Chapter 584 Kiana Kaslana

"Boom——"

The sky-wide flames collided with the frosty cold air. After a deafening explosion, the high-temperature water vapor that could easily burn human skin instantly filled all the space within the sight.

The azure eyes turned slightly, leaving two sharp cold lights in the dark light and shadow.

As if in response to the man's expectations, a human figure suddenly appeared in the steam he was looking at. The next moment, the bullet tore through the thick white steam, revealing the girl hiding behind it.

"A trick."

The man was unarmed, but with just a slight wave of his arm, the frosty cold air condensed into a thick ice wall in the shape of waves. Even the armor-piercing bullet specially made for the Valkyrie, which could break through the exoskeleton of a three-meter-high collapse beast with one shot, only left a shallow pit on the ice.

But the girl's impact did not stop. She had a weapon more powerful than bullets, that is, her own body.

"Heh, your fighting style is really reckless. It's just an exercise. I feel pain even if you don't feel it!"

"Hiss——"

The girl just rushed forward with her head down, and didn't have time to pay attention to the existence that kept muttering in her heart, but the power of a part of her body had already started to work with that annoying voice. A faint white smoke rose from the girl's body, and her skin, which was originally red from the steam, turned white in an instant.

"Although I know you must have no good intentions, thank you for the time being."

"Hmph!"

The communication between the two was still as unpleasant as before, but the girl didn't care. She had rushed to the front of the ice wall, and the golden light condensed on her fist. This blow that combined the power of space should be enough to break the ice wall.

Across the ice wall, the man's eyes condensed, and he raised his hand again, and the terrifying energy condensed in his hand, as if he was going to take the girl's blow head-on.

But the next moment, his fist suddenly swung back - when he made such a move, 0.1 second later, the girl's figure disappeared in front of him.

But the hand that condensed the Honkai energy was retracted at a very fast speed, and the Honkai energy in the hand quickly condensed into an ice sword - of course, according to his horrible straight male aesthetics, it is more appropriate to call it an ice lump.

The hand holding the ice lump just swayed for a moment, and the man's body quickly flew into the air in an extremely awkward posture. He didn't even turn his head, but kicked the girl who had just emerged from the space crack to the side.

Almost at the same time, the ice wall in front of him quickly disintegrated in the raging firelight. Another white figure rushed in front of him with a flaming sword, but the man had expected it and stabbed the ice lump in his hand straight out. Before the sword in the figure's hand could be swung again, the battle came to an end.

"Ah..."

Siegfried Kaslana handed the flaming sword to the man in front of him, rubbing his left arm, and sat on the ice without any image.

Kevin looked at Siegfried, who was panting and wanted to lie down, then looked at the big sword in his hand, and then looked at Kiana who was kicked far away by him. He didn't know what to say for a while.

He didn't have time to say anything. Suddenly, Siegfried took a deep breath, shouted "Oops", and jumped up from the ground as if he just remembered that he had a daughter.

But at this time, Kiana had already covered her waist, stared with resentful eyes, and limped back to the two of them.

"Ahem!"

Kevin felt that he should do something. Although the scene in front of him was indeed funny, if someone saw his shadow in it, he would probably just feel embarrassed.

He cleared his throat, and as an "instructor", he only cleared his throat to turn the attention of the other two people, which was more or less a small favor to his offspring.

"Let's make a summary - I can score 70 points for this battle..."

"Yeah! Long live passing!"

Kiana, who was still rubbing her waist a second ago, jumped up with both hands raised high. Siegfried couldn't help but cover his head, but soon laughed out loud, thinking about what reward to give Kiana.

But Kevin, as a third party, saw it clearly. The girl was not as happy as she showed. She was just using this more familiar posture to send a signal to those who cared about her that "she was fine".

But she was young after all, and the indelible gloom between her eyebrows betrayed her current state of mind. Of course, if a person has experienced everything she has experienced and can still maintain an unreasonable optimism, most people would probably think that "unmotivated idiot" is more appropriate than positive adjectives such as "optimistic" or neutral adjectives such as "heartless".

And Mr. Siegfried, do you understand this?

Kevin thinks he does. But he doesn't want to point it out.

One hopes that the other party will not worry about him, and the other hopes that the other party will not worry about him worrying about her.

Kevin didn't know how to describe his feelings. Considering that the blood of Kaslana is now the result of the fusion of Shanyat's blood, he intends to put all the reasons for this phenomenon on another man.

No, no, no, the focus now should not be on this.

A little frost condensed on the fingertips and buckled on the hilt of the Skyfire Greatsword, making a crisp echo.

"Okay, let's make a summary first. Kiana, don't be too happy, there are still many problems."

"Ah——"

Kiana's face darkened.

"First of all, the timing of the cooperation can be more precise. The reason why I can easily resolve the attack of you and your daughter is that your attacks are out of sync. Kiana teleported behind me through the space rift, and Siegfried used the greatsword to cut through my ice wall. It was almost in step, but the problem was that there was an ice wall as a barrier, which caused Siegfried's real attack to be nearly two seconds slower than Kiana. Although I said so, your cooperation is much better than a few months ago, and it is completely enough to deal with the emperor-level Honkai beast. But I think you also know that the enemy Kiana has to face is not a creature like Honkai beast."

No one can play a very exquisite cooperation with another person without training, even if they are "father and daughter" who are in tune with each other to a certain extent.

The lowest level of battle only requires the concept of mutual cooperation between the warriors to cope with it. Siegfried and Kiana have been training each other for nearly half a year. Although they have not experienced actual combat, their cooperation is comparable to that of many partners who have been wandering between life and death for several years.

Unfortunately, it is far from enough.

An attack interval of less than two seconds is not a mistake for most enemies below the Herrscher. Kevin briefly learned that there seemed to be no large number of Judgment-level or even End-of-Law-level Honkai beasts in this era, but who made Kiana's enemy the Herrscher?

"But there was no other way at the time."

Kiana complained with her head tilted.

"No matter what, Dad has to cross the ice wall to launch an effective attack, but if I don't hide in the space crack first, won't Dad chop down the ice wall along with it?"

"Humph."

Kevin sighed lightly, spread his hands, and said helplessly:

"This is also the second question I want to talk about - Kiana, your control of power is too rough in such a subtle place."

"Ah? Rough... What kind of description is this? Oh! Dad, don't pat my head! I still want to grow taller!"

"Haha, what a fool."

A sneer sounded in her mind, and Kiana bit her lip, and temporarily put aside all other sounds in her ears.

"Here you go again! You bastard! Believe it or not, I will make you speechless soon!"

"I don't care, but didn't you ask me to teach you how to use the power of the void? How can I teach you if I don't speak?"

"Didn't you see what Kevin said - rough!"

"You are stupid, what does it have to do with me?"

"You -"

"During the attack just now, didn't you hide in the imaginary space and wait until your 'stinky dad' broke through the ice wall and swung the sword again before you appeared behind Kevin? Or is there another more advanced way? While you open a space rift for yourself, you also open a space rift on the charge path of your 'stinky dad', so that he can cross the ice wall and appear directly in front of Kevin, isn't that enough? "

"Uh... it seems..."

"So can you blame me for this? Humph, it's obviously your own brain that's not working well, don't blame everything on me. "

In the world of consciousness, the girl with the same face as Kiana, but with bright yellow eyes, smacked her lips and waved her hands impatiently, and Kiana's consciousness floated back to reality in the blink of an eye.

"Kiana? Kiana?"

The rough palm waved in front of her, and finally slapped her head heavily.

"Don't be absent-minded!"

"Ahhh! Stinky dad, be gentle! I still want to grow a little taller!"

"Ahem!"

Kevin clenched his right hand into a fist and placed it in front of his lips, cleared his throat forcefully, and got everything back on track.

"Let me tell you, Kiana. Actually, you had at least two better options just now - you could temporarily hide in the imaginary space and look for an opportunity to attack at the same time as your father. Or you could open a space crack for your father and let him appear directly in front of me. These two methods will undoubtedly bring me more pressure, but they also require you to have a stronger grasp of power."

"Uh..."

Listening to Kevin's advice that was exactly the same as that guy's, Kiana couldn't help but wonder if she was really stupid.

"There is one last question - well, at least the last question for today."

Kevin crossed his arms, his tone was calm but not distant.

"In fact, I have wanted to ask this question since the first actual combat training: Kiana, when you use the power of space, you always seem to tend to appear from behind the enemy in various ways. Do you think this is a good habit?"

"Huh? Isn't it? Behind is a blind spot, it should be easy to succeed?"

Having said that, the girl tilted her head and thought carefully, but found that her tactics had never been successful on the man in front of her.

Okay, she is really stupid.

"In theory, it is true."

Kevin nodded, but soon shook his head.

"But you are different."

"Huh? Me, why?"

Kiana widened her eyes innocently, but soon got hit on the head again.

"Because you are different from others. We think that attacks from behind are dangerous because we are not sure whether there will be enemies behind us. But Kiana, as the Ruler of the Void..."

"As the Herrscher of the Void, you can easily appear behind the enemy. The enemy certainly cannot be unaware of this, so your attack from behind me is not much different from a frontal attack. Especially your attack just now, Kiana, is a textbook negative lesson. Under normal circumstances, even if you are the Herrscher of the Void, the enemy can't figure out when you will perform phase shuttle and fold, but under such conditions... well, you know."

Kevin took over Siegfried's words again.

"So, you know this, old dad, why don't you ever tell me..."

"Uh..."

Siegfried scratched his messy hair embarrassedly.

"I always forget."

"Heh!"

"Ha!"

Kevin and Kiana sighed at the same time.

"Anyway, don't do this again in the future."

Kevin rubbed his eyebrows expressionlessly.

"Uh... Then, where should I attack from?"

Kevin's eyebrows trembled. To be honest, he had never mastered the power of the void, so it was easy for him to point out the shortcomings, but if this power should be used in this way...

He closed his eyes slowly, and after a while, Kevin found that he was not unfamiliar with "how to use the power of the void".

There is no doubt that this was given by a certain "unprofessional" Herrscher. After all, this is the most commonly used power of the man who is the Herrscher of Reason, nothing else.

"In fact, as a Herrscher of the Void, you can use a lot of attack methods. Let's take the previous example. You can also use the Sub-Void Spear and the Imaginary Crystal to block my actions, and then appear from above me to launch an attack... Uh, Kiana?"

Kevin recalled the man's fighting posture while deducing the fighting methods that Kiana could use. When he came to his senses, he found that Kiana's eyes were dull and he didn't know what she was thinking.

He sighed softly. Kevin was no longer surprised that this girl would be absent from time to time. As a "teacher", he would not criticize anything, and he was not a very diligent student in the past. And the only time he criticized a newcomer as a warrior, he made the other person cry in public, which was not a happy memory.

Moreover, he guessed that the state of being distracted should not be considered as being absent-minded. Maybe the girl was communicating with the second Herrscher in her body. Anyway, the girl has never missed any important knowledge points because of that state. In other words, the girl can be said to have inherited the talent of the Kaslana family in terms of fighting, even if she is not a real Kaslana.

"Oh! Stinky dad, pat your shoulders! Stop hitting your head!"

"Ah... Oh, sorry, but... No! It's Kiana, you should listen to the teacher's explanation carefully!"

And that's it, when encountering such a situation, Mr. Siegfried will always criticize his daughter in time. Even if this daughter has no blood relationship with him.

The cold face suddenly changed a little, like the day when the snow melted in spring, the snow flowed silently, even if this flow was not noticed by anyone at first.

Kevin smiled, although his eyebrows were only slightly wrinkled and then smoothed, his chin, which was always raised, dropped to the ground parallel to his sight, and then the corners of his mouth were grinned to both sides. Although most people would not attribute this expression to [smile].

But he would not deny that getting along with these two "offspring" always makes him forget too much heaviness temporarily, and his mood is unconsciously relaxed.

"Oh, by the way! Stinky dad, how does your left hand feel?"

Grabbing the arm that her father tried to retract, the girl began to carefully check the body of the man she called "stinky dad".

She smiled brightly to cover up the guilt that was hard to erase in her eyes.

As if he remembered something interesting, Kevin also silently moved his head over.

The man's left arm is divided into two sections of completely different skin colors from the middle of the upper arm, as if one person was connected to another person's arm. But after a closer look, you will find that this is not the case.

The difference is not just the skin color, but the skin as a whole. The part above the dividing line is darker and the skin is more greasy, while the part below the dividing line is as white and tender as a newborn. If you put your nose close to it and smell it, you may still have the milky fragrance that only children have.

"It's okay, it's real flesh and blood after all. That's it... I always feel a little awkward to use it. It's not that I can't use it, but I feel like a normal person is suddenly forced to walk with outward feet."

Kiana shuddered all over and shook her head quickly unconsciously-even if she hadn't experienced that kind of thing, she would feel uncomfortable just thinking about it.

Kevin tilted his head and observed for a moment, then said quietly:

"Theoretically, there should be no problem. It is indeed the first time that Miss Anna and Miss Hill have developed the Shaniat stigmata to this extent. It is also the first time that Kiana has used the power of the Serenity Gem. But Mei has done a test afterwards. This arm is no different from Siegfried's original arm in every sense. The reason why it feels awkward may be that you haven't had time to get used to it."

"That's right. Don't worry about me, Kiana. It's only been less than two months. It should be fine after a while. Besides, even if it is like this, it won't affect the battle. Look, I didn't hold you back just now! Hahaha!"

Siegfried was carefree and laughed to himself again.

Kiana bit her lip and soon started laughing too.

Only Kevin didn't laugh.

His always cold attitude became the best cover at this moment. What he was thinking at this moment was something that had little to do with everything in front of him.

[It turns out that even limbs constructed through the power of the Sixth Herrscher will take such a long time to adapt to such pain that is not severe but is far away. As for the Herrscher of Reason's behavior of reconstructing his own body, it is not an easy task to see how Walter Yang is still rediscovering the performance of his new body in half a year. But these are all commonplace for you...]

As long as he put himself into that man's perspective, Kevin quickly felt the pain of being forced to walk with an equinox as mentioned in Siegfried's joke. He understood better that as a [Kaslana], Siegfried's words were just a metaphor to simplify the difficulties. The real feelings should be far more painful than this.

"Oh……"

After taking a long breath, Kevin realized that Siegfried and Kiana were staring at him intensely.

"Oh...it's almost time. That's the end of today's morning training. As per the old rules, we will continue training in another combat mode in the afternoon."

The time in the early morning is precious and short, so the previous actual combat training focused more on [close combat ability with the assistance of a small amount of power], while more time in the afternoon was on [full use of the power of the Herrscher of the Sky without any restrictions] training.

"Well, it's the same as before. I'm going to take Siegfried for a physical examination. Kiana, you can go to the cafeteria first."

"Ah...stinky dad, you haven't given up on awakening that holy mark yet..."

Kiana's tone was somewhat regretful and dissatisfied, but more of a "fortunately so" tone.

Suddenly, he was lightly tapped on the shoulder:

"What? Is it possible that you still don't believe in your father? No matter what others say, you are my daughter. Even if the whole world says otherwise, you are still my daughter."

Kiana's vision blurred for a moment.

"But that also means that I have to fulfill my responsibility as a father - although it is wrong for me to say this now, I am indeed sorry for you in the past few years."

"Stop talking about dad, it's me..."

"Hey! My daughter is now mastering the power of the Herrscher, so how can I stand still! If I don't work harder, I am an old man who doesn't even have the strength to stand by your side and fight alongside you. "Kiana, when it collapsed for the second time, I watched your mother helplessly... I don't want to experience that kind of powerlessness with my child again."

Kiana bit her lip tightly to prevent her tears from falling. The Second Herrscher in her mind has actually been making noises for a long time. She once used "Teach you how to use power from time to time" as a bargaining chip in exchange for the right to speak freely, but for some reason, she was just silent at this time, watching this. A father reveals his feelings to his daughter little by little.

In a daze, the Second Herrscher's thoughts seemed to have returned to Siberia seventeen years ago, to the illusion she had constructed with so many unnecessary actions.

"..."

"Okay, okay! Kiana, you go take a shower first, and then go have breakfast. I'll take Sieg Fei away from here."

Kevin rubbed his eyebrows again. He had seen too many separations of life and death, and naturally he would not be touched by these small touches.

It's just that Siegfried said "father" to the left and "child" to the right, which always made him unable to suppress the thought of what he and the other person could do but both tacitly chose not to do.

Therefore, he felt that his sudden intervention at this moment to separate the father and daughter might not be out of selfish motives.

Kiana waved her hand reluctantly and said goodbye to her father briefly.

Time came to the midsummer of 2017 unknowingly. Although the entire simulation war room was frozen by the cold air released by Kevin, Kiana still felt a layer of cold sweat sandwiched between the Valkyrie armor and her skin. .

She quickly rushed back to the dormitory, took a refreshing cold shower, then put on her daily clothes and walked leisurely to the cafeteria.

Along the way, she smiled and greeted every member of Anti-Entropy she passed by, whether she knew them or not.

It's nothing more than a "good morning" thing.

"Look at your popularity. I met thirteen people along the way. Five of them looked away and wanted to press their bodies against the other side of the bulkhead. One ignored you at all, and another cursed you in a low voice - she even I know you can hear me. Two people nod to you, but four idiots actually say hello to you in return - that's great!"

"It's better than the beginning, isn't it? At the beginning, except for Bronya and the others, no one responded to me."

Kiana just answered so calmly.

At the same time, I was grateful in my heart. Fortunately, my smelly dad would be taken for a physical check-up after every training, so he didn't have to go with me all the way.

With such simple yet complicated thoughts, the girl regarded it as the beginning of an ordinary day.

She imagined the smell of toast, fried bacon, and slices of bread with garlic butter in her mind to pull her mind away from unnecessary worries.

The girl didn't feel anything different about this day, let alone any strange feeling.

But in the eyes of a certain person, the fate he had woven with his own hands once again enveloped the innocent girl. He only needed to hook his fingers, and the thread would tighten. Fate would once again wrap the girl up in a situation where she was powerless but had to do something.