"Host, now that we know our location, it'll be easy!"
Paimon finished speaking, fiddled with her small hands in the air a couple of times, and a virtual map appeared before Bella.
"Oh, that's good."
Bella's eyes lit up; with a map, things would be much easier.
"Of course, I am the omnipotent Paimon!"
Looking at Paimon, whose nose was almost pointing to the sky.
Bella shook her head with a smile and looked at the map.
There was a red dot on the map, which seemed to be her current location.
The red dot also intelligently marked an arrow, showing the direction Bella was currently heading.
"Let me see where the nearest city is, to the south? I'm currently walking north, so I'm going the wrong way!"
Well, she had to go back the way she came.
Bella dejectedly put away the map, turned around, and started to retrace her steps.
"Hey, Host, wait for me!"
Paimon, still with her nose in the air, turned her head and found that Bella had already walked far away, so she quickly followed.
"Don't call me Host anymore, just call me Bella. We're partners now remember?"
Bella's voice came from afar.
Bella felt that she was gradually accepting this little guy who had been with her since she transmigrated.
"Partner, hehe, Bella~ Bella~"
Paimon chuckled foolishly.
"Hey, stop rubbing my face."
Bella said dismissively.
Alright, that last part must have been an illusion.
"No~ No~"
The two voices gradually faded into the distance.
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"Is this a Honkai Beast?"
"Hmm, my form looks better."
She curiously reached out and poked the long spear in the hand of the unknown Honkai Beast in front of her, then touched the shield in the Honkai Beast's other hand.
This peculiar creature, holding a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, like a heavy warrior, was discovered by Bella after she started retracing her steps.
According to Paimon, this type of creature is called a Honkai Beast, and it is born when the Honkai energy in a certain area reaches a certain level.
Especially when the Great Honkai occurs.
"The Great Honkai happened here before, so it's normal for Honkai Beasts to be left behind."
"But why do I feel like I can command it?"
Paimon had said that Honkai Beasts have no consciousness of their own; their only instinct from birth should be destruction.
So Bella found it a bit strange that she seemed to be able to control the Honkai Beast in front of her.
"Bella, Bella, aren't you going yet? It's almost dark."
Paimon tugged at the sleeve of Bella, who was frowning and still, with her hand on the Honkai Beast's shield.
Bella came back to her senses and looked at the sky.
The sun was indeed about to set; she needed to find a place to rest first.
Walking in the snowy plain at night was not easy, and Bella, who had just walked through the snowy plain all night the day before yesterday, knew this well.
Bella was about to withdraw her hand from the Honkai Beast's shield.
"Neko-charm!"
A girl's delicate shout suddenly rang out.
The Honkai Beast Templar in front of Bella was kicked away by a giant white cat paw, crashing into a snowdrift and stirring up a large amount of snowflakes.
A white-haired girl with two braids, performing a flying kick in the air, came into Bella's sight.
The girl gracefully flipped in the air and landed in front of Bella.
"Bronya!"
"Stupid Kiana, don't rush me, Bronya knows what to do!"
Another small girl's voice came from the direction where the white-haired girl appeared.
Bella turned to look; a plain-faced loli with light gray twin spiral pigtails was floating towards them?
Before Bella could react.
There was a ripple in the air behind the girl, and a cannon barrel appeared behind her.
"Project Bunny, fire!"
As the girl's voice fell, shells poured out, blasting towards the Honkai Beast.
The shells landed, once again stirring up large amounts of white snow, obscuring everyone's vision.
"Is it dealt with?!"
Kiana said in surprise.
"Stupid Kiana, you can't say those words after a battle."
Bronya grumbled.
Sure enough, when the white snow returned to the ground, the Honkai Beast, with only a few injuries, appeared before everyone.
"Is it actually a Templar-class Honkai Beast? Kiana, the two of us can't handle this. Let's go, the priority is to ensure the safety of the stranded person first."
Bronya said, now clearly seeing the Honkai Beast's appearance.
It was too difficult for just the two of them to fight a Saint-class Honkai Beast.
Moreover, there was a stranded person here now, so covering the stranded person's escape was the best option at the moment.
Although she didn't know how anyone could come to such a remote place, since they encountered her, they couldn't just leave her alone.
Bella the stranded person: ?
But looking at the Honkai Beast, which seemed enraged by the attack and was rushing towards them.
"No, the Honkai Beast is coming, there's no time to leave. I'll contact Himeko teacher immediately."
"Kiana, I'll assist you from the side. We'll hold it back together."
Bronya spoke quickly with a plain face, while rapidly operating the virtual screen that appeared before her, seemingly sending a message to someone.
"Hmph, I don't care if it's a Templar-class or something else, leave it to me, Neko~charm!"
The giant cat paw appeared again, and the girl fought with the Honkai Beast that was rushing towards them.
The floating girl beside her also seemed to have finished contacting, and cannon barrels appeared behind her again.
She fired shells to disrupt the Honkai Beast's attacks.
Meanwhile, Bella and Paimon on the side.
"What's going on?"
Bella gestured towards the two girls and one beast fighting not far away.
"I don't know?"
Paimon responded with her eyes.
The two stared at each other, completely unable to understand what was happening.
"By the way, what kind of power are these two girls using? The white-haired girl seems to be using magic, and the other looks like technology. This world's power system is really chaotic."
Bella kept her voice very low, fearing she might attract the attention of the two fighting.
"That shouldn't be it. They should both be using Honkai energy in battle. Judging by their appearance, they should be Valkyries of Schicksal, one of the forces in this world."
This was Paimon's deduction from the information she had obtained from the World Core earlier.
"Also, Bella, we can communicate telepathically now, so there's no need to inconveniently lower your voice."
Paimon's voice echoed in Bella's mind.
"That's quite convenient."
Bella nodded.
"However, Schicksal? Valkyrie? Although I don't know what they are, Honkai energy is quite mysterious to be able to grant humans such abilities."
Bella smacked her lips.
"Both of them should be B-Rank Valkyries, not yet A-Rank, and that Honkai Beast should require an A-rank Valkyrie to defeat."
"Below A-Rank, it would take at least a small squad of B-Rank Valkyries to defeat it, so just the two of them can't defeat it. Although there's no life-threatening danger, they can only hold it back."
Paimon explained.
"B-Rank has such power?!"
Bella was somewhat surprised.
In her opinion, the destructive power of these two was almost comparable to tanks from her previous life.
"After all, it's a high-level world, and Host, you are currently severely injured and your strength is suppressed because you've turned into a human form. In terms of combat power, you should also be at the level of a B-Rank Valkyrie."
"Speaking of which, I haven't tried out my powers yet."
After all, Bella hadn't woken up long, and she had been rushing to get out of the snowy plain these past two days.
"But these two seem to be from Schicksal and have mistaken me for a stranded person."
"If they defeat this Honkai Beast, they will most likely ask me where I'm from and why I'm here."
"I'm probably an unregistered person right now. If they can't find my information, it'll be bad. I might be interrogated, and in the worst case, they might even discover that I'm not human."
Thinking that she might be discovered as non-human, tied to a stake and publicly burned, or directly sent to the operating table for dissection…
At this thought, Bella couldn't help but shiver.
"No, my retirement life hasn't even begun; it can't end like this."
"First, I'll look for an opportunity to escape. If there's no opportunity, well, their condition probably won't be good after the battle anyway. If push comes to shove…"
A dangerous glint flashed in Bella's eyes.
Suddenly, Bella felt the sky darken.
Looking up, she saw a gigantic battleship appear above her, she didn't know when.
The battleship's enormous body completely blocked the sunlight above Bella's head.
"When did…"
Before Bella could react, she saw a figure carrying a huge cross appear at the edge of the battleship.
Then, it leaped down.
The cross unfolded in the air, shooting out twelve golden long spears that pierced through the Chariot-class Honkai Beast that Kiana and the other girl were struggling against.
The Honkai Beast crashed down.
The figure also landed on the snowy ground at this time.
The twelve golden long spears that had pierced the Honkai Beast seemed to sense something and flew towards the figure on the snowy ground, steadily re-inserting themselves into the golden cross on its back.
"Just one blow!"
Bella was dumbfounded.
"Bella, this person is most likely an S-Rank Valkyrie."
Paimon's expression was very solemn.
And at this moment, the figure on the snowy ground slowly turned and looked at Bella.