A weapon, reflecting a blinding golden light under the sun that made it difficult to see clearly, fell from high in the sky with a whistling sound. The parabolic object smashed towards the head of the Honkai Beast, which was completely unaware, its attention focused on Li Xuan.
"That is..." Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, watching the golden weapon that shimmered with a dazzling light and gave him a sense of familiarity get closer and closer...
"Good luck..." Li Xuan said sincerely, looking at the Honkai Beast 'Blazing Lightning' as if looking at an idiot, as it raised its right-limbed spear, preparing to attack again.
Yes, good luck... Of course, Li Xuan felt it was already too late. The golden weapon in his sight had already crashed down.
"..." As a top predator among Honkai Beasts, 'Blazing Lightning', with an IQ no lower than that of an average adult, still sensed the danger in an instant. It turned around quickly, and then its shuttle-helmet-shaped head, glowing with a purplish-red Honkai energy light, lifted slightly.
"Bang!!" The golden weapon viciously smashed into the head of 'Blazing Lightning' just as it raised its head. Blazing Lightning, which had looked so arrogant just a moment ago, was instantly knocked to the ground. Its heavy body fell heavily, crushing two abandoned cars into flat discs.
"Good afternoon, Student Li Xuan~" A voice suddenly reached Li Xuan's ears, and a small, fair hand suddenly patted his somewhat dazed shoulder.
"Ah? Ah... Good afternoon, Principal Theresa..." Li Xuan dazedly turned his head and saw Principal Theresa beside him, looking at him with an 'amiable' expression, and greeted her reflexively.
"Clang, clang~" The golden chains tied to the cross made a crisp clanging sound as they swayed slightly. Li Xuan finally saw clearly what the weapon shimmering with golden light was. It was a giant cross, its base a stake glinting with a cold light, now viciously embedded in the Honkai Beast's head.
"Ju-Judah's Oath?!..." Li Xuan swallowed and spoke the name of the cross. If that was the case... Li Xuan suddenly realized, the person who had just greeted him was none other than...
"You child, how dare you secretly follow me out!" Theresa reached out with her small hand, grabbed Li Xuan's ear, and twisted it angrily. Seeing Li Xuan here, Theresa didn't even need to think to know that this child must have used some method to secretly follow her onto the airship...
"Hiss!~ Ouch, ouch..." Li Xuan grimaced and lowered his head, trying to lessen the pain of his pulled ear, his body moving along with Theresa's hand.
"So-sorry, Theresa, Principal Theresa... Gre-Great-Auntie!" Li Xuan decisively gave in and begged for mercy. He felt that if this continued, his ear would be torn off by this eternally young loli with monstrous strength...
"Hey! Who are you calling Great-Auntie?!" Theresa's small face flushed red with embarrassment and anger. Only Kiana would usually be reckless enough to call her that in private. She never expected it to have spread to Li Xuan... She, she was not some Great-Auntie! She was Kiana's aunt?!
"Why did you follow me to a dangerous place like Nagazora City?!" Theresa frowned and asked in confusion, her small hand pulling Li Xuan's ear loosening its grip slightly.
"Th-this...." Li Xuan paused... his tone hesitant.
"Hurry up and tell me~" Theresa showed an amiable smile, gently applying pressure with her right hand.
"Aaaah... I'll talk, I'll talk..." Li Xuan gave in. Anyway, it wasn't a huge secret, and he also felt that sneaking onto Theresa's airship was wrong...
"I'm here to collect Honkai energy crystals..." Li Xuan looked at the principal in front of him with a resentful gaze. What about the ten thousand crystals you promised? When are you planning to give them to me?!
"...Well~" Theresa guiltily turned her head away under Li Xuan's burning gaze. She raised her right hand into a fist in front of her and said somewhat awkwardly, "Ahem... don't worry, don't worry.... I'll give them to you soon."
"..." Li Xuan silently stared at the certain white-haired loli nun, his expression full of doubt.
"Alright... I'll give them to you when I get back!" Theresa's face flushed red from Li Xuan's suspicious gaze. She stomped her foot and said through gritted teeth, "As the principal... a mere ten... ten thousand crystals... what's that... why does my heart ache for some reason."
"Thank you so much, Principal!" Li Xuan's eyes lit up, not expecting to actually get them...
"By the way, Li Xuan, what do you need those crystals fo—" Theresa asked with a troubled expression, looking confused.
"Bang!" A loud noise from behind Theresa directly drowned out her words, drawing the attention of both of them...
Li Xuan originally thought the Honkai Beast 'Blazing Lightning', which had been smashed by the 152-kilogram 'Judah's Oath', was done for. But it was struggling on the ground again, trying to get up. The spear and giant shield on its two limbs struck the ground unwillingly as its body slowly tried to stand up again, but because its head was pinned by 'Judah's Oath', it could only struggle in vain.
"It's not dead yet... As expected of a Honkai creature... such disgusting life force." Theresa turned her head to look at the Honkai Beast behind her, an expression of disgust on her delicate face.
"Just stand still... wait for me to finish it off," Theresa said, puffing out her cheeks irritably. "Since you followed me here, you can act with me later!"
"Oh..." Li Xuan replied somewhat reluctantly. It seemed his plan to frantically collect Honkai energy crystals was shattered...
"Hmph~ ╭(╯^╰)╮" Theresa turned around and rushed towards the struggling Honkai Beast. Her small feet tapped on the smooth, gray shell of the Honkai Beast as she dashed up to the swaying 'Judah's Oath' in one go.
"Let me show you the newly modified 'Judah's Oath'!" Theresa said excitedly. It had been a long time since she had personally killed a Honkai Beast, and she was feeling a bit thrilled now.
Theresa touched the sword-and-shield insignia representing the 'Kaslana family' in the center of the golden cross. A rumbling sound came from within the weapon, which was designed and created by the Schicksal Archbishop 'Otto' in imitation of a certain Holy Relic, as if a sleeping beast was letting out a low roar... Mounts loaded with Spears of Light extended from the sides of the cross...
"Go, show them my fangs!" Theresa said, standing on the Honkai Beast like a war god.
The Spears of Light, now equipped with auto-locking for Honkai energy, vibrated slightly, then shot up from their mounts, automatically aiming for the parts of the Honkai Beast's body that contained and stored Honkai energy.
The sharp spearheads, made from a special alloy mixed with extremely rare obsidian, easily pierced the Honkai Beast's gray shell like a knife cutting through tofu, hitting the parts where Honkai energy was stored. The inside of the spearhead was hollowed out to form a cross, and the obsidian properties in the two blades of the spear directly dispersed the Honkai energy. The Honkai energy dissipated into the air along the spear...
The body of the Honkai Beast 'Blazing Lightning' trembled slightly and finally stopped moving. The purple markings on its body slowly dimmed, and even the spear on its right limb, burning with purple flames and lightning, gradually extinguished and became still...
A top-tier Honkai Beast lost its life in less than ten minutes under the surprise attack and assault of the S-Rank Valkyrie 'Theresa Apocalypse'.
"Phew~ All taken care of." Theresa sighed, retracting all the Spears of Light to restore 'Judah's Oath' to its original form. She slung the golden chains of the cross over her shoulder and jumped down from the Honkai Beast's corpse.
"Alright... let's go." Theresa patted the shoulder of Li Xuan, who was staring blankly at the huge corpse.
"Huh? Going back?!" Li Xuan came back to his senses and asked with a pained expression upon hearing Theresa's words. Going back to the academy so early... he still wanted to collect more Honkai energy crystals...
"No..." Theresa said, finding Li Xuan's bitter expression somewhat amusing.
"Follow me. I need to find a place... and I'll protect you along the way~ my dear student." Theresa patted Li Xuan's shoulder forcefully again and started walking towards one end of the road.
"..." Li Xuan silently watched Principal Theresa's petite loli figure in the sunlight...
"Pro-protect...?!" Li Xuan felt a strange bitterness. Since when did he become someone who gets protected... He was a man who could face a Honkai Beast head-on!
"Hey, hey! Principal Theresa, wait for me!" After being stunned for a moment, Li Xuan looked up to see that Theresa was already quite a distance away. He hurriedly shouted as he ran after her.
"Sigh~ What an idiot. What if he accidentally attracts more Honkai Beasts," Theresa sighed helplessly, frowning as she watched Li Xuan running towards her from behind, waving his arms and shouting.
The afternoon sun cast Theresa's long, long shadow as she carried the golden cross...
At the same time, as Theresa and the others walked towards their destination, a small figure snuck out from among the abandoned vehicles on the road. It ran towards Senba Academy, only to be blocked by the surrounding wall."." After a moment of silence, the small figure took out a small black shovel from the package on its back and began to vigorously dig a small hole in the concrete ground outside the wall.
"Heh!" The unremarkable little shovel actually managed to dig a large hole in the concrete ground. The concrete and stones were as soft as soil under the shovel, constantly being dug out and piled up around the pit, forming a small hill.
"Hmph, hmph!" In just a few minutes, the small figure, holding the shovel, bypassed the wall by digging a small hole at its base, just big enough for it to pass through.
Then it crawled in.
(End of this chapter)