The real Beginning

The next day, in the morning, at half past seven.

Kouro got out of bed and went about his daily routine, after which he showered, had breakfast and changed into his school uniform.

He was out of his room after doing all that within 30 minutes.

While going downstairs, he saw Kiana in the middle of the corridor looking at him with a sullen expression and her arms crossed.

Seeing Kiana looking at him like that, he knew that he had made a mistake, so he approached her with a sincere expression and apologized.

"I'm Sorry."

Seeing Kouro approach her and apologize after that.

Her annoyance immediately subsided a little, but with her arms still crossed, she asked, "Why are you apologizing?"

"I'm sorry for going out late at night and leaving you friendless."

"Hmph! It's good that you understand." Kiana replied with a sweet snort, her anger at Kouro gone.

"Tomorrow is the weekend, so I promise to spend time with you all day until you're satisfied." Kouro said with a sincere expression.

"Promise?" she said as she pointed her little finger at Kouro.

Kouro looked at Kiana's little finger and then smiled slightly.

"I promise." He said and hooked his little finger with Kiana's little finger.

After receiving Kouro's promise, Kiana smiled and said, "I can't wait for tomorrow."

"Me too, Kiana. I'll be going then, see you later." Kouro replied before running out of the dormitory building.

"Be careful on the road!" Kiana yelled at him.

"Hmmm~ Where should I go with Kouro tomorrow?" She muttered thoughtfully.

Too bad, that promise would be the beginning of a disaster.

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Three days ago, Cocolia secretly moved part of its authority, the Mecha titan, to Nagazora City.

She did so to ensure that after Raiden Mei awakened as Herrscher, she could defeat or subdue her and then 'recycle' her.

Although Cocolia has greater power under her command, she can only do this so as not to attract the attention of the local government and hide from the scrutiny of St. Freya's academy.

Mei could not fully transform into a True Herrscher in such a short time so there was no need to exaggerate her strength.

With the power that Cocolia had gathered at this time, it should be enough to capture her, she just needed to be wary of the movements of the St. Freya academy.

Then to prevent St. Freya from disturbing too much in Nagazora City.

Cocolia began to artificially increase the concentration of Honkai Energy in the suburban areas of Nagazora City, because of the previous small-scale Honkai eruptions, they would be alerted.

Everything happened too fast.

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Three days.

In just three days, on the day Kouro promised to accompany Kiana.

On the outskirts of Nagazora City, due to a sudden increase in the concentration of Honkai Energy, animals turned into Honkai Beasts and rampaged through the area.

In Cocolia's original plan, the increased concentration of Honkai Energy would only be limited to ten thousand square kilometers in the suburban area.

From the initial 50 HW, it would continue to increase for three days until it reached the level of 500 HW, increasing tenfold and the impact reaching Nagazora City.

If it wasn't for St. Freya Academy which had installed many high-tech devices to help control the concentration of Honkai Energy earlier. The entire Nagazora City would have collapsed due to the increase in Honkai Energy.

However, even after all that, the residents of Nagazora City did not have enough time to evacuate due to the number of residents.

In addition to organizing a large number of flights, trains and other means of transportation. The security forces did not have time to organize search and rescue teams in the city.

Many citizens had been infected with Honkai Energy and became 'Zombies'.

The Nagazora City Garrison was barely able to stabilize their defensive line around the city as it fought the Honkai Beasts that invaded from the outskirts of the city.

There were no more people in the city that could be managed as they had all been killed by Honkai Beasts and Zombies or turned into 'them'.

In this Honkai Eruption, nearly hundreds of thousands of people became 'Zombies' or died before escaping due to Honkai's low energy resistance.

We are talking about a large-scale Honkai Eruption that has reached 500 HW and is still rising.

Compared to the millions of permanent residents of Nagazora City, such an amount of sacrifice can be considered a small amount.

Fortunately due to Kouro's intervention in the future, this event can be considered a historical event where humans successfully resisted the Honkai Eruption compared to previous eruptions.

It might even have been the impetus for humans to fight Honkai, but now there is only destruction and havoc on the outskirts of the city.

When the rough statistical report on the Honkai Eruption in the city of Nagazora appeared on her holographic interface and saw the number of casualties and economic losses in it, Cocolia didn't know what to say.

She just felt helpless.

The only time Cocolia felt helpless was when she saw one of her adopted children disappear into the Sea of Quanta and saw Bronya lose her legs and emotions to find her.

She had sworn that she would never hurt children again.

Now, Bronya who has a high adaptation of Honkai energy will not die because of the concentration of five hundred HW of Houkai energy.

She should be able to protect herself with Project Bunny 19C.

Her victims only amounted to hundreds of thousands of people who were old, weak, paralyzed, or sick. She really is a sinner.

Cocolia smiled with a pale face and slowly clenched her fists.

As long as she wanted to fight Honkai, sacrifice was inevitable.

Compared to the old, weak, crippled and sick, just the children surviving was enough for her.

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The weekend, the day Kouro promised to accompany Kiana.

"Get out of the way! Since you're dead, don't get in the way!"

Kiana was seen holding a pair of pistols [Artemis Guardian], shooting at the zombies in front of her while running with Mei through the streets of the ruined Nagazora City.

"Where did Kouro go!? Out of all the time, why can't he be contacted now!? Could it be, he has been infected and has turned into a 'Zombie'?" She complained in a tone of panic mixed with worry.

Kiana then continued in her heart, 'Didn't you also promise to accompany me throughout the day, Kouro?

Kiana's words made Mei's heart flutter with worry, but then remembering how Kouro destroyed the giant Honkai Beast, she calmed down a little.

"No, he's very strong. It's probably because the nearby signal tower has been damaged, so that's why we can't contact him." Mei emphasized with a serious expression.

She then continued, "It's also possible that Honkai Energy could affect signals like electromagnetic waves. Anyway, let's hurry up and leave this place."

Mei could see Kiana breathing heavily and quickly.

Kiana who was physically stronger than her was already tired, let alone her.

Kiana at least had a pair of very powerful pistols to defend herself.

But Mei could only rely on her bamboo sword, she always brought out her best with every blow leaving her stamina completely drained.

Hearing Mei's words, although she was very worried about Kouro, Kiana could only nod her head and start looking for a safer hiding place with Mei.

If they kept looking for Kouro, they would only be exhausted before they could find Kouro.

The situation would only be detrimental to both parties' situations.

Kiana and Mei could face the Zombies, but they couldn't face the greater Honkai Beast, so it was better for them to hide and rest for now.

The best place to hide would be in a fairly high place where the cell phone signal in a place like this might be much better.

With that they might be able to contact Kouro.

As for the person they were worried about at the moment, the situation was not as severe as they thought.