Chapter 300

Bronya thought about it along K423's lines of thought and it did seem like that possibility did exist.

If that's really the case, then I've been too clever for my own good.

Bronya couldn't help but look at K423 with newfound respect. Indeed, sometimes even idiots can offer very constructive advice.

"I'm not an idiot!" K423 said unhappily. "I'm just an action-oriented person. I just don't like those exams! I'm going to win back the Kaslana name and my mother in a fair and square way. I'm not an idiot!"

"Yes, you're right," Bronya replied casually. "But we already refused to answer, so what do we do now?"

Even if K423's words make sense, they've already rejected their mother's response. What to do now? She doesn't even know how to use this communication method, how can she reply? How can she rebuild her relationship with her mother? If this really is her mother, then it's truly too late for regrets!

"I feel like we can give it another try," K423 said, scratching his head. "Maybe, probably, we might be able to get in touch again."

"Don't get your hopes up, but at least we can try." Bronya nodded, acknowledging K423's suggestion. While it might not work, at least K423 could give it a shot; they couldn't find a better way right now.

With Bronya's consent, page K423 decides to give it a try.

But she soon encountered her first problem.

How can I contact them?

This isn't some kind of communication device where you just press a button to talk to someone. It felt like the voice I heard when I contacted my mom just appeared out of nowhere in my mind.

"Hmm..." K423 pinched his chin and thought, "Is this considered telepathy?"

I guess so. If it's telepathy, can it also be used? Hmm... we can try it.

"Mom~ Are you there?" K423 tried to speak from the heart, using the same feeling as before, instead of expressing herself directly with words.

"Finally responding to me? I've been waiting for you for so long." A voice suddenly appeared in K423's mind.

"Mom! It really is you!" K423 exclaimed excitedly.

'Mom...' Kallen, who was on her way, was speechless at K423's way of addressing her. How could they be so sure? She wasn't a mom! And it wasn't like Kallen was being modest. How could someone who wasn't married become someone's mother?

"Sigh..." Kallen sighed, no longer arguing or lecturing. She was tired. The only thing that could comfort her was that she was glad she hadn't removed K423.

Otherwise, the situation would be much more complicated now. Putting everything else aside, the military situation is of utmost importance right now.

"Report the situation," Kallen said seriously. "How are you all now? Is anyone injured?"

"No," K423 said. "Those Honkai Beast can't hurt me, there are just too many of them. We can't kill them all. We're currently trapped in a storage room on the top floor of the Eighth Mist Trade Center."

Are they besieged?

Kallen wasn't surprised; it was pretty much expected. Under normal circumstances, Bronya would have returned to the school if they hadn't been besieged. The only difference was whether she arrived first or last.

If they haven't arrived after such a long time, then they can only be besieged.

Now, what K423 said was almost entirely within his expectations.

"I should be at your location in about 10 minutes," Kallen said. "Once I arrive, I'll clear out the Honkai Beast on the perimeter. Please take the fastest route and meet me there."

"The fastest route?" K423 hesitated for a moment before replying, "The elevators are completely out of service now. The fastest route..."

"Aren't you on the top floor?" Kallen said. "So you should know what I mean, right?"

"Please come to the rooftop~"

Chapter 324 Double Update Today

The rooftop, that does look like a nice place...

Perhaps.

After confirming it was Kallen, Bronya's team began their operation. Bronya's choice to run into the mall wasn't without reason; the mall had many rooms, and with most residents having evacuated, the roller shutters had been lowered, creating individual Xiao Kong.

The narrow roads and ample space made it easy for them to hide and avoid being attacked from all sides like they would be outside.

Receiving Kallen's orders to attack and reach the rooftop from their location wasn't too difficult. The only problem was that once they rushed out, they would temporarily lose their hiding place. Facing the endless Honkai Beast was something Bronya was quite worried about. Although it was most likely Kallen herself, she was still concerned that if it really was some kind of Honkai Beast not registered in the encyclopedia, then they would have fallen into someone's trap.

Moreover, it's possible that a Herrscher could emerge from such a massive Honkai that engulfs an entire megacity.

Their team's win rate against Herrscher is almost zero!

But Bronya really had no better choice. Retreating meant certain death, and advancing, though also certain death, offered a sliver of hope. Rather than waiting to die here, she might as well obey orders and charge out.

What if it really is Mom?

Bronya's team quickly reached the rooftop, Wendy immediately closed the door.

The door to the rooftop was sealed, and the Honkai Beast chasing them temporarily lost their target. Honkai Beast are indeed not very intelligent; once they lose their target, they don't think about how the target disappeared or where the target should be. They automatically enter a state of aimless wandering. For Bronya and the others, this is a rare moment of respite, but it doesn't mean they are safe. All of this is only temporary.

If we can't find a way out soon, the Honkai Beast roaming outside will wander here, and that broken iron gate can't stop anything.

Moreover, they have nowhere to hide in a place like this!

"Mom! Mom!" K423 immediately climbed to the highest point and looked into the distance, trying to find the familiar figure in the city shrouded in blood mist.

She looked around but was still disappointed; she couldn't see anything. She couldn't even clearly see the street below the shopping mall.

"Hey~" Just as K423 was feeling disappointed, she suddenly heard a voice in her mind saying, "You guys really attracted quite a few Honkai Beast."

"It's Mom!" K423 exclaimed excitedly. "Mom! We've come to the rooftop as you instructed, but I can't see you. Which way are you? Which way should we jump?"

Kallen had just arrived and immediately saw Honkai Beast from the sea gathered around the mall.

It looked like something out of a zombie game; they were everywhere, packed tightly together, completely filling the mall. There was practically no place to stand.

"There are quite a few," Kallen said. "It's true that plans can never keep up with changes."

The number of Honkai Beasts has completely exceeded Kallen's expectations. Given Kallen's current strength and combat prowess, this might actually be a bit troublesome. This isn't about holding out; it's about clearing out this area of Honkai Beast.

"I should be to your northeast," Kallen said. "This is the intersection of Stalin Road and Moscow Road, the location of the north gate of the Eighth Mist. Can you determine the direction?"

"The Northeast Gate?" K423 immediately jumped down and said, "Wendy and Bronya, does either of you know where the Northeast is?"

"Northeast?" Wendy looked around and said, "It looks exactly the same all around here, I can't tell at all!"

"The Project Bunny can't determine direction," Bronya said. "Bronya isn't very familiar with this place either. If we're judging by the route we just took, that direction should be northeast."

Bronya pointed to the back of K423 and said.

"Estimated..." K423 really didn't dare to believe anything. One reason was that he didn't know, and another was that he wasn't very familiar with this place. And it was indeed as Wendy said, that the place was now shrouded in blood mist, lacking many reference points, and the visibility was pitifully low, making it impossible to determine which direction was northeast.

"Mom, this is where we..." K423 was in a bit of a predicament; it was really hard to find the northeast direction right now.

"Never mind." Kallen looked around; determining the exact location under these circumstances seemed a bit too much to ask.

"I'll use the Curry Stick to clear out those Honkai Beasts," Kallen said. "Once you see the commotion, you'll know which way to go."

"Curry Stick?" K423 asked, somewhat confused. "What are those?"

"Curry Stick?" Wendy seemed to understand a little but not quite, and said, "It can't be something to eat, right? It can't be a lot of curry, and then you use curry to lure those Honkai Beast away, can it?"

This is a bit outrageous!

"Curry Stick?" K423 didn't understand and said, "Isn't that a bit outrageous? It should be a very powerful weapon or special move, right?"

"Curry Stick?" Bronya seemed to understand something and asked, "K423, are you sure you didn't mishear? Curry Stick?"

"That seems to be what they said," K423 said, arms crossed. "I must have heard correctly."

"Oh~" Bronya finally understood and said, "Then you must have misheard. Mom said Excalibur, the legendary Sword of Victory and Oath! K423 is a glutton, how could he mishear that?"

"Huh?" K423 picked at his ear and said unhappily, "What the hell? Excalibur? Isn't that the legendary Holy Sword of the English? Does a legendary item really exist? And Mom got it? Are you kidding me?"

"If such a thing really existed, wouldn't Mother be the Queen of England?"

The Sword of Oath and Victory is a sacred object of Engelen and a symbol of their royal power. Their previous queen drew this sword to become queen and became the Valkyrie who protects Engelen.

Of course, everyone knows that thing is a modern knockoff, and it was buried in the king's tomb along with the queen who sacrificed herself to protect England.

K423 doesn't think those British would build an Excalibur for their mothers, considering that even their current Hammer King doesn't have an Excalibur.

With the monarchy unstable, how could he possibly have the time to make one for his mother?

"Are you kidding me?" K423 scoffed. "I definitely didn't mishear, it's Curry Stick! Curry! Curry..."

Before K423 could finish speaking, a golden holy light shot straight into the sky!

Chapter 325 Praise of the Holy Light

Golden holy light shot straight into the sky, piercing through the seemingly endless blood mist.

After the light faded, the sunlight finally shone down.

K423 stared blankly at the sky, at the light shining through the clouds. For a moment, she forgot what she was supposed to do next. She didn't even know what had just happened.

"Let's go and meet up with Mom."

Bronya had clearly witnessed such scenes before; she was now resistant and knew exactly what was going on. She woke the two still-shocked people, saying, "We don't have much time."

"Oh~" Wendy and K423 answered in unison, and they followed Bronya as they jumped off the roof.

The Eighth Mist Shop has a total of nineteen floors. For an ordinary person, these nineteen floors would be an absolute death sentence, but for the Valkyrie, this height is nothing.

Even Wendy, who has just become Valkyrie, is the same, although her strength is not yet comparable to Bronya and K423.

However, with the armor, she wouldn't fall too badly.

As soon as the three landed, they saw a blonde girl standing in front of them.

"You..."

K423 had never seen this woman before, but intuitively judged that everything that had just happened should have been her doing. She was able to dispel the blood mist and clear out all the Honkai Beast from such a large area with just a single move.

What an incredibly powerful Valkyrie!

Were they sent by headquarters to support them?

"Artoria Pendragon." The girl's voice was strong and clear as she said, "Of course, you can also call me by another name that you are more familiar with, the one you know, St. Freya, the Hyperion cleaner."

"Li Pu!"

"What the heck!!!" Wendy couldn't help but complain, "This is just too outrageous!"

Wendy recognized the school janitor; aside from being somewhat handsome, he didn't seem to have any special talents. Aside from being good-looking, he was otherwise quite ordinary. So how could such a powerful older sister, at least an S-rank Valkyrie, possibly be that ordinary janitor?!

"What?" Bed King's ahoge jumped up and said, "Do you have a problem with me?"

"No~" Wendy shook her head, completely unable to believe it. "How is this possible? How could S-rank Valkyrie as powerful as my sister be a cleaner?"

Wendy watched as Bronya and K423 tried to get some useful information from them, such as that she was right, and that this amazing older sister couldn't possibly be that cleaner, or something like that.

"Yes." Wendy was disappointed by Bronya's answer. "She is one of my mother's past lives, Artoria Pendragon, the legendary King of Britain, the King of Knights, King Arthur."

"King Arthur?!" Bronya exclaimed as if her faith Honkai, no sooner had Wendy finished speaking than, "How could King Arthur be a girl! And a reincarnation, a janitor at that?! I can't accept it!"

Wendy's faith is really Honkai. As someone from Australia, although she's not British, Australia is a member of the Commonwealth, and she's heard quite a few legends about King Arthur.

This is really hard to accept. Is this the legendary King Arthur?

Wendy's words made the Bed King's ahoge stand up straight.

"You seem to have a problem with me." Saber said with slight displeasure, "Although I don't care how the legends describe me, I would like to say that you should watch your attitude, Wendy, or Doctor Mei will hold a grudge against you."

"Doctor Mei?" Upon hearing the name, Wendy shuddered and said, "What... what does this have to do with the doctor? She's not here."

"King Arthur is Mr. Li Pu's past life, and Mr. Li Pu is King Arthur's present life." Bronya had to explain to Wendy, "Because of some things, Mr. Li Pu's past life was activated by Director Otto. You should understand more when you come to the course on soul theory later. In short, for now, a person's past life is not limited to one person, but may be multiple people."

"King Arthur, Doctor Mei, Kallen Kaslana, Cecilia Schariac, and my mother are all reincarnations of Li Pu." Bronya looked at the blonde girl beside her with admiration and longing and said, "Among them Kallen Kaslana and Cecilia Schariac are the strongest Valkyrie in Schicksal."

Bronya had just finished speaking when a flash of light appeared, and MEI appeared there.

She gently pushed up her glasses and said with a forced smile, "Wendy, it seems you have a lot of opinions about me."

"Is that right?"

"How could that be!" Wendy's expression instantly changed, and she said with a fawning look, "How could I possibly have any complaints about you, Doctor? Even if you're just a cleaner, you're the strongest cleaner in the world~ How could I possibly have any complaints? I admire you so much, how could I possibly have any complaints?"

Well, that's the ultimate collection.

Once upon a time, there was King Arthur, a legendary figure in mythology, and the powerful Valkyrie. What else could they possibly be?

"And a doctor who can save you as long as you have a breath left, and the soul of the supply ship," MEI pushed up her glasses. She still didn't quite understand what Mamiya's purpose was.

Shipgirls, especially those belonging to the supply ship category, do not have any outstanding combat capabilities, and seem to have no other particularly useful special skills besides eating delicious food.

If I had to pinpoint any advantages, it would be its strength and durability...

Well, this is Honkai! The Valkyrie are all incredibly powerful and incredibly resilient, so the ship girls' special abilities are pretty much useless. Anyway, MEI still doesn't understand where to place Mamiya.