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Chapter 111: Why!? The person who saved me was the one I hated the most?!

"Right now!"

Suddenly, while Rita blocked the Death Weaver's attack again, she controlled the mechanical hound that had been hiding and lurking to launch a surprise attack from behind. It instantly bit the throat of the human part of this most difficult half-human, half-mechanical monster.

Then, Rita held her arm, which had been dislocated by the shock of forcibly resisting the earlier attack, and moved forward slowly at the fastest speed she could manage.

The exit was just ahead...

"Hoohoo..."

But as time went on, Rita's breath grew heavier. It felt as though there was a hole in her body, with her strength draining away with each breath.

Every movement, every dodge, made her body feel heavier and slower.

The blade of the scythe grew heavy, and it could no longer easily split the shell of the mecha or sever the enemy's limbs.

"Damn it!"

But Rita understood that her only chance now was to fight her way out of the encirclement—there was still hope if she could escape.

She absolutely could not give up now!

This was not only for herself, but also for the group of people outside who risked their lives to save her, to save her—the incompetent leader who disobeyed orders, left the mission without authorization to investigate other matters, and dragged all her teammates into danger. Her most beloved team members in the world!

If those innocent teammates lost their lives because of her, she would never forgive herself, even if it meant dying...

So, as long as—as long as—she reached that place...

Unfortunately...

Whoosh!

Just as Rita was about to leave the room, she heard a shrieking sound behind her, something flying toward her at high speed!

At this critical moment, Rita didn't care about her image and rolled to avoid it.

But just when Rita fled in a panic, half-knelt on the ground after rolling, trying to struggle to stand up...

Bang...

A broken mechanical dog head hit the ground in front of her.

"Ah..."

Though it was a lifeless machine, under the high technology of Schicksal, this mechanical dog possessed great intelligence. It had been with Rita for a long time, and they had experienced many dangerous missions together. It was almost like a comrade-in-arms, one who lived and died together with her.

But before Rita could feel sorrow over the departure of her loyal dog...

"Miss maid, you're leaving without saying goodbye? How rude," the voice of Raven came again from the large screen behind Rita. "Death Weaver, why don't you let our guest sit down and rest for a while?"

Da-da-da!

As soon as Raven finished speaking, the familiar, terrifying hurried footsteps came from behind Rita.

Buzz!

When the footsteps stopped at the nearest maximum point, a whistling wind suddenly came from overhead.

Rita knew she was finished. She had been playing with the scythe, pretending to be the god of death, but today she was finally going to meet the real... god of death.

And at the final moment of her life, Rita was already extremely weak from the effects of the poison. She gradually lost sight of the light in front of her eyes due to the injuries sustained from repeated forced battles...

Then, like a revolving lantern, her failed life flashed before her eyes.

All the family, friends, and comrades she knew... Familiar faces appeared before her, smiling...

But suddenly!

A wave of blood fell from the sky, drowning all her important people.

Only a horrible sea of blood remained in front of her...

"It's all your fault! It's all you! You, the unqualified leader, violated the mission and acted on your own. You harmed all of us!"

Then, countless female bodies—broken limbs and debris—emerged from the sea of blood, grabbing hold of her, as if they wanted to drag her into hell with them!

"No, this isn't how it was supposed to be... I didn’t know it would end like this..."

Rita struggled desperately, but it was useless. She could only watch as the blood mist drowned her toes, her knees, her waist, and her neck...

At that final moment, Rita suddenly saw a beautiful golden figure appear before her dark, empty eyes...

"I really want to see her again..."

Rita wanted to reach out and touch the golden light, but it was useless.

No matter how hard she tried, the figure gradually moved away and became... more and more blurred...

"No matter who it is, someone... please... save me, save us!"

Before being completely submerged, Rita prayed devoutly as never before.

"Rita is willing to give everything she has..."

Clang!!

Perhaps it was the girl's sincere prayer that moved the gods.

After a sharp metal collision, 0.1 seconds, 0.2 seconds, 0.3 seconds... two seconds... time passed slowly and quickly.

"I... am fine?"

Rita was shocked to find that she was still conscious?

Instantly, she opened her eyes, and then a beautiful golden thread floated before her eyes...

"Lord Durandal!!"

With infinite joy and emotion, Rita blurted out the name of the person she had most expected and longed to see!

But... immediately, she felt that something felt off...

"Hmm? Lord Durandal, you...?"

In the dim light and from a vertical angle, Rita could only see the blonde girl's chin, which was equally delicate but different, and her chest, which wasn't too prominent...

"Your body? Wait! This weapon!?"

Rita saw the huge mechanical forelimb of 'Durandal,' which was placed above her head to block the Death Weaver and prevent it from penetrating Rita's body...

It looked a little familiar... No! It was a very familiar long-handled broadsword!

"You are not Lord Durandal!? You are Lin...!"

"Sorry to disappoint you,"

The 'blonde' girl lowered her head, revealing a

face full of a smirk that Rita didn’t know how to respond to at that moment. "I wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect you to figure it out so quickly. Oh, so it turns out that wearing a wig isn't enough. I should have brought the Black Abyss White Flower earlier. Then, Sister Tazi, you would definitely fall in love with me, right?"

No, no, no, no, why did it have to be her?

The person who saved me... turned out to be the person I hated the most before!

Rita bit her lips lightly, her face and eyes shifting...

For a moment, her emotions were so conflicted, it couldn't be more complicated.

And as Rita doubted her life...

"Get down, don't hurt my wife!"

Lin Ling exerted force on her wrist and sent the huge, spider-like half-human, half-mechanical monster flying.

"Oh? It's you?" At this point, Raven on the big screen recognized Lin Ling through the surveillance footage, "Why did you save her? According to my information, weren't you two supposed to be mortal enemies?"

"My future new wife on the screen," Lin Ling pointed at Raven with a long knife, "What you said is wrong. As the saying goes, 'beating is love, and scolding is love.' You don't know how much love Sister Tazi and I share. Just please at least describe us as a couple who love and hate each other?"

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Chapter 112: Lin Ling! I, Rita, will haunt you forever, so that you can't survive or die!

Seeing that this white-haired girl is indeed a pervert as the intelligence report stated, and she calls anyone she sees a beautiful woman her "wife." Raven felt contempt in her heart.

But since the other party called her "wife," it also indirectly showed that she recognized her appearance.

This made Raven for some reason happy...

No, what am I thinking?!

Raven shook her head lightly, brushing away the random thoughts in her mind.

Then, she spoke to the scumbag across the screen.

"It's ridiculous. Just because she's a woman, does that make her your wife? You're a scumbag with a head full of wishful thinking, but~"

Raven first mocked the white-haired girl who spouted nonsense, then pursed her lips greedily.

"If I catch you, there will be a huge bounty at that time. You may not know how popular you are, right? There are so many people and organizations in the black market who want to get their hands on you. Even the world's three top organizations—Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent—are offering you an unprecedentedly high price. I could buy another island by handing you over to any of them... Ahem, anyway! Just surrender!"

However, although the other party issued an arrest declaration, Lin Ling looked very happy.

She nodded with satisfaction. "Hey~ Of course I know how popular this genius beauty is. And I also know that you’ve fallen in love with me at first sight, right? You want to take me away, but it's actually for yourself. You want to catch me, tie me up in some strange way, and then lock me in a small, dark room day and night... This and that... indescribable... right?! You... hentai!"

"Huh?! I have no interest in you! I just want to hand you over to the organization in exchange for money!"

It’s fine to be forced to be treated like a wife, but for no reason, she was allowed to imagine all this nonsense without permission and then turned around to call herself a pervert.

The angry Raven was too lazy to talk nonsense with this girl and directly pressed a button.

Bang.

Then, some metal object was thrown at Lin Ling's feet.

Chi!

The next moment, a sound like a gas leak came from the left side of Rita and Lin Ling, getting closer. This familiar and terrifying sound instantly brought Rita back to her senses.

"Be careful!" She mustered her last bit of strength and threw Lin Ling to the right, falling to the ground herself.

Then, she placed the gas mask she had just used over the mouth of the person beneath her.

Whirl~

At the same time, her other hand began to tear off the scarred armor and clothes on her body, trying to cover the areas where Lin Ling’s skin was directly exposed to the outside to prevent her from being poisoned like herself.

"Hey, hey, hey! Sister Tazi, what are you doing!? I was wrong! Don't... if you want it, don't do it here!!"

But in Lin Ling's eyes, a beautiful girl like a beast suddenly threw herself down and began tearing off her clothes.

"Don't move!" However, Rita immediately said seriously and nervously, "This gas will poison people just by skin contact. If you get infected too, we're both finished."

"Oh? Do you think the exposed armor of your Schicksal can cover her whole body?" Raven sneered at this. "This is an item specially designed for you lot. Moreover, to deal with you self-righteous Valkyries, I’ve prepared enough gifts. Take it."

Bang, bang, bang.

Then, several more anti-Honkai serum gases were released around Lin Ling and Rita...

More toxic gases quickly spread.

With so many smoke bombs, soon, in this closed hall, no matter where you hide, one won’t be able to avoid it!

"Damn it!" Rita's face lost all color after she had just regained hope, and she immediately fell into despair.

"Sister Tazi! Let's finish this later! Let me go first!"

But just when Rita was desperate again, Lin Ling gently pushed her away.

Then, she stretched out her palm to the sky and said loudly.

"Wendy, my wife! Give me strength!"

Whoosh~ Howl~

Suddenly, a strong storm descended from the sky, covering Lin Ling and spreading outward.

Soon, all the fog was forced to the edge of the hall, leaving a large enough space for Lin Ling and the others to move around.

"Thank you, Wendy," Lin Ling said gently to the remaining small whirlwind in her hand. "When I'm done, I'll take your new sister to find you..."

"Hmm...? You actually have the power of the Herrscher of the Wind?"

Seeing that the other party had the ability to control wind, no, to create wind, Raven realized that using poison wouldn't work, so she had to resort to strong attacks!

"All combat units, come together! Kill the brown-haired one and capture the white-haired one alive!"

With Raven’s order, in the gloomy darkness, a large number of zombies and mechas led by the Death Weaver came, like a big net, as if to surround Lin Ling and Rita.

However, the white-haired girl raised her hand and killed all the oncoming zombies and mechas with ease.

She asked Raven while beating them: "My beauty, you want to capture me and sell me for money? This is an act of betrayal to the World Serpent. Aren’t you afraid that the little ice pig will be angry?"

"Ice pig?" However, when Raven heard the strange words that suddenly came out of Lin Ling's mouth, a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.

Indeed, the agents of the World Serpent are all codenamed by various animals, but she had never heard of an ice pig.

"Don't you know Ice Pig? Isn’t that your immediate superior? That’s Kevin, the Lord you’re talking about. I know him very well." Lin Ling said arrogantly. "Be careful, I'll ask him to deduct your salary."

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about?" Of course, Raven couldn't believe Lin Ling’s words. "Don’t try to lie to me, the Lord just recently..."

Halfway through, Raven swallowed the rest of her words. Although the Lord had caused a sensation in The Deep the day before yesterday, such matters were still confidential and couldn't be casually spoken about.

However, the white-haired girl immediately said what Raven was going to say. "The little Ice Pig just came back, right? Of course, I know that."

"You keep calling him Ice Pig, so arrogantly. Aren’t you afraid the World Serpent will punish you?"

Raven frowned. The Lord is a god-like existence in the organization. This was the first time Raven had heard someone use such a... contemptuous? Funny nickname to call that adult.

"Hmph, then do you know how he came back? I was the one who released the little ice pig. Without me, he’d still be in jail. And he invited me to join World Serpent with very generous conditions, which I agreed to. So, I am almost second in command of World Serpent. You actually want to buy the leader and change him? Money? Believe it or not, I will go back and press you on your legs and spank you hard."

"No, impossible, absolutely impossible!" Raven shook her head. The more this girl spoke, the more outrageous it became.

How could she believe it?

"Arresting you is exactly what the Lord wants. Don’t try to lie to me!"

"Huh? ~~~~"

But after hearing what Raven said, Lin Ling dragged out the tone, sounding very unhappy!

"Damn, that big pig's hoof, I clearly promised him I'll join the World Serpent! Why did he come to arrest me? You, you, you... what's your name?" Lin Ling quickly made a phone gesture with her hand. "Hurry up and ask that pig to call me! I want to confront him face to face! It was clearly agreed that I would go to Elysian Realm after finishing my business. Why did he send someone to arrest me? Doesn’t he trust this brother?!"

"..."

Is it really like this...

Seeing the white-haired girl’s confident look, Raven was unsure. She had to temporarily close the communication and quietly ask Gray Serpent, who seemed to be the closest to the Lord.

"Yes, it was indeed her who rescued the Lord," came the surprising response from Gray Serpent. "And she did agree to join the World Serpent."

"What!?"

Raven was shocked when she heard this. If it were true, wouldn't she have offended a major leader who might really be the second in command?...

"But..." Gray Serpent quickly added, "Although the Lord did reach an agreement with her, it was just a verbal one. There’s no certainty that she will actually honor it. Therefore, if she shows any sign of breaching the contract, the Lord himself will personally capture her! In addition, the Lord is still absorbing the power of the Judgment-level Honkai Beast, Chiyou, to restore his strength and cannot be dispatched for now. So please, Miss Raven, hold her off for a while. This girl is not as simple as she appears."

After that, Gray Serpent ended the communication.

"Damn it, you want me to hold her off?" Raven muttered, gritting her teeth. "Humph..."

To be honest, although this white-haired girl looks pretty and cute, also very likable—unfortunately, she's a pervert.

Just because of her annoying habit of calling everyone 'wife,' Raven didn’t like her much.

However, for the sake of the situation and her own salary, she had no choice...

"Oh, so it’s Lord Lin Ling. I didn’t recognize your Eminence before. I hope you can forgive me."

Once the communication resumed with Lin Ling, Raven immediately shifted from a look of disgust to a friendly smile.

"It’s okay, ignorance is no crime." Lin Ling smiled. "After this is over, I’ll forgive you if you stay with me for two nights."

"..."

Raven’s mouth twitched. Then, as if she had found a lifeline, she quickly pointed at Rita and said, "Ah! Lord Lin Ling, I was planning to kill this Valkyrie, but since you’ve captured her, you can do whatever you want with her."

"Oh~" Lin Ling smiled, showing sudden understanding. "You mean the two of you together? Sure! I’ll have Gray Serpent give you a raise when we go back."

"... Thank you, thank you, Lord Lin Ling."

Wait... them?

At that moment, Rita, who had been listening to the conversation between Raven and Lin Ling, was also shocked. She felt a cold shiver run down her spine from her tailbone to the top of her head.

"You... you surrendered to World Serpent!" Rita looked at Lin Ling in disbelief. "Then what about those members of the Immortal Blade outside when you came in?"

"Oh? You mean them?" Lin Ling smiled mysteriously. "Of course I took care of them, but they’re..."

Zizizizi.

As Lin Ling spoke, a screen next to Raven, which had been filled with static and appeared broken, suddenly came back online.

"Oh? The interrupted signal has been restored? Just in time. I regretted missing the Valkyrie’s miserable state earlier," Raven said, opening the video eagerly.

What appeared next made Rita’s eyes burn with rage.

The Valkyries of the Immortal Blade were shown being besieged by a large number of mechs, zombies, and experimental monsters the moment they entered the pharmaceutical industrial zone.

Naturally, these were nothing compared to the elite forces of Schicksal. Soon, the Valkyries fought their way out and rushed toward the facility where Rita was.

However, when the members of Immortal Blade underestimated their enemies, a series of tear gas bombs were thrown at them.

At first, the Valkyries didn’t take it seriously, but they soon felt the bitter consequences.

As they were gradually surrounded due to their weakening resistance...

A white-haired girl suddenly descended from the sky, wielding the power of wind and thunder, and punched through the heart of the encirclement.

The next moment, a flash of white light filled the screen, and it cut off again.

"You... you killed them all...!!"

Rita glared at the white-haired girl who had just saved her.

If looks could kill, Lin Ling would have died countless times in that instant.

Seeing the video footage of Lin Ling confirming that she had dealt with all of them, combined with the revelation that she had joined World Serpent, Rita pieced it all together and felt her heart shatter.

"Lin Ling! Even if I, die, I will return as a vengeful spirit and haunt you forever, so that you can neither live nor die!"

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Chapter 113: It's Too Late to Apologize Now! Goodbye! No, never again!

"Am I going to fall here? Obviously... obviously, everyone is still..."

Facing the huge iron fist coming with the sound of breaking through the air, the weak Alvitr turned her head slightly.

Behind her were teammates who were seriously injured and lying on the ground, and the deputy captain, whose life and death were uncertain.

She knew that she couldn't fall down like this!

She wiped the blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth with a decisive hand, gritted her teeth, used up the last bit of strength in her body, and tremblingly raised the weapon in her hand, which seemed to weigh thousands of pounds, to block in front of her...

It had not been five minutes since she landed on the ground.

The elite of the elite troops of Schicksal, led by the strongest Durandal of Schicksal and Rita, one of the three S-rank Valkyries, the Immortal Blades Squad, had already lost most of their strength under the enemy's strange poison gas attack.

Now, they were losing strength and were driven into a small encirclement by a large number of modified soldiers and mechas, ready to be wiped out.

Except for Alvitr and a few other teammates who still had the strength to stand, the other members were already struggling to maintain consciousness under the double blow of poison gas and subsequent serious injuries. Four of them were even in a state of extreme danger...

And at this moment of life and death...

Crack!

"Don't hurt my wives!"

Accompanied by the girl's scumbag words in the sound of thunder!

A white-haired girl with a tornado under her feet, thunder surrounding her body, and holding a blue-purple long sword suddenly fell from the sky with sparks and lightning!

Then, she punched the ground heavily.

Biu!

Instantly, a spherical shockwave mixed with purple-blue arcs spread rapidly in all directions from her fist as the center!

Swoosh~...

After being hit by this ultra-high intensity electromagnetic pulse, the huge mecha fist that had already been close to Alvitr's face fell down helplessly.

And not only this one, but all the mechas that were besieging the Immortal Blade in a large area, as well as some surrounding monitoring equipment, turned off all kinds of indicator lights and stopped running completely.

Those zombies that were manipulated by mechanical components after being transformed also lost control after the control core in their bodies failed.

Their behavior began to become chaotic. Some even started attacking and dismantling the mechas that were once their teammates.

"Is... is it you!?"

Alvitr never expected that the one who saved them was actually the terrorist criminal with the highest bounty on her head!?

But before Alvitr could finish her surprise, she saw the white-haired girl who had just arrived wave her hand again, then a circular wind wall appeared, blocking the zombies outside.

"I'm not a necrophiliac. Stay away from me!" After doing all this, the girl walked toward the center of the encirclement.

"Hehe~ This wife whose name I don't know yet, you are seriously injured. Let me take care of your development... Ahem, oh no, how are you injured?"

She rubbed her hands and walked to the center of the encirclement, in front of the most seriously injured female warriors.

Though this person's actions saved her group, Alvitr still couldn't shake the feeling that she was the number one villain on the Schicksal Wanted List. She had a... obscene smile? And dirty words coming from her mouth...

"Wait, what are you going to do?!" Alvitr did not dare to neglect the situation. Even though she knew that this person was very strong, she still resolutely stood in front of Lin Ling to protect her seriously injured and bleeding teammates.

"Oh, my wife, you are vomiting blood too? It seems serious. Let's go together." Lin Ling was also attracted by Alvitr. She saw several huge wounds on her body, and blood was still pouring from her mouth, and then...

"Huh!?"

Then, Alvitr felt a flash, and the next moment, when her eyes regained clarity, she saw the enlarged version of an exquisite face appear in front of her. She was actually in the arms of the white-haired girl?

"What are you going to do!?"

Alvitr was immediately frightened. She had heard the story of this sex maniac in the wanted list written by the deputy captain.

As long as she was a woman, she couldn't escape her clutches!

It's so terrifying!

However...

Alvitr accepted her fate and gently closed her eyes...

After all, she just saved me. Even if I have to use my body now to pay off the debt, it's not impossible. Anyway, I'm going to die soon... and, judging from her appearance, she's pretty...

"Hmm?! What's this feeling?..."

But immediately, Alvitr found something was wrong.

In the part where she and the white-haired girl touched, a gentle force, like a mother's hands, was caressing her wound.

Her body which was already at the end of its strength and was forcibly revived by a breath of life, began to recover quickly...

"Hmm!?" Alvitr opened her eyes immediately in shock.

She saw herself and several other teammates who were the most seriously injured being gently embraced by the white-haired girl.

At the same time, her body emitted a faint white light, and under this soft and warm white light, the pale faces of all the girls in her arms were quickly recovering blood...

"This is... the power of the Abyss Flower!?"

Alvitr recognized it. The power used by this girl was the creation power of Durandal's weapon, the Black Abyss White Flower.

She immediately understood.

"She is saving me!? Saving everyone?!"

...

"Huh!? Class Monitor, what is that guy doing!?"

On the other hand, Kiana, who had just come out of a facility where she had investigated intelligence was watching the strange scene happening here from a distance.

A large number of zombies were tirelessly and forcibly colliding with a layer of transparent storm-formed walls regardless of casualties.

Inside the storm wall, a familiar figure was holding 1, 2, 3, 4... Many girls in one breath!

"I'm really impressed. Although I could guess that she was going to save those beautiful girls, I didn't expect that she would start doing this in public after saving them...!"

Kiana was furious and wanted to teach that scumbag a lesson.

"Wait a minute, Kiana! It's not as simple as you think... I know what she is doing."

Fu Hua stopped Kiana who was about to find Lin Ling. She analyzed, "That should be the Black Abyss White Flower, or the power of creation of the Herrscher of Death. She is saving those seriously injured Valkyries."

"Ah? So she is saving people..."

Hearing this, Kiana lowered her head with some guilt. "I almost blamed her again, damn it! I should have trusted her more after going through so much..."

"Well, let's talk about these things later. Since Lin Ling is going to save those Valkyries, we don't have to worry about their safety," Fu Hua said to Kiana. "Here are all the records about me, which are useless for the current situation. Let's go to the next place to find information. We don't know what method the World Serpent people will use or where they will start their experiments on the entire city."

"Well," Kiana nodded solemnly, then flashed to a nearby facility to continue searching for information.

...

Not long after Kiana left, Alvitr who felt that she had regained some strength, suddenly whispered in Lin Ling's ear, "Miss Lin Ling! I'm fine now! Captain, she's still at the bottom of the building in front. Please go and save her. I am willing to do anything for you as long as you can save her!"

"Don't worry," Lin Ling comforted her. "She is my wife, how could I leave her alone? But..."

Lin Ling looked around at the zombies still attacking and at the mechas whose lights had relit and resumed their actions after shutting down and restarting.

She glanced back at the Valkyries, who were no longer seriously injured but couldn't transform back into ordinary girls due to poisoning and their inability to use Honkai energy in a short period of time.

She said with concern, "It's not safe to leave you here. There are World Serpents everywhere inside and outside the city... Well, I have decided. You go hide here first."

Lin Ling waved her hand and opened a portal.

On the other side of the portal was an imaginary space created by her. It was created using the greatly enhanced power of the Herrscher of the Void she had obtained from Queen Sirin the night before.

"Well..." Alvitr nodded and then spoke to the other Valkyries, "Sisters, this lady not only saved us but also spent a lot of energy to heal us. She will definitely not harm us."

After that, she led the Valkyries of the Immortal Blades who were out of danger towards to Lin Ling's world.

As they passed through the portal, the girls cast deep gratitude toward Lin Ling.

...

Back in Rita's location, after issuing her final curse to the woman suspected of killing all her comrades, Rita checked her tactical eyepiece one last time.

Sure enough, the names of all her teammates had gone gray and were disconnected.

Given that Raven could still access the surveillance, it meant communication had been restored.

It was confirmed!

All her most beloved subordinates had died in the battle to save her. They had disappeared from this world, killed by the very woman who deserved to be torn into pieces!

"EOS! Start the automatic cruise function, action command 'sweep', target... my position!"

Now the only one left, Rita felt no fear and used her last killer move directly.

"You! What are you doing!?"

Noticing something was wrong on the screen, Raven immediately shouted, "Lord Lin Ling! Get out of there! This woman is controlling the floating battleship to crash into you! Get out of there!"

But it was too late.

Zizizizi...

Just like the earlier signal disruption, the screen in front of Raven turned white...

"Damn it!"

Then, in a deep voice, Raven in a black hood climbed to the top of a spire. She stared into the distance.

The once prosperous industrial zone was now in ruins, with debris and wreckage scattered everywhere. A broken flying ship lay on the ground, like a giant sword embedded into a once complete object into several pieces.

"Ah..." Raven sighed. She then connected the ringing communicator, and spoke to Jackal on the other end, "The women of Schicksal caused quite a ruckus, and their transport ship crashed into the industrial zone."

"Are there any survivors?" Jackal asked shortly.

"We didn't find any bodies, but the Herrscher girl is here too. Also, I encountered the girl the Lord specifically wanted to capture."

"Oh?!" Jackal's interest piqued. "According to the intelligence, she had the power of the Herrscher of the Void. If that's the case, there will be two Herrschers of the Void at the scene. They must have fled. There are about ten hours before the Schicksal army arrives. So, before they come and get torn to pieces by you, you still have a chance to salvage this."

"Don't worry," Raven replied. "Although the industrial zone was destroyed and our long-prepared experimental tools can't be used, they left something that can serve as a substitute. The experiment will proceed as planned."

Raven looked at a spherical object emitting a faint purple light at the center of the explosion from a distance.

It was the power source of the Schicksal transport ship EOS, a powerful large-scale Honkai energy reactor.

If detonated at the right spot...

...

On the other side, in a certain imaginary space a moment later...

A portal suddenly opened.

Then, a white-haired girl threw a flaxen-haired girl from the other side of the portal onto a floating boulder.

"Sister Tazi, what are you doing?" Lin Ling, still startled, patted her chest. "I know you like me a lot, but there's no need to suddenly drag me into dying together, right? I haven't lived enough yet!"

"Damn it! You're still alive?" Rita looked at the girl pinning her down and spoke with great disappointment and regret, "I didn't expect your Herrscher of the Void power had improved again..."

Falling into the hands of someone like this, Rita knew that living was now a kind of torment!

Thus, she turned her head without even looking at Lin Ling and spat out five words through clenched teeth with resentment.

"Guh! Kill me!"

"Deputy Captain!... Deputy Captain, you're all right too! That's great!"

However, when she turned her head, she saw a short-haired woman with blue-gray hair waving at her from another floating boulder in the distance.

Rita's pupils shrank instantly, and her whole body trembled. She said shakily, "Alvitr! You... you're still alive!!"

Due to the effect of the anti-Honkai energy serum, Rita had lost the ability to control Honkai energy. Having transformed back into an ordinary girl, she hadn't immediately noticed the many slender and beautiful figures on a nearby floating boulder.

She quickly checked the teammate status bar in her tactical eyepiece. Sure enough, everyone was still alive, and all physical indicators were normal.

"Oh, oh, oh..." The white-haired girl beside her let out a very frustrated sound and gently hit Rita with her little fist. "I told you I had dealt with your teammates, but you just wouldn't believe it and tried to drag me to die for love. If I die, these beautiful girls will be widowed."

"I... I..."

Rita turned her head to look at Lin Ling, then immediately buried her face again. Her messy bangs from the previous battle obscured her eyes, making it difficult to read her expression...

"I'm... I'm sorry, Miss Lin Ling..."

But Rita's apology seemed to anger Lin Ling instead.

"Hmph! It's too late to say sorry now! I'm angry, and you actually suspected I would kill a cute girl!?" The white-haired girl lying on Rita stood up after hearing Rita's apology, hiding her face behind her drooping hair.

"Sure enough, my Chongchong is still cute. I'm going to find her! Goodbye! No! I'll ever see you again!"

After angrily leaving to find another woman, she opened a portal again and vanished.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Only Rita and the members of the Immortal Blades in the distance exchanged a silent glance...

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Chapter 114: At this time, Silly Goose and Kevin were on their way to come

"Wait a minute, Miss Lin Ling!..."

At the last moment before the white-haired girl disappeared into the portal, Rita who was filled with guilt rushed forward with her remaining strength. She stretched out her hand, wanting to grab the girl who was 'heartbroken' because of her...

But... in the end, she could only grasp a strand of white silk...

"Yes, I'm sorry, I wronged you..."

Rita tightly held the strand of hair belonging to that girl in her hand, filled with guilt.

The next moment.

With a plop~ sound.

She collapsed to the ground...

She was already poisoned, and after a series of battles, her weak body had suffered numerous injuries. Although they weren't fatal, her emotions had been violently fluctuating.

Finally, she was exhausted and lost consciousness completely...

"Huh!? The captain fainted!"

Alvitr and the others in the distance naturally noticed the series of actions between Lin Ling and Rita.

"We have to go over and check!"

Seeing the vice-captain faint, one of the Valkyries who was still able to move immediately activated the propulsion device on her air combat-specialized armor. Using the remaining fuel, she slowly flew the floating boulder toward Rita...

...

[Ding~ System prompt 27: The host successfully made Rita Rossweise feel extremely guilty and faint, gain adaptability to Honkai energy increased by 11.45%.]

"Ah... did you faint from anger?"

On the other side, after listening to dozens of prompts from the system, Lin Ling muttered to herself with an apologetic look,

"I'm very sorry, Sister Tazi, I still have a lot of things to do, and I can't be caught in the Elysian Realm for the time being. So, to deal with that terrible traffic policeman who will come to arrest me, I had to use all means to improve my strength. As for you Valkyries who have lost your Honkai abilities, you can hide in my space for a while. Now the city is full of World Serpent agents. If you're caught, it will be worse than Muzan."

Although Rita is no longer Lin Ling's opponent, she is still a top master in the entire Schicksal. With the addition of a group of elite Valkyries from the Immortal Blades, Lin Ling had gained a lot in that period of time.

"So, which wife should I go to next... Well, let's go see the new one first."

The white-haired girl thought for a while and made a plan.

Snap~

With a snap of her fingers, a portal opened beneath Lin Ling's feet, and she jumped down lightly.

The next moment, a white-haired girl stood on the top of the tallest tower in the city.

In the dim night, she was particularly conspicuous.

Whew~

Soon, a small transport ship flew over quickly and hovered beside Lin Ling.

Then the hatch opened, revealing a girl with short gray hair, rose-red eyes, snake-like pupils, and a beauty mark on the left corner of her mouth.

She was wearing a black-gray tight combat uniform that covered her whole body, with many leather belts on it; she wore a black cloak with a red interior and a hood, and both hands were covered with sharp, wine-red long-clawed gloves. Then, the girl extended her right hand to Lin Ling and said apologetically, "Lord Lin Ling... I am late to greet you. Please forgive me."

"How dare you stupid bird ask me to atone for my sin?"

Lin Ling was a little dissatisfied, but not because of her late arrival. Instead, she pointed at Raven's gloves and said, "Your claws are so long, do you want to stab me to death?"

"Sorry..." Under the hood, Raven's face changed slightly. But after a moment of thought, she took off her gloves and extended her right hand to Lin Ling again, inviting, "Please, Lord Lin Ling, follow me on board."

"Well, that's better. Wuhu~ It feels good."

Lin Ling held Raven's right hand which was extremely delicate, white, and sensitive from long-term glove-wearing. Then with Raven's support, she slowly walked into the interior of the transport ship with great dignity.

That look was just like the old Buddha in a Qing Dynasty palace drama.

This made Raven who was serving her even more unhappy...

"Master Lin Ling, please take a seat. Unfortunately, there aren't many high-quality drinks on this warship. Please forgive me."

Raven invited Lin Ling to the VIP seat on the ship, and even brought her a cup of tea.

"No problem." Lin Ling took the cup of tea handed to her, took a sip, and felt unsatisfied.

It wasn't as good as the coke, so she pretended to be angry and put it down heavily.

"Forget it, now is not the time to care about these things. How is the plan?"

"Reporting to Lord Lin Ling, due to..."

Beep beep beep!

Raven was about to speak, but at that moment, her communicator suddenly rang again.

Lin Ling spoke to Raven as if she had predicted the future, "Answer it, Jackal is looking for you."

"Yes, sir... Huh?!"

Raven was immediately shocked after turning on the communicator. It was indeed a communication from Jackal.

She became more alert toward this mysterious white-haired girl: How could she know everything?

"How's the progress?"

A mature-sounding woman urged on the other end of the communicator. "The secret of Heliopolis Life Sciences has been exposed, and there isn't much time left for the experiment."

"I've put all my manpower into the operation, but I'm not a magician and can't do anything fancy."

When facing Jackal of the same level, Raven did not show the same good attitude she had toward Lin Ling and spoke in a somewhat sarcastic tone. "The Valkyries of Schicksal left me a mess and delayed our pace, but that's not the key. The most fatal issue is that the Herrscher of the Void has also set het sights on us, and her existence could completely destroy this plan."

"Only the Herrscher of the Void? What about the other white-haired girl?!" Jackal appeared to be more interested in Lin Ling, and she hurriedly asked, "If you can help me capture her and bring her to me for experiments, I am willing to give you a set of luxurious villas..."

"Ahem!" Suddenly, Raven coughed twice, interrupting Jackal's words which appeared to be little too exciting.

"What's wrong with you?" Jackal was a little unhappy when she was suddenly interrupted. "Are you injured?"

"Jackal, the mysterious white-haired girl you mentioned..."

"Shh~"

But before Raven could explain clearly, Lin Ling immediately made a silent gesture to her, signaling that she should not expose herself.

Since the Lord had specifically asked her to hold back at all costs, Raven had no choice but to follow Lin Ling's wishes.

"Nothing, continue." She said to Jackal. "I always felt that she will be very suitable for integrating the elements of Honkai Beast, especially Honkai Beasts that are similar to a fox. Ah~ I really want to give her a pair of fox ears and a tail! No, multiple fox tails!"

But Jackal soon realized that now was not the time to talk about these things. "Well, let's talk about business first."

Although she was a research enthusiast, she was not a brainless person. Now that the Lord of the World Serpent had unlocked the seal and was watching this experiment from afar, there was absolutely no room for error. After a brief analysis, she said to Raven, "Even if you can't catch them, you have to hold back the two girls."

"Although I hate her, I'm not crazy," Raven said unhappily. "Even if you create ten times more monsters than we have now, even if we send all of them, we still can't hold back the Herrscher of the Void who has the power of space for even a second. Think about the second Eruption, think about what they did. You know better than I do that fighting against the Herrscher is not about adding or subtracting numbers."

"I checked the combat records from an hour ago. According to the battle between the Herrscher girl and our mecha warriors, she did not show the combat power of a real Herrscher. Maybe she has just awakened and cannot fully control her power! Anyway..."

Jackal analyzed, "Your fear of her is just a shadow formed by your childhood experiences. According to the information I obtained earlier, the new Herrscher of the Void lost control at the headquarters of Schicksal. It wreaked havoc but was quickly defeated after just a few hours. It is said that three S-rank Valkyries were present at the time, one of whom, which was Rita Rossweise which you just fought earlier. What was the result? Didn't they still lose despite our careful arrangement? This shows that the power of the new Herrscher is not as unattainable as you think."

"Maybe, but there are too many assumptions in your words," Raven spoke, clearly dissatisfied. "Maybe the Archbishop of Schicksal has means that we don't know about."

"Huh, Otto?" Jackal sneered. "It is well known that Otto is just a coward hiding behind the Valkyries. Instead of believing that he can solve the problem, you might as well tell me that Otto invented an incredible armor, and the Valkyrie put it on him and took down the Herrscher of the Void with one blow."

"Jackal, your sense of humor is really reassuring~"

"Raven, for Project Stigma, we've been preparing for many years. A densely populated city has been put under martial law during disasters, and people can't be evacuated in time. There is no more ideal experimental condition than this, and there will never be one again. More importantly, the Lord's eyes are always on this place. He hopes to see the future of humanity here. Neither of us has a way out. As for that girl, if you can't catch her, the Lord will come in person after he comes out of seclusion."

Hearing that the Lord would come in person, Raven's face tightened under the gray hood.

"Everything as the Serpent wishes."

She then shouted the slogan of the World Serpent helplessly and turned off the communication.

Just as Raven was about to argue with Lin Ling to claim that the Lord didn't come here to catch her, Lin Ling cut her off.

"Everything as the pig wishes."

Lin Ling shouted the slogan of the World Serpent before her, though it sounded wrong.

"Haha," Lin Ling laughed. "Don't worry, I was planning to go to the Elysian Realm. It doesn't matter to me whether he comes or not. Besides, let me help you capture the Herrscher of the Void. I've long wanted to capture her and make her my wife. As for your experiment with leftovers, I'm not interested."

"Hmm? Lord Lin Ling, aren't you and the Herrscher of the Void... a boyfriend... no, a girlfriend? Why?" Raven asked with some suspicion.

"That's right, but that woman likes to put me down, and I won't stand for it! So I want to catch her, take her core with your help, and make sure she has no power to resist in my hands. Let me bully her~ hehehe."

"..." Raven was speechless for a moment, but the disgust hidden under her hood toward Lin Ling grew. At the same time, her suspicion deepened.

This woman's statements are getting more outrageous. Something is obviously wrong...

Wait!

According to Schicksal's intelligence, she had repeatedly defected to the enemy during the Schicksal War.

Could it be that she intends to defect again? And take advantage of our carelessness to ruin our plan?

What should we do? If we suddenly attack now, can we really take her down?

Thinking about this, Raven touched the anti-Honkai serum gas bomb on her waist and the Seven Thunders of Retribution, which had been transformed into an easy-to-carry state.

But when she recalled the scene of Lin Ling using wind powers, she immediately reconsidered.

No, this woman appears to have the powers of multiple Herrschers, and her scheming is so deep that it's hard to figure out...

If the anti-Honkai serum is ineffective, even if she uses the Seven Thunders of Retributions, she might not be able to take her down in one blow...

But if she escapes, the Lord will blame her...

Beep...

At that moment, Raven's communicator rang again.

Jackal sent her another message: Hold on! The Lord is about to arrive!

Though brief, the message conveyed a huge amount of information.

Raven's pupils shrank, and she immediately deleted the message.

It turned out that the moment Raven coughed, Jackal had already realized something was wrong. After ending the call, he immediately contacted Gray Serpent.

Notifying Gray Serpent was, of course, the same as notifying Kevin.

After learning the whereabouts and actions of the person pretending to be Elysia, the Lord of the World Serpent immediately interrupted his absorption of Chiyou's corpse.

Without a word, he grabbed Judgment of Shamash and emerged from his retreat early...

...

On the other side, in a certain experimental base of Schicksal in Africa, Otto urgently interrupted the ongoing experiment with Cosmic Juggernaut.

He then informed Durandal of shocking news.

"Rita and the Immortal Blade team she led have lost contact!"

"What!? Lost contact!?"

With Schicksal's technology and the satellite network covering the world, it is impossible to lose contact completely unless there's a devastating blow.

"Could it be! Rita and the others..."

Durandal feared the worst.

"Durandal."

The next moment, Otto gave the furious and gloomy Durandal a new task.

"Go and bring me K-423 and the mysterious girl."

"Yes, sir!"

...

Meanwhile, Lin Ling remained unaware of all this for the time being.

In her mind, Durandal would only appear after Kiana transformed into a meteor and solved the bomb that almost blew up the entire city.

Kevin would appear even later, only when Kiana was captured at Schicksal's African Experimental Base.

So, for now, I'm still very safe~, I can have fun~.

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Chapter 115: Durandal: Lin Ling! I'll kill you! Avenge Rita!

"What are you doing?" Seeing Raven suddenly staring at the communicator in a daze, Lin Ling asked curiously, "Are you planning some conspiracy against me?"

"How is that possible, Lord Lin Ling?" Raven took back the communicator as if nothing had happened, then spoke to Lin Ling with a respectful smile on her face, "You are someone I respect very much. I was just thinking about what method I should use to catch that cunning Herrscher of the Void. That kind of power that manipulates space is hard to defend against and is a bit difficult to deal with. It can easily destroy our plan."

"Well... isn't this simple?" Lin Ling held her chin for a moment, and then she had an idea. "Wait a minute."

Then, Lin Ling’s hands suddenly flashed with arcs, and she fumbled around on her head.

She even got some black charcoal slag from somewhere and smeared it on her face.

"I don't even know where you got it from."

Looking at Lin Ling who suddenly looked as if she had been struck by lightning, Raven was very puzzled. "Lord Lin Ling... what are you doing?"

"If I disappear, my wife will definitely come to find me. Then I will hide in the ruins quietly, pretending to be seriously injured by the spaceship. When she comes to rescue me, I will suddenly launch an attack on her, such as poisoning her with your serum gas. Hehe, how about it?" After saying that, Lin Ling asked Raven confidently, "Using my wife's love for me to attack her, am I more despicable than you?"

Raven was stunned.

"...Yes, indeed." She nodded in agreement at first but then shook her head again and again. "Oh no no no! Lord Lin Ling, you are sacrificing for the future of all mankind. You are willing to sacrifice your own appearance to save mankind. You are really... too great."

"Woo woo!" Hearing this, Lin Ling pretended to cry and then grasped Raven’s fair little hand with her stained hands. "Finally, someone can understand me! I decided to marry you! The dowry is an island villa! Oh no, it's a gift."

"This... this is not good... Lord Lin Ling, you are of noble status, Raven really can't afford it."

Although the gift was very tempting, Raven still refused.

But this made Lin Ling furious. "You! Dare to refuse this gift? I will let Little Ice Pig deduct your salary!"

"..."

...

Time went back to the moment after the spacecraft crashed.

In the warm and comfortable nest of Kiana and Lin Ling, on that small bed. biu~

A beam of light with a diameter of one person suddenly opened up above the bed.

Plop~

Then, a girl with white hair and heterochromatic eyes suddenly fell from the sky.

She then lay on the bed motionless...

Although the Eos transport ship which was hundreds of meters long and looked like an aircraft carrier had instantly crashed the industrial area on the ground into a mess, Kiana had already mastered some of the power of the Herrscher of the Void.

So when she realized something was wrong before the spaceship crashed, she immediately opened a portal and returned to the small house where she lived with Lin Ling before, successfully escaping.

However, since she had not yet fully mastered the power of the Herrscher of the Void, forcibly opening this not-so-close portal caused a backlash to her body.

In addition, although Schicksal attracted the attention of a large number of World Serpents, she still encountered many zombies and mechas while searching for intelligence and had to fight repeatedly, which consumed a lot of strength.

So now, her body couldn’t bear it for a while, and she fainted directly...

"Huh!?"

After a while, the white-haired girl on the bed suddenly opened her eyes. She first looked at the other side of the bed beside her.

"Empty!"

Then she looked at the clock on the wall and said in surprise, "I, I fell asleep? How long have I slept?!"

"Yes, you fell asleep."

Then Fu Hua’s figure appeared.

"Your power of the Herrscher of the Void is not perfect yet. Forcibly using it will cause a great burden on your body. In addition, continuous combat has exceeded the limit of your body's tolerance, so you probably slept for more than an hour."

"Is that so... Wait! What about her?!"

But compared to her own physical condition, Kiana was more worried about the whereabouts of a certain bad woman. She quickly scanned the room. "Class Monitor, Lin Ling didn't come back?"

"Yeah." Fu Hua nodded with a heavy face. "During the time you were asleep, no one came here..."

"Damn it!" Kiana struggled to stand up. "No! I have to find her!"

...

Soon, in Arc City, a girl with white hair and heterochromatic eyes reappeared under the moon. She was walking toward the industrial zone with an anxious face.

This person was Kiana, who had recovered some strength after a short nap.

"Damn it! That idiot, you must not get into trouble!"

Seeing Kiana’s face full of worry, Fu Hua’s figure appeared immediately.

She comforted her, "Don't worry, Kiana. Although I don't know the reason, she also has some of the power of the Herrscher of the Void, so she can definitely escape in time like you. Moreover, with her strength, as long as that man or the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, Durandal, does not appear, no one should be able to catch her. Maybe she should be busy with other things now? For example, placing those Valkyries around?"

"I hope so... But who is the man you are talking about, Class Monitor?" Hearing this, Kiana suddenly remembered the dream she had just had when she fell asleep. "By the way, speaking of it, I suddenly remembered that I had a dream just now. I dreamed that I was standing in a place like the moon that I saw on TV. It looked that I was welcoming some war? I also dreamed that a very strong man spoke to me. His face was familiar, but I didn’t know him. He seemed to have mistaken me for someone else. He called me... 'Hua.'"

When it came to the name 'Hua,' Kiana turned her eyes to Fu Hua. After all, the two names were very similar.

Hearing this, Fu Hua understood what Kiana had seen. She nodded and admitted, "Kiana, that was not a dream. You saw my experience. Maybe for some reason, our consciousnesses intertwined, so you dreamed of my memory."

"So, Class Monitor, what exactly are you..." Kiana looked at Fu Hua very curiously.

"Sorry, I didn’t mean to hide it from you, but some accidents happened, causing me to forget my own experience. But recently, I recalled many things in the past through your dream."

Fu Hua looked at the dark skyline in the distance. It appears that while penetrating space, she also traveled through time.

In front of her eyes, all kinds of her past appeared...

"In fact, it's hard for you to believe it. My identity is not just a Valkyrie from Schicksal. My journey is too long, and it can be traced back to what you call the previous era. I am a survivor of that era."

"Hey! Although I had a hunch that Class Monitor is not ordinary people, I can't believe your exaggerated answer," Kiana said in disbelief. "So the girl who looks exactly like you in the 'MANTIS Observation Record' I saw in the Heliopolis Life Sciences Laboratory before is really you?! Then who is the man who talked to you in the dream?"

"Yes," Fu Hua nodded. "I have had many names: the ancient Immortal Jingwei of Shenzhou, the most famous detective in Britain in the 19th century, Watson—these are all me. As for that man, he is Kevin Kaslana. He is the source of your Kaslana family bloodline, a survivor of the previous civilization's war, and the most powerful protector of mankind. After the failure of the Final war, Kevin founded an organization called World Serpent and began to implement the human revival projects left by the previous civilization."

"So that's it, but... World Serpent?!" Suddenly, all the scattered clues in Kiana's mind connected. "You mean the 'Project Stigma'?! Could it be that the man in my dream is the current leader of this World Serpent? Is he behind all these horrible things done by Heliopolis Life Sciences?"

"Yes, but many of the pioneers could not agree with what Kevin did, thinking that he crossed a line. Many broke away and rebelled against him. Later, he suddenly disappeared from history because of the resistance from other pioneers. This made many people breathe a sigh of relief, and the World Serpent became a mess after losing their leader. I even thought the obstacle had died hundreds of years ago. But from the recent events with Heliopolis Life Sciences, they just hid in the shadows, patiently waiting for the return of their master. Listen, Kiana!"

Fu Hua's face was more serious than ever before.

"We can't stay in Arc City! After finding Lin Ling, you two must leave here immediately! If that man returns from the seal, if all of this is his plan, then this place is too dangerous. From what I know about him, once he finds you, he will definitely kill you mercilessly. In the past, I could still protect you, but now..."

Fu Hua looked down at her false hands formed by this illusion. She could do nothing without her body.

"So... can I only run away? Like before... But Class Monitor, where can I run to? I have run away countless times, afraid, retreating, curling up, and hiding in the corner. Can I ever escape? I will not leave here!" Kiana clenched her fists. "I don't want to look back in the future and realize that every choice I made was to run away. I must stop the conspiracy of the World Serpent!"

"... Since you have made up your mind, I will not oppose you. But Kiana!" Fu Hua solemnly reminded, or warned, "Once you find traces of Kevin appearing in Arc City, you must choose to avoid him temporarily!"

"Well..."

Soon, after recovering a lot of strength with a short nap, Kiana returned to the messy and chaotic Heliopolis Life Sciences Industrial Zone.

Bang...

There were even occasional small explosions and aftershocks.

In addition, a large number of wandering, strange, and mutilated zombies, the zombies who lost control after the industrial zone was damaged were all roaming around.

Seeing that the situation was worsening, Kiana immediately looked around nervously.

That girl brought many Valkyries with her.

Could it be that she was too busy saving others and couldn't leave in time? ... Damn it...

"Lin Ling!"

Kiana whispered that name under her breath.

"Hi~ Wife~ You finally came to save me."

It seemed she was lucky. Before she could search too far, Kiana heard the familiar voice behind her.

"Lin Ling! Great, you're okay... Hmm!? Are you okay?!"

But just as Kiana turned around to see the source of the voice, her whole body suddenly trembled!

She saw a girl who looked to have just left the mine after digging coal, encountered a Honkai accident, with half her body buried in the mine, and then the other half struck by lightning. She was buried under a pile of rubble.

"What's wrong with you?!" Kiana immediately rushed over at the fastest speed, trying to pull Lin Ling out.

"Wait a minute!" But Lin Ling stopped her. "Don't pull me first!"

"Sorry! Did it hurt you? Just bear with it. I'll take you to the doctor as soon as I rescue you!"

However, facing Kiana's anxious question, Lin Ling just pointed to a telephone pole in the distance. "My butt doesn't hurt. It's staying there well."

"What!!!?"

Kiana turned her head in surprise!

Sure enough, there were a pair of slender and familiar legs hanging on the telephone pole...

[Ding! System prompt: The host has successfully shocked the Herrscher of the Void and Kiana Kaslana, the power of the Herrscher of the Void has increased to 30%.]

"Oh, it's the power of the Herrscher that I haven't seen in a while~ It's a pity that if it were the Herrscher of Death, it would be a sure kill."

For Lin Ling, although the ability of the Herrscher of Void was decent, it would be better if it were the Herrscher of Death. After all, it was better to be invincible than to just be able to run away.

But just when Kiana was extremely shocked and her eyes were almost completely amber,

"Ahaha~ I lied to you, I'm fine."

Lin Ling who was half-buried in the ruins, suddenly stood up completely unharmed.

"You!! You are really..."

Seeing this outrageous scene in front of her, Kiana was so shocked that her heart, which had been about to jump out of her throat, was pressed back. At the same time, it also made her...

"Lin Ling!"

With a face full of anger and a black aura emanating from her body, Kiana gritted her teeth and walked toward Lin Ling step by step. "At this time! Is it the time to make this kind of joke?! Is it so fun?!"

"Wait, wait! Chongchong! What are you doing? I'm just joking! Ah! Help, you're murdering your husband!"

"Forget it, Kiana. Deal with her later."

Fortunately at this time, Fu Hua who had just sealed a pufferfish that was about to escape appeared. She spoke to Kiana who was riding on Lin Ling, "Although I was also frightened just now, now is not the time to punish her. Let's stop the World Serpent's plan first."

"Hmph, you are lucky." Kiana then let go of the hand holding Lin Ling's collar. "I'll let you go this time."

"Hehe~" Then, Lin Ling immediately reached out and stroked Kiana's face with a playful smile. "With such a lovely girlfriend like you, how can I bear to die?"

"Well..." Kiana blushed. "What nonsense are you talking about? Let's talk about business—how do we stop the World Serpent?"

Chi! ~

But at this moment, a puff of smoke sprayed out from the sleeve of Lin Ling's hand, which was stretched toward Kiana's mouth.

"Huh?!" Having just relaxed after the ups and downs, Kiana didn't pay attention and was hit by this move head-on.

"You... you actually..." Kiana felt her limbs gradually becoming heavy and slowly collapsed on Lin Ling...

PahPahPah~

Then, accompanied by a round of applause, a woman wearing a hooded cloak appeared.

She applauded and praised: "As expected of Lord 00, you easily captured the Herrscher of the Void without using a single soldier or even force."

"Lin Ling! You actually betrayed me again...!" After hearing the words of the person who came, Kiana said to Lin Ling angrily.

But unlike the extremely angry voice, a smile appeared on her face as she faced away from Raven.

It turned out that when Raven gave Lin Ling a gas grenade filled with modified serum, Lin Ling immediately used the power of reason to mix some chemical substances that could react with it into the serum to make it ineffective.

Then, when she was flirting with Chongchong just now, she used a feather of Fenghuang Down in their bodies and Fu Hua's consciousness to tell Kiana to surrender and pretend to be abducted. Kiana immediately understood and cooperated with Lin Ling to play a love-hate drama.

"Hi~" Lin Ling stood up slowly while holding Kiana in her arms and then said to Raven, "New wife, come and pick up your sister. I have something else to deal with."

"..."

Although she was very unhappy, Raven did as she was told and came over to hug the weak Kiana.

But at the moment the two exchanged...

"Huh!?"

Kiana, who was on the verge of dying, suddenly had a gleam in her eyes!

"Not good." Raven instantly realized something was wrong. She immediately wanted to use the Third Divine Key, Seven Thunders of Retribution.

But she was still a step too late.

Kiana burst out with amazing power and instantly grabbed Raven's wrist.

At the same time, Lin Ling also burst out, threw Raven to the ground, and held her legs.

Just like that, Raven, the first mercenary in North America, an agent of the World Serpent, and the holder the Third Divine Key, was easily subdued...

But! At this moment!

Boom!

Like a meteor!

A person-sized light shining with strong light suddenly fell from the sky and landed in front of Lin Ling.

"Ms. Lin Ling, Ms. Kiana, please come with me."

The golden-haired girl who made a brilliant appearance said to the two white-haired girls who were tying up a gray-haired girl with a rope.

Lin Ling was shocked. This, this is not right! Durandal!? Why did she come so early!?

At the same time, Kiana also looked at the strongest Schicksal Valkyrie with great vigilance.

"As for you!" Durandal then looked at Raven with an extremely cold face, pointing a gun directly at her face. "People of World Serpent, answer me! Were all my teammates killed by you...?"

"Wait! It's not me!" Raven quickly glanced at Lin Ling. "It was all done by her! If you don't believe me, you can watch the surveillance video!"

"Really?!" Durandal immediately turned her murderous eyes to Lin Ling after hearing this.

"Wives, help me stop my silly wife! I have something urgent to deal with!"

But suddenly, the white-haired girl confessed herself and tried to cover up her crime. After Raven asked Durandal to watch the video, she opened the imaginary portal without any scruples.

"Hmph! You still want to escape!"

But Durandal was already extremely angry. She did not give Lin Ling a chance to escape.

After Lin Ling just put her head into the portal, she threw a spear directly and nailed one of her feet to the ground!

"Durandal, what are you doing?!" Seeing Lin Ling injured, Kiana was furious and immediately took out her double guns to fight Durandal!

And Raven took the opportunity to break free from the rope that was not tied due to Durandal's interference and fled the scene in an instant...

...

"Hmm..."

On the other side, in the small imaginary space created by Lin Ling, the unconscious Rita woke up again.

"Vice-Captain! Are you okay?!" Then, she found herself surrounded by a group of teammates who were worried.

"I'm fine." Rita stretched out her hands and half-raised herself, nodded slightly, and then she quickly but carefully observed the bloody Alvitr and the other members of the Immortal Blade behind her and asked worriedly, "Are you injured? How are you, Alvitr?"

"We were rescued by the companion of the Herrscher of the Void." Alvitr pointed to the place where Lin Ling disappeared before and said very moved, "She also helped several people with serious injuries to heal their wounds, so no one is in danger of life now."

"Really..." Rita squeezed out a smile weakly, "I'm relieved to see that you are okay..."

As she spoke, Rita's eyes also followed Alvitr's gesture, stopping at the position where the white-haired girl had briefly left. Her expression was a little dazed and complicated, as if that guy was still standing there grinning at her...

"But vice-captain, I can't understand." Alvitr's doubtful words drew Rita's attention back, and she asked, "Why did that person come to save us? Isn't she the top of the wanted list? The number one enemy of Schicksal?"

"I'm not sure about this either." Rita shook her head.

She couldn't be sure of the original intention of that incomprehensible girl. It can't be that she really loves everyone as she said, so she came to save them... even offended the World Serpent for this.

"Deputy Captain doesn't know either?" After hearing Rita's words, Alvitr said in surprise, "Come to think of it, wasn't her wanted order written by you, deputy captain? You said she was full of evil, extortion, rape, and plunder... I thought you knew her well..."

"Hmm..." Rita was silent for a while, then observed this empty space and analyzed, "... Maybe she really doesn't want to kill us, but one thing is certain, she has locked us up now. Maybe she thinks it's not cost-effective to kill us directly, so keeping us is useful? I hope Lord Durandal can arrive as soon as possible and rescue us."

But at this moment, a small imaginary portal suddenly opened next to Rita, and then a small white head poked out and said with resentment: "Oh, you are actually saying bad things about me behind my back again?"

"..."

Seeing this, Rita and others stopped talking instantly and stared at the girl who locked them up with other Immortal Blade members vigilantly.

But the next moment, the white-haired girl's words made them feel extremely ashamed.

"I let you hide here from the World Serpent because you are so weak." Lin Ling pouted, her face full of resentment, "Now you think I am imprisoning you, so let's go!"

As she said that, Lin Ling waved her hand, and a relatively large imaginary portal opened.

"Ah?"

Then the Immortal Blades felt their bodies lighten and their feet were empty, falling to an open space.

However, since it had been a while since they were first poisoned, they had recovered some of their strength, and this height was not a problem.

Then Alvitr and Vice Captain Rita looked at each other.

They both saw full apology in each other's eyes.

"Alas..." Then Alvitr sighed, "It seems that we have wronged her again..."

"Rita!?! You, you are still alive!"

But immediately, Rita heard a very familiar and pleasantly surprised voice behind her...

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Chapter 116: Durandal: I will always guard against you!

The sudden change made Durandal who had been completely suppressing Kiana with her bare hands stop her attack.

Then, Durandal, whose face was full of surprise and joy because of the reunion, flashed and appeared beside Rita in an instant.

"Rita! Are you okay!?" She grabbed Rita's hands, which were obviously a little weak. "What happened? I heard you were in danger, and I thought you were..."

"It's like this... Lord Durandal, we were indeed in danger, but fortunately..."

Rita turned her eyes to Lin Ling, who was sitting on the ground holding her feet and screaming as she continuously shouted that people from Schicksal has no conscience.

"Miss Lin Ling saved me and saved everyone."

"..."

Although there were only a few words, Durandal had roughly understood the truth of the matter. She turned her head to look at the other members of the Immortal Blades.

"Yeah."

Everyone nodded affirmatively.

Then, without any hesitation, Durandal turned around and strode toward Lin Ling who was squatting on the ground and covering her feet not far away.

"You..." Seeing this stupid goose approaching her with "aggression," Lin Ling felt a little panicked, especially since she was nailed to the ground by the Black Abyss White Flower.

The breath of decay that emanated from the spear body could even suppress her own creation power.

So she had to speak timidly, "Old... wife, what do you want to do to me?"

"I'm sorry!"

Suddenly, Durandal half-knelt in front of Lin Ling.

"It may hurt a little, bear with it."

Then, without waiting for Lin Ling to respond, Durandal carefully held the Black Abyss White Flower with one hand and quickly pulled it out after a slight pause.

"Hiss!"

After the long spear that had pierced the sole of Lin Ling's foot was pulled out, she immediately grimaced in pain.

But before Lin Ling in pain could retract her foot, Durandal's other hand had already gently grasped and lifted Lin Ling's bleeding foot.

The next moment, a faint white light appeared from the Black Abyss White Flower, reflecting on the hideous wound on Lin Ling's foot.

Soon, under this soft white light, the wound healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye...

While Durandal was treating Lin Ling's injury, Kiana who saw that Lin Ling's leg was recovering rapidly also breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, she had a chance to relax her attention, which had been drawn to Durandal and Lin Ling before.

But after relaxing, she suddenly realized that something was wrong...

It appears that someone was missing?

Kiana quickly looked back but only saw a roll of loose rope on the ground, and Raven, who should have been there, had disappeared without a trace.

"Huh!? The woman of the World Serpent?!" Kiana was shocked. "How could it be!? We already used serum gas on her! She should have lost her power?"

Boom~!

At the same time, the roar of car engines came from not far away, and then a group of transport convoys suddenly started. After knocking away a large amount of waste blocking the road, they drove toward the city center at top speed.

"Damn! She escaped! Lin Ling!" Kiana turned back and said to Lin Ling, "I must stop their conspiracy! Otherwise, the whole city will suffer!"

"Go, my wife." While Lin Ling was enjoying the foot massage from Durandal with a comfortable look on her face, she waved to Kiana casually. "Don't worry about me. I have many wives here to accompany me."

"You!"

Kiana's eyes twitched when she heard this. She really wanted to go up and beat her up! Unfortunately, time was very tight now; it was too late!

"I'll deal with you when I come back!" So, she could only leave a complaint and turn around to chase the transport vehicle, which was suspected to be driven by Raven.

Rita spoke to Durandal anxiously, "Lord Durandal! The World Serpent wants to use all the lives in this city to conduct a horrible experiment. We can't let them do this!"

"But, Rita, your injury..." Durandal looked at the wound on Rita's body with a little concern.

"My injuries are not serious." Rita explained, "Our weakness is mainly because we were poisoned by a serum gas that can neutralize Honkai energy, so we are temporarily unable to use Honkai energy. But after this period of repair, we have recovered a little. In addition, since that World Serpent person can recover, there must be an antidote for this gas poison! So, I decided to investigate inside the industrial zone!"

"Well." After thinking for a while, Durandal nodded and said to all the team members present, "In this case, you all go. I am enough here, and I will go to support you immediately after I finish my business here."

"No!"

Although Durandal agreed, Lin Ling disagreed and kept shouting, "Wives, don't leave! Stay here with me!"

"Saving humanity is the duty of our Schicksal Valkyries. And don't worry about us, Miss Lin Ling." Perhaps seeing through Lin Ling's little thoughts, Rita smiled confidently. "Rita won't fall in the same place twice."

However, Lin Ling turned her head and said, "Humph, I'm not worried about you~"

Alvitr also patted Lin Ling on the shoulder and then said, "We are the Immortal Blade, the elite of the elite of Schicksal, and we will never fall into the same pit twice. However, it would be great if we were not enemies. I really hope Miss Lin Ling can join us. That would be very interesting, right, everyone?"

"Yeah~" The other girls also nodded repeatedly.

Afterwards, the Immortal Blade team sneaked into the still-safe facilities in this industrial area again, searching for the antidote for the serum gas.

"Damn it, is there no market for tsundere? Even if I act cute like this, I can't keep them? Damn it."

Soon, Lin Ling who had just said that there were many wives here and asked Kiana not to worry about her could only watch a large group of beautiful girls around her leave.

"Woo woo T_T... My wives, my wives. Why did you all run away? No, don't go~ How can I live without you!..."

After all the Schicksal Valkyries left...

"Ah~" Lin Ling sighed, then turned her eyes to Durandal, who was holding her feet and healing her wounds. She stretched out her hand and pressed on her golden hair. "It seems that Durandal loves me more. I decided to marry you!"

"..."

But Durandal who was concentrating on healing ignored her.

About a minute or two later...

Finally, the bloody muzzle hole on Lin Ling's feet disappeared without a trace, replaced by smooth, delicate, white skin like exquisite porcelain.

But even though the injury healed, Durandal still held her tightly.

"Wife... you...?" Lin Ling looked at the blonde girl in front of her with a somewhat complicated expression. "What's wrong? Is it not healed yet? Uh-huh~what are you doing?"

But then, Durandal squeezed the soft jade in her hand a little harder.

Seeing that the white-haired girl in front of her did not show any painful expression on her face, she nodded with satisfaction. "Well... it seems that it should be fine."

"Oh~ it really doesn't hurt anymore." Lin Ling, who looked a little tipsy, said to Durandal, "Thank you, Durandal. So~ can you let me go?"

"No." Durandal shook her head. "I should thank you. Thank you for saving everyone. In addition, I deeply apologize for hurting you in my impulse just now... Anyway!"

At the end, feeling sorry, Durandal lowered her head to Lin Ling. "Miss Lin Ling, I have no way to repay you for your kindness to all members of the Immortal Blade today!"

"Humph! How can you not repay me?" Lin Ling, her face visibly flushed, smiled calmly. "All of you should marry me as your wife!"

"..." Durandal did not speak and did not release her grip.

"Hey!" Finally, Lin Ling couldn't help it. She was already blushing and shouted to Durandal, "Are you a pervert? Do you have a problem!? Ah?! Let me go!"

As she spoke, Lin Ling twisted her body, trying to forcefully pull back from Durandal's firm grasp.

"Alas!" Durandal sighed deeply, her expression growing more complex. She apologized to Lin Ling again. "I'm sorry. Although you saved everyone, I am very grateful, but one thing is one thing. My mission must be completed! I will take you back to Schicksal's headquarters!"

"Really?" Lin Ling shook her head. "What benefits did that Otto give you? Why do you work for him like this? Forget it, I'm afraid l won't go back with you... No way!"

Zizizizi!

Swoosh!

Suddenly, at the same time that Lin Ling said "I'll won't back with you," she slapped the ground with both hands, her body spinning in the air.

Then, she activated the powers of the Herrscher of Wind and Thunder simultaneously, releasing strong high-voltage electricity from the foot held by Durandal. The other foot that was still free had a sharp wind blade attached to it. Then she kicked Durandal's head fiercely, who looked like she didn't have time to defend herself!

However, just as Lin Ling's attack was about to hit Durandal, a translucent barrier blocked her toes, preventing her attack from advancing further.

But this move wasn't completely ineffective.

Relying on the torque of her body's rotation and the reaction force from the kick, along with the sudden high-voltage electric shock that paralyzed Durandal's hands, Lin Ling managed to break free from her grip.

Then, she activated the power of the Herrscher of the Void and instantly moved to a relatively safe distance.

"Not bad." Durandal stood up slowly and praised her. "You're much stronger than the last time we met, but you're still no match for me. So, don't resist in vain. Come back to Schicksal with me, Miss Lin Ling."

"Hmph. Are you good at fighting?" Hearing Durandal belittle her strength, Lin Ling pointed at her own head with a mocking look. "You need to rely on your brain to get by out there. Fighting is useless. You're so strong, but you still live under someone else's roof, depend on others, and let them boss you around? It's better to rise up and rebel against the archbishop! When I'll take the throne, I'll be the Archbishop of Schicksal, and then you can be... the wife of the Overseer of Schicksal. Okay?"

"..." But in response to Lin Ling's invitation to overthrow Otto and make herself the Overseer's wife, Durandal didn't answer directly. Instead, she continued to discuss the previous topic. "Lin Ling, come back to Schicksal headquarters with me. You just need to accompany us for a few experimental tests. We won't hurt you."

"Experiments?! No, no, no." Lin Ling shook her head repeatedly. "I don't want to be dissected or sliced for research. Don't even think about it!"

"No, not that kind of experiment. I won't hurt you, and I won't let anyone else hurt you!" Seeing that Lin Ling didn't trust her, Durandal placed her hand on her chest and assured her, "I swear on my life and honor, no matter what, I will absolutely guarantee your safety! I'll always protect you."

"Mm." Lin Ling shook her head like a rattle. "No! I can trust you, but I can't trust your terrible archbishop who sacrifices Valkyries at every turn. If you don't want to overthrow him from within, then start your own organization with me. I've been planning to create a new organization called... Nitian! Yes, Nitian! Um, this name is really good~"

"In that case, time is running out. Sorry!"

Seeing that the white-haired girl in front of her was talking nonsense and going further off track as if trying to delay something, Durandal who was concerned about Rita's situation couldn't hold back.

Facing the World Serpent might be risky, and she knew she couldn't win an argument with this sharp-tongued girl in front of her. So, she stopped talking and decided to take action!

Durandal raised the lance in her hand and aimed it at Lin Ling, slightly gathered strength, then suddenly stomped the ground and instantly turned into a meteor, rushing toward Lin Ling!

But she missed.

When Durandal was about to hit the white-haired girl, Lin Ling suddenly flashed her wrist, and a long-handled broadsword appeared in her hand to block Durandal's attack.

"Well... are you not satisfied with my proposal just now? Tsk. Do you have to fight for top and bottom? Forget it, I'm afraid of you."

While the two were engaged in combat with their weapons, Lin Ling looked at Durandal with a teasing expression. "Then you come to be the Archbishop of Schicksal, and I'll be your wife."

"..." Durandal still didn't respond, but the surprise on her face grew more apparent.

Before, when Lin Ling attacked her, she managed to dodge, but now that she was taking it seriously, she still couldn't defeat her quickly?

It seems Lin Ling's strength was already above Rita's. If she wanted to take Lin Ling down quickly, she would have to use her real skills...

Bang!

Then, both exerted force almost simultaneously, and the strong, rich Honkai energy created a massive explosion where their weapons met, separating the two.

The next moment.

Being separated by the explosion, Durandal did not immediately launch another attack. Instead, she slowly floated into the air, closed her eyes, and slightly opened her arms.

The blue and white Bright Knight Battlesuit she was wearing disappeared in a burst of light, leaving only a tight lining.

"What are you doing?!" Lin Ling was shocked when she saw this. Then, she quickly hugged her chest and shrank back. "Do you know you can't beat this super-beautiful girl who's rare in this world? So you plan to use the beauty trap to seduce me? Damn it! You know I will fall for it! You're so despicable!"

"#."

Hearing this, Durandal's body floating in the air trembled, and even veins seemed to pop out on her forehead...

But she forced herself to endure and activated the most powerful power within her.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A large number of golden, gorgeous armors appeared out of thin air and quickly attached themselves to her body.

Once the golden armors merged with Durandal, she immediately exuded a powerful aura. It made her who was already confident and calm even more domineering!

"What?"

Lin Ling was shocked.

Rationally speaking, shouldn't they be testing each other and then fighting seriously before transforming if they felt they couldn't win?

Why did she transform into a golden barbecued goose directly?!

But...

Immediately, under her feigned surprise, she showed a mysterious smile.

Hehe, this is exactly what I want~

Then, Lin Ling's next move was...

"Surrender! I surrender! Honey, your armored body is so handsome, I've decided to marry you! I will betray them directly!"

"Huh?" Durandal, who had been silent and pretending to be aloof was stunned. She didn't expect Lin Ling to surrender immediately when she truly took action.

What it could be? What conspiracy is she planning again?

Trajectory?

Durandal secretly became alert. This girl had always been cunning. Last time, Bianka was about to use the power of the Dea Anchora, but she escaped. Durandal had to be cautious.

"This time it's real!"

Clang.

Seeing that Durandal was still doubting her, Lin Ling threw her weapon away, then raised her hands high and made a very standard French military salute. "From now on, I am your prisoner. Do whatever you want to me! Gu! Kill me!"

Seeing that Lin Ling had even thrown away her weapon, it appears that she was really afraid of her.

Durandal smiled and walked forward slowly, extending her hand to Lin Ling. "Don't worry, since I said I would protect you, I will definitely keep my promise and never let anyone hurt you. Let's go, let's solve the problem with the World Serpent first, then return to Schicksal's headquarters with Miss Kiana."

Lin Ling also smiled and extended her hand to Durandal. "Roar. Let's kill that World Serpent first, then return to Schicksal's headquarters and transform it into my lily garden."

"Lily Garden? What is that?"

But just as the two women were about to successfully hold hands...

"No! You can't go with her!"

Suddenly!

A girl with a high ponytail and dark purple hair, holding a katana, appeared...

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Chapter 117: I'm Sorry Mei, I'm Already a Woman of Lord Durandal

Since Saint Freya and the Anti-Entropy Alliance decided to act separately, Theresa and her group went to The Deep with the intention to rescue Lin Ling who was trapped in the Sea of Quanta through the Eye of the Sea Source.

Meanwhile, Dr. Tesla took the humanoid machine with Kiana's information back to the Anti-Entropy Headquarters in an attempt to restore her memory. Originally, Dr. Tesla had asked Mei to accompany her.

However, Mei was concerned about Kiana, so she decided to stay in Arc City alone. She didn't want to miss any opportunity and didn’t want to waste any time. She said she would find Kiana no matter what.

Unfortunately, since the Fourth Eruption, small human settlements were unable to resist the invasion of the Honkai, and only super-large settlements can organize enough power to fight it.

Arc City is megacity with a large population before the Great Honkai, which attracted many refugees afterward, causing the population to increase dramatically.

Searching for a specific girl among tens of millions of people was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Even though Mei had been searching day and night for many days, she still couldn’t find any trace of Kiana.

Just when she was feeling anxious as she found no leads on Kiana, she received some news.

"I'm sorry, Mei, we couldn't rescue Lin Ling from the Sea of Quanta..."

On the other side of the communicator, the red-haired lady with flickering eyes delivered the bad news, which worsened the situation.

"What!?" After hearing what Himeko said, Mei's pupils dilated to the extreme. She responded in a daze, "How could it be... How could it be... No, this can't be true!"

Mei hadn’t expected that since parting ways after the Wendy incident, she hadn’t been able to formally clarify the misunderstanding with Lin Ling, and she hadn’t had the chance to eat another bite of the food Lin Ling had made.

"Don't worry, there's some good news too." Just as Mei was about to be heartbroken, Himeko's expression changed from sadness to a smile. "Although we couldn't rescue Lin Ling from the Sea of Quanta, she did come out of the Sea of Quanta to save us. She even rescued Seele, who had sunk into the Sea of Quanta during an experiment several years ago. That little girl really knows how to surprise people!"

"Hmm...?" Mei's dull eyes suddenly brightened. "Really... really?"

"Of course it's true~" Himeko said apologetically, "Sorry, I saw that you looked a little down, and I couldn't help teasing you. Now you’re in better spirits after hearing the good news."

"Hmm... by the way! Where is she? Where is she now?!" Mei asked quickly, "I really want to... really want to talk to her..."

"Not right now." At that moment, Theresa interrupted regretfully. "That girl mentioned something about Kiana suffering in Arc City, and she was going to save her. Then, she left alone in a hurry, and we couldn't stop her."

"In other words, she’s also in Arc City now? Then why is she..." Mei’s face showed a trace of dissatisfaction. "Why didn’t she come to me?"

"This... I don't know." Himeko shrugged. "I don't understand young people’s affairs. Besides, the little one seemed to be trying to avoid someone called ‘Serpent,’ so she left in a hurry without even bringing a communicator. Maybe she didn't know how to contact you... Bronya was seriously injured and fell into a coma. Anti-Entropy still has a lot of messes to deal with, and the humanoid machine's intelligence hasn't been cracked yet, so we may be delayed."

"Huh... I see... Don’t worry, I will definitely find them." Hearing this, Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief and hung up the phone. "With more targets to find in this city, I’m really...,"

Mei smiled fondly, "She's another one who makes people worry..."

She then looked up at the sky of Arc City and felt motivated, then set out again in search of the two girls.

However, after another day and night of searching, she still found nothing.

"It’s impossible... were they having so much fun that they forgot about me? ...Ha~ How could that be? What am I thinking?" Mei shook her head. She dismissed the random thoughts, and continued searching for the two white-haired girls.

But that night, things took an unexpected turn.

A violent explosion shook the entire Arc City.

At first, Mei didn’t pay much attention. After all, in the current world, Honkai was everywhere, and explosions were a common occurrence. She had heard of several Honkai Outbreaks in the few days since arriving in Arc City...

But soon, the giant screen outside the high-rise building caught her attention.

"A Schicksal transport ship crashed into an industrial area on the outskirts of the city for unknown reasons, causing huge casualties? Well! It’s still Schicksal!"

Looking at the news on the big screen, Mei was shocked.

In this world, as far as she knew, the only people who would oppose Schicksal were Anti-Entropy and their group of rebels from the former Far East Branch of Schicksal.

But Theresa and the others weren't here at all...

That means...

"Could it be that Kiana or Lin Ling is there?!"

Without time to think, Mei immediately rushed there as fast as she could.

God doesn’t disappoint those who work hard.

When Mei arrived at the ruins of the industrial zone with hope and expectation, she really saw a white figure that she had been thinking about...

Ling Ling! That troublesome woman was really here!

But in addition to Lin Ling, there was someone Mei probably didn’t want to see at that moment.

It was the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal—Durandal.

In Mei’s mind, she was the strongest being after the Herrscher of the Void and far beyond an opponent she could contend with.

Moreover, from their conversation, it seemed that the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal had made some promise to Lin Ling, convincing her little wolf to voluntarily go home with her!

But this can’t be!

Mei stretched out her left hand and shouted at Lin Ling at the top of her lungs, "No! You can't go with her!"

However, she was still a step too late.

The hands of the two girls, one gold and one white, were already joined.

"Miss Raiden Mei," Durandal turned her head to look at Mei who had just arrived panting with messy hair and clothes. Then she pulled Lin Ling who was holding her hand into her arms with one arm. She looked at Mei coldly and said, "Sorry, she has agreed to return to Schicksal with me."

"Ling... is what she said true?"

Mei looked into Lin Ling’s eyes, hoping to hear a negative response from her.

However, Lin Ling gently shook her head at Mei with an apologetic look, then snuggled into the arms of the tall blonde girl beside her like a little bird. "I’m sorry, Mei... I’m already... the woman of Lord Durandal..."

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Chapter 118: When the Task Is Completed, Let's Get Married

Hearing this, Mei was jolted, and she froze on the spot, remaining silent for a long time.

[Ding~ System prompt: The host has successfully made Raiden Mei feel extremely sad, increasing the power of the Herrscher of Thunder to 10%.]

At the same time, the cold prompt of the system echoed in Lin Ling’s mind.

Oh, good, I got something good again. It seems Mei is indeed the genuine Herrscher chosen by Honkai, and it’s not just a matter of implanting a gem. If I tease her a few more times, she may become the complete version in advance...

However, when Lin Ling who was feeling a bit too proud of her ability improvement saw the purple-haired girl biting her lips with her eyes slightly moistened not far away...

"Ah~"

She sighed inwardly. It was really a bit unbearable to continue bullying her.

Forgive me, Mei, this is the last time.

So...

"mua~"

Lin Ling puckered her lips in apology and leaned toward the blonde girl, who was slightly taller than her.

"＃! You dare!"

This act, as if declaring sovereignty, instantly made Mei go from looking pitiful like an abandoned kitten to extremely angry.

"Miss Lin Ling! Please don’t do this!"

Not only Mei but also Durandal quickly reached out and pressed the forehead of the white-haired girl, stopping her from advancing further. She then said angrily, "Please don’t use such misleading gestures... and don’t do such misleading things! We are just... um?... The relationship between a knight and the person they swore to protect."

"Hmph!" Lin Ling pushed Durandal away in dissatisfaction. "Dudu you conscienceless ghost, you don’t recognize it after playing? **** Ruthless, huh?! Scumbag!"

Then she turned her gaze to Mei and winked playfully.

Frowning, Mei could only grit her teeth and watch the intimate interaction between the white-haired girl and the blonde girl.

"Eight? Sorry, Miss Lin Ling... I don’t quite understand what you mean." Durandal was a little confused after hearing another name from Lin Ling that she didn’t know. But considering time was short, she didn’t care about her curiosity. "Let’s go and complete the other tasks first."

"Okay!" Lin Ling nodded eagerly. "Let’s go save my wife! If that idiot is caught by the people from Heliopolis Life Sciences, they might lock her in a laboratory and slice her for research! We need to save her, and after that, I can have my rice bowl tonight! Hehe."

"Rice bowl?" Durandal tilted her head, completely unable to keep up with Lin Ling’s thought process. "Forget it, we’ll talk about food later."

She was too lazy to engage in pointless chatter with Lin Ling, whose thinking was a little jumpy. She quickly stopped Lin Ling at the waist, then jumped up, turning into a golden meteor and leaving the area.

"No!!"

Mei immediately chased after them!

Unfortunately, her weakness kept her from catching up as she could only watch Lin Ling turn into a meteor and fly into the sky in someone else’s arms...

"Damn it!"

Mei stopped in frustration and stomped heavily on the ground.

But suddenly, she remembered the wink Lin Ling gave her before leaving. She felt that things weren’t so simple this time.

Based on my understanding of this girl, she must be acting again, right? She must be planning some conspiracy, right?

But... Damn it! Why am I so angry?!

From Lin Ling’s last words, Kiana seems to be in danger?! And she is likely to be captured in Heliopolis Life Sciences’s laboratory?

No, I can’t just stand by and watch! I’ll go find that laboratory first!

...

On the other side, Kiana who possessed some of the power of the Herrscher of the Void had caught up with Raven’s convoy, she also deliberately got hit by a gas poison so she could pretend to lose her power.

"What do you want to do in this city?"

Kiana’s steps were shaky, and she appeared unable to maintain her balance, but even so, she still cared about the safety of the people in the city.

"I am not obliged to answer your questions." Raven refused to answer Kiana’s questions with a scowl and knocked her out with a knife.

Then she took out a communicator to inform Jackal. "Jackal, there were some accidents, and target 0 was lost. However, I secretly installed a tracker on her, and her location is always in my control. Additionally, I successfully captured the Herrscher of the Void."

"Hehe, as long as we know her location, everything will be fine when the Lord arrives. But as I expected, as long as the method is correct, the Herrscher is not an unchallengeable monster." Jackal’s very confident voice came from the communicator. "Raven, take her back to my laboratory."

"I advise you not to leave trouble behind!" Raven reminded coldly.

"Killing her now would be a waste of natural resources!" Jackal’s voice grew excited. "Do you know what this is? A Herrscher! A living Herrscher... The World Serpent has never obtained such a sample since its establishment. I can’t wait to take her apart and examine her! Studying her will help us make a leap forward in understanding the nature of Honkai!"

"Hmph~ Can these studies revive those who died in Honkai?" Raven retorted.

"Raven, you don’t understand what such an opportunity means to us researchers. If you can’t understand your enemy, you can never defeat it! We just need to do our part. The Lord didn’t order you to kill her directly. Just activate the ‘switch’ according to the original plan, and all humans in Arc City will usher in a new life."

"Understood..."

Raven hung up the communication, ordered her men to put the unconscious Kiana into a carriage, and told them to take her back to Jackal’s laboratory. She herself took the Honkai energy reactor loaded onto the EOS transport ship toward the center of Arc City, where she planned to transform this large Honkai energy engine into a bomb for a large-scale city-level stigma plan.

...

"Lin Ling, according to the latest information from Rita, the World Serpent is preparing to detonate a Honkai energy engine in the center of the city that could destroy the entire city! We must not let them succeed!"

In the sky, Durandal was carefully scanning the ground for the situation, searching for the World Serpent convoy carrying the engine.

"Then Dudu, after completing the mission and returning to the Schicksal headquarters, we’ll get married."

But Lin Ling appeared completely unconcerned with the safety of others and continued to make lewd comments in Durandal’s ear.

"No!" Durandal was extremely angry and refused. She really wanted to find some tape to shut this noisy girl’s mouth. Can’t she be serious for a second?

"Besides! How many times have I told you that my name is Durandal? Stop calling me the wrong name! You didn’t get it right once today!"

But just when Durandal was annoyed by Lin Ling’s nonsense and constant verbal harassment, she couldn’t help but get angry.

"Be careful!"

Suddenly, Lin Ling shouted loudly. She hugged Durandal with all her strength, twisted hard, and exchanged positions with her.

Boom!

The next moment, a huge wave of fire erupted from behind Lin Ling, swallowing her whole...

Seeing this, Durandal’s pupils instantly dilated to the extreme: "Lin Ling!?!"

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Chapter 119: Silly Goose vs. Ice Pig, 00 Run Away!

In the first moment, the white-haired girl was still teasing the blonde girl with a playful smile.

In the next moment, she suddenly used her body as a shield, blocking the huge scorching waves meant for the blonde girl who was distracted by anger.

But in addition to the scorching flames, there was a powerful force of impact. Under this immense force, the golden meteor in the sky, originally heading toward the center of the city at high speed, immediately changed course at an acute angle of less than 90 degrees and quickly flew toward the outskirts of Arc City.

Boom!

A few seconds later, a massive explosion and fire erupted in the suburbs. The golden meteorite had fallen in a relatively remote area, far from the main city, creating a huge crater in the peaceful wilderness.

Before the smoke had a chance to dissipate, with a face as cold as ice, Duranal cradled the unconscious, disheveled white-haired girl in her arms and stepped out of the billowing smoke.

Not long ago, Durandal had vowed to protect the white-haired girl forever, but less than half an hour later, Lin Ling was gravely injured in her arms, hurt while trying to protect her.

This filled Durandal's heart with deep regret.

Damn it! If I had been more generous and not gotten angry with her, if I hadn’t been distracted, we could have avoided this attack, and she wouldn’t have been hurt because of me…

With intense anger and resentment, Durandal glared at the person who had followed them and launched the attack.

“Who are you? Why are you attacking us?”

The man was young-looking, with white hair, but his eyes carried the weight of experience that didn’t match his youthful appearance. He ignored her question.

“You can’t leave with her,” he said coldly, pointing his red sword at Lin Ling, who had closed her eyes and collapsed in Durandal’s arms. “You must come with me to see her.”

Damn it!

He had beaten her so badly that she had passed out, yet now he was still pretending to speak to her?

Durandal was already furious, but at this moment, she couldn’t afford to spend too much time healing Lin Ling.

Although they had never met, and she hadn’t found him in Schicksal’s vast intelligence database, Durandal instinctively realized that this man was extremely dangerous.

He might be the most powerful opponent she had ever faced. A single mistake could lead to her defeat, and Lin Ling would be taken from her.

She dared not divert too much attention or strength to heal Lin Ling, for if she did, she wouldn’t be able to stop him once he attacked.

Therefore, Durandal had to quickly use the power of the Black Abyss White Flower to briefly repair Lin Ling so that at least she would be out of immediate danger.

She gently placed Lin Ling on the grass, then held the Black Abyss White Flower tightly in her hand as she faced the man.

In an instant, feeling herself to be the weaker party, Durandal took the initiative to attack and punched Kevin in the face, only to be repelled by an invisible barrier.

Kevin then waved his hand, summoning countless black crystals from the ground that attacked Durandal like spikes.

But Durandal dodged each one with agility, continuing her assault on Kevin. This time, she used even greater power, stabbing the Black Abyss White Flower, which shattered the invisible barrier that had repelled her earlier.

Seeing this, Kevin took out Shamash to block in front of him. A look of approval appeared on his cold face.

Through the stigmata space, he had learned that the blonde girl before him was a descendant of the Kaslana family and one of the successes of Mei's Project Stigma. She was likely to become the superhuman who fully awakened the stigmata, just as Mei had expected.

So, he had deliberately tested her power.

Meanwhile, during the battle between the strongest of Schicksal and the Lord of the World Serpent, a certain white-haired girl lying on the ground near death… suddenly sprang up with a somersault!

“The wind is strong, hurry up!”

Then, while Durandal and Kevin were engaged in their aerial battle and paying no attention to her, the white-haired girl opened an imaginary portal and immediately disappeared without a trace.

“?”

Durandal and Kevin who were in the heat of battle glanced at each other surprise. Confusion flickering in their eyes.

However, Durandal did not abandon the enemy in front of her to pursue Lin Ling. She knew that only by defeating the mysterious enemy could she bring Lin Ling back to Schicksal.

With Lin Ling gone, no other creatures remained in the desolate wilderness except for the Honkai Beasts. The two opponents no longer held back and unleashed even stronger powers.

In an instant, the sky and the earth shifted, and the sun and moon lost their brilliance.

But as the battle intensified, Durandal conjured a shadow that looked like it belonged to another world in the sky, while Kevin created a massive death icicle the size of a mountain on the ground.

“Durandal, stop.”

A blond man suddenly appeared in the wilderness.

“Huh? Overseer…” Durandal looked back to see Archbishop who should have been in Africa.

“The leader of the World Serpent.” After ordering Durandal to stop, Otto addressed Kevin. “You’ve fully demonstrated your strength. In that case, I must return the courtesy. I am Otto Apocalypse, the current Archbishop of Schicksal.”

On the other side…

After sneaking into the industrial zone again, Rita immediately began using her hacking skills.

She accessed the Heliopolis Life Sciences computer system to search for the critical information she needed, starting with the urgent plan of the World Serpent regarding the lives of the city’s inhabitants.

Once she gathered the information, she immediately relayed it to Durandal, hoping she could prevent it all. But even with Durandal who was strongest person in Schicksal, Rita still felt that things weren’t as simple as they seemed. So, she decided to restore her strength.

“Keywords: hsn-b46, blocking reaction, antidote…”

Soon, with the keywords inputted, Rita discovered that the serum capable of neutralizing Honkai energy did indeed have an antidote, but the problem was:

This vital antidote was stored in a room protected by automated defenses and a large number of mechs.

With the severely reduced strength of herself and the other Immortal Blade members, retrieving the potion from there would be extremely difficult.

“Hmph… It’s very well-protected… What should I do?”

Swish!

Just as Rita felt a bit uncertain, a cold glint flashed, and a sharp sword was instantly pressed to her neck.

“Where is Kiana? Is all of this your fault!”

The newcomer immediately demanded, eager for answers.

This person had crossed paths with Mei, who had been searching for the laboratory where Kiana might be imprisoned, she followed a tip from Lin Ling.

“Oh, I meet Miss Mei here. How lucky I am,” Rita said with a smile. Even though a knife was held at her neck, she didn’t show panic.

Instead, she smiled as if anticipating reinforcements. “We’re not enemies right now.”

Then, Rita explained what had happened in Arc City and made a deal with Mei.

Mei would help the Immortal Blade team attack the Drug Research Institute to obtain the antidote for the HSN-B46 serum.

Rita handed over Kiana’s information and Gray Serpent’s artificial eye.

After receiving the information, Mei immediately rushed to a laboratory underground, where she finally found the white-haired girl she had been thinking about… but there were… two of them?!

“Ling?! Why are you here too? Didn’t you voluntarily go with Durandal?!”

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Chapter 120: It's Obviously a Reunion of Three People, Two Happy Things together, Why...

In an underground laboratory, she had dreams that were neither true nor false in countless dark nights, sinking into the bottomless abyss of memory.

Dark and cold, she struggled to swim upwards, desperately gasping for air.

But the way up was too dark and long.

And the choice of giving up was within reach.

She was tired; she just wanted to fall asleep like this and never have to pay attention to this world full of pain again.

However, a faint voice was constantly calling the girl's name, like a crack in thick ice.

The name sounded so strange; the girl had never truly had it.

...But every syllable beat with her heartbeat.

"Kiana, Kiana Kaslana! Wake up..."

Not from her ears, but from deep within her consciousness, this voice sounded directly. It reminded the girl of this name, the name she longed to have.

As her consciousness gradually returned, she remembered the torture and experiments she had been enduring.

There were still tasks left unfinished. How could she just let herself fall asleep like this?

"Cough... cough..."

The strong resolve helped Kiana regain consciousness.

"Very good, Herrscher of the Void!" an excited voice came from the screen. "In the test just now, you only fainted for one-third of a second. Your body is simply a miracle! Ha, it seems that no matter how much we torture her, she can recover. Can you still speak?"

"How many people will survive your experiment... the experiment in Arc City..." the weak Kiana asked, her words coming in fits and starts.

"Hmph~ Do you care about the number of people? I originally thought the number of deaths was as meaningless to the Herrscher of the Void as crumbs after dinner. I'll tell you when I have the answer, as long as you can still hear my voice at that time." After the taunt, Jackal continued, "The next project is the connection reaction between the Herrscher core and the physiological tissue."

"Uh... ah!" The girl couldn't help but scream.

On the other side of the screen, from somewhere unknown, a series of happy laughter escaped from under Jackal's mask.

"Hehehe, your cell tissue's resistance to the Honkai energy is amazing. After the injection of the Honkai energy solution, the stigmata began to glow. These marks are so beautiful, which gives me greater confidence in the future promised by the Lord."

"Speaking of stigmata, you stole the vaccine of Schicksal and provoked the Valkyrie. You went to such lengths, but except for the zombies, I haven't seen stigmata on anyone else in this city. Hmph..."

However, what surprised Jackal was that despite the painful groaning, the white-haired girl actually had the leisure to respond and even mocked her.

"Your calculation must be wrong!"

Kiana said confidently.

"Hmph, I don't want to discuss professional issues with a test subject; it's ridiculous."

Jackal waved her hand and activated a new test.

"Uh... maybe," Kiana endured the pain and continued, "Maybe you made a mistake in a decimal point, just like I often do in exams..."

Before Kiana could finish, Jackal made another gesture and tortured her again.

"You lucky ant! You got the power of God, so you think you can point fingers at everything in the world? This is subtle knowledge that can change the fate of mankind! I won't let you use such a contemptuous metaphor to discuss this serious topic. How to improve the vaccine, how much Honkai energy should be used to baptize the city, and how to fully activate the stigmata in the human body—the secrets in it can only be understood by geniuses like me!"

"Honkai energy, where is it released? The center of the city or the edges?"

Following Jackal's words, Kiana continued to ask.

But it caused Jackal's irritation: "Humph! You have too many questions. Skip the other tests and start dissecting her directly!"

"For such little answer, I spent so much time with you."

Hearing she was going to be dissected, the girl imprisoned in the experimental cabin suddenly laughed, as if she'd been forcing herself to appreciate a clumsy comedy.

Now, she had lost her patience.

"Forget it, I guess I can't get more information."

In Jackal's eyes, the weak, trembling "test subject," who were unable to fight back, suddenly displayed a hunter's smile.

"No! This is impossible, you just..."

The voice of Jackal on the screen became incredulous.

"Oh~ Learning to scream and fake cry are essential skills for girls. With your two tiny moves, it doesn't hurt that much."

The girl raised her fist—one punch, two punches—and the reinforced glass, as hard as steel, shattered like thin ice under her anger.

"Remember, today we’re not only smashing these pieces of glass, but also your stupid Project Stigma."

"How shameless! Now that the Lord is here, you should be worried about your life than the experiment..."

"You should worry about your dog head!"

The girl punched again and again until the screen shattered, and Jackal's threats came to an abrupt end.

Kiana then removed the complicated infusion lines from her body, stepped out of the experimental cabin, and took a deep breath of free air.

Beep beep!

But immediately, alarms screamed, and the containment gate slowly opened. A huge Kun-collision monster blocked her view, with a hideous purple glow emanating from its shell.

Kiana smiled slightly and jumped up with a gun.

She had already ignored this kind of monster.

"Kiana, is your body... really okay?"

Just as Kiana was fighting the monster, Fu Hua's voice rose again in Kiana’s mind.

Unlike others, Fu Hua hidden in Kiana’s body knew that Kiana was not as relaxed as she appeared.

"Class Monitor, let's talk about it. It’s strange... This guy's torture doesn’t hurt at all?"

"Ah..."

Hearing this, Fu Hua sighed.

She should be unbearable with all the wounds on her body, but now she looked fine.

This was very wrong. Tens of thousands of years of experience had taught her that Kiana's reaction was not a good sign.

Soon, as Kiana put away her gun, the purple-glowing Honkai beast fell to the ground, breaking into countless tiny black fragments, which were then sucked into a black hole and disappeared.

At the same time, the door of the laboratory behind her trembled from the loud noise and fell to both sides.

Kiana turned around. She was prepared to fight the new enemy.

...But the person in front of her caught her off guard.

"Kiana..."

Kiana Kaslana had imagined ten thousand scenarios of reuniting with Raiden Mei after a long separation, but none of them were like this—at this time, in this place.

There was no joy in her heart, only panic.

"Mei!? What are you doing here!? You shouldn’t be here! You... Your in danger here!"

After so many changes, she thought she was strong enough to face the reunion with her old friend calmly.

But the moment she saw Mei, her confidence collapsed, and she became the wandering girl who had been lost in Arc City again.

She became the girl who could only watch the Herrscher of the Void use her body to take the Conquest Gem from Mei’s chest.

The lingering guilt in her heart, the fear of losing control again... the demons of the past kept whispering in her mind.

Mei was silent, hugging Kiana tightly, holding her clothes tightly, gripping her hands, as if the girl in front of her would disappear the moment she let go.

"Kiana, you’re injured... I’ll take you back, back to Hyperion. The head student, Teacher Himeko, Bronya, and everyone are waiting for you."

"I... I can’t go back, Mei..."

Go back? Could she still laugh at her friends like she used to? Could she still stand in front of them as if nothing had happened? Would they still smile at her the way they used to?

Some things, once they happen, are like scars carved on the face, and a forced smile only makes the pain more obvious.

"I’m sorry... I can't let you take this risk..."

Mei stared at Kiana, and for the first time, she felt so strange.

"I'm sorry, Cook. Kiana is in danger now. Only I can bear everything about her, including the other dangerous and lovely soul in her body. So just leave her to me..."

And at that moment, a white-haired girl suddenly appeared...

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Chapter 121: Everything, as if it has returned to the past...

"Ling?!"

When Mei saw the newly appeared white-haired girl, her first reaction was surprise.

She never expected that she would not only meet Kiana here but also meet Lin Ling again.

The joy of the two reunions was gathered atthis moment...

But the next moment, the smile on Mei's face disappeared instantly.

She recalled the scene of Lin Ling and Durandal being affectionate just now...

"Hmph!" Mei snorted in dissatisfaction. "Why are you here too? Didn't you voluntarily go with Durandal?!"

"Hehe~" Hearing the sour words that looked like it came out of a jealous jar, Lin Ling approached Mei who was much taller than her with a smirk on her face. She looked at Mei's face carefully. "What? Are you jealous? My housewife~"

"No!" Mei turned her head away, not knowing whether she didn't want to or didn't dare to look directly into Lin Ling's eyes. "Hmph, anyway, I won't hand over Kiana to you, the woman with the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal!"

"Hmm~ You won't give me the bug? But, not only the bug, you~ are mine too. Although I am Durandal's woman, but..." Lin Ling suddenly hugged the two girls in front of her, "I am also your woman~"

"..."

Mei was speechless for a moment. This was the first time she had seen such a scumbag who was so confident and unapologetic...

Kiana was embarrassed and angry when she heard this and hit Lin Ling's chest a little harder. "You playboy, how many people do you like?!"

"Well..." Lin Ling couldn't answer for a while, counting on her fingers. But soon, she realized that one hand was not enough. "Probably not many, just the two of you, plus the two S-rank Valkyries of Schicksal, Wendy and K... Hiss, how come there are so many without me realizing it?... Why do I always feel that it will be dangerous if it goes on like this?"

At the same time, with each bend of Lin Ling's fingers, the black lines on Mei and Kiana's faces became deeper...

"Cough..." Suddenly, a cough interrupted the conversation of the group, and a red figure appeared in front of them. "Ahem, now is not the time to reminisce. A large number of enemies are rushing through the passage."

Instantly, the smile on Kiana's face disappeared, and she returned to a melancholy and sad expression.

From the joy of seeing Mei's worried face to being at a loss, and then to the relaxation after giggling at Lin Ling's appearance; now, Fu Hua's words pulled her consciousness back to cold reality.

She said solemnly to Mei and Lin Ling: "Give me some time. We must leave here first, and we'll talk about other things after solving the crisis in this city."

"I understand. It was the news from Rita that led me to find you. I know all the relevant things." Mei nodded. "But Kiana, Lin Ling, I hope you understand that I and everyone on the Hyperion will always wait for you."

"It's just a city. How can it be as important as our love?" But Lin Ling didn't think so. She dragged her chin and thought for a while. "Since we are two, oh no, three people who love each other, we should discuss the issue of top and bottom next. Well... Actually, there is nothing to discuss. I am definitely number one."

"Stop joking! Be serious!"

Kiana rolled her eyes at Lin Ling who had made the serious atmosphere funny, then turned around, drawing her gun to face the enemy approaching from the passage.

"Ling..." Mei's expression was a bit complicated. She was angry but also confused. She didn’t know whether she was wondering what Lin Ling meant by this or why she said it at this time.

But she immediately drew her sword to support Kiana, who was already very tired after fighting for a whole day.

"Why so serious?" Lin Ling shrugged helplessly. "Things have become like this. Whether it is sadness or anger, it won't help. It's easy to get angry and hurt your body. It's better to face the threat with a smile~ Keep a good attitude. It increases the chances of winning."

As she said this, Lin Ling raised her flying sword and swung it hard. A crescent-shaped sword energy immediately cut a stealth-approaching mecha into two pieces.

Papapapa~

"As expected of Miss Lin Ling. The most important and rare thing at a critical moment is to stay calm."

At this time, another girl's voice rang out in praise.

It was Rita, who had taken the antidote after getting Mei's help and recovered a lot of strength.

She immediately joined the battle. Soon, with the combined efforts of the three young ladies and an S-rank Valkyrie, the mechas and modified weapons in the invading World Serpent base were easily swept away.

"Don't think of taking them away from me!"

After the enemies of World Serpent were temporarily cleared, Mei pointed her sword at Rita with caution.

After all, the people of Schicksal were the culprits of the Eruption seven months ago, and she still remembered the experience of being hunted down during that time. She wasn't sure whether this woman was an enemy or a friend.

"Miss Mei, please be patient." Rita comforted her. "I said that in this city, we are on the same front."

"That's right." Lin Ling also echoed, "You are all my wives, so please don't quarrel for me anymore. Your spirits will be sad."

"Shut up!" x3

After Lin Ling spoke, the three girls reached a rare agreement.

This made a certain white-haired girl pout in dissatisfaction. "Oh, you actually mua me. I think I should just join the World Serpent. That Raven is pretty and has a good figure. Slurp~"

"You dare?!" x3

"Hey, I just got some information from the woman with the dog-head mask." Feeling that it was not the time to talk about this, Kiana changed the subject. "In addition to modifying the vaccine to activate the stigmata in the human body, the World Serpent will also create a one-time Honkai Eruption covering the entire city to completely activate the stigmata. But I didn't get more information, and I don't know the specific time, place, or method."

"I know where it is. In this city that strictly monitors the use of Honkai, there should be nothing that can cause a large-scale Honkai. But if it is something that has passed the inspection and legally entered the city, it may not be certain."

Fortunately, Rita had used her own means and pushed force, roughly guessing the World Serpent's plan. "Especially those large vehicles driven by Honkai energy—my vehicle, EOS, is such a perfect target. They dismantled the Honkai engine of the EOS, and in order to maximize the impact on the residents of Arc City, they must have placed this engine on top of the city's final signal tower!"

"I remember! When I was chasing the woman of the World Serpent before, her convoy was transporting something!" Kiana immediately recalled. "In that case, it might be your engine inside."

"In that case, time is running out. As long as the protective shell of the engine is removed and the engine core is overloaded for a period of time, it will become..." Rita stretched out her left fist and then quickly opened it. "Boom!~"

"We can't delay any longer!" Kiana dragged her exhausted body and planned to head to the city center as quickly as possible.

"That's right!" Lin Ling also became serious for once. She swore to Rita, "Rita, my dear! I will never let the bomb I sent to the World Serpent explode. I will never let you become an accomplice of the World Serpent. I will defend your reputation to the death!"

"..." x3

Can't this cursed-mouth say something nice?

This was the common feeling of the other three girls, except for Lin Ling.

However, Rita had another thought in her heart.

Just for my reputation... she would risk her life. Does she really care about me so much?

It appears the World Serpent did not intend to let them leave unchallenged.

Just then, a huge black shadow slowly fell, blocking the sight of the four people.

In the void, the strange purple Honkai beast once again stretched out its massive body. It opened its crystal-like translucent shell, and its purple claws slowly retracted and stretched, posing an attacking posture.

Looking at the familiar giant figure in front of her, Kiana was surprised. "How could it be? Didn't I just kill that guy in the lab? Is it immortal? If I get entangled with this guy..."

"Miss Kiana, do you remember what I said to you?" At this time, Rita, who had been an enemy before, stood up. "Preventing the disaster is more important than running away. I will hold it back, and you will be responsible for defusing the bomb."

"Well, thank you, Rita."

Kiana gave Rita a grateful look and then left through another passage.

"Wife, you haven't fully recovered yet, so I'll stay to help you." Lin Ling decided to stay and help Rita who was still a little weak.

"Ling! After everything here is over, you must go back to Hyperion with us. You are not allowed to go with the people of Schicksal!"

Before leaving with Kiana, Mei did not forget to remind Lin Ling one last time.

"Yeah." Lin Ling nodded repeatedly but apologized again in her heart.

I'm sorry, Mei, this is the last time...

...

"We're almost there! Mei!"

Soon, the two girls, one white and one purple, could see the tallest tower in the center of the city from afar, and they could faintly see the purple mist that symbolized Honkai energy generated around the top of the tower.

They felt something was wrong.

They quickened their pace.

But when their attention was all attracted by the top of the tower, they didn't notice that a hooded girl was hiding in the dark, quietly waiting for their arrival, and waited for an opportunity to launch a fatal attack.

Swoosh!

Sure enough, when Mei who was closest to her passed by, the hidden girl suddenly attacked!

She extended her fingers, putting on slender claws to pierce the other party's body.

But suddenly, Raven, who was about to "mantis stalk the cicada," found that she couldn't move!

A pair of hands passed through her armpits and fixed her firmly in an embrace.

This person was Lin Ling.

Unlike Kiana and Mei, she knew that Raven would definitely stop them here. So after helping the still weak Rita to easily defeat the Tonatiuh, she had come here in advance with the power of the Herrscher of the Void, hidden her figure, and waited for the opportunity.

Because Raven had been hit by serum gas before, although there is an antidote, the antidote is not omnipotent. Before being blocked by the antidote, the serum had neutralized part of the Honkai energy in her body, which took time to recover.

So, with her strength greatly reduced, she couldn't move for a while.

"It's you!"

When Raven looked back, she found that the girl who had hugged her was actually the white-haired girl who had been teasing her before, one of the biggest targets of this trip—Lin Ling!

"Why are you here? Weren't you captured by Durandal?" Raven asked hurriedly.

"Why do you ask that?" Lin Ling said matter-of-factly. "Having a silly wife doesn't prevent me from turning over your cards, does it?"

"..."

Seeing that this girl was still talking nonsense as usual, Raven simply ignored her and smiled with satisfaction. "You are too late. I have already started it. Soon, the engine sent by Schicksal will be overloaded and explode..."

Kiana was shocked when she heard it. "Stop it! It's not too late to stop now. Your plan is not to save people, but to massacre!"

"Humph... Massacre? As the creator of the Second Eruption and the biggest murderer in human history, a monster like you, what qualifications do you have to comment on it? Judge us? Have you ever heard the voices of those who died because of you? Those who were infected with Honkai energy and were about to die, those women who mourned their husbands... those children who were taken away from their parents and brothers and trained as mercenaries, their hobbies, their cries... you can't hear them!"

Raven's expressionless face showed a rare trace of pain, as if she was not telling someone else's story, but her own...

"And once the experiment is completed, humans will no longer have to bear everything you represent... Uh!"

But before Raven could finish her complaints, Lin Ling had already hit her head, knocking her unconscious.

"Ling...you?"

"Words are pale and powerless. People are conceited and paranoid. To have come this far, everyone insists on their own justice in their hearts. At this time, only action can tell the outcome! Don't waste time. Let's save the world together!"

"?"

"?!"

However, after hearing Lin Ling's righteous speech, Kiana and Mei looked at her as if they had seen a ghost.

They were wondering, how could this girl say such serious and seemingly reasonable words?

"Haha, Lin Ling, why are you so serious? I'm not used to it. Call me your wife!" But then, Kiana showed a happy smile that she had only had in the academy, and then she stretched out her hand to the other two. "But! As long as we all work together, nothing can stop us!"

"Yeah!" Mei nodded heavily. She vaguely felt as if she had returned to the carefree academy days, back to the days when they went on missions together and fought side by side. She then put her hand on the back of Kiana's hand. "Let's fight side by side!"

Next, it was Lin Ling.

"Hehe." She laughed first, then scratched the back of her head in a silly way. "Oh, it's rare to be serious for once. You’re not used to it? Chongchong, you don’t just want to be teased by me, right? You 0 with many tracks!"

"Ling, isn't it you?" Mei laughed. "The name is 00 or two zeros."

"Damn, don't you know that double negation is definitely a form?

Just like that, in the long-lost laughter, the three girls held their palms tightly together...

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Chapter 122: The Most Important People Were Taken Away by Schicksal and World Serpent Respectively, But I Could Do Nothing

Swoosh!

On the skyline of the sparsely populated Arc City, three seemingly slender and weak figures flashed through the gap between two buildings...

Below, the city's nightlife was still alive with singing and dancing, the lights and wine still vibrant and colorful...

But slowly, as Lin Ling and the others got closer to the city center, the height of the buildings began to increase sharply.

"Hmm!"

Without saying much, Kiana glanced briefly, then jumped toward Lin Ling.

Understanding immediately, Lin Ling held her long sword horizontally, allowing Kiana to step on the blade. She then swung it upward with force.

Swish!

In an instant, Kiana shot upwards like an arrow from a bow, soaring toward the top of a building hundreds of meters high near the signal tower, with a sound of air being cut.

Mei followed closely behind, using Lin Ling's blade as a springboard to chase after Kiana in mid-air.

As for Lin Ling, after sending the two girls to the roof, blue arcs began to reappear around her. She then ran vertically up the building’s wall as if gravity had no hold on her.

She quickly caught up with Mei, who had gone one step ahead of her, and didn't forget to give her a kiss on the cheek as she passed by...

"Speaking of which..." Kiana, who was the first to reach the roof, asked Lin Ling, who had caught up with her, "Why do you have the power of a Herrscher?"

"Hmm~ You may not believe it when I tell you," Lin Ling explained seriously, "I have all these powers because of your deep love for me~"

"..."

"..."

Naturally, Kiana and Mei thought Lin Ling was joking, but they couldn't ask more questions at this moment.

Because after the three of them arrived at the roof of the building, which was second only to the tallest tower in the city.

Zizizizi~

The sound of electricity echoed, and the roof that had once been dark changed, revealing its true form.

It was a large number of anti-entropy Titan mechas, imitated by the World Serpent, which had been lying in ambush.

As they detected the invasion, they began to reveal their true forms from quantum invisibility.

Beep~

Then, a mass of black gun barrels aimed directly at the girls who had just arrived.

This movement naturally drew the attention of the three girls.

Kiana pulled back her hood and removed her coat.

With a clench of her right hand, a small imaginary portal appeared, and a hard baseball bat made of special material appeared in her grasp.

"I don't have time here to accompany you!"

Holding the baseball bat, Kiana jumped high, struck a missile fired at her, then smashed one of the mechas with the force of a thousand pounds!

Boom!

A huge explosion occurred.

These Titan mechas which could suppress even the Herrscher of Wind Wendy in New Zealand were no match for Kiana. They exploded with a single blow.

Mei did not show weakness, despite losing the Conquest Gem and the power of the Herrscher of Thunder.

But after feeling weak from the loss of Kiana and Lin Ling, she had doubled her efforts in training, and her own strength had improved dramatically.

With a flash of sword and shadow!

Mei instantly appeared behind a mecha.

Then, after a brief pause as if time and space had suspended, the mecha was instantly split in two!

However, although the strength of the two girls had increased significantly, there were simply too many mechas. The World Serpent had been preparing for Project Stigma in Arc City for many years. Determined to win and could not afford to lose, so they had deployed a large number of mechas made from stolen anti-entropy blueprints here.

Bang! Boom!

Under the onslaught of countless missiles and mecha iron fists, Kiana and Mei, who had been fighting continuously for a long time that night, were starting to grow exhausted.

"Sweep the troops!"

But just then, a huge sword made out of Honkai energy about 40 meters long appeared, instantly slicing through a large number of mechas chasing the two girls...

With their combined support and cooperation, the trio then stepped onto a cable connected to the top of the tower and moved toward their final goal.

Behind them was a trail of mecha fragments...

Finally, they arrived at the top of the tower, where a spherical object emitting a brilliant purple aura stood before them.

But at that moment—

Whoosh!

The already restless sphere suddenly released a powerful purple storm in all directions.

Even Kiana who carried multiple Herrscher cores felt as though her entire body was being cut by a knife under the overwhelming Honkai energy storm.

"Ugh..."

The excessive and violent Honkai energy made Mei feel a sharp pain in her chest, and her legs weakened, nearly causing her to fall.

Fortunately, Lin Ling was by her side quickly supporting her.

But Lin Ling herself was not doing well either.

This was a super Honkai energy bomb capable of destroying a sci-fi city with nearly 100 million people. If it exploded, its power might rival the strongest bomb in her previous life, Big Ivan. The terrifying energy within it appears even beyond Lin Ling's current abilities to handle.

"Next." Seeing that Lin Ling and Mei seemed unable to resist, Kiana turned back and smiled at the two girls supporting each other, "Leave it to me."

Without waiting for their consent, Kiana walked toward the bomb, fighting against the strong storm created by the Honkai energy...

Soon, Honkai energy lines spread across her body, eroding her like a deadly force. If an ordinary person encountered this, they would be in excruciating agony.

But now, Kiana could no longer feel any pain in her body.

Although she felt no pain, she was still very tired. She wanted to give up and sleep forever, but she knew she couldn’t!

She endured it all, as though the only things left in the world were the bomb before her and the two girls behind her. She walked forward, step by step.

Finally! Kiana grabbed the pull ring on the bomb!

Unfortunately...

The moment she grabbed it, the armor covering her fingers instantly disappeared. Even the Valkyrie armor couldn’t resist the erosion of the powerful Honkai energy.

The next moment, the skin on her right hand was torn away by the raging Honkai energy, exposing her white bones...

"Huh?!"

But at that moment, a girl grabbed her right hand which was no longer human.

At the same time during the violent purple Honkai energy storm, a pure white light rose appeared, and the skin on Kiana's right hand began to heal rapidly.

"......Ling."

Kiana quickly turned to the right and saw a white-haired girl with terrifying Honkai energy stripes all over her body, holding her hand tightly.

"This, this place... is... very dangerous. Leave quickly..." Kiana spoke to Lin Ling who was also eroded by Honkai energy with her last strength. "Your body can't bear it..."

"No," Lin Ling refused. "It seems that your injury is more serious, right?"

"Can you two idiots stop talking about each other?"

Another hand was placed on the pull ring, and a purple-haired girl appeared on Kiana's left.

"Mei... why are you here too?" Kiana never thought Mei who was always steady would be as willful as Lin Ling.

"Because! We are a team of three!" Mei said matter-of-factly. "You two are charging in the front, how can I hide behind you?"

"Because! You are both my wives!" Lin Ling also chimed in at the same time.

"Really..."

Kiana glanced at Mei whose face was full of determination, and Lin Ling who was still not serious.

"In that case! Let's make this imperfect world what we expect!"

"Hah!"

With their combined efforts, the giant Honkai energy bomb transformed by the Eos transport ship was thrown to a height that no one could reach.

But that was not enough...

Kiana used the power of the Herrscher of the Void, and the skirt of the queen appeared on her body. She controlled the ability of space and flew up with the bomb. But this time, she was no longer alone. A girl with the ability to fly was beside her.

Moreover, there was an unyielding soul in her body helping her suppress the consciousness of the Herrscher of the Void who was fighting for control of her body, allowing her to temporarily release the power of the Herrscher of the Void.

Together, they worked to hold the dangerous bomb and push it as high as possible...

Finally, they passed through the clouds and reached near-space, where the horizon began to smooth out.

The overloaded bomb also reached its peak at this moment, and an extremely powerful and terrifying force was generated inside it...

Suddenly, Kiana felt that the power of the Herrscher of the Void which had been difficult to use opened to her.

Herrscher of the Void, do you also want to save her?

She knew that the Herrscher of the Void who called herself Sirin shared the same thought at this moment.

"Lin Ling, your body can't bear it anymore, so go back..."

Kiana opened a imaginary portal, wanting to send Lin Ling back to the ground.

"But! I refuse!"

A strong storm suddenly erupted from Lin Ling's body, and two invisible wind wings quickly formed behind her.

Then, she flapped her wings and flashed, instantly bursting out at a faster speed, escaping from the portal created by Kiana and Sirin together.

Kiana immediately scolded anxiously. "Lin Ling! What are you doing? The power of this bomb is not something you can bear!"

"It may not be possible for one person, but if we are united as a couple, there is nothing to fear!"

"What an idiot..." Kiana scolded lightly, but a smile appeared on her face. She held Lin Ling's hand and prepared to block the explosion shockwave that could endanger the city with her.

The next moment, a light brighter than tens of millions of suns appeared in the sky above Arc City...

No one knew what happened, only a girl with dark purple hair was chasing the meteor trail after the explosion.

"Kiana... Ling..."

That was Mei. She could only watch the two people fly into the sky. At that moment, she once again realized her weakness...

However, she thought, since she could not help share the explosion of the bomb, she had to take good care of and protect them, who were injured by the bomb, and bring them back to Hyperion safely so that everyone could be together again and return to the beautiful life they once had.

Clang!

However, a white lance was faster than hers and accurately pierced the spot where the white meteor was about to fall in the sky.

Then, a dazzling white light rose, and a small sapling broke through the soil on the ground... and began to grow wildly!

In the blink of an eye, it had grown into a towering tree.

The meteor falling rapidly from the sky was caught steadily by its branches.

Then, the blonde girl curiously approached one of the unconscious girls, slowly reaching out her hand to gently touch the face that made her feel strangely familiar...

"Kiana!"

But at that moment, the girl behind her suddenly exclaimed, and the cold light that followed interrupted her action.

Durandal drew out her lance and turned around to easily block Mei's attack.

"Kiana! Lin Ling! Are you okay?"

Mei completely ignore Durandal. At this moment, she only had eyes for Kiana and Lin Ling behind Durandal. She walked around Durandal and spoke to the two unconscious girls, holding hands against the tree trunk behind her.

But there was no response...

Soon, Mei was defeated by Durandal, the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal.

"Damn it! Give them back to me!"

But even though she was suppressed and half-knelt on the ground, Mei never gave up.

"Sorry, I can't do this," Durandal was on a mission. She rejected Mei with a hint of apology.

Then, she exerted strength to shake Mei who had been struggling to support herself.

She picked up the two white-haired girls in one hand and prepared to take them back to Schicksal to report.

"Put down Miss Lin Ling, Durandal." At this moment, the communicator on Durandal's wrist suddenly projected a 3D shadow of Otto, who spoke to Durandal, "I made a deal with the Lord of the World Serpent, and Miss Lin Ling will be handed over to them."

Although Otto was very interested in Lin Ling, a girl with multiple Herrscher powers like a human-shaped Void Archive, and wanted to study her, his experiment still needed the ability of the Herrscher of the Void the most, so Kiana was enough. It was not yet time to go to war with the World Serpent.

On Kevin's side, because he interrupted the recovery ceremony and forced himself out, his strength had not yet recovered. He shared the same idea: as long as he could take away the girl who appeared to have a close relationship with Elysia, the rest would be discussed later.

So, the Overseer of Schicksal made a deal with the Lord of the World Serpent.

Lin Ling was handed over to the World Serpent, and Schicksal took Kiana away.

"But..." Durandal disagreed with Otto's decision. She said angrily to the supreme leader of Schicksal, "I have vowed to protect her forever!"

"Don't worry, Durandal. The Lord of the World Serpent promised me that he would not hurt her." Although Otto smiled on the surface, a trace of dissatisfaction lingered in his heart. He added to the shadow, "Please, Miss Raven."

Hidden in the darkness, Raven did not say much and stepped forward to take Lin Ling from Durandal.

"No, no!"

But Mei was shocked.

If Schicksal is a dictatorship governed by an ambitious madman who can't see the truth, then the World Serpent is entirely a terrorist organization. In her mind, Lin Ling and Kiana would not end well no matter who they fell into.

But the weak Mei could only watch as the two people she cared about most were taken away by the women of the World Serpent and Schicksal respectively.

Yet, she could do nothing...

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Chapter 123: I Feel Too High to Fail!

"But, I refuse!"

Just when Raven and Durandal were holding a white-haired girl and turning to each other and about to leave, suddenly, under the originally dim night, a brilliant light flashed across the dark sky.

The girl who should have fallen into a coma from the explosion that was enough to destroy the entire city suddenly opened her eyes.

"Huh!?"

Instantly, everyone's eyes turned to the white-haired girl in Raven's arms.

Then, Raven felt an irresistible force coming from her arms, and the girl who looked as if she was about to die, easily broke free from her restraints.

"One of Ling Ling's favorite things to do-!" Lin Ling looked sideways and pointed at the nose of Otto's projection. "Is to say no to those guys who think they can control the fate of others!"

"Oh? You are still conscious?"

Although he was scolded, Otto was not angry.

He was just curious. How could she wake up after enduring a strong explosion that could destroy a city?

This girl is really not simple. He even began to regret his previous transaction.

He thought, maybe it would be better to choose this little girl named Lin Ling instead of K423? And according to the information, this little girl seems to be very addicted to women, and generally speaking, the stronger the desire, the easier it is to control them.

"Give Kiana back to me!"

While Otto was thinking about whether Lin Ling was better than Kiana, Lin Ling suddenly turned into a flash of lightning and rushed towards Durandal who was trying to take Kiana from her.

Boom!

In an instant, Lin Ling's fist met Durandal's, and a powerful shockwave was immediately generated with the two fists as the center, shaking away everything around them, including the onlookers Raven and Mei.

Especially Mei who was relatively weak. She was even knocked to the ground. She covered her eyes with one hand and could not look directly at the two people still wrestling in the center of the explosion.

Has her strength increased again? Or has she been hiding her strength all along?

Durandal was very surprised by the powerful force that erupted from Lin Ling's fist. It was obvious that she could suppress her with just the Excelsis before, but now she could compete with herself in the state of Dea Anchora?

Then, just as Durandal was thinking about how much power she should increase to repel Lin Ling without hurting her, Lin Ling directly retracted all her strength and let Durandal's hand that had the power og Dea Anchora pierce in her chest.

"Puff!"

In an instant, Lin Ling felt a sweetness in her throat and then sprayed blood onto Durandal's face.

"What are you doing?" Durandal was startled and quickly retracted her shaking hands, trying to check Lin Ling's injuries.

"Now!"

Just when Durandal was distracted, the four powers of wind, death, thunder, and reason within Lin Ling's body were activated at the same time!

For a moment, lightning and thunder, black fog filled the air, and all kinds of poisons and explosives generated by reason and Herrscher attacked Durandal under the force of the strong wind!

Even the strongest Valkyrie had to temporarily avoid the edge for a while. Lin Ling took the opportunity to open an imaginary portal and successfully took away the white-haired girl in Durandal's arms.

Then Lin Ling quickly retreated and came to Durandal to open a relatively safe distance.

"Ling..." After the failure of the first mission in Durandal's life, she did not immediately take back the mission target, but asked Lin Ling with an apologetic face, "Are you... are you okay?"

The greatest Dr. Mei of the previous civilization once inferred that the Herrscher core itself contained only a small part of the Honkai energy.

The most important function of the Herrscher core is to serve as the key to open the imaginary space.

Therefore, although the [0th power] of the Divine Key can be comparable to the power of the Herrscher, because it uses a dead core, it cannot communicate with the Honkai will and can no longer obtain Honkai energy from the imaginary space. Therefore, after consuming the energy in the core, it takes at least two hours to refill it.

Therefore, the Divine Key cannot launch powerful attacks continuously like a real Herrscher.

Similarly, Lin Ling, who has the power of the Herrscher but does not have the Herrscher core, can only rely on the small amount of Honkai energy accumulated in her body to use the power of the Herrscher. Because of this, she usually does not fight if she can, because she knows that she cannot last long.

But today, the situation has changed!

Lin Ling always lacked endurance, so after absorbing half of the Honkai energy from the Honkai bomb that could destroy the entire city, she faced with Durandal's concerned inquiry. Her answer was to grin wildly and let blood flow from the corners of her mouth.

"I feel so high!!!"

"Cook, take it!" Then Lin Ling threw Kiana, who had just been snatched from her arms, to Mei and said, "Take her away quickly, and leave the rest to me!"

"But! Then how can you ban..." Mei wanted to say something, but a circular space gate appeared out of thin air, swallowing her and the words she had not yet finished.

"Really, if you don't leave, the three of us will have to stay here!"

Lin Ling had directly opened a medium-distance portal and sent Mei and Kiana outside of Arc City.

Then, she once again stopped in front of Durandal, who had a mixed expression, and said to Durandal, who was covered in her own blood: "Don't be jealous, my silly goose. If you encounter the same situation, I will also sacrifice my life to save you."

This sentence made Durandal, who had just accidentally hurt Lin Ling, change her expression. For a moment, she felt happy and angry... She thought about it and didn't know what to do. She could only say: "You, don't hurt yourself like this again..."

Although it was indeed Lin Ling who withdrew her move and was injured, Durandal felt that if she hadn't fought back, none of this would have happened, so she was full of apologies.

"Wife, do you really love me so much? I'm so touched!" Lin Ling felt warm in her heart when she saw that Durandal was still caring about her at this time. "So don't worry, silly wife, I won't make things difficult for you. Why does your Archbishop of Schicksal want Kiana? It's because he needs Kiana's power of the Herrscher of the Void to conduct experiments, and I also have the power of the Herrscher of the Void. You can take me back and get the job done. So as long as you are willing to let Kiana go, I can go back to the Schicksal headquarters with you to get married."

"..." Durandal didn't say anything. She knew that Archbishop Otto of Schicksal was observing the situation here, and she was waiting for him to speak.

"Interesting."

Sure enough, after a silence, Otto's projection appeared again, and he smiled. "Since Miss Lin Ling is willing to go with you, then don't be polite, Durandal, take her home."

From the previous battle, Otto was surprised to find that Lin Ling's ability as the Herrscher of the Void had been further improved, even above the current K-423. In addition, she took the initiative to go with Durandal, and the Lord of the World Serpent must have nothing to say, so he agreed.

"Yes, sir."

After hearing the Overseer's order, Durandal nodded with a happy face.

According to her personal thoughts, she also hoped that this white-haired girl would return to her Schicksal with her.

If possible, she really didn't want to fight with the white-haired girl in front of her, whom she swore to protect forever.

"Hey, let's go, Durandal." Then Lin Ling took Durandal's arm. "Let's get married when we return to Schicksal."

"..."

There were too many flaws in Lin Ling's words, and Durandal was speechless for a moment.

"Wait!" But just as the two girls were about to leave, Raven, who had been unable to intervene or say anything and could only watch, hurriedly asked, "Then, what should I do?"

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Chapter 124: Separation

At the same time, on the other side.

Having been teleported outside the city by Lin Ling, Raiden Mei was communicating with the Hyperion.

"So, that little guy once again sacrificed herself to block Schicksal? Damn, why is she always like this? I must teach her a lesson next time we meet!"

Mei's communicator crackled with Himeko's angry and emotional voice.

"I... I want to save her!" At this moment, Kiana woken from her coma. She overheard the conversation between Mei and Himeko. She struggled to rise from Mei's arms, wanting to save that idiot.

Thanks to Lin Ling's intervention, and compared to the original timeline, someone had helped Kiana withstand half of the explosion. As a result, she was fine and still had enough energy to fight.

However, Himeko, who was mature and level-headed in serious matters, did not agree with Kiana's decision.

"Don't do anything stupid!" Himeko immediately scolded. "Lin Ling did this to help you escape. If you go back, won't her efforts be wasted? With your current strength, can you really fight against Schicksal?! I'll send you a coordinate now. Go there quickly, and the Hyperion will pick you up immediately."

"..."

Mei and Kiana exchanged a glance, saying nothing. In their eyes was only deep helplessness and anger at their own weakness.

They silently vowed to grow stronger so they could rescue the most important person...

But just after the two ended the communication and took a few steps toward the coordinates Himeko had sent, a man blocked their path.

The man's eyes were deep, as if they could awaken the fear buried deep in human genes...

"Who are you?" Kiana asked, immediately on guard.

The man did not answer.

But the next moment, Kiana felt a burning flame suddenly attacking her heart.

The flaming sword, glowing with intense heat, was aimed directly at her heart without hesitation...

As a survivor of the Herrscher War from the previous civilization, Kevin had witnessed the destruction of human civilization at the hands of various Herrschers. He would never let any Herrscher go. So, when he learned that Lin Ling had decided to go to Schicksal, part of his deal with the Bishop of Schicksal had become null and void. He had to cut the grass and eliminate the root as soon as possible.

Because every Herrscher, once fully grown, could threaten the safety of all human civilization.

However, just as Kevin's sword pierced Kiana's body, he realized that things were not as they seemed. It felt unreal, as if this was not reality but a familiar illusion...

Kevin knew that this was Fenghuang Down's power, and it meant that one of his old comrades from more than 50,000 years ago was also here.

"Hua, long time no see."

Facing Kiana, Kevin uttered the name of his old comrade.

Sure enough, as soon as he spoke, there was a flash of light and shadows, and it was no longer Kiana standing before Kevin, but a girl with hair that slowly shifted from white to red.

The real Kiana had disappeared, and Kevin had been temporarily trapped in an illusion created by Fu Hua using Fenghuang Down's power.

At the same time, outside the illusion, Kiana heard Fu Hua's voice echoing in her mind: "Kiana, go quickly, don't look back."

"What?"

Kiana couldn't believe it. She had just witnessed Lin Ling sacrificing herself to save her, and now it was Class Monitor's turn?

Fu Hua smiled calmly, as if she had already let go of life and death. "I wanted to accompany you longer, but now it's time to say goodbye."

"Class Monitor... No!"

"Do you remember our agreement in Arc City? You promised me you would leave immediately when you met that man. Now... I will buy time for you."

"..." Kiana gritted her teeth. She knew what she had to do, but she was unwilling to abandon her once again...

"If you die here, your promise to change the world will become an empty one," Fu Hua reminded her. "You still have so much left to do. That girl who sacrificed everything for us is still waiting for you to save her..."

"Class Monitor... I understand... I'm sorry..."

The girl lowered her eyes and turned away, as if unable to bear looking back.

She ran faster and faster, her back growing fainter in the night until it was finally swallowed by darkness.

At the same time, to prevent Mei from being involved, Kiana chose not to take Mei with her. Instead, she used the power of the Herrscher of the Void to leave alone.

From what the monitor had said, Kiana knew that the pioneers of the previous civilization would never harm the warriors fighting against the Honkai.

But if Kevin caught up with her and tried to kill her, Mei would interfere, putting another important person in danger...

At that moment, a trace of nostalgia flashed in the man's eyes. This was the figure that had stood beside him countless times 50,000 years ago.

"I don't mean to interfere with your senses." As Fu Hua moved, countless shadow-like images appeared around her, each representing a part of her life. "I just want to show you everything I have experienced and my state of mind."

Gradually, in the illusion created by Fenghuang Down, the 50,000-year-old people's competition came to an end...

After revealing the important experiences that changed her, especially focusing on the memories of Kiana and another white-haired girl, Fu Hua's shadow completely vanished.

Only a faint feather, glowing softly, remained, floating in the air.

"Hua. Your last move was indeed very powerful, but you no longer have the strength to support yourself after losing your body. We could have witnessed the day mankind defeated the Honkai together, but you've given so much and now need rest."

Facing the feather, Kevin spoke with a hint of regret.

"Don't worry about what happens in the future. I will complete our mission as a pioneer. When everything is over, I will wake you up. Until then, sleep peacefully..."

As soon as his voice faded, the dream collapsed, the illusion disappeared, and the scenery shifted. Kevin found himself back in the suburbs of Arc City at night.

But by then, the Herrscher girl had vanished before him.

Through the memory Fu Hua had shown, Kevin now understood that the Herrscher of the Void in this new civilization era was a human girl filled with love and justice. He abandoned the idea of destroying her.

Additionally, he had seen the emotional entanglement between his old comrade and the mysterious girl from Fu Hua's memories. Knowing she would soon demand Fu Hua's consciousness, Kevin chose to ignore her for now and focused on recovering his strength.

As for the remaining purple-haired girl, although she resembled Mei, Kevin knew she could never be her...

"Are you resenting your weakness?" Kevin said to Mei. "Join the World Serpent, and I'll show you how to grow stronger..."

"No! I won't join the World Serpent! Don't even think about it!"

Having just survived the World Serpent's plot to destroy the entire city, and Kevin's plan to kill Kiana, Mei refused.

"You'll change your mind. When you figure it out, I'll send someone to pick you up..."

Seeing this, Kevin said no more. Leaving behind a one-sided agreement, he departed Arc City...

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Chapter 125: Beware of Schicksal

Lin Ling raised three fingers to Raven.

"Tell Little Ice Pig that I have to stay at the home of my wives at Schicksal's... for a few days, and then I will go back to the World Serpent to see my old wives... who I haven't seen for 50,000 years. I swear!"

"...Damn it." Raven was unwilling.

But from the situation of the two fighting just now, she knew that even if she took out the Seven Thunders of Retribution, she could not defeat the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal and Lin Ling at the same time, so she could only accept it.

At the same time, the voice of Gray Serpent came from the communicator in her ear: "The Lord has ordered that you should not conflict with the people of Schicksal for the time being. Miss Lin Ling will come back by herself."

"Don't be angry." Seeing that Raven seemed very unhappy, Lin Ling also painted a big pie for her, "Don't worry, Island Exploding Crow, when I go back, I will ask your leader to increase your salary tenfold, no, a hundredfold, and give you a small island villa."

"Hmph..."

Of course, Raven would not believe Lin Ling's words. After a cold snort, the figure retreated into the darkness again.

By the way, she felt very confused and unknowingly unhappy about Lin Ling's strange address to her...

……

"Then Otto(Green Font)." After sending away Raven, Lin Ling turned to Otto and said, "I am sent by the World Serpent to inspect Schicksal. If you Schicksal don't serve me well, I will let the little ice pig freeze you into an ice sculpture."

"Don't worry, Miss Lin Ling." Otto's illusion of holding his chest with one hand and bowing slightly performed a European aristocratic etiquette to Lin Ling, "I will definitely extend the most sincere greetings to Miss Lin Ling for her arrival, and I will definitely let you have fun. As long as Miss Lin Ling is willing to help me with some small things, then I have something else to do, so I will take my leave first. Let us meet again in Schicksal."

After speaking, Otto's figure disappeared again.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry." After doing all this, Lin Ling hurriedly urged Durandal, "Get out of here quickly. If the little ice pig reacts, I can't run away... Eh!?"

"Yeah."

Although she didn't know who the little ice pig Lin Ling was talking about, from her nervous look, Durandal knew that this matter could not be delayed. Without asking any more questions, she directly hugged the white-haired girl who seemed a little panicked, and then jumped into the sky...

Soon, Durandal, who had swept the world for 30 days and all the Honkai disasters at that time, took Lin Ling to catch up with a floating battleship sailing at high speed in the sky.

Here, Rita and the Valkyrie of the Immortal Blades were all there, only that Otto was missing again.

No one knows if he was deliberately hiding from Lin Ling, or if he was planning some conspiracy against her again.

"Hi~ Miss me?" Then, Lin Ling immediately greeted all the beautiful girls who appeared sad.

Instantly, all the girls on the ship were delighted!

After hearing the familiar voice that they had just seen for the first time today, the sorrow on their faces disappeared immediately, replaced by surprise.

"It's Miss Lin Ling!" Especially Alvitr. After seeing who the person was, she rushed up and hugged her savior and threw her to the ground.

"Hey! Let me go!"

Lin Ling had always had no way to deal with overly enthusiastic and self-acquainted people, and quickly stretched out her hand to block Alvitr from rubbing her face.

"Alvitr, you can't be so rude to our guest."

Fortunately, just when Lin Ling was afraid of hurting the other party and dared not use too much force to push the overly enthusiastic girl away, Rita spoke in time to stop the subordinate who seemed to be a little overexcited.

However, although Rita looked as elegant and calm as ever, the arc at the corner of her mouth that she could not suppress also exposed her true thoughts.

Originally, the whole group of the Immortal Blades led by Rita and Durandal had complaints about the Overseer abandoning Miss Lin Ling and handing her over to the World Serpent that almost killed their entire group.

They were all extremely worried about the safety of the lovely, great, and noble girl who saved them all.

Fortunately, now that they saw that she was safe and sound, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, under the majesty of the vice-captain and the captain, Lin Ling finally broke free from the arms of Alvitr who was reluctant to leave.

Pah~

Afterwards, Lin Ling stood up again pouting and patted the dust on her body with lingering fear.

Why did you make a move right away? It seems different from what I thought?

Pah~

Suddenly!

She heard some strange sound of water, as if a thirsty human was swallowing saliva...

Lin Ling looked up and saw that Alvitr pursed her lips at her. Then she quickly glanced around and saw that the whole group of Immortal Blades surrounding her also looked at her with strange eyes.

Even Durandal turned her head away with a strange look, as if she didn't dare to look directly at her now.

Lin Ling suddenly remembered that her clothes weren't just dirty. After the continuous battles, the clothes on her whole body was already in tatters, and even exposed large white patches...

"Huh!?"

Lin Ling immediately hid behind Rita who appeared to be the most normal with squinting eyes and smiling, and then put her hand on her shoulder and whispered, "Sister Tazi, I see that you changed into two sets of Battlesuits tonight. Lend me one to wear."

"Hmm..." Hearing that this girl actually wanted to wear her clothes, Rita's face flashed a blush, and then she forced herself to calm down.

"Ahem." She coughed dryly, "Miss Lin Ling, don't worry, there are still many spare Battlesuits and clothes in this battleship, I will find them for you, but~"

"But what?"

"Miss Lin Ling has worked too hard tonight, and her whole body is dirty. Please take a shower first."

"Deputy Captain!"

At this time, Alvitr raised her hand and volunteered, "Miss Lin Ling must be very tired tonight, let us subordinates help her take a shower and change clothes!"

"Me, me, me! I want it too!"

However, Alvitr's words immediately made the entire Immortal Blade team explode, and everyone raised their hands to express their willingness to welcome Miss Lin Ling.

"Everyone is quiet, please don't bother Miss Lin Ling." Fortunately, Rita once again helped Lin Ling who looked embarrassed and looked like she was slightly drunk.

"Huh~" Lin Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to Rita, "Thank you, Rita."

"You're welcome, Miss Lin Ling." However, Rita still said to Lin Ling with a matter-of-fact smile, "Serving guests is of course better done by Rita as a maid."

"What!?..."

According to Lin Ling's idea, she ran to Schicksal, which was full of beautiful girls, and it should be a wolf entering a sheep's den...

How come now... it seems to be the other way around!?

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Chapter 126: Talking All Day Long, She Finally Received Retribution; Perfect Maid, Start Fighting Back~

"I'm sorry..."

When the Hyperion arrived at the agreed location, and the hatch opened, a purple-haired girl with her head down appeared in front of everyone.

She bit her lip, trembled, and apologized to those who came to greet her.

"I'm sorry... I couldn't bring back Kiana, and I couldn't bring back... Ling..."

"Sister Mei..." Bronya said nothing. She walked forward with a cold face and a warm heart, gently hugging Mei who was shaking all over, and said, "It's not your fault..."

"Yeah... I hoped you can come back safely..." Himeko also reached out and gently stroked the top of the sobbing girl's head, whispering to comfort her, "Don't be sad. We can work together to find a way to bring Lin Ling-chan back next time..."

"That's right! And that little girl has always been cunning. She will definitely be fine!"

Little Theresa also cheered for her student.

However, although everyone was comforting Mei, after the Kiana incident, they were actually no better off than Mei.

They all looked at the distant skyline. They were worried about the bad woman who always bullied and teased others, the idiot who always chose to sacrifice herself without hesitation at the most critical moment.

After being captured by Schicksal, was she okay now...?

But behind everyone's sight, in the bathroom of a floating battleship traveling at high speed...

A white-haired girl was squatting in the bathtub with her hands on her knees. She hid most of her body in the water, leaving only her head, which seemed a little at a loss.

"Really, you said no, why did you still follow me? I'm not a child anymore, I can take a bath alone..."

Lin Ling glanced at the maid she couldn't get rid of and complained in a low voice.

"Oh my~ Did I turn the water temperature too high? Why is the mist in the bathroom so thick tonight?"

Seeing the little wolf who usually flirts with cute girls—oh no, who directly and unilaterally recognizes her as her wife—now like a shy water lily, quietly shrinking in the misty bathtub, Rita couldn't help but tease, "Or is something else heating the bathtub?"

"Hmm..."

Hearing this, the guilty little one shrank her body further in the water, even half of her face was submerged, making bubbling sounds that made it hard to hear what she was saying.

"Gululu gurulu gurulu..." (Damn it, why doesn't this bad woman go away?)

"Little guy, what are you doing? It's not healthy to take a bath like this. Also, you should put your hair up before taking a bath. If Miss Lin Ling's hair becomes dry and frizzy, I don't know how many people will be sad~"

After seeing Lin Ling blowing bubbles like a child, with a distressed face, Rita reached out and gently lifted Lin Ling's snow-white silk that was floating in the water without any dirt.

"Sure enough, you still need Rita to serve you in the bath."

"Gurgle!? Hmm~"

Suddenly, Lin Ling straightened her body and shuddered, and Rita quickly retracted her hand at the same time.

"It's so hot!" Rita covered the back of her hand that had just touched Lin Ling inadvertently and said with a look of sudden enlightenment, "So, you are the one heating the bathtub?"

"Hmph... No, that's right! It's me! My body temperature is always very high!"

Finally, as if she felt that her previous actions and voice were a bit embarrassing, and afraid it would be difficult to tease others after her personality collapsed, Lin Ling simply pretended to be calm and admitted it.

However, what she didn't know was that her disguise had been exposed since Rita suddenly broke into the bathroom and she panicked and hid in the bathtub.

Even looking at Lin Ling's blushing face pretending to be calm, Rita felt a sudden itch in her heart, as if there was a kitten scratching her.

"Well, so cute!"

She never thought that the bad woman who once she hated the most would make her... want to bully her more and more!

Humph~ Miss Lin Ling, you teased me so much before. Today, Rita will make you pay it all back with interest.

With a devilish smile and Lin Ling's puzzled eyes, Rita slowly reached out and explored something in the bathtub. Then, with a "pop~" sound, she quickly pulled her hand back.

At the same time, Lin Ling found that there was a small lid in her hand, which seemed to be... a bathtub plug!?

"Ah! Rita! What are you doing?"

As expected, seeing the last line of defense fall, the white-haired girl who had just pretended to be tough instantly softened. She crossed her arms and asked hurriedly, "I haven't finished washing yet!"

"Sorry," Rita said with a professional smile, "Miss Lin Ling, people with high body temperatures are not suitable for taking a bath for too long. Rita is just doing this for your health."

"Ah, this." Seeing that she had accidentally set herself up, Lin Ling was too lazy to dwell on it and hurriedly urged, "Forget it, forget it, Rita, you—get out! I'm done!"

"Really? Lin Ling-chan. Sister Rita doesn't think so~" However, Rita picked up Lin Ling's messy hair again. "Girls' hair is the most precious treasure in the world. You have to take good care of it. Let Rita help you."

"No, no." Seeing that the water level was constantly decreasing, a certain girl who was constantly exposing her true face suddenly had an idea and thought of a wonderful excuse, "I'm planning to shave my head bald tomorrow! So hair quality is not important to me at all."

"You dare!" However, after hearing Lin Ling's "inspiration," which she thought was a good excuse, Rita's eyes narrowed.

"Ah! Haha. It's so itchy! Rita, let go quickly."

Without hesitation, Rita passed her hands through the armpits of the white-haired girl, lifted her onto a small stool in the bathroom, and pressed her down.

Then, she took out a bunch of hair care products and arranged them beside Lin Ling. "Just sit still!"

"Hmm..."

At this point, the white-haired girl who was almost in Rita's arms appeared to be too scared to move and could only let Rita's soft fingers fiddle with her hair.

Slowly, as the warm liquid in the bathtub was drained, the mist in the bathroom began to dissipate. Lin Ling noticed a big mirror next to her.

In the mirror, a serious-looking light brown girl was taking care of the hair of a white-haired girl. She looked as serious as an art master carefully polishing a work of art.

"Speaking of which~" Perhaps noticing that Lin Ling was looking at herself in the mirror, Rita who had been silent for a while, suddenly asked, "I remember Miss Lin Ling is always good at talking. Why is she suddenly silent now? Is... Miss Lin Ling shy?"

"Huh~?"

Damn it!

Finally, Lin Ling realized that something was wrong, and she felt that she had to toughen up.

No, I was too cowardly today! Wouldn't my image be ruined if I continued like this?

If this gets out, how can I tease her in the future... Oh no, how can I use the system's ability to get the wool!

Then she gritted her teeth and said in a very arrogant tone. "How can I be shy? Rita, my wife, since you’re going to help me bathe and change clothes, why are you still wearing clothes? Aren't you afraid of getting wet?"

"Yes, that's true..." Hearing this, Rita tilted her head, then temporarily let go of the silky white hair and comb in her hands. She looked down at her clothes, which were a little wet, whether from the mist or from the splashing of the white-haired girl struggling in the bathtub...

After a little thought, she pinched the corners of her clothes with both hands and was about to...

"Qiaodou Sack!"

Fortunately, at this critical moment, Lin Ling turned around and held Rita's hands. "Ahaha, I'm kidding! Stripping naked is meaningless; I just like this kind of hazy, delicate beauty~"

"Puff~"

Seeing this girl still being stubborn even though she was like this, Rita couldn’t help but chuckle, then looked Lin Ling up and down. "Ms. Lin Ling, your interests... are really unique."

"Hmm!" Lin Ling was startled and turned her back again, waving her hands impatiently, even with some disdain. "Are you done? So slow? What kind of maid are you? I'm sleepy and want to sleep. Hurry up..."

"Ah..."

But at this moment, Lin Ling who continued to hint and urge Rita to leave, heard a soft sigh from the girl behind her, followed by an apology."I'm sorry..."

"Hmm?"

This made Lin Ling a little puzzled. Obviously, this bad maid had been teasing her just now—why was she suddenly apologizing?

"You hate Rita, don't you? That's right." Rita smiled bitterly and stood up slowly. "After all, I treated Miss Lin Ling, and your friends like that... You have every right to hate me... I will disappear from your sight forever..."

"No!" Lin Ling denied Rita’s statement. "I’ve never hated you wife Rita. You did that before because you were fooled by some conspirator with half-true, half-false information. From the fact that you gave up arresting Kiana and me to risk your life to save the people of Arc City, you are actually a good person. Also, Chongchong is not my friend; she's my wife! After all, I gave her my first kiss~ Oh, by the way, You said that you’ve always hated me even more, right? Ever since we first met, you've wanted to kill me... Oh, luckily I love you so much that even if you want to kill me, I won’t leave you..."

No one knows if it was to relieve the tension in her heart, or to see Rita’s timidity, but Lin Ling, who had always been avoiding things tonight, finally made up her mind and let go, talking as usual...

"..."

Just as Lin Ling was teasing her as usual, almost like it was second nature, Rita, who was about to get up and leave, stopped all her movements and remained silent...

[Ding~ System prompt: The host successfully made Rita Rossweiser feel joy, regret, sadness, and jealousy... The adaptability of Honkai energy increased by 5.20%.]

Huh?

Suddenly, a system boost sound that seemed to contain too much information popped up in Lin Ling's mind, startling her and causing her to stop talking.

Hiss... It seems there’s a lot of information? We need to study and think carefully about how to deal with this.

"Hmm!"

However, before Lin Ling could think about it, she felt a strong force coming from her shoulder, almost pressing her to the ground!

But fortunately, another force pulled her from behind, so that although she was half-leaning, she didn’t fall completely.

"Huh~"

Just when Lin Ling breathed a sigh of relief...

"Hmm!?"

A shadow appeared in front of her, and a warm, hot thing blocked her thoughts and her mouth...

Just like that, I don’t know how long it took...

Pop~

A sound different from the bathtub plug being pulled out just now echoed.

Then, Rita let go of Lin Ling, straightened her body, and placed her back on the small stool for bathing.

Behind Lin Ling, Rita who breathed lightly like an orchid with a rosy face, calmed down a little and then said in a very dissatisfied voice: "Hmph, you philandering guy! I thought you were a coward who only showed off your feelings, but it turns out you didn’t have experience after the first time above? What a pity~"

"!"

At this moment, the panting Lin Ling was still reeling from the shock of being suddenly attacked. She didn’t dare to look back and could only ask in a daze, "You... why... don’t you hate me?"

"Ling, thank you."

At this moment, Rita suddenly hugged Lin Ling from behind and buried her cheek gently in her freshly groomed hair, whispering sincerely, "If it weren’t for you, Rita, and everyone in the Immortal Blade, all..."

"..."

Feeling the moisture from the back of her neck, not just from Rita's breath, Lin Ling reached out and pursed her lips, which still seemed to hold something unspoken.

At this moment, a trace of confusion flashed across her blushing face...

But after thinking for a moment, she gently held Rita’s hand around her shoulders and comforted the Valkyrie of Schicksal—who had always been a perfect maid but now turned back into an ordinary girl: "Rita... It’s okay, it’s all over... With me here, no one will hurt you anymore, and your teammates... Of course, I won’t let you hurt my other wives..."

No one knows how long it took...

It seemed that Rita had vented enough of her long-suppressed emotions.

"Hmph!"

Rita slowly let go of the white-haired girl in her arms, then put her hands elegantly in front of her and turned back into a perfect, chic maid. She bowed slightly to Lin Ling and said, "I’m sorry, Rita was rude just now... Miss Lin Ling, please forgive me? Also, Miss Lin Ling’s hair care is complete. Please let Miss Lin Ling solve it herself next."

"Huh?" When she heard that Rita was leaving, Lin Ling turned her head with some doubts, secretly glancing at the bad maid whose eyes appeared a little wet, and asked in a low voice, "Wife, aren’t you going to continue to play with me?"

"You are so naive, you playboy. Rita’s service tonight is enough." Still with a kind smile on her face, Rita asked gently, "Of course, if Miss Lin Ling is not satisfied yet, Rita doesn’t mind continuing~" After saying that, Rita pursed her lips, and her eyes became sharp, just like a carnivorous beast seeing its prey.

"No, no, no, I’m kidding! I’ve washed it!"

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Chapter 127: Silly Goose

After washing, take her to my bedroom; my bed is quite big.

After a certain white-haired girl resisted the maid's detailed scan like an X-ray, she quickly wrapped herself as tightly as possible in a bath towel...

"Damn it~"

She lowered her head slightly, glared at Rita fiercely, and even gnashed her teeth secretly~

This scene was just like the one when she had threatened Rita on the rooftop, but the two people's situations had now been reversed.

"Oh, right! I almost forgot!"

However, perhaps it was the "touching scene" that triggered it, but Lin Ling suddenly remembered that she still had the threat over Rita. With this life-saving straw, Lin Ling's expression instantly shifted from gnashing her teeth to overjoyed. She chuckled, "Ms. Rita, have you forgotten? I still saved that recording in the cloud storage of Anti-Entropy. You don’t want it to be heard by my other wife, who holds the title of the strongest Schicksal, do you?"

"Hmm~ Miss Lin Ling, you can try it." However, Rita still wore a noncommittal smile, as if she had let go of everything after experiencing the dangerous night...

But suddenly, Rita who had been smiling just a moment ago frowned. She took a step toward Lin Ling, and stretched out her hand toward Lin Ling, who was only wearing a bath towel. "Hmm? Miss Lin Ling, you..."

"You, you, what are you going to do?! A gentleman should talk, not fight!"

As Rita moved forward, Lin Ling who had just regained her courage, immediately... ran away without changing her clothes, clutching the bath towel tightly...

"Really, she actually escaped." Rita put down her hand, which was still holding the comb, with great regret. She recalled that she had just found some hair on Lin Ling's head that seemed out of place and said with some dissatisfaction, "Obviously, it hasn't been completely combed yet..."

On the other side, completely being unfamiliar with the area, Lin Ling rushed around the female dormitory area of the ship and ended up... in the public bath!

"Hmm!?!"

In an instant, more hot gazes were directed at her.

"Look, who's here!?"

"Wow! The vice-captain actually let Miss Lin Ling out? Is she planning to share with everyone?"

"Well, the little girl is so cute with her blushing face!"

"Oh? Speaking of which... she has been in the private room with the vice-captain for an hour and a half, right? She's still so energetic. It seems the little girl has a good physique. Let us sisters take a look!"

The next moment, the Valkyries of the Immortal Blades who were originally a little excited because they had survived the disaster tonight became even more excited when they saw their benefactor wrapped in only a thin bath towel!

"The wind is strong... pull... huh?"

Lin Ling shrank back and subconsciously wanted to turn around and run away.

But! She just turned around and forced herself to turn back!

Damn it! Forget about Rita. If I give in in front of them, how can I maintain my dignity? I'm afraid they'll bully me from morning to night in the future.

How can I get anything from them? How can I save the world? No! I have to stand up!

Lin Ling gritted her teeth, then opened her bath towel and jumped into the bathtub, then took on those Valkyries who coveted her and made them throw away their armor and surrender with courtesy...

"Oh, it's steaming?"

But suddenly, with the cool and delicate touch on her forehead, Lin Ling who had been immersed in a peach fantasy was pulled back into cold reality.

She turned her head and saw that Rita had come to her side without her noticing, gently pressing one of her hands on Lin Ling's forehead.

"It's really hot? Miss Lin Ling, do you need Rita to take you to see the ship's doctor?" Rita asked with a worried expression.

"Ah... no need, I'll just take a nap." Lin Ling laughed awkwardly, then waved to the girls of the Immortal Blade who were eager to move in the bathtub, "Everyone continue, I won't disturb you, I'm leaving."

"How can that be? The protagonist is gone, how can we continue?" But at this time, Alvitr took the lead and said, "Miss Lin Ling has worked really hard tonight, why don't you soak for a while longer?"

"Hey, look, the vice-captain looks rosy, and her clothes in front of her are wet..." At this moment, another girl who saw it noticed that Rita's maid outfit was quite wet.

"Wow~"

"Hmm... I'm so envious..." Suddenly, the girls were full of imagination.

"Miss Lin Ling." At the same time, Rita also took Lin Ling into her arms again and re-arranged her hairstyle, which had been imperfect just before.

"Oh, everyone is here."

Suddenly, the bathroom door opened again. A heroic blonde girl, who had changed back into a neat military uniform, appeared at the door. She said to Rita, "Rita, come here, there is an important meeting that needs you to attend..."

Suddenly, Durandal's eyes stopped on the girl in the bath towel, who was being held in Rita's arms and having her hair tidied. She observed the delicate and clean back of the white-haired girl who had blocked the attack of the World Serpent Lord for her, and the slender arch of her foot, which had been injured by the misunderstanding earlier. She was carefully assessing whether Lin Ling had fully recovered.

But for some reason, the snow-white softness, exquisite curves, and the slightly drunk face made her throat dry for some reason, and she couldn’t help swallowing a bit of saliva.

"Captain, why don’t you react at all, say something?"

At this moment, a livelier girl spoke to Durandal, who seemed to be staring at the two hugging each other.

"Mm?" Durandal tilted her head, her eyes full of doubt but innocent and pure, "How should I react? Hmm... I'm sorry, I don't know how to serve others... So, I can only leave it to Rita, let her express her gratitude to Miss Lin Ling."

"Hmm... Not bad." On the other side, the perfectionist Rita finally let go of the white-haired girl, who seemed to be a steam princess. She stepped back a few steps, hugged her chest, and admired her work, nodding with satisfaction, "Although there's a bunch of hair that can't be pressed down, it seems to have a different kind of beauty, making Miss Lin Ling look even more lovely~"

"Hmm..."

The white-haired girl didn’t say anything, turning her head away and not looking at Rita.

Then, Lin Ling narrowed her eyes and observed Durandal who appears to be the only one still normal.

Hmm... it seems that the steel man Durandal is still normal. In this case, it should be easy to get a lot of goose feathers from her...

"Let’s go, Lord Durandal, don’t keep the Overseer waiting for too long." Then Rita pulled Durandal who looked a little confused, out of the bathroom.

But just after they left the bathroom, she turned around and said to the restless team members, "It’s getting late. We’ve been tired all day. Let’s rest early. Don’t do anything else. There are still many new tasks to do after the battleship lands."

"Yes, Vice Captain."

"Alvitr." At this time, Durandal seemed to remember something. She told Alvitr, "Take Miss Lin Ling to my room. My bed is bigger."

Because she is the captain and the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, and she often performs tasks alone, Durandal has a single suite as her own lounge, even on a battleship with tight space.

Therefore, seeing that her team members being to be overly enthusiastic about Lin Ling, and in order to let her rest quietly after being injured many times tonight, and to repay her kindness to the entire Immortal Blade tonight, she decided to let her sleep on the comfortable big bed in her room.

"Huh!? What, what, what the hell?..."

But to Lin Ling who was almost ‘eaten’ by Rita, or could be said to have been half-eaten by Rita, Durandal's words sounded wrong no matter how she heard them.

Just now the deputy captain, now the captain... Just now she was in the bathroom, now she’s in the bedroom, these two women... so scary!

Fortunately, Durandal really had a meeting with Rita, Archbishop Schicksal, Nagamitsu, and other senior officials all night.

So Lin Ling could only stay alone in the empty room with fear and a hint of expectation...

...

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Chapter 128: Mei's Pain

On the other side...

"Hey, no, this place is completely ruined too."

Tesla sighed, throwing the "broken copper and iron" in her hand down with frustration.

Just a few hours ago, this small piece had been one of the most important components of the long sword "Raikiri."

Now, the weapon was disassembled into dozens of parts, all neatly arranged in front of Tesla.

"The blade is broken, the handle is broken, the modulation circuit is broken. The energy valve... also broken. Great. What's the difference between this and making a new one?"

"..."

Behind Tesla, a purple-haired girl remained silent, merely tidying up a stack of documents on another table.

For several months, they had been searching every day for the whereabouts of Kiana and Lin Ling. Intelligence from all over the world poured in, with the valuable reports being printed and filed.

Over time, they filled the conference room. Unfortunately, now they were nothing but waste paper...

"Thinking about her?"

Suddenly, Tesla put down the parts in her hand, turned around, and spoke to Mei with a lifeless look in her eyes. "There's no one else here. If you have something on your mind, you can tell me."

"Well..."

After months of contact, Mei had grown closer to Dr. Tesla which was once her enemy, and had slowly opened up, venting her feelings.

"Kiana... she's changed a lot. I don't know how to describe it. Has she grown up? Matured? No, that's not it. She's always been someone who couldn't sit still, the noisiest one in any group. Since I met her, I've never seen her calm. She always wanted to get involved in things that aren't her business. She used to be noisy, but in a reassuring way. But in Arc City, I saw her change..."

Mei's mood and voice dropped.

"She became... so quiet... so quiet that it doesn't even feel like her anymore. How many things, how much pain must one endure to change so much? Four months have passed, and anything could have happened. Right now, she must still be wandering somewhere, suffering from unimaginable trauma. I just want to find her as soon as possible."

"Don't blame yourself too much. Negative emotions aren't good for your health. We've done everything we could. Besides, look at it this way—at least the other one is still as carefree as ever. I saw her in the surveillance system of Arc City. She's still laughing all the time, her mind full of nonsense~"

"..." But when Mei heard "the other one," her expression darkened even more, and the chatterbox that had just opened was suddenly shut again. She fell silent.

"Ah~" Tesla sighed, realizing she had said something wrong. "Help me tidy up the table. I'll head to the intelligence room again."

As she walked toward the door, she glanced back at Mei, who looked lonely, and quietly left.

To cheer Mei up, Tesla planned to use her skills to hack into the intelligence black market network and gather some useful intel.

Mei was left alone in the room. She continued to arrange the scattered papers, but her thoughts grew more chaotic.

Four months had passed since the Battle of Schicksal. In these four months, how many cities had Kiana visited, affected by the Honkai? How many tragedies had she witnessed?

Seeing the lives taken by the Great Honkai, would Kiana blame herself for it all? Would she shoulder the entire burden alone?

And Lin Ling...

Mei feared that Lin Ling who was captured by Schicksal, might follow the same path as Kiana, after being tortured in an unknown way.

Would she also become a terrifying Herrscher with no humanity, killing without hesitation when they meet next time?

Would she change too, like Kiana? Would she lose her smile...?

Mei couldn't stop shaking. Though the physical wounds from the battle had healed, her chest continued to ache more and more.

She didn't dare to think about it, but she couldn't stop herself. Her thoughts were like a boulder sinking into an ice-cold lake, heavy and cold, sinking deeper into the darkness...

"Mei! Pack up your equipment and get ready to go!"

Suddenly, Dr. Tesla's anxious voice snapped her back to reality.

"Dr. Tesla!?... What happened?"

"We!" Tesla said excitedly to Mei, "We found out where Kiana is! She's in Nagazora City."

"Nagazora City?!"

Hearing that name, Mei's heart skipped a beat.

That was where she and Kiana had first met.

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Chapter 129: I'm the Master of Schicksal

"Miss Lin Ling, wake up, it's time to get up..."

Last night—or rather, early this morning—when Lin Ling who had been alone in the empty room finally fell asleep in Durandal's bed in a state of anxiety, she heard someone calling her to wake up again in a daze.

"No! I want to sleep until the world ends..."

After finally falling asleep, she naturally didn't want to leave the soft, large bed that seemed to carry the scent of a certain girl.

Like a mischievous child, she bit the warm, delicate hand that was poking her face.

"Hiss~" Rita groaned in pain and pulled her right hand back, but she wasn’t angry. Instead, she looked at the row of delicate teeth marks on her knuckles and licked her lips gently. "If you don't get up, Rita will be rude, okay?"

"Rita?... rude?... huh!?"

Upon hearing those two key words and recognizing the voice as somewhat familiar, Lin Ling suddenly remembered the impressive scene from the previous night and opened her eyes instantly.

Sure enough, in front of her was a delicate face, growing larger and larger.

"You, what do you want to do?"

"Oh, so you said you would sleep until the world ends? You woke up so soon?"

When Lin Ling woke up, Rita's face blushed slightly, and she stopped her attack, standing up again.

"Alas~" Lin Ling sighed. "My world has been destroyed by you people of Schicksal."

"Your world?"

"Yes. Saint Freya Academy was my world. Because your people destroyed it, I’ve been separated from my wives there."

"... Hm."

Rita snorted coldly upon hearing this. She began to regret letting Lin Ling go earlier and directly lifted Lin Ling's quilt. "The warship has arrived at the Schicksal Laboratory in North Africa. Miss Lin Ling, you'd better get up, or Rita will have to punish you..."

"Huh!?~"

Pfft...

Vimur. It was once nce a modern city, and an economic hub connecting Europe and Africa.

A city that never slept on the Mediterranean coast, with picturesque scenery, like paradise.

Unfortunately, after the Honkai Eruption, it became a tomb avoided by the living—a dead place isolated by the vast desert.

But it had also become a testing ground for Schicksal’s ideals.

"All units are ready. The first codename 00 space experiment will begin in five minutes."

The urgent alarm shattered the silence of the deserted streets, and the countdown for the experiment echoed in every corner of the city.

As the countdown reached zero, a dull artillery sound rang out from the center of the city, and the sound waves shook every grain of sand on the ground.

From the source of the sound, a beam of light shot up, cutting the world in half with its bright glow.

The beam went straight up into the sky, piercing through it.

In an instant, as if hitting a mirror, the sky shattered into countless particles, falling to the ground.

Behind the mirror, a chaotic space suddenly appeared, and dark, ominous stars rolled over the city, sending chills through the air.

"The experiment has entered the first stage. The energy output is stable, and the quantum layer has been confirmed to be infiltrated."

Moments later, from the broken abyss, hundreds of shadows seeped out of the chaos, peeling away and falling to the ground.

As these shadows passed through the sky, time and space seemed to warp in a trance.

At that moment, in another part of the city, under the chaotic sky, the blonde Valkyrie calmly observed the catastrophe in front of her.

"The invasion of the 'Quantum Shadow' has been observed, Lord Durandal. I’ll leave the rest to you."

"Received," Durandal replied lightly upon hearing the request through her headset. She then threw herself into the battlefield. Although this was the first time the experimental code had been used, Durandal had seen similar scenes dozens of times before.

Soon, she had cleared all the invaders from the Sea of Quanta in this area.

"The spatial positioning has broken through the quantum layer. The experiment has entered the second stage, and coordinate observation has begun. Lord Durandal, the experiment is about to enter the second stage. Please wait for further instructions."

After dozens of repeated experiments, Durandal could recite the entire process from memory. But compared to before, she was a little worried now. The little one who had replaced the second Divine Key seemed to be in a bad state.

Durandal looked from a distance, and saw that the girl who used to be always laughing and joking now had bloodshot eyes. The purple Honkai energy around her body vibrated, making her look violent!

That was the power of half a "nuclear bomb" consumed in Arc City, flowing and releasing from her body...

At that moment, Lin Ling was activating the power of controlling the Herrscher to physically shatter space and open a tunnel to the Sea of Quanta. But doing so would attract quantum entities. To ensure Lin Ling's safety, people needed to be on standby to meet and eliminate the invaders. This was the Valkyrie Durandal's mission.

But... this was only the beginning. The Sea of Quanta was not the goal of the experiment. Otto hoped to reach a deeper, unknown space—the other side of the Sea of Quanta, the law of the universe, the mystery of the cycle of life, the place where all essences and roots are formed, The Imaginary Tree...

"Lord Durandal, new quantum shadows are appearing. Please continue with the elimination mission."

Durandal grew more uneasy. If Lin Ling had an accident during this experiment, would she soon break her oath again?

Suddenly!

Durandal's fears came true. Lin Ling who had been releasing the immense Honkai energy from her body wore an evil smile on her lips.

At the same time, a strange symbol appeared in her iris...

Then, more and stronger quantum shadows fell from the void like waterfalls. Even Durandal was briefly overwhelmed, and the entire base was on the brink of collapse.

Boom!

Fortunately, at that moment, another beam of light shot up and tore apart the imaginary portal Lin Ling had created.

Someone had activated the power of the Second Divine Key, allowing the two spatial forces to cancel each other out.

The next moment, Lin Ling who had just looked like a hellish killer displayed a puzzled expression. She scratched the back of her head and looked at Durandal in confusion. "Hey! What is Otto doing? Didn’t we agree to do the experiment? Why did he interrupt?"

Pah, pah, pah~

Accompanied by applause, the man who always liked to command from behind and rarely appeared in person, emerged in front of Lin Ling. Otto bowed very politely and thanked her. "Thank you very much for your help, Miss Lin Ling. This experiment has been successfully completed."

...

"Miss Lin Ling, do you still think of yourself as a Valkyrie of Schicksal?"

Soon after, in a spacious and bright hall, a blond man with a gentle face smiled and asked the listless white-haired girl with heavy panda eyes.

"Huh~" Hearing the question from the Archbishop of Schicksal, the girl yawned indifferently and glanced at Rita and Durandal standing beside her.

Finally, she gave an answer that made the blond man nod with satisfaction and the two girls smile slightly.

"I think I am."

"Okay, Amber," Otto said immediately upon hearing that Lin Ling still believed herself to be the Schicksal Valkyrie. He turned to a girl wearing a nun’s uniform and a goggle-like eye mask. "Add Miss Lin Ling as the fourth S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal..."

Last night, Archbishop Otto of Schicksal had planned at least two scenarios for how to place Lin Ling after listening to the stories of Durandal and Rita. But after seeing Lin Ling's power as the Herrscher of the Void which was no less than Kiana's at this stage, he had made a choice.

"Hmm?! I said stop!"

Originally sleepy, Lin Ling suddenly lost all her drowsiness and quickly reached out to interrupt the archbishop’s canonization. "I said we should ask for help from someone else. I’m not being modest, but how can a traitor of the Far East Branch become an S-rank Valkyrie?"

"Miss Lin Ling, you are too modest. Your powerful strength is obvious to all, and your noble character is praised by Schicksal. Countless Valkyries regard you as their life goal after hearing about your outstanding deeds. It is the popular wish for one to become an S-rank Valkyrie. Therefore, for the future of all mankind and for world peace, Miss Lin Ling, please become the backbone of Schicksal’s fight against the Honkai..."

"Don't do those useless things."

Before Otto's compliments and impassioned speeches were finished, Lin Ling interrupted again. "Don’t you just want me to help you do some experiments? Being an S-rank Valkyrie is not enough. I'm telling you, you may not believe it, but the original founder of World Serpent is my wife, and the next leader of Anti-Entropy is also my wife. I'm afraid they'll misunderstand."

"It doesn't matter." Seeing Lin Ling constantly bragging about her relationships with the two biggest hostile organizations of Schicksal, Otto was not angry but laughed. "Whether it’s World Serpent or Anti-Entropy, everyone is a comrade against the Honkai like Schicksal. In the history of Shenzhou, Miss Lin Ling's hometown, isn’t there an allusion about Su Qin serving as prime minister of the six countries to resist the tyranny of Qin? Now, Miss Lin Ling has three positions. It's no big deal."

"Oh~" Lin Ling tilted her head. "Su Qin was the prime minister of the six countries alone, and he was indeed unique for a while—very cool and very handsome. But in the end, he was torn apart by five horses, so it's better for us to be more single-minded."

"Did she actually say that she should be more single-minded? Is this really coming from her?" Rita glanced sideways, her eyes full of disgust.

However, although she disliked it, she also hoped that Lin Ling would stay in Schicksal. She took out a screen and handed it to Lin Ling. "Ms. Lin Ling, don't rush to refuse. S-rank Valkyries can have very generous benefits."

"How generous? Are there five insurances and one housing fund? Do they provide separate housing and cars? Are there food expenses? I have a big appetite."

Lin Ling pouted. She didn’t want to stay in Otto’s area for too long. After completing her plan, she would slip away at any time.

"Huh!? One, two, three, four... seven... or euros?!"

But suddenly, after looking at the salary slip of the S-rank Valkyrie with a long string of zeros that she dared not even think about in her previous life, she was stunned.

At the same time, she swallowed her saliva, seeming a little moved.

"Well... no, no."

But Lin Ling thought about it and shook her head. No matter how much money you have, you have to live to spend it. She refused again. "Money is something outside the body, and I don't need to make money. I have a poor appetite and can only eat soft rice. Besides, I am used to being free and undisciplined. It’s impossible for me to be a social animal. I won’t be able to complete any task you give me."

"Don't worry, Miss Lin Ling."

As if he had expected it, Otto continued to explain. "We will not give you tasks that require compulsory execution, and there’s no performance pressure. Of course, if Miss Lin Ling is interested, you can also do the tasks you want. In short, it's very free and very easy~ Of course, the salary will be paid."

"Oh... Is it so good?~"

Lin Ling narrowed her eyes. It seems that this green supporter really wants to tie her to his chariot, and he’s willing to do this? In this case, she'll use her ultimate move.

"So, does your company arrange marriages? I don't have high requirements, just any S-rank Valkyrie will do."

So, Lin Ling who was sandwiched between the only two S-rank Valkyries active in public asked.

This time, not only Rita but also Durandal, who had always been as serious as a guard, turned her head and looked at Lin Ling with a complicated expression.

"Of course."

What surprised the two S-rank Valkyries even more was that the archbishop actually agreed!

"But~" Otto added. "What I mean is that Schicksal has always supported employees' free love. If Miss Lin Ling truly falls in love with any S-rank Valkyrie, I have no objection and will only sincerely bless you."

"What if I get them all?" Lin Ling asked.

"Well..." Otto was a little choked, but after thinking about it, he smiled again. "Of course, if the parties have no objection... I respect it... In addition, Miss Lin Ling, if you have the identity of an S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal, you are a member of the Schicksal family. You can get help from all the staff of Schicksal in anything you do. Otherwise, if Lin Ling leaves Schicksal in the future, she might be attacked by new people in Schicksal who don't know you, which may hurt the harmony~"

"Well... okay."

...

Finally, under Otto’s coercion and inducement, Lin Ling could only agree to become the fourth S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal—sadly, helplessly, and forcefully.

Soon, this news was passed to the ears of Schicksal's two biggest enemies, Anti-Entropy and World Serpent, through their respective eyes.

It was also passed to the women aboard the Saint Freya Hyperion, a battleship that had once been part of the Far East Branch of Schicksal, now allied with Anti-Entropy.

"On month day, 2016, the Archbishop of Schicksal newly canonized a girl with a Shenzhou appearance as the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal." Bronya read the latest information she had just received with an expressionless face.

"What Shenzhou appearance?" Himeko also threw a photo on the table. "Isn’t that little girl?"

Everyone looked over and saw that the Archbishop of Schicksal was awarding a white-haired girl in a Schicksal military uniform.

Isn’t that Lin Ling? The one they had always worried might be subjected to cruel experiments by Schicksal?

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Chapter 130: Schicksal's Most Disdainful Valkyrie

"Hmm..."

After a short silence, a little white-haired girl crossed her arms, pouted, and nodded, saying, "Hmph! That little girl must be pretending to surrender again, right? As her aunt, I have seen through her a long time ago. This time, she must be just pretending to surrender to Grandpa... Um, I mean the Overseer of Schicksal, but in fact, she is a spy, an insider..."

Indeed, Lin Ling will never abandon everyone.

After experiencing her repeated actions, Himeko and the others firmly believe this.

But...

"Hmm... an insider?" At this moment, Xi'er said very worriedly, "In that case, if she is exposed, wouldn't Miss Lin Ling be in greater danger?"

"..."

After hearing this, the already heavy worry on everyone's face increased further.

Indeed, insiders usually... don't have a good end...

"Hmm!?" At this moment, Bronya, who should have lost her emotional ability, showed a fluctuation far beyond what was usual on her face!

"What's wrong? Sister Bronya? Is Miss Lin Ling in more danger than we thought?"

Seele quickly leaned over to see what made the usually calm sister Bronya so frightened.

It didn't matter if she saw it; even Seele was so angry that she complained in a low voice: "Damn it! That idiot! What the hell is she doing in Schicksal?!"

Of course, this was actually the angry Black Seele who had taken over the body for a short time.

The girls also focused their attention on Bronya again, and saw that she had turned over another photo of Lin Ling in Schicksal.

The picture in the photo was very dangerous, but this danger was a little subtle.

Because it might not be dangerous for Lin Ling herself, but for Saint Freya and her group, it was quite dangerous on some level...

The white-haired girl in the photo was surrounded by a group of beautiful women.

She was flanked by people on both sides, with a beautiful young girl peeling grapes and feeding her in front, and a gentle maid massaging her in the back...

She squinted her eyes and seemed to enjoy it all, even reminding people of the legendary King Zhou who indulged in wine and meat...

"..."

Seeing this, everyone in Saint Freya was silent.

They secretly made up their minds that, no matter whether that guy truly surrendered to the enemy or pretended to, they must take Lin Ling out of that dangerous place, keep her away from that dangerous bishop, and at the same time, away from those dangerous Valkyries!

"Lord Lin Ling, do you still want to go to the World Serpent now?"

On the other side, at the dinner after the ceremony of conferring honors on the new S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal, the white-haired girl surrounded by the Valkyries was being questioned by the Valkyries.

"I don't want to think about it anymore." Lin Ling passed a grape to Alvitr and shook her head with satisfaction. "I am happy here, I don't want to think about the World Serpent~"

"Then~ what about the people of Saint Freya?"

When Lin Ling was getting a little carried away, Rita who was massaging her behind asked a question... that would kill her.

"Of course it's Saint Freya, but..."

Just when Lin Ling, who was a little tipsy, was about to blurt out the answer in her mind, she reacted instantly and closed her mouth.

After a little thought, she replied sincerely, "Of course it's better here, hum! You don't know that group of tigresses in Saint Freya bullied me, were mean to me, despised me, and beat me up when I was in school... Woohoo, beware of school bullying, or it's better here in Schicksal, everyone is a gentle and kind lady~"

"Hehe, is that so~"

With the corners of her mouth slightly raised, Rita stopped massaging her and then gently brushed Lin Ling's face, quietly putting a small earphone into Lin Ling's ear.

"...You don't know, that group of tigresses in Saint Freya bullied me, were mean to me, despised me, and beat me up when I was in school... Woohoo, beware of school bullying. It's better here in Schicksal, everyone is a gentle and kind lady..."

Then, Lin Ling heard her own voice in her ears.

"Hmm..." Lin Ling turned her head away, then thanked Rita who was smiling proudly because she recorded her black history voice...

"Thank you, Sister Tazi." (Thank you for helping me make them angry, thank you for helping me improve my ability~)

"Hmm~?"

Sure enough, when she heard that Lin Ling was not afraid to laugh and even thanked her, Rita who thought she had caught her handle, gradually lost her smile.

She stared at the little white-haired girl in front of her, who seemed to be thinking something, with deep doubts in her eyes:

Why did she thank me instead?

Could it be that this guy no longer cares about the opinions of everyone in Saint Freya Academy? Is she really going to join our Schicksal camp wholeheartedly?

Or..

 my forced kiss yesterday... made her fall in love with me completely?

...Hmm... In this case, should I be nicer to her in the future?

But this coward, it seems that she dares not take the initiative to attack, um... then... should I give this little wolf some benefits?...

As Rita's thoughts and associations spread,

The sound of the system's upgrade came into Lin Ling's mind.

[Ding~ System prompt: The host makes Rita Rossweiser feel confused and happy, the adaptability of Honkai energy increases by 1.314%]

Now, it was Lin Ling's turn to be confused.

Ah, this... I can understand that Rita is a little confused, but what is joy? Shouldn't she be angry? ... Forget it, now is not the time to think about these things... I always feel that Otto's attitude was a bit too low before.

Could he be preparing some conspiracy against me? No matter what it is, I have to do my best to improve my strength first.

But before that, Lin Ling has other things to do.

She suddenly stood up and said to the girls around her: "Sorry, I have to leave for a while~"

After that, she hurried away.

Although it seems that Lin Ling is enjoying herself in the wine pool and meat forest, In fact, it was not pleasant...

The Immortal Blades' Valkyries appeared to be a little too enthusiastic!

In just a short while, she felt that she had been taken advantage of!

More importantly, not to mention the constant feeding, they also kept toasting, thanking her for saving their lives, asking for martial arts guidance...

In short, they were very enthusiastic, and Lin Ling couldn't refuse the requests of the cute girls. She was a little greedy without realizing it.

So now, she felt a little dizzy from the smell of alcohol and was about to go to the bathroom to rest. She planned to wait until she regained her strength and then come back to kill everyone!

Otherwise, she was afraid she would really get drunk, and there might be big problems.

"Well... I'm leaving too."

Just as Lin Ling was about to leave, Durandal, who had been too embarrassed to compete with her subordinates for the chance to get close to Lin Ling also found a random reason to follow her.

...

Pah~

In a bathroom at the headquarters of the Schicksal, a white-haired girl in military uniform flicked the brim of her hat in front of the mirror.

Then, she placed her fingers under her chin in the shape of a pistol and posed in a way she thought was very handsome.

"Hehe." Lin Ling smiled at herself in the mirror in her handsome military uniform. "I'm so handsome, no wonder those Schicksal Valkyries are so obsessed with me. By the way, if I wait until I get them and then abandon them, this will definitely make more money hehe~"

"How can you do this!?"

But just as Lin Ling was staring at herself in the mirror and falling into a beautiful fantasy, an angry voice came from behind her.

Then, Lin Ling felt her wrist become heavy, and a strong force twisted her whole body in one direction.

"Stupid, stupid wife?" After being forcibly pulled away from the mirror, Lin Ling saw a frowning blonde girl in front of her. "What, what's wrong? Let's talk it over! Let me go first."

"What's wrong?" But after hearing Lin Ling's request, Durandal did not let go. Instead, she stepped forward, pressing her lower body against Lin Ling's and pushing her upper body onto the sink, making her unable to move.

Then, Durandal leaned over and said angrily to the person under her, "Playing with other people's feelings! It's very rude and immoral! Lin Ling, I must correct you!"

"...Then~ Lord Durandal, how are you going to correct me, a bad woman~" After a brief panic, Lin Ling's face showed a wicked smile. "I do have a way. If my heart is filled with Durandal, I won't think of other women anymore~"

"..."

Sure enough, Durandal who had been full of anger, now had a blush on her face, and the strength in her hands lessened. At the same time, she looked away from Lin Ling's eyes. "Hey, please, please don't make such a joke, Miss Lin Ling, it will be annoying..."

"It's not a joke~ If you don't believe me, I will go to Otto to propose marriage immediately, ask him to marry you to me, and then we will hold the wedding tomorrow and have the wedding night that night, mixing 0's and 1's~"

"Really, really...?"

Although she didn't know what 0 and 1 meant, Durandal could still understand the word "marriage."

She had always thought that Lin Ling was just joking about marrying her, but she didn't expect Lin Ling to go as far as proposing it to the Archbishop who raised her. This made her a little overwhelmed for a moment, and the blush on her face grew even more obvious.

"I know..." Seeing that Durandal was actually hesitating, Lin Ling immediately pretended to be lonely and disappointed. "Lord Durandal, you... actually hate me, right? Well... I won't bother you anymore... I'll leave your sight from now on... I'll leave Schicksal and go to jail in the World Serpent... Alas~"

"No... No!" Seeing that Lin Ling appeared to be breaking up with her, Durandal immediately became anxious and denied it repeatedly. "I didn't mean that, I don't hate you, I, I..."

"Don't hate me? Then~ you'll agree to get married? Oh~ I understand~" When Durandal continued to talk with a face full of entanglement, Lin Ling suddenly realized. "No wonder you pressed me here, it turns out you don't want to delay it until tomorrow's wedding night. If it's Lord Durandal, it's okay~ But please~ be gentle..."

Lin Ling turned her head away, and a shy look appeared on her face. No one knew whether it was fake or real~

Da Da Da~

"I... I don't know!"

But at that moment, Durandal, whose brain was about to crash, quickly let go of the girl in her arms after hearing footsteps approaching. She then looked at her wit

h a complicated expression and left in a hurry.

"Hehe~ As expected, if it's just a straight-laced Durandal..." Lin Ling rubbed the wrist that was pinched by the excited Durandal, and then gently stroked her chest a few times, where her heart was still beating wildly. "I can still control it~"

"Oh~ Miss Lin Ling, are you fickle again?"

But just when Lin Ling thought she had won Durandal over and opened the system interface with great joy to check the results of teasing Durandal just now... Suddenly!

Another pair of hands passed through from behind her, hugged her waist, lifted her chin, and turned her face.

Lin Ling looked over and was immediately shocked!

She saw the profile of the bad woman she was most afraid of at the moment, the one who would really touch her, appear on her shoulder.

Lin Ling and Durandal had suddenly left the banquet, which naturally attracted Rita's attention...

At first, she was a little hesitant about whether to go over, but as the two disappeared for a long time, Rita who felt something was wrong quietly followed.

Sure enough, the scene she expected and found reasonable happened.

The wooden-like Durandal actually pressed Lin Ling on the sink very domineeringly, and the little guy who could only show off her power with her mouth now showed a shy look on her face and let Durandal pick her up.

This made Rita feel very complicated...

"Oh~" So, as if to vent the complexity in her heart, Rita gently scratched the girl's little bust, like teasing a kitten. "What kind of punishment should be imposed on a half-hearted girl like you?"

But at that moment, Lin Ling suddenly shouted in the direction where Durandal disappeared: "Durandal, don't go, Rita wants to have a threesome with us..."

"Shut up!"

Sure enough, before Lin Ling finished speaking, Rita covered her mouth!

All of this was within Lin Ling's expectations. This was the trick she had thought of last night to deal with Rita.

She didn't believe that the bad maid Rita could touch her in front of Dudu, right?

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