However, at that tense moment, Mo Wang walked toward the gathered Honkai Beasts, his expression still calm and composed. "Don't worry, Teacher Himeko. Didn't I say so? I'm the reinforcements." His words were casual, yet carried a trace of determination.
Almost at the same instant, a powerful blue wind began gathering in Mo Wang's hands. The wind howled as if it could tear apart the air. Affected by that force, the surrounding Honkai Beasts seemed to be seized by invisible hands and were blown high into the sky, their bodies swaying wildly in midair. Only a few enormous Honkai Beasts remained firmly rooted to the ground, appearing especially stubborn.
"Mo, Mo Wang?" Himeko and the others could barely conceal their shock at the sight.
By then, Mo Wang's body was already covered in faintly glowing magic circuits, as though it contained endless magical energy.
"Reinforcement Magic, deploy," he muttered in a steady voice, filled with unshakable resolve. "Projection, begin!"
As his words fell, Mo Wang's expression gradually turned solemn. Focus and determination filled his eyes, as if all outside distractions had been shut away.
His body was enveloped by a force, and the aura representing The Hunt surged forth, quietly changing his entire presence.
"Roar!"
At that moment, a massive Honkai Beast let out an earth-shaking roar and charged at Mo Wang.
Projection: Judas's Oath
Just as the giant Honkai Beast's fist was about to reach Mo Wang, countless golden chains instantly bound every Honkai Beast before him together.
Determine the concept of creation
Envision the basic framework
Replicate the constituent materials
Imitate the manufacturing techniques
Empathize with the experience of growth
Reproduce the accumulated years
Surpass, and complete countless works───
At this very moment, a weapon born from gathered fantasies was completed────
At this moment, Mo Wang's pupils had turned completely golden.
Countless lances rained down upon the Honkai Beasts.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of Honkai Beasts and Shikigami that required A-rank Valkyries to handle had been nailed to the ground by golden lances.
Staring at the endless golden earth before them, the Valkyries were too stunned to speak.
Even if the principal had come here personally, the scene probably would not have been any more impressive than this.
"Didn't I tell you? I'm your reinforcements. And the strongest reinforcements at that."
Mo Wang turned around and gave the Valkyries a broad smile.
Going Dark Makes You Three Times Stronger Is Only the Minimum
While Mo Wang was clearing out the fodder, Kiana and Mei were enduring a far more brutal battle than the ground forces.
"Wait, Bronya! I know I was wrong! I shouldn't have secretly deleted your Yugi save files! Calm down first!"
As Kiana spoke, she dodged to the side.
A missile grazed past her face and flew straight into the wall behind her, blasting a hole directly through the battleship.
Kiana broke out in a cold sweat as she looked at the hole behind her.
Bronya's entire body had turned pitch-black, her eyes blood-red. From head to toe, she practically had the words "gone dark" written all over her.
Kiana regretted it now. She regretted it deeply.
Everything had been fine at first. They had cleared out the Honkai Beasts along the way and fought their way to the control console without a hitch.
Then she had complained that this mission was way too easy.
And what happened? First, a bunch of Titans had popped out of nowhere. Then, right after they had fled here, Bronya—the strongest firepower on their side—had suddenly turned black as if she had been controlled.
She had chased Kiana and Mei all the way here.
What left Kiana even more speechless was that Bronya had originally been chasing Mei. But after Kiana had mentioned that she had accidentally eaten Bronya's snacks and deleted her Yugi save files, Bronya's aggro had instantly shifted.
Now Bronya was chasing her, her eyes red with rage.
"Boom!"
Another beam cannon nearly half as thick as Kiana's body blasted toward her.
Kiana used a catlike pounce to narrowly dodge the attack.
"You can't be seriously telling me you didn't go dark at all and just wanted to kill me, right?"
Kiana was increasingly convinced that Bronya had deliberately gone dark just to murder her.
Why else would she only chase Kiana?
Kiana wanted to protest, but clearly, Bronya had already sworn to take down this filthy traitor called Kiana.
At that moment, dozens of cannon barrels behind the darkened Bronya were all aimed at Kiana.
"Oh-ho, I'm done for. ╮( ̄- ̄)╭"
Looking at the cannons before her, Kiana shrugged. She even felt like putting a cigar in her mouth.
No, where was she supposed to dodge to?
Kiana looked around. If those cannons fired, wouldn't this entire battleship get blasted through?
The scene reminded Kiana of when she had first met Bronya.
But even back then, it had never been this intense.
"I'm telling you, that whole 'going dark makes you three times stronger' thing really doesn't suit you!" Kiana kept talking tough while wondering whether she could find any landing water if she got blasted off the ship.
"Kiana!"
Just as Bronya's barrage was about to hit, Mei, her entire body wreathed in lightning, suddenly sprang out from the side and pulled Kiana away from Bronya's bombardment.
Countless red beams pierced straight through the Moonlight Throne, blasting an unknown number of huge craters into the city below as well.
Many Anti-Entropy mechs and Honkai Beasts were instantly taken out.
"What's happening up there? Why is the Moonlight Throne on fire?"
Mo Wang, who had already sent the Valkyries back to the Hyperion, was dumbfounded when he saw smoke suddenly rising from the Moonlight Throne.
Then he realized that Bronya had probably started going dark.
"What a waste! What a colossal waste! Anti-Entropy's finest ship, and you just blew it up like that?"
Mo Wang clutched his chest, his heart aching terribly.
All right, now he finally understood why they later removed the main cannon and installed it separately on the Hyperion.
So Bronya had blown it up so thoroughly that they did not even have the money to repair it, huh?
"Mo Wang, are you saying that battleship belongs to Anti-Entropy?"
Fu Hua, standing beside Mo Wang, looked at him in confusion after hearing that.
How did Mo Wang know that the mysterious ship came from Anti-Entropy?
"I'm saying, Honored Immortal, isn't it obvious? These days, the only ones capable of building a ship like that are Schicksal and the Anti-Entropy next door. They made such a huge fuss—don't tell me our Bishop decided it was almost New Year's and wanted to put on a big show for everyone?"
Mo Wang glanced at Fu Hua. Of course, he knew that besides the two organizations out in the open, World Serpent was also a true behemoth capable of building such a battleship.
Naturally, he could not say that now.
"That's true." Fu Hua did not deny it.
After all, a battleship of this level could not possibly be some cheap product made by an unknown little manufacturer.
"Don't dwell on it too much, Honored Immortal. We should hurry up and save those three. I'm afraid that if we wait any longer, we'll be collecting their bodies."
"Ow, that hurt. Mei, are you okay?"
Kiana lay on the deck of the Moonlight Throne.
Although she had not been hit by the bombardment—
The back of Kiana's head hurt badly right now.
Mei had pulled her away from where she had been standing, but the force of the blast had sent them crashing straight through the battleship's wall.
It had nearly shattered all her ribs.
"Mei? Wake up, Mei! Mei!"
However, in response to Kiana's calls, Mei, who was lying on top of her, only gave a weak reply.
"Kiana, run..."
With that final cry, Mei just like that—went offline.
"No! Mei! Mei!!!!"
Kiana stared at the unconscious Mei, completely dumbfounded.
The boss had not even been defeated yet, and her teammate had already gone offline.
How the hell was she supposed to keep playing?
She might as well surrender.
"No! Mei, I can't live without you! How am I supposed to go on without you?"
"Didn't we promise to be Valkyries together for the rest of our lives? How could you leave me behind all alone~"
At that moment, the darkened Bronya finally emerged from the huge hole in the deck.
"Damn it! Duck! Don't think I can't fight you just because you've gone dark! Don't think I'm easy to bully!"
Kiana stood up and swore that she would avenge Mei.
But Heavy Bunny, now dyed black behind Bronya, directly raised dozens of cannon barrels, each nearly as large as Kiana's head.
(._.)
(′~`;)
Kiana looked at her little pistol, then at the dozens of cannon barrels across from her.
"Quack! How the hell am I supposed to fight this? Can we make peace?"
Bronya chose the simplest possible response to Kiana.
However, just as Bronya was about to fire, a Baseball Bat suddenly smashed into her head.
"Take this, Justice's backstab!"
When the Baseball Bat struck Bronya's head, she even turned back in confusion.
Her mechanical eyes seemed unable to understand where this person had come from.
"Bang!"
But another powerful blow from the bat landed, and Bronya immediately fell silent and collapsed to the ground.
"Mo, Mo Wang?"
Kiana watched the entire scene in stunned silence, feeling as though her brain had been sexually assaulted.
"That's right, kid. It's me. Your savior has arrived! Did you miss me?"
Mo Wang gave Kiana a thumbs-up, completely ignoring Duck lying before him.
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I Must Immediately Launch an Awesome Attack
"Mo Wang? How did you get here?"
Kiana looked at Mo Wang, who had appeared from some random corner, and asked in bewilderment.
"If I said I came up the stairs, would you believe me?"
Mo Wang pointed at the stairwell beside them.
"What the hell?" Kiana glared at him irritably. Was that what she meant?
"Tch, never mind that for now. Th-this... Bronya's okay, right?"
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