Chapter 127

The gentle voice surprised the girl.

"Huh? There are other people here besides me?"

When did the core space become open to any person living there?

K422 slept peacefully for over an hour without being disturbed, opening its eyes before Liv could wake it.

"... Where are we now?"

"Having just arrived at the airport, and after Kiana fell asleep, I successfully persuaded the female captain—"

A shadow fell over Liv's face as she gave this answer.

That's clearly not a proper way to persuade someone.

"As expected of Sister Liv from the maid squad. Is Theresa still in the emergency room?"

As K422 got out of bed, she took the Black Abyss White Flower from the shelf next to her.

"No, I just heard that Lady Theresa has just been out of danger and should be in her hospital room now."

Which ward is she in?

"It should be VIP room number 101."

Liv turned on her communicator and checked the message she had just received again. K422 nodded and left the Floating Battleship with Black Abyss White Flower, then moved towards VIP ward 101.

They remained silent the entire way.

But Liv could still see her anxiety from K422's unconsciously quickened pace.

Upon arriving at the door of VIP ward 101, the two Valkyrie guarding the door quickly bowed to K422, the Acting Grand Bishop.

K422 nodded slightly in response, then barged into the ward.

"Hahaha, cough cough, hahahahaha!!"

On her private bed in the VIP ward, Theresa, seemingly unaffected, was reading a comic book and bursting into laughter.

"???"

Just moments ago, K422 was tense and anxious, but now it was completely bewildered by the scene before it.

"Huh? Kiana, what brings you back?"

"Theresa, how come you're completely alright?"

Although this statement is not entirely accurate, K422 was still bewildered by the girl in front of her, who was wearing a patient's gown but had no visible injuries.

"Oh wow, Kiana is worried about her aunt..."

"Theresa, your current identity is that of the older sister."

As Theresa's smile gradually widened, K422 delivered a blow before she could finish speaking.

"..."

Regardless of how much time has passed, Theresa still finds it difficult to accept the change in their identities.

"Anyway, I'm so glad you're alright."

K422's heart leaped into his throat when he heard that Theresa had been sniped and was seriously wounded.

She almost made the choice to abandon all the wounded.

"It seems Kiana is worried about me. Don't worry, I have Honkai Beast genes mixed into my body, which has improved my self-healing ability."

"Are you sure nothing happened? What happened?"

K422 asked anxiously, her cute little face filled with worry.

Theresa was slightly taken aback, clearly not expecting such concern, and couldn't help but feel happy, wanting to hug the other person and lift them high in the air...

"Hey, Kiana, why are you so heavy?"

Although Theresa successfully lifted him high, it took a lot of effort.

K422 never expected that Theresa, who gave her a hug after getting out of bed, would lift her up high like she was teasing a child, leaving her speechless.

What was most outrageous was that she bluntly stated her current weight.

According to Otto's analysis and calculations, it will take several years for her abnormal weight to return to normal.

K422 still disliked Theresa's behavior. She leaned the Black Abyss White Flower against the wall of the ward and then slowly approached Theresa.

"Theresa, is that all you wanted to say?"

"Huh? Kiana, your smile is a little scary. Um... I didn't do anything, did I? If I did something wrong, I'll definitely apologize... Aaaaaaaah!!!"

Unaware that K422's smile was gradually distorting, Theresa was unsuspectingly used by K422 as a platform to practice her ground skills.

K422 didn't hesitate to try out the ground techniques that Theresa had always been interested in but couldn't learn from Honkai Beast training on her.

Although the scene of two very young girls intertwined is pleasing to the eye, it makes you want to keep watching.

However, Theresa, as the person involved, had a different opinion.

However, no one paid any attention to her cries of pain. Even the two Valkyrie guarding the door and Liv, K422's maid, obediently covered their ears.

Not long after, Theresa chose to surrender.

Or perhaps it should be said that her surrender was finally accepted by K422.

K422 looked at Theresa, who was lying on the ground covered in sweat, and a pleasant smile naturally appeared on his face.

"Alright, Theresa, tell me what happened back then."

"Oh..."

Being so thoroughly humiliated by her nominal sister, Theresa's expression grew increasingly depressed.

"After you issued the attack order, the Valkyrie forces dispatched by the Schicksal Headquarters immediately launched an attack on the Europe headquarters of Shencheng Medicine. Welt also ordered some of the less capable Valkyrie and the armies of various Europe countries to blockade the entire Europe— "

"It turns out that Welt's decision was absolutely correct. When the Europe headquarters of Shencheng Medicine was attacked by the Valkyrie forces, it released countless modified Honkai Beast and a large number of mechs similar to Anti-Entropy's Titan Mech."

K422, who had encountered the same situation in Shenzhou Sky City, nodded.

Theresa continued, "The counterattack from Shencheng Medicine caught us off guard, but the Valkyrie of the Schicksal Headquarters were not to be underestimated. They quickly suppressed the Honkai Beast, but the Valkyrie are not good at dealing with mech units."

"Of course, even if an A-rank Valkyrie isn't good at dealing with mech units, she can still defeat them with good teamwork. But... Kiana, you know the situation with us A-rank Valkyrie ..."

"..."

K422 certainly knew what had happened to the A-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal.

Previously, the escape of the Honkai Beast caused chaos, sending 90% of the A-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal to the hospital.

Thus, without the leadership of A-rank Valkyrie, the large force composed of B-rank Valkyrie was suppressed by the mecha forces of Shencheng Medicine.

"That's why I applied to Welt to participate in the battle. After all, I am an S-class combatant."

As S-rank Valkyrie of the Schicksal S rank, and with the Divine Key of Judas' Oath, Theresa felt that as long as she took action, the battle would definitely be won.

"After Welt approved my request to join the battle, I parachuted onto the battlefield and used the Judas' Oath to destroy one mech after another. I was about to storm into the headquarters of Shencheng Medicine and capture that old woman named Jackal..."

At this moment, K422 suddenly wanted to remind Theresa, "You're older than Jackal, my dear sister," but felt that interrupting her at this time would ruin the atmosphere, so she remained silent.

"But I don't know where the mysterious figure came from to snipe me. In fact, if it weren't for the Judas' Oath activating its protective mode, that bullet might have really killed me. But in the end, thanks to the Judas' Oath's all-out defense, it only took one of my arms and half of my shoulder. I was also sent back because I lost too much blood and couldn't regenerate my body on the spot."

K422 breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but her attention was quickly drawn to one of Theresa's sentences.

"Even the Judas' Oath couldn't save Theresa's arm and half a shoulder?"

"Yes, Judah used all his strength to build a round shield with chains, and even opened Divine Grace Barrier with a diameter of two meters to offset the Honkai Energy attached to the bullet, and finally tilted the trajectory of the bullet. Even so, the bullet still passed through the round shield built by Judah and took away one of my arms and half of my shoulder... That bullet was aimed at my neck at the time. If it hadn't been blocked, my head and body would have been separated."

At this point, Theresa clearly realized that she had escaped death and breathed a sigh of relief.

K422 was once again filled with exasperation.

(Didn't they realize it before? That's incredibly slow reaction time!!)

138. The white demon stands on the earth.

"A sniper shot that can break through the defense of the Divine Key Judas' Oath's Oath... can only be the Divine Key, or a relic of the same level."

Unlike Theresa, who had a longer reaction time, K422 immediately suspected that the weapon that attacked Theresa was the Divine Key, or a relic dug out from the Pre-Civilization Ruins.

However, in Schicksal's database, even the highest-grade relics do not yet match the power of the Divine Key.

Most importantly, Otto completely sealed off the true power of the Divine Key.

Even the database rarely mentions the Divine Key or experiments related to them.

"Anyway, Theresa, I'm so glad you're alright."

K422 naturally didn't want anything to happen to Theresa, who had taught him that there was beauty in the world.

I'm sorry to have worried you.

At this point, Theresa also apologized very frankly.

"Okay, be careful next time, don't make me worry again, I'm really scared..."

"Kiana ~ Oh, so cute! My Kiana is just too adorable! Let Auntie... let my sister hold her for a bit."

"Sure."

K422 accepted the apology and hugged the young woman tightly, then lifted her up high as if she were a child.

"You think I won't retaliate? So high, so high, so high!"

"Kiana!! Ouch..."

I never imagined that I, a man in my thirties, would be lifted high by a nine-year-old girl, no... actually less than a year old, and then just thrown onto the hospital bed.

After getting revenge on Theresa for lifting her up, K422 immediately took Black Abyss White Flower and ran away laughing.

"Kiana, don't run away! Damn it, you just wait!!"

K422, who had run out of the ward, covered his ears and turned back to Theresa, pretending he couldn't hear her, which drove Theresa crazy.

Although K422, who is usually expressionless and taciturn, also has this mischievous and playful side, Theresa thinks it's a case of the underdog defying the boss.

This little sister is not cute at all... well, she is indeed very cute.

Theresa lay on her hospital bed, her face showing anger, but soon she burst into laughter.

She hasn't been cared for in a long time.

After leaving the VIP ward area, K422 headed towards the Grand Bishop's office.

I knocked twice on the Grand Bishop's office door and quickly received a reply from inside.

"Come in--"

"Mr. Welt, Sister Tesla, I'm back."

As soon as K422 entered the Grand Bishop's office, still dressed in her mischievous little devil outfit, her eyes were drawn to the images displayed on the large screen on the office wall.

"... Is this the battlefield of Shencheng Medicine 'Europe headquarters?"

K422 did not inquire in detail about the results of the war against Shencheng Medicine in various places; she believed that Welt would give her a high score answer.

Welt nodded as he sat on a sofa with Tesla.

"Although Jackal, the founder of Shencheng Medicine, focused all his efforts on breaking through after Theresa was sniped, losing Theresa does not mean that the encirclement formed by Schicksal has any loopholes. The combination of Valkyrie and Escort Ship is enough to suppress Jackal's breakout, and the Floating Battleship hovering in the air have blocked all aircraft from getting close."

Although Anti-Entropy has superior technology in terms of Floating Battleship, the resources possessed by Anti-Entropy and Schicksal are ultimately different.

Even if its performance is slightly inferior, Schicksal can still manufacture dozens or even hundreds of ships.

It was precisely because of the overwhelming number of Floating Battleship that, during the Anti-Entropy's retreat after the attack on the Schicksal Headquarters, they were besieged by a large number of Schicksal's Floating Battleship. If Theresa hadn't stepped forward, it would have been truly dangerous that time.

The Floating Battleship have enough firepower to destroy cities, but Floating Battleship real defense is against approaching aircraft.

Meanwhile, the Escort Ship of the Floating Battleship, together with the Valkyrie forces on the ground, formed a pincer attack.

The Jackal, who were preparing to break out, had just left the industrial zone when they were driven back by fierce firepower, although the mechs of Shencheng Medicine were still able to suppress the Valkyrie troops.

However, more than half of Shencheng Medicine's mech force has been destroyed by Theresa.

S-rank Valkyrie is still S-rank Valkyrie.