Chapter 41: New Blood

The sun shone from the windows, as Ein woke up with Eden, Himeko, and Elysia. "Come on girls, let's eat some breakfast and we'll send Eden on her way." He nudged them softly as they slowly wake up.

Everybody cleaned up and had some of his delicious breakfast, as Eden said her goodbyes to them and left. Duty calls, "Elysia, don't antagonize Mobius too much okay?"

Elysia puffed her cheeks. "Hmph, it's not that I'm bullying her or anything. I'm just asking her things about Ein!" She protested.

Everybody laughed as Eden boarded a car and left. "Hah, there she goes again. By the way, I heard that you guys had a promotion?" He looked at them.

Elysia puffed her chest out. "Ha! We're squad leaders now Ein! I'm captain of squad 6!" She gave a peace sign and a proud smile.

Himeko sighed and shaked her head. "It's good and all, but we're still pretty low on the ladder Elysia. Ein, Mei, and Mobius are pretty much like kingpins in MOTH. Oh I'm captain of squad 5 by the way."

Ein hugged them and patted their heads. "Ohhh! You guys are still pretty new but you're already squad leaders. Kevin as well right? I'm proud of you guys." He kissed their foreheads, as they give a wide smile.

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After a few hours Ein and Mei were making a blueprint for the satellite. Klein came in with a tall woman. "Dr. Ein, our new engineer is here." She stepped aside and the woman started to speak.

"Hi! I'm Vill-v!" She gave a peace sign. I was scouted by MOTH recently, and I joined because I could make my magic here!" She excitedly looked around.

Mei just stared at her, confused by her introduction. "Hmm, I am Dr. Einheri, Vill. You can call me Ein though, and that's right... You'll be making magic here." He said with a wide smile.

"In your file, it said that you specialize in engineering? You liked to make everything using scraps. We'll provide you anything you need here so don't worry about that." If she could make almost any machinery with scraps, what if we supply everything?

Vill shook her head. "I humbly decline!" She raised her hand. "My creations will no doubt be easier using the resources of MOTH, but my magic would be lost." She shrugged.

Ein then got a read on this woman. So she's the best in efficiency and saving resources huh? "We'll provide you a workshop then. Think of the necessary things you need, though I think our magic won't mesh well with yours. Read this." He handed a file to her about the 4th divine key.

She looked at it intently. Reading it quickly she was glued to the file as she then perked up almost instantly. "This! The material you call soulium. Who made this!?" She shouted excitedly.

"Well, it was a joint effort, but the majority of it was made by me. Mei here helped a lot too, she was my assistant in making it."

Vill walked up to Ein and stared intensely at him. "I would like to work with you! Our works are different, but similar. You make entirely new materials, while I use outdated and scraps to make things anew! I believe that with your creations and my engineering, we could make a new branch of magic!" This man is a genius! He made this soulium in a matter of months!?

Ein scratched the back of his head. This lady is a bit too excited, at least she isn't like Mobius at first. "Sure, I'm going to drop by your workshop often. It'll be co owned then? I'll be the one to fund it at first anyways." Thanks to my patent, Mobius doesn't need to save much because of budget cuts. Damned politicians.

He remembered that because Mobius didn't pander to anyone, she offended higher ups. They made any excuse to cut their funds as Mobius and Klein ate cup noodles for nutrition. Maybe I should make some flies disappear? They'll try to control me, I'll make an organization that operates in the dark.

Vill waved her hands on his face. "Hello, you started spacing out." She pouted. He gained his wits and apologized.

"Sorry, just thought some things. I guess we have a deal? Don't worry about the workshop, I'll have it ready in a jiffy." They shook hands and started to discuss the satellite for the 4th divine key.

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While Ein was inspecting the making of the workshop, an alarm sounded. There was a honkai eruption.

He dashed to their meeting room as he opened the door as Mobius, and Mei were already there. "What's the situation? There's still a few more months before the 5th appears!?"

Mei and Mobius ushered him to sit down first, due to their calmness. He calmed down, "It's only a minor honkai eruption. Though that is still a pretty big deal. An emperor class appeared, it looks like a deer with 4 horns. 2 on front, and 2 at the rear. It's similar to ganesha, in powers, it uses honkai powered attacks and beams. Though it's light based." Mobius explained.

He sighed in relief. "Where is it?" He started to get ready, the city might be done for in a couple of hours.

"It's 3 hours north from here in a plane. In the city called sapphire. MOTH has deployed soldiers already." Mei pointed at a map.

"Good, it's a bit far. But at least it's still near." He stood up and exited the room. Mei sighed. "We need to power up our troops, Ein is like a cruise missile at this point. We locate the target and he swoops in." He doesn't even have any time to rest.

Mobius nodded gravely. "We're still trying to use the data from project Odin and make our soldiers stronger. But without superior weapons, we'll have to rely on him for now." She gritted her teeth.

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Earlier before the eruption. A girl wearing a blue qipao with black pants were in the airport, about to return to her home city. (Insert pic here.)

A/N (Fu hua apparently was affected by the 3rd honkai eruption. I honestly forgot lmao, I'll just make her a bit younger, and an emperor class appear, it's for kosma's honkai beast as well.)

A huge honkai beast started to rampage inside the city, multiple smaller ones raised hell as well.

"Wha? A honkai eruption!? I need to get out of here!" The girl immediately ran, with her being physically fit, training in martial arts. She ran quickly to the outskirts of the city.

Tons of honkai beasts were prowling the streets. She hid in an alley, waiting for a chance to escape.

She waited for at least 2 hours as a massive explosion was heard at the heart of the city. Scared of the shockwaves and explosions, she hid there for as long as she could.

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Ein was floating on the middle of the city, he stored his lab coat and was still wearing a dress shirt and black pants. Overlooking the emperor class. "Hmm, there's still a lot of civies here. I can't use my key, no matter. Let's test other abilities then shall we?"

He raised his hand and wind currents flowed inside the city. He felt up all the honkai beasts as he clenched his fist. The beasts' heads and important body parts popped, as he floated them one by one with immense speed to him to store it.

"Tch, I guess emperor class and above would be resistant to it." The deer like honkai beast got stunned but was still alive and well.

He swooped in like a meteor as he built momentum. Cutting the air in front so he won't ignite and be faster. Giving an axe kick to the beast, it couldn't dodge as a shockwave shattered the surrounding glass and fragile buildings.

It's head impacted the ground, and shattered to a million pieces. The concrete exploded as tremors were felt a few hundred meters away.

"Phew, you aren't a tough bastard now are you? But the honkai beasts in this city are so few. They must have invaded a nearby city." His pants and shoes now dust from the impact. He quickly changed to his uniform that will be destroyed again as he flew to the nearest city and decided to leave the civilians to MOTH.

Fuck, I need some sturdy clothes. Or I'll be fighting naked. Not that I mind, but it would be inappropriate.

After a few more hours, soldiers started to search the surroundings for more survivors. Squad captain Himeko looked around, deciding to split up as Ein already cleared the city.

"Hah, at least Ein cleaned up everything already. That guy, he sure is busy." She saw a gray haired girl sitting on an alley, shivering.

Himeko slowly walked up. "Thank goodness there's survivors still. Come with me girl." She reached her hand out.

"Wh-what if they're still out there? Is it safe already? I... I couldn't do anything, I could only hide and hope to live." Her voice shaking from fear.

"Let's go then. I'll teach you how to fight them girl. What's your name?" She smiled softly to reassure her.

"I'm Hua." She reached for her outstretched hand and stood up on shaky legs. "Are you strong miss? You said you'll teach me. I practice martial arts."

Himeko hugged her tight. "That won't work on them Hua. Still continue training though, it would help even just a little."

"Oiii! Himeko, what's the hold up?" Elysia came and saw her with a girl. "Ohh! A survivor, let's take her to the base. Our squads saw a lot more survivors than the 4th and 3rd herrscher incidents. Ein really is a godsend in these situations."

Hua perked up. "Did someone save the city?" She asked curiously. That person must be amazing.

Himeko and Elysia nodded. "He's the best researcher of MOTH! Amazing isn't he?" Elysia beamed.

Hua was surprised. "That person must have built amazing technology for the soldiers to fight off tons of honkai beasts."

Himeko smiled wryly. "Uhh, that's right Hua. He invented some amazing things." I can't tell this girl that Ein probably swooped in and killed them all with his bare hands or something.

They then walked to their vehicles and went to a nearby base to regroup and drop off the survivors.

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Thanks for reading guys. Although I made a mistake and forgor about chapter 20 of the game. Fu hua experienced the 3rd eruption, though I could salvage it and make Kosma's honkai beast appear. Ciao