The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Attention everyone, the Hyperion has entered 10 nautical miles northwest of the New Zealand Islands. Valkyrie, please prepare for battle!"

Jizi's urgent voice came from the radio, but it was a different story in the preparation room.

Kiana, Mei, Bronya and Seele have all put on the Valkyrie armor and loaded the artificial stigmata, but there doesn't seem to be any tense atmosphere among the girls.

"Did Fu Hua come to inform you just now? This battle will have the Snow Lotus Squadron from the Southeast Asia branch as the main force. Hyperion only needs to provide fire support in the air and provide supplies to the Snow Lotus Squadron when necessary."

"Yeah, I understand, but Kiana doesn't seem very happy."

Meiyi wiped the long knife in her hand, and on the ground where the pickaxe was ground into a mirror, a pair of purple eyes stared at her quietly.

Mikael smiled when he heard this, stopped talking, and carefully wiped Mei's flank with a piece of white silk cloth.

Although the Southeast Asian branch was reorganized just a few months ago, and the members of the Snow Lotus team can only be described as a patchwork, at least all of them are A-level Valkyrie. In front of them, they still have no chance. These children from St. Freya attack.

It's actually a good thing that they don't have to be the main force. The Far East branch is composed of a bunch of retired Valkyries or Valkyries below B level. The safest solution is to stay on the Hyperion and control weapons that are far more powerful than their combat effectiveness.

Only Kiana and the others are a little special. Although they are also Valkyrie students, taking into account some special circumstances, they actually have a combat effectiveness that is not inferior to some A-level Valkyrie teams. Therefore, in the combat mission allocation of the Far East Branch, there is no position reserved for them to operate weapons. Those positions can be left to other Valkyrie trainees below B level and retired Valkyrie instructors. Their positioning is A mobile combat force ready for ground combat at any time.

It's just...it seems that they don't need to enter this time.

It's hard not to make Kiana feel depressed. Of course, she also understands that in every sense, this is "for their own good", but this feeling of being underestimated and having no chance to prove herself... Simply... simply...

It was just like that time in the Siberian snowfield, when she took the initiative to challenge a brown bear that had just finished hibernation and returned in defeat. She also thought about practicing hard for a few days to regain her place. Unexpectedly, her smelly dad proudly made a dish that night. The frustration Kaslana felt when she secretly made "black burnt" bear paws.

But at this moment, a strange voice came from the side:

"biu! biu! biu! Let's have something exciting!!"

"Oh! Bronya, why are you still in the mood to play games!"

Bronya held the game console and glanced at Kiana quickly:

"Idiot, this is a game that was just released to public beta last month. The battle is about to start. If you don't play it for a while, what will you do if you don't have a chance in the future?"

"Well……"

Kiana was immediately speechless by Bronya's words.

"Um...Sister Bronya, don't say such unlucky words."

Xi'er blinked, deliberately trying to lighten the atmosphere, but Bronya's words were difficult to answer.

Hearing Xi'er's voice, Bronya's reaction was a beat slower. Before she could dodge, the character who looked somewhat similar to herself on the game console was slapped to death by the huge mecha.

The screen turned gray, and Bronya threw the game console on the table with some annoyance, but Xier picked it up and checked it distressedly.

"Ahem!"

Bronya cleared her throat in embarrassment, "This equipment is too old, and my teammates didn't cooperate. They didn't even try to save me when they saw me being beaten... When the monthly allowance is paid, I will get a new one." , I’ll leave this to Xi’er, you will cooperate with me when the time comes!”

"Haha, if I remember correctly, this game doesn't seem to have an online mode, and... Bronya just bought this game console a few days ago..."

Listening to the other voice in her mind, Xi'er shook her head slightly and argued in her heart: "Sister Bronya is still very strong, but she's just not familiar with this game."

Turning her eyes back to reality, Xier nodded heavily, but immediately frowned and gently held Bronya's arm:

"Xie'er understands, but sister Bronya, don't say such unlucky words next time!"

Looking at Xier's serious face, Bronya curled her lips:

"That's not what I meant. Maybe it's because I'm missing one hand and I can't play the game with one hand..."

"Sister Bronya!"

Xi'er directly and roughly covered Bronya's mouth.

Kiana stood aside, looking at the two girls who no longer looked at her, somewhat at a loss - well, so she is redundant, right?

She also wanted to go to Mei Yi, but the sofa where Mei Yi sat was only so big, and the seat next to her had already been occupied by Mikael... Thinking of this, Kiana shook her head and glared at Mikael.

It happened that Mikael was also looking this way, and their eyes met in mid-air. Kiana could only shake her head in embarrassment and look away.

However, it wasn't her that Mikael was looking at. His gaze crossed Kiana and fell on the pair of drills.

Among the four girls, Bronya is the one that Mikael usually has the least contact with, but this does not mean that he does not pay attention to her. In fact, judging from her appearance, place of origin and surname, it’s hard not to pay attention to this girl, right?

What's more, her childhood experience as a mercenary makes her look so special before every battle.

Strictly speaking, no matter Kiana, Mei or Xi'er, they have experienced too few battles so far. Although they have experienced life and death several times, fighting with Honkaimon and fighting with people are still two different things. In particular, St. Freya protects every female Valkyrie student very well. They have not had much contact with the sacrifices of their comrades...

The only exception is Bronya. She has personally killed a child about her own age because the other person pointed a gun at her. She is also used to seeing a few familiar faces disappear at the end of each mission. Those who may die will be killed in the morning. He also smiled and stroked her head, stuffing a warm potato into her arms...

In the first ten years of her life, the word she came into contact with the most was death. Whether it was a good person or a bad person, whether it was good or bad to her, everyone's life was related to the weeds in the wilderness... No, the weeds can still remain. Putting down the corpses, it should be said that life is like the snow on the Siberian wilderness. The corpses are piled up like snowflakes, and it is impossible to tell who is who. As time goes by, the snow melts, It melted into the dark mud, leaving no trace of its existence.

This is what life looks like in Bronya's eyes. It has no meaning, no value, no hope, and no future. The only thing she has is death, which she doesn't know when it will come, but will definitely not be absent. If you understand this, it will not be surprising that her attitude is quite similar to carpe diem. This was something that even several years of peaceful life could not completely change. The only thing that had been changed was perhaps the expression on her face.

Mikael was unable to evaluate whether her current state was good or bad, and he had no intention of exploring the personality differences of the girl due to the changes she had experienced. It would not be an exaggeration to say that his focus was a bit strange:

"It's strange, his personality doesn't look like mine at all..."

"Huh? What?"

Mikael's voice was very low, and Mei focused on cleaning the knife again, only hearing "like me".

"Nothing, I said you look like me."

Mei's cheeks bulged. Her first reaction was that Mikael had said nonsense. Then she gradually realized that Mikael was actually her legal guardian, not her father in the real sense, and there was no possibility of any blood relationship. Relationship.

"Ahem! Okay, Kiana, sit down first."

Mikael calmly changed the subject.

"I will inform you of battle plan B."

"Huh? Is there a plan B?"

Kiana complained habitually, but the moment she finished speaking, her eyes suddenly widened:

"What is it? Do you want me to appear?"

"Idiot, how is that possible? It's just a supplement to the battle plan in case of emergencies."

"That's right."

Mikael nodded vigorously, but the corners of his mouth were raised strangely. Fortunately, he always liked to smile in front of several girls, so except for Xi'er who frowned, the other three girls didn't notice anything wrong.

"First of all, according to the intelligence, the collapse on New Zealand Island can be basically determined to be caused by the Herrscher, that is, the Fourth Herrscher. Fu Hua should have told you about this before..."

"Uncle Mikael, we already knew it! Isn't it the Herrscher? I have a baseball bat and a baseball bat!"

Kiana raised her hand and waved. Halfway through her words, she reacted and looked at Mei Yi apologetically.

"Uh... well, I'm sorry Mei, I wasn't talking about..."

"Idiot! The real Herrscher is not that easy to deal with!"

Two palm knives lightly knocked on Kiana's head at the same time. Mikael and Bronya looked at each other and retracted their hands at the same time.

"Bronya is right. To deal with a real Herrscher, an A-level Valkyrie is not very useful. An S-level Valkyrie is enough..."

"Huh? Isn't that Valkyrie named Rita an S-class Valkyrie?"

"Listen to me first."

Mikael knocked Kiana on the head helplessly.

"Judging from the situation sixteen years ago, an S-class Valkyrie is not safe."

Mikael deliberately avoided Siberia, the Second Collapse, Cecilia and other points that might evoke Kiana's memory.

"So, this time, the Snow Lotus team that has entered New Zealand is only the main force in name. Their actual task is to determine the Herrscher's specific location, entangle him, and then wait for the two S-class Valkyrie to arrive on the battlefield."

"Both of you?"

"Well, there are currently two S-class Valkyries in Destiny. Rita is already here, and the other Youlandel will arrive in about two hours, if nothing else happens."

"Not surprisingly?"

Mei Yi and Bronya asked at the same time.

"Well, if Hollander wants to come to New Zealand, no matter how he goes, he must pass through America, and America... is the territory of anti-entropy."

Mikael shrugged, stretched out his index finger and drew an outline of the American continent in the void.

"Youlandel?"

Kiana silently muttered this unfamiliar name, and then curled her lips: "Who is better, her or that Rita?"

"You can't beat any of them anyway."

Mikael raised his hand and gave another loud bang. If it were Jizi and Theresa, she would probably have made a fuss by now, but for some reason, she was relatively quiet every time in front of Mikael.

"But why is brother Mikael telling us this?"

Xie'er's question made Mikael silent for a moment. In the end, he just spread his hands and his voice was suppressed to a low and hoarse tone:

"Well, it's very simple. Once something goes wrong with the Snow Lotus team and the mission is not completed, then we have no choice but to let you go."

"Yeah! This young lady knows that there will definitely be a chance for me to show my talents!"

Kiana just jumped up from her seat, and was slapped back by Mikael.

"I know you want to go out, but don't curse others."

Bronya turned her head, silently picked up the game console and restarted the game. Mei sheathed the long sword, picked up Mikael's half-wiped wakizashi and continued to wipe it. Xi'er quietly poured a glass of water and placed it on the small table in front of Bronya. Bronya wanted to take a sip of the water while the game was loading, but unexpectedly Xi'er remained silent again. Push the water glass closer to Mikael.

"In short, be prepared for battle, and don't slack off just because you have nothing to do. Although it is unlucky for the Snow Lotus Team, anything can happen on the battlefield..."

As Mikael spoke, he went to get the water, but when his hand was still half a finger away from the water glass, the water glass suddenly fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.

"Eh?"

The jolting feeling was not late, it just let out a slight yelp, and the entire Hyperion seemed to be shaken by a huge hand. You could vaguely hear the screams of the Valkyrie in the next room and the impact of hard objects. The sound was heard, that is, Mikael was still holding down Kiana with his other hand, otherwise her iron head would have pierced the ceiling.

Then, everyone in the room felt the center of gravity shift to the right. It was not difficult to imagine that Huberian had turned over his huge body and made an emergency turn.

"What happened?"

After a long time, the bumps gradually subsided, and Kiana asked with wide eyes.

But Mikael had already rushed out in a pretense of panic before she could speak.

"What happened?"

Rushing to Hyperion's bridge in one breath, Mikael unconsciously copied Kiana's soul torture.

He glanced around, and the situation was much better than expected. The bumps would not cause the parts of the Hyperion to fall apart, but a group of Valkyrie trainees were clearly frightened.

Hua expertly typed on the keyboard, and pictures of the ship's local situation flashed across the screen one after another. Occasionally, a dazzling red light appeared.

"wind."

She only said one word, and Mikael looked out the window in the direction of her gaze, and what he saw was a strange sky.

The light cyan flowed slowly, wrapping around the huge ship like water. The thick portholes were the first to be affected, making a plastic-like "clack-clack" swaying sound.

"The Snow Lotus team has lost contact."

Jizi's voice sounded faintly, and Mikael took a deep breath, and while turning around, he pretended to be frightened and caressed his chest.

"what happened?"

"literal meaning."

Jizi shook her head, turned around and took Mikael towards the previous conference room, explaining as she walked:

"The contact was suddenly disconnected. The time was the moment when the Hyperion encountered strong airflow. It is suspected that it was similar to the one in Changkong City. It was due to the excessive Honkai energy reaction blocking the transmission of electromagnetic waves."

The conference room was only a few steps away. As soon as Ji Zi finished speaking, the two of them walked to the door.

But she paused deliberately and opened the door a crack, so it was difficult for Mikael not to hear the arguments in the conference room.

"No! I don't agree!"

Theresa looked at Otto levelly, and she didn't have to look up only when he was sitting.

"The situation of the Snow Lotus Team is just unclear now, and it cannot be simply judged as a mission failure. And... if it is really such a mission that even A-level Valkyries cannot complete, what will happen to Kiana and other B-level Valkyries?" use?"

"My granddaughter Teresa, don't forget that this is a battlefield. We can't take any chances or have any mercy, whether it's for the enemy or for ourselves. According to you, we will only meet the Herrscher in the future. We need to send S-class Valkyries to fight. If they fail, humans will surrender obediently. After all, S-class Valkyries have lost, and sending A-class and B-class Valkyries is useless, right? You have to fight for it at all costs, you should have understood this a long time ago!"

"I...Grandpa, wait for another half hour, okay? You have to confirm the situation of the Snow Lotus team. What if we just encounter an emergency that can be solved? Besides, we already need to wait for Youlandel to arrive on the battlefield, so that's not bad. It’s half an hour, right?”

"well……"

Otto and Mikael sighed at the same time, while Rita and Himeko were unable to comment due to their status.

Theresa is not young anymore. She has participated in countless battles and commanded countless battles. It is not like she has never made decisions that required sacrifice.

But maybe it's because these years of comfortable life have caused her thinking to deteriorate, or maybe she just can't accept that her students are in danger. After all, most of the Valkyries she commanded in the past have not had much interaction with her.

"What if the Herrscher leaves New Zealand within half an hour?"

Teresa couldn't answer this question.

Mikael and Otto looked at each other silently, the former nodded, and the latter nodded slightly, and then spoke:

"Okay, don't say any more, it's settled, let Kiana and the others enter the Oceania branch... There is no big problem in terms of combat effectiveness. They have proven themselves in Canghai City and are no worse than many A-level Valkyrie. "

"grandfather!"

Theresa's protest was obviously ineffective, and Otto said to himself:

"Of course, I don't like meaningless sacrifices either. You understand me, Theresa. In fact, the situation is not as serious as you think. Your artificial intelligence has already received the Honkai energy response from New Zealand when the storm just occurred. And the spreading point of the Honkai energy has been determined, which means that the location of the Herrscher has been determined. Kiana and the others' mission no longer needs to eliminate the Herrscher, but to search and rescue the Snow Lotus team. As for the Herrscher, Li? Ta, you can go with them."

"As you command, Lord Bishop."

Rita bowed gracefully, but her movements seemed extremely slow, as if she was waiting for something.

Sure enough, Mikael's lips moved:

"Wait a minute, the current configuration, both Kiana's side and Rita's side are too thin. Why don't you bring me another one."