Seeing Aaron cut off his own left arm, Siegfried, not being a fool, naturally guessed that the other party did this for him.
But in the first instant, Siegfried's thought upon watching Aaron make this move was not touched emotion.
The former head of the Kaslana house was truly scared by the other party this time.
It wasn't that sacrificing one's own interests to assist others scared him; Welt had done this for Siegfried, who was an ally at the time, during the Second Eruption.
To buy time for Siegfried to find a chance to defeat the Second Herrscher Sirin, Welt sacrificed his life to stall Sirin—of course, he probably didn't expect that he could resurrect later.
After all, if a former Herrscher of Reason died, they were really dead. God knows the Core of Reason had such defiant abilities.
What truly scared Siegfried was that before cutting off his arm, Aaron seemed to hesitate for only a few seconds.
And after he did this, there was not a trace of pain or struggle on his face; he just calmly completed this extremely terrifying act.
It was as if he was already used to his body becoming tattered; this man was too calm when severing his arm.
And this was what made Siegfried feel something was wrong.
Of course, these thoughts only stayed in Siegfried's brain for less than a second.
Subsequently, these thoughts were completely replaced by the emotion of gratitude.
"Young man..."
"Ah, no need to say anything too mushy."
Using magnetic field power to cut off part of the muscle on Siegfried's left arm, Aaron aligned the right arm (sic: intended meaning is the left arm he just cut off to give to Siegfried) he just cut off with the stump, and then used magnetic field power to forcefully bond them together.
"Although I don't know if there will be a rejection reaction, there's no harm in trying."
Patting this arm, Aaron nodded with satisfaction.
"Un, it looks much more pleasing to the eye this way."
At this moment, feeling his nerves reconnecting to an arm, Siegfried...
Certainly couldn't feel his Haki skyrocketing or his strength becoming fifty times stronger than before.
However, the current Siegfried could feel a strange thing.
Logically speaking, when a man completely unrelated by blood cuts off his arm and attaches it to you, there will be rejection reactions of varying degrees no matter what.
But right now, Siegfried felt that the rejection reaction in his new arm... could only be described as almost non-existent.
And what made him feel even more wrong was...
He felt something rare in this arm... No, perhaps something that only he in the entire world possessed.
Meta-Morph Factor—and an activated Meta-Morph Factor at that.
Back then, Siegfried relied on awakening serums to activate the Meta-Morph Factors to gain the power to defeat Sirin, but as a price, he could feel the Honkai energy in his body skyrocketing and appearing to be in a certain degree of out-of-control state.
But the young man in front of him gave off the feeling that there was absolutely no state of energy instability.
It was simply as if he completely controlled the Sword of Damocles within his body; not only removing the threat this sharp sword posed to him, but instead using it as a treasured sword to slay enemies.
Combined with his actions from just now until now...
Good nature, outstanding strength, and he seems to know Kiana.
To be honest, if I'm not guessing wrong... Hehehe, it seems that back then when I taught Kiana how to pick up men, she actually learned it all.
The little girl was so resistant back then—look, what was wrong with Daddy's ideas!
If I hadn't taught you those moves back then, could you have snagged such a good man!
"Um, even if there's a little rejection reaction, it shouldn't be like this."
Looking at the incredibly bizarre expression on Siegfried's face, Aaron really wished he could use Magnetic Field Rotation to read his mind directly and see what this old bastard was thinking.
But the problem is, it hasn't been two hours since he awakened Magnetic Field Rotation... has it?
To be familiar with all the extended abilities of Magnetic Field Rotation in less than two hours... if only he really had that talent.
Moreover, although the energy on Siegfried is chaotic, its intensity is truly not low.
Aaron suspected that even if he figured out how to operate it, he would have to look at the opponent's energy intensity to perform branch operations like emotional control and mind reading.
"Cough cough, nothing. Anyway..."
At this moment, Siegfried suddenly discovered a particularly awkward thing.
From just now until now, he still didn't know the name of the great benefactor in front of him.
"May I ask for my benefactor's honorable name."
"Aaron."
"Good, I will definitely complete Benefactor's instructions. But Benefactor..."
After walking to Yuno's side, Siegfried rested his right arm on Yuno's left shoulder and gave Aaron a 'you know what I mean' look.
"Please take care of Kiana's situation."
After saying this sentence, Siegfried, using the Quantum Teleportation System, immediately took Yuno and left Nagazora City.
"...Kiana's situation?"
Although handling Kiana's situation in passing wasn't a problem, the problem was... what did he mean by that sentence?
What a strange guy.
Could it be that the rejection reaction brought by the arm broke his already not-so-good brain... if that's really the case, my sin is great.
Forget it, ignore that much for now.
I didn't think too much before, but after analyzing it earlier, Higokumaru is indeed too dangerous.
The humans of the previous era killed Rin by mistake because of Aponia's discipline. This was indeed humanity wronging her.
But the problem is... if I get soft-hearted because of this kind of thing now, and the world gets into trouble later, then it's all over.
In the original manga, Higokumaru seemed to have become incredibly weak because she slept for too long.
And in the end, she was influenced by Theresa and finally turned into a harmless dumpling who only knew how to gnaw on fried tofu.
But this is only one possibility.
No one can guarantee that Theresa can influence her again... Speaking of which, Yuno was cleaned up by Aaron in passing, so Theresa won't capsize at Yuno's hands, and Yae Sakura won't meet her and give her the stigmata.
Let alone those later events.
And considering that the Hyperion is nearby, and the Immortal Blades might also kill their way over at any time...
If Higokumaru invaded the Hyperion, and then through corrupting other people and computers inside the Hyperion, further corrupted into Schicksal's database...
If Schicksal's database really got hacked by this wave, Aaron felt that even if his strength had improved to this level, living in a world where Honkai Fissure Missiles were bombarding everywhere would definitely be very uncomfortable.
*Sigh*, I can still sense the movements of the Hyperion and the Immortal Blades relying on the perception ability amplified by Magnetic Field Rotation.
But, where have Higokumaru and Yae Sakura run off to now?
After a little thought, Aaron activated the [Conceal Presence] function of '[Fog of War]' and completely vanished from this room.
*Sigh*, no choice. Now I can only turn on the Pure Eye and search all the way there.
Hopefully, it's not too late.
.......................
Nagazora City. Battleship Hyperion.
At this moment, Himeko Murata had already walked out of the special room connected to the Nexus system.
Normally speaking, Himeko Murata making this decision meant that she and Theresa judged that the probability of fighting a Herrscher had dropped to almost zero.
In other words, this meant that Himeko and Theresa, etc., didn't have to risk their lives. No matter how you looked at it, this was a good thing worth celebrating.
But right now, the surrounding Far East Branch members didn't see any trace of happiness on this commander's face.
As a commander, what Himeko Murata saw was naturally not the information seen by bottom-level soldiers like 'No need to fight a Herrscher desperately, yay'.
From before until now, the three Herrscher signals detected by the Hyperion's sensors had completely disappeared within a few hours.
And the remaining one was becoming increasingly difficult to detect.
So now, here comes the problem...
After the Herrscher signals are gone, where did the Herrschers go?
The Hyperion naturally detected the battles that erupted earlier, but the problem was that those two battles added up to less than two minutes... two minutes is useless.
As a participant in the Second Eruption, Theresa Apocalypse, who was beside Himeko, knew very well that Herrschers were very difficult to deal with.
Of course, if Schicksal was still at its peak, and the three Divine Key holders—Theresa, Siegfried, and Cecilia—attacked together, defeating the Third Herrscher within a minute shouldn't be difficult.
But the problem is, now one of these three is dead and one is injured, leaving only Theresa, the sole seedling who was coerced into staying at Schicksal... For her to go up and fight a genuine Herrscher like this, even if she could win, it couldn't be a battle that ended in one minute.
As for Anti-Entropy... The Sovereign of Anti-Entropy, Welt, had long lost his traces, and even if Welt came, he couldn't end the battle in one minute.
Then, having made these deductions, Himeko Murata could only reach one conclusion.
She couldn't control whether the Herrscher of Thunder won or lost; anyway, the Herrscher of Thunder definitely wasn't beaten to death.
How dangerous a Herrscher that wasn't beaten to death and appeared in other places was, Himeko felt that any Valkyrie who had slightly understood the destructive power of a Herrscher knew the danger of a Herrscher.
The Great Eruption caused by the Herrscher appearing this time instantly sent away 99.9% of the residents of Nagazora City. If the Herrscher of Thunder and another Pseudo-Herrscher appeared elsewhere... No, and if that last Herrscher who seemed uncatchable also slipped away, then... this world would definitely become a mess!
A Herrscher isn't the scariest thing; what's scary is that this Herrscher actually chooses to run away after discovering the situation isn't right.
A Herrscher who can fight and run is the most tricky in Himeko's eyes.
Since Theresa is Otto's granddaughter, Otto definitely won't pursue the Far East Branch's responsibility for things turning out this way.
However, 'not pursuing responsibility' only means Schicksal won't pursue the Far East Branch's mistakes.
This doesn't mean that Himeko Murata, as a Valkyrie, would forgive herself because of this.
The Herrscher escaped from the scene right under her nose and then went to other places to harm innocent civilians... Thinking of this possibility, Himeko felt her blood pressure skyrocketing.
Wow, my head hurts.
What gives me even more of a headache is... why can Theresa still hum a little tune with a relaxed face?
Old friend, have you really not realized the severity of the matter!!!
"Lord Theresa, Major Himeko."
The operator at the communication console said to the two at this moment.
"Lord Rita Rossweisse, the S-rank Valkyrie of the Immortal Blades, requests to communicate with you two."
"Ah, that woman..."
Thinking of the look in her eyes every time she saw her, which made Theresa extremely uncomfortable, Theresa didn't want to meet this woman.
To say how excessive Rita was as a person, that certainly wasn't the case.
In fact, in terms of conduct, Rita Rossweisse not only didn't give people much of an excessive feeling but instead made everyone feel that this S-rank Valkyrie was a bit too polite to people.
Originally, as a noble S-rank Valkyrie, she didn't need to be polite to anyone except a few Schicksal higher-ups. But when facing those Schicksal grassroots staff and D-rank Valkyries, she still maintained an elegant and humble attitude.
From this perspective, everyone's evaluation of Rita is quite high.
But Theresa still didn't like her.
"Forget it, put it through."
After saying this sentence, Theresa saw that face she didn't want to see for even a second.
Rita, at this moment, wasn't wearing her Valkyrie armor, but was wearing that maid outfit, smiling and bowing to Theresa and Himeko.
"Lord Theresa, Major Himeko, it has been a long time."
Ah, it's this kind of look.
It clearly looks like nothing, but it gives me the feeling like she's going to eat me up and wipe me clean... Why does this guy stare at me with such strange eyes!
Ah, sure enough, I still can't bring myself to like her.
"Oh, long time no see, Rita. Contacting us this time, is there some new mission?"
Himeko, who had no conflict with Rita, responded to Rita's words and immediately threw out a probing sentence.
"Major Himeko, I think you guys over there should have also discovered that the situation has now entered an awkward state."
"In order not to let both our missions fail, I think it should be a good choice for our two teams to merge at this time, right?"