Chapter 84: Herrscher Mei, she who believes

A few moments later, Kouro finally got dressed after being pushed around by Ji Xuanyuan's remnant spirit.

Fortunately, Kouro always carry around some spare clothing in his inventory, even though the outfit is a formal black suit with a fedora.

Seeing that Kouro has finished getting dressed, Ji Xuanyuan's remnant spirit cleared her throat and her expression returned to her normal elegant and gentle expression like a Sichuan mask.

Although it became completely useless because the image of Ji Xuanyuan's elegance and gentleness has already collapsed in Kouro's mind.

"Ahem... I apologize for getting you involved in what should have been my battle alone. Please, I must request you to seal Chiyou once and forever." 

Kouro looked at Xuanyuan before saying with a confident smile. 

"You don't need to worry. I didn't come here to seal Chiyou, instead I aim to defeat it completely!"

After all, even if could not defeat Chiyou, he could still ask Herrscher Mei and Hyperion for assistance.

Kouro thought that after Ji Xuanyuan's remnant spirit finished her dialogue, she would disappear, but she didn't.

She was observing Kouro up and down with a strange look while circling around him.

"You… Are you really a human? What's more a male?"

Kouro, who was exploring the inside of Chiyou's belly paused when he heard Ji Xuanyuan's somewhat weird question. He turned around and looked at her with a raised eyebrow. 

"Of course, isn't that obvious? Why are you asking?"

"I see... Does that mean the curse have been broken?" Kouro's actions stopped completely after hearing Ji Xuanyuan's words.

"Curse?"

"Yes. A curse that only specifically affected men."

Kouro is surprised by the sudden fact and became absorbed in his thought.

'This… could it be that the curse that Ji Xuanyuan is talking about the HB disease? But how could that be!? In the history books, it doesn't mention that any kind of disease appeared in the 14th century.'

Ji Xuanyuan noticed Kouro's stupor, so she asked him, "What thought are troubling you, Young Warrior?"

Kouro woke up from his thoughts before explaining about the HB disease that exists at this time, after which he followed by asking the origin of the curse as he wondered if the origin of HB disease is the same as that of the curse.

Noticing Kouro's extreme curiosity?, Ji Xuanyuan quickly explained, "The origin of the curse was very vague, but a friend of mine (the Celestial) once told me a legend related to the origin of the curse"

(The Celestial = Fu Hua) 

Kouro listened like a child listening to a fairy tale, sitting silently on a rock.

Ji Xuanyuan first closed her eyes before speaking in a soft tone.

"It is said that in ancient times, when the world was still ruled by gods, the land was very fertile, peaceful and harmonious. Yet all of that did not last long after 'that' came."

"The Honkai." Kouro corrected. 

Xuanyuan nodded before continuing. 

"No one knows where 'it' came from because in the beginning, Honkai was only a small threat so it didn't get much attention from the gods, until the threat of 'that' grew big enough to make the gods wary, but it was too late, 'it' had ruined and ravage the world, become a catastrophe that nearly destroys the world."

"All the gods who had felt the power of 'that' then teamed up to defeat 'it' and luckily they all managed to repulse 'it'. But the gods did not know that 'it' was still alive and growing, 'it' evolved and evolved to become a 'god slayer', 'it' evolved again and has the ability to negate the divinity of the gods. "

"This left the gods without the power to defeat 'it'. But the gods did not give up, they fought and continued to fight fiercely until once again repelling 'it'. But... Because of that fierce battle all the gods had died and leaving only the 14 strongest gods." 

"'It' once again flourished and then fought once more with the last gods. One by one the gods were repulsed and some were even killed, before a god with a crazy idea absorbed the power of 'it', he was the youngest god who just awakened his power and at the same time the most powerful god."

"He absorbed the power of 'it' and used it against 'it' himself, this worked, he repelled 'it' even severely injured him, but at the cost of his own life, only before 'it' actually escaped, 'it' ' spreads a curse that only attacks men, because 'it' fears that there will be another Crazy God." 

(PR: The 'It' and 'That' on the paragraph above are the same.)

After finishing her story, Ji Xuanyuan let out a sigh, although it hasn't even been five minutes since she began telling the legend.

She then raised her head and saw Kouro contemplating in a posture similar to that of the Thinker statue, she left a few words before disappearing completely.

Kouro saw Ji Xuanyuan's remnant spirit disappear, but he thought positively that she had only ran out of energy and disappeared to recover, he then focused about Ji Xuanyuan's story.

'Although the story may have just been a fairy tale, I think I got some important information. First of all, these 14 gods are probably the only remaining MANTISes after the battle with the 11th Herrscher in PE. But according to my knowledge, there are originally only 13 MANTISes left. Then that means that an additional MANTIS is probably the cause of all these changes including the HB disease.'

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'Who exactly is this person? Is he just like me... A transmigrator?'

Kouro raised his head and let out a sigh of helplessness. It's because of this person that his future knowledge has become of little use.

Kouro swore that if the transmigrator is still alive, he would definitely smack him hard in the face.

He stood up and patted his cheek to regain his focus before cheering himself on.

"Let's not think too much about that. For now, let's focus on defeating Chiyou first."

Kouro the continued exploring the inside of Chiyou's stomach, and ten minutes later he encountered a lot of Honkai Beasts and Zombies, he leveled up once after defeating all of them and he found a city ruins and some tall rocks forming a wall.

[You have leveled up] 

"According to the data of Honkai Beasts Chiyou, it is said to have swallowed the city of Shenzhou and grew larger."

Right after saying that Chiyou's whole body started shaking violently.

"Chiyou seemed to have begun moving. I must quickly find the heart of this monster!"

Kouro heightened his senses and discovering something emitting a strong concentration of Honkai Energy before dashing towards it.

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At the same time, Bronya and Kallen had boarded the Hyperion commanded by Theresa.

Bronya and Kallen first took Himeko, Kiana, Mei and Ayame into the emergency room before putting Sin Mal, who had been interrogated by Bronya, into a cell.

Outside the emergency room, Theresa carrying Oath of Judah on her back asked while being accompanied by Kallen(ELF) beside her, "How are they doing?" 

Bronya answered, with a straight face as usual. 

"Subject Kiana and the other only suffered minor trauma. Major Himeko is currently in a stable condition, but it is advised that she is treated intensively due to being infected by Honkai Energy."

The door to the emergency room suddenly opened which was apparently opened by Mei.

Bronya, Theresa, and Kallen (ELF) immediately looked at Mei who seemed to be in a strange state. 

"Mei nee-sama?"

"Mei?" 

"Mei-san?"

'Mei' raised her head, revealing sharp purple eyes that shone brightly, then asked in a haughty tone. 

"...Tell me humans, why didn't you guys help Kouro."

 'Herrscher Mei' glared at Bronya and Kallen (ELF).

 "..." Bronya was silent.

 ..Etto..." Kallen was confused by Mei's sudden change of personality.

Purple lightning began to dance around Mei's body because of their silence. Seeing this, Bronya just took out a letter from her pocket before calmly stating, "Subject Kouro gave this letter to Bronya in the instance that Herrscher Mei came out."

After saying that, Bronya gave the letter to 'Mei'. 

'Mei' took it and opened the letter before reading it seriously. 

'Mei' smiled sweetly after she finished reading the letter, and then spoke to herself in a confident tone.

"Umu! As expected of 'my' Kouro! See, I told you he isn't a reckless person. Are you satisfied now?"

After saying that, 'Mei' closed her eyes before opening her eyes again, revealing Mei's true black eyes. 

Mei heaved a sigh of relief before carefully storing the letter. 

Kallen was dumbfounded and turned to look at Theresa, and Bronya who wore normal expressions. 

"Can anyone tell me what's really going on?"

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