You wouldn't want them to be bullied, would you?

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Blood soaked Nina's clothes and stained the floor red.

Nina stared blankly at the ceiling, the light in her eyes completely gone.

Then, her purple pupils glowed with an eerie purple light, and strange and beautiful patterns appeared on her irises, eventually forming a special mark belonging to the "Herrscher".

—Each Herrscher has a different pattern on their iris.

In addition, Nina's eye color subtly changed from purple to gray under the influence of Honkai energy.

The next second, Nina blankly raised her right hand and gripped the hilt of the dagger.

Then, she forcefully plunged the dagger into her heart.

A faint purple halo appeared on the surface of the dagger's blade, giving it unparalleled sharpness.

At least now, the dagger could easily pierce Nina's ribs and then plunge into her heart with unstoppable force.

The moment the dagger's tip touched her heart, a terrifying burst of Honkai energy erupted, eventually forming grayish-white crystals inside Nina's heart.

—This is the core of the Herald.

The Fifth Herrscher is not the "Herrscher of Ice" predicted by the human alliance, but a brand new and unknown Herrscher.

The moment Nina became a Herrscher, her eyes gradually regained their luster, and the dagger piercing her heart suddenly melted into a pool of liquid, then reformed into a metal spike without a hilt.

Having just become a Herrscher, Nina has not yet adapted to her current power.

Even without the power to adapt to her body, Nina can easily do certain things, such as extracting "metal" from the soil and recasting it into any shape.

As Nina thought of it, liquid metal rapidly emerged from the floor, then climbed up her body and recast into a silver metallic suit.

"Iserline, I should be able to come find you now..."

Nina murmured softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, sharp and thick metal spikes suddenly shot out from the orphanage floor, piercing the bodies of every child and adult with pinpoint accuracy.

Every child in the orphanage had bullied Nina to some extent, while the adults had never punished the children who bullied her. Therefore, in Nina's eyes, no one was innocent, whether they were children or adults.

"The people here are all..."

Before Nina could finish speaking, she subconsciously frowned.

In her perception, not all the people in the orphanage had died; two people had miraculously survived.

Nina hesitated for a few seconds, then abandoned the idea of ​​actively seeking out the other person. Instead, she squinted her eyes and adjusted to the power within her body.

Her Lawyer powers are her only reliance in finding Iselin, and she needs to fully adapt before leaving the orphanage, otherwise she has no chance of finding Iselin.

……

Meanwhile, in the main hall of the orphanage.

Agata looked at the metal spike with lingering fear, his heart filled with lingering dread.

If she hadn't had a sudden flash of inspiration and instinctively dodged, she and Galina might have become "meat skewers" by now.

"This is... metal?"

Galina reached out and touched the metal cone, confirming again and again that it was a common metal.

However, the metal cone contained traces of Honkai energy, clearly indicating that it was not an ordinary metal.

"I understand the logic, but why did this thing suddenly appear out of the floor?!"

“I don’t know, but…” Galina’s tone lowered, “This must be the work of a Herrscher.”

"But...shouldn't the Fifth Herrscher be the 'Herrscher of Ice'?"

“Agatha, the situation is now very clear—the Human Alliance's prediction was wrong. The Fifth Herrscher is not the so-called 'Herrscher of Ice,' but an unknown, entirely new Herrscher.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the metal cone began to move.

squeak--!

A piercing metallic creak resounded as a slender spike suddenly pierced through Galina's right arm from the surface of the metal cone.

Immediately, Galina's right arm released a thick black mist, but it had no effect on the metal cones and spikes.

"Tsk! Agatha, give me a hand!"

"learn!"

Agatha's right hand formed a chop, and as he swung it, a blazing flame erupted.

The flames surrounding the palm were extremely hot, instantly melting the metal in contact with it into a liquid state.

Taking this opportunity, Galina pulled out the metal spike piercing her right arm and used the power of the Herrscher of Death to heal her injury.

"Galina, are you alright?"

"It's nothing serious, but we might be in trouble—the Fifth Herrscher's power is related to metal, which happens to counter my power."

Chapter 259 Lawyer Powers Suspected to be Related to "Metal"

The power of the Herrscher of Death is invincible when facing living beings, but when facing inanimate objects, its only effect is to heal one's own injuries.

In short, if the Fifth Herrscher can protect herself with metal, then Galina's powers are essentially useless, and she can only be used as a physically strong "healer".

"So... Galina, you're only going to be a 'spectator' this time?"

"Not entirely. At least I can deal with the Honkai Beasts and Death Soldiers that appear due to the 'Great Collapse'."

After the appearance of the metal spike, Paris was affected by the "Great Collapse," resulting in the emergence of many Honkai Beasts and Death Warriors.

As the death toll gradually increases, the number of suicide squad members will also increase.

Agatha stretched his limbs slightly, then said confidently, "Garina, before dealing with the Honkai Beasts and the zombies, we need to take care of the Fifth Herrscher first—this time it's my home turf."

Compared to Galina's Herrscher of Death powers, Agatha's Herrscher of Flame powers are more likely to inflict effective damage on the Fifth Herrscher.

Galina was well aware of this, but she still solemnly warned, "Garina, you must be careful—the Fifth Herrscher is no weaker than Wendy's mother. Only by being cautious can you defeat her."

"Of course I know about this! Honestly, Aurora warned me like that, and now you're warning me too. Am I really that unreliable?"

"It's not a matter of whether it's reliable or not; being cautious is never a bad thing."

"Don't worry! I'm super strong!"

Agatha was full of confidence, and as he spoke, he released blazing flames that completely melted the metal spikes in front of the two of them into liquid.

Immediately, before the two girls could take any action, the liquid metal began to flow rapidly, as if it had come to life, "devouring" the other metal spikes and thus growing stronger.

To say it was "swallowed" is not quite accurate. To be precise, it should be that the other metal cones actively turned into liquid and then coalesced into a pool of liquid.

Upon seeing this, Agatha and Galina immediately fell silent, looking around warily to guard against an attack from the Fifth Herrscher.

however……

Nothing happened.

The liquid metal seemed to have become a "stray dog," only knowing to stay away from Agatha and Galina, and daring not to approach the two girls at all.

This scene left the two girls puzzled, and they both read "bewilderment" and "confusion" in each other's eyes.

"What's going on?"

"I'm not quite sure, anyway..."

Galina looked in the direction the molten metal was flowing. "Let's investigate in the direction the molten metal escaped."

In the two girls' perception, the direction of the flowing metallic liquid was clearly the place where the Honkai energy reaction was strongest.

During the Honkai War, there was only one possible place where Honkai energy reacted most strongly: the location of the Herrscher.

In fact, when Agatha and Galina use Herrscher powers, it also triggers a very strong Honkai energy reaction.

However, there are only three Herrschers in Paris right now, and they are all gathered in this small orphanage, so there is naturally no situation that would interfere with their perception.

"Galina, what should we do with these corpses?"

On their way to the Herrscher's location, Agatha and Galina saw the corpses of many children and adults.

Since they died at the same time, and the attacks from the metal spikes were clean and swift, the expressions of these corpses did not change much; at most, they were somewhat confused, not knowing why they had suddenly died.

Agatha and Galina had died once, and although they were later resurrected by Sirin, their thinking and cognition were somewhat different from normal humans.

The number of human deaths was nothing more than a meaningless string of numbers to the two girls, and it didn't evoke any special feelings in them.

—Unless there are many magical girls among the dead humans.

The magical girl army is Sirin's "life's work," and neither Agatha nor Galina will let Sirin's hard work go to waste.

"Ignore these corpses, just make sure they don't turn into suicide soldiers."

Galina didn't glance at the corpses once, her gaze sweeping over them and looking towards the end of the corridor.

Upon hearing this, Agata nodded in realization, then casually flicked out a ball of flame, setting the orphanage's furniture ablaze.

"Agata, are you sure this won't affect the upcoming battle?"

"Please! I am the Herrscher of Flame, how could I possibly be harmed by my own flames?"

"...but I cannot ignore these flames."

"Don't worry! I'm here for you. I'll control these flames to avoid you and keep you safe from the fire."

Agatha waved his hand dismissively, then quickened his pace and strode towards where the Herrscher was.

Galina sighed helplessly and could only quicken her pace silently.

Although she can't play a major role, she can at least ensure that Agatha remains undefeated in the upcoming battles.

"Agata, should we contact Aurora first?"

"There's no rush. Aurora needs to stay in Academy City to help her father and mother Eden get together. Don't interfere with her unless it's absolutely necessary."

Upon hearing this, Galina nodded and said nothing more.

……

Nina's room.

When the orphanage caught fire, Nina seemed to sense something and opened her eyes, her gray pupils shimmering with a faint purple light.

"They are not ordinary people, perhaps they are the Valkyries that Iserline mentioned?"