Time swiftly went by. Without any disturbances, five months had passed. No troubles of sorts came up withiire Fire MOTH. The death of three cilors pced them all on guard, f them to tacitly maintain this peabsp;

  The first one who jumps out will be punished—and nobody wants to be that person.

  That small moment of tranquility was broken by a disturbing news.

  “Fourth Herscherr?”

  Aleph fell silent. He saw Einsteiremely serious look.

  “The reading came from the first institute a few minutes ago. The headquarters dispatched the roops and fleets he fourth major eruption. It’s just that… it’s not enough.”

  Every “Major Eruption” symbolized the dest of a Herscherr. The sheer amount of honkai energy that ‘affects’ the pce could turn more than 70% of a city’s inhabitants into undeads. The remaining 30% was only when a city is too big to be affected by it.

  Moreover, there are also the honkai beasts that spawn in such pces. There were also the honkai beasts attracted by the dest of the said Herscherr, thus attrag them to the pce where the major eruption happened.

  Overall, a city will be forced to face more than a huhousand honkai beasts external and internally.

  “What happened? Did the nukes fail?”

  To this questioein nodded.

  “Just like the Third Herscherr, it had the ability to alter its surroundings.”

  The Third Herscherr, the Herscherr of Thunder, had the ability to trol electriergy. It enabled her to trol the eleagic force, one of the four fual forces in the universe. It made it so that all the projectiles thrown at her were shredded into pieces.

  More than a dozen nukes were sent to Nagazora before she was exhausted. Only at that moment did Elysia deal the finishing blow.

  It was extremely fortuhey eliminated her swiftly. All Herscherrs could “learn” how to trol their abilities the lohey are left alone.

  If she were given enough time, it would be a pyrrhic victory.

  “Acc to the satellite views, a high-pressure area was formed around the in. It was suspected to be caused by the Herscherr's ability.”

  “Wind trol… no, the ability to trol weather? What about the city?”

  “Most of it was destroyed.”

  The atmosphere turned for the worse.

  Uhe Third Herscherr, the Fourth Herscherr has a wide-area destructive ability. If the high-pressure area was left aloo gather momentum withimosphere, it could bee devastating enough to wipe out a try—a ti, even.

  “More data is being studied at the first institute. They are trying to determihe Herscherr’s upper limits.”

  “The casualties..?”

  “It already reached the huhousand mark.”

  “...”

  Seeing his silence, Einstein finally asked:

  “Are you pnning to go?”

  “Go? I think… not many people regard me as someone who could kill a Herscherr. Do you think I could do it, doctor?”

  “...Yes.”

  Aleph fell silent once again.

  He thought for a while before responding, “I won’t disappoint you.”

  *****

  “Fourth Herscherr…”

  Aleph reted the things he gained over the past six months.

  [Cursed Energy (verted): 1,420]

  The first thing was the increase to his cursed energy. It became increasingly harder to find “achievements” that enabled him to increase it—the [Energy Box]. He gained a total of 400-point increase since he became a Grade One.

  The hing was the [Items]. Excluding the ones he gained after the raids he did on the cilors, Aleph decided to roam around every now and then using his suit’s flight capabilities.

  He entered honkai eruptions more than a dozen times, with three of them being only slightly lower than the Sapphire City i.

  In the end, he mao firm that he could fight Tempr-css beasts on equal footing.

  A total of five achievements came out after all those raids, which gave out varying rewards.

  [Bck Blindfold: Limits the sense of sight when worn. In turn, it increases the other four senses.]

  [Durandal: A holy sword used by one of Charlemagne’s knights, Rond. As long as there is a firm belief in oneself, the sword will grant strength to its user. It will never break, though it may ge forms.]

  [Stel (Weakened, Adjusted): An arrow released by a heroic spirit. The noble will tained within is enough to split tis and end all flicts. This version is a weakened version of the inal oime use Noble Phantasm.]

  Out of the five, two of them came out to be [Major Energy Boxes]. The remaining three above were the material rewards.

  The [Bck Blindfold] seemed useless at first, but Aleph found a way to use it during his training. Later on, he found out that training the other senses will increase his progress in [Sphere Boundary].

  After five months, he was able to release his cursed energy more thay timeters away from him. It was no longer limited to his body.

  As for [Durandal], it was a on that appeared as a normal silver longsword. Until noh wasn’t able to activate the ‘grant strength’ portion. Though, its toughness was pletely out of this world.

  It became his normal oo that alone.

  Finally, the thing that surprised him the most was [Stel]. Not only did it reveal the so-called “magic”, the statement of “splitting tis” caught his eye. That alone made it even more precious than normal hydrogen bombs.

  Unsurprisingly, it took the form of an arrow insignia.

  “I will bring [Durandal] and [Stel] with me. If things e to worse…”

  Although Aleph po hide these things as he couldn’t give a proper expnation for their ins, he wouldn’t hesitate to use them at crucial moments.

  He took out the hidden things in the abandoned hangar. After doing so, he stepped on a camoufged pte on the floor.

  Click-!

  Swoosh-!

  Some areas within the floor started rising. Ten s came up on the surfa total. The gss cover protected each of the nuclear-powered exoskeleton suits ihem.

  Five months of work was more than enough for Aleph to produd improve the nuclear suits. There are suits that specialize in some fields such as uer and flight.

  “Should I take the fastest? Or…”

  Aleph walked towards the jun of two s. The one on his left was the silver nuclear suit, amed “Icarus”. It was a nuclear suit that has the fastest flying speed due to its specializations. In turn, it was also the oh the least amount of ons.

  On his right was the buclear suit, amed “Ace”. It was the improved version of his first suit. It was the most-banced out of them all—being average at all fields, but sometimes, it is better than a master of one.

  “High-pressure areas…”

  In the end, Aleph chose “Ace”.

  “The fourth… It could trol perfect fluids…”

  Within these five months, Aleph recalled numerous things that his past life wrote down. He currently has the abilities of all twelve Herscherrs jotted down in his notebook. He also mao recall numerous things such as the “MANTIS Projeobius, “Divine Key Project” by Vill–V, and so on.

  It could be said that Aleph had already recalled most of the things in his [Past] and [Present] lives. That included his mysterious childhood friend “Kurumi” whom he thought of months ago.

  Aleph could be sidered to have been cured of his amnesia. The only g things were the fiails he missed out.

  “That’s right, the [Great Sage]...”

  He thought of the reward he got from six months ago. Ever since he used it, it hasn't reappeared. Though, he k was the reason behind his recovery of his memories.

  Aleph ended all idle thoughts with a deep sigh.

  “Fourth Herscherr…”

  For now, his sights were focused on the disastrous being known as a “Herscherr”.