The sunset faded, leaving its last afterglow, and St. Freya High School was once again enveloped by the night… The lights came on, and the rooms in the student dormitory building lit up one by one… The March night had arrived early.
In the dormitory room shared by Himeko and the Honkai Yuri Trio, everyone had finished their day's classes, studies, or work. Now they were gathered around the dining table, slowly eating the dinner prepared by Mei.
"Mei, I didn't expect Yae Sakura to be able to study with us~" Kiana said, her words muffled as she wolfed down the beef curry rice on her plate like a hungry tiger.
"Ahem, Kiana, swallow the food in your mouth before you speak~" Mei reminded her with a frown.
"I know~" Kiana said, blinking. She swallowed the food in her mouth and continued excitedly, "Haha~ Himeko, you don't know, when Yae Sakura said she wanted to sit in front of that guy Li Xuan, that guy actually blushed! Haha~"
At this moment, in the next dorm room, Li Xuan, who was eating, suddenly sneezed. "Achoo!~"
"What's wrong, Xuan-kun, did you catch a cold?" Yae Sakura, sitting beside him, reached out her small, concerned hand to feel Li Xuan's forehead and said softly.
"No... Maybe someone is talking bad about me," Li Xuan said, rubbing his nose. He smiled and squeezed Yae Sakura's little hand to show that he was fine. He shrugged and continued to tackle the food in front of him. The food Liv made was really delicious.
"...Bronya believes that only Kiana would not have an expression like blushing," Bronya said with a spoon in her mouth, her face expressionless.
"Huh?!~ Bronya, how could a bold person like me be shy!…" Kiana said, seemingly not understanding Bronya's meaning at all, with a look of pride on her face.
"What a pity~ Such a cute girl like Yae Sakura actually likes an ugly freak like Li Xuan!…" Kiana's expression suddenly became dejected, with a look of pity and lament, as if Li Xuan were truly too ugly to be seen…
"But… Little sister Yaoye is also very cute~" Kiana couldn't help but reveal a perverted smile and chuckled creepily, "Hehe~"
"Hey~ Mei, your Kiana is acting up again~" Himeko said, pointing her spoon at the white-haired furball with a silly smile on her face.
"..." Mei covered her face, feeling quite helpless. What could she do… She was also in despair…
"I'm full!~" Bronya quickly put the last bite of curry rice into her little mouth and said with some urgency, "Sister Mei, I have something to do, so I'm going back to my room first!~"
"Mm-hm~ If you have something to do, Bronya, go ahead and take care of it~" Mei said with a gentle smile, reaching out her small hand to affectionately stroke Bronya's head.
"Thank you, Sister Mei. Bronya will be leaving now~" Bronya cleared her bowl and plate from the table, put them in the kitchen, and then hurried back to her room.
"....Oh no!" Kiana suddenly exclaimed, muttering, "Today is the limited rate-up!!" As soon as she finished speaking, an anxious Kiana lowered her head and, with the speed of an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, quickly polished off her curry rice and rushed to her room.
"What… rate-up?" Himeko looked at the back of the white-haired furball and the swaying door plate as she energetically closed the door, a look of confusion on her face.
"Haha~" Mei forced a laugh, looking a bit embarrassed. "Um, it's just a game Kiana plays…"
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[Honkai God's Domain], a game with a highly free combat system and social features. This MMOARPG, co-developed by a game company and a holding company of St. Freya High School, has become popular all over the world due to its interesting gameplay…
Moreover, it is said that this game is currently researching virtual dive technology, and the current VR (Virtual Reality) technology has already been mostly completed… As for the real virtual dive technology, it is still under research… However, players are full of confidence in it.
In the game [Honkai God's Domain], if a player wants to become one of the top players, there are only three paths to take… The first is to become a heavy pay-to-win player, collecting rare equipment and items in the game through a lottery system to equip oneself; the second is to become a hardcore grinder (you got stronger, and you also went bald…), constantly grinding for materials in the game, and exchanging them for various rare equipment and items that don't cost money, which can also make you stronger…; The third path is not something ordinary people can take… Only those with incredibly good luck can walk it, for example, frequently getting good drops from monsters, or easily winning equipment from event prize draws that others have to spend a lot of money to get… This is the path of the King of Luck.
"Lingyi-niang! Give me ten ten-pulls!" After logging into the game, Kiana controlled her character 'European Princess' to the event's semi-private weapon shop. She threw all the crystals she had onto the shop's counter and said loudly to Lingyi-niang, whose arms-dealing business had extended to the 'virtual game' world.
"You got it~" Lingyi-niang said with a commercial smile and a thumbs-up, her face shining as if oiled. She took out a pile of lottery eggs from behind her and placed them in front of Kiana.
"Alright! Watch me get a limited weapon 'Veneziano String' this time!" Kiana controlled her 'European Princess' character and typed her bold declaration in the world channel, setting up a flag.
Kiana also had a certain degree of popularity in this game for some reason… After she set the flag, it immediately attracted the attention of others, and a bunch of people immediately followed up with replies…
[Perv…..]id: Storm Sigil JinRoh
[Queen of Africa, if you don't get it, take off your skirt! (smirk)…]id: Qing Ning
[Queen of Africa, spending money won't work anymore. Pay with your life instead!]id: Dog of the Heavens
Following Kiana's post, the entire world channel started chatting, and it was instantly filled with a lively atmosphere… All sorts of jokes began to fly.
Ten minutes later… the world channel exploded even more… because the game's top god, 'Alloy Armor Bronya,' had once again won the game's event competition five times in a row… Of course, another player also created a miracle…
"No, this is impossible!!!" Kiana cried out, wailing and prostrating herself on the floor of the weapon shop…
[System: Congratulations to player 'European Princess' for becoming the first player on the entire server to achieve the achievement 'African Emperor: 100 Ten-pulls with No Result'!] Yes, this game has no pity system… Of course, an ordinary person would definitely get the limited weapon after a few ten-pulls… After all, according to the probabilities announced by the game, it should be impossible not to get it…
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At this moment… Bronya picked up the snacks she had prepared and took a delightful bite, drank a sip of coke… and lay back in her soft chair with satisfaction, looking at the new weapon in her character 'Alloy Armor Bronya's' backpack.
"Beep beep!!" Suddenly, the computer in front of Bronya abruptly sounded a notification… It was a notification for her private mailbox.
"A letter?…" Bronya, a little puzzled, clicked on the unread mail in her inbox…
[Bronya… while staying at St. Freya High School, pay close attention to Schicksal's actions and movements, and also investigate the information of the Valkyries who sacrificed their lives during the outbreak of the Second Honkai War… If you have any intelligence, bypass the surveillance system and send it to the following email… [email protected]——Your loving 'mother']
"..." Bronya silently looked at the message in front of her, stunned for a moment… So much time had passed, and being with Kiana and the others, she had already forgotten her identity…
Bronya sighed softly, opened her computer tools, and began to connect to the 'Schicksal Database,' searching and opening her target files. Then, symbols and letters began to appear and disappear on the screen one by one…
A small progress bar slowly crawled from left to right… This represented the progress of decrypting the data. As she was equipped with Anti-Entropy's valkyriesystem and possessed considerable computer knowledge and computer tools far superior to Schicksal's technology, Bronya could temporarily unlock the authority of an A-Rank Valkyrie…
Of course, this kind of 'Anti-Entropy' key could only be used to its full effect the first time. The second time it would be useless… Bronya would need to slowly compute and crack the lock.
Finally, under Bronya's gaze, the blue progress bar quickly reached the end… A confidential file opened its arms to Bronya…
Confidential File Part Three:
A-Rank Valkyrie [Floating Solar Prominence] Shigure Kira, whose main method of attack is to use various types of floating cannons for suppressive, destructive strikes on a target area, and who also uses a heavy sword and three gravity blades at her waist; and A-Rank Valkyrie [Frost Swordswoman] Cheng Lixue, whose main method of attack is close-quarters combat.
This was the file of the Valkyries who had sacrificed themselves in the Second Honkai War fourteen years ago… those Heroic Spirits who had once protected humanity.
(End of this chapter)