"I've got to admit, big sis Ragna really lives up to her reputation as a seasoned top-tier Valkyrie—her eye for talent is something else."
After chatting with Wendy for a while, Lynelle had a pretty good idea how Ragna had managed to bring out the change in her.
To put it simply, it came down to two things: a sharp eye for spotting the glimmers of talent within Wendy, and… helping her rebuild her confidence.
In the original storyline, there were plenty of factors that led to Wendy becoming a Herrscher.
The bullying she endured in Oceania was one part of it, but the crushing fall from grace she experienced—from heaven straight into hell—was another element that couldn't be overlooked.
Let's not forget, Wendy had become an A-rank Valkyrie by the age of fourteen.
If you compared her training timeline, you'd see she made it to A-rank in about the same time as Rita.
In other words, under normal circumstances, Wendy was absolutely on track to become an S-rank Valkyrie.
Sure, Rita's combat prowess wasn't much to write home about in the later stages, but that doesn't change the fact that S-rank Valkyries were still among the top five fighters in Schicksal.
After Wendy underwent that experiment, she went from being a future top-tier fighter to someone completely written off—all while stuck in Oceania's miserable environment…
Honestly, the fact that Wendy held out for two whole years before her Herrscher awakening really says a lot about what a good kid she was.
And in this case, Ragna's approach to helping Wendy was pretty straightforward.
Without exaggeration, if what Wendy said was true, her current combat ability had to be brushing right up against A-rank level.
Let's be real—a glass cannon is still a cannon. Normal Valkyrie operations usually require team-based tactics.
With that kind of strength, Wendy's mindset had naturally started to recover, growing healthier and more confident.
After all, Wendy was still just a sixteen-year-old kid.
Even if her emotions were unstable, it was relatively easier for someone like her to bounce back.
"By the way, since you're so curious about my abilities…"
After they'd been talking for a bit, Wendy suddenly went "Hmm?" and came up with an idea.
"How about we go outside and find a spot for a little practical demonstration?"
"Practical demonstration?"
Lynelle was caught off guard. "R-right now?"
"Yep! Hands-on is the best way to show what I can do. But now that I think about it, I don't really know how capable you are, Lynelle…"
"Well… I only know a little about electronic information systems, plus I have some… mental talents. When it comes to actual combat, though… I'm probably not much use."
Lynelle scratched her head sheepishly.
"I see…"
Wendy nodded thoughtfully, and from her expression, she seemed to have pegged Lynelle as some kind of specially-recruited support member.
"No problem! I'm plenty strong. Hop on—I'll keep you safe~"
"W-wait, what?"
Before Lynelle could process it, Wendy's wheelchair executed a slick drift, turning its back toward her.
"H-hop on?"
"Yep! There are handles and anchor points on the back—it's totally stable."
Wendy blinked. "Did you think we were going to go looking for Honkai beasts with me being pushed around in this?"
"But I'm still wearing a maid outfit…"
"Ah, don't worry! Instructor Ragna dresses like this too sometimes. It's fine."
After pulling Lynelle onto the wheelchair, the lively girl let out a cheerful whoop, and the engine beneath the seat roared to life with a sound that even made Lynelle a little nervous.
"Here we go!"
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"Oceania's land area is just too vast, and the population's pretty sparse. Because of that, Schicksal's defense duties here are pretty relaxed—they just need to set up a branch office or outpost in each settlement."
"But that leads to another problem: there are tons of 'wild' Honkai beasts and zombies roaming around Oceania. They usually wander in uninhabited areas, so we go out periodically to cull them, like trimming weeds."
After finding what looked like an abandoned town, Wendy checked the map on her terminal and explained to Lynelle.
"Someone reported seeing a white unidentified flying object around here recently. My guess is it's an Alloy Chariot Honkai beast, so let's pick this spot."
As she spoke, Wendy pulled two sniper rifle components from the case on her wheelchair and began assembling them.
"Wait…"
Watching the girl's practiced movements and the massive weapon taking shape in her hands, Lynelle felt her mouth twitch.
"You… call that a sniper rifle?"
Staring at the "sniper rifle" that was nearly as tall as she was, with a caliber utterly unlike any ordinary firearm, Lynelle felt her worldview shaking.
If anything, the sheer size of the rounds for Wendy's so-called sniper rifle, compared to normal bullets, was like the difference between a firecracker and a full-blown artillery shell.
"Since my abilities let me stabilize the rounds perfectly—along with some other parameters—most of the components in a normal firearm are pretty much useless for me."
Wendy snapped the last piece into place and smoothly chambered a round.
"So Instructor Ragna went to Director Nagamitsu and had a custom gun made just for me. This one strips out almost all the redundant parts and uses the saved space to maximize firepower. If a normal person tried to fire it, they probably couldn't even pull the trigger."
"Then…"
Lynelle poked curiously at the green-tinged weapon of mass destruction in Wendy's hands. "Does this gun… have a name?"
"Yep."
Wendy began adjusting some other equipment. "Director Nagamitsu named it 'Deadzone.'"
Lynelle: "Huh??"
"Alright, alright, don't overthink it."
Wendy handed Lynelle a handheld terminal. "C'mon, time to get to work—now's your chance to play spotter!"
"My ability lets me accurately detect all air currents within a thirty-kilometer radius around myself. I can build a 3D area detection model based on the flow and collision patterns of those currents, and that model gets transmitted to your terminal via the headset sensor I'm wearing."
"As the spotter, you'll need to pinpoint any suspicious locations within that data, then send the coordinate ranges back to me. I'll focus my sensing on those areas and line up the shot."
"So you're saying…"
Lynelle fiddled with the terminal for a moment. "My job is basically to filter out the useless info for you?"
"Mm, more like a secondary filter. My control over this ability isn't that precise yet, and thirty kilometers is about the limit for my initial filtering. The sensory info the wind sends back is… pretty abstract."
Wendy nodded.
"Of course, if it were just basic detection, the range could be expanded another tenfold or so. But if I did that, I wouldn't be able to do the initial filtering, and the amount of data you'd have to sift through would be downright inhuman."
However, Wendy didn't seem to notice that Lynelle, beside her, had already started operating the terminal with a thoughtful expression.
"Alright then, I've just sent you the data from the first scan. See if you can make sense of it first… Huh?"
Wendy's words cut off abruptly as she whipped her head around to stare at Lynelle in disbelief.
The reason?
The moment she'd finished speaking, she felt streams of data flowing through her headset sensor into her mind, carried by some strange force.
It contained detailed coordinates of the Honkai beasts in the area, and—as a thoughtful touch—Lynelle had even included enemy info and auxiliary tracking markers.
Or, to put it in simpler terms…
Wendy's field of vision was now filled with targeting boxes!
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T/N: No bullet drop + wall hacks? Nah thats lowkey broken
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