Upon discovering that a battle might erupt around him, Aaron entered a state of vigilance.
Using magnetic field power to amplify his perception, he indeed sensed other living beings moving rapidly nearby.
And in a region further away, Aaron could feel something with extremely high energy intensity... "Wait, this shouldn't be human, right?"
"It's this big and has high-intensity energy; barring accidents, it should be the Hyperion."
"But if the Hyperion is over there, then what's that thing in the other direction?"
In a direction far from the Hyperion, Aaron sensed an object with not-so-high energy intensity.
"Did Cocolia's brain cramp up, running to Nagazora City herself to court death?"
"Shouldn't be. Even if she's a total idiot, she wouldn't actively run in front of a Herrscher to seek death."
"Incomprehensible."
"And this object... gives me a 'slightly dangerous' feeling."
"There aren't many existences in this world right now that can give me this feeling."
"When I came out of the Moon World, the stronger me felt roughly like this when facing a Complete Herrscher."
"But the Fourth Honkai Eruption isn't that soon. Wendy should currently be in a state of 'being pitted and then turning into a Gem of Desire storage unit'. Otto absolutely wouldn't send her to Nagazora City to feed the enemy."
"Combining the reliable speculation from netizens that 'Otto is monitoring Kiana', it's possible that inside this thing are bodyguards sent by Otto..."
"Got it, Immortal Blades."
"Great. Besides Higokumaru not appearing as I guessed, several teams of ill-intentioned people have popped up."
"Should I use Shambhala to retreat now?"
"Or... Forget it, let's wait a bit longer."
"Hyperion and Immortal Blades aside, I'm a bit curious about who this biological entity constantly approaching here is."
"Although he has impressive energy intensity, the problem is I can easily sense with magnetic field power that the energy on him is extremely disordered."
"This disordered energy entangling him not only won't make him stronger but will restrict his performance and constantly harm his body instead."
"Damn, this guy is a bit reckless."
"At a time like this, instead of finding a place to stabilize the energy, he rushes towards the battlefield where the Herrscher is..."
"Wait, I think I know who this is."
After guessing the other party's identity, Aaron suddenly saw a figure kick the window of this room flying, then point the hand cannon in his hand at Aaron's head.
"Unexpectedly, the Herrscher this time is a male."
Although he didn't see the other party's face clearly, looking at the Judgment of Shamash in the other party's hand, Aaron had already guessed the comer's identity.
"Um, could I trouble you to move the gun muzzle away?"
Sighing slightly, Aaron spoke helplessly.
"I personally really hate having a weapon pointed at my head, especially when this thing is a Divine Key."
"Oho, the young man has quite the eye. Just a pity..."
*BOOM!*
In an instant, Siegfried, who had pulled the trigger, had already used the Judgment of Shamash in his hand to blow away the wall behind Aaron.
"The smell of blood on you is too strong, little brother. A Herrscher with this kind of bloody smell isn't protected by human rights."
Immediately pointing the muzzle at Aaron behind him, the face under Siegfried's hood became incredibly serious.
Damn it, didn't they say the Herrscher this time was Ryoma's daughter?
Then why does this brat have such powerful Honkai Energy intensity?
Moreover, there are indeed electric currents flashing on his body, matching the characteristics of the [Gem of Conquest] authority... Could it be?!
Ryoma's daughter was killed by him?
Then the Gem of Conquest in Ryoma's daughter's body was seized by him and transplanted into his own body???
If such a terrible situation has occurred, how do I explain this to Ryoma?!
After a certain incident occurred four years ago, Siegfried Kaslana had interacted with Anti-Entropy Enforcer Raiden Ryoma many times.
Raiden Ryoma, who originally found Siegfried displeasing, also accepted this former Schicksal member whom he didn't like very much because of the other's performance during the Second Honkai Eruption.
As single fathers, the two naturally had many common topics regarding daughters, so Siegfried knew very well that Raiden Ryoma had always been loving his daughter in his very clumsy way.
When he arrived in this city, Siegfried went to Raiden Mei's apartment immediately—after all, he knew his daughter and Ryoma's daughter were good friends, and the probability of them being together was high.
Then, of course, he missed them, since Raiden Mei had long been transported to Soukai City.
The problem was, Siegfried saw the wreckage of the house blown up by Honkai energy and the traces of battle at the scene.
According to the battle traces he observed, a large amount of Honkai energy remaining on the ground was still constantly creating electric currents ravaging the ground. This was obviously a characteristic possessed by the Herrscher of Thunder's Honkai energy.
Later, as he approached this area, he even sensed two biological entities with extremely high Honkai energy intensity fighting.
It was precisely for this reason that he could locate Yuno's home so accurately.
As for why he felt the young man before him had seized the Gem of Conquest, aside from the electric currents appearing on his body, there was another very simple reason...
—That little girl had been beaten until she was covered in wounds, while this young man here, filled with the smell of blood—a smell faintly mixed with killing intent—must be the existence that seized the Gem of Conquest.
At a time like this, if anyone thought 'that girl over there covered in wounds is the Herrscher', Siegfried would definitely think they were a total idiot.
"I don't deny the smell of blood, but the problem is the Herrscher..."
Aaron, who had absolutely no intention of attacking the other party, let out a sigh of helplessness and pointed to Yuno, who was still sleeping on the side.
"The Herrscher you are looking for is this one. She is a Pseudo-Herrscher born during the Third Honkai Eruption. She was knocked out by me just now and left here."
Good lord, this brat really takes me for a total idiot to bamboozle.
"Kid, do you think Uncle looks like a fool—to actually use such an easily seen-through lie to deceive me?"
"Uncle is really angry now."
Sigh, giving you face but you don't want it.
Originally, considering you are Kiana's dad, I prepared to be a bit polite to you...
Looking at Siegfried before him, Aaron very calmly completed his Honkai Beast transformation through [The King Of Beasts Transformation: Lionelle]'s Lion Never Perishes.
As the balance of his body tipped toward the non-human end, Aaron could feel that the mental energy required by the Teigu had indeed dropped significantly.
If he only held the special ability of magnetic field power, Aaron, who had just broken through Magnetic Field Rotation less than a few hours ago, naturally couldn't use advanced magnetic field rotation techniques like [Magnetic Field Ice Power].
However, combined with the Meta-Morph Factor in his body, with just a thought from Aaron, the Magnetic Field Rotation combined with the Meta-Morph Factor directly caused glacial ice to manifest in the void.
Siegfried, who had originally prepared to open fire seeing the other party not answer, suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of crisis at this moment.
Compared to the six-core Sirin back then, this sense of crisis... oh, this isn't enough.
But compared to Welt who suppressed him back then, this sense of crisis was in no way inferior to the oppression Welt gave him!
Sure enough, this kid is definitely a Herrscher!
It's just...
Siegfried, having completed an emergency evasion, looked at the countless ice spikes emerging from where he had just stood and felt the situation was a bit off.
Ryoma and Dr. Einstein told me the one appearing this time should be the Herrscher of Thunder, right?
This kid also had electric currents on his body just now, right?
Then why is he an ice user???
No, could it be that the Herrscher of Ice and Herrscher of Thunder were born simultaneously, and then a small probability event like 'Sirin devouring Welt's Herrscher of Reason core to become a multi-core Herrscher' occurred???
Dual core???
Siegfried, whose brain flashed with countless thoughts, only now realized—the enemy had disappeared from his sight.
Possessing about thirty percent of the Perfect Realm, Aaron had already conceived his tactics before completing the Honkai Beast transformation.
If it were the Siegfried of the past, engaging him now might still be extremely perilous.
After all, Siegfried, who could directly undergo Honkai Beast transformation and use the Shamash Greatsword, was absolutely the strongest person in the world at that time—since Kevin was still in the Sea of Quanta.
But now, Siegfried had lost an arm because of Sirin. Simultaneously, because the Meta-Morph Factor was too powerful, he couldn't control the Meta-Morph Factor in his body, causing the Honkai energy around him and inside his body to be incredibly disordered.
In this state, saying Siegfried still retained thirty percent of his past strength would be thanking the heavens.
Fighting a disabled person, relying on the control ability of the ice attribute and the explosive power of Magnetic Field Rotation to burst out with incredibly swift speed, was enough to blow him up.
One minute later, when Yuno slowly woke up due to the excessive noise around her, this girl who had been beaten into a coma saw an incredibly bizarre scene.
Amidst the freezing air brought by the ice, a white-haired, one-armed middle-aged man was currently frozen to the ground, covered in wounds.
Meanwhile, a young man wearing black robes... seemed to be drawing some weird stuff with some crimson liquid!
This... this is my home, right?!
What exactly happened???
"Ah, shoot, someone woke up."
Aaron, who was drawing the magic circle, looked at the girl's terrified eyes and instantly guessed the thoughts in her heart.
After all, two strangers fighting in her home and making a mess of it—anyone seeing this would be scared to death.
However, considering the girl might realize the fact that everyone around her had died after noticing the previous events, Aaron thought for a moment, stopped drawing the magic circle, and walked to the girl's side.
"Y-y-y-y-you what do you plan to do! I'm willing to do anything! Please don't hurt me!"
Wow, have to say, the ordinary personality and the Herrscher personality are truly worlds apart.
After using hypnosis magic to knock the girl out again, Aaron struggled for three seconds before deciding...
"Forget it, better not trust my memory. I feel like I drew it crooked."
Taking out a magic book, Aaron flipped to the page he had folded before and began to seriously observe the magic circle on it.
This magic book was something Aaron had picked up at the scene after killing Uryuu Ryuunosuke.
According to the original plot, Uryuu Ryuunosuke relied on this magic book to draw the circle that summoned Bluebeard (Caster), leading to that series of messy events later.
Previously, while waiting for Lancer to start provoking him in the Moon World, Aaron had flipped through this book. Only at that time, he didn't fully record how the magic circle on it was drawn.
Within that one minute of fighting Siegfried, Aaron had already generated a bold idea.
The Heroic Spirit summoning ritual, besides requiring a large amount of mana, most importantly requires a catalyst with a deep connection to the Heroic Spirit.
This place didn't have a large amount of mana, but even if Aaron discarded the Mana Conversion ability, completing mana conversion wasn't a difficult task—after all, relying on the Type-Moon Magecraft on him, converting energy into mana wasn't hard even without System skill support.
Using the energy in his body to convert a large amount of mana, then finding a suitable catalyst, it was possible to summon the corresponding Heroic Spirit—although this idea was very un-Type-Moon, there was no harm in trying anyway. Aaron felt it was worth a shot.
Of course, there was more than just this one reason.
If Aaron's guess was correct, the Heroic Spirit summoned using Siegfried as a catalyst should be...
Forget it, let's not think so much for now. Later events only happen if the ritual succeeds. If it doesn't succeed...
Anyway, Siegfried doesn't know what's happening; without hope, he naturally won't despair because hope disappears.
"Hmm, finished drawing. What was the first line again?"
Flipping to the next page, Aaron began to chant that complex incantation.
"Silver and iron to the origin. Gem and the archduke of contracts to the cornerstone..."
"Fill... Fill... Fill... Fill... Fill..."
"I declare. Your body shall serve under me, my fate shall be with your sword..."
"From the Ring of Deterrence, O Guardian of the Balance!"
After completing the chant, Aaron clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction and said.
"Really long... this is too troublesome."
However, the situation seemed to be turning towards the better side.
At this moment, Siegfried was still thinking about how to escape from these layers of thick, solid ice.
But in the next moment after Aaron completed the chant—this unlucky middle-aged man was directly blown away along with the ice blocks by the energy inside the Heroic Spirit summoning circle.
Siegfried, who had wanted to start counterattacking immediately, suddenly saw a figure from that strange circle at this moment.
No, that's wrong, this is... this is impossible!
A figure he dreamed of but could never see again.