This Chat Group's Vibe is a Bit Off

No matter how strong Durandal was, she was still a girl. She would definitely feel ashamed about being exposed like that, and once she felt ashamed, she would keep covering various parts of her body during battle. Her combat strength would definitely be greatly reduced. Then, if he occasionally grabbed those rather nice weak points of hers, wouldn't victory be guaranteed?

How could someone's gentlemanly conduct be so high? Such a gentleman that he did not even want victory.

Only after she had finished dressing did Qianyi say faintly, "Finished?"

"Finished. Let's begin the second round." Durandal moved her body. The new armor fit her surprisingly well.

The two exchanged a glance and flashed toward each other at the same time. In the blink of an ordinary person's eye, three figures had already become entangled. Showers of sparks burst amid flashing blades and sword shadows as the three rapidly switched positions, their sword and spear turning into afterimages with their frenzied swings.

If Qianyi had previously been able to temporarily match Durandal, then now he was clearly at a disadvantage. Yet his coordination with Izanagi was like an ironclad formation, forcibly blocking the strongest S-rank Valkyrie's storm-like assault.

Durandal let out a breath. Fighting one against two, she nevertheless seemed far more relaxed and unrestrained, her movements graceful and effortless.

He had to admit that his opponent was very composed. Under her attacks, her enemies in the past had often been caught off guard and lost their cool entirely. Yet the fighting spirit in Qianyi's silver eyes had never diminished.

I really want him to join the Blade of the Unbroken.

"Surrender. There is no point in continuing this fight." Durandal tried to persuade him.

"No, there is." As Qianyi swung his sword, he continued, "Before becoming Herrschers, they were ordinary people like us—ordinary people who longed for a family, who wanted to nestle close to their loved ones. Just because of the power they were born with, we have to fear them, dread them, even imprison and kill them?"

"Herrschers are extremely dangerous. Every awakening is accompanied by the deaths of tens of millions. Neither I nor Heavenly Mandate can simply let them be." Durandal's offensive did not weaken in the slightest.

"So I will give you—give all of you—the possibility and hope of defeating the Honkai. Or rather, a dream. I can give you the right to dream. Look at Kiana. She has already begun to master the power of the Herrscher of the Void, and this is only the beginning. Next will be Raiden Mei. She will gain control of the Herrscher of Thunder's power. Then after that, the Fourth Herrscher..."

Qianyi painted a grand vision: Herrschers, who should have been locked in an endless struggle with humanity, becoming humanity's greatest aid in defeating the Honkai. And the Honkai, which seemed to stretch on without end, would gradually be dismantled bit by bit.

Durandal fell silent. Though she felt it was unlikely, Kiana's mastery of the Herrscher of the Void's authority was an undeniable example. It was still highly believable.

Seeing her waver, Qianyi pressed his advantage. "If you accept the proposal, then call out your name, and we'll decide the victor with one move in which we both give everything we have."

The two sides separated once more, but this time they did not immediately clash again.

Durandal considered Qianyi's words. After a long while, she raised her knight lance, hope shining in her eyes.

"My name is—Bianca Durandal Attagina."

"My name is—Qianyi & Izanagi & Ling."

Having decided to answer her opponent with her strongest strike, Durandal released every function of Bright Knight: Moonbeam. This function was still undergoing testing, but against an opponent like this, how could she not go all out?

The light of Regal Authority...

"Your armor is very good, but you are not allowed to use it." Qianyi pointed Ksitigarbha at Durandal, like a finger of annihilation aimed at a card spirit about to declare itself.

Bright Knight: Moonbeam, be nullified!

Black-red energy drifted from Bright Knight: Moonbeam, whose functions Durandal had just fully released. The fitted, lightweight armor became heavy and difficult to control in the blink of an eye, while the burden of full release piled onto her body all at once.

The armor that was meant to enhance her strength now became like Ultraman Zero's training armor, placing all kinds of restrictions on her body.

Ksitigarbha could release an ultimate virus with self-awareness, capable of infecting and eroding electronic devices and human bodies.

The reason Qianyi had chatted with Durandal earlier was to quietly spread this virus, seize control of the Valkyrie armor, and make Durandal activate her ultimate move only to be unable to unleash it, wasting her energy for nothing.

"I see. So that Divine Key had been waiting for me here? Still, fighting while wearing restraint armor is quite a novel experience." Though her body had become incredibly heavy, and the armor's burden and suppression weighed upon her like a mountain, Durandal did not think she would lose her ability to fight so easily.

But the next moment, Izanagi behind Qianyi drove his Ōdachi into the ground. A powerful shockwave swept over them, the ground swaying violently as cracks spread through the concrete structure.

Mother Earth's Dinner!

Durandal, whose movements had already become somewhat inconvenient, tried to dodge. But Qianyi had already roared and pounced at her. The two fell to the ground together, and Qianyi immediately locked in an armbar, turning himself into a pair of iron pincers. He tightly controlled her right arm, clamping it firmly between his legs and pulling it close to his body. Then, by thrusting his hips and using leverage, he put immense pressure on her elbow while also using all his strength to drive his elbow into her face.

But Durandal was simply too strong. Qianyi could not hold her down.

Seeing that Durandal was about to lift him with one arm, he immediately shouted at his teammates, "What are you looking at? Come help!"

After spacing out for a second, everyone immediately reacted.

"I'll help you!" Kiana roared as she pounced on Durandal. "I'll lock down her left arm!"

Talulah: "I'll lock down her left leg!"

Seele: "I'll lock down her right leg!"

Raiden Mei: "I'll lock down her head!"

Hiiragi Tina: "I'll—"

Qianyi: "Don't all come over! Send two people to deal with Rita!!"

Kiana: I Still Haven't Gotten on the Bus Yet!

Qianyi, Talulah, Kiana, Seele, and Raiden Mei were tangled up with Durandal. In this situation, techniques had completely lost all meaning. Everyone restrained Durandal's movements at once, smashing their elbows into her face, locking their arms around her throat, driving their knees into her lower abdomen, and viciously biting her hair...

The Tokyo rich guy, the leader of Reunion, the Queen of Honkai, the third-in-command of the Lower District's Earth Fire organization, and the eldest daughter of the Raiden family—several elite figures with status in their respective worlds had all turned into street thugs, even wild beasts. No techniques could be used; all they could rely on were brute force, ferocity, and endurance.

"Fuck! She's grabbing my stomach! She's going to pinch my flesh off!" Kiana screamed, her face flushed red.

While she held Durandal down, Durandal's hand was tightly gripping the flesh on Kiana's stomach.

She somewhat regretted eating so well recently. The little bit of flesh bulging from her lower belly had been pinched, and it hurt like hell.

"Tickle her armpits!" Qianyi endured the pain as Durandal's grip had already bruised his thigh purple. He frantically scratched Durandal's armpits, trying to make her laugh from the ticklishness and lose her strength.

But as the Valkyrie among Valkyries, Durandal had undergone exceedingly strict training. She could endure something at this level.

"Can't we knock her out? I feel like I'm restraining some giant beast!" For the first time, Talulah felt that her strength was so insignificant.

"I've already tried my best!"

Raiden Mei locked Durandal's head between her legs to stop her from biting the other teammates, then grabbed a frying pan and frantically smashed it against her head. With Mei's master-level skill, an ordinary person would be dead or hospitalized with a concussion after just one hit. Yet after dozens of blows, Mei's hands were aching from the vibrations while Durandal took them all without batting an eye.

She felt like Batman, while Durandal was Superman—but she didn't have any kryptonite!

"I'd be quite troubled if you ignored me." The seductive, elegant beauty held a scythe as she approached them with graceful steps.

Her white corset could not conceal the perfect fullness of her twin peaks. With every breath, the faintly visible cleavage between them rose and fell.

Black thigh-high stockings wrapped around her shapely calves, outlining their beautiful curves and contrasting with the pale skin left bare.

This succubus-like maid in black-and-white armor accented with bright green had decided to wipe away her past humiliation.

If it were the Herrscher of the Void, the horned girl, or that despicable young man using a model sword to deceive people, Rita might have found them somewhat troublesome. But these two before her—one was a timid blonde girl clutching a staff, and the other was a schoolgirl in uniform.

Rita couldn't imagine any possibility of losing.

Still, what a pity. Both of them were such cute girls, but they couldn't be any younger. A girl's shelf life was always so fleeting.

If they were a little younger, she might have made the impudent request, "Please let Lady Durandal stay restrained a little longer."

Boom!

The deafening explosion rang in her ears. Watching the schoolgirl suddenly transform into a perverted figure in revealing clothes, and seeing the trash-can monster she lashed out with her whip nearly turn her into Rita-chan in one blow, her smile froze.

"Hehehe, Miss Maid is so cool and beautiful—just like a real Magical Girl." Hiiragi Tina looked at Rita with envy.

A Valkyrie who fought to protect the world—wasn't that a Magical Girl? And this one was an exceptionally rare maid-type Magical Girl!

A Magical Girl among Magical Girls, possessing elegance, beauty, and coolness all in one!

Subarashii!

Cold sweat poured down Rita's face.

To Rita, Hiiragi Tina's lecherous gaze was more terrifying and horrifying than a billion murderers!

This girl's combat instincts were far inferior to hers; she possessed nothing but pure brute-force stats. But those stats were truly terrifying, forcing Rita to dodge and leap about wildly. From time to time, the little girl with the staff behind her would also fire a light projectile at her.

Fortunately, she could still handle it.

Using her agility and speed, Rita dodged Tina's whip and the trash-can monster's attacks back and forth while inconspicuously closing the distance to Artoria.

Then, just as Tina's whip was about to strike her, Rita smiled faintly and suddenly dropped without warning. The Whip of Domination swept over her head and struck Artoria directly.

Boar Princess: "Huh?"

I'll deal with one first, Rita thought.

Tina's whip turned objects into monsters when it struck them. So if it hit a person...

That was what she thought, but in the next moment, before her horrified eyes, Artoria turned into light. Then the girl of light was grabbed by the leg and held in the trash-can monster's hand.

"???"

"EX!calibur!!"

Fuck, this backfired!

That was Rita's last thought before she lost consciousness.

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World Mission: Save Changkong City.

Mission complete.

Distributing reward... 1,000 points have been added to your balance.

Despite encountering many setbacks and hardships along the way, the mission had ultimately been completed. Congratulations, congratulations...

Yeah, right!

"So, we're going to keep holding her down like this?" Talulah asked.

"Do you think we'll still have a chance to suppress her if we let go?" Kiana complained. She had no desire to experience again the feeling of nearly being beaten to pulp in two punches.

"It shouldn't take long. We'll be forcibly returned in another ten minutes," Qianyi reminded them. At that moment, the chat group's mission panel displayed a return countdown.

Mission complete. Please return to your respective worlds as soon as possible. Remaining stay time: 10mins.

"Suppressing her for another ten minutes? That's acceptable." Seele did not want to maintain this state all day.

"Nine minutes left. Should we go touch our spoils of war?" Toyokawa Shoko, one of the few people still able to move, asked with a smile.

"Help me take Rita's scythe." Seele looked just like a player frantically reserving loot after a boss raid.

"Rita's Shadow Iron armor isn't worth much. Durandal is the valuable one—touch her Black Abyss White Flower. That's a Divine Key!" With the time for departure drawing near, Qianyi naturally wanted to maximize their gains. He immediately told his teammates not to bother with junk and to go straight for the big gold and red loot.

The moment she heard they wanted to take her Black Abyss White Flower, Durandal immediately began struggling.

That was the weapon of Cecilia, the S-rank Valkyrie she admired most. How could it be casually taken away as loot?

"So heavy."

Toyokawa Shoko exerted tremendous effort before barely managing to lift Black Abyss White Flower to one side and drag it into her hands. Then she took Rita's Gene Reaper as well. If Bright Knight: Moonbeam had not been worn by Durandal, she would definitely have found a way to strip it off and take it too.

"Okay, we're leaving!" The moment time ran out, Qianyi, Talulah, Seele, and the others instantly vanished from where they stood. The spoils they held in their hands disappeared with them.

They retreated so quickly that Durandal had no time to react before her Black Abyss White Flower was spirited away.

Kiana also breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, she no longer had to suppress that monster. But then she realized that she seemed, perhaps, maybe...

Hadn't retreated!

I hadn't gotten in the car! I hadn't gotten in the car! Why hadn't I gotten in the car?!

Looking at Durandal, who had yanked her off her leg with one hand and held her up before her face, Kiana blinked.

"Shh. Can we make peace?"

The Five Equal Parts of Heracles

This trip to the Changkong City instance had been incredibly rewarding.

On top of a thousand points for each person, they had also acquired quite a few good items, such as Ksitigarbha, the Yae Sakura Stigmata, Black Abyss White Flower, and the Gene Reaper, which had merely been taken along to make up the numbers.

Although Qianyi had said that the Gene Reaper was not as valuable as Black Abyss White Flower, that was only relative. How could the weapon of a Heavenly Mandate S-rank Valkyrie possibly be junk?

Toyokawa Shoko felt that Qianyi had clearly never been poor before, since he could leave such a valuable item untouched. So, with all her strength, while taking Durandal's Black Abyss White Flower, she had also taken Rita's weapon, the Gene Reaper.

Although she collapsed onto the ground from exhaustion the moment she returned, the thought that these two items were exceptionally valuable even within Heavenly Mandate, one of the world's top powers, and would definitely fetch a great deal of points if recycled through the chat group, made her hum softly.

Meanwhile, Qianyi, who had also gotten hold of a Divine Key, was equally excited.

"Go, Higokumaru. Crack Baidu Netdisk for me first. I want to see whether the download speed can exceed 100 KB without paying for VIP."

Ksitigarbha versus Baidu Netdisk.

Being able to witness such an earth-shattering battle would make skipping class tomorrow worthwhile.

Yet he did not know whether he had overestimated Ksitigarbha or underestimated Baidu Netdisk. Without paying for VIP, the download speed still could not break through 100 KB, only reaching a pitiful dozen or so KB. It was as though slow download speeds without VIP were part of the thing's underlying logic, just like how Kobe would always die in a plane crash no matter what world he transmigrated to.