Little Goose finds her mom (not really) / Long live World Serpent! Welcome, leader of World Serpent...

After saying that, Ri Duck continued speeding toward the destination and soon arrived not far from Babylon Laboratory.

At that moment, a cube-like square polyhedron was floating in the open space outside the gates...

The Little Goose Found Her Mother (Not Really)

Is that core ahead controlling those Honkai Beasts and mechs?

After approaching the Honkai Core in front of the laboratory, a line of red text appeared on the screen.

Then the stage alarm sounded once more, and the Honkai Core's health bar lit up.

Since its health bar was showing, what was there left to say? Just hit it!

"Eh? Is this the Chapter Five boss? It feels so weak... I thought the Second Herrscher would be waiting at the entrance..."

Just before the fight began, a blue comment drifted across the screen.

"What? Boss? No, no, this only counts as an elite enemy."

"Eh? Then what exactly is the boss of Chapter Five's main story?"

Seele sent out a confused comment.

However, Beichen did not explain this time. "You'll find out soon enough."

Ri Duck rushed forward and hammered the core. After several charged cannon shots, the cube actually vanished outright!

As blue lightning effects rose from the ground, another line of red text appeared on the screen.

Kill those guards first, then destroy the field.

The core's shell has been destroyed. An abnormal energy reaction has been detected from within.

Following the red text's prompt, a spherical object slowly emerged, though it could not be targeted or attacked.

As the core appeared, irregular little polyhedrons that spun continuously began spawning across the arena.

They were not much on their own, but if left alone, they would soon fill the screen with barrage attacks, making them troublesome to dodge.

To prevent that, Beichen hurriedly began clearing out the minor enemies.

After several charged shots, the monsters' health instantly dropped to zero. Once the little polyhedrons were dealt with, the core's health bar lit up as well.

What happened next needed no explanation.

Ri Duck dropped her ultimate and wrapped things up smoothly.

The whole process was incredibly fast—so fast that the Live Stream viewers had not even clearly seen what the monster looked like before the fight was over...

Seele: "Is this game... one where showing a health bar means instant death?"

Otto: "There truly wasn't much difficulty. However, I can tell that the creator's focus clearly isn't on clearing stages, but on expression."

Durandal: "This kind of battle... feels a little too easy. It doesn't really show how terrifying the Honkai can be..."

Since every battle so far had been far too easy and relaxing, the viewers began complaining one after another.

Beichen merely chuckled to himself and said nothing.

Honkai Impact 3rd was easy? Health bar revealed, instant death? Nonsense, did they not see who I was using to clear it?!

"Ahem! Has it occurred to you that maybe the game isn't too easy, but my character is too strong?"

"What?" Everyone was confused.

"I'm using a fully geared Ri Duck with complete weapons and Stigmata. It'd be strange if I got stuck!"

Beichen broke into a sweat, then clicked into the next stage.

Compared to that Honkai Core from before, which could only stand there and take a beating, the enemy in the final stage was much harder to deal with.

They were the Child of Dawn and the Child of Night...

"It's them again? Could it be... the two of them are the final bosses of Chapter Five!"

A confused comment from Seele drifted across the screen.

Seeing that, Beichen immediately explained:

"No. More precisely, it's him."

The twin monsters appeared in sequence. The first to appear was the Child of Night. He was enormous, with a white-and-blue color scheme.

Not long after appearing, he was beaten to death...

Then the Child of Dawn appeared. His only difference from the Child of Night was his red color scheme.

The result was the same—he was beaten to death shortly after appearing...

"It's over again... These two bosses feel so boring. It ended so easily. Eh? The stage hasn't ended?"

Seele stared at the screen in surprise. She had thought dialogue or a story cutscene would pop up next.

Yet nothing appeared. That meant the battle was not over yet... Could it be?

"Big brother, I remember you said they could fuse together?"

Seele suddenly recalled what Beichen had said earlier.

"That's right. Next, you'll see this chapter's final boss: Ashvatthaman!"

"Eh? Why do you sound like you already knew..."

Tch, why was this little girl so quick to react at times like this?

What excuse should he use to brush it off...

Beichen thought for a moment, then said:

"Because I'm a closed beta player. I was someone who entered the game during its testing period to experience it. So I've played this game before."

That was not a lie.

A max-level veteran Captain coming to the game world to stream the game—was that not the same as having played in closed beta?

"Wow! That's amazing. That qualification must be hard to get, right?"

"I have a way to handle it, so you don't need to worry."

After answering Seele's question, Beichen added:

"All right, all right. Let's keep watching the Live Stream."

While they were chatting, Beichen had already dodged several of Ashvatthaman's attacks in a row.

This monster had very obvious windups, so as long as he kept calm, dodging was effortless.

If it had one difficult aspect, it was its arm armor mechanic.

The armor on its hands could be broken. After destroying the arm armor, damage dealt to the monster would increase drastically.

As a result, Ashvatthaman became the only monster in this stage capable of surviving Ri Duck's ultimate.

Unfortunately, after being rammed by a motorcycle dropping from the sky, his arm armor shattered...

What happened next was no longer in doubt.

Ri Duck charged up, and Ashvatthaman's health bar plummeted in an instant before finally emptying...

"This is the last stage already, right? Eh? That was so fast..."

As a "thrilling" battle came to an end, Seele's comment drifted across the screen.

"By the way, won't Kiana's mother, Cecilia, appear in this chapter?"

"Don't rush. She'll be here soon."

As Beichen's words fell, the screen gradually became shrouded in white.

The game began playing a story cutscene.

Kiana, don't let your guard down. Let's take it down quickly and enter the "tower."

The scene displayed on the screen was a confrontation in front of Babylon Laboratory.

On the tower's side stood Ashvatthaman, a familiar of the Second Herrscher. On the other side were Kiana and Theresa.

At first glance, the two of them were at a disadvantage, or at least lacked momentum.

However, as the camera pulled back, an enormous lance suddenly descended from the sky and pierced through Ashvatthaman!

S-So strong. It took down a Honkai Beast in one strike.

After Kiana voiced her amazement, the camera shifted to Theresa's face, which was full of pride.

Hmph, that is the divine relic that can decompose everything, Abyss Flower!

At that moment, the cutscene suddenly switched to a hand gripping the shaft of the lance.

You've worked hard, Theresa.

Then the camera abruptly pulled back, revealing a beautiful white-haired, blue-eyed Valkyrie on the screen.

She was Cecilia, Kiana's mother...

"Cecilia... Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie. I finally have the chance to see her..."

The moment Cecilia appeared, Durandal became excited at once...

Long Live World Serpent! Welcome, Leader of World Serpent...

Not long after Durandal's comment drifted past, a system notification sounded beside Beichen's ear.

Because of your Live Stream content, Effort Pays Off was pleasantly surprised. You received 840 Crystals!

"An unexpected gain too? Hahaha! I didn't expect her to stay silent the entire way, then become so happy the moment she actually saw her."

Of course, she was not the only one pleasantly surprised. Seele, who had been waiting in the Live Stream for so long, was equally delighted.

"She's finally appeared, Cecilia... Kiana's mother. Wow! As expected, she's such a beautiful and charming woman!"

The instant Seele saw Cecilia, she sensed a warmth she had never experienced before from that gentle smile...

"If only my mother could be this gentle too..."

What? Your mother?

The voice of a blonde woman surfaced in Beichen's mind, along with the voice lines that had played in the earlier chapters...

No, no, that was impossible. That woman Cocolia was truly hard to describe. She could not be mentioned in the same breath as my mother-in-law!

As everyone's comments drifted past, the story cutscene played Cecilia's next line.

But sorry, I stole your prey.

Heh, you're still as strong as ever! As expected of Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie, Cecilia.

Hehe, stop praising me, Theresa... You'll make me embarrassed. Oh, right. The beautiful girl beside you is Kiana, isn't she?

At that moment, the cutscene shifted to Cecilia's warm smile, then moved to Kiana's profile.

C-Cecilia... Mom...

Kiana, who was always so energetic, unexpectedly became a little bashful at that moment.

The story cutscene slowly came to an end with her final soft call.

As the screen faded to black, the Chapter Five main story finally came to a perfect conclusion...

"Congratulations, congratulations. We finally cleared it."

Beichen stretched, rolled his neck, then checked the time.

There was still a long while before dinner. He could stream something else before then.

Streaming a little longer would surely earn him more rewards as well.

"Streamer big brother, do you... still remember saying you'd stream animated shorts?"

"Of course I remember. What, have you gotten tired of waiting?"

"Of course! I've been waiting for so long already! Hurry up!"

Not long after Seele's comment drifted past, a green comment followed close behind on the screen...