Chapter 28: We Chilling

The templar raised its lance and slammed on the ground at his position. He ran under its leg and jumped, doing a slash on the top of its head.

Unfortunately, the honkai energy encasing it simply blocked the attack and his sword rebounded. Leaving him hovering in the air, before he could fly away it swiped him from the side with its lance.

He could only try and block it with his weapon as the attack sent him flying like a bullet through multiple buildings. He then landed like a skipping stone on water but in his case it was cold, hard concrete.

He slowly stood up "Fuck, that was not a good idea." A couple of my ribs are broken, good thing my spine is still intact. This guys just swiped me, better avoid getting into a situation like earlier or I'll get hit by one of its stronger attacks.

While catching his breath and checking on his body, the titanic templar flew through all the buildings in its path. With honkai energy spiraling on the lance it's wielding, it stabbed in his direction.

An explosion that produced a massive shockwave imploded. Its attack demolished the structures around it and even glass from a few streets away exploded. After the dust settled, it was trying to look for him as it didn't see a trace of him.

Ein, already flying, used a building as a foothold and his legs were tensed like a spring. Now holding a giant spiked metal bat weighing a ton, he rushed at the opening the beast presented and swung with all his might for a grand slam.

His weapon bent at the impact as the swing sent the templar flying across the street. Creating tremors as it landed, "I'm not done yet bastard!" He took out a short but thick javelin with a broad spearhead and threw it like a textbook olympian.

The javelin broke the sound barrier as it hit the downed templar right on the middle of its body as its shield isn't protecting the front. The spear exploded when it hit and opened a 2 meter gaping hole on its waist.

He took another one from his inventory and threw it again at its head. As the spear was travelling he ran after it and leaped towards the templar. He spun, building momentum and after the 2nd javelin hit he did a spinning heel kick on its side near the damage it 1st took and his leg was like a whip.

It snapped in half like a twig and he did a follow up axe kick on its now missing head. When the attack hit, its body bounced on the ground and the surroundings shook as the damaged buildings crumbled, his leg was smoking from the tremendous energy of the atttack.

He jumped away a few dozen meters and waited for it to move, another javelin in hand. The thing didn't move though as he sighed in relief. "Phew, that templar's shield was stronger than expected. I'll whittle them down from range 1st in future skirmishes, not until I can ignore it anyway."

After storing its body, he roamed other places that he didn't visited before. There were no signs of honkai beasts. "I did make a ruckus after all, maybe they all went after me when I killed the chariot, I did notice an increase on seraphs and knights after my battle with it."

He rolled his shoulders and double checked the supplies he has on hand. "My great sword cracked on the templar, tch. My club bent too, and I still have plenty of throwable javelins and spears. I need a better spear 1st before I can use it on stronger enemies." He muttered.

Earlier at another battlefield.

Leader: "Okay, our battalion finished off all the small fry in this area. Thankfully we have orders to retreat now, HQ sent us a message that the red zone will be handled by something."

Grunt: "Will it be orbital bombing again sir? Won't that do obscene amounts of damage on Nagazora? Why did we even have to retake it by using infantry if they would blow it up?"

Leader: "No, they told me that area will be off limits until further notice. I don't even wanna imagine going there, that place will corrupt you in a heartbeat. And if you don't succumb to that, there was a storm templar sighted in there."

Grunt 2: "WHAT!? That thing will kill us all. We better retreat before that goes to come after us."

As they were about to evac and was finally airborne, they saw something small pierce through multiple buildings like a bullet. It then disappeared and the next thing they saw was the 3 story tall storm templar was hit by something and it flew over a few streets before it landed with a tremor.

A soldier then snapped out of his shock and viewed the battle with binoculars. He saw a humanoid that threw a javelin at it and it pierced through like butter. The humanoid then threw another one and it disappeared.

He blinked and he saw the templar snapped in half without a head and it hit the ground hard. "S-sir, that thing that fought isn't human I'm sure! We better get the hell out of here before it sets its sights on us!"

They then quickly evacuated to HQ and started talking about what happened to others. A rumor then started that a humanoid honkai beast was on the prowl in Nagazora but there was no footage so it wasn't quite confirmed.

Ein was walking as he was munching on a cubano. "I had a pretty good haul, I need to talk about Mobius on extracting the honkai energy on the big boys so I can have bigger reserves." He then finished his sandwich and ran to the base. Running isn't much slower and he didn't need to wait for a vehicle so why not?"

In the lab after changing his dusty and torned clothes he found Mobius. "I'm bsck Moby-chan! I've got a present for you too, but I can't take it out here. It's 3 stories tall after all." He shrugged.

Klein: "Welcome back Mr. Einheri, I'm glad you've returned safely." She said with a straight face.

Ein: "Umu, good to be back Klein."

Mobius squinted her eyes on him "What did you exactly bring back? Hmmm?"

Ein: "Oh, I've found a storm templar and a chariot. The latter's smaller than the former though."

Mobius massaged her temples "So? What do you want to be done on its corpse?"

Ein: "I want you to extract the honkai energy in it and give it to me. I noticed that my reserves aren't that high and that's unacceptable."

Mobius: "Hah, sure. Just store it for now and we'll do it later on your training ground. We can't extract the energy here in the lab after all."

Ein: "Okay, oh and Mobius, I'm back." He smiled at her.

Mobius: "Un, welcome back. Now go away and take care of Hamsuke, it hasn't seen you for nearly a week now."

He then left after playing with their pet for a bit.

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He arrived at his room and with nothing to do for now, he called Eden "Hey Eden, we haven't seen each other for a bit. We're on vacation for now and I want to hang out."

Eden: "Hi Ein, sure I just checked my schedule and I'm free for a few days too. I miss you guys too, how about we invite them as well? I'm at Japan though."

Ein: "Sure, they'd love to see you too. I'm sure you're missed as well. I'll go ask them and let's plan for a little get together. Japan's like a 1 hour flight, and there's a festival in your location too."

They then talked for some time and said their goodbyes, excited to hang out. "Hm, let's give them a message and ask if they want to go have some fun."

Ein then sent some messages and waited for their response. Mei and Su refused as they were too busy as of the moment. Kevin wanted to stay behind and train more, he said it was fun training anyway so we can go ahead.

At the date of their get away Elysia, Himeko, and Ein were wearing casual wear as they got ready to meet up with Eden. "Ohh, looking sharp girls. Makes me feel lucky to be with you guys today."

Himeko was wearing a turtle neck black sweater, jeans, and boots. It honestly suits her, nice and simple.

Elysia meanwhile, wore a white crop top with a navy blue jacket and a pair of black fitting pants.

Elysia: "Hehe, do we look good~ don't worry you look nice too! We can't be shabby alongside you and Eden after all."

Himeko: "Thank you, and whatever you wear suits you Ein."

I smile at them "Come on let's go! We need to meet up with Eden quickly." They boarded a car and went off to catch their flights to Japan.

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They arrived at a pretty big hotel. They went to Eden's room and she was just sitting there, sipping on some wine.

Eden: "Ah! You guys are here, I've missed you guys! Did you miss me though?" She then stood up and gave us a hug.

Ein: "Of course we missed you too Eden." He gave him a tight hug and a quick kiss.

Eden: "So, how about we sight see for now and buy some things? Ooh, I know! Let's buy some yukatas for the festival shall we?"

We then went out and went to a nearby mall, while Eden was wearing her suspicious getup again.

Ein: "Eden, that's really rough isn't it? Having to disguise yourself so you won't get mobbed. That's why I went anonymous with my works."

Eden: "Well, it's fine really, you get used to it I guess." She shrugs.

Elysia: "I can't imagine being in that kind of life... Must be tiring."

Himeko: "Indeed, well as Eden said. You get used to it."

We arrived in the shop where they sell yukatas. "Okay girls, we have to get you guys pretty nice clothes. This is the 1st festival that we're going to be together."

Elysia: "Himeko, we will pick one for you! You'll probably pick a plain one without any good designs, so sit tight and follow us okay?" She put pressure on Himeko.

Himeko's sweat dropped from her brow as Elysia stared at her intensely "Okaaay. There's nothing wrong with simple clothes though."

Eden: "Well, that's true Himeko, but we girls need to get good clothes for our fight! You know the drill." She then shared a look with Elysia and nodded.

I just scratched my head at their antics "Come on girls, the festival will start soon. So pick some good ones and we'll be on our merry way."

They then grasped Himeko's arms and wandered around the store, looking for some good clothes. I just walked and followed them, I'll be waiting a good amount of time for sure.

While Elysia and Eden were scrutinizing their options, Himeko was staring at a red yukata that have little charmander bootlegs as its print.

Ein: "Tell them that you want that one Himeko, don't just stare at it. Don't worry, I think they'll like that one too. It's pretty cute, not gonna lie.

Himeko looked at me "Do you really think so?" She fidgeted.

Ein: "Yeah, go for it. Tell them you want that one."

Himeko: "Okay. Hey guys, I want this one to be the one I'll wear." She then held it up for them to see.

Elysia: "Ooh, I didn't know you liked cute things Himeko. That's a-okay for me!"

Eden: "Ara, it is quite cute isn't it?"

Ein: "Okay you two, now it's time for yours. Come on, we don't have all day."

Elysia: "Go pick one for yourself too Ein, I'm sure you'll look good in a male yukata."

Eden: "Ohh, I can imagine that, he would look gorgeous in one."

I sighed and immediately found a black yukata for males and took a steel gray obi. "This is good enough, now you girls get your own too. Let's wear this here now so we can head to the festival straight from here."

After a few more minutes, Elysia picked a white yukata with carps as a print. It suited her pink hair and blue eyes. Eden picked a burgundy one with gold accents, quite fitting with her golden eyes.

Riding a train, we arrived at the festival and it was already in full swing.

Elysia: "Ohh, the mood here is quite nice. People having fun and all."

Himeko: "Yeah, everyone's enjoying the atmosphere of the festival."

Eden: "I haven't been in one, everything here is so pretty."

Ein tapped them one by one "Come on, how about we buy some food first? We haven't eaten yet after all."

We then roamed around and saw a takoyaki stall. I bought some while Himeko bought yakisoba, Elysia bought taiyaki, and Eden some okonomiyaki.

I bought a fox mask for Eden as well so she doesn't have to wear sunglasses and a scarf on her head.

We went to a bench and started to eat. "Ahh, open wide Eden. Have a taste of one of my balls." She then pinched my cheek but ultimately ate the food I offered.

Eden: "Hmm, this is good. This is quite fun huh, I really needed this break. With you guys here with me too."

Elysia stared at me "No fair, I want to eat one of your balls too!" She protested.

Himeko blushed and looked at me as well.

"Alright say ahhh" I then gave one to Elysia as she chewed happily.

Ein: "How about you Hime? Do you want one too?"

Himeko hesitated for a bit and I just offered one too. "Ahhh, this is tasty. Come on give it a try."

She then shyly opened her mouth and ate one as well. We sampled each of our foods and just relaxed on the bench. After eating we tried playing some of the games on the festival.

Elysia saw a unique hair clip and she pointed at it "Ein! Can you win me that one? Pretty please. I'll give you a nice smooch if you win it for me." She used the lethal puppy dog eyes.

Ein: "You don't have to do that every time you want something from me Ellie. It's not something big anyway, I'll win it for you no problem."

It was a game where you need to hit the prize you want with a gun using a cork as ammo. I calculated everything of course and hit it ez pz.

"Here you go Ellie, let me put it on for you." I then put it on her hair and she then would wear it for a long time.

Elysia just smiled and looked at me while I put it on her. "Thanks Ein! You're the best!" She then tip toed and kissed me on the cheek.

Eden: "Mou, go and win one for me too Ein. You won a prize for Ellie and you won't get one for us too?" She pouted cutely.

I laugh "Don't worry, I was just about to ask what you guys wanted."

Eden pointed at a simple locket. I then won it for her and she put it immediately in her bag.

"I'll put a picture of us in here so I can see you every time it gets rough" She then gave an enchanting smile and kissed me briefly.

I then saw a big plushie of what seems to be a dragonite. It required me to hit multiple things to get it, but I won it anyways as the stall owner was staring daggers at me. Probably thinking that I'm a normie or something.

Ein: "Here you go Hime, this will be a good addition to your collection right?"

Himeko got shy and blushed a bit "Yeah, thank you Ein. You didn't have to do this you know."

We then enjoyed the festival and the fireworks were announced. "Come on let's get a vantage point ladies. So we can enjoy the display clearly."

As we arrived on a small hill, the fireworks were up and running in the skies. I hugged Eden from behind "Quite relaxing no? Just enjoying these kinds of things in life."

Eden leaned on me and rested her head on my chest "Yeah, it sure is. I wish we'll have more of these in the future."

Elysia: "Ohh, you guys are leaving us out here. you're making it awkward for us~"

Himeko just coughed and stared at us.

Ein: "Come here guys, let's take a picture." We then took a picture and Himeko leaned from the side, holding my sleeve while Elysia hugged me from the other.

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We returned to the hotel and I was about to enter our room.

Eden: "You got your own room next door. We'll have a girls night, it's been a while when we just talked among ourselves."

Elysia: "Haha you just got left behind Ein!"

Himeko: "Right, we haven't talked in a while. We are quite busy after all.

Ein: "Hah, okay. Enjoy yourselves girls, I'll see you tomorrow then?" I then kissed Eden on the forehead and walked to my room.

It was quite the productive outing. We have to do this when our schedules match for sure. I then took a quick bath and lied on my bed as my consciousness quickly fades.

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Thanks for reading guys. Did you pull on Palatinus equinox? I didn't get her and I'm all out of crystals. I hope you guys get lucky and get her in one pull! :p ciao