Chapter 497

"It should be called 'Death Embrace,' where the enemy is embraced by two large cleavers extending from the arms."

"That's an energy weapon; it could potentially use long-range energy attacks."

"This design is not bad; compared to other monsters, it's quite good-looking."

"Don't be so picky, there are a lot of Humanoid Honkai Beast that aren't good-looking either. The ones that look like monkeys are alright, but the ones that look like gorillas, lizardmen, or horse-headed people are both ugly and troublesome."

"I understand, especially the gorilla-type Humanoid Honkai Beast, whose shell strength is even more excessive than that of Tank-type."

"I remember Einstein Ein named it Heavy Armored Humanoid."

"I seem to remember it being type II."

The Valkyrie chattered amongst themselves, but their attention remained fixed on the [Code XV-Demon] above them. They wouldn't overlook the [Code XV-Demon] preparing to pounce while the [Code IX-Hermit] attacked them.

Freya, who was squatting to the side, carefully studied the structure of [Code IX - Hermit]. She easily sliced open the other's throat and saw an organ that resembled a speech organ. She then cut off the other's arm and stared at the red blade.

"Is it because they are People from the Sky? Even the vanguard of these puppets has such advanced technology."

Freya stood up and casually waved at a car parked on the side of the street, unleashing several energy slashes under Carole's stunned gaze.

"I knew it would be an energy attack."

"Tch, no need to guess, we have similar energy weapons too, isn't it Blade Wave?"

"Okay, quiet down."

Freya stopped injecting energy. The red blade wave from her hand had already cut the car in two. She estimated that the owner of the car probably wouldn't have a chance to cause her trouble. However, with the analytical abilities of the Herrscher of Reason, Freya understood this energy weapon of the People from the Sky.

"It really is Honkai Energy -driven energy weapon, and it even has... a radiation reaction. This thing is actually a hybrid energy weapon?!"

Even Freya couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

The weapons that the People from the Sky used to arm their vanguard were certainly not their most advanced weapons, and moreover, the soldiers in the vanguard were more like self-disciplined puppets.

Although they possess a certain level of intelligence, they are by no means members of the People from the Sky Civilization.

"Tsk, although I had a feeling this way, the strength of the enemy is not enough to measure the full strength of the People from the Sky. I hope FU and Mei don't crash and burn."

Although Freya and FU chose to conduct a cooperative rehearsal in a parallel world to avoid a mishap, judging from the current situation, Freya felt that the Moon Civilization and the Abyss Civilization were very likely to be utterly defeated by the People from the Sky Civilization.

"Puppet?"

"Yeah, it's pretty much like Titan."

"With that Father Titan!!"

Several Valkyrie exclaimed in surprise. That was an ace fighter jet that could punch a bunch of Humanoid Honkai Beast and whose combat power was comparable to two Floating Battleship.

Freya quickly rolled her eyes at them.

Hehe~

"Lord Freya, we were just trying to play a joke."

Although they haven't encountered any enemies that pose a real challenge yet, the Valkyrie are well aware of just how strong these enemies are. They are indeed comparable to the original Anti-Entropy Titan Mech, especially in terms of agility, which far surpasses that of the Titan Mech.

"The Anti-Entropy organization originally developed the Titan Mech to reduce damage from fighting the Honkai. Since these puppets are similar to those Titan Mech, perhaps the true form of the People from the Sky is very weak?"

One of the Valkyrie guessed.

Of course, this is a positive guess.

Freya shook her head and smiled wryly.

"If that's the case, the situation might be even worse. If the other side is like us, belonging to the type with relatively low individual physical strength, then it means that the technology of the People from the Sky Civilization is more than two or three levels higher than ours."

If the People from the Sky are a civilization with high individual physical strength, then their technology is more of an aid to their combat power. However, if they are a civilization that focuses on the development of technology...

Freya speculated based on the original Earth civilization, and was somewhat worried that if they were to fight the true form of the People from the Sky Civilization, the other side would bring out a bunch of star-destroying weapons, which was a difference in the foundation of civilization.

"Moreover, being able to create such puppets and enhance physical strength is a minor matter for that civilization. Even our civilization has developed to the point of enabling life to leap forward. The Previous Civilization also possessed the technology to rewrite genes and pass on Stigmata through genetic factors..."

Freya worried that these Valkyrie were too optimistic about the situation, and said in a low voice.

"The power of the People from the Sky Civilization far exceeds our expectations, which is why the Abyss Civilization is willing to cooperate with us in parallel worlds for training exercises; if the Abyss Civilization were capable of fighting against the People from the Sky Civilization on its own, it would attack us first."

Hearing such a solemn tone, the Valkyrie also suppressed her smile.

This also worried Freya somewhat, since the recent developments had already dampened their morale.

"Of course, there are tall people to hold up the sky when it falls. The Abyss Civilization does have the sincerity to cooperate, but we cannot let our guard down. We should take advantage of fighting against the People from the Sky Civilization together with the Abyss Civilization to accelerate our own development and gain as much self-defense capability as possible to resist the People from the Sky Civilization's attacks."

Although Freya wanted to appease the Valkyrie morale remained low due to the previous crushing defeat and the pressure from the People from the Sky Civilization.

However, Carole, being an outsider, couldn't understand what they were saying at all.

The more she listened to the Abyss Civilization of the Abyss Civilization and the People from the Sky Civilization, the more confused she became. Although the other party claimed to be an ally of Schicksal and a support team found by Bishop of Schicksal Theresa of Destiny, it seemed to be true that they had previously said they came from a parallel world.

Carole, who didn't completely trust Freya and the others, felt utterly overwhelmed.

"Um... was what you said before true? From a parallel world..."

"Uh, Little Radish, you can't be serious."

"... This is a lesson learned."

"I think it's good to be cautious."

"Yeah, if it were me, I wouldn't believe it either."

The Valkyrie was naturally very surprised by Carole's performance, and her lingering frustration was immediately dispelled by Carole's performance.

Clearly, Little Radish is a great tool for changing the subject.

Freya nodded happily, but her gaze shifted to a building in the distance a second later, where a tall and voluptuous figure stopped on the roof.

"It seems we've found the right person."

581. So, you are those extraterrestrial visitors?

With her long, dark hair cascading down like a waterfall and her light purple eyes reflecting the battlefield, the woman standing on the rooftop with her back to the crimson sky was none other than Raiden Mei, Freya and the others were searching for.

Even Freya didn't expect to find the other party so quickly.

"It seems that the lost little radish brought us good luck."

Freya ruffled Carole's hair a few times and continued.

"Let's find a place to bury it first, and we can retrieve the remains when we get back."

"Yes."

The Valkyrie immediately followed Freya's instructions to find a secluded spot to hide the remains of [Code IX - The Hermit].

Now that she had found the person in question, Freya naturally had no intention of letting them escape.

The Alliance has collected quite a few Raiden Mei, and Freya is very curious whether the Raiden Mei in front of her has any unique features.

For example, Raiden Mei, who is currently in the League, is Aurora's childhood sweetheart type—in a time when childhood sweethearts always lose to newcomers, she is one of the few examples of childhood sweethearts winning, although in terms of the number of people in Aurora's harem, she can't be considered a winner.

Secondly, there's the older sister type who suddenly appears to accompany Kiki. Their ill-fated relationship begins with the Third Honkai Eruption of the Senba Academy. After that, they go through many things, which, from the perspective of the timeline, can be considered the past that Raiden Mei experienced in this world.

Finally, there's the type of lover who's willing to fall into the trap of becoming Herrscher and protect her. That's right, Kiana and Mei from the parallel world of the Light Chaser, named by Freya, have this kind of relationship. Due to absorbing purified aberrant energy in the Distorted Space, Kiana's body became extremely large, and she was able to generate some extra Imaginary Energy. Freya respected the person's wishes, allowing her to reduce going out, and also asked her to cooperate with the research department, which meant that she needed to produce more Imaginary Energy from time to time.

That being said.

Freya felt that she and the giant Kiana were in a bad situation. The former had to pay a certain amount of Order Stone every month, while the latter, although she had the title of a researcher in the energy department, was actually just a tool for producing energy.

Of course, Freya herself was also a tool for producing Order Stone, so she didn't have any intention of making fun of the super-sized Kiana.

Moreover, Raiden Mei wanted to escape and get rid of the monsters that were entangled with her.

Raiden Mei only posed on the rooftop for a short while, but her attention was quickly diverted to the monster that attacked her.

Freya and her group were able to catch up with Raiden Mei so quickly for two reasons: one was that she hadn't been away for very long, and the other was that she had also encountered a large number of enemies.

However, unlike the Valkyrie who rely on a team to fight monsters, Raiden Mei can only rely on herself, facing one [CodeXV-Demon] after another swooping down from the sky. There is also a more special individual who can freely switch between the two forms of [CodeXV-Demon] and [Code IX-Hermit].

As Freya rushed to Raiden Mei's side, she roughly judged the opponent's strength based on Raiden Mei's battle with the monster.

Furthermore, thanks to her ability to sense Honkai Energy, she discovered that Raiden Mei's Honkai Energy was not much different from that of ordinary Valkyrie.

While Raiden Mei has a high probability of defeating the enemy, there is a small possibility of her losing. In addition, given that she is a special individual capable of freely switching between two forms, Freya cannot allow Raiden Mei to cause too much damage to the special individual.

The technological gap between the Moon Civilization and the Abyss Civilization is currently enormous. After all, until the Alliance suffered a major defeat, they had only made some progress in individual enhancements, and had not yet fully mastered the scientific and technological research left Previous Civilization.

Although Freya didn't want to overestimate the development potential of the Abyss Civilization, she knew that FU was a shameless bastard who wouldn't play along with rules and regulations; he would only try to find loopholes in the rules.

Freya could imagine that he resurrected a group of top researchers from the Previous Civilization and current civilizations, and, relying on the dominance of higher-level Honkai Life over lower-level Honkai Life, created a top-level research team for Mei that brought together two civilization eras.

Although this seemingly invincible team has a fatal flaw, because the team's excessive obedience to Mei can only result in the research team having only one idea, which leaves a vulnerability that can be exploited.

That being said, there's really no way to exploit this weakness.

Even if the team only had one idea, which would limit the direction of research, Mei herself had a broad vision, and Freya didn't expect her to lose her mind.

The only advantage the Moon Civilization has is that it is naturally positioned on the opposite side of the Honkai, which also means that it belongs to the human civilization, which is the opposite of the Abyss Civilization.

Of course, uniting them was not the main objective.

The Moon Civilization is currently awaiting a major battle that will allow them to take advantage of the chaos.

Now that it has been decided that they will temporarily join forces with the Abyss Civilization to fight against the People from the Sky Civilization, Freya will naturally focus her attention on this parallel world.

Saint-Fontaine in this world was merely a small test.

Moreover, the reconnaissance forces sent by the People from the Sky Civilization are all such special constructs, energy weapons made using some unknown technology, and these useful puppets make Freya extremely envious.

So much so that Freya was nearby, did not hide her intentions.

"Spare his life... no, spare the monster's life!"

Freya, who arrived immediately, snapped her fingers and used the power of the Herrscher of Wind to bind all the enemies.

This includes the special individual that can switch freely, and Raiden Mei, who is bound by ropes made of wind.

The weathered chains dug directly into her flesh, making Raiden Mei's already mature and voluptuous figure even more prominent.

This made her already large buttocks, which were naturally large, and her large breasts, which obscured her vision, appear to have grown two sizes larger.

"Ki... Kiki, Ki... Kia, Aya... Aya!"

Raiden Mei's voice was broken and intermittent, her voice still drawn to the petite and adorable Freya, whose body was being painfully bound by the wind-blown chains.

Kiana?!

Ignoring the barbs on the unseen wind chains Raiden Mei struggled with all her might and shouted loudly.

Upon hearing the shout, Freya turned her head and simultaneously bound her special individual, which could freely switch forms, with chains made of wind. No matter how the other party changed forms, it could not break free from the invisible wind chains.

The special individual seems to be more intelligent than the others; it knows who is the culprit that makes it unable to move, or whose injuries increase the more it struggles.

However, it's not that they can't move, but that moving comes at a price.

It simultaneously unleashed a double slash at Freya with its twin blades, releasing a blinding red wave of energy from the crimson blades.

Clearly, this special individual, like the previous [Code IX - Hermit], has long blades on its arms that are some kind of energy weapon.

Freya quickly moved left and right to dodge the blade wave that was trying to attack her.

These special individuals, covered in countless scratches, do not experience pain, making them exceptionally powerful in battle.

Nothing performs better in battle than a puppet that is fearless of death and pain.

"Isn't it possible to completely restrain them?"

"Watch out, Kiana, this is [CodeXIII - Death]. Be wary of its sword dance and ground-shattering combo."

Freya, who was talking to herself, heard Raiden Mei's reminder.

This made Freya smile at the other person.

"Don't worry, Mei, this is no problem for me. Although I'm not your Kiana, I am indeed called Kiana, Kiana Apocalypse... Of course, you can also call me Freya affectionately."

As soon as she finished speaking, Freya stomped her foot, and the building beneath her feet collapsed. [CodeXIII-Death], bound by chains made of wind, fell down, and Mei, who was also bound, fell down with her.

Freya floated to Mei's side and caught her as she was about to fall to the ground. Then she released the Herrscher of Wind power from Raiden Mei.

To be honest, the Herrscher of Wind's power is really weak; it doesn't have much effect against either humans or monsters.

When dealing with enemies like puppets who are not afraid of death or pain, the compatibility between them is quite obvious.

"We can't cause too much damage, we can't cause too much damage..."

Freya, who was slowly raising her hand, couldn't help but mutter to herself.