Chapter 45: Can I Touch Your Judas?
"Help…Help!"
A white-haired girl was running away in panic on the vast battlefield.
"Hehe, Kiana, if you only know how to run away, you won't be able to win the battle~"
The petite girl sat on the huge cross and watched her niece being chased across the field by golden chains.
This is the special combat training she arranged for Kiana. In recent times, she would grab Kiana every day and force her to fight with her.
It's just a pity that Kiana now doesn't even have the strength to force her off Judas.
"I...I know that too!" Kiana said unconvincedly as she fled.
But there were ten chains coming from all directions, and it was quite difficult for her to dodge them.
Once entangled by the chains, the Honkai energy in the body will be suppressed, making the subsequent dodging actions slower and more vulnerable to being hit.
After the white-haired girl narrowly avoided the chains once again, she gritted her teeth and rushed towards Theresa, who was sitting on the cross.
She suddenly accelerated, dodged the chains closest to her, and quickly approached the cross.
"Oh? It seems the speed has become a little faster than before?"
Theresa looked at Kiana running towards her with interest, without any hurry.
"Take this from me——NEKO CHARM!"
The girl seized the opportunity and kicked out suddenly, and the Honkai energy condensed into a golden cat claw outside the kicking foot.
Facing Kiana's full-strength flying kick, Theresa simply held down the cross under her body, used her hands to flip over, and used the huge cross to block the cat claw kick.
Even though this was a blow that Kiana had used all her strength on, the cross that was bearing the impact head-on remained motionless.
The golden cat's claws also collapsed after touching the surface of the cross.
Kiana, whose attack failed, was entangled by two chains that stretched out from the cross before she even hit the ground. She was tied up and brought to Theresa's eyes.
"It's actually... it's actually useless..." Kiana said somewhat dejectedly.
"Judas's defense is difficult to break even with Herrscher-level attacks. Don't be too discouraged."
Theresa said as a matter of course:
"However, Kiana, you have made some progress. At least after so many days of training, you can finally make me move."
"…This isn't really a compliment, is it?!" Kiana complained.
The more she trained, the more she could feel the gap in level between herself and her aunt.
"Okay, that's all for today's training. It's not good to pile on too much at once."
Then, Theresa looked at Kirataka, who had just arrived nearby, and invited him:
"Kirataka, do you want to try this challenge too?"
"No need to try... I just finished training with Mei."
Kirataka shook his head.
However, he came here for a purpose.
He thought about it and said with the courage of longing:
"Principal, this cross of yours is truly amazing."
"Yes, Judas is a very useful weapon. Not only can it be used in battle, but it can also provide a variety of offensive tactics during battles. It can also provide a variety of help in daily life."
Theresa introduced proudly.
Not only does it have deployment mode and search mode for combat, but it also has flight mode, kitchenware mode, height-increasing mode, and more, which are essential for home and travel.
From the time she first possessed Judas decades ago to now, she has experienced a very long time with this Divine Key.
Upon hearing this, Kirataka immediately looked at Theresa with even more admiration and asked:
"So...can I touch Judas?"
"Of course you can, but you have to be careful. If Judas doesn't like you, it might actively reject you."
Theresa nodded and said.
The so-called Divine Keys all possess some self-awareness to a certain extent.
In other words, it has a certain ability to recognize its master.
If you use it forcibly without the permission of the Divine Key, it is likely to have the opposite effect, and being eroded by Honkai energy is inevitable.
After getting Theresa's permission, Kirataka came to the side of the Oath of Judas.
He stretched out his hand and gently brushed the Eleventh Divine Key.
In an instant, it seemed as if something flowed into his mind.
——These Divine Keys are indeed very different from ordinary weapons.
Behind every Divine Key, there is a story and background that cannot be forgotten.
And since they were carrying the core of the deceased Herrscher, Kirataka also saw some glimpses of the past.
A special scene appeared before his eyes.
——He saw a sea of blood and people lying everywhere. Judging from the same clothes worn by the corpses, they were comrades from the same organization.
Kirataka realized that this might be a moment before the Herrscher of Binding died.
This is the tragedy of Binding.
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At the same time, in the female dormitory.
Mei, who had returned earlier, was busy preparing dinner in the kitchen. Another silver-haired girl was sitting on the sofa in the living room, holding a Homu doll tightly in her arms.
"Bronya."
At this moment, the voice of Cocolia's mother rang in the silver-haired girl's mind.
"…"
Bronya rarely responded immediately but remained silent for a while before saying:
"Bronya received, please give instructions."
"Tonight, I will send people to invade St. Freya Academy to capture Raiden Mei. You will cooperate with him then."
Cocolia ordered.
"…Invading St. Freya's Academy?"
The silver-haired girl was slightly startled.
Her surprise was twofold.
On the one hand, as the headquarters of the Far East branch of Schicksal, St. Freya Academy has many defense methods and a large number of Valkyries.
In this case, what kind of talents should Mother Cocolia send to successfully invade here?
Are they going to send a large number of Titan mecha troops to attack here...
On the other hand, her mother has not given up on Mei and still wants to capture her.
"Don't worry, my research has made some progress recently... I can use this opportunity to test the power of my Artificial Herrscher experiment."
Cocolia said with some pride.
There are experiments on artificial regulators, which are her main research subject, and she has already achieved some research results.
Now that there are results, they need to be tested.
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