Perfectly recreating the Second Honkai Eruption would actually be an incredibly difficult task.
As the only Herrscher to have completely sided with the Will of Honkai, Sirin rejected Welt Yang's invitation to return to humanity and was schemed against until she was on the verge of death.
Fortunately, Overseer Otto made his appearance, backstabbing the highly fatigued Welt and allowing Benares to seize the opportunity to carry her to the moon.
Within a colossal structure on the dark side of the moon, Sirin met "God."
—It was a portion of the power of the Herrscher of the End, sealed by the Previous Era's MEI using the Moonlight Throne, which was constructed with an incomplete understanding of "Truth."
Although human civilization was annihilated by the Herrscher of the End, a part of "God's" power (roughly 28% of the Honkai energy that was lost when the overloaded Moonlight Throne struck the Herrscher of the End, which then seeped into the lunar soil) was sealed on the moon forever.
After accepting this portion of "God's" power, Sirin ascended into her complete Herrscher form, gaining the abilities of the Herrscher of Thunder, the Herrscher of Wind, the Herrscher of Death, and the Herrscher of Flame.
Afterward, she hurled a pillar of Soulium—one of the greatest achievements of the Previous Era—from the massive structure toward Earth, causing immense casualties in cities like Moscow and Los Angeles.
And then—
And then Sirin got wrecked.
Her power was split into five parts, falling into the hands of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, which in turn triggered the series of main story events that followed.
It could be said that the impact of the Second Honkai Eruption was far greater than any other Great Eruption.
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"I feel like it's going to be very difficult to recreate the future we want," Durandal said, watching the person who had just delivered breakfast to the resting Mei and then seemed to say something to Sirin.
Then, she shifted her body, feeling a bit awkward.
In order to have a justifiable reason to confront her Overseer, her appearance had been temporarily transformed into that of Galina, one of Sirin's fellow test subjects and friends from the Babylon Laboratory, with the help of Li Zihan's magecraft.
Clearly, she was not quite used to her current form.
"We just need to control the general direction so it doesn't get too ridiculous."
Li Zihan chuckled at Durandal, who was surprisingly adorably goofy now that her true personality was showing.
"From here on, just leave everything to me."
Honestly, for a guy like Li Zihan to say something like "control the general direction so it doesn't get too ridiculous" was very strange.
This was the man who had abducted the central figure of the entire event—Sirin—from the very beginning and was even planning to impersonate the Herrscher of the Void to bluff his way through the Second Honkai Eruption…
Compared to what he was doing, Dull Goose's desire to question Otto was truly no big deal.
The Captain is a bastard, but he's also surprisingly reliable.
Durandal thought as she looked at the boy's confident smile.
If only he could be a little more faithful in his relationships, he'd actually be a great man.
"Speaking of which, Captain, what do you plan to do next?"
Vaguely recalling that the Captain had said he would also participate in this operation, she looked toward the guy still standing with Sirin.
Since she was going to be simulating the Pseudo-Herrscher of Death, what identity would the Captain assume?
"Isn't that simple?"
The boy chuckled lightly and, to Durandal's astonishment, began to change.
His black, medium-length hair was dyed purple, growing straight down to his ankles.
His tall and slender body began to grow more delicate.
Within his golden eyes, a strange ring pattern emerged.
His petite and slender frame looked as if it could be blown over by a gust of wind, and his long purple hair created a stark contrast with his exposed, fair skin.
At a glance, every part of her was so exquisite, her very existence seeming to be the true definition of the word 'perfect.'
He had become Sirin.
Or rather, he had simulated Sirin's appearance for himself.
The Herrscher of Reason—Body Mimicry.
"How can the Second Honkai Eruption be complete without the Second Herrscher?"
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Schicksal was one of the world's organizations dedicated to fighting the "Honkai."
Established with the goal of eradicating the "Honkai" from the world, it had a long history, already existing in the 5th century AD.
In the 14th century, it was formally established as a secret organization led by the Apocalypse family.
Originating in Europe, it had branches all over the world and currently controlled most of Europe and Asia.
In its early days, the organization's structure was based on a religious framework, and its leader was called the "Overseer," ruling through a centralized system.
After several centuries of development, the organization's religious overtones had largely faded, but the leader of Schicksal was still called the "Overseer."
As the Overseer of Schicksal, Otto, unlike his ancestors, did not have a strong desire to fight the Honkai.
On the contrary, he was even very interested in it.
The "First Honkai Eruption" occurred in Berlin, Germany, on January 1, 1952, and at the center of that disaster, there was a survivor.
A man named Welt Joyce.
His dear friend, and his lifelong rival.
In 1955, in New York, he and Welt Joyce dueled, representing Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.
In that battle, the power Welt displayed had deeply shaken him.
Even after being severely wounded by his sneak attack, Welt was still able to defeat his strongest body, pushing him to the point of wanting to self-destruct.
He came to a profound realization of just how powerful the Apostles of God—the Herrschers—truly were.
And…
The terrifying benefits one could gain from controlling a Herrscher.
I'm really looking forward to the next Eruption.
Otto thought, recalling how he had once invited his pen pal, Welt, to inherit the position of Schicksal Overseer, a conversation that had promptly ended their friendship.
He looked forward to the birth of a Herrscher.
Only with the birth of a Herrscher could he conduct his experiments on dominating them, and only then would it be possible to enslave an existence akin to the Previous Era's sixth Apostle of God—the Herrscher of Death.
He wondered if God had heard his prayers.
A message was hastily transmitted from the outside world into his Soulium body.
"Lord Overseer, the Second Honkai Eruption has broken out. The location is Siberia."
The Second Honkai Eruption has broken out?
As if hearing some wonderful news, a sharp glint flashed in the handsome, blond man's emerald-green eyes.
When the instantaneous power of a Honkai Eruption exceeded 1000 HW, there was a chance for an existence known as a "Herrscher" to be born in the disaster area.
—A monster possessing a Herrscher core and Honkai energy levels exceeding 2000 HW.
Welt was the Apostle of God born from the Berlin Great Eruption, gifted with the Authority of "Understanding—Reconstruction."
So, what would be the Authority of the Apostle of God born this time?
A smile appeared on the man's face for the first time in a long while as he anticipated the birth of the Herrscher of Death, also yearning to contact the "Will of Honkai" through a Herrscher.
"Let Siegfried and Cecilia go as the vanguard."
Without much hesitation, the man who often used the identity of Joker α to carry out unsavory deeds issued his orders to his subordinates.