The Vixen's Gambit: Tonight We Hunt

"Hiding in a trash can, this damn Herrscher really knows herself!"

The hiding place was kicked open, and the disheveled Lee rolled to the ground along with the surrounding filth.

If it weren't for seeing it with their own eyes, it would be hard for anyone to believe that such a pathetic figure hiding in the garbage, covered in wounds and with fear in her eyes, was a Herrscher who had just slaughtered hundreds of millions of people.

It was even harder to believe that this was the hero who had saved humanity from Herrschers several times, Lee.

A trash can, this was a place that normal people would absolutely not enter, and it was also the only suitable place Lee could find that she could go to and that could hide a person.

Disgusting, dirty, but..... Lee wanted to live, she didn't want to die.

And she didn't want to die so.....

"Ugh, it hurts—!"

The person who discovered Lee rudely grabbed Lee's hair and dragged her directly out of the garbage room. Lee, whose senses were already in a hypersensitive state, subconsciously cried out in pain.

"Found her, the Herrscher is here! She, she has no ability to resist, come quickly now!"

The person who discovered Lee was also terrified, but he didn't let go of Lee's hand. He just shouted in panic and fear, calling for his companions.

"I.....Ah!"

Lee trembled and barely raised her hand towards this person, wanting to beg for mercy. The next moment, the spear in the other party's hand pierced her palm fiercely!

"You, you damn Herrscher, go to hell!!"

This person's spirit was already stretched to the limit. Seeing the Herrscher move abnormally, how could he be at ease? He stabbed the spear in his hand at Lee on the ground, leaving one bloody hole after another on her body.

Under normal circumstances, these attacks from ordinary people couldn't hurt Lee. After undergoing the artificial Herrscher surgery and multiple serious injuries, her body had almost completely changed. It was no longer the normal flesh and blood of a human being, but a kind of proliferative substance similar to a Soulium chimera.

Vill-V specially treated these materials when designing them in order to make Lee as close to humans as possible, so that they were no different from the human body on weekdays. But when stimulated by Honkai energy, they could still exert effects and strength like Soulium.

This was a very excellent design. On weekdays, Lee was no different from humans. Even if someone touched her, no one would recognize that she was a different kind – but only at this moment, this design showed its fatal flaw.

The seriously injured Lee had no way to mobilize even a little bit of Honkai energy, so her body was no different from that of an ordinary human, unable to provide any defense. Even ordinary humans could easily hurt her.

And at this moment, the other people nearby finally rushed over.

Looking at the people surrounding her, their eyes filled with anger or fear, Lee trembled and showed a flattering smile. "I, I won't—"

"Don't let her speak, she kills people when she speaks!!!"

There were members of the Fire Moth among these people, and they knew Lee's abilities. There were also people who had previously seen Lee in the city and fled. They had seen Lee's methods.

Therefore, they knew how terrifying Lee's language was, how could they dare to let Lee speak easily?!

The next moment, Lee's cheeks were violently grabbed, and then a sharp iron hook smashed her teeth and slammed into Lee's mouth, and then—

Chisel!

"Guh—cough cough!"

Unable to even scream, blood instantly poured into her throat, causing Lee to cough painfully, leaving only blood foam constantly overflowing from the corner of her mouth.

"Don't give her a chance! Kill, kill her!!!"

Sharp weapons, illuminated by the dim light, were raised and fell heavily, each movement bringing up splashes of blood.

The perpetrators screamed and were afraid, as if they were the victims.

And the person surrounded on the ground was left with only silence.

Whether it was screaming or calling for help, she could no longer do it at this moment, and resistance was even more absurd.

Besides, even if she could call for help at this moment, who could help her?

She had personally killed everyone else. Except for Elysia and Hua in The Great Hibernation, the only person in this world who could save her and was willing to save her was probably Kevin, who had just ended his battle with the Herrscher of Finality.

Could Kevin make it?

He might still be on the moon, or he might have gotten on a small escape pod and returned to Earth.....

Lee didn't know the situation, but the hope of being rescued did exist at this time..... Maybe, as long as she held on for a while, the other party would appear?

As long as she persisted in the pain.....

But it really hurt.

Her head hurt because of the overuse of the Herrscher of Sentience's power to collect consciousness before, her body hurt from the injuries left by the battle with Kevin, and it hurt from the weapons these people were now using to attack her.....

But as her consciousness blurred and drowsiness appeared, these pains seemed to be gradually lessening.

Lee knew that this was because death was approaching, but.....

Lee lay on the ground, her tired eyes saw the small open window on the wall.

The moon was reflected outside the window.

Looking at the moon, Lee didn't think of Kevin, nor did she think of the Honkai and the Herrscher of Finality. She just suddenly realized..... It seemed that she hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

Ever since the Sixth Herrscher – no, starting from a period of time before that, she had not rested without worry.

This was not good.....

No matter how strong a person is, they still need a peace that belongs only to them..... A peace that can only be found in sleep.

What she could do now, she had already done, and now that all her wishes had been fulfilled, why should she continue to endure the pain?

Maybe now was the time to sleep.

Yes.....

Now was, the time to sleep.

The eyes, which didn't know how much fatigue they carried, finally closed slowly.

...

"....."

In the escape pod falling to the ground, Kevin suddenly opened his eyes.

He was uneasy.

There was no way. Who told him that he couldn't defeat the Herrscher of Finality..... He didn't know how to tell Lee when he saw her later.

Maybe she would laugh at him..... Heh, it was rare for Lee to laugh at people.

It was just.....

Kevin fiddled with the communication equipment in the escape pod again. The communication, which should have been connected to the base after entering the near-Earth orbit, was still not connected.

Lee was in the control room, she should be able to connect..... Did Lee leave the control room?

But how could this be possible? Lee was so weak that she couldn't even stand. Was she going to crawl to another place? This was too outrageous, how could Lee do such a thing.....

Just as Kevin was thinking, the broadcast communication was suddenly connected, which made his eyes light up.

"Everyone come to the Fire Moth base quickly!"

Kevin's expression was stunned, because although there was a high-pitched and excited voice in the communication, that voice was not Lee's.

But if it wasn't Lee, then.....

The other end of the broadcast didn't take care of Kevin's thinking, but just stopped the communication after excitedly saying his lines.

"The Herrscher has been defeated, the feast should begin!"