Chapter 628 My Name Is Mikael, Mikael Shanyat
"Bang!"
Leaning back, Yulan Dell narrowly avoided the black abyss and white flower that was swept by Mikael, and took advantage of the situation to stab Mikael's knee with the same weapon. ׺°"˜˜`"°º×But after seeing that Mikael had no intention of dodging at all, she was shocked and quickly took back the black abyss and white flower and placed it horizontally in front of her. The next moment, the two weapons that looked exactly the same from any angle collided with each other.
"Cough——"
A few drops of blood came out of Yulan Dell's mouth.
Even though she blocked the top-down attack, the huge impact caused by the collision of the gun bodies almost shattered half of Yulan Dell's ribs, and her internal organs were not unexpectedly displaced.
But is it enough to block it?
The hairs on the back of her neck all stood up in an instant, Yulan Dell's brain was still empty, and the nerve center subconsciously controlled her head to tilt to the right. The next moment, the tip of the gun flashing with black light brushed her left cheek and pierced into the blood-red sand.
"King!"
The calf folded under her body quickly straightened like a spring compressed to the extreme, and the sharp heel kicked Mikael's right leg directly from the knee. At the same time, the tall self-driven phantom stood between Mikael and her, and the greatsword that was almost as wide as two people slashed down from the top, cutting Mikael into two at an angle like cutting onions.
"!?"
Yulan Dell's body retreated rapidly under the drag of Queen.
Although she had already overcome the unnecessary emotional fluctuations in day-to-day training, and there was very little room for thinking in her mind when she was really fighting, and even most of the movements and attack methods were just the free play of the body over the brain, but at the moment when Queen pulled her body out of the sand, she still felt a little proud of the successful tactical deception.
After all, she only called King, but summoned Queen at the same time... [Bianca, Bianca, you really should change your straightforwardness. You are the only one who understands this as deception, right? 】——If Bishop Otto heard it, he would definitely say so.
But all this came to an abrupt end with Mikael's body being cut off.
"Where? Where?"
Mikael was killed just like that——even if her mind was straight, she couldn't believe such a thing. The Bishop once said that Mikael, like him, was a person who had to accomplish something, so he would never die before that. Analogous to the Bishop, Yulan Dell believed that even if Mikael really encountered a crisis of death during the battle, he would not hesitate to release the suppressed power.
As for the previous oath? It was just a restriction that the cat deliberately set for itself for the fun of the action after confirming that the mouse could not escape.
At least that's how Yulan Dell understood it.
The azure eyes quickly scanned the whole scene, and the gaze stayed on several suspicious sand dunes for an inconspicuous time.
But after looking around and not finding Mikael, Yulan Dell suddenly noticed a foreign object in his sight——
It was the black abyss white flower still standing on the sand dune.
It was not his own, but the one left there by Mikael.
His sight extended forward along the gun, and he saw two pieces of Mikael's body with his eyes open, and a piece of his lower leg farther away.
"Is he pretending to be dead? But which part of his body will start to recover? It doesn't matter, there are only three parts. As long as all three parts are locked, then -"
"Bang!"
Her thoughts were abruptly interrupted by the murderous intent coming from behind her head. With Yulan Dell's reaction nerves, she didn't have time to react before she heard the sound of a fist hitting the Queen shield - if it weren't for this self-driven phantom, there is no doubt that the previous punch would hit Yulan Dell's back and penetrate her vital parts.
"Why is it behind?"
Without time to think about the reason, Yulan Dell's body once again pounced to the side under the guidance of instinct.
When she rolled forward on the sand and got up, she saw the Black Abyss White Flower that cut through the space like a meteor, and the two self-driving phantoms that were pierced by the tail of the Black Abyss White Flower and finally strung together.
Mikael's pale ten fingers pushed aside Queen's huge shield and slowly grasped a small section of the gun handle that came out of Queen's chest.
But he waved his hand quickly, and the two self-driving phantoms and the Black Abyss White Flower all turned into blue light spots and drifted away.
Then, another Black Abyss White Flower appeared in Mikael's hand.
"The structure of the Black Abyss White Flower is not easy to pull out in the state just now, so it's better to create a new one."
His eyes trembled and rotated to the right place, but Mikael explained to Youlan Dell seriously with an incomprehensible kindness.
"From a human perspective, you are better than me in speed, strength, and reaction. As for skills, at least it's more like a gun in your hand. But that's not the point, Orchiddale. Your fighting style seems to lack some imagination."
"Huh?"
"Yes, that's right, imagination."
Mikael held his chin with one hand and suddenly inserted the Black Abyss White Flower into the sand. The battle was interrupted in confusion because Mikael stood there defenselessly and analyzed it.
"Maybe it's because of your personality? Or is it because you're not familiar with this weapon? I don't deny your strength, nor your fighting style, but you seem to be too conventional when it comes to predicting my actions."
Mikael stirred the sand with his toes and stepped hard on the sand twice, leaving distinct footprints.
"The power of life in the White Flower of Black Abyss has been used to the extreme. It can be said that as long as the consciousness still exists, the body can be completely reshaped. Therefore, resurrection usually occurs from the fragments of limbs with brains. But this is only for ordinary people. I am a Herrscher, a Herrscher whose consciousness is stored in the core rather than in the brain. To me, Any drop of blood or any piece of flesh can be used as a carrier for resurrection. Don't you think that my previous injuries were a bit slow to repair? That's because the blood was mixed in this red sand. It's impossible for you to judge what I will do from there. No matter which place is resurrected, the general direction [behind] can actually be grasped. "
As Mikael explained, Hollander's brows wrinkled together unconsciously:
"No... you cheated. You clearly said before that you, as a human, will fight me!"
"yes."
Mikael shrugged playfully.
"In your eyes, showing the posture of the Herrscher is not [human]? Is your definition of human beings so narrow? Of course, the most important thing is... In my fifty thousand years of life, only One week was a pure human being, and for the next twelve years, I fought with the dual identity of human being and the Herrscher of Reason. For me personally, these two concepts are completely overlapping. ”
"Are you really not being sophistical?"
Hollandale still maintains a fighting posture, but this does not prevent her from speaking out.
She indeed captured a certain sadness in those words, but this did not prevent her from defining the guy in front of her as an enemy that must be killed.
"Whether it's sophistry or cheating, whatever you want about Kiana."
"Huh? Did you call the wrong name?"
The hand that held Heiyuan Baihua tightened. She didn't know why her heartbeat seemed to skip a beat at that moment, which made her hands and feet a little weak and her head a little dizzy. But at least she remembered that her name was not "Kiana".
"Who knows."
Mikael smiled and quickly regained his composure.
"How about it, do you want to continue fighting?"
"Needless to say-"
Before he finished speaking, Hollandale rushed in front of Mikael again, dodged, and went around to Mikael's side again, aiming his tall lance at Mikael's brain.
But this is just an illusion. As long as Mikael blocks, she will hit the high-frequency stabs that she has trained countless times at the fastest speed, leaving Mikael's body covered with holes, plus the black... Yuan's [Wither] power, even if Bai Hua's [Creation] is used to counterattack, it will take a long time to recover from so many wounds. And every second she wins is a victory that cannot be ignored.
However, this did not happen - at the moment when the tip of the spear almost touched Mikael, the latter neither dodged nor blocked, he did nothing.
It would have been a good idea to pierce his brain like this, but even this idea could not be implemented. Her hands and feet seemed to be immersed in water, and her movements were heavy and slow. The last distance of the spear tip could not be covered no matter what. Then, wrapped in "water", her body started to move again.
Her figure circled back to Mikael, then retreated in a charging posture, and finally returned to the position before departure.
It wasn't until this moment that she realized what had just happened - time had been reversed.
"Let's talk about it. What's the point of fighting and killing? You still have a long life, and there will be countless battles in the future. As for me, I have already had enough battles."
The white flowers of the black abyss in Mikael's hand dissipated, and he sat happily on the blood-red sand dunes, while waving to Hollander expressionlessly from behind.
"Just say whatever you want, I won't be fooled."
Hollandale held the spear tightly as always, maintaining a fighting posture, and his resolute face made it impossible to read any unnecessary emotions.
"Fooled? No. I already... don't want to fight anymore. Anyway, the battle between two users who can completely liberate the power of the Black Abyss White Flower is destined to be endless. Of course, I can also Unleashing more power will naturally kill you easily, but that’s meaningless.”
"No point?"
Hollander chewed these words carefully and asked:
"What does it mean to be meaningless? Shouldn't you..."
"What should I do?"
Mikael raised his chin.
"Should I get rid of you quickly and then help the Tenth Herrscher kill and destroy the world?"
"..."
Hollandale did not answer.
In fact, she realized something was wrong a long time ago.
If he simply wanted to destroy the world, why would the man in front of him do so many unnecessary things? The only explanation is that the goal that the bishop said this man must reach is not to destroy the world.
However, when he should be fighting, especially when his comrades are still fighting, he is chatting with the "enemy" in everyone's eyes. Wouldn't this be bad?
As if seeing Hollander's hesitation, Mikael then said:
"Okay, let's put it another way, Kiana. You can choose to refuse and continue the fight, but I will be anxious to resolve the fight because I have no desire to fight, so I will directly use more powerful force to kill you here. Death - well, of course I know that you are not afraid of death, but you have to believe me, it will happen in just an instant, and your attempt to prevent me from going to the Tower of Babel you call will be shattered."
The corners of Youlandale's eyes twitched.
The second time she was called by the wrong name, she didn't care. After all, it is well known that Mikael's mental state is problematic. It is probably because he is not clear-headed and has recognized the wrong person.
But there is indeed nothing wrong with what he said.
Her mission is to hold off Mikael and leave enough time for the other side to deal with Kiana and defeat the Tenth Herrscher. Although I don’t know why Dr. Mei firmly believes that she alone can do this. But since this mission really has hope of success, she will not ask for trouble or death.
"What do you want to talk about?"
"..."
Probably due to Hollander's illusion, there was a moment of emptiness in Mikael's eyes.
Are you distracted? Or are there any extremely distant thoughts that require more than a second to capture?
"What are we talking about... Let's start with Black Abyss and White Flowers."
Mikael's eyes fluctuated twice, and finally rested on the lance in Hollander's hand.
"Black abyss and white flowers..."
Reciting this name silently, Hollandale held the weapon that he did not often use tighter.
"Really? I'm also curious. Why do you rarely use such a powerful weapon in actual combat?"
[Can he hear what I’m thinking? 】——Such doubts flashed through the girl's mind, but she didn't pay attention.
She is not trapped in doubts, because many things just need to be accepted. She didn't need to know how Mikael heard what she was thinking, she just needed to accept the fact that Mikael could hear what she was thinking.
However... Hei Yuan Bai Hua, when she first got this weapon, even though she was famous for being meticulous, she was visibly happy and even made an extra cake than usual.
But after learning about Cecilia's past with the Herrscher of the Sky, she almost stopped using this weapon in actual combat. Most of the time, she just stuck the spear at her feet and meditated with it in the mustard seeds.
For this weapon, she still needs to constantly confirm whether she is qualified to use it. Before that, she just borrowed the weapon from the original owner.
"So that's what you think..."
Mikael suddenly snorted a puff of air from his nose.
"Actually, the qualifications to use this weapon are far less complicated than you think. To understand this, you must first know how it was born."
"Birth? Isn't it the Key of God made from the core of the Sixth Herrscher of the former civilization?"
"That's true, but that incident can be said to be an accident, or it can be said to be a tragedy caused by negligence."
"..."
"The Sixth Herrscher of the pre-civilization was not completely extinct. Due to the schizophrenia of the Qualified One, the other half of her personality was retained in the form of the will of the stigmata, just like May and Eleanor. . In a sense, Eleanor also knew her, as a different stigmata meaning born from the same stigmata. Zhi, she has higher [management authority]. Yes, you can regard her as the manager of Shaniyat Stigmata. So, in theory, all you need to do is to completely liberate the power of Black Abyss White Flower. A little qualification - a person with the Awakening Stigmata of Shaniyat blood. Kiana, you are like this, and so am I."
"What do you want to express?"
Hollandale frowned and took a step back.
Information was placed in front of her one after another, seemingly unrelated to each other, but also as if there were invisible threads connecting them all together.
Bianca Ataljina, who has lost her past memory, actually has the blood of Shaniyat? Also, Mikael has been calling her Kiana since not long ago... plus the black abyss white flower...
The previous owner of the Black Abyss White Flower was Cecilia Shaniat. In other words, although the Black Abyss White Flower does not only recognize people from a certain family like the Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment, most of its previous users also All from the Shaniyat family.
What Mikael said is true, but...
It seems like I overlooked something...
Hollander's thoughts drifted quickly, and he quickly returned to the original path and captured the obvious fact——
Kiana Kaslana seems to be the daughter of Lady Cecilia Shaniat. But the current Kiana Kaslana is not actually the real Kiana, but the only successful experimental subject among the K-series artificial humans created by Bishop Otto using the genes of the real Kiana - she knows at this point.
And Mikael has been calling me "Kiana" since before. If he hadn't had a mental illness, he wouldn't have...
This is not an unimaginable result, or in other words, this guess can be naturally derived by simply connecting the information.
And when he realized this, there was a relatively long gap in the tense consciousness of Hollander.
Is it possible?
Could it be such a coincidence?
But... the Kaslana family is probably characterized by their long, snow-white hair and azure blue eyes. Lady Cecilia also has the same hair color and eye color as Lady Siegfried. It is impossible for a child with blond hair like me to exist...
Yulan Dell actually overlooked a fatal problem - when she did not immediately deny the conjecture and regarded it as a trick of Mikael to confuse people, but seriously analyzed the possibility of this situation, she had already believed this result.
"Well. It seems that you have initially accepted the fact that you are the real Kiana, but you still think it is impossible. It doesn't matter. I will give you a chance, a chance to piece together your past memories and give you the power to kill me."
In a trance, she heard Mikael's voice ringing in her ears again.
There was no hostility or ridicule in that voice, only coldness and...Yulan Dell even thought that her ears were broken, so she felt... tenderness.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you. The reason why I can also exert the full power of the Black Abyss White Flower is because my name is Mikael, not Mikael Zajcek, because that surname is meaningless to me. But Mikael... Mikael Shanyat... Haha, after thinking for a long time, the surname Shanyat is still meaningful after all. So, come on, after all, you are the descendant of me and her - but remember to keep the above words secret after you go out."
"Huh!?"
The sky and the earth turned upside down again, and the ground underfoot was no longer blood-red gravel, but ice and snow whose chill could be felt through the iron boots.
"Swish--"
There were footsteps in front of her, and Orlandel endured the dizziness, covered her forehead and looked straight ahead. Mikael had disappeared, replaced by another person she was very familiar with -
"Kevin? Kevin Kaslana?"
The man's icy face relaxed for a moment, and then closed his eyes expressionlessly.
"Heh... I thought you would be sent here by [me], but I didn't expect that the person who sent you in would be him... But it doesn't matter. I am not Kevin Kaslana. I am just a stigma will that borrowed his image, personality and memory for some reason. In other words, I am the stigma manager of Kaslana."
"Kaslana..."
Yulan Dell's expression suddenly became extremely complicated. She already understood what it meant for her to be here.
"As the [starting point] of all stigmata, and the existence corresponding to the [end point] of the Shanyat stigmata, the Kaslana stigmata gave birth to this stigmata space in the dream of the Brahma beasts. You don't have to doubt that being able to enter here means that you have the blood of Kaslana flowing in your body. However, before you fully awaken the power of the Kaslana stigmata, you can't leave here, unless you pray that Kevin will take you out of here, just like Siegfried Kaslana."
"!?"
"So, friend or enemy, choose."
In the snow, the figure who was not Kevin, but was indeed Kevin, raised the great sword with leaping flames.
Just like in countless story fragments and memories, he imitated [his] tone and said the words that [him] liked to say before the battle.