Archangel

After Kouro successfully intercepted and killed all the Honkai Beasts inside the fortress.

He realized that there were no more Honkai Beasts trying to break into Nagazora City from outside.

So, he started looking for Honkai Beasts in the vicinity while running to Kiana and Mei's location.

Currently, there were only Zombies which were weak, disabled and sick people who had turned into Zombies due to the corruption of Honkai Energy.

Since the animals that were kept as pets had been taken away in the previous evacuation.

After all, they knew very well that in general, compared to humans who became Zombies, animals corrupted by Honkai Energy would turn into Honkai Beasts which were much more dangerous.

So, no one objected to the Nagazora City government's decision to allocate a lot of manpower to transporting animals.

However, there would definitely be one or two that escaped the net. The animals that escaped were not pets, but wild birds flying in the sky.

There are hundreds or thousands of flying birds that are corroded by Honkai Energy because they cannot escape in time.

This turned them into Seraph-type Honkai Beasts with the codename 'Archangel' that could fly in the sky.

Compared to the Chariot-type Honkai Beast that Kouro faced the other day, the Seraph-type Honkai Beast does not have strong defenses and can be killed with conventional weapons.

The dangerous thing about Arcangels is that they are always in groups and also have high aerial maneuvering skills.

In the game, they are shown always moving in clusters like a swarm of flies and attacking with wind slashes from their wings.

On the roof of a tall building inside Nagazora City, Kiana, who had just called Kouro, suddenly became the target of the Archangels.

Kiana's expression became serious as she saw dozens of Archangels flying around her while attacking with wind slashes.

If this was in a normal situation, she wouldn't have too much trouble defeating this horde of Archangels, especially since she had the [Artemis Guardian] in her hands.

The problem was that she had to fight while protecting Mei which turned out to be more difficult than she expected.

Besides having high speed, Archangel also had great maneuvering skills, making it difficult for Kiana to aim.

She had to be careful in using [Artemis Guardian] which had a very strong attack power. Kiana was afraid that her shots would damage the place they were in.

*BANG! *

Mei, who could only watch from the side, wore a sad expression because she felt like a burden. .

She tightly grasped the iron sword that Kouro had given her a few days ago.

'I can't stand idly by. I have to help, Kiana! ' Thinking like that, Mei looked determined and wore a serious expression.

She stared at one of the Archangels swooping down towards them, Mei then took a deep breath gathering momentum.

5 meters...

3 meters...

'NOW!'

Mei's eyes became sharp and slashed with all her strength.

"Haah!!!"

*Swosh! *

Her sword slash was too fast to cut Arcangel's wings in half.

The Honkai Beast's maneuverability seemed to go haywire before crashing into the concrete floor on the roof of the building.

*Thud!*

The concrete floor cracked into many pieces from the Archangel's impact.

As expected of Mei, to be able to cut off Archangel's wings in such a critical situation with just an ordinary weapon...

Mei was seen falling to her knees to the floor in exhaustion, she used her sword as a staff to help her stand up.

"Hah... Hah... Hah... I did it... "

Mei's consciousness was currently on the edge and on the verge of collapsing, if not for the 'indomitable will' that had been honed she would have been unconscious long ago.

"Mei! Are you alright?"

Kiana who had finished off all the surrounding Archangels rushed to Mei's aid with a worried expression.

"I'm fine... Just a little tired. " Mei said weakly, she breathed a sigh of relief after seeing all the Archangels had been defeated.

"Mei-senpai! You're hurt!" Kiana said after seeing Mei's slightly bleeding wrist.

"This wound... Was it from the concrete splinters earlier? " Mei muttered as she felt no pain, probably due to adrenaline.

"Kiana... You're hurt too!" Mei said after seeing several places on Kiana's body that had scars from sharp object attacks, possibly from the Archangel's wind slash.

"It's just a small wound for me, my body is very strong!" Kiana said with a big smile.

She was then seen holding Mei's wrist gently as if she was holding a very precious treasure.

"Let me see, if it's just a minor injury, I can—"

Before Kiana could finish her sentence, Kouro suddenly appeared from the stairs and happened to see this scene.

Realizing that Kiana wanted to lick Mei's wound, Kouro quickly intervened to stop her.

"What are you doing? I just found a first aid kit on my way here. A wound like that can be treated with disinfectant, so just leave it to me."

Kiana didn't feel embarrassed at all when she was caught doing something bad, but instead started accusing Kouro.

"Why did you have to come now?!"

Hearing that, Kouro couldn't find an answer.

If he wasn't looking for the Honkai Beast to level up, maybe he could come ten minutes earlier and help Kiana and Mei fight so that neither of them would get hurt.

"It's okay, Kiana. Since no one is in danger, that's the main thing." Mei interrupted Kiana.

Mei looked at Kouro and saw that there were no visible wounds on his body which made her sigh in relief.

But when she saw the Nitro Crystal Greatsword on Kouro's shoulder, her eyes couldn't help but move.

This was not the first time she had seen this light blue Greatsword.

The last time Mei saw Kouro use this sword was when she became Herrscher.

She had already seen how Kouro destroyed the Honkai Beast that appeared from the observer's perspective.

Kiana had a hard time fighting them when they met the Honkai Beast on the road earlier.

But Kouro could easily destroy them even though they were bigger and stronger.

Kouro was powerful and the Great Sword he carried was as powerful as he was, this Mei knew.

Previously, when Mei saw the Nitro Crystal Greatsword for the first time in Kouro's hands, it looked beautiful, clean and flawless as if it had just been manufactured.

But now, it was already full of dents as if it had been used for many years and looked outdated.

If it wasn't for the Honkai Zombies and Beasts that disappeared instantly when they were killed and left no bloodstains.

Nitro Crystal Kouro's Greatsword would have been covered in blood by now.

What kind of battles had he gone through and what kind of enemies had he faced to get to her and Kiana's location?

Mei pursed her lips and was speechless.

She suddenly hated herself for being too weak.

She was a burden to Kiana when facing the Archangel horde and was also not there beside Kouro to help him fight.

Kiana also noticed the Nitro Crystal Greatsword on Kouro's shoulder and asked, "Where did you get this Greatsword? It looks pretty cool, but it's kind of old."

"I picked it up somewhere, I'll fix it up later and probably improve its appearance as well."

Kouro didn't bother making excuses and Kiana didn't ask too many questions either.

"Forget it, let's find a safe place first, I'm already very tired. Now that we have a first aid kit, Kouro hurry up and treat my wound, it hurts a lot."

Kiana excitedly took the lead and walked into the building.

Earlier, in order to keep the signal from being lost and not to lose contact with Kouro, she had remained on the open roof of this multi-story building.

Now that Kouro was here, she no longer needed to maintain the signal and just wanted to find a room inside the building to rest for a while.

Before Kouro arrived, Kiana initially wanted to help Mei close her wound by being careless and ignoring the pain of the wound.

But now that Kouro had arrived, Kiana complained that the wound hurt a lot.

Does that mean Kiana is always acting spoiled when she's with Kouro?

Seeing Kiana leading the way, Kouro and Mei looked at each other before smiling helplessly.