"Ugh!...." 'Shigure Kira', clutching the black sword 'Heiyuan', suddenly let out a low cry. She stiffly lowered her head... and saw the golden spear that had pierced her body... It was the Spear of Light from 'Judah's Oath'...
"Heh... don't you ignore me..." Theresa, with blood still at the corner of her mouth, looking disheveled, said with a fierce grin as she held the golden spear.
When 'Shigure Kira' turned to deal with Li Xuan and the others, the battle-hardened Theresa would not miss such a fleeting opportunity...
"...." 'Shigure Kira' froze, a hint of unwillingness in her beast-like eyes. Her power was beginning to dissipate... Pierced by the Spear of Light, made with the properties of obsidian, the Honkai energy in her body could no longer coalesce, causing her to lose her strength...
Without a continuous supply of power, the black sword light, struck by Kiana and Bronya's full-power attack, resisted for only two seconds before shattering like glass... like a wave crashing against the shore, helplessly breaking into white foam...
The intertwined golden and orange-red beams of light formed a single column, hitting 'Shigure Kira's' body without reservation... The shield formed by Honkai energy on the girl's body resisted for a moment before instantly shattering...
"**BAM!!**" 'Shigure Kira' was sent flying like a rag doll, crashing heavily into the ice wall behind her, kicking up a cloud of ice dust... The solid ice-covered wall cracked with a spiderweb pattern that spread in all directions...
"Phew, phew... did we succeed?" Li Xuan, panting like a dog, collapsed on the ground. The Honkai energy in his body was completely depleted... even his own stamina had been two-thirds drained by the 'Xuanyuan Festive Garb'... He now felt completely hollowed out...
"Ah!~ Even if we didn't succeed... I don't want to move... I'm dead tired..." Kiana, kneeling on the ground and covered in sweat, was also exhausted. Using her ultimate, 'Gungnir', consumed a great deal of stamina. Even the overly energetic white-haired furball could at most manage one shot a day...
"Mm, alright... Kiana, you did very well this time~" Mei patted Kiana's head and praised her softly.
"Bronya detects that the target's Honkai energy fluctuation is decreasing..." Bronya's eyes flickered as she looked at the figure hidden in the swirling dust of ice chips...
"Can it still move?" Himeko asked Bronya as she supported a battered Theresa. If the opponent could still move after taking that hit, they would be in real danger...
"No, not for now..." Bronya said with a blank expression. "Because of Principal Theresa, the Honkai energy in the target's body is temporarily unable to coalesce, and the previous attack caused significant damage to the target..."
"*Cough cough*.... Bronya, capture the target then..." Theresa coughed lightly and looked at Bronya with a serious expression, giving the order.
"Yes, Principal Theresa..." Bronya nodded and walked straight past Li Xuan, who was being supported by Yae Sakura with a 'body-hollowed-out' expression, fearlessly heading towards 'Shigure Kira'...
The ice chips and dust floating in the air began to settle, revealing the full view of the hard rock wall... The once ice-covered wall now looked like a glass cube smashed by a hammer, with a large dent in it. Countless ice fragments piled up on the ground, raising the floor level by nearly a centimeter...
"...." Head lowered and breathing faintly, 'Shigure Kira' lay in the dent in the wall. Her original gorgeous dress, a mix of purple and ice-blue, was in tatters, revealing large patches of snow-white skin...
"..." After confirming once more that the target was unconscious, Bronya took a silver bracelet from her backpack... and put it on 'Shigure Kira's' wrist as if cuffing a criminal...
Sometimes, Bronya really admired the science department of St. Freya High School... They were always creating all sorts of practical things. Although their technology was still not superior to 'Anti-Entropy's', their skills were worthy of the name 'Schicksal'... they were definitely world-class scientists...
Like this silver bracelet, wearing it could suppress the concentration of Honkai energy in the wearer's body. Although it couldn't restrain a Herrscher-class Honkai creature, it should theoretically be able to barely restrain 'Shigure Kira'... cutting off the Honkai energy link and preventing the wearer from attacking...
"How is it, Bronya, is she restrained?" Theresa walked over, supported by Himeko, her expression somewhat dim as she looked at the girl sitting on the ground, leaning against the rock wall...
"Yes, Principal..." Bronya nodded with a blank expression.
"To think such a cute girl could be so strong... I thought we were goners this time..." Kiana also came over, looking at Shigure Kira and muttering... Naturally, she received a sharp smack on the back of the head from Mei.
"She's old enough to be your aunt..." Theresa forced a smile and said softly. If that incident hadn't happened... Kira would be around thirty years old now, wouldn't she?
"Ugh..." The previously unconscious 'Shigure Kira' suddenly let out a soft groan, her long eyelashes trembling slightly...
"...*Shhh shhh*..." Except for Theresa, Himeko, and Bronya... everyone else quickly took a step back...
"You're awake..." Theresa said softly to the groaning Shigure Kira, not at all surprised... For someone controlled by the Honkai's Will, their own will doesn't actually disappear; it's just suppressed into a corner by the personality formed by the Honkai Will. Now that the Honkai energy in Kira's body was temporarily suppressed, her original personality should awaken...
"...Heh heh, if it were the original owner of this lance, I doubt she would have lost so miserably..." Shigure Kira opened her ice-blue eyes, not answering Theresa directly but looking at the two weapons in her hands and speaking with self-deprecation.
"It seems your will has awakened..." Theresa reached out and helped Shigure Kira up, her voice calm... as if meeting an old friend and saying hello...
"Bishop Theresa... long time no see..." Shigure Kira said with a broad smile, her features exactly the same as they were back then... giving Theresa a sense of distorted time.
"Yes, Kira... I never thought I'd see you again after sixteen years." Theresa couldn't help but smile...
A cold wind suddenly blew from one side of the ice cave, gently lifting Theresa's snow-white hair... It seemed a little longer than it was sixteen years ago...
(End of Chapter)