Schicksal.
The world's earliest organization to resist Honkai, also a religious order. To this day its religious elements may have faded, but it's leader is still called Archbishop.
It is a centralized organization, with the three great families- Apocalypse, Kaslana, and Schariac, at its core.
Its influence spans the entire world.
Even in today's turbulent times, it still holds the number one position in the world.
Squeak…
A faint sound echoed as a door slowly opened.
A white-haired girl, wearing an eyepatch and a calm expression, stood beneath the doorway. Half of her face was covered in shadow, making it difficult to clearly see.
"Lord Otto, it's time to review the documents. If you continue wasting time on games, I will have to consider cutting off the funds for game development."
Hearing the threat behind him, the refined blond man, who had tried to hide the evidence beforehand, sighed helplessly:
"Ah… I think… cough cough… I'll come right away."
Otto, who was just about to argue with Amber about the importance of this game, quickly changed his words when he saw the message about to be sent on Amber's phone screen.
As the leader of the world's largest anti-Honkai organization, he must take the lead!
The Schicksal headquarters is a massive floating island cluster suspended above the Mediterranean Sea.
Magnificent in scale, overwhelming in grandeur, it's hard to imagine such a creation in this era of technology.
Walking down the corridor toward the office, the empty hallway was deathly silent.
Amber followed step by step behind Otto, expressionless.
She could never be at ease with her own Archbishop.
Although Otto's control over the threads of events had reached its peak, able to make the best decisions without even leaving his room, as his secretary, she really could not tolerate him letting unimportant strangers hang around in his room during working hours.
"What has Theresa been up to lately?"
When asked about Lady Theresa, Amber replied,
"Lady Theresa remains at St. Freya Academy. Not long ago, when the Honkai Eruption broke out in Nagazora City, she dispatched the A-rank Valkyrie Murata Himeko to suppress it."
Nagazora City.
Otto knew about the Honkai Eruption there, and he had already made arrangements. He just needed to wait and see.
"Nagazora City…"
Given the continuous increase in Honkai energy there, the arrival of a Herrscher was highly likely.
Otto knew many secrets about Herrschers, living long had its advantages.
The outbreak in Nagazora was clearly not a natural Honkai incident.
But one orchestrated by Anti-Entropy.
...
At that moment, in Nagazora City.
"Madam Cocolia, we've detected massive Honkai energy reactions, suspected to be a Herrscher!"
Hearing her subordinate's report, Cocolia's expression showed a faint trace of joy.
A Herrscher, that's exactly what she wanted!
The Honkai in Nagazora had been detonated by her.
An artificial Honkai eruption!
...
On the rooftop.
Two people stared at each other.
Surging Honkai energy recklessly summoned thunder, roaring violet lightning illuminating the darkened sky. The power of Honkai surged wildly.
The heavy atmosphere pressed down like a mountain, ready to crush at any moment.
"Mei…" Gripping her bat tightly, Kiana was tense, glaring at the unfamiliar Raiden Mei before her.
Gentle eyes were now filled with indifference. Though the appearance was still Mei, the one controlling the body was no longer the gentle Mei she knew.
"You bastard… give her back!"
Clenching her bat, teeth gritted, Kiana charged at the bastard occupying Mei's body!
Unlike other Herrschers, Raiden Mei was not a true Herrscher. She was neither chosen by the Honkai will, nor did she intend to destroy the world.
She was an artificially forced Herrscher.
In this regard, she could not compare to others.
But no matter how different she was, the title of Herrscher was still thurst upon her. The Honkai energy she released was absolutely not something an ordinary human could withstand!
Normally, anyone knowledgeable about Honkai would choose to retreat in the face of such a scene.
Engaging without understanding a Herrscher's powers would be sheer foolishness or practically a one way ticket to the underworld!
But… a certain "herrscher of rice" just happened to be caught in between.
"Damn it, give Mei back to me!"
The white-haired bundle wielding a bat bravely rushed forward, her eyes fixed with stubborn determination.
Bang!
Bolts of lightning shot out instantly. Kiana's hair stood on end. Instinctively, she rolled aside, the toughness from years of surviving alone shone in that moment.
Never underestimate anyone who's managed to survive this long on their own! With a Kaslana's battle instincts, Kiana twisted and dodged swiftly.
If not for the fact that the Herrscher of Thunder had not yet fully mastered her powers, and that she was forcibly awakened without many of a Herrscher's innate qualities, Kiana would never have narrowly evaded the attacks. Slowly but surely, she closed the distance.
Just one chance, just one strike!
If she could reach Mei's side, one swing of the bat would be enough to knock out the bastard occupying her body!
...
Time and space are not immutable.
With strength great enough, one could even alter time, even reverse or destroy fate!
But though many have the power to traverse time, none can change what has already happened, nor resist the will of the world.
This inevitability is called Providence.
Any failed attempt to change the past is called the inevitability of Providence.
Bang!
Inevitably, the girl's challenge against the Herrscher was about to end in failure.
Because she still had the strength to stand again.
"Humans, weak, cowardly, arrogant, disgusting creatures."
The Herrscher of Thunder looked indifferently at the white-haired little bundle who, despite being knocked down several times, stubbornly kept getting back up.
"That coward was also very worried about you at the last moment, but…"
The Herrscher of Thunder muttered to herself, her pupils flashing slightly with light.
This girl doesn't seem all that smart!
Spacing out during a fight is something a baseball bat will teach you a lesson for!
At that moment,
"Boom!!"
It was as if the sound of shattering glass rang in their ears. A barrier membrane that had long suppressed everything suddenly gave way.
A deafening roar followed. The ground trembled, waves of air surged, and dragons and serpents seemed to rise upon the land.
It was as if the city of Nagazora was experiencing an unprecedented earthquake.
A big bridge, standing for a long time, collapsed, and the Honkai beasts wandering atop it fell down one after another.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
The echoing howls of the Honkai beasts proved that they were facing a formidable enemy.
And then, the sky went dark. Literally dark.
Kiana's movements were thrown off by the sudden tremor.
With a thud she fell to the ground, her baseball bat slipping from her hands and rolling to rest at the feet of the Herrscher of Thunder, who, just before the tremor struck, suddenly remembered she could fly.
"What's going on? Who's coming this time?!" No time to check how badly she had fallen, though from past experience she knew it hurt like hell.
"Monster."
Kiana suddenly heard the voice of the one who had been fighting her.
"What are you talking about? Forget that, hurry and take back Mei's body…" Before she could finish the sentence, Kiana was stunned by the scene before her eyes.
The city, already dead silent from the Honkai Eruption, now looked like something out of an apocalyptic movie, skyscrapers collapsing, the ground cracking, the breath of death sweeping across the land.
When she looked up, an enormous figure loomed before her.
Like a giant walking out of an ancient myth, towering and unassailable.
At that moment, Kiana suddenly felt something was off.
Was that monster… looking in her direction?
And it seemed to be getting closer?
Lower and lower, until… a pair of curious vertical pupils, like two massive searchlights, shone down through the darkness.
Even its casual breathing radiated heat more intense than the thunderous storm the Herrscher of Thunder had just unleashed.
It completely overwhelmed that previous temperature. This giant was blocking out the sun!
'These two little ones are quite peculiar,' Godzilla thought to himself.
That purple-haired little one was crackling with thunder and lightning, it felt vaguely familiar somehow.
Could it be that I… maybe… somehow… overshot? His tail curved into a practiced question mark.
Godzilla was puzzled. He hadn't expected to have ended up back in Nagazora of the past.
Godzilla's teleportation was unlike ordinary spatial teleportation.
Though in the universe one could usually just travel through space to reach a destination, his also involved dimensional transmission, it wasn't just simple spatial travel.
So arriving at a time node in the past wasn't surprising.
In fact, every being strong enough to affect the past had such an ability. Godzilla just hadn't expected to end up here.
Before he could think further,
"Roar~!"
"Roar~!"
The cacophony of howls roused Godzilla's intelligent gaze.
Countless massive Honkai beasts were charging at him with furious roars, trying to tear apart this gigantic newcomer that had appeared out of nowhere!
Honkai beasts had no brains.
Except for those that developed intelligence, most were simply beasts carrying out destruction.
No matter how strong the enemy, they would unflinchingly carry out the will of the Honkai.
But…
Godzilla lowered his head, looking at these "little puddings," his tail swaying lightly.
Ordinary Honkai beasts stood over ten meters tall, true monsters in their own right, yet before Godzilla they were nothing more than malnourished puddings.
"Eh! The temperature seems to have suddenly gone up." Kiana's voice suddenly broke the tense silence between the two of them.
The Herrscher of Thunder could no longer maintain her earlier indifference. Her pupils trembled violently, staring in disbelief at the Godzilla whose sheer presence alone made her body freeze.
"What the hell is this monster?!"
Inside Godzilla, the temperature began to rise. A crimson glow seemed ready to drive away the darkness, and the sudden surge of heat twisted even space and time.
The next second,
"AAARRRHHH, !"
With a soul-shaking roar, fiery red became the only color in the world.
The heatwave surged forth, unstoppable. The charging Honkai beasts saw only red before losing all sensation.
The searing heat melted them into nothingness.
Not only them, the skyscrapers, rivers, vegetation, anything flammable that had existed one moment was gone the next, scorched bare under the wave of heat!
An invisible barrier expanded without limit, nearly covering the entire Nagazora!
...
At the same moment, in the cafeteria.
Welt, just about to think of an excuse to decline Himeko's coffee, suddenly froze. The next second, the coffee was already placed in his hand.
"Looks like you're looking forward to this cup too, Welt. Go on, try it, I think my brewing has improved this time."
Himeko's voice pulled the still-dazed Welt back.
Looking at the coffee now in his hand, he fell silent.
"Cough, cough… Mr. Welt, did something come to mind?"
With a light cough, Dan Heng held up a biography and asked. He successfully shifted the attention from the coffee to Welt's sudden daze just now.
"Yeah, Uncle Yang, you suddenly spaced out like in a TV drama. Did you remember something about your past as a great hero?" March 7th leaned forward curiously.
Welt's sudden daze was noticed by everyone except Himeko.
After all, no one could remain motionless in front of Himeko's coffee.
Even Dan Heng treated Himeko's coffee as something to be avoided strictly.
"Mm, indeed, some strange fragments suddenly flashed through my mind." Welt nodded repeatedly, quietly setting the coffee on the table with a serious face.
"Oh? For something to make you this serious, Welt, could it be something dangerous?" Himeko asked with concern.
Aside from occasionally showing a spirit of adventure, Welt was usually calm and mature. His sudden expression made Himeko a little worried.
"No, it's already in the past… to be precise, I can't quite figure out what it means."
After pondering for a while, under everyone's puzzled gaze, Welt slowly spoke.
"Just now, some strange memories suddenly flashed through my mind, about Godzilla."
"Godzilla?" Stelle asked, confused.
"But isn't Godzilla on Jarilo? Uncle Yang, why would you think of him? Didn't you say you only saw the real Godzilla when you were on Jarilo?"
"Indeed, in my previous memory, it was only on Jarilo that I saw the real Godzilla. Before that, it was just… scenes in theme parks and movies." Welt's tone grew heavier.
"Could it be the work of some memokeeper? They're the ones most skilled in memory-related issues in the universe."
Faced with everyone's concern, Welt organized his thoughts and said in a low voice:
"I'm certain , before just now, there were no traces of Godzilla in my past. But a moment ago, fragments about Godzilla suddenly appeared in my memory!"
"!!!"
"!!!"
"Huh!!"
"Eh!!"
…
"Welt, explain more clearly." Himeko said gravely.
Welt nodded slightly, speaking in a low tone:
"That memory felt as though it had been suddenly inlaid into my mind's past. From that moment on, my memories remained clear, but a dark shadow loomed over them. And within the memory of a city's destruction, Godzilla's figure appeared vividly."
"I'm certain my memory shows no signs of tampering. Which means…"
"Which means this was something that truly happened in the past."
Dan Heng analyzed.
"Eh? But isn't Godzilla still on Jarilo? Just earlier, Serval was even telling me she wanted to trim a path beside Godzilla for easier access!" March 7th asked in confusion.
The trees had grown too thick, making it hard for people to pass. To make things easier for Serval and the others, regular trimming was necessary.
Surely they couldn't expect Godzilla to handle that, right?
"But if Uncle Yang is right, doesn't that mean Godzilla has influenced the past?" March 7th's eyes widened in disbelief.
"As unbelievable as it sounds… it seems that's how it is." Welt nodded slightly.
"A Godzilla that can influence the past… Welt, in your impression, have you ever seen such a Godzilla?"
Himeko's expression grew grave. If Godzilla could even influence the past, then this was a big matter.
"Influence the past…" Welt sank into thought.
If he had to say whether such a Godzilla existed, in his memory there wasn't one.
But it did seem that some of Godzilla's abilities could relate to time and space.
One skill of Godzilla he knew of, The Atomic Breath.
Not only did it have immense power, it could even break through barriers of time!
Further up, XXX Godzilla's space teleportation seemed connected to dimensions.
And then…
The more Welt thought, the heavier his expression became.
If it really was that Godzilla… but did such a Godzilla truly exist?
Could this universe really give rise to a Godzilla of that level?
The train crew didn't disturb Welt's contemplation.
Until…
"Uncle Yang, in your memory of the past, did Big Brother Godzilla do anything bad?" Stelle raised her hand to ask.
Welt was stunned, then recalled the newly emerged memory, shaking his head slightly. "No, he even helped resolve a huge problem."
"Well then, that's fine."
Stelle tilted her head, her gaze clear.
"If he didn't do anything bad, why's everyone so nervous?"
"…"
As everyone knew, the little gray-haired one's thought process was always different from others.
"That's true, but…" March 7th scratched her head, unsure where to start.
Should she say it was terrifying because it involved changing the past? Or that it was just something incomprehensible?
"Mm, maybe we don't need to be this nervous after all." Himeko once again went back to drink her coffee.
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T/N: Sorry, my guess turned out to be wrong, Godzilla went to the story of Hi3rd to create chaos (〜￣▽￣)〜
Also Bonus Chapter; may post another one or two later~