The main purpose of the Judgement By Dawn since its design was to deal with large, high-defense creatures. The sharp teeth, combined with sufficient force, can easily split the target in half.
Although from a technological perspective, this weapon which was designed many years ago is not the most advanced, but is more than enough to deal with the humorous Salted Tuna in Mei's hand.
Cocolia was very confident in this, so she did not consider any fancy techniques at all and slashed at Mei with her knife, vowing to chop Mei and the funny Salted Tuna together.
However, when Mei and Cocolia collided, both of them changed their expressions.
"It's so heavy!"
Mei felt numb from the heavy pressure in her palm.
"How is this possible?!"
Cocolia, on the other hand, was not easily defeated after clashing with her Judgement By Dawn. But it was really weird. Instead of hearing a fish getting sliced, the weapon made a "clang, clang, clang" sound as its rotating saw teeth exchanged metal. She looked like as if she'd seen a ghost.
This hardness—this Salted Tuna must be made of soulium, right?
However, the strong smell of seafood proved that this thing was indeed a Salted Tuna.
"...Hm."
The strangeness of the Salted Tuna threw Cocolia's calculations off, but after feeling the power of the Salted Tuna sword, she sneered.
This Salted Tuna is indeed strange. The Salted Tuna that knocked Bronya away just now may be connected to this thing.
However, weapons are all about the person wielding them. If the basic quality is lacking, then even the strongest weapon will be restricted by its user.
Now, based on strength alone, she was completely in the upper hand.
And...
Bronya who had been hit against the wall by Mei's sudden attack had returned to her fighting stance and was charging toward them, though slowly.
"Haha, the situation is settled."
Feeling in control of the situation made Cocolia smile, and she added more force to her swing of Judgement By Dawn.
"Buzz buzz buzz."
Due to her lack of strength, Mei could only watch as Judgement By Dawn headed for her shoulder, struggling bitterly.
The electric saw teeth had already in contact with her clothes, mercilessly tore through them, leaving scars on her skin and flesh.
The pain in her bones made Mei's face pale, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
Cocolia's Judgement By Dawn was pressing down on her from the front, while behind her, the controlled Bronya was quietly approaching.
It was like a losing game.
"Damn it!"
Although she had expected it, Mei still felt unwilling and angry after experiencing this situation again.
In the long-lasting endurance battle that was sure to be lost, Mei's injuries and pain worsened as Judgement By Dawn continued to sink deeper, and the Salted Tuna sword fell to the ground.
Due to this series of misfortunes, she collapses under the mental and physical strain.
Falling to the ground, Mei subconsciously reached for Kiana, closed her eyes in despair, and her consciousness faded into darkness.
"Lock them up..."
Cocolia pulled back Judgement By Dawn when it was about to hit Mei. She looked at Mei and prepared to tie up Mei and Kiana, who was lying in the corner.
However, when her eyes fell on Kiana, Cocolia froze.
"Oh... you're awake?"
Seeing Kiana, who had woken up and was staring at her with slightly open eyes, Cocolia was somewhat surprised and said mockingly:
"But with your current state, it's meaningless even if you wake up."
"You've lost..."
Her voice stopped abruptly.
Feeling the intense pain in her chest, Cocolia looked down in confusion.
A short spear with a strange shape had been inserted into her heart.
"What is this...?"
What's going on?
I've obviously won.
Why... is this happening?
Cocolia, who had no idea what was going on, fell to the ground in a daze.
Kiana watched all of this silently, her expression cold and unchanged.
Gold filled her eyes, and the iconic cross pupils of the Herrscher of the Void were glaringly obvious.
On the side, Witnessing Cocolia's end, Bronya had just reacted.
But she did not show any sadness.
Bronya was still in her [Black Nucleus] state. This was a mode merely for being a killing weapon.
And now, she had locked onto Kiana as her target.
From the logic of her control chip, Cocolia was her superior, so Bronya would obey all of Cocolia's orders and protect her when in danger.
Now that Cocolia had been killed by Kiana, she would naturally regard Kiana as an enemy.
As for the [Black Nucleus] state, Bronya, in this state believed that the [enemy] must be eliminated.
After determining that the person she needed to protect was gone, the blackened Project Bunny removed the previous light weapon module and loaded the heavy firepower module instead.
"..."
In response, Kiana slowly stood up.
She gently raised her hand.
The short spear embedded in Cocolia's chest instantly transformed into white silk and returned to her back.
She glanced at Bronya with indifferent eyes, and it seemed that a hint of disdain could be vaguely seen in their depths.
The atmosphere in the air became heavy.
Bronya was the first to enter combat mode, activating tactical optical camouflage and disappearing from Kiana's sight.
Then, she emerged from behind Kiana.
Project Bunny raised the special shotgun mounted on her left arm and unleashed a curtain of fire.
In response, Kiana made no move at all.
The Sub-space lance behind her instantly unfurled into a round curtain.
All the shotgun shells were instantly absorbed and disappeared as they entered the curtain.
Then, the Sub-space lance adjusted slightly.
The shotgun shells fired by Project Bunny were instantly redirected out of the transformed circular curtain, but now the target was Bronya herself.
This was also a common tactic used by the Herrscher of the Void to fight enemies.
Use one entrance to absorb the enemy's attack, then return the attack through the exit.
Ideally, two Sub-space lances would be used.
But unfortunately, Kiana could only use one now.
However, this Sub-space lance wasn't created by her.
It was specially recalled after sensing the presence of a nearby Sub-space lance.
Nevertheless, this level of power was enough to deal with Bronya.
Although Bronya in the state of Black Nucleus was much stronger than an ordinary Valkyrie, she was still within the A-rank Valkyrie category.
And now, even with multiple debuffs like insufficient Honkai energy and physical injuries, Kiana could easily defeat an A-rank Valkyrie with just this Sub-space lance.
This was proven by Cocolia, who was killed before she could even react.
Unlike other Herrschers who fought with straightforward tactics, the Herrscher of the Void always fought with an element of the unexpected.
"Ding, ding, ding."
The speed of the bullets was very fast, making it almost impossible to dodge them.
So... facing the shotgun shells that were now redirected back, Bronya, very simply, allowed Project Bunny to block them with its alloy shield.
This special alloy shield could block most attacks, including anti-material weapons and high-powered artillery shells.
With Project Bunny's terrifying reaction speed to protect its master, this was undoubtedly a turtle shell.
However, in front of the Herrscher of the Void, the turtle shell meant nothing!