and is fabricated, but the emotions can never be fake!"
It's like two people having the same dream, where they become connected. Upon waking and meeting again, their feelings for each other are exactly the same as in the dream. Could such feelings be fake?
To put it more dramatically, if two people fall in love online and then meet in real life and find that the other person is exactly as they imagined, does that mean the relationship is fake?
His decisive words struck the heart of the dying Seele, causing her to breathe a sigh of relief.
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Seele had been watching the couple's antics for a while, and now, patting her full belly, she asked, "Has the problem been solved?"
Who would eat their own dog food? Right?
Yun: "Hmm. I altered cause and effect, and then the cycle began. The story is the same as before, but no one has died."
Furthermore, their feelings are quite different now. For example, the previous Herrscher of the Void was full of ferocity, pretending to have a clear mind to deceive Kevin, and then slaughtering an entire city. Now, however, she believes that she has been deceived by the gods, and that she has been abandoned by them after restraining her murderous intent, which is why she hates and attacks Kevin.
However, with Yun Fuyu's interference, a subtle change occurred: the deity personally apologized and requested that she do as he instructed. Afterward, she did not harm anyone, merely staging a "performance" with Kevin.
Therefore, it is absolutely correct to say that Yun is a cunning and insidious mastermind!
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Watching Yun Fuyu and Xier being so affectionate, Xier felt a deep emptiness in her heart, but she suppressed her urge to hug them and voiced her concerns:
"Next, we need to find a way to gain everyone's trust. Although Seele didn't kill anyone, she did attack Kevin, and that..."
This is necessary for the plot and is a small step to reduce the "impact index".
Now, the Herrscher of Death's three indices: causality, fate, and time.
The cause and effect are completely interconnected, thus returning to zero.
"Fate" followed the original plot (attack on Kevin), so it was reduced significantly. However, because the death toll was zero, it still amounted to a full eight figures.
The final "time" is His domain, and the number is very small, almost negligible.
Yun Fuyu scratched his head: "There's really no way to deal with this. We can only hope that our acting skills are good enough and that we won't be found out."
Honestly, their acting has always been excellent!