MGSFV?! Chapter 560. A Seasoned Schicksal Shill Eats with a Knife; The Assassination List Never Changes
[The final destination is right in front of us, but of course we still have to smash our way in.]
[Cocoon of Finality! Open up! We're here to deliver KPIs!]
[This is...]
The BGM slowly swells—steady drums, yet brimming with a surging montum.
A feeling of renewal—of soone who, after all their trials, finally sheds their chains and returns to their origin.
Surrounded by all the Herrscher powers...
Within light as dazzling as a field of stars—
Kiana leaps forward.
With the form of flight, she heads for the Cocoon, a miracle born of countless efforts...
A girl of love and flowers and birds opened a path of miracles for civilization. Nurous heroes received that miracle and passed on its torch to future generations.
They burned brightly, yet sotis nearly extinguished—but each ti, a fire-seeker would raise the dimming fla once more, turning themselves into kindling so it could blaze even more brilliantly.
Kallen, Cecilia, Ragna, Hiko...
They were once illuminated by that fla. And so, they chose to hold it high and light the way for others.
The fla dispelled the confusion, pain, and helplessness in so many hearts—it ignited hope, made people believe.
And that belief built a bridge to the next miracle.
That belief brought her here, to this final step she could almost touch.
She reaches forward—
"Kiana..."
Two streams of light converge behind her, revealing i and Bronya.
At this critical mont, they finally make it—placing their hands gently on Kiana's back, left and right, like the wings of a soaring bird.
Fly, as a symbol of us...
The starlight of the Herrscher powers sparkles once more—more people reach out ethereal hands to support Kiana, lifting her up high.
A symbol of everyone.
Soar higher.
This is no longer just a clash between the three and Kevin—this is civilization resisting fate itself.
Because here was born naïve beauty.
Because here bore witness to countless partings that words cannot capture.
So...
Fly. Fly to the very peak no one else has touched.
And then, surpass it.
You can do it.
Because you're Kiana Kaslana.
True Self (White Cot Kiana) manifests.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes... I think I'm ready."
Forward—take that one step the whole world's been waiting for.
Pure light wraps around her.
Under the gaze of everyone—she takes on a brand-new form.
This is the Finality of this era.
This is Kiana Kaslana.
...
[...]
[...]
At this mont, the feelings of the livestream viewers were hard to put into words.
Sadness? Definitely not.
Their hearts were pounding with excitent.
It was obvious from the sheer flood of comnts:
[Everyone, stand up! Let's give a thunderous ovation for the birth of Finality!]
[The wicked called it Authority. The savior made it into Strength. The Kiana Kaslana of now is the Finality of salvation.]
[This is the ultimate, invincible, absolutely ADORABLE Kiana!!]
[This BGM is fire—honestly, I'd rank it alongside the best of Elysian Realm's tracks. But what's it called?]
"Finality."
A na that ans "the end," yet carries a lody full of hope.
And that—that is the feeling of Kiana Kaslana.
But the reason it's hard to describe how players felt right now is...
Alongside all those hyped comnts were also—
[In the end... it's still Kiana who becos Finality.]
So players' excitent, once grounded, ca tinged with complexity.
Before this whole Moon arc began, few ever guessed that Kiana would beco this era's Finality.
In their minds, there were only two likely outcos—either Kevin pulls an Otto-style "bug abuse," or civilization channels all its might to nuke Finality.
None of that seed related to the face of Honkai Impact 3rd, Kiana.
And yet—
["From it begins, to it ends"—was it hinting at this all along?]
[I used to wonder why it had to be Kiana. She already struggled so much—why make her bear the weight of Finality? But here... I finally understand.
If any character truly represents Honkai Impact 3rd, it might be Bug. (Just my own bias as a Kiana simp, might be filtered.)]
Truth is—
Not everyone wanted Kiana to beco Finality. After all, it doesn't exactly sound like a happy fate.
At this point in the story—
Are they really going to "kill off" the heroine? What happened to that promise of sunshine and hope?
Was soone lying to them this whole ti??
Completely different from Hokuto's past life.
Back then, many players were told this from the very start of the ga: "See that girl nad Kiana? She'll beco Finality one day."
So most players were ntally prepared long in advance.
When they finally heard the news, it felt... inevitable.
Different expectations shaped entirely different reactions to "Kiana becoming Finality."
[Hey, you're pretty practiced at armor-stacking, huh. But honestly, I felt the sa way once. I'm selfish, and I don't care much about the other humans in the ga.
So why shouldn't Kiana just do nothing? Let them die. She'd be fine. It's not like she has to save anyone.]
[Wait... you guys actually thought like that? Honestly, I'm not even mad—I'm more surprised you never said anything before.]
[Because... Kiana would never think that way. If she did, she wouldn't be Kiana.]
Sotis people don't voice their thoughts—and others can't guess them.
But—
If you're a Bug simp, you should understand Kiana better than anyone else, right?
Naturally... you'd know exactly why she made this choice.
So even if they didn't want this kind of ending, they still chose to respect her, to bless her.
[Kiana, fly, fly, child of humanity—carry everyone's hopes and soar high.]
[Fight for all the beauty in this world.]
[Kiana is our beauty.]
[Kiana-goooo!] *N
...
"Ah~ Kiana-gooo!"
"You too...?"
"C'mon, don't overthink it. Just shout it out with the flow. 'Otto'-san, care to join in?"
"I..."
Hokuto heard Elysia's suggestion, thought for a mont, then shook his head: "Better not. If I shout, Kiana might just want to stab ."
"You're not even the real Otto," said Elysia.
"But I was the one who set her on this path..."
"That's..."
[Exactly. Even if you wrote this scene well, Otto, your na is still on the assassination list.]
[Watch your back at night.jpg]
Hokuto: ...
So ti passed.
After the barrage of bullet comnts cald down a bit—
The screen resud. The story continued.
What ca after Kiana reached the Cocoon of Finality.
Stepping into the pure light, the girls finally arrived before the Cocoon.
And the Cocoon's appearance...
How to put it?
Oval-shaped. Soft pink-purple glow. Subtle, rhythmic pulsations. Feels kinda... ahem.
Let's just switch to so serious adjectives... What, you think those weren't serious?
Well then...
Anyway (change of topic)—
The Cocoon looked like...
A higher-dinsional being pierced through space, revealing just a single eye.
Or more specifically—it's like soone drilled a hole in a bottle, pressed their eye against it, and looked in. The feeling that bottle-dwelling creature gets when it sees your eye? That's about how Kiana and the players feel looking at the Cocoon.
They can tell—this is only a tiny piece of sothing far beyond their comprehension.
[Honestly... this thing looks kind of beautiful.]
[Even a little... spicy.]
[Wait, are you being serious? The Cocoon is spicy now??]
[I know I'm not the only one who thinks that ()]
...
As the topic began drifting into questionable territory—
Thankfully, the next scene broke up the discussion.
A pure white silhouette appeared in front of the Cocoon—facing the three girls.
In Kiana's eyes, the silhouette looked very much like herself.
[White Cot? Or base Ranger?]
[Long braid, little cape—probably base Ranger.]
[Maybe it's a fusion of multiple forms.]
[Anyway, the Cocoon's form in Kiana's eyes is just... herself? Like looking into a mirror?]
"..."
Kiana stared hesitantly at the silhouette—
Unsure how to communicate with a being that didn't speak a word.
Until a question echoed in their hearts—each hearing it in their own voice.
Similar to when i confronted the Will of Honkai...
But still fundantally different.
—Who are you?
—Not you, Raiden i. Not you, Bronya Zaychik.
aning... the Cocoon was asking Kiana?
Who is Kiana?
Kiana is Kiana, duh.
So players thought that internally, while waiting to see how Kiana would answer.
She said: "I am Kiana Kaslana, a regular Valkyrie."
Regular.
That's right—she's still officially a B-rank Valkyrie.
Schicksal's got like a thousand of those.
Wow, if you think about it, Schicksal's future sure is bright! (deadpan)
"I'm also K-423, a test subject created by Otto."
"I could also be considered... an extension of Sirin."
Three points so far—then ca sothing completely unexpected.
A whole barrage of identities.
"For sure—beyond all that, I'm also Siegfried's daughter, Theresa's niece, Durandal's little sister, Hiko's student, and a friend to i, Bronya, Fu Hua, and the others."
"And a descendant of Kevin."
[Hearing Kiana list off all those nas... it's oddly satisfying.]
[Stacking buffs, huh?]
—Why did you co?
The Cocoon wasn't here for emotional reactions.
It finished one question, then imdiately asked another.
[This is feeling more and more like a job interview...]
Kiana, perhaps sensing the seriousness, continued answering earnestly.
"Is it asking for a reason? Or... a wish?"
"Hmm... a long ti ago, my wish was to find my dad."
[Back then she was living a harsh, wandering life, yet stayed optimistic—believing she'd find her missing father soday. So being alone for now didn't feel like a big deal.]
[?]
"After entering St. Freya, my wish was to beco the strongest S-rank Valkyrie."
[A ti of joy that still feels unforgettable. But once things changed, even those joys beca...]
[??]
"For a while after leaving school, I wished ti could go backward."
[She wanted to return to when Hiko-sensei was still alive.]
[???]
"Now, my wish is to make this imperfect story... just a little closer to perfect."
"Just like people once learned to make fire—for cooked food, for defense from beasts. To solve the problems in front of us. To make our wishes co true—I ca before you."
[Because...]
[You there—pause! I was going to say this earlier. You've been casually hiding knives inside these lines, haven't you? (realization.jpg)]
[Yeah yeah, what's your angle?!]
[No way this is accidental. What do you get out of stabbing us?]
Tch.
They were just suspecting it at first.
But with that one line—it was confird.
[You totally did it on purpose! Sha!]
[A formal protest has been issued ()]
[Cut it out, it's just a joke.]
[Who's joking with you? (serious.jpg)]
[Alright fine. I'll send a compilation of Schicksal angst. My humble apology.]
After exposing soone's emotional ambush, the chat exploded in "righteous indignation."
Well, on the surface.
In truth...
Several people secretly DM'd that very person.
"Cyber pickles, please."
"Seasoned Schicksal shill, eats with a knife."
"Don't get wrong—I just want to review the story again ()"
That person: ...
Paused for a mont, then smiled knowingly.
Effortlessly, they sent out the compilation to everyone who ssaged.
"Respect. Thumbs up."
"Great stuff. Love the heavy-hitters."
And so ca a flood of... "heartfelt" replies.
Moved to tears.
This is what it ans to pass the torch—between Schicksal shills.
Like this story Leave a review ; it would really help out a lot.
Want to Read Ahead in Advance?
Join my Patreon!
75 Chapters
Support in
Patreon/BestElysium
Reviews
All reviews (0)