"What an enormous Honkai Energy reaction. In terms of quantity alone, it has already surpassed the Herrscher level, hasn't it?"
The three stood on Chiyou's back, and Durandal spoke, sensing the massive energy within the ground beneath her feet.
Mei, standing beside her, also nodded.
Although, strictly speaking, Herrschers are the Honkai's envoys.
But that's because they can continuously generate Honkai Energy by opening the Imaginary Space through their Herrscher Core.
Chiyou, however, is different; it has accumulated all the Honkai Energy sealed within it since its sealing, forming a massive carrier.
"No choice, I'll contact St. Freya Academy first."
Takatsuki realized that the three of them alone couldn't stop Chiyou. Perhaps they would need to enter its body and destroy its heart to do so. The firepower of the YoRHa forces, rushing from all directions due to Chiyou's immense Honkai Energy, also couldn't cause it any damage.
After all, Takatsuki remembered that in the game's chronicles, the heart was destroyed from inside Chiyou.
But…
That time, Chiyou had actively swallowed them, but now, trying to enter its body would be incredibly difficult. At least Durandal had just tried a full-power burst and couldn't penetrate Chiyou's body. Did they have to willingly throw themselves into its mouth?
And while Hestia's Edge could easily cut through its body, its sheer size meant it would take a very long time to cut a path into its interior.
Above the East Blue, a colossal creature was moving towards Shenyazhou.
St. Freya Academy had long sensed this tremor, and the moment the communication connected, Takatsuki saw Theresa's anxious face.
The other side thought it was Mei and Durandal causing such a huge commotion.
"Headmaster, don't worry, Mei and Durandal's problem has been resolved. This commotion isn't caused by them; it's by the sealed Judgment-class Honkai Beast Chiyou. It's currently moving towards Shenzhou."
"Judgment-class!"
Theresa was startled at first, then calmed down: "It's fine, Judgment-class isn't that big of a deal…"
"Wait a moment! Are you sure it's Chiyou?"
A strange voice suddenly appeared from the other end.
"Is Lady Durandal with you right now?"
Listening to this somewhat melodious yet unfamiliar voice, he guessed who the owner of the voice was.
Rita Rossweisse…
The Schicksal maid called Sister Rita by players.
"Yes, please wait."
Takatsuki handed the communicator to Durandal. Durandal took the communicator and began talking with Rita.
Rather than slowly explaining himself, it was better to let Durandal negotiate with the other party. Durandal was one of them, so there was no need to worry on that front.
Only after Durandal hung up the call did Takatsuki remember to ask: "Bianka, did you tell Rita about this?"
Durandal shook her head: "No, let's wait for a suitable opportunity."
"Saint Freya has already dispatched the Hyperion for support, but…"
Looking at the massive size beneath their feet, even larger than the Hyperion, Durandal felt that even with the Hyperion, it would be difficult to resolve.
"Don't worry, Chiyou seems intent on heading to Shenzhou right now. If that's the case, we just need to prevent it from getting there."
Taking off his wife's character card, Takatsuki put on two demon character cards.
The Moon Demon and the Water Demon.
One could manipulate gravity, the other could manipulate water flow.
Purple-black gravitational waves instantly fell upon Chiyou.
The Chicken Talisman's levitation would increase consumption due to the target's mass, but the Moon Demon's ability was unreasonable; no matter the opponent's mass, it could directly eliminate their gravity. Then, the gravity-less Chiyou was lifted entirely by the seawater beneath its body, floating in mid-air.
"As long as it can't touch the sea surface, it won't be able to move, right?"
It must be said, the Eight Great Demons' power was indeed absurd.
Perhaps that's why they were able to rule the world for so many years.
However, the humans who defeated them were even more absurd, or rather, dualism was even more absurd.
Just as Takatsuki was preparing to hold Chiyou like this until others arrived, his phone rang.
"Old Yang?"
Takatsuki was stunned seeing the name on the phone, then remembered something and answered the call.
"Hello, Takatsuki, are you on the sea right now?"
As soon as he spoke, Yang revealed their location.
"So, you knew this would happen, right? Do you have a solution by calling?"
This Yang had received information from his future self and knew many things Takatsuki didn't. He wished he could directly use his Stand to extract his memories and look at them.
But considering what Yang said about affecting the future, he gave up, because some things, once known, would indeed turn for the worse.
However, he still took some unknown precautions, but these things couldn't be let known to others.
For example, using Heaven's Door to make some suggestions that even the person themselves didn't notice…
But honestly, when the answer is right in front of you, it's really hard to resist looking.
"That's right, you're about to prepare the Holy Grail, aren't you? You must be having a headache over the energy source and the venue. Chiyou is your best choice."
Yang's voice came from the phone, making Takatsuki's face darken.
"I just started preparing, and you're already eyeing it?"
"Hahaha, don't worry, we'll follow the rules. All in all, Chiyou is your best choice. It has the characteristic of devouring land, so it inherently has the function of a ley line. There's no more suitable venue than it, you said this yourself."
Yang chuckled: "But you must be struggling with how to deal with it. Put it at the location I sent you. We'll use a silver bullet to open a hole in it for you. What to do next, I'm not sure; the record ends here."
Takatsuki didn't expect it could be like this.
Using future information to tell his present self, and then his present self, upon knowing, informs his past self.
So where did this information come from?
Takatsuki didn't know either.
"That was the leader of Anti-Entropy just now?"
Durandal had heard the recent phone call and actually recognized the person on the other end.
"That's right, Welt Yang, he's one of us now."
Takatsuki nodded. Durandal gave a wry smile: "St. Freya Academy, YoRHa, and Anti-Entropy, they're all considered our people now. Schicksal can be said to be completely isolated."
Durandal's stance shifted very smoothly, or rather, she had already stopped siding with Schicksal the moment she learned the truth and established a relationship with Takatsuki.
As long as the current Schicksal was Otto's Schicksal.
"Otto is still very capable, and it's not just Schicksal; there's also a Previous Era organization lurking under the sea. Let's not talk about that for now. I'll send Chiyou to the location Old Yang mentioned first."