After Kiana locked onto the coordinates Yuno provided using the Key of the Void, her mind wandered to many things...
Okay, fine. She was actually just thinking about her stinky old dad, Siegfried.
Although by now, Kiana had roughly guessed that her stinky dad had some unspeakable reason for choosing to disappear from her sight...
But leaving without explaining anything was his fault!
If he had just explained it properly, this lady definitely wouldn't have clung to him!
Honestly, dumping me in Europe and making me look for him for years... When I see him this time, I'm definitely going to punch him in the face a dozen times!
Because she had already started imagining the scene of meeting Siegfried, the corners of Kiana's mouth naturally—and unnaturally—began to rise frantically.
And to Raven, who saw Kiana suddenly appear, this expression was obviously a sneer!
A sneer mocking World Serpent for falling into a trap!
World Serpent had thought that with Cocolia as an insider, the Anti-Entropy conservatives would find it hard to detect problems with the defense system.
As long as World Serpent's raid team killed their way in to complete the objective immediately after the defense system failed, it wouldn't matter even if the conservatives had contact with Aaron's group.
But now, facts proved they had overthought it.
That trash Cocolia probably hadn't fooled those two seniors with her secret plans from the very beginning.
Even if Einstein and Tesla weren't good at infighting, they knew that rather than constantly guarding against an enemy hiding in the dark, it was better to lure them into the open to fight.
After all, for some people, unknown enemies were the hardest to deal with.
Now, World Serpent had played almost all their cards, except for Hare, who was still camping out somewhere.
Because those two women and the organization known as Anti-Entropy were indeed worth the risk for World Serpent.
But at this stage, if they foolishly stayed here, World Serpent's available assets would likely all be folded here.
That trash Cocolia!
Although Raven knew she had to be careful working with her, she didn't expect Cocolia couldn't even handle such a small matter!
Raven glanced at a Gray Serpent beside her, and immediately, acting in unison, they activated the quantum teleportation device.
The two weren't fools. After witnessing Kiana's strength in London—slashing a dozen Emperor-class beasts in an instant with sword energy—how could they possibly want to go head-to-head with her using their current combat power?
One had to know, rumor had it that back then, Siegfried Kaslana could be driven into a desperate situation by an Emperor-class beast in a one-on-one fight if he was unprepared.
But the current Kiana Kaslana could easily achieve such a feat relying on that greatsword emitting an ominous aura. This showed that Kiana's strength had evidently far surpassed her father's base strength when he hadn't unleashed the [Might of An-Utu].
Against such a strong enemy, dying a bit slower would already be considered a solid effort.
Did they expect to use a few Death Weavers, who were far inferior to Emperor-class beasts, to stall her, allowing the rest to sneak up on those two treacherous executors and steal the base?
Although it was daytime, it wasn't the time to daydream when life and death were at stake.
Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is best... What???
Raven and Gray Serpent, who had activated the quantum teleportation system simultaneously, suddenly froze for a second.
What happened?
The quantum teleportation system failed?!
Then, after exchanging a glance, the two immediately split up and fled in two directions without looking back.
With the quantum teleportation system down, they naturally couldn't leave this desperate situation.
As for the cause of the failure... thinking about it carefully, this thing was originally developed by Anti-Entropy.
Cocolia managed to get first-hand data by experimenting on her daughter, and she definitely didn't give all the data to Einstein and Tesla.
From World Serpent's perspective, Cocolia probably only invited the two to assist in research and then manufactured the quantum teleportation system.
Logically speaking, only Cocolia should have the complete version of the quantum teleportation system.
But now the system had a problem, so...
Doctors Einstein and Tesla were indeed experts.
Cocolia's little tricks probably weren't taken seriously by them from the start.
She kept some data, true, but these two divinely talented scientists absolutely had the probability of reverse-engineering the remaining data based on the partial data, and then figuring out a way to create a jamming system.
Of course, in Gray Serpent's view, even if the two were amazing, the jamming system they whipped up in a short time was likely a map-wide AOE mode that didn't distinguish between friend and foe.
While this jamming system restricted World Serpent from fleeing, it also restricted the possibility of the Anti-Entropy conservatives using this ability to escape.
After this system was activated, the Ark Chamber instantly turned into a sealed colosseum.
World Serpent couldn't teleport reinforcements in via the quantum system, and the people from Anti-Entropy couldn't flee either.
However, those who didn't use the quantum teleportation system to enter or exit this place wouldn't be subject to this restriction... The Key of the Void!
No wonder, no wonder!
It was precisely because he figured this all out that Gray Serpent felt he had been truly too careless this time.
Out of absolute necessity, he chose to split up with Raven... Well, it looked like splitting up, but in reality, Gray Serpent actively chose to be the cannon fodder this time.
Gray Serpent had a large number of individual bodies, and from the moment this Gray Serpent arrived at Anti-Entropy HQ, it was prepared to transform into an Emperor-class Honkai Beast at any time.
Now that the escape route was sealed, the previous plan naturally had to change.
Originally, Gray Serpent felt that running away was the priority, but if they couldn't run, hostages became very important.
If Kiana chased him later, then everything would be fine; he would have bought time for Raven.
If Kiana went to chase Raven... then there was no helping it. He could only immediately double back and kill his way back to the source.
This would certainly expose their strategic objective, but if Kiana really chased Raven down and hacked her to death, their strategic objective couldn't be completed anyway.
In this situation, compared to one hundred percent failure, gambling was definitely the best choice.
"Hmph, trying to run?"
Seeing Raven and Gray Serpent, obviously the enemy leaders, split up and flee, Kiana directly took out her Ebony & Ivory, preparing to shoot through their legs with the dual guns.
But just as she made her move, those Death Weavers also acted.
These Death Weavers swarmed up the narrow corridor, pouncing directly at the three girls before them.
"These guys—!"
Bronya, who had already grasped something, was preparing to take action, however...
"Move, move, move!!!"
In an instant, Kiana charged into the enemy formation.
As the girl spun like a top, the dual guns in her hands firing continuously, she shot the pouncing Death Weavers dead on the spot.
Well, saying 'shot dead' might be a bit inaccurate.
The bullets Kiana fired were all special energy bullets formed by combining her magical energy with Honkai energy. With the power of these bullets, the moment they hit the Death Weavers' heads, their heads were simply obliterated.
"Bronya, Seele, I'm going to chase those two guys. You two..."
"Rest assured, Big Sister Kiana, we will be fine."
Looking at the still hesitant Kiana, Bronya spoke up proactively.
"Bronya will protect Seele."
"...I'm mainly worried about you."
After gently tapping Bronya's head with a chop of her hand, Kiana said grumpily.
"I heard from Aaron that you previously preferred to stay in the Sea of Quanta with Seele rather than return, just to be with her."
"You look calm, but at critical moments, you're even more impulsive than me. So, it's a promise—no reckless behavior this time."
"If something happens to you again, I won't be able to explain it to Aaron and Mei when I get back, understood?"
"...Thank you, Big Sister Kiana."
"Alright, stay safe. Seele, keep an eye on Bronya."
Before leaving, Kiana added to Seele, still worried.
"Although I think Bronya dared to bring you here because she's confident she can protect you. But you know her personality."
"I understand, Big Sister Kiana. Seele... doesn't want to lose Big Sister Bronya again either."
"Be careful. I'm going ahead then—contact me immediately if you encounter any special situations."
At this point, Kiana said to Bronya.
"We all have signal transmitters prepared by Aaron. As long as the distance isn't too great, I can precisely sense your coordinates through the Key of the Void."
"If you can't win, shout immediately, and I'll teleport you back."
"Yes—Big Sister Kiana, if you don't chase them now, the enemies will get away."
"...Tch, with their speed like crawling turtles, are they looking down on this lady?"
Watching the retreating Raven and the slower Gray Serpent, Kiana huffed coldly and snapped her fingers.
[Style Switch — Quicksilver]
Gray Serpent, who had realized he wasn't being pursued, had already injected the reagent and was preparing to transform into an Emperor-class Honkai Beast to launch a counterattack.
But the moment he completed the transformation, he turned back and saw Kiana vanish from his sight.
And in the next instant, he immediately felt his consciousness plunge into darkness.
"Hah..."
After using Quicksilver once—utilizing the ability to slow down time to easily slay the enemy—Kiana exhaled a deep breath of turbid air.
Although the Quicksilver style was powerful, whenever she activated its corresponding function, her magical energy would always drain at an incredibly rapid speed.
Even though her fusion rate had reached 10%!,(MISSING) she still couldn't use the special abilities of this mode multiple times in a short period.
However, after dealing with one of them, chasing the other wouldn't be that difficult.
She didn't plan to leave this guy who transformed into a Honkai Beast alive either.
When fighting Teigu users with Aaron, Kiana had deeply learned the importance of finishing off enemies.
The opponent was clearly here for a fight to the death; leaving them alive at a time like this was obviously asking for trouble.
"Ah, that guy runs so fast. Well then..."
"Meow..."
Just as she turned back to check on Seele and Bronya's whereabouts, Kiana suddenly heard the cry of a cat.
Subsequently, she noticed something bizarre.
The scene was a bit chaotic just now, so she hadn't felt anything was wrong.
But now...
Strange...
Why is there a cat in this organization's team attacking Anti-Entropy?
And why is this cat looking at me and shivering?
Too strange. This cat isn't right.
Mn, I'll take it back and check the situation later. After all, cats are also sources of intelligence.
At this moment, Stan, a powerfully modified Emperor-class Honkai Beast, realized what had just happened.
As a proud, powerful modified Honkai cat, it was supposed to charge A-move alongside those scrap-metal cyborgs to solve the enemy the moment they arrived.
But, what made the cat awkward... no, what made the cat feel fortunate now, was that Stan's power was quite special.
It needed a certain amount of time to unleash the power lurking within its body to transform into a powerful Emperor-class Honkai Beast.
But the time it took for the opponent to obliterate the heads of those scrap-metal cyborgs wasn't enough for Stan to complete a transformation at all.
Then it was dumbfounded.
It didn't know the enemy they had to face this time was so exaggerated.
Originally, it didn't even dare to make a sound, planning to see if it could launch a sneak attack from the shadows.
But seeing the Emperor-class Gray Serpent die so inexplicably, how could Stan have the guts to make a move on Kiana?
At a time like this... at a time like this, one must think of a way to 'moe' one's way through!
Yes! Cute confusion!
Humans have no resistance to cats, so as long as this great one...
"Meow~"
"Mn, what a cute kitty—did you think this lady would say that?"
Grumpily weaving her magical energy into threads, Kiana tied Stan up with these threads and glared directly at the cat.
"No matter what, a cat appearing here is too suspicious. If I let you go, Seele and Bronya might be in danger."
"Hehehe, after I beat that guy and my stinky dad into the ground, I'll take you back and let everyone research what secrets you're hiding."
T-This is different from what was agreed upon! Why doesn't this woman fall for it!
Humans...
Humans are indeed scary!
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