"Oh, right, my rewards." After kindly burying the corpse of the Miss Mortal, the young man began to claim his due compensation.
"Okay, you have ten chances for standard supply. Would you like to use them?"
"Use them."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Valkyrie battlesuit - B-rank Domain Armor · White Comet. The system kindly reminds you, practicing it is useless, you can dismantle it for Honkai energy."
"Ding! Host obtained the weapon Katana · Electric Soul. It deals lightning element damage on attack and can be evolved up to four stars. A must-have for the early game. Weapons can also be dismantled for Honkai energy."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the S-rank Valkyrie battlesuit - Queen of Thunder's Kirin. You can guess from the name, right? That's right, this is the Valkyrie battlesuit I prepared for the Third Herrscher (since Mihoyo didn't explicitly state where Kirin came from, I'll assume it was given by Honkai; don't mind if it's proven wrong later. After all, it drives fanfiction writers crazy). It can control most of the lightning power. You can use it to woo the Third Herrscher."
"Ding~ Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Stigmata - Xiao Yun. I'll tell you a secret, host, Xiao Yun is a name I specially changed. Her real name is Li Er."
"As for the rest, they are all things for strengthening weapons. Host, you don't need to worry about them. The materials you really need to care about are three: Lens, Shield, and Turbine. Powerful weapons will definitely need these for enhancement."
"Host, since you have obtained a Valkyrie battlesuit but are not a Valkyrie, this system will give you a benefit. Because you can now use Honkai energy and Stigmata, I will let you use the lightning power of this battlesuit!"
The young man's mind was a bit jumbled. From the system's explanation just now, he could tell that White Comet and Kirin were on completely different levels, a world of difference! And that Stigmata Xiao Yun, Xiao Yun, that was a big deal! Never mind what Xiao Yun was like in the history of the young man's original world, or how strong Xiao Yun was in this world, the key point was her achievements were definitely high. Many Stigmata are determined by the achievements of their wielders in life, so there was no need to think about how powerful Xiao Yun was.
"Host, it has been detected that there is residual heroic soul consciousness within the Stigmata Xiao Yun. Do you wish to use Honkai energy to awaken it? Because Xiao Yun is a special Stigmata, it costs 300 Honkai energy to awaken."
"How much Honkai energy do I have now?"
"Due to the appearance of the Stigmata Xiao Yun and Kirin just now, some Honkai energy was absorbed. There are currently 20 Honkai energy remaining."
"And after dismantling White Comet?"
"300."
...For a moment, the young man fell silent.
"Dismantle! Awaken Xiao Yun!"
After a while, a blue mark like surging river water appeared on the young man's left arm, and nothing else happened.
"Xiao Yun?" he called out tentatively, but the Stigmata showed no reaction.
"System, what's going on?"
"Host, Xiao Yun has just woken up from her slumber, but the Honkai energy was insufficient to support her consciousness, so she has returned to slumber."
"Oh, alright, then let's keep moving. What is this city called? What happened? Tell me everything." Who knew why he could be so calm, but the system wouldn't be wrong.
"OK, seeing how motivated the host is, I'm relieved. This city is called Changkong City. A Honkai incident just occurred, caused by the Third Herrscher - the Herrscher of Thunder."
"Where is the Third Herrscher now?"
"She hasn't awakened yet, don't worry. However, she has already started releasing Honkai energy, otherwise, this Honkai incident wouldn't have happened. Furthermore, this city also has a Simulated Herrscher, the host body of the twelfth Herrscher of the previous civilization - the Herrscher of Erosion. Although, five hundred years ago, the Herrscher of Erosion was defeated."
"So Herrschers can lose? I thought Herrschers were invincible." This was quite surprising. He had learned a lot of related knowledge as soon as he arrived in this world, but hearing that Herrschers could lose was truly unexpected.
"It wasn't defeated by strength, but by emotion. That emotion humans call love defeated the Herrscher of Erosion, but it didn't kill her, they just coexisted for five hundred years."
"Love? In this world, the one who could evoke emotions in the Simulated Herrscher would probably be a Valkyrie. It would be impossible for ordinary humans to get close to the Simulated Herrscher."
"Clever. It's the strongest S-rank Valkyrie of the Schicksal Organization - Kallen Kaslana."
"I really want to ask what the heck Schicksal is, but it seems we've arrived at our destination."
Being surrounded by Mortals were a little loli and two young women. Of the two young women, one had white hair tied in twin tails, and the other had purple hair with a mature aura. This made the young man doubt: were these two really Herrschers?
"That purple-haired girl is the Third Herrscher! Host, find a way to woo her! That way, we'll have a foothold!"
"Woo my ass, I don't want to die yet! Also, this girl is the Third Herrscher? I thought Herrschers were all old witches and monsters."
"How is that possible? Herrschers are eternally youthful. That Simulated Herrscher who has lived for over five hundred years is just like this girl, with a mature aura and very gentle."
As he spoke, the young man picked up the Katana · Electric Soul, or "Electric Blade" for short. It was a katana, but its curved shape felt somewhat peculiar. He also utilized Kirin's lightning abilities. With this combination, even without swordsmanship, he could still kill enemies.
As the fight progressed, the number of Mortals increased. At this moment, the system chimed in: "Host, give the sword to the Third Herrscher, her swordsmanship is master-level!" Three question marks appeared on the young man's face. If he had known earlier, he would have...
"Take this!" The young man threw the Electric Blade, which was caught by the purple-haired girl as she leaped.
Then, as the purple-haired girl landed, she swung her sword three times, and three Mortals fell to the ground. As expected of master-level swordsmanship, she was far stronger than the young man.
"Host, let's follow them and fight our way out, and pick up some Honkai energy along the way."
"Okay."
Without a weapon, the young man could only rely on the basic combat skills he had learned in his boredom to take down the Mortals. Now that he had a Stigmata and a battlesuit, the effects of his titles were negligible; at best, he could beat a Mortal half to death and then finish them off with Kirin's power.
"It's much better now. If it were a beginner Valkyrie, a timid one might have been killed by these weakest Mortals."
"So these Mortals are the weakest? What about the stronger ones?"
"There are many. Do you want ones that can teleport on flat ground, ones that can perform a five-stage leap slash, or ones that can summon?"
"Never mind, I'll just deal with these. They're good for practice." He didn't want to tempt fate. If this big shot took him seriously, he might just throw out some of the Mortals he just mentioned, and then no one would be able to save him.
Behind the twin-tailed loli floated a giant robot, holding a shield in its left hand and a cannon in its right. After the young man and the two young women had moved a considerable distance away, it fired several shots, destroying some of the relatively intact buildings around them and blocking the army of Mortals.