Bronya Suggests You Talk Less / Forgetting Once Again

"Cocolia, you openly invaded my Schicksal Headquarters and stole the Herrscher Gem. Is this Anti-Entropy behaves?"

Durandal questioned with a serious expression, her lance in hand exuding an inviolable and imposing aura.

She dared not act rashly, but she was even less likely to lay down her weapons and surrender. Durandal knew very well that with a gun in her hand, Cocolia would still be wary of her side's strength; but if she laid down her weapons, Rita's life would depend entirely on the other side's whim.

This isn't a movie; surrendering is the worst option.

Therefore, Durandal had no choice but to question, and had every reason to do so.

Cocolia's reaction was to scoff and shake her head.

"Ha! You talk as if we have such a good relationship. You even ambushed our leader last time. What, you're allowed to Schicksal, but I, Anti-Entropy, am not allowed to cause you any trouble?"

"Your actions will only escalate the conflict unnecessarily. I advise you to think it through."

"Stop talking nonsense. It doesn't matter if you don't surrender, as long as you move, I'll take away a part of her body. We'll wear her down slowly!"

The situation remained deadlocked.

Durandal wanted to conserve her strength for the real Gemstone battle, and she couldn't abandon Rita either; she didn't want to fight.

Little did they know that Cocolia was even less willing to fight.

Even though Yae Sakura is one of their own, Durandal inside this giant tortoise shell is just like a golden crispy goose on a plate, to be flipped over however they want.

But this is the East Sea Base, Cocolia's headquarters that she has been running for a long time. If it is destroyed, it will not do her any good.

If no one wants to move, then a stalemate is inevitable.

"Zzz~~"

"Smack!"

The sound wasn't from Delta's snot bubble bursting, but from Wendy slapping Delta on the forehead.

Delta, still wearing the same eye mask as Derek, didn't even take it off, and just asked blankly:

"Huh? What happened? Is it time for dinner? By the way, why is it so dark?"

"Dark my foot! We're here to do a mission! You came all this way but couldn't even catch the Gem of Serenity, and then you just ran straight to the Hyperion after you were done, and as soon as you got here you lay down in your wheelchair and fell asleep... Delta, I'm begging you, can't you at least put some effort into doing the mission?"

Wendy pulled off Delta's blindfold, initially expressionless, but later her face was filled with helplessness.

He's good for nothing but slacking off.

The S-Rank Valkyrie have completely lost face!

Delta slurped her saliva, pouted, and complained with a wronged expression:

"I haven't slept all night, can't I even catch up on some sleep? Besides, if I don't conserve my energy, where will I get the strength to fight later?"

"Don't give me that! We just received news that Durandal and the others are trapped. The situation is urgent, and war could break out at any moment. Get ready!"

Wendy looked at Delta wearily, then casually unscrewed the thermos, poured herself a cup of goji berry tea, and handed it to her.

Delta sipped her tea, blinked her dead fish eyes which were practically overflowing with salt, and slowly said:

"... How about we find a way to escape? Even Durandal is trapped, we can't just go and walk into the lion's den!"

"Say it again?"

"Time? Place? Who to fight? I'm off right now!"

Under Wendy's veiled encouragement, Delta's expression immediately changed, and she adopted an extremely decisive and proactive attitude.

Wendy released Delta's head, patted it lightly with satisfaction, like a melon farmer touching his own ripe watermelon, before turning back to continue discussing with Theresa and Himeko.

"The biggest problem now is that the Gem of Serenity hasn't appeared yet. If we deactivate our stealth first and expose the Hyperion's location, we'll be put on the defensive."

"Indeed, the real target has always been that gem. Only after it appears will the Hyperion's main guns be able to play their role. As for Durandal, I suspect that Cocolia probably doesn't want to destroy her East Sea Base, so she shouldn't be too hasty."

"Then let's continue to monitor the movements at the East Sea Base, for the time being..."

The three calmly discussed their current strategy, showing no panic despite Durandal's troubles.

Only the "naive" Anqi raised her hand and asked somewhat uneasily:

"Um, aren't we supposed to go rescue Durandal?"

"Hahaha! Who are you talking about? What a joke, she doesn't need rescue, she's Durandal! At most she's just temporarily trapped, don't worry."

"What if the other side is trying to take us down one by one? If they trap Durandal and Sakura first, our fighting strength will be greatly reduced, and someone might even launch a sneak attack on us."

"Hahaha! Anqi, you're overthinking it. How could that be? We're invisible!"

Theresa patted Anqi's shoulder with a grin, looking very confident.

Wendy and Himeko responded with smiles.

Only Bronya recalled her experience during the Battle of Chiyou, and suddenly her face turned pale. She hurriedly tried to cover Anqi's mouth.

Boom!!!

The scorching flames came from behind, and the entire aircraft carrier was shaking violently, quickly tilting and descending.

Bronya steadied herself by grabbing the cannon base beside her. Turning around, she saw Anqi blinking her eyes in a confused and innocent way, her eyes wet and watery, with a hint of genuine panic.

"What... what happened?!"

Bronya strongly suggests that Anqi should speak less during the next mission.

Bronya stared at Anqi's small mouth with lingering fear, her face pale.

But no one paid attention to their little actions anymore; everyone was focused on the area where the explosion had occurred.

"Oh no, that area is roughly the power zone. Now the Hyperion won't be able to take off!"

"Who did this? How did they find us?!"

"Stay calm, prepare for an emergency landing. There's the ocean below, there's still hope!"

The spaceship that set out was mainly composed of Valkyrie, and the few technical personnel were mostly St. Freya, who had some experience. This situation was not a desperate one for them.

Theresa and Himeko quickly organized personnel to arrange an emergency landing and busied themselves on the overturned spaceship.

Wendy quickly looked in the direction of Delta, and then a thin vein appeared on her forehead.

"Delta!!!"

The girl, who had been sitting idly by, had put her blindfold back on. Her wheelchair had tipped over, and she lay motionless on the deck, slowly sliding down as the deck tilted.

"Wendy, help me~~"

"What time is it and you're still slacking off! You big idiot!"

Wendy rushed over in a fit of rage, grabbed Delta under her arm, found a stable spot to hold her, and roared fiercely at Delta.

Delta had to clean her ear.

"I can't fly a spaceship. At most, I can help you slow down during landing. Why would I get up?"

"You..."

Wendy was furious, but seeing his calm and collected demeanor, she couldn't help but laugh.

Schicksal must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to have been paired with S-Rank Valkyrie like you!

Then Delta suddenly removed her blindfold, looked up at the front of her eyes, and frowned slightly.

"They're here!"

"What's here?"

"Of course they're the enemy, you idiot Wendy."

"Huh? You're the idiot! I'm the genius Valkyrie, you idiot Delta!"

Wendy was bickering with Delta when she looked in the direction Delta was looking.

Amidst the intense flames, a tiny figure slowly floated out. It had a delicate, petite face, bright sapphire-like eyes, and an icy expression, as if keeping people at arm's length. Yet, given its doll-like size, it was exceptionally adorable.

But Wendy instinctively shivered.

She sensed an extremely terrifying power emanating from this adorable doll.

"I've heard that this era has created so-called Artificial Herrscher, is that you?"

"Oh yes, yes! It's me! What's up, little one?"

"... It's not quite what I imagined."

"You're not the enemy I imagined either!"

Delta, contrary to her usual lazy and aloof demeanor, spoke to the other person with a cheerful smile.

Secretly, she was writing words on Wendy's palm.

Run!

Wendy paused for a moment, and before she could react, the little doll opposite her had already raised its sword expressionlessly—if that pure and scorching red flame could still be called a sword.

"It might not be a bad thing to weigh the weight of this era before the time comes."

Skyfire said expressionlessly.

In an instant, the intense and dazzling Skyfire that had been raging as the spaceship crashed illuminated the entire sea.

Chapter 193 Forgotten Again

A colossal sword of fire stretched across the sky, bringing heat far exceeding that of midsummer. Scorching winds howled across the sea, making people break out in a sweat.

However, most people at the East Sea Base remained relatively calm.

After all, it hadn't been long since the battle with Chiyou You, and they were already experienced with large-scale battles both underwater and in the sky.

Anzu even put on sunglasses, and then put one on each of Cocolia and Ninti, who were looking up.

"Be careful not to blind yourself. So, who's fighting in the sky now?"

"One is Artificial Herrscher of Schicksal, and the other one I'm not familiar with, should be World Serpent?"

Under the scorching red light, Cocolia guessed with a hint of amazement.

Xing adjusted her sunglasses, looked up at the exaggerated flame effects in the sky, and said:

Who do you think will win?

"I think Gray Serpent is quite confident; his side should win, right?"

"So what's our next step?"

"I don't know, I didn't have a plan. I didn't expect that guy to have such a powerful trump card... Should we just keep dragging this out for now?"

The mother and daughter chatted casually, while one held a sword to Rita's waist and the other a gun to Rita temple, both with expressions that suggested everything was normal.

Rita's lips twitched, but she didn't dare to move.

Durandal, trapped in the shield cage, turned her gaze toward the direction where the Hyperion had crashed, her brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

With its power core pierced, even the most advanced stealth technology was rendered useless. The Hyperion plunged into the sea amidst smoke and flames, like a sky version of the Titanic, impossible for anyone to ignore.

Durandal couldn't help but worry about the situation of Delta and St. Freya.

What made her heart sink even more was Welt, who had quietly landed beside Cocolia at that moment.

"You saved that spaceship?"

"Um..."

"Alright, everyone knows our Alliance Leader is a great philanthropist. I don't intend to be a life-or-death enemy of Schicksal, so I won't accuse you of aiding the enemy. My question now is, where are Kuerla and the serum?"

"Well..."

Two consecutive questions left Welt, who had made a dashing entrance, looking utterly embarrassed.

After a long while, he awkwardly explained:

"If they couldn't catch up, they probably jumped into the sea to hide their tracks."

"So you're saying you came all this way, but instead of getting anything done, you helped Schicksal instead?"

"In terms of results, well, what you said makes no problem."