Book 5: Chapter 25:2: Deserving a Beating to the End, Part 2
“Researcher Chen Heng, where is your younger sister?” Theresa stood in front of Siegfried and Welt, holding up the Oath of Judah, which now had many chains extending from it.
This time, only three people came, as the others were dealing with the Honkai Beasts attacking Babylon Labs.
This was Chen Heng’s suggestion.
Chen Heng got up from his recliner and greeted Theresa. “Hey! Shorty, you are here!”
“…Are you looking for a beating?” During their first meeting, Chen Heng had still shown the basic respect to Theresa.
That was because he needed their help to find Sirin; hence, he did not indulge himself. Now that he had found Sirin, why couldn’t he let loose and have fun?
“I am just an ordinary person. At best, I have some sword skills or martial arts. I cannot withstand that monstrous punch of yours, shorty.” Chen Heng raised his hands in surrender.
“Siegfried and Welt, the Oath of Judah indicates that this man’s younger sister, who is Sirin, the young purple-haired girl, is in this egg.” Theresa took two steps forward and pointed to the egg in front.
“I say, you fool—ah, no, I mean shorty—aren’t you afraid of me launching a sneak attack on you by coming so close to me?”
“You are just an ordinary person. If not for fear of killing you in one punch, I would have punched you until your younger sister could no longer recognize you.” Theresa waved her tiny fists, which were no larger than Sirin’s, at Chen Heng in a show of force.
“Ah. I’m terrified.” Chen Heng’s tone and expression clearly said “asking for a beating.”
“I’ll endure…I’ll endure…I can’t endure this! Judah, bind him!” No longer able to take it, Theresa ordered the Oath of Judah to bind Chen Heng with chains.
Chen Heng did not resist. Instead, he let Judah tie him up. Right now, he had a weak persona, an auxiliary character who could predict the actions of others.
Siegfried and Welt did not stop Theresa. Having a hostage was good, after all.
“What exactly is this egg?” Theresa approached the egg after binding Chen Heng and wanted to pat the egg.
“Theresa, be careful. There’s an extremely strong Honkai Energy reaction coming from the egg,” Welt suddenly warned.
“Ah!” Before Theresa could react, countless large ghostly hands grabbed her and pulled her into the egg, along with Chen Heng.
The scene before Chen Heng turned dark. Then he entered a dark-red space. Sirin sat in the air, appearing like a queen looking down at him.
“Sirin, are you alright?”
“Elder Brother, you look down on me too much. What can happen to me? I only grew stronger.”
Very good. From the current situation and the ring’s reaction, Chen Heng could tell Sirin’s personality had not changed much from the Will of Honkai’s influence. Her current queen-like air was purely due to her greater strength and her ego puffing up again.
Right now, what Sirin needed was not Chen Heng’s lectures but a harsh lesson from society.
The 1st Herrscher outside was quite suitable.
Of course, Chen Heng did not want his precious younger sister to suffer too much harm; he would protect Sirin at the crucial moment.
“Then, Elder Brother, I’ve fulfilled my end of the deal. What about yours?” Sirin suddenly vanished from her place and appeared behind Chen Heng. Then she used her left hand, which wore the ring, to caress Chen Heng’s face, then gently nibbled on his ear, making him shiver.
Erm…where did Sirin learn such a thing?
“Alright, alright. Stop messing around. Come in front of me. I’ll swap the ring to another finger.” Chen Heng did not intend to go back on his word. Otherwise, he would lose his prestige as the elder brother in Sirin’s mind in the future.
However, he felt he had already lost his prestige from the moment he let Sirin swap fingers for the ring. Even so, that was a whole other matter. He had to do what he promised.
Sirin looked happily at the magnificent ring with purple iris flowers carved on it on her right ring finger and flew around in excitement.
Although it was somewhat rude, Chen Heng now felt she looked like a large fluttering moth.
After her excitement passed, she shifted her attention to Theresa, who looked to be of a similar age to her.
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At this moment, outside the imaginary space:
“Lord 1st Herrscher, I can’t hold on much longer. Help me out!” Siegfried did his best to hold back the right fist of the Emperor Class Honkai Beast Assaka. It was just one arm, but Siegfried’s endurance was faltering. This Honkai Beast was unusually strong, so he could only seek help from the 1st Herrscher, who was just watching from the side.
After the giant egg pulled Chen Heng and Theresa into the imaginary space, it turned into an enormous blue-pink-and-white Honkai Beast. This Honkai Beast was strong, especially its two front limbs, which possessed a horrifying strength.
“Didn’t you say you wanted to settle it alone?” Welt adjusted his glasses, not rushing in to help.
When the giant egg pulled Theresa into it, Welt stopped Siegfried from rashly flying into the egg. At that time, Siegfried mocked Welt. Naturally, Welt would pay that back now that there was an opportunity.
“I know my mistake already. Please help me, Lord 1st Herrscher.” Siegfried decisively submitted. A great man knows when to bend his back.
“Remember, you owe me a favor. Come back, then.”
When Siegfried heard that, he hastily retreated. Then he saw Welt toss an exquisite ball into the air.
The ball unleashed a gravity field at Assaka, stopping the Honkai Beast in its tracks and making it sink into the ground. Then the ball fired dark-red gravity waves that pierced through it.
This was an imitation of the 9th Divine Key, the Star of Eden. Welt created it using his ability as the Herrscher of Reason.
The 9th Herrscher was named the Herrscher of Stars, and his ability was gravity control, similar to Chen Heng’s ability. However, the Divine Key made from his Herrscher Core could not only control gravity but also create black holes.
[TL Note: Here is more information on the 9th Herrscher: /wiki/Owl.]
When Chen Heng read the comics, he could not understand why gravity could create something like a black hole. He had once tested his gravity ability and only managed to fire gravity waves like the Star of Eden did. He did not know the details behind creating a black hole.
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At this moment, Sirin and Theresa were arguing in the imaginary space. The entire argument won’t be told. In any case, it looked like two people insulting each other from Chen Heng’s perspective. However, Sirin could not beat the shorty in a verbal battle, so she tossed Theresa into the frozen Lake Baikal below.
“Elder Brother, I got you a present. It’s this cross. Does it look nice? Also, Elder Brother, console me. That shorty shouted at me earlier.” After losing the argument, Sirin came to Chen Heng for comfort.
“Alright, alright, my precious younger sister. There’s no need to care about that shorty. That shorty is too idealistic. Based on what you said, do you still plan on taking revenge on Schicksal?” Chen Heng received the shrunken Oath of Judah from Sirin.
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