Early in the morning at St. Freya High School, students who should have been rushing to their classrooms all stopped in their tracks, casting surprised and bewildered gazes toward the building to the east that had been struck by lightning and reduced to ruins.
The piercing Honkai energy alarm suddenly blared across the academy. The first-year Valkyrie reserves, the students, retreated with panicked expressions. This sudden Honkai energy reaction filled them, who had only just been introduced to the Honkai, with a sense of fear in the face of the unknown.
"Immediately set up a perimeter and lock down the scene!" Theresa, who had rushed out of the principal's office in a hurry, loudly commanded into the communicator by her ear. The golden cross on her back swayed slightly as she ran, the golden chains jingling as they touched the cross, emitting a crisp metallic sound.
"B-Rank Valkyries, maintain order. A-Rank Valkyries, proceed to the scene to lock it down..." Theresa said with a solemn expression, waving her arm with an imposing air...
"Fu Hua! You come with me too," Theresa suddenly turned and said to Fu Hua, who was still a first-year. As a genius who became an A-Rank Valkyrie upon enrolling as a first-year, Fu Hua, who held the title 'Flourishing Martial Artist', was a promising candidate with a high chance of becoming an S-Rank Valkyrie in the future... It was natural for Theresa to bring Fu Hua along, even if it was just to give her some experience.
"Yes, Principal..." Fu Hua, still dressed in clothes somewhat resembling a Huaxia cheongsam, responded with unexpected composure and calmness, stepping out of the line with steady steps.
"Mm... let's go." A hint of admiration appeared on Theresa's stern face. Fu Hua's attitude in the face of the unknown Honkai was quite satisfactory to her... If it were Kiana... she would probably be screaming her head off again.
Among the first-year students, probably only Fu Hua and Li Xuan were a bit more composed, but Li Xuan was too good at causing trouble... As for the other students, although some were quite skilled, they all had their shortcomings.
'Speaking of which, where's Li Xuan?...' Theresa looked around at the surrounding students with some confusion but couldn't find the boy's figure... 'Forget it... The priority right now is to deal with the Honkai!' Theresa thought.
"There's no time to hesitate..." Theresa murmured. Every second is precious after a Honkai outbreak... She raised her head, looked around at her subordinates surrounding her, and blew the horn of battle. "'Schicksal' Far East Branch, temporary First Squad, move out!"
Theresa's small body leaped high into the air. The Valkyries' physiques allowed them to rush quickly towards the source of the Honkai energy fluctuations...
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"Yawn~ It feels like a whole year has passed since I last returned to this world..." A girl standing atop the ruins yawned and said with a hint of nostalgia.
"So I'm saying, don't block the exit! Idiot Sol," a voice came from a hole at the girl's feet. "Don't you know everyone is waiting to get out!"
"S-sorry, Master!" The girl hurriedly turned around, moving aside to let a pink-haired girl climb out from a hole in the ruins, looking a bit disheveled.
"Phew~ Finally out...." The pink-haired girl, dressed in an outfit resembling an American cowboy's, took a deep breath of fresh air and said excitedly.
"Haha~ I'm so happy!" Suddenly, a wild laugh came from behind the pink-haired girl, and a girl with two pigtails and clothes covered in dark cannon muzzles ran out with a fanatical expression.
"I'm going to give the world a cannon blast and offer my blessings to this beautiful world!" The twin-tailed girl raised her arms, the cannons on her hands aimed at the ground, and the next second... 'Bang bang bang!!~' Fiery red sparks lit up on the cannons, and bullets rained down on the innocent earth like a heavy downpour...
"Gatling, what's gotten into you again..." a blue-haired girl not far from the twin-tailed girl said with displeasure, taking a few hasty steps back as if afraid a stray bullet might hit her.
"Tsk, don't get my shoes dirty..." a girl with long pink hair tied into two side ponytails said with dissatisfaction, looking at the point of fire coverage just ten centimeters from her shoes. She stomped her foot in annoyance to shake off the mud that had splattered onto her shoes.
"Haha~ One a day really keeps the doctor away~" Gatling, having vented her firepower, stopped with a blissful smile on her face, her body trembling slightly as she spoke from the heart.
"You antisocial, war-mongering, destructive, and suddenly sexually aroused patient are truly hopeless..." the blue-haired girl said, looking helplessly at Gatling's satisfied face.
"Forget it, Sol... Gatling is just that kind of pervert..." the pink-haired girl said with a calm expression. "Instead of worrying about that... why don't we deal with the people who are about to arrive..."
The blue-haired girl called 'Sol' followed the other girl's gaze and looked ahead... Tall buildings and beautifully planned groves... and figures rushing towards them on the gravel path...
"No matter who you are! If you have no malicious intent, please raise your hands immediately and submit to our inspection!" Theresa, seeing the three girls in the lead, shouted loudly, tightly gripping the Spears of Light on 'Judah's Oath' and pointing it at them.
"Hey~ Your tone is getting on my nerves..." the pink-haired girl said, frowning arrogantly.
"Ahem... Master, our current power isn't even one-ten-thousandth of what it was at our peak. Are we really going to fight them?" Sol leaned in and asked with some worry.
"When have I, War God Musou, ever feared war?!... Besides!... I never said we were going to fight!" the pink-haired girl 'War God Musou' said, her tone slightly weaker.
"..." For a moment, the atmosphere became a bit awkward... Neither side dared to act rashly.
"Wait... Principal!" Just as Theresa was losing her patience and about to make a move, a voice suddenly appeared behind them, and a panting figure ran over quickly.
"Li Xuan?!... What are you doing here? Get back, it's dangerous here..." Theresa frowned but waved her arm with concern, telling Li Xuan to move to a distance.
"No... Principal Theresa..." Li Xuan bent over and took several deep breaths, then raised his head and suddenly asked, "Principal... did they come out of that place?"
"Huh?... I think so." Theresa recalled the scene she had witnessed from a distance and nodded. "It seems they came out of the basement..."
"Unforgivable... They must be here to steal secrets..." Theresa suddenly thought of all sorts of conspiracies and plots from the word 'basement'... After all, the basement was where Schicksal studied the Honkai...
"Ahem... that's not it." Li Xuan said, a bit embarrassed. He took a deep breath and, with an expression of one awaiting death, said, "This place... if I'm not mistaken, they are Kiana's weapons that have transformed..."
"Right? Miss Sol!" Li Xuan turned and greeted the blue-haired girl loudly from a distance. "Long time no see..."
"..." Theresa was stunned. She stared blankly at Li Xuan, her face full of an 'are you kidding me' expression...
A ray of sunlight broke through the thick clouds... The morning sun finally rose at this moment...
(End of Chapter)