Chapter 472
Even if Kevin knew about this, he wouldn't stop fighting. As long as he had a reason to fight, he could keep fighting no matter how painful it was.
"After this battle, I will let you rest well. Whether you defect to the enemy or want to continue fighting the Honkai, I will not make any further demands."
"Thanks."
Kevin's reason for fighting is that he has nothing but fighting the Honkai.
His initial reason for fighting was simply to be with Mei.
FU's creation of Mei and her appearance before Kevin played a significant role; if Kevin hadn't kept his promise to her, they probably would have lost the battle from the very beginning.
Will you die?
"No... this gives us even more reasons to fight."
"Yes, you are indeed different from Bishop Otto."
"They are indeed different. He lost his way, but I did not."
"Don't give me that. I know better than you that the World Serpent used to Stigmata Activation Plan. Your obsession isn't much better than his."
Freya said irritably, and sighed as she watched the once mighty fire dragon turn into a small earthworm.
"It's time to go. We've bought you enough time, and you can't fight any longer."
"Yes, only one last blow is left, Freya, go to the center."
"Sure?"
"Sure."
"Then, this is the last time we'll teleport."
552. We are just pathetic creatures who are constantly fighting against something...
With only one strike remaining, Kevin naturally teleported him to the central area Freya, where the Honkai reaction was most intense and largest.
Kevin and Freya both possess strong perception abilities, and the moment they arrived on the Australian continent, they had a general understanding of the continent's situation.
To avoid being surrounded by Honkai Beast, Freya led Kevin along the coast in a guerrilla-style operation.
In this final teleportation, neither Freya nor Kevin will hold back. Freya, who is trying to conserve her strength, will also contribute to this final attack.
"Kevin!"
Upon being teleported to the central area teeming with Honkai Beast, Kevin and Freya immediately received an even warmer welcome.
Whether it was the Honkai Energy Cannon, the slamming rocks, or the self-sacrificing attacks, the Honkai Beast and Humanoid Honkai Beast did not care that they would attack their allies and launched attacks on the two of them.
Freya raised her hand, creating a high-intensity Imaginary Barrier for the two of them to block all attacks. Even she couldn't possibly block all the attacks.
Ants can kill an elephant by sheer numbers; in a short time, the attacks falling on the Imaginary Barrier exceeded millions and tens of millions.
Surrounded by a large number of Honkai Beast, Kevin showed no anxiety. He silently raised the Greatsword of Annihilation and unleashed incredibly hot flames.
Kevin unleashed the full power of his final strike—
Freya's expression changed instantly. She immediately deactivated her Imaginary Barrier, but the attacks that were originally meant to land on Freya and Kevin were instead engulfed by terrifying flames.
"Heavenly Fire—Unsheathed!!"
Like the sun falling to earth, crimson flames spread outwards, engulfing everything in their path. Buildings and Honkai Beast within the crimson flames were reduced to ashes within seconds.
The anti-Honkai Energy barrier that was supposed to suppress energy collapsed on the spot. Then, the huge fireball expanded uncontrollably, becoming even more violent with Honkai Energy as fuel.
Honkai Beast, Mother Nests, and Hatcheries all act like kindling, making the flames burn even brighter.
Freya and Kevin 'escaped' directly from the Australian continent.
That's right, she escaped the Australian continent in a very sorry state. Just as Kevin was about to unleash his final attack, she suddenly realized that if she stayed where she was, she might also get injured.
Even so, she didn't go too far with Kevin, and she naturally saw the ever-expanding fireball nearly engulfing half of the Australian continent.
"Is this what you meant by having only one last burst of power left?"
Freya felt she shouldn't have believed Kevin's story. What kind of final blow was that? This final blow caused more damage than all the guerrilla warfare they had done before combined.
"Yes, that's all the power I have left."
Kevin rolled his eyes. He was indeed completely exhausted. He used to be able to stay in the air on his own, but now he could only rely on Freya to carry him.
Even so, Freya was quite unceremonious, still grabbing him by the back of his collar.
To be honest, if Kevin had 20 points of stamina, he could have given Freya a real lesson.
"How much time we gained."
"There should be quite a few. Speaking of which, I wonder if you managed to take down your wife with that attack. If you did, I reckon we could safely evacuate once she 'crawls' out again."
"..."
Kevin really didn't want to argue with Freya, and he also hoped that the attack he had just launched would have killed Mei.
However, when Freya said the words "crawl out", he subconsciously imagined Mei crawling out of the hatching pool.
Kevin couldn't help but imagine Mei emerging from the bath, but Freya didn't mince words.
"Uh, Mr. Kevin, do you remember that your wife is now Honkai Beast? Everything below her neck is Honkai Beast. Who knows what kind of weird things are under her armor? Maybe she can pull out something bigger than you."
"..."
Kevin felt that talking to Freya was really infuriating.
The last time I had this feeling was back in the time I spent with my best friend at school.
"Knowing Mei as I do, that attack just now would have been difficult to finish her off."
After regaining some strength, Kevin immediately broke free from Freya. While keeping his swaying body still in mid-air, he shared his thoughts.
"I think so too, but your final blow destroyed at least half of the Australian continent."
"With my original power, I could have sunk this entire Australian continent..."
Kevin (HX) emphasized that Freya probably thought he was underestimating him.
Freya was well aware of this, and FU and Mei were even more aware of it.
However, after weighing the pros and cons, the other side chose to guard Freya strictly, and it was precisely because of this that Kevin was the true game-changer in this battle.
In order to concentrate their efforts on defending Freya, FU and Mei were less vigilant in their defenses against Kevin, which meant that Kevin was able to exert more power.
"... What a pity. If we could have sunk this continent directly... at least we could have gained a little more world."
Freya, having reached this point, had no intention of continuing to kick someone when they were down.
She weighed whether she should expend energy on a natural disaster attack to indirectly cause a catastrophe that would destroy the Australian continent, or conserve her strength to participate in the subsequent evacuation operation, and ultimately determined that the latter was more meaningful.
After all, the damage Kevin caused was enough to affect FU and Mei's original plans.
It's better to offer help in times of need than to add flowers to brocade. Even if Freya completely sinks the Australian continent, the resulting disaster might actually hinder subsequent rescue efforts.
In fact, the destruction caused by Kevin alone was enough to trigger a terrifying tsunami.
"Let's go, it's time to rescue Immortal Fu Hua."
"Did you also trick Hua?"
"Stop talking nonsense. When did I ever betray Immortal Fu Hua? We didn't lose this war."
Freya replied irritably. She always felt that Kevin had misunderstood her. Although she flirted with girls, ate sweets at night, liked to be close to pretty girls, and liked to scheme against others, she was a good girl. After all, she was still known as the Schicksal Saintess.
"I think we have lost. After this battle, we will lose the Earth and a population of about five billion."
"Kevin, those five billion people are not our subjects. We are not kings, nor are we the guardians of all humanity. We are just pathetic creatures who are constantly fighting against others..."
Freya shook her head and sighed.
In fact, the forerunners of Previous Civilization all had similar problems. They had a very strong gap between themselves and the current civilization, and subconsciously regarded the current humans as a group of ignorant and foolish beings.
They watched as modern humans struggled to survive in ignorance, and as they fought amongst themselves because of greed; they either became guides for modern humans or guardian deities for them, and naturally developed an arrogant attitude towards them.
Freya's sigh made Kevin realize that he had been too arrogant.
"Who do you think you are? If you really thought you could save everyone, you wouldn't have wanted to start the Stigmata Activation Plan in the first place."
"You're right."
Kevin calmly accepted the 'criticism'; in fact, neither he nor Freya took the others seriously.
Kevin ultimately felt it was a pity that so many humans were transformed into Honkai Life.
In Freya's view, FU wouldn't waste so much Honkai Energy revive all of humanity. If he really had such power, he wouldn't need to occupy the Australian continent. He could simply revive people who had died thousands of years ago all over the world and have the military strength to sweep everything away.
Ultimately, FU only resurrected some important people. Most of the Humanoid Honkai Beast were just empty shells, mainly suitable for mental attacks on important characters. Other combat power still had to rely on a large number of Honkai Beast and a few elite Humanoid Honkai Beast.
The new Humanoid Honkai Beast are different from the Humanoid Honkai Beast. The latter are more like gorillas or monkeys, only appearing to be humanoid, but actually all looking crooked and deformed. The former's head, on the other hand, is sculpted based on the faces of certain familiar people.
The two men stared at the 'sun' that still shone red, covering most of the Australian continent, and fell into a silence.
It's impossible to say that Kevin has no attachment to Earth. Even after 50,000 years, the planet beneath his feet has always been the great mother that nurtured humankind.
Although humanity has no gratitude towards this mother planet, through excessive development and exploitation, humanity has been squeezing the planet's life force.
"Perhaps the Honkai exists to punish humanity for being excessively foolish and greedy."
Kevin couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart, Freya never expected that he would still have the leisure to be sentimental.
"I told you you must be too idle. After we finish the rescue work, I will arrange for you to work 18 hours a day, 7 days a week without rest."
"..."
Kevin didn't bother arguing with Freya. He naturally knew what Freya meant by 'job'—it was simply to harass Mei and FU every day so they couldn't develop their Honkai Civilization on the ground.
It would be best to find the enemy's hidden first base. Only by destroying the enemy's first base can this Honkai Civilization be completely destroyed.
If it weren't for the fact that there was truly no way to reverse the situation, Freya would not have been willing to abandon Earth. Even though she really disliked those stupid politicians and high-ranking officials from various countries, weren't those cheap parts from those countries more appealing?
If Freya were to actually manufacture the parts herself, she would need to set up a parts manufacturing plant, provide a large workforce for the plant, establish a complete assembly line, and assign professional personnel to manage it.
Where does the league get so many people?
Moreover, the alliance doesn't have that many raw materials.
Even if the Alliance created a country within a country for the Far East government, the land it occupies is too small and there are not many minerals in it. If they want to get rich by mining, they need a professional team, which requires mining teams and ironworks and other facilities.
Even if some Valkyrie's abilities are well-suited for mining and manual labor, Freya still says the same thing—where does the Alliance have that many people?
But now, it's too late to turn the tide.
Freya wasn't that stupid. It would be truly foolish to fight the Honkai to the Honkai when it had already happened and she knew the outcome couldn't be changed. She simply focused on rescue efforts, just as she had told Welt before: save as many people as she could right now.
In fact, Welt also worked very hard. In the few hours that Freya and Kevin bought, he used the Alliance's airships to take away at least ten million people.
When faced with stubborn individuals unwilling to leave their land, he also showed decisiveness, directly abandoning those who refused to be saved.
Welt knew his time was precious, so he acted every second, giving up talking in order to save as many lives as possible.
He even recorded the audio and played it on a loop, because those who were following instructions to receive rescue gathered towards Welt according to the instructions played on the communicator.
However, there are a great many Honkai Beast around the world. Now, under the call of the Honkai Consciousness, the Honkai Beast in the Honkai Beast gathering places around the world have begun to take action. Most of them are heading directly towards the Australian continent, while a small number are slaughtering the remaining humans.
Kevin's devastation on the Australian continent did indeed cause earthquakes and storms, and several coastal cities were also hit by tsunamis.
However, not many people were affected. As early as when the Honkai Consciousness began its operation, various places were constantly falling into enemy hands.
FU and Mei may have considered keeping everyone. If Freya and Kevin couldn't withstand the pressure, then FU certainly wouldn't mind having another Humanoid Honkai Beast version of Freya and Kevin.
In fact, Mei was trying to persuade Kevin to join them.
The only difference is that Kevin commits suicide first.
However, Kevin had made a promise with Freya that he would take charge of Changkong City while she was away. Freya made this promise with Kevin because she was going to take charge of the conquest of the Previous Civilization city with Theresa.
Even Freya didn't expect so many changes to happen later.
What was originally just a battle to reclaim lost territory turned into a surprise attack by FU, who disregarded military ethics and took advantage of the fact that only the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled remained in their homeland.
Welt was extremely anxious. Freya had given him many Valkyrie so that he could carry out rescue operations in various places, but the airships had limited capacity, and there were very few survivors in the cities that had been ravaged by Honkai Beast and natural disasters.