[Original/Outdated]Honkai Impact: A Merc's Involvement

Chapter 40: Keeping His Word

"A-Alex!" Shouted Fu Hua, calling out to the boy.

Even after seeing the spear being pierced directly through his stomach for solid minute, Alex still couldn't believe what he was seeing.

At first, he had only felt a slight tinge of pain when he had gotten stabbed, however now with the shock factor over and the adrenaline going away, Alex began to now truly feel the true extent of his wound, as he grimaced in pain, holding a hand up to his mouth as he coughed up blood, staining his hand while it also trailed down the side of his mouth.

"Well well, this certainly wasn't expected. I had no intentions to harm you, however you willingly took the blow for the old timer." Said Void before sighing. "Oh well. I hope my vessel doesn't hold this against me."

The Herrscher gently lowered Alex down to the ground, as she removed the spear from his stomach and release the telekinesis on him.

This cajsed Alex to fall onto his knees and then forward onto his stomach, breathing heavily, as Fu Hua immediately rushed to his side.

"A-Alex! Alex are you alright!?" She shouted in worry.

"D-Don't worry. It's just, a stab. T-This isn't anything new to me." Said the boy, struggling to speak.

As Alex tried to get up however, he noticed just how extremely heavy he felt, as he barely raised himself an inch off the ground before immediately falling back down.

"I-I can't get up, or even move all that much." He said.

Fu Hua immediately looked up at Void but noticed that she wasn't pointing at them, meaning that she wasn't using telekinesis.

"Oh? You immediately assumed that I was the one holding the child down? That would be a smart assumption, however you are very wrong." Calmly said Void.

"Then what's going on?" Asked Fu Hua.

"Well, normally a pierce through the gut isn't all that big of a deal, however there is one crucial detail that hasn't been mentioned yet." Said Void, ceasing to speak for a moment before she eventually resumed. "That boy isn't a Valkyrie, nor does he possess a Stigmata. Tell me old timer, what do you think would happen when a human with zero Honkai Resistance were to be stabbed by a Herrscher, a being with the most Honkai Energy than any other Honkai Beast?" She asked.

"N-No. No no no it can't be!"

Fu Hua began to panic immensely upon hearing those words as she looked back down at Alex, and was horrified at what she saw.

Alex had no clue as to what was going on so seeing Fu Hua's scared expression gave him some anxiety that something awful was happening.

"H-Hey what's with, that scared look? Why're you, l-looking at me like that?" Asked the boy.

All Fu Hua could do was point down at what seemed to be his left hand.

Alex was a little confused but decided to look at his hand anyway and what he saw shocked him