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Hearing the voice on the channel, Velvi adjusted her hat and sighed.
"One or two of them, none of them are following the plan properly, really..."
"But you sound very happy."
Aponia muttered a complaint under her breath, while Velvi burst out laughing.
"Of course! If everything goes according to plan, there won't be any surprises at all!"
"Aponia, I'm leaving this place to you. If Qianjie and Alicia don't follow the plan, then my work here is finished."
As she spoke, Velvi took off her hat. Although she was communicating through a communication device, she still gave a magician's bow to the thin air in front of her.
"Next, it's the magician's turn to perform!"
Of the four combat units that Anti-Entropy assigned to Australia, only Aponia was an honest man.
No, she wasn't actually that honest; she was just less proactive than the other three.
Now that the other three have left, she can't leave either.
After all, the Great Collapse isn't just about Herrschers; there are also a whole host of problems like assassins and Honkai Beasts.
Defeating the Herrscher is fighting against the Great Collapse, and dealing with these matters is also fighting against the Great Collapse; someone has to do it.
So Aponia took over the other three units and began to arrange things here.
During the most exciting part of Eden's concert, the entire audience cheered.
At that very moment, crimson flames melted the entire roof of the theater, and terrifying high temperatures erupted instantly!
When stones and steel bars are struck by the shockwaves from high temperatures, they quickly turn red, soften, and gradually melt.
However, Roland had set up a massive barrier and a lot of random magic in the city, so while such flames could burn buildings in the city, which had long since become Roland's magic domain, they could also truly burn people.
At the same time as the high temperatures appeared, Ryougi Shiki also led the people of Anti-Entropy into the city from all directions to start rescuing people and evacuating the public.
Meanwhile, on Roland's side, the fire spread to the front of the stage.
Eden knelt on the stage, staring at the sea of fire before him, completely stunned.
Because directly opposite her, amidst the sea of fire, a figure surrounded by flames emerged.
Her long, red hair, like a tail flame, swayed and danced in the air distorted by the high temperature, making her seem as if she herself were a burning flame.
High temperatures and flames both emanated from her body.
While the audience was already melting into the theater, under Roland's domineering power, they orderly avoided her and ran away from both sides.
The other person seemed to realize who the real threat was, so she ignored them and walked towards the stage.
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Previously, Eden could not imagine what a world without art would be like, but now, in this scorching hell, what she saw before her was art being ruthlessly shattered by violence.
This made her a little overwhelmed.
However, as the flames swept towards her, Roland stood in front of her.
She instinctively raised her hand to pull Roland away, but what happened next surprised her and made her stop what she was planning.
Because when the flames came to Roland, they seemed to hit an invisible wall and couldn't get through at all.
Moreover, with this invisible wall blocking the way, it seemed that the intense heat was also isolated, making the overwhelming flames in front of the stage look like a flowing oil painting, a red colored light covering the entire wall.
"Roland, you..."
Eden looked up at Roland, and she instinctively opened her mouth, even calling out Roland's name, but she didn't know what she wanted to say.
At this moment, Roland unbuttoned his tie and suit jacket to make himself more comfortable, and for aesthetic reasons, the stylist let his hair down and tucked it behind his ears. Then he slowly began to speak.
"Didn't you ask me before what I would do if faced with the apocalypse...?"
As Roland spoke, he slowly raised his hands. At this moment, he was facing the flames that almost covered his entire field of vision, but it was as if he were facing an orchestra. He himself was like a great conductor, waving his hands to both sides.
As he moved, flames shot into the sky like an explosion.
The flames on the ground were all extinguished at that moment, leaving only the figure that had been in the flames standing there all alone.
"If it were me, I would do the same. If the end of the world comes, I will crush it!"
Eden watched Roland's retreating figure.
By now, the theater's lighting system had been destroyed, and the flames had been extinguished by Roland's actions, leaving only the dim light streaming down from the night sky.
But Eden looked at Roland, whose body was almost entirely shrouded in darkness, and found Roland to be dazzlingly bright at that moment.
At the moment the theater was engulfed in flames, Eden felt that art had died.
Because in the face of such pure violence, neither music, paintings, nor poetry are what people want to see at such times; art has lost its stage to shine.
But now she sees something shining in this environment.
It was a figure that was hard to say whether it represented hope or a miracle.
So Eden struggled to her feet, tore off half of her long skirt that made it difficult to move, ignored the injury on her calf, and took a few steps back.
She's completely incapable of fighting, so she's now making room for Roland.
Even though she had many questions, she didn't ask them at this moment. Instead, as she ran towards a spot that wouldn't affect Roland, she left him with this message.
"You said you'd tell me after the performance, so now, focus on putting on your own unique performance, Roland."
"Keep it up, and... be careful."
Seeing Eden's reaction, Roland, who had originally intended to comfort Eden, simply smiled and shrugged.
"Your not crying and making a fuss was a huge help, so just watch—it's my performance time now!"
Roland could already sense that the gravity he was manipulating was becoming less and less able to hold back the Herrscher of Flame.
"The game 'Chasing Fire Werewolf' has temporarily ended, and my shadow has temporarily returned as well."
As Roland spoke, a shadow climbed onto Roland's chin, and he directly entered a semi-fusion state of shadow fusion.
So next...
"Let me see the power of the so-called Herrscher of Flame."
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The scene before us was actually orchestrated by Roland.
Because he had already locked onto Himiko's relationship, as long as the Herrscher of Flame is Himiko, it's actually possible to unleash the Great Honkai in a secluded place.
But Roland chose this place.
He arranged for the others in Anti-Entropy to prevent the aftershocks of the Great Collapse from spreading and causing widespread destruction.
She also set up a barrier in the city and had Ryougi Shiki lead a team to evacuate the people—and if nothing unexpected happens, Senju, Alicia, Seele, and Velvet should be arriving soon.
With them working together with Ryougi Shiki to evacuate the crowd, there shouldn't be any problems.
If the Herrscher of Flame were to erupt on this street, the resulting wave of intense heat and flames would indeed engulf it—but Roland has already purchased everything he could, and restoration work will be carried out afterward.
Therefore, Roland's preparations were very thorough.
He did this for two reasons.
One reason is to let Eden experience the Honkai, thereby breaking down her psychological defenses and pulling her into anti-entropy.
Secondly... that is, to let the Moth of Fire know afterward that this Great Collapse broke out inside the city, but in the end, apart from the small-scale destruction, not even a single person was seriously injured.
These two reasons together form the basis for Roland's current presence here.
That is, he wanted to end the battle quickly.
However, if that's the condition, then whether it's Senju, Alicia, Ryougi Shiki, or even Sakura, who was chosen as the captain by Roland after the Poison Chrysalis fully fused into a warrior—Roland felt that they should all have the ability to kill the Herrscher of Flame, but they would find it difficult to end the battle quickly against an opponent like the Herrscher of Flame.
Tiamat, however, can do that.
However, Tiamat doesn't actually like fighting, so Roland won't send her into battle unless absolutely necessary.
Then he'll have to do it himself.
So Roland stood here.
He plans to play along with her.
Haaah—!
Unlike the previous Herrschers, the Herrscher of Flame seems to have lost all reason and can no longer speak, only shouting and yelling.
However, in terms of power, the Herrscher of Flame is indeed quite terrifying.
With her roar, the rekindled flames gathered around her once more, like her soldiers, her armor, and of course, her weapons.
As flames gathered around her, the Herrscher of Flame became less agitated than before, as if the mere presence of flames brought her a sense of security.
In this situation, she placed her hands into the flames as if she were holding a giant sword.
As she assumed this stance, she was in front of Roland in the next second—and the loud thud from her stomping the ground only occurred after her sword was swung down.
Her speed is that fast.