Honkai Star Rail: I am the Emanator of all Eons

-I warned you, Nanook. DON'T TOUCH MY BELONGINGS.

Even though I met Stelle a little over a week ago, I could already guess the expression she was making, her face is terribly flushed but in a good way.

-How long until Herta arrives?

(5 minutes and 23 seconds.)

The fight against Cocolia only lasted 4 minutes and 37 seconds eh...

Extending my right hand, the Path of the Hunt began to condense, taking shape through a pinkish glow.

-That's... a sword?

-No, it's an arrow....

Dan Heng replied, clearing March's doubt.

The Divine Bow skill allows me to shoot energy arrows; and, this time, I directly converted the energy without creating the bow. I let the arrow fall from my hand and it sank into the icy ground.

A portal opened, even if it is only one and it suffers in comparison to the amount opened by the Estelaron, mine is a huge one... as big as a mountain.

-Waaaah! Aren't I falling...?

-Unbelievable, it's...!

-Space...!

Everyone was surprised when they saw a portal to the stars open up under their feet; however, nobody fell into space, it's like it was just an ultra-realistic illusion.

-Are you ready, Nous?

(Anytime.)

A small smile broke out on my face. Somewhere in the cosmos, a small smile broke out on Nanook's face.

(You really don't disappoint, Nadie.)

-That voice...?!

At some point, Sampo had come out of hiding and exclaimed in surprise. At that moment, everyone heard a voice echoing in their minds.

-It's Nanook, the Aeon of Destruction!

Stelle, being the only one besides me who knows Nanook's voice, exclaimed in concern.

This revelation caused the Jarilo-VI natives' eyes to widen in surprise.

-Is there an Aeon of Destruction...? Is there another Aeon besides Conservation?

Pela asked breathlessly, it was as if a divine revelation had shattered the belief he had built up throughout his life. After being isolated from the outside universe for 700 years, the inhabitants of Belobog forgot about all the Aeons except for Qlipoth.

-And many more.

Dan Heng confirmed.

-Nadie, he is the Emanator of multiple Aeons. In other words, Nadie is someone favored by several Aeons at once.

Dan Heng's explanation made everyone look in my direction in shock.

-Understood. I understand why Nadie claimed that losing to you is fate.

Svarog commented to himself.

Continuing with the explanation, March continued....

-For various reasons of fate, to protect Stelle, Nadie declared war on Nanook, the Aeon of Destruction. For that reason, he always kept himself at bay.

-All for this moment...

Stelle muttered under her breath as she clenched her fist, but the silence allowed everyone to hear her voice.

Directing my gaze towards the hundreds of portals, I commented in a solemn voice....

-I am happy. I am glad to know that I will be able to spend quality time with my rival. If I had to put it in modern words.... I'm gonna go all out, Nanook.

I extended both arms majestically. Immediately, thousands upon thousands of energy arrows began to shoot from my portal, the Nanook Legion all launched at once in this direction. The impact between these two created explosion effects similar to fireworks.

Although the explosions are not very big, the chain of bursts accumulate and a giant blast of air caresses everyone and pushes the dust around.

A beautiful, even fantastic sight appeared before everyone's eyes.

-Wow...

Everyone was speechless. March even took out her camera instinctively to take several pictures....

The arrows shoot out from the ground, starting from my portal, they shoot non-stop evading every person to avoid hurting anyone accidentally, hitting cleanly at every enemy belonging to the Legion without missing a single shot. In Nanook's case, he keeps calling more and more soldiers from his hundreds of portals regardless of the sacrifices made.

(A fight of this scale, Nadie, you could never last a minute. Unlike other Pathstriders, perhaps it is because of your other-universe constitution, no matter how many Paths you accumulate, your physical characteristics and stamina will never increase).

-Are you saying that I am even weaker than March physically, Nous?

(In base state, yes. But you, Nadie, can temporarily improve your physique by accessing the power of the Paths. This is because your body transforms every energy of the Path into its purest state, which is why all your abilities resemble that of the Aeons so closely.)

So that explains why my skills are so OP....

(Likewise, this allows us Aeons to create a stable connection with you and assist you in using your skills to temporarily empower you).

-Like now, isn't it?

God's Eye, the ability to see 10 seconds into the future belongs to the Path of Erudition and Nous is currently assisting me in using it through me. Even the energy output in every shot of the Divine Arc, Nous is refining them for me so that my energy consumption is minimal. If it wasn't for all this help, I would have fallen to my knees long ago.

-I'm sorry you have to refine the Hunt for me too, Nous.

(Don't worry, this is also my chance to study the Hunt more thoroughly).

Letting more than one Aeon access my skills would be too stressful for my body, only Nous could have such exquisite energy control, that's why I chose him to help me this time.

Again, Nanook's voice echoed in everyone's head....

(I see you're keeping up with me perfectly, Nadie. In that case, I'll start with the second wave).

The hundreds of portals already opened by the Stellaron expanded further; Antibaryon, Baryon, and Void Distorter began to come out in greater numbers. Now, even Void Crushers began to come out and run through the skies just like centaurs.

-Tsk.

At this rate, their numbers of soldiers coming will exceed ten thousand per second.

I'm being pressured, I'm starting to lose territory. If before I could annihilate each enemy with a single arrow, with the appearance of the Void Crushers, now I need several arrows to finish them off. Some of the enemy attacks are catching up with us.... This alerted all my allies.

-Nadie is being pressured, prepare to face the enemies that cross the front line!

Dan Heng immediately began to give instructions.

To save more stamina, I started to ignore all attacks that will not harm anyone. Thanks to God's Eye controlled by Nous, I can predict that easily; of course, Nous using my skills for me means minimal energy consumption but the energy consumed is still mine.

Then, the arrow from one of the many Void Crushers managed to get past my first line of defense and is headed in this direction.... It's pointing at Stelle!

Raising two fingers arrogantly, the ground around me exaggeratedly restructures and stops the Void Crusher's attack just short. That was Fireworks Festival, an illusion that alters reality to some extent but only in an absurd way.

Moving my arm to the side, the illusion and the enemy arrow are undone, allowing me to glimpse the battlefield accurately again.

-Crinargenta Guard, protect Nadie with all your might!

Bronya gave her order and Gepard immediately covered me with his ultimate skill: Enduring Bastion. Svarog also made his move, commanded hundreds of automatons and used Additional Deployment to summon multiple Auxiliary Robotic Arms to protect me.

-Nous, I'll pick up the pace.

(Anytime.)

Summoning my Divine Bow, I loaded an arrow and shot it into the sky.

*Boom!*

The arrow breaks the sound barrier and goes beyond Nanook's portals; then, a second portal to the stars opens. Now my attacks are bidirectional.

My arrows now rain down from both the front and the back of Nanook's portals.

The balance again evens out, but this was at the cost of increased stamina consumption....

(What an interesting potential. Even if Nous is helping you, the fact that you can use multiple Paths at the same time is no easy feat. Let's see how about taking it up another level).

-Fucking sadist.

Nanook's portals expanded even more. This time, even a mid-boss came out of the portal.

-Oh no, it's a Doomsday Beast! What do we do?!

March reacted especially worried as she contemplated the arrival of the new enemy, an enemy that almost took her life once in the past.

-Trust Nadie, he'll take care of it!

Stelle exclaimed as she faced a Void Distorter that managed to get close to her.

To kill the Doomsday Beast in one shot, I will need to use the same arrow that once killed Skaracabaz, the Emanator of Propagation; even if I can now shoot that arrow from a distance with no problem, Skaracabaz could be killed so easily thanks to the sacrifice of dozens of Molten Knights, units with anti-army and anti-planetary potential for special cases like Firefly. If I use that arrow, I'll be too exhausted and won't be able to stop the advance of the rest of the Legion....

Killing the Doomsday Beast will backfire in the long run, but if I let it free I run the risk of one of its attacks reaching Belobog....

I frowned regretfully.

-This is no time to hesitate.

The Doomsday Beast is coming this way without caring about the damage it's taking! It wants to make a suicide attack, it's charging its strongest attack: Imminent Doom!

The Antimatter Engine started charging dark matter to extreme degrees, then it was unleashed: Imminent Doom!

Dark golden laser beams shot out from all sides, I immediately protected everyone with my new skill: Celestial Comet.

A barrier composed of the Path of Conservation manifested by distorting space, preventing the suicidal attack of the Doomsday Beast from passing through; then I hit the barrier and "space" cracked.

*Crash!*

The Doomsday Beast was sent flying and its body dragged several meters against the frozen ground.

I was about to charge an arrow that would finish it off but then a Void Crusher flew past me. In that direction is not Stelle, that's why I didn't pay too much attention to him and he caught me off guard. His real target is.... March 7th!

-I-it's coming to me...!

Shit!

All the time, my two portals that keep shooting energy arrows never ceased fire; even though that job was completely entrusted to Nous now, the burden on my body is too much, this is affecting my reaction time.

I won't be able to kill it in time!

March's attempts to defeat the Void Crusher are ineffective, it is then that the elite enemy charged his ultimate attack: End of the Arc.

As a natural reaction, March uses her ability The Power of Beauty on herself; however, she intuitively knew that her attempts to defend herself were futile.

-March!

Stelle desperately ran in that direction but she won't make it in time either.

Then the Void Crusher fired the arrow...!

When a person approaches death, their minds experience strong flashbacks in search of experiences that could save them from the deadly situation.

"If the worst comes to the worst, you can rest assured that I will always be there for you, March." Those words echoed in March's mind as a last measure of relief.

Falling on her own backside, Marzo slowly opened her eyes as she felt neither pain nor the expected death.... 

-What...?

In front of Marzo, the arrow stopped a centimeter away from her head. The obstacle that stopped the arrow... my own body.

-N-Nadie...!

March screamed in fright with a trembling voice.

Luckily, it went through the right side of my chest, avoiding instant death from heart dysfunction. Even if I'm immortal and can revive, that consumes a lot of energy...

-Nadie!

Stelle finally arrived, using the ultimate skill of her Flaming Spear to kill the Void Crusher in one hit.

-Your wound, we have to heal it now! Natasha, where's Natasha?!

Stelle shouted in desperation.

-N-Nadie, please don't die.....

March's voice sounded shattered and defeated.

In response, I grabbed at the arrow stuck in my chest and made force to break it, thus undoing the energy arrow and opening my wound so that the blood gushed out roughly. This action made Stelle and March more desperate.

-Nadie, no...!

-Do not worry! It's just a mortal wound.

Walking back to the front with trembling steps, a green glow surrounded my body.

-If you are safe, all is well.

At an absurd speed, the mortal wound on my chest regenerated; however, my complexion did not improve much.

From my inventory, I pulled out a syringe, then stuck it roughly into my neck and the substance entered my body. The adrenaline hit was felt even in my heart, I regained much of my "resistance" to the bad.

-Come on, Nous, let's go up another level!

-Please stop!

I ignored March's cries and started loading another arrow with Divine Bow.

-You're in no condition! Your body won't resist anymore! Even if the wound healed, you don't look any better!

-Give up? You say I can't take it anymore? Do you think so too, Stelle?!

I roared arrogantly even knowing the terrible state of my body.

-No... No! Our fight is not over yet!

Thanks to Stelle's strong will, Marzo was able to gather her determination and slowly get up.

-Well said! It's time for me to get serious! Well, I'm serious from the start, but I'm a vain man.

With the third arrow already loaded, I shot back into the sky, this time opening another portal to the stars from the side. The enemies belonging to the Legion do not stop falling like flies, the mountains of corpses pile up.

(You are reaching your limit...)

-I know.

(Nanook is once again increasing the power of his army.)

-I know, Nous.

Another 3 Doomsday Beasts came out of the portal....

(Then why are you still fighting to protect Belobog? Your chances of winning will be reduced to almost nil this way. If you hold on with your allies until Herta's arrival, you will have won. What drives you to keep shedding blood...?)

-Since you're an artificial intelligence, you may not understand. But you know what? Emotions can sometimes work miracles.

(Nonsense.)

-For you it may be meaningless, but for humans... morality and belief is what drives us to achieve the impossible.

(Are you implying that...)

-How long before Herta arrives?

(2 minutes and 2 seconds...)

-So it's less than 3 minutes eh...

In my right hand, a mask materializes.

(Aren't you afraid? You could lose your sanity, forever...)

-Do you care about me?

(You're the only specimen from another universe.)

-To tell you the truth, I'm always afraid... I'm afraid of pain, I'm afraid of death and I'm afraid of loneliness. For that very reason I must be arrogant and smile; if I fall now, WHO WILL STOP ME FROM REGRETTING?!

The Path of Exultation begins to detach itself from my body with abruptness.

-I will not lose, Nous. I will make it work.

(...Don't die.)

The connection with Nous closed. Now, a new connection opened.

(AjAjAjAjajJAjJAjJAjajajajaajA~ It's finally my turn~? I was getting sick of waiting!)

-Let's do it, Aha!

(Whenever you want, bro!)

Ultimate Skill: Guess Who I Am.

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Author's note:

How to say it. Masterpiece.

The MC is finally honest and reveals why he always acts so arrogant and impulsive, wearing a "mask".

Many scenes I was inspired directly from Fate, did any of you notice? Definitely one of my favorite franchises. That's why I'm looking forward to the collab so much.

So far, this chapter is the longest one I wrote and I was really looking forward to this part, that's why it's so long. So look forward to the next chapter.

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