Ryn: "Maybe, maybe not. It all depends on what you think..."
"Think my ass, go to hell!"
Sirin shouted angrily, unleashing a black fog even greater than the one she used against Fu Hua, covering a hundred-meter radius.
"Don't touch this black fog! Once you touch it, whether it's a living creature or an inanimate object, its life force will be rapidly accelerated to the end of its lifespan, dissipating into the same black fog!"
Fu Hua quickly shouted to warn Ryn, using "Inch-Punch: Thunderbolt" to disperse the black fog around her. But the cleared space was immediately filled with new black fog.
This was endless. The black fog also tightly enveloped Sirin, making it impossible to get close. Anxious, Fu Hua prepared to take Ryn out of the fog first and find a breakthrough from the outside.
"Ryn... Ryn?"
Fu Hua pulled Ryn a few times but found him floating in place with no intention of leaving.
"Ryn, we have to leave here immediately! Even if you can control gravity, you can't directly control this black fog, and any matter you manipulate will be annihilated by it!"
"It's okay, Fu Hua, you go first. Leave the rest to me."
Ryn released Fu Hua's hand and opened a black hole portal, throwing her into it.
By the time Fu Hua emerged from the portal, she was already back at Schicksal headquarters. It was too late to get back to Singapore from there. Fu Hua didn't even have the mood to report in, simply using Moonbeam's speed to rush into Otto's office.
"Alright, now it's just the two of us."
Ryn clapped his hands, and the surrounding black fog parted as if welcoming its king, creating a path directly to Sirin.
"Two of us? What, are you planning to do those disgusting, nauseating things to me while no one can see?" Sirin looked at Ryn with disgust. From the moment Ryn said that, her favorability of him plummeted to negative numbers.
The words Ryn was about to say got stuck in his throat. He looked at Sirin in disbelief.
"No matter how bad I am, I can't be that bad in your eyes, can I?"
"Heh... your image, who knows?" Sirin sneered.
The first time she met Ryn, her first kiss was gone... The next time they met, her first time was gone... The third time... The fourth time...
"Don't you find it ridiculous saying some things yourself? What relationship do I have with you! An abuser and a pitiful victim..."
Sirin said, laughing and crying as she covered her face, her tone shifting from harsh to gradually softening.
"Whether it was the painful experiments at the Tower of Babylon or the times with you... You're all the same as them... you all just vent your violent desires on me, completely disregarding my feelings... You're just as deserving of death as they are!"
[Claws of the Imaginary]
Hundreds of arms condensed from imaginary power instantly penetrated the boundary between reality and illusion, grabbing every inch of Ryn's body and completely enveloping him.
Then, the surrounding space shifted instantly. Sirin pulled Ryn, who was caught by the Claws of the Imaginary, and everything around him directly into Imaginary Space.
["Mm, HoV Sirin doesn't use Honkai energy, but imaginary power. The skill descriptions for Herrscher of the Void are all about imaginary power. Everyone else uses Honkai energy, but the Herrscher of the Void uses imaginary power.
Do you understand the value of Sirin as a key ingredient for the Power of Finality? (leans back)
Converting internal imaginary energy into Honkai energy is actually the ability and mission of the Herrscher of the Void... That's why the Queen always shouts that she is the Honkai, the embodiment of the Honkai, and so on."]
*I'm the one being forced here!* Ryn strongly retorted in his mind. But he definitely wouldn't say it out loud. If he did, Sirin would probably get even angrier.
The energy in Imaginary Space isn't Honkai energy. Although Honkai energy can be used here, it is subject to layers of restrictions.
Fortunately, Ryn didn't exclusively use Honkai energy. As the rebellious child of the Tree and the Sea, being in Imaginary Space was like coming home for him...
The surrounding imaginary power rapidly converged towards Sirin, and the core of the Second Herrscher was slowly re-forming.
"Hey, hey, if this continues, things are going to get out of hand!"
"Then let's perish together! Kiana... Kiana... you bastard with only Kiana on your mind, go to hell and think about your Kiana there! Imaginary Descent!"
[Imaginary Descent, I am the Honkai.]
Sirin tore space apart, freezing the surrounding spacetime and locking onto Ryn. At the same time, she summoned hundreds of spatial portals behind her, unleashing a torrent of countless energy attacks.
Although spacetime was locked and Ryn couldn't dodge, seeing him stand still without even trying to resist made Sirin both angry and annoyed.
"You won't even deign to dodge? Do you look down on me that much!"
Sirin's eyes turned red with grievance, her cheeks puffing up in anger.
"Then just die! I never want to see you, you bastard, ever again!"
The attacks of Imaginary Descent became even more ferocious. Supported by the power of Imaginary Space, the cost was minimal, and there was almost no interval between attacks. The frequency of the energy attacks was so fast that they had become a continuous line.
Finally, after a long bombardment, Sirin seemed to have vented her frustration and stopped her attack. She then rushed down to check on Ryn's condition.
Seeing Ryn completely unharmed, not even a tear in his clothes, Sirin let out a chuckle, laughing at her own foolishness.
"I'm so stupid. I was actually worried if you were hurt..."
"This just shows that I hold a very important place in your heart, doesn't it?" Ryn floated in front of Sirin, looking at her gently.
"Heh, your gaze disgusts me..." Sirin crossed her arms, puffed out her cheeks, and turned her head away from Ryn.
Ryn reached out and poked Sirin's cheek, only to have his hand slapped away.
"Don't touch me!"
"Hmph, why can't I touch my wife!"
"Who's your wife!"
A small smile crept onto Sirin's lips, and her heart felt sweet. But Ryn's next sentence turned that sweet heart into one made of salt, and then stabbed it twice.
"Of course it's Kiana! This is Kiana's body, what's wrong with me touching it? You didn't think I was talking about you, did you?"
Ryn looked at Sirin with a smile, but Sirin raised a Lance of the Void and thrust it towards Ryn.
The illusory spear, existing in a space not of the real world, passed straight through Ryn's body. But halfway through, the illusory space and real space overlapped, and the Lance of the Void got stuck directly in Ryn's body.
"That was a vicious move, but your spatial techniques are indeed impressive. I guess only an attack like this can break my defense now..."
Ryn sucked in a sharp breath, pulling the Lance of the Void out of his stomach. Blood sprayed everywhere...
In less than half a second, the fist-sized penetration wound had completely healed.
"Next time, remember to aim for the head. This won't be enough to kill me."
"What's wrong with you! Do you have to keep provoking me like this?"
Sirin stared angrily into Ryn's eyes. In her golden gaze, besides anger, there was immeasurable sadness and desolation that made Ryn's heart ache.
"Even if you don't like me, even if you hate me... why do you have to keep saying things like that... why can't you just coax me, praise me... even if it's all lies... I want to be cherished too, I want to be loved too!"
Sirin couldn't hold back her sobs. Finally, unable to suppress her emotions, she crouched down right in front of Ryn, burying her head between her legs and crying loudly.
Like a small, abandoned cat, helpless and alone on the streets...