When the man turned around.
Himeko Murata finally saw Lucas's attire.
To be fair.
Just looking at his face, Lucas could pull off women's clothing, as he wasn't a burly, rough man.
His gentle demeanor was quite handsome, and even wearing women's clothes wouldn't look too out of place.
Unfortunately...
The pink dress was simply too mismatched.
It was off-the-shoulder and showed his legs, yet Lucas had a good physique, with clearly visible muscle lines.
These two styles combined gave off a rather peculiar feeling.
"Pfft!"
Himeko Murata burst out laughing on the spot.
Hmm...
She laughed so hard she sprayed.
Lucas also realized something, but he wasn't annoyed; instead, he seized the opportunity and activated the Eden Star.
He poured almost all of his true qi into the small black pistol.
In an instant.
Lucas felt the existence of the Eden Star.
The core of the Herrscher of Rock spewed out a large amount of Honkai Energy, and when they found an outlet, they surged into him like wild horses, and intense pain instantly spread throughout his entire body.
As he activated the Eden Star.
Various related knowledge automatically flooded his mind; Lucas's eyes widened, and red blood vessels emerged from his black pupils, like someone who had stayed up for several days without sleep.
Power.
Lucas felt an endless surge of power coursing through his body.
"As Vivi said, as long as I have eight strands of true qi, I can activate the Eden Star."
Currently...
Lucas had nine strands of true qi in his body, even exceeding the activation limit of the Eden Star.
Success was inevitable.
As his thoughts raced.
Lucas pulled the trigger.
In Himeko Murata's golden eyes...
A black-red stream of light erupted from the muzzle of the small black pistol.
This was a gravity ray.
Although not as dazzling as the dozens of rays in the original work, its power was enough to kill an A-rank Valkyrie.
It even posed a certain threat to S-Rank Valkyriess.
If it were a previous reincarnation.
Himeko Murata would not have adopted any defensive stance when facing Lucas.
As an S-Rank Valkyries.
The Flame-Chaser had absolute control over Lucas; in front of her, even suicide was a luxury.
But now it was different.
Facing the flying gravity ray.
Himeko Murata chose to defend; she raised a slender hand, and a fiery red flame instantly formed a barrier.
Contradictions clashed.
Different Honkai Energy collided in the air, creating powerful ripples.
"Bang!!!"
A loud bang accompanied by a white air current rolled away into the distance.
Lucas, carrying Sakura on his back, was blown more than ten meters away.
Of course...
This was intentional on Lucas's part; he used the power of the Eden Star to protect himself while escaping into the distance.
Achieving this was quite easy.
He just needed to form a shield with the power of the Eden Star before the shockwave arrived, then manipulate gravity to take off.
With the shockwave's assistance.
Flying became even easier, like a tiger with wings.
Despite it being his first time holding the small black pistol.
Lucas used it quite smoothly, as if he had used it hundreds or thousands of times, which was truly remarkable.
"This is my escape route!"
As a novice, even with the Eden Star powered by the small black handgun,
Lucas still couldn't fight Himeko Murata in her Herrscher of Flamescion form for long.
As the saying goes, among the Thirty-Six Stratagems, the best is to run away.
Running away with Sakura on his back.
This was Lucas's only choice.
"As long as I can reach that place..."
"I still have hope of surviving!"
His gaze was fixed on the Valkyrie Dormitory building.
The power belonging to the Eden Star was constantly impacting Lucas's body.
The immense Honkai Energy was simply not something an ordinary person could bear.
Every organ in his body, even every cell, was crying out in agony from the overload.
Lucas gritted his teeth, relying on his tenacious willpower to stabilize the Eden Star.
All his hope was placed on this God Keys.
If he couldn't control it,
there was only death.
Not far away...
Sirin, hidden in a trash can, heard the commotion and looked up.
After realizing something,
the purple-haired, golden-eyed girl's mouth twitched as she muttered, "Captain, oh Captain, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that you've provoked too many Valkyries. I really can't keep up..."
"Raiden Mei, Mobius, Himeko Murata..."
"Who's next?"
Sirin shook her head, "You'd best pray for yourself."
She touched the wound on her waist.
The purple-haired, golden-eyed girl grimaced.
Just a while ago, she had just driven away Raiden Mei, and unexpectedly, she was suddenly ambushed by Snake Snake.
If it weren't for her masterly escape skills,
she might have been cut down by Mobius.
Thinking of that terrifying consequence, Sirin's body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"I don't want to become like them! I... I still want to leave this cursed place with the Captain, go to the amusement park, go to the park, go to a love hotel! In short... I, Sirin, will not give up!"
...
As the dust settled,
Himeko Murata stood in place, looking at the two fleeing figures, a smile playing on her lips. She said, "Eden Star... Binbin, where did you get that? Interesting... quite interesting."
"But... since the Eden Star appeared here... does that mean Professor Welt is dead?"
"Wait... who is Welt? Do I know him? Never mind... Binbin is more important."
Himeko Murata had a headache for a second before giving up on thinking.
She reached out and licked her cool fingertips.
A flame began to spread upwards from her ankles, and Himeko Murata's features twisted accordingly.
"My Binbin."
"Hehe... no one is more important than you, after all..."
"You are my fiancé..."
As she spoke, Himeko Murata, bathed in flames, took a step forward.
Her delicate body crouched slightly.
Her two full, rounded long legs tensed up.
Himeko Murata raised her head, golden eyes suppressing madness, and charged in the direction Lucas had fled.
The Tsundere Redhead Onee-san was like a fiery red meteor.
Adding a brilliant splash of color to the dark St. Freya Academy.
Lucas fled for his life, the wind whistling in his ears, the boundless night sky being torn apart layer by layer.
At this current speed,
it would only take ten seconds.
Lucas would be back in his room.
Unfortunately...
Himeko Murata would not give him that chance.
The high temperature from behind was rapidly approaching.
Lucas, controlling the Eden Star, could clearly feel that massive energy source.
Himeko Murata would only need three seconds to catch him.
"Is the gap still too big?"
Lucas felt a sense of despair.
The distance between the two sides was constantly shortening, and time passed very slowly at this moment.
Himeko Murata was about to catch Lucas.
This fact, as one of the Previous Civilization's Thirteen Ember, Sakura could also feel.
However, she had no intention of intervening...
The Fox-eared Woman lay on the man's back, her purple eyes flashing with various emotions: sadness, joy, sorrow, excitement, and more.
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