Chapter Text
Chapter 1:
"Duel"
(Sirin/Herrscher of the Void/K-423): "Is that all you can do?"
With disdain in her reverberated voice, Herrscher of the Void spoke with a slight flick of her wrist.
Himeko's face twisted into a look of shock and pain as an unseen force pulled her back, and Shirin's next move caused a huge purple cube to grow behind the red-haired Valkyrie, causing the two objects to collide loudly, leaving a grid of cracks in the middle of the cube's wall.
The Void Queen twisted her hand and snapped her fingers, causing the cube to unfold and spawn new parts of itself, trapping Himeko inside and starting to spin, turning the Valkyrie's body into a shapeless piece of flesh.
The Herrsher of the Void withdrew her right hand and swung it, allowing the spears behind her to flash and turn into glittering ribbons, which, in sync with the movement of her hand, unfolded, stretching out for many hundreds of meters and striking a cruciform strike clearly at the center of the cube.
The next two spears also turned into ribbons, firing into the dark sky of "Imaginary Space" at the same time as Sirin raised her right hand, palm up, before abruptly flipping it over and clenching it into a fist, drawing a straight line down with her index finger, leaving a streak of pinkish glow. Honkai Energy.
The ribbons obeyed her command, weaving into a spear-like shape and crashing down on the cube, piercing it right down the center and causing it to disintegrate into several smaller cubes that floated in the air.
The Herrsher of the Nether moved her right hand out to the side with her palm open, allowing the ribbons to return to their rightful place behind her and turn back into the Netherspears loyal to their queen, before squeezing her hand and returning it behind her back to her left hand, which Sirin never bothered to withdraw. because of her.
(Sirin/Herrscher of the Void/K-423): "Is that all? Hm."
The Queen of the Void grunted contemptuously, turning her back to the defeated enemy.
It was a mistake.
The loud sound of air being cut and the feeling of sudden heat from her back caused Sirin to instantly change the form of the Void Spear into a ribbon and form a shield, however, the object that flew at her was stronger, due to which she had to create a portal, allowing the outstretched... sheath? Or something like that, flying through it without hitting or dealing damage, instead sticking into the crystal behind it, sending out several large cracks that glow from the inside with orange light from the temperature of the object.
Sirin's golden pupils contracted, and her eyes widened at such impudence as a blow to the back.
(Himeko): "Is that all... what can you do?"
Breathing heavily, Himeko slowly stepped out of the crater in the ground. The scarlet circuitry on her arms and face glowed brightly with scarlet light, pulsing as it spread to other parts of her body.
(Himeko): "Then... now it's my turn!"
Sirin narrowed her eyes as she felt the power of her Haste Stone from that insect in front of her before the meaning of the woman's words caught on.
Her body owed such impudence, such… such…
(Sirin/Herrscher of the Void/K-423): "Ha…hahaha!"
The Void Queen couldn't contain her laughter and laughed out loud as she leaned back and put her hand on her face, trying to hide the tears of laughter that appeared for a moment.
(Sirin/Herrscher of the Void/K-423): "Die."
The laughter disappeared instantly as Herrsher of the Void moved his fingers from her eye and looked at the red-haired insect with piercing golden eyes.
Dozens of abyss-black, brightly outlined portals opened up behind her and around Himeko, sending out a light blast wave that shook part of Herrscher Sirin's dress as spears shot out towards the woman.
Himeko clenched her teeth and inhaled deeply as her long scarlet two-handed sword was engulfed in bright flames and she swung it, slicing through nearby spears and blowing up the rest.
Explosions erupted, drawing Sirin's attention, and the sight of the destroyed Void Spears caused her both a wave of anger and a wave of apprehension.
Apparently, this insect dared to steal her Stone of Haste, so moreover, it also uses part of its powers against the Queen of the Void, its original owner.
Herrscher of the Void could not forgive such impudence.
…she refused to admit that it made her take the fight more seriously. More than this insect deserves.
(Sirin/Herrscher of the Void/K-423): "What audacity!"
Shirin raised her hand forward and slammed it down as a wave of invisible force suddenly pinned Himeko to the ground, knocking the air out of her chest.
The Void Queen snapped her fingers as the Void Spears reverted to ribbons and dashed forward, only to be consumed in the flames that enveloped the Valkyrie's figure.
She leaned her hands on the ground and clenched her teeth, trying to resist the weight that had piled on her body, and the scarlet veins on her body began to throb even more actively.
(Sirin/Herrscher of the Void/K-423): "Don't be arrogant."
Sirin said with a semi-scream, groping for the source of familiar power in the body of an insect ...
…before abruptly swinging his left hand backwards as if yanking something out of the air as a wave of resonance spread through the surrounding space, and the bright red jewel with a flash of Honkai Energy was caught in the firm grip of Herrscher Void.
Himeko's eyes widened with desperation as she saw the flames around her go out, as well as the Haste Stone gleaming in the hands of the monster that had taken over her dear student's body.
The scarlet veins on her body suddenly almost completely faded, and a wave of weakness washed over her as the power pressing down on her from above suddenly disappeared, replaced by the hum of familiar portals as new Void Spears emerged from them.
However, instead of piercing the Valkyrie, they turned into bright ribbons, instantly wrapping around her arms and legs and lifting her into the air, as well as wrapping around her stomach and chest.
The sword fell from her hands, clattering to the black surface beneath their feet.
(Sirin/Herrscher of the Void/K-423): "Pity. How can a pathetic, weak insect like you dare to challenge me?”
Sirin asked with disdain in her voice as her slow, unhurried footsteps echoed through the void of Imaginary Space.
She approached the woman and grabbed her sharply by the throat, wanting to choke her on her own for… a lot. Wanting to feel the warmth of life leaving her body in her arms.
(Himeko): "Do you think you're strong? You’re just a pitiful…monster…!”
Himeko spoke as Herrsher Void's fingers wrapped around her neck and squeezed tightly, but the red-haired Valkyrie refused to give up. She didn't want Kiana's body to go to that monster.
She jerked her arms and legs, wanting to break free.
Sirin watched with sadistic pleasure how the body of the red-haired insect trembled, when suddenly she saw how scarlet veins flared up again on the right hand of a person, unlike the rest of the body, and the tape was torn under the influence of a limb that suddenly became stronger.
Herrscher's eyes widened at that.
Himeko, after releasing her right hand and seeing that the Herrsher of the Void was standing in shock, quickly lowered her hand and jerked out the anti-Honkai serum syringe and raised it, aiming at Sirin's neck.
The Void Queen's eyes widened for a moment, narrowed sharply, and the pupils contracted as she grabbed the insect's right hand by the wrist with her left hand.
(Sirin/Herrscher of the Void/K-423): "How dare you?!"
She yelled angrily and squeezed the woman's hand, causing her to let out a groan of pain and instinctively unclench her fingers, releasing the syringe from her grip, causing it to fall to the floor with a clang and roll back to her sword.
Himeko ruefully followed the serum with her eyes, feeling the desperation building up in her chest.
(Himeko): "I'm sorry...Kiana...I'm a bad teacher..."
She whispered as a few trickles of tears flowed from her eyes.
Sirin followed the insect's gaze and glanced at the syringe they were trying to inject into her.
Is it some kind of poison? Ha, did they really think something like that would work on her? True Herrscher?
The Herrscher of the Void sneered disdainfully before she had an idea.
She let go of the insect's neck, which had left finger marks from the grip, before moving to the syringe and taking it, then returning to the insect.
She grabbed her by the shoulder and plunged the needle of the syringe sharply into the insect's neck, a smirk on her face.
(Sirin/Herrscher of the Void/K-423): "Let's see how your poison works on an insect like you."
Herrscher chuckled scornfully, ignoring the red-haired Valkyrie's strange look that distorted her grimace of pain as she realized what Sirin had done.
The Herrscher of the Void snapped her fingers and opened a portal to a distant part of the "Imaginary Space", enclosing it before her eyes with dozens and hundreds of rows of dense walls and ceilings of purple crystals, before throwing a person there, with the intention of watching their own poison affect more than Sirin and her relatives and other children, but also on themselves.