MGSFV?! Chapter 367. Explosive Finale? Elysia Is the Beauty of This World
Elysia chose to believe.
Because…
Even in the doomsday of the Previous Era, there were still those who carried hope for tomorrow.
Even as civilization teetered on the brink in darkness, light continued to be born from it.
Those were the humans—and that was the world—she loved.
It was from them that a miracle called the Herrscher of Human: Ego was born.
And so, if they could create a story that had never existed before from re fragnts...
Then—surely those who co after would do the sa.
The ga screen shifted.
At first, the world was void.
No light, no darkness; no beginning, no end.
Like deleted data. Like mories erased.
What remained here—was pure nothingness.
So then… what was this "residue"?
"..."
A baby-like murmur.
Soone opened their eyes for the first ti, as if in a cradle.
A gentle voice drifted into their ears.
???: "Today… I'll sing your favorite song, just once."
Though marked as "???", it was unmistakably Eden's voice.
[Eden?]
[I'm happy to hear Eden again, but… knowing MiHoYo's writers, I'm suddenly afraid of what cos next.]
[To be fair… sa.]
The idea that playing through a story could evoke such subtle and complex feelings—sohow, in Honkai Impact 3rd, that felt entirely normal.
No one in the livestream chat questioned it at all.
As Eden's voice rang out, a blurry light began to glow in the distance.
It was warm, gentle—sohow familiar and nostalgic.
"You… changed fate." ca the voice of Aponia next.
That light was good, for it split the chaos, lit up the darkness, and drove away the void.
"Don't look so surprised." Vill-V said with a laugh.
It was like they were calling out to soone. Like they were rembering soone.
As if telling their story. As if singing their na.
"Because we've always believed in you." Kevin said, unwavering.
"..."
…Why?
The one who had just opened their eyes wondered.
At the end of this tale, she should have stood as the enemy of humanity—as the 13th Herrscher—and taken her leave, leaving the stage to those she loved most—
That was how it was supposed to be.
So why…
Why was she now the one standing in the spotlight, surrounded by everyone?
Why…
Why did these mories, which should have been long gone with ti… still remain here?
"Because I'm here."
That was i's voice.
"Because I'll rember."
Twelve stars lit up in the darkness, one after another.
"Because your birth, your footprints, and every tiny mont in your life has been rembered—by those who love you."
Brilliant, flawless light chased away the darkness that had shrouded Elysia.
Just like…
She had once illuminated them.
The scene was so beautiful.
Players watching it were all spellbound at once.
And then ca the pause.
[Deep breaths. Deep breaths.]
[I can feel it. It's coming. This is really it.]
[Explosive finale incoming?]
The twelve Fla-Chasers spoke in turn:
Eden: "Yes, because—we still rember."
Aponia: "Our lives are intertwined. Our mories connected."
Kevin: "As long as we are rembered, we will continue to exist."
Vill-V: "Her silhouette is carved into our lives. Her na still echoes even now."
Mobius: "Hmph. A strange na."
Kalpas: "Too long. I can't rember it."
???
At Mobius and Kalpas, the entire sequence derailed.
Of course.
Even if the Finality erased the world, Mobius and Kalpas would still be floating around, mouths running.
The queen and king of stubborn in the Elysian Realm.
Pardofelis: "Hehehe, but it's such a lovely na! Sounds like a VIP custor!"
Sakura: "Thank you. I won't forget your kindness—or your na."
Su: "We are bound by this na. Even if it was never acknowledged, that truth remains."
Hua: "As long as we accept it ourselves, we are whole."
Kosma: "That's why I'll fight with all I have, no matter the form—staking our nas on it!"
Griseo: "Everyone… together…"
As each of the Fla-Chasers spoke, the starlight grew brighter and more dazzling.
And more notably…
The nas shown weren't specific. They were all labeled "???"
But no one felt confused.
Unknowingly, everyone had morized each Fla-Chaser's voice by heart.
And finally, to close it all—i.
Beginning with her. Ending with her.
Honkai Impact 3rd always had a strange sense of narrative symtry.
"Herrscher of Origin… what a fitting na for you."
"Origin of yesterday. Origin of tomorrow."
Elysia's beginning was the beginning. Her end was the beginning of hope.
"You really did create it, didn't you? A paradise nad after you—Elysia's Elysian Realm… Look, it's right here."
Under the starlight, light pierced the darkness.
The screen slowly brightened.
Revealing an outside world—
Where countless pink petals fluttered in the air, their fragrance filling the breeze. A scene straight from a fairy tale.
What a beautiful paradise.
Everyone felt the sa deep emotion rising in their hearts.
"A flawless Elysian Realm."
"An era that belongs to humanity."
If anything could serve as a crown for humanity…
Then only humans themselves could wear it.
"So co back… take one more look at this world born because of you."
"This is the story you began—and the stage I've prepared for you."
A world born for you. A story sustained by your presence.
The emotion spread through every player…
One line lingered at the edge of everyone's lips—until i said it for them.
"Just like before… answer my call, once more…"
"…Elysia."
[Elysia!]n
Bathed in starlight—
Summoned by i's voice—
The view fully sharpened. The fairy-tale paradise ca into clear focus.
"Ah, in the end… you found after all."
"For a reunion like this… hmm~ let's greet each other properly, shall we?"
Within that Elysian Realm.
In a new form, more radiant and flawless than ever—
Elysia.
She looked like a daughter of the divine, yet like a fairy among humankind.
She made everyone instinctively want to say—
[For all the beauty in the world, we fight! And Elysia is the beauty of this world!!]
"Hi, did you miss ?"
[Of course!! So much!!]
[Like the very first ti we t! (pink font)]n
The livestream chat exploded at an astonishing rate.
Until—the ga screen suddenly shifted.
To the familiar Fla-Chaser Archives screen.
Players: ?
Don't do this!! Writers!!
Do they want players to grab their pitchforks—
Thirteen broken Crystal Card Faces fused into one.
All light converged. All brilliance converged. All beauty converged—
Herrscher of Human: Ego returned!
And in the most thrilling way imaginable.
Countless players' eyes flew wide open—and then, fists clenched with pure excitent.
It was too good! Too good!!
MiHoYo! You nailed it again!
[Well done, writers! Well done!!!]
What? You say they were just about to storm HQ a minute ago?
No, absolutely not. That was a hallucination.
They've already disassociated from their past selves.
[Sweet, sweet, sweet! Nothing's sweeter than Honkai Impact 3rd!]
[That scene... I'm so moved, the tears just burst out.]
[Explosive finale? I admit it. I was floored in the best way.]
Hmm?
Explosive finale?
Finale?
It's only just begun.
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