Chapter 2 Daring Rescue?

At the Schicksal HQ

"Amber, What is the situation in Siberia?" A blonde-haired man asks a woman with an eye mask by his side.

"Overseer, currently there is no longer any large honkai presence found near the labs, only residual energy, and a few honkai beasts exist, but we can't locate the location of your granddaughter, Cecilia-sama, and Siegfried-sama. Also, two members of the Snow Wolf team are unaccounted for, currently marked as MIA. There are also numerous reports regarding the sighting of a silver honkai dragon believe to be the dragon of the 2nd Herrscher." Amber said while reading the report

"They are missing?"

"Yes Overseer, we can't locate their biometrics anywhere near the area, we also can't locate the Herrscher's presence."

*Slams desk, "What is the meaning of this Amber? You said that the Herrscher disappeared with the one who is near it?"

"Unfortunately it seems that is the case Overseer"

"Damn, Is it one of the Herrscher's power? to lock them in the void?"

"Anyway Overseer, just before the Herrscher's power disappears, we detected another high honkai signature comparable to a Herrscher near her. Perhaps there is another Herrscher that is helping her?"

"Is it Welt?"

"No, based on the data and telemetry of the energy signature, it is not the First Herrscher's Successor, but a new one not currently recorded in the database"

"So you mean a brand new Herrsher huh? Does the eruption create two Herrchers? based on Previous Era's notes, there are no instances where two Herrchers are born from the same eruption."

"Amber, ask a recovery team to scour the area, I want a post-accident report put into my desk tomorrow also start the k-series project even if we don't have the core, also move Kiana to the HQ"

"Yes Overseer", The girl then walks out of the room to follow the Overseer's order.

"Two Herrschers in one eruption is this a sign?

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Kallen."

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After that Tesla arrives with her mechs and transported us secretly to the Salt Lake City AE base so that Otto will not find out. We learn that Welt, the Sovereign of AE is injured in the fight when he tries to remove Cecilia and Siegfried from the dream world Sirin creates using the 8th Divine Key Fenghuang Down.

Throughout the journey to the base though, the amount of stares at me is astounding. I wouldn't be surprised, to be honest, if I were in their position I would've acted the same. A Herrscher they didn't know of with the same look and name as someone they know, managed to control Sirin and her dragon Benares and is currently in the same plane as they are. I would honestly be spamming questions at the entity, not just staring at it.

*Sigh 'It's going to be a long journey.'

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We arrive at the base and dismount from the airplane, we are each assigned to a room where Siegfried and Cecilia are given a double bed since they are a married couple. Tesla then told us to rest up, AE already provided the necessary supplies for daily life, if they need more, they can order it to be delivered to them. She also says to prepare for dinner later today in the private meeting room to eat and de-brief the situation.

"So this is my room huh?" It is the exact same room I was in back when I stay here before going to fight the Herrsher of Domination. How nostalgic, it feels like a long time ago even if that event is a decade in the future, back then Bronya is being coached by Welt, I still fight with my inner Honkai persona, Mei-senpai joined the world serpent, and Aunt Himeko sacrificed herself to save me.

Aunt Himeko ......

Even though I have seen her back when I was fighting Sirin's persona, I still missed her to this day.

Kiana, Live on ........... you can still end this story the way you wanted .......

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The way I wanted .......

I want nobody that I cared to die again, nobody that I cared about will suffer, I will protect my family, my friends, all that I cared about since they are beautiful and I will protect all things beautiful in this world no matter if its a friend or a honkai entity and I will give no mercy to those that stands in my way for I am a true-blood Kaslana and have inherited the name Kiana by Dad and Bianka nee-san.

Wait .... KIANA!, how could I forget that? Shit, she is still in the hands of Otto right now. I remember she is in the Schicksal HQ right now right? damn it, if Otto makes a clone of her .....

Wait .... Otto didn't have the core of Sirin since she is still alive, that means there will be no clone that will be sentient like me, I remember reading through the K-series report and found that before me, K-422, failed to gain sentience due to the lack of a Herrscher core even though her body DNA is the same as me. That means there is no way he can create another entity like me unless he uses another Herrscher's core, I don't think Schicksal currently owns any since only current-era cores can be used. I hope that he will not artificially create a honkai eruption like what Cocolia did to Mei-senpai, I need to prevent that from happening.

What should I do?

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Shit, I guess First, we need to know where Otto put Kiana, since he is probably perplexed by the situation, he should put her inside the HQ since it is the most guarded. Second, how do I locate her? thinking about it, I really need to find a way to track her. Checking for honkai energy? wait she is not a Herrscher, maybe a HOMU doll tracker? since Kiana likes HOMU dolls, maybe go to the most HOMU doll room available? but how can I make that thing, it's not like HOMU dolls have transponder chips. Wait, I have Bronya's core now, maybe I could create a tracker through the core of reason? Let's just try it first.

Concentrate on finding the core inside me, there it is. Alright, I need to channel the power somehow, I don't know how to use it though, maybe if I wish it hard enough?

"one HOMU doll tracker please"

The air suddenly shifted as a blueprint started to appear. It slowly solidifies and gains a physical form. Did I do it? Let's check

"I think I have some HOMU dolls in my void space", where is it, ah it's here alright I hope the device work."

A red dot appears on the tracker's screen.

"Yes, with this locating Kiana is easy."

Now Third, how to infiltrate and exfiltrate from the HQ. Tch, if only my void teleport can do the trick .... My void teleport! the power to teleport to a region that I can imagine or I have been. I remember the location of the HQ, I can infiltrate there, locate Kiana, knock down a few guards, and get the heck out.

Yosh, I have a plan now, but a wise man once said that a plan never survives first contact, I need a backup plan.... I got it, I just beat them all up and escape, there is no Bianka yet since she is Kiana and Rita is still a kid, I can beat them for sure with my experience.

"Ok Operation [HOMU is cute] is a go" oh yeah don't forget my mask, I don't want Otto to know who am I.

*Open a void portal and teleports to Schicksal's HQ

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I exited in a hallway somewhere inside the HQ, an alarm is sounded [Honkai Energy detected, all personnel to the battle station]. Oh no I forgot that the HQ has honkai sensors, I need to find Kiana fast. I open the scanner and find the room that contains the most HOMU dolls. The room is unlocked, so I open it quickly but find no one inside.

"Oh no, how am I supposed to find Kiana now?"

When I think about it again, from the start, tracking Kiana with HOMU dolls is a really dubious plan. I need to make something up quick. Then a lone red dot is shown in a different room.

"I see, perhaps Kiana is brought out and kept in a different room while she carries one HOMU doll."

It's my only hope at this point, here goes nothing.

I dashed towards the room but suddenly a guard started appearing in the hallway.

"Stop right there honkai intruder"

I shot him with my guns in the legs and then I rushed him and knock him out with a kick to the chin. I don't have much time, that guard must have relay my position, and the honkai sensors and security camera should pick up where I am. I manage to find the room and enter, what I see is a bunch of scientists and Kiana laying in bed.

"Who are you"

"It's the intruder"

"Goddamn it"

"Guards"

Suddenly a couple of guards started to run toward me, their intention is to capture me. I can't use fire here without endangering Kiana so I'll use my lance to eliminate them. Sorry guys, I know you are just doing your job. I summon the dimensional lances and hit them instantly killing them. I'm sorry guards.

"No, the guards!!!!"

"You monster, have a taste of my gun"

A scientist shot a gun its bullet is traveling in the air, I immediately summon a void portal to absorb the bullet and then summon another one above him where the bullet exits and kills him. I might be sympathetic to the guards, but not to this scientist who will create me in this world. Anyway, I finally found Kiana while all the other scientists are running through the emergency door.

"Alright Kiana, come with me"

"Who are you? Why do you kill these people? You are a killer"

I guess seeing blood and fighting is too much for the 2-year-old child but alas nothing that I can do given the situation. I need to be quick with this.

"Shhh, it's fine Kiana, Onee-chan is saving you from these people, I'll take you to mommy and daddy ok?"

"Mommy and daddy?"

"Yes now come to Onee-chan"

"Mom said not to follow strangers"

"Don't you and me look alike? I am actually your Onee-chan, I haven't been home these couple of years doing my work." I need to lie here to her

"Really?"

I open a portal to AE base not really caring where to teleport to as long as it is within the base boundary.

"Yes Kiana now go to the portal Onee-chan will follow you"

I watch as Kiana enters the portal and when I want to follow her I found research papers regarding Kiana

"Shit, I need to burn these down even if they have an electronic back-up somewhere, just in case they haven't backed them up yet"

I then changed into the Herrscher of Flamescion and burn the entire room on fire. I then dematerialized my spears. Luckily before, I destroyed every single camera I found. They shouldn't have any data on me except the fire maybe. After that, I promptly made my escape through the portal.

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At Otto's office

"Why has the intruder not been caught yet?" Otto said as he watch the security feed

"I'm sorry Overseer currently we are unable to capture her, she has powers and neutralized our vanguard, currently numerous valkyrie squad is moving to sector D3 to subdue her." Amber said

"Damn it, that is the sector that Kiana is in, is it Cecilia?"

"I doubt it is Master Cecilia, she has been quite spent in the battle against the 2nd Herrscher, she is probably located somewhere in AE since she is currently untrackable. I also notice that the energy reading is similar to the new signal that I told you last time."

"The other Herrscher?"

"Most probably, anyways we have some footage of the Herrscher but she is wearing a mask, we can't identify her"

Suddenly the fire alarm is triggered

[Warning, Warning, Fire detected at sector D3, all non-firefighting personnel should leave the area immediately]

"What? a fire, must have been the Herrscher power." Otto said while searching for sector D3's camera feed. "Damn it, it looks like the Herrscher destroyed all our cameras in the sector and also some other cameras are destroyed, this Herrscher is behaving unlike a Herrscher and more like a human special agent, are you sure is the same signature, Amber?"

"Yes sir, 99.9% sure"

"Then it means that this Herrscher is very dangerous, we had unleashed a bad one"

"I would agree on that sir"

___Time Skip___

"The fire is put out, and all the research papers have burned down but we have some data already backed up but not all, the full genome sequence is fully backed up but the lead scientist is not found. We have recovered a number of charred bodies, most probably the scientist and the guards. We detected some honkai residue on their corpse suggesting that the Herrscher directly attack them. Some has a hole in the middle of the chest while one of them has a bullet wound in his head. The area is filled with honkai residue thus only honkai-resistant person can enter it currently, we are actively patrolling the area to find the whereabouts of the Herrscher but no clue has been found."

"How about Kiana?"

"It looks like there are no bodies of a child in the room, there are a couple of possibilities, the Herrscher doesn't kill children, less likely. Second, her target is Kiana, and since she is related to Sirin and the disappearance of Master Theresa and others, it is more plausible."

"I come to the same conclusion Amber, alright order the damage control team to salvage what they can of the situation, raise the base level to high alert, communicate to me if there are any changes, and you are dismissed."

"Yes Overseer"

He watches as the white-haired girl exits the room before turning back to the control panel.

"I'm sorry Kallen, you will need to wait a little longer, but rest assured, I will bring you back for you died unjustly."

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At AE base, a bit of a rewind

A tense scene is happening in the meeting room, the food is served but nobody is in the mood to eat, the atmosphere is very tense and the room is quiet.

"So, the Herrscher Kiana is missing?" Tesla spoke, her look is of utmost dread

"Yes, I tried to check on her in her room but found nothing in them, only a couple HOMU dolls, the bed and the furniture is untouched, it is like she vanished the instant she enters the room" Theresa adds, sweat can be seen in her small forehead, she knows how a runaway Herrscher can do to humanity.

"This is bad, plus Kiana is still in Otto's hands, I need to save the girl first" Siegfried stands up and prepared to leave.

"Ziggy, sit down, acting rashly will not do you any good"

"But Cecilia..."

"Cecilia is right Siegfried-sama, we need a plan to save Kiana if what you guys said about Otto is right" Niggurath adds

Niggurath and Kira has been told by Cecilia and Theresa that Sirin has been subjected to torture by injecting a honkai serum by Otto to try to create the second Herrscher, hearing this they first think it is insane since they believe Otto is a good guy fighting for humanity but when they look at their beloved squad leader's eyes tell them that she is serious. Since Cecilia is a noble flower in the two's eyes, they must be telling the truth and believe her that Otto is actually a bad person.

"Damn it, First the second eruption occurs, then Welt got injured but we can manage that, and then an unknown Herrscher that for some reason looks like your daughter is on the loose, and then your actual daughter is in that bastard's hands. This is not at all what I have planned when I agree to took you guys in" Tesla angrily said

"Tesla, getting angry will not help the situation, we need to think of a plan quickly" Einstein said

Big Kiana POV

Suddenly a portal emerges in the corner of the room, the portal is similar to Sirin's so all of them look at her, but she shakes her head indicating that it's not hers. The suddenly a small leg emerge, followed by a familiar face.

"Mama? Papa?"

"Kiana? Thank god" Cecilia runs to Kiana and hugs her tightly

"Kiana, are you ok?" Siegfried also started to move towards the two of them

and then another figure is exiting the portal, after the figure exited the portal, the portal closed.

"Herrscher Kiana, where were you? why is Kiana exiting through that portal?" Theresa shouted, visibly shocked.

"Huh, oh so we teleported right in the meeting room huh, I'm not late am I?"

"Wait, you look different from before though" Kira said as she stands up

"Oh this is just my Herrscher form" I then undid my transformation "So, what are you guys discussing before we come in?"

"We were discussing what you, an unknown Herrscher going missing can do to humanity and how to rescue Kiana, but it looks like both problems solved itself" Einstein answered

"Answer me Herrscher, why have you gone missing? also since I think the kid is Kiana, why are you with her?" Tesla ask with a frown, clear hostility in her stare.

"Oh I was saving her, I go to the Schicksal HQ to retrieve her, I didn't expect it will be this long though, sorry to worry everybody"

"You went and save Kiana?" Cecilia asks with a perplexed tone.

"Yeah? obviously, I would not let Otto get his hands on her"

"Mom, Onee-chan saved me from bad guys" Kiana said with an innocent voice

"Ok Kiana, I am just glad you are safe" Cecilia hugs her tighter and nuzzles her cheeks causing Kiana to laugh.

"More importantly I'm starving, after I infiltrated the HQ, I expend a lot of energy"

"Don't Herrschers not need eating?" Einstein said

"I don't when I am in Herrscher form, but the human one is still human after all."

"Ok let me ask them to prepare another meal since the food is already cold." Einstein said