Chapter 76

"... I've actually made my mother worry."

She didn't think she was so talented that she could master the Divine Key as soon as she got it.

Even the last time she snatched the Black Abyss White Flower from the laboratory, she was able to immediately use the Black Abyss White Flower's decomposition power. Clearly, Cecilia, who witnessed everything, lent her power to her.

This time, Cecilia healed not only her heart but also her physical wounds.

"Perhaps that bastard bishop will be surprised tomorrow. Oh well, never mind him... I need to tell True Kiana and Xiao San this good news."

Although True Kiana name is Kiana, and Xiao San has also been given the name Aurora, K422 still prefers to use these names.

Such names seem to emphasize their respective circumstances.

But when K422 lay back down in bed, she realized she had underestimated her current high energy levels.

"I can't sleep..."

K422 tossed and turned in bed for an hour, but still couldn't fall asleep.

As time passed, K422, unable to fall asleep, became increasingly impatient and even did hundreds of push-ups and sit-ups in the room in one go.

If it weren't for the fact that the chandelier on the ceiling looked so fragile, she would have liked to do a few pull-ups.

Several more hours passed during the workout.

K422 found that the more she trained, the more energetic she became. Now she felt like she could kill an Ice Boar with one punch, and even directly bring a hundred Ice Boars with full power to the Memory Battlefield.

"... How about we go to the training room and practice now?"

K422 would naturally not pass up any opportunity to enhance its strength.

Since she couldn't sleep through the long night, she could only relieve her loneliness through exercise.

Without hesitation, K422 changed into comfortable sportswear and left the room. Directly opposite the room was a room that was being converted into her changing room, where most of the dresses Otto had prepared for her had already been moved.

However, K422 still showed no interest in skirts.

Just like her mother Cecilia, her black-based, gold-embellished tank-neck combat suit is essentially a jumpsuit that is both stylish and highly practical.

Of course, a simple and practical combat suit like that of Captain Lewis would also suit her preferences.

"Looks like I really do have a bit of a violent streak."

On the way to the private training room, you're bound to run into the Valkyrie on night duty.

Because of the previous Honkai Beast escape incident, the training intensity of the Valkyrie around the laboratory researching Honkai Beast has increased several levels. Under the watchful eyes of the Valkyrie, the researchers have to be extremely careful even when cutting slices.

As for the remains of the Honkai Beast, it is said that they have been taken away by the Grand Bishop.

The Valkyrie inevitably discussed this topic while on night shift, as the incident had a significant impact on the Schicksal.

The front lines that the Schicksal had been advancing since the end of the Second Eruption War had to be completely abandoned due to this incident. Without A-rank Valkyrie guarding the front lines, more Valkyrie Beasts would escape and more Honkai Beast would be lost. It was far better to retreat and rely on the base for defense.

It can be said that the front lines that the Schicksal painstakingly advanced over seven years have been reduced to nothing in a single day.

A strange smile crept onto K422's lips.

"It seems that Your Excellency has really gone too far."

Seeing Otto's expression that everything seemed to be going according to plan, K422 thought it really was all part of his plan.

In reality, because almost all of the A-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal had fallen, Laguna's Assault Team were extremely busy.

They truly came and went in a hurry.

At that moment, K422 received a communication from Himeko.

Of course, her message consisted of only two words: "Save me."

"... It should mean goodnight. After all, Himeko is traveling all over the world now, and some regions have special ways of greeting each other. For example, in that region, people don't say 'hello' when they meet, but say 'Alora' instead. So, this should also mean goodnight."

K422 is talking nonsense in a serious manner.

As for Himeko's plea for help, although I personally like her a lot, and even when I feel sad, I would immediately want to confide in her.

But she showed no intention of helping, since Captain Ragnar was watching over things anyway.

It's likely that the other person's cry for help was just because they were stripped naked by their drunken seniors. After all, it's not uncommon for Valkyrie to pair up with Valkyrie.

K422 stayed at the Schicksal Headquarters for more than half a year and often went for walks to the St. Fountain.

Even the most oblivious person will notice what's happening in the smallest corner.

She actually thought it was a good thing. After all, taking Captain Lewis as an example, she was stronger than a man and wanted to find a partner. Her partner would need immense courage and the awareness that she might accidentally become a special civil servant in the Chinese imperial era.

Of course, what Captain Lewis did was a bit excessive.

We shouldn't make things difficult for the men in this world. After all, in this Honkai world, it's not that men don't have Honkai resistance, but rather that there are simply too few men with Honkai resistance.

Therefore, the warriors of the Kaslana Family have always been the top fighting force of Schicksal.

Unfortunately, this generation produced a rebel. Not only did he run away from home when he was young, but he also returned home on his own to inherit the position of family head, still acting like a carefree scoundrel. Not long after, he also betrayed Schicksal.

The patriarch of the Kaslana Family, who has now regained control, is nearly driven mad by this scoundrel.

There are also Valkyrie in Schicksal who are delicate and easily pushed over, like the Valkyrie in Schicksal's intelligence agency. They are all skilled in disguise and infiltration, but their actual combat strength is about the same as that of D-rank and C-rank trainees.

K422 once witnessed a Valkyrie transform into Theresa during an intelligence agency's assessment, and she was even Theresa with large breasts...

It is said that this group of multi-talented Valkyrie also helped with processing the video of the martial arts tournament.

"Should I learn some disguise skills too?"

K422 personally enjoys studying.

So I often do my own research, and I can easily borrow my former tutor's ID by just using a cute expression to ask her.

However, the teacher's authority is limited, and the information she can investigate is also limited.

"... Never mind, let's focus on increasing our combat strength first."

The Valkyrie who were taken away by Schicksal's intelligence agency may have been weak in actual combat because they possessed too many skills and were too versatile.

K422 even harbored a malicious suspicion that this intelligence agency was just a facade, and that some bastard bishop had actually hidden a multi-talented investigation team with terrifying combat capabilities.

Clearing her mind of the jumbled thoughts, K422 went to her private training room.

To test how much she had grown after fighting K422-1, she activated the Memory Battlefield mode and set up one hundred Emperor-class Honkai Beast Pvanty.

However, no matter how large the training room is, it cannot accommodate a hundred ice boars at the same time, so she specially set up a setting where Honkai Beast can overlap without collision.

The moment the setup was completed and the battle began, only one Ice Pig appeared.

Then she was hit by the charging ice pig.

K422 was instantly struck by a hundred Emperor-class Honkai Beast in a single second, leaving her completely stunned.

81. Men are all big pig trotters.

K422, which was knocked into the wall and embedded in it, was stunned for a long time.

When she came to her senses, she felt as if all the bones in her body had fallen apart, and the pain made her gasp for breath.

At this moment, the hundred overlapping ice boars have disappeared under the protection mechanism. After all, the Memory Battlefield can accurately reproduce the strength of the Honkai Beast, and can even be enhanced several times over. In order to prevent accidents from happening to the Valkyrie and trainees, the Memory Battlefield has several protection mechanisms.

The attack from a hundred ice boars triggered the protection mechanism directly, and even so, K422 still withstood a hundred impacts in one second.

It's still stuck in the alloy wall of the training room.

"Hiss..."

For a long time.

K422's gaze remained lifeless, showing no sign of wanting to pry itself out of the wall.

She felt utterly ashamed.

If it weren't for the protective mechanism of the Memory Battlefield, she would have been blown up.

"I only set the collision-free and overlap-allowed modes, but what's with stacking a hundred ice pigs on top of each other?!"

It's a hundred times stronger than the original Ice Pig!

K422 inhaled the cold air, staring straight ahead, already filled with doubt about his life.

Why did I suddenly become so arrogant that I wanted to fight a hundred of them?

Why didn't we expect that a hundred frozen pigs would overlap?

K422 felt like some unlucky guy being smashed and tossed around by a green giant.

Seriously, a hundred ice boars spawning in the same location? Who would have thought? It must be a bug.

After a long while, K422 finally managed to pry himself off the wall.

Then he strolled leisurely toward his new room.

Thinking back to before activating the Memory Battlefield mode, he seemed quite smug, as if even a hundred ice pigs couldn't satisfy him.

I never expected reality to slap me in the face so decisively, and so painfully at that...

K422, feeling utterly exhausted, returned to her new room and immediately collapsed onto the comfortable bed.

"If there were a hole, I'd love to crawl into it."

I was so embarrassed.

Fortunately, after being 'gently' massaged by a hundred ice pigs, K422 felt a little sleepy.

Not long after lying on the bed, my consciousness slowly faded into darkness.

Maybe half of them fainted from the pain.

Then came the same pitch-black consciousness space as always. Perhaps having seen the vast white space within the core of the Black Abyss White Flower Herrscher Core, K422 was somewhat disgusted by this unromantic place.

But none of that matters now.

K422 watched as True Kiana slowly appeared, and K423, who landed headfirst, as he entered the scene.

"???"

"???"

Why did this girl make her entrance by banging her head on the ground?

I hope my already not-so-bright brain isn't completely ruined by this fall.

"Waaah?"

K423, lying on the ground clutching his head, blinked and realized he was surrounded by complete darkness. Suddenly, he exclaimed excitedly, "This is it! This is it! Sister, is sister here? Is second sister here?"

"You silly girl, you're right here."

Seeing K423's reaction, K422 couldn't help but smile slightly.

Then, her younger sister, the cutest creature in the world, rushed into her arms with rocket-like force.

"..."

Honestly, she's had enough of being harassed today.

It's more accurate to say that she's been having an unusually strong connection with collisions lately.

K423 was pushed toward True Kiana, while K422 rubbed her stomach, which had been hit hard.

"Sister~"

Thump.

True Kiana was knocked to the ground.

The two little ones immediately rolled into a ball.

K423 made a soft, sweet voice, trying to charm True Kiana and get her older sister to pat her head more.

K423's movements and expressions are very cute, and her performance is consistent with her real age.

Born as clones, they are only one or two years old now. Children of this age naturally only need to act cute with their elders. It's just that they are a little special, so they don't act cute like K423.

Okay, she has to admit that she did act like she was being coquettish in the core space of the Black Abyss White Flower, but the other person was Cecilia! What's wrong with her being coquettish with her?!

"Sister, Second Sister, Xiao San misses you so much!!"

K423 hugged True Kiana and kissed True Kiana face repeatedly.

The slapping sound made True Kiana feel terrible.