"The Divine Beyond Honkai()"
"There's no time for that!"
Matilda shook off Sophia's hand. Her right hand was a full prosthetic limb.
"There's no need to redesign the plan. You just need to stay close behind me!" Matilda said. "Every Honkai Beast will be... personally eliminated by me."
Watching Matilda walk toward the hatch, Sophia seemed to see the past.
Words someone had once said to her.
Sophia... the Phosphor Sand Squad and Matilda...
I'll leave them to you...
"..."
Recalling that scene, Sophia clasped her hands together, not knowing whom she was praying to.
"Captain... don't worry."
Sophia prayed, "Whether it's Matilda or Susanna, I'll protect them both."
"...The Phosphor Sand Squad... will definitely come back alive."
"Achoo!"
Xu Yanwu let out a huge sneeze amid the howling gale.
"There's so much sand..."
Rubbing his nose, Xu Yanwu followed the edge of the city toward its center.
Honkai had already erupted there, and a gigantic yellowish-brown Honkai Beast was rampaging through the heart of the city.
"Someone's praying?"
Following his instincts, Xu Yanwu leaped onto a nearby skyscraper, his gaze immediately locking onto a hovering aircraft in the sky.
"Hmm... plenty of people are praying. Better deal with the Honkai first."
With that, Xu Yanwu jumped from the top of the building toward the center of the Honkai outbreak.
Along the way, a Honkai Beast dove down from the sky, preparing to attack Xu Yanwu as he bounded between buildings. But just as it swooped close to him, a rift opened.
A huge maw lined with sharp teeth clamped down on the Honkai Beast, dragging it into the rift.
Then came a chewing sound from within the rift that made one's teeth ache.
"Eat up, Chaos."
Xu Yanwu landed on another rooftop.
He said directly, "Have an appetizer