Archers Have Always Been Overpowered

In the office, Welt leisurely poured ginseng, goji berries, and other tonics into the kettle, brewed a pot of health tea, poured himself a cup to nourish his body, and then handed a cup to the boy lying on the desk. Fortunately, the boy's face was extremely pale, and he took the tea and drank it all in one gulp.

Welt sipped his tea leisurely. "It seems you've already seen my clone? How was the Star of Eden?"

Xing poured himself another cup of tea. "It works very well, but it's Honkai Energy too much Honkai energy! It completely drained the energy from my two cores! And this isn't even at maximum power output. Teacher, are you sure this is for my safety and not to send me to meet the ancestors of the Kaslana Family ahead of time?"

Welt turned his head awkwardly. "I'm sorry, Tesla told me yesterday that she miscalculated by a decimal point in her design, so the energy consumption might be slightly more than expected..."

Happiness silently stared at him, Welt could only pat his head reassuringly, "What are you afraid of, young man? You Honkai Energy in about a week. Just think of it as an abnormal adaptation training for your body."

Fortunately, he lay slumped over his desk, not even bothering to lift his head. Last night, after using Star of Eden to crush that annoying Waltz to the ground, he was almost exhausted. If he hadn't replenished his energy with Pardo, he probably wouldn't have had the strength to come to school today. He'd better ask Wendy for some mana later; she probably wouldn't refuse if he asked her for some Honkai Energy.

In the dormitory, the cat lay lifelessly on the bed, its eyes vacant and vacant, looking like it had been played with to death.

"You bastard owner, I was almost sucked dry! No, for my own safety, I need to find myself some Emergency Food!" As compensation for the apology, Xing bought her several boxes of gems and lifted her activity restrictions, but forbade her from stealing anything.

Just as Pardo was about to get up, her weakness pulled her back onto the bed. "Ugh, I should rest first. You jerk, master, remember to bring me a bowl of pig liver to replenish my blood!"

After using the power of the Bonded Weaponry to absorb some Honkai Energy from Wendy, Sachi finally escaped her half-dead state. She patted Wendy's head approvingly, saying, "You're still the most considerate one."

Little did anyone know, this seemingly innocent and adorable Qingtuan had secretly formed a partnership with Bronya...

Wendy gripped his hand worriedly. "Brother Xing, why is your body so weak? When you were equipping yourself just now, I could clearly feel that almost all of your Honkai Energy was depleted!" She couldn't help but think of the fox spirit Bronya had told her about. Could it be her?

Shenzhou novels often feature fox demons draining men's life force, and this is pretty much the case! No, for Brother Xing's safety, I must expel that fox named Yae Sakura from his body!

Inside the Stigmata Space, Yae Sakura sneezed again. "Strange, is someone cursing me? Could it be that Otto?"

——Divider——

Today is the first day that Raven is officially teaching him how to become an excellent archer, but Teacher Siola doesn't seem very happy.

Raven tossed him a starting two-star bow and arrow weapon, the Light String, pointed it at the target ten meters away, and coldly said to him, "Keep shooting until you hit the center, don't stop!"

Sensing the deep resentment emanating from the Raven, and too frightened to speak loudly, she asked, "Sister Natasha, are you on your period?"

Miss Black Dodo angrily explained, "No, a client hired me to assist in assassinating someone, but when I got there, they suddenly told me the mission was canceled. Damn it, no wonder they didn't give me the deposit first. Did they think I, a Raven, was easy to fool?"

Recalling the little island Explosive Raven on the bridge of his previous life, which he had raised to five-star affection, Sachi thoughtfully asked Raven, "Um, Sister Natasha, as a mercenary, as long as the money is right, there's no job I can't take, right?"

The Raven glanced at him, then suddenly became interested. "That's right. What, you want to hire me?"

Ding~ $1 billion has arrived in your account.

Raven took out his phone, looked at the numbers on it, and his mouth twitched wildly.

With the help of Jizo-Mitama into the internet and became the world's richest man. She waved her hand arrogantly, "This is just a drop in the bucket. As long as you quit World Serpent and stay at the St. Freya Academy as my archery teacher, I guarantee you'll be able to burn money like firewood for the rest of your life."

Raven was silent for a moment, then suddenly picked up the boy and frantically rubbed his little face. "Damn it, I thought you were a proletarian like me, but it turns out you're a damned bourgeois!"

Sachi, who was feeling dizzy from being rubbed, pushed her hand away, stared into her eyes, and asked seriously, "So, are you going to do it or not?"

Raven shouted without hesitation, "Fine! No, let me think about it some more." (In the original storyline, Raven did leave World Serpent, but rejoined after a period of time.)

Just kidding, who wouldn't want a job where all they have to do is play house with this little guy and not have to risk their life all the time? But the risks seem a bit high. St. Freya's waters are a bit deep, and she seems to be having trouble keeping up.

Seeing the Raven hesitate, he thought to himself that he had a chance and pressed his advantage, "Did I not give you enough? Then I'll add more money!"

Raven swallowed hard, looking troubled. "Little guy, leaving there won't be an easy thing. The snake won't let its prey go easily. Before you try to take my side, you should worry about yourself. The Jackal's desire for you is only growing. If you want to recruit me, wait until you reach S-rank."

Raven reluctantly refused in the end, though somewhat disappointed. It seemed that the tactic of bribing her with money wouldn't work. Maybe she should try planting a tattoo on her directly.

Get rid of those messy thoughts, carefully draw the bow and arrow, aim at the bullseye, and then release.

The arrow traced a straight line through the air, hitting the bullseye precisely, then pierced through the target, grazing Kiana's forehead as she passed by behind, and barely embedding itself in the wall.

Cold sweat instantly soaked Kiana's back. She stiffly turned her head and saw two little balls, one black and one white, smiling awkwardly at her.

Raven: "Sorry, I should have used a target made of a harder material."

Xing: "I'm sorry, I accidentally used too much force when I was shooting the arrow."

Kiana roared angrily, "Are you trying to murder me?! This isn't over until you treat me to a decent meal!"

Upon hearing Kiana's request, Raven agreed without even blinking, "No problem, hiring you for a week is no problem!"

The two white fluffy balls were stunned for a moment, then tugged at her clothes. "Sister Natasha, are you serious?"

Kiana looked at her in disbelief. "Teacher, are you telling the truth?"

Raven was a little puzzled. "It's just a meal, how could it bankrupt me? Little, cough, Sachi, you should join us too, consider it a teacher's treat for the student." The man who just received a billion yen was certainly generous. (PS: Raven usually only calls Sachi "little guy" when the two of them are alone.)

P. S.: Before coming here, Jackal gave Raven a copy of "St. Freya Academy Life Guide", but it's obvious she didn't read it carefully.

Kiana jumped up excitedly. "Yay!"

I look at the ignorant and fearless Raven with awe. You dare to invite the Kaslana Family to dinner, and for a whole week. Your courage is even greater than Theresa's when she invited three Kaslana to dinner at once!

That noon, the Raven almost became withdrawn.

A mountain of empty plates kept rising around the two hardworking white furballs. If it weren't for the fact that they had just received a huge sum of money, the island's Explosive Raven would have wanted to kill these two white furballs. They can eat so much! You two aren't actually human, are you?!

They aren't actually human; they are Herrscher, one of whom also works as Fusion Warrior and a ****, so strictly speaking, they aren't human.

After nearly bankrupting Raven, Kiana wiped her mouth, patted her round belly, and left contentedly. Before leaving, she added to the pale-faced Raven, "Teacher Satana, you promised to treat me for a week straight, so you can't go back on your word!"

Raven silently grabbed the boy who was still working hard beside her. "Little guy, tell me the truth, did you send me that money in advance because you were afraid I would go bankrupt?"

"Uh, that really was just an accident..."

In the afternoon, archer training continued.

To become an excellent archer, one needs exceptional arm strength; otherwise, one cannot draw the bowstring. Therefore, ancient archers generally focused on long-range archery, discarding their bows and arrows for close combat, making them effective at both long and short distances.

So never engage archers in close combat. They can easily keep their distance and keep shooting arrows at you in a guerrilla war, wearing you down before coming in for a wrestling match. If you're not a battle-hardened warrior, I believe you'll suffer a terrible fate.

Secondly, archers have excellent eyesight to accurately hit their targets; they can see a sesame seed right under their noses.

Furthermore, to adapt to the demands of various combat operations, archers, much like modern snipers, would find a suitable and concealed location for themselves. To avoid being headshot by other archers, skilled archers would generally possess keen perception and agile mobility.

That's why they say archers have always been overpowered! Anyone who looks down on archers should be locked up in Unlimited Blade Works and let Archer show them a hundred times of love!

After his hand went numb from shooting, Raven said he could go back. "Not bad, little guy, you managed to last this long on your first try. I think that's normal, considering your physique is not comparable to that of ordinary people."

Rubbing his aching arms, Xing pushed open the door of the combat simulation room and headed towards the cafeteria. It was the weekend, so there were no theoretical classes; students could choose to rest or continue training with their instructors in the combat simulation room.

On the way, he encountered the Arin Sisters, who were hugging each other and crying their hearts out.

"Waaaaah! Liliya, Mother Cocolia said the Alliance Leader has gone missing. We have to continue being undercover agents at the St. Freya Academy for a while longer. I hate going to school, what should I do?"

"Mom said it's new, no, it's about finding the Alliance Leader. Strange, why would she say it's new? Waaah, Liliya doesn't want to go to school anymore..."

Is it really okay for you to blatantly leak secrets in public like this? You'd be in big trouble if you ran into Rita. Luckily it's the weekend and there aren't many people in the school, otherwise you would have been reported even if you hadn't run into Rita.

As the culprit, Xing left silently. He glanced at the horns on the twins' heads and the tails peeking out from under their skirts, wondering how they had passed the admission review for the St. Freya Academy. Did Cocolia bribe the relevant people?

Fortunately, he shook his head, putting the matter out of his mind and deciding to fill his stomach first.

However, at this moment, the long-dormant Honkai Vision was activated again on its own. In the black and white world, countless intricate lines intertwined, foreshadowing something terrible that was about to happen.

A bad feeling rose in Xing's heart. "Damn, this familiar feeling, could it be?!"

Before he could even confirm, the virtual screen of the Guidance Module projected. "World collision detected. Please await instructions, divine messenger. This module is analyzing the world's origin and searching for Branch World in order to contact a suitable Order Emissary for assistance. The mission is being formulated..." (The Guidance Module has a built-in world-masking function, so the information it displays will not be replaced by "*".)

Xing was in a state of utter bewilderment. How could this happen so suddenly, without any warning? It was so unexpected! But that's life; you can never predict what will happen next.

Let's eat first, we'll need to be full to have the energy to complete the task.

Sachi wanted to continue towards the cafeteria, but as soon as he took a step, the world in his eyes changed completely. A raging fire, dilapidated buildings, and human remains scattered everywhere. The once beautiful and harmonious St. Freya Academy instantly turned into a living hell!

Seeing all this, Xing's mind went blank. He tried to take out his terminal to contact Theresa, but found that the terminal in his hand had lost signal. He tried to call Yae Sakura and Pardo, but found that his connection with them had been lost.

The same applies to Cang Xuan, Dan Zhu, and Jilin; only Kallen (a fragment of her personality) can still be clearly sensed.

Xing covered her head, trembling as she knelt on the ground, "What... what happened?!"

Author's Note—

Alright, let's take a look at Xing's cheat codes!

Armor currently unlocked:

Kallen Kaslana's full form is now unlocked.

Yae Sakura unlocks all forms except for Memento.

Fu Hua has unlocked all her forms except for the Herrscher of Sentience form. (Some forms do not possess the same power as Fu Hua, such as Cloud Ink Dan Xin.)

Possessing the Divine Key:

Key of Consciousness: Mortal Tribulation Difficult to Cross & Feather Crossing Dust (Incomplete)

The Key of Binding: Oath of Judas (The Sakura's Oath / The Sakura's Redemption)

Key of Erosion: Jizo-Mitama

Devouring Key - Star of Eden (Simulated)

Characters who have already undergone Bonded Weaponry: Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Wendy, and Jilin

Okay, enough cheats, let's start a new difficulty dungeon!

Volume 3, "Fire Moth, Attack!", has concluded, and Volume 4, the second collaboration chapter, "Honkai: Grand Order," is about to begin!

Oh, by the way, this will be the last short-term collaboration episode to be released as a standalone volume.