"Rita, go and help everyone save people!"
"Ying, stand by below, protect the Hyperion, and be ready to support me at any time!"
Without time to greet Theresa and the others, Durandal raised her lance high. The full-strength Honkai energy made the golden armor dazzling as she flew into the sky like a cannonball.
The huge reaction force during the jump even pressed the front end of the battleship under the sea surface for a time, stirring up a circle of surging waves. The people on the ship swayed left and right, and many almost fell down.
"This single-celled idiot, can't she pay attention to the occasion? The place where she stepped on was the spaceship that just crashed!"
Theresa held the wall next to her and cursed with a headache.
Then she looked up at the golden light and shadow that was heading towards the flames and suddenly felt a kind of depressed mood that couldn't keep up with the times.
When did these Herrscher-level characters appear one after another like cabbages?
She once thought that relying on the Oath of Judah, she could go anywhere in the world, but now it seems to be a joke.
Just like the battlefield in the sky, Theresa can't get up there at all, she can't even help.
"Theresa, our people have been found one after another, where should we go next? The battlefield in the sky is very unstable. If there is any aftermath, with the Hyperion like this, I'm afraid we will be swept away by the waves."
"Go to the base of anti-entropy!"
"But that's the enemy's base camp."
"I'm an Apocalypse after all, plus we have so many Valkyries who can fight, and Welt is still a good guy... Anyway, try to find a stable base first to avoid being scattered by the sea again. And we have to pick up the two lost little guys, Angel and Bronya, right?"
Theresa and Himeko looked at each other for a second and nodded at the same time.
Then, relying on several propellers repaired by the technical team and temporarily modified human-powered paddles, the damaged Hyperion slowly sailed towards the distant East Shenzou Sea Base.
…
"Boom!!!"
As soon as Durandal approached the center of the battlefield, the unbearable high temperature and waves suddenly broke out, and she was forced to retreat a distance.
"Tick!"
Something cold and sticky dripped on her cheek.
Durandal looked up, and her pupils suddenly contracted.
Under the dazzling white sun, a long sword forged by flames pierced through Delta's chest, hanging the petite body in mid-air.
Drops of blood slid down her round and white legs and then flew everywhere with the chaotic wind direction.
"Ahhgh! Why... why can you..."
"The attack and defense capabilities of an ideal fluid are perfect at the material level. But in the realm of Honkai, there is no absolute concept."
"Achk!"
"Not to mention that power is only approaching the physical limit, not the real physical limit. Even if it is true, Honkai energy is above the rules of physics. If the energy gap is large enough, the so-called perfect defense is no different from a stronger piece of kraft paper."
Delta coughed up blood and hung on the sword weakly. Her incredible expression of incomprehension was gradually replaced by a bit of sudden enlightenment.
Then, she smiled bitterly and murmured.
"Tell a Herrscher that the Honkai can crush her? Ahem! What kind of monster are you..."
"Remember this lesson and continue to become stronger - if you also want to change your Destiny."
Shamash said indifferently, but it was not a mockery. To Durandal, it even sounded like expectation.
Then, with a swing of the flaming sword, the girl who once could control the natural disasters and gallop freely in the sky fell into the sea with blood drops like a bird with broken wings.
"Durandal... Be careful... She is a monster..."
Delta seemed to have used up her last strength to pass the weak warning to Durandal through the wind.
"Delta!!!"
Durandal was about to rush over to catch the other party's body when suddenly a red light burst in front of her eyes, and a burning breath rushed to her face.
"Bang!!!"
"Gululu!"
Durandal choked on a few mouthfuls of seawater, shook her head dizzily, and then realized that she was hit into the sea.
If her physique was not stronger than that of the Honkai beast and the Battlesuit also hadn't provided a very strong defense, she would have died with just this one blow, right?
Just as Durandal began to feel the opponent's terrifying strength, she saw the seawater in front of her twisted and boiling. Shamash's exquisite but expressionless little face stared at her closely, and then swung her sword.
"Bang!!!"
Relying on the Abyss Flower in her hand, Durandal barely blocked the attack this time, but the huge impact still knocked her back into the air.
As expected, the moment she stopped, Shamash put one hand behind her back and held the flaming sword in one hand, and stopped in front of Durandal as if she had never moved.
"Whether in terms of strength or position, The Herrschers of this era are far different from what I have experienced. But you are a very good warrior, Durandal."
"This kind of power and tone... Are you that ELF at the Cosmic Juggernaut?"
"I am."
Shamash replied calmly, without any intention of concealing.
That body which is much smaller and cuter than that of humans exudes a calm and powerful aura like a mountain.
Durandal frowned, confusion and tension intertwined in her mind. "But you are not... you were not like this before..."
"The long wait has aged my body and exhausted my energy. In order to continue to perform my duties, I naturally need to repair it, and some changes are normal."
"It doesn't matter! What matters is why you do it? Who do you serve? What do you want to do?"
Durandal was in no mood to reminisce, and roared with her lance.
The scene of Delta falling after being pierced is still clearly frozen in memory. At this moment, Durandal is only filled with endless anger and confusion.
But in front of Shamash who has gathered the power of several clones, the difference in combat power is undoubted.
Shamash just raised the sword with one hand and easily resisted Durandal's attack.
"A diligent colleague told me that this is a good opportunity to obtain a Herrscher Gem and it should not be missed, so I came. Durandal, I have tested your ability. It is undoubtedly excellent, but there is still a huge room for growth. You don't need to go through another trial. Quit now and I won't make things difficult for you."
"Are you kidding!?"
Durandal increased the power of the lance and kicked again, but both were taken lightly.
The motionless Shamash sighed.
"Then feel the pain, remember the pain, and then turn it into motivation to move forward. I will wait and see your performance on the final stage."
After the calm voice fell, the flames that had just subsided once again illuminated the sky and the sea red.
...
Wendy no longer knew what she was thinking in her mind a second before she saw Delta falling into the sea.
At that moment, she couldn't hear anything Theresa and Himeko said, nor could she care about the overall situation.
She just jumped into the sea instinctively, and then swam desperately in the direction where Delta fell.
Yae Sakura caught up in time and gave Wendy a pair of purple energy butterfly wings.
But even so, Wendy still didn't catch Delta.
When she arrived, the thin and weak girl was lying on the sea, pushed by the waves, and her blood dyed a large area of seawater red.
"Delta... Don't... Don't scare me..."
"Cough!"
Delta's cough and the blood pouring from the corner of her mouth woke up the pale Wendy.
Wendy sank into the sea and floated beside Delta. She wanted to reach out to touch her, but she was afraid of affecting the charred wound that pierced her chest.
"Hey, it's Wendy, I'm back..."
"Don't laugh! Don't laugh, idiot!!!"
"Don't panic....I'm a Herrscher, I... I won't die."
"That's what you said last time! That's what you said when you went to participate in the experiment!"
Wendy should have cared about Delta's injury first, but she couldn't help it. An uncontrollable anger hit her mind and made her almost crazy.
However, this loss of control was short-lived. After Wendy screamed, her concern for Delta prevailed. She carefully took Delta's hand, tears streaming down her face, choking.
"I'll take you to heal your wounds, you just bear with it, don't fall asleep."
"Sorry... I've been working overtime for so long, can't I take a nap?"
"It's so late and you're still talking to me... Delta, please don't fall asleep, I'm scared..."
Wendy's voice just got louder, but as if she was afraid that the sound would aggravate the injury, she quickly suppressed it, expressing her prayers and fears.
The red sea and the hideous wounds made Wendy feel extremely terrified.
What if she fell asleep and never opened her eyes again?
What if she never opened her eyes again, didn't talk to her, didn't cause trouble for her, didn't play pranks around her - what should she do?
Wendy held Delta's hand and imagined the terrible future. She couldn't imagine the scene, but just such a possibility made her heart and brain so painful that she couldn't think, and despair and darkness enveloped her eyes.
At the same time, Delta strangely discovered that the Gem of Desire in her body that should have been stable was actually stirring.
'Fuck! The Will of Honkai wants to hook up with my Wendy!?'
No longer caring about maintaining her character and the script, in order to calm Wendy down, Delta reached out and pressed her head.
Their lips touched.
The bitterness and fishy saltiness of the seawater spread in the two people's mouths, but in the beautiful soft touch, those tears and saltiness seemed to be transformed into sweetness that could not be described in words.