Under the worried gaze of countless viewers from across the miHoYo universe, the story within the screen continued to unfold without any major hiccups…
As those around them were thrown into a panic by the scene before them, their hearts filled with dread for Kiana’s safety, Cocolia’s reaction was surprisingly slow, as if she was just being pulled back to reality from some deep thought.
However, once she made contact with the surging, extraordinary Honkai energy within Kiana, her expression changed drastically.
From her previous detached indifference, Cocolia’s face contorted, twisting into an unbridled frenzy of elation. It was an excitement and fervor as if she had discovered a priceless treasure. She rushed towards Kiana without hesitation, her voice laced with incredulity and urgent inquiry.
“To be able to bear the power of a Herrscher’s Core… just who is this girl…
Wait!!!
Is your father… Siegfried?!”
Even though the pain surged like a tidal wave, twisting Kiana’s face into near-grotesque contortions, the moment Cocolia mentioned her father’s name, a flicker of light sparked in Kiana’s pupils.
This name… amidst the pain, Kiana regained her consciousness…
Kiana’s gaze became unusually firm at that moment. She knew deep within her the longing and yearning she harbored for her father for so long.
Even though her body felt like it was being devoured by endless darkness, every second a torment beyond words, she still used her incredible willpower to forcibly pull her attention away from the pain, striving to maintain a semblance of lucidity.
She gritted her teeth, doing everything she could to resist the rampant Honkai energy within her, then taking a deep breath, she endured the excruciating pain, responding to Cocolia’s question in a voice that trembled but remained resolute.
Each word seemed squeezed from between her teeth, an embodiment of intense agony.
“How did you know!!??”
Kiana didn’t know why Cocolia knew her father was Siegfried.
But since she knew Siegfried…
Then she must know something about her father.
Therefore… Kiana desperately wanted to hear some information about her father from Cocolia’s lips.
Even though Cocolia was her enemy.
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However, the question Cocolia just asked.
It wasn’t because she cared about Kiana…
On the contrary, she knew Kiana’s father was Siegfried.
That also meant… Kiana’s identity was the 【Second Herrscher】!
So, Cocolia at that moment, was overwhelmed with an irrepressible excitement. She knew the information she was about to reveal would be a devastating blow for Kiana, enough to completely shatter the already crumbling defenses of her psyche.
But it was this collapse that would be the necessary path towards the “miracle” for her.
She stared intently at Kiana, her eyes blazing with a fervent and eerie light, as if she had already foreseen the future’s brilliance. She had waited so long for this moment, all her scheming, all her sacrifices, were solely for this moment’s arrival – the descent of the god, just around the corner.
“Hahaha, it seems everything has been operating according to the will of the god.
Kiana, you don’t need to search for your father anymore.
Because Siegfried… he… ”
Witnessing this, Theresa felt a surge of anxiety. She knew the “truth” Cocolia was about to reveal would be like “the end of the world” for Kiana.
It would likely push her into the abyss of despair. Before Cocolia’s words could fully escape her lips, Theresa had already shouted out.
“Don’t tell her!!!”
However, even though Theresa had exerted all her strength to try and prevent it, to buy that moment of peace and buffer, Cocolia’s cold, merciless voice still pierced through the air, like a heavy hammer striking Kiana’s heart. That long-buried truth was exposed so unexpectedly under the bright light of day, plunging everyone present into shock and silence.
Cocolia: “He’s already dead!!!”
A cunning, triumphant smile spread across Cocolia’s face.
She revealed the truth about Kiana’s father, each word like a sharp blade, striking with pinpoint accuracy at Kiana’s already wounded heart.
This truth, for Kiana, was undoubtedly “the end of the world”!
Yet, for the architect of it all – Cocolia, she not only felt no guilt or unease, but a sense of unprecedented liberation and satisfaction.
She could already see her ideal “god” descending slowly, that power, the ultimate existence she craved, yearned for. In her eyes, all the sacrifices and suffering were just the necessary steps towards that 【throne】.
Cocolia’s heart was filled with elation, her plan had come to fruition, that once-distant dream was now within her grasp.
She could already hear the sound of victory’s bell.
The god of destruction, about to descend!!!
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PS: I had a cold yesterday and went to the doctor. I’m making up for yesterday’s missing part today.