Late at night.
The originally peaceful and serene St. Freya Academy was now noisy and chaotic.
There were Valkyries constantly rushing to the front lines, and injured Valkyries being carried into the infirmary.
It seemed chaotic, but in reality, everything was orderly, doing everything possible to block the impact of the Honkai Beast tide!
Front line area.
Kiana was wearing the White Comet armor, equipped with the latest alloy firearm: the Hurricane Revolver.
She stood on the high wall. The cold night wind dampened her silver-white hair, blowing so hard it was difficult to keep her eyes open.
Kiana looked down, and her heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
Dark clouds loomed over the city. Within the one-kilometer radius detectable by the searchlights, a dense swarm of Honkai Beasts swept in.
Rush-type Honkai Beasts were like the vanguard soldiers, flapping their light wings, easily crossing the obstacles set by the Academy.
Looking further, many Knight-type Honkai Beasts, numbering more than a hundred, surrounded the Rush-type Honkai Beasts. Like immortal knights, they held long spears with red tassels at the tips, stained with blood.
Additionally, Tank-type Honkai Beasts and Sanctum-level Honkai Beasts stood like an impenetrable wall; just looking at them brought a sense of suffocation.
Looking further into the darkness, pairs of crimson eyes flickered with a sinister light.
There were too many!
Visible to the naked eye, there were thousands of Honkai Beasts!
Not to mention those hiding in the dark corners.
This was almost impossible for humans to stop!
This was an ocean of Honkai Beasts, a carnival for destroyers!
It was also humanity's doomsday... Kiana felt her scalp tingle. Although she wasn't afraid of Honkai Beasts, seeing so many at once inevitably made her feel uneasy.
She worried about the Valkyries in the Academy, and whether her beloved Academy could withstand the wave-like destructive impact.
Since the last Honkai Beast tide attack, Theresa had specifically asked Schicksal Headquarters for funding, using Schicksal's high-end technology to reinforce the Academy's defenses again, and even produced over fifty mechas in just a few days.
The combination of the two had bought them a lot of time, giving them a chance to breathe and react.
Otherwise, this Honkai Beast tide would likely have turned St. Freya Academy into the dust of history.
Kiana looked at the mechas manufactured from the blueprints rewarded from the Challenge Space, especially the Gaia Mechas, with more than ten deployed inside the walls.
These heavy mechas, developed and manufactured based on the Titan-series Mecha prototypes, replaced the original hands with heavy mechanical arms, sacrificing the Titan-series' mobility for incredible destructive power.
Almost every shell fired would take out a group of Rush-type Honkai Beasts in an area.
Sometimes, with better luck, a single shot could kill nearly ten Honkai Beasts.
Fire filled the sky, and shells exploded, blowing the snarling Honkai Beasts to smithereens.
At this rate, they could barely manage to resist the Honkai Beast tide.
But the Gaia Mechas paid for their firepower with increased fuel consumption, making them unable to sustain long-term combat endurance.
After two or three more minutes of combat beyond their limits, these crystals of human wisdom would turn into a pile of useless junk.
Of course, in such a crisis, no one cared, even if a single mecha cost over a hundred million.
Except for Tesla, who was standing on the wall.
She watched the mechas breaking down like fireworks, showing a pained expression.
"Hey, hey, hey! Is this how you Schicksal people use mechas? This is too wasteful!"
Tesla grabbed a Valkyrie nearby and shouted in dissatisfaction.
"...What do you mean, 'us Schicksal'?" The Valkyrie was puzzled.
She didn't stop, quickly rushing forward to provide support, leaving a sentence as she went: "The Headmaster said she can build the mechas herself, so we don't need to be stingy—just use them to their full potential." "Dammit, those are clearly my mechas. What kind of crappy space is this? Why give this as a reward?"
At the thought of her hard-researched mechas being pirated, Tesla was extremely annoyed.
"Where's Mei? Why hasn't she come back yet? What did she go do?"
Nearby, Kiana asked. She didn't want to wait any longer.
Inside her, the Kaslana blood was burning. The more terrifying the battlefield, the more it was the stage she wanted to perform on.
"Mei... seems to have gone to call Yunduo. Logically, she should be back—she's here, look!"
Before Bronya could finish her sentence, she saw Mei, wearing her armor, quickly running towards the Academy's city wall.
She was panting, her expression not particularly excited, but calm with other emotions mixed in.
Bronya always felt something was strange, but didn't know what it was.
"Mei, you're here! We agreed that after this Honkai Beast tide is over, you're going to make me eight chicken legs!"
Kiana said, swallowing her saliva. She didn't notice Mei's abnormality, only craving her cooking.
Hearing this, Mei pursed her lips and tucked the stray hairs from her forehead behind her sweat-stained ears. Her slightly flushed cheeks quickly returned to normal in the cold wind.
"The Headmaster said we are to fight freely and just help those weak points."
"Eh~ As expected, Aunt understands me best."
Hearing this, Kiana's eyes lit up. She liked taking the initiative to attack rather than defending.
Having agreed, the trio began to get busy.
Right now, not a single moment could be wasted.
Seeing the backs of the three gradually receding, the maid miss quietly slipped out on the city wall.
"Umu~ It seems the Valkyries of the Far East Branch are indeed different from those at Headquarters. Is it because of the difference in teaching philosophy?"
"What I see here are people who love the Academy and want to protect it, completely different from the forced orders at Headquarters."
Suddenly startled by the soft voice, Tesla's expression was furious: "I say, do all of you Schicksal people like scaring others?!!"
Rita turned her head, the smile on her face fading.
"I'd like to ask why someone from Anti-Entropy would be inside a Schicksal branch. What do you say, Dr. Tesla?" The maid miss's eyes were unfriendly, as if a cold light had suddenly flashed.
"Eh, eh, eh?!! I'm Theresa's guest. If you have ill intentions towards me, she'll hate you."
Startled, the hair on Tesla's body stood on end, so she quickly spoke.
"Is that so... what a shame."
"You really wanted to kill me, hey!" Tesla took two steps back, distancing herself from this dangerous maid.
"Tch, coward." After Rita finished speaking, she ignored Tesla beside her and looked at the slaughter on the battlefield. Seeing the storm of blood and the perilous ups and downs, she couldn't help but gradually daze out.
"You, what are you looking at? This isn't a place for you. As an S-Rank Valkyrie, if you're going to help, you should definitely go to the core of the Honkai Beast tide, right?"
Seeing her motionless, Tesla also asked in confusion.
"No need. Just wait and see, someone will be here soon."
"Maybe this is Schicksal. The more powerful a Valkyrie is, the more they hate Headquarters."
"Conversely, such a figure exists in a tiny branch. It's truly ironic."
Rita sighed, feeling a bit bored. She put on her coat and walked down the city wall.
Leaving the bewildered Tesla behind, who rubbed her head and muttered: "Is there a Valkyrie even stronger than you?"
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