Another Herrscher?

"Principal Theresa! The science department has detected high Honkai energy fluctuations in Nagazora City. "

Midnight, St. Freya Academy, Far East. Theresa was awakened from her sleep by the sound of emergency communications.

Upon hearing the report, Theresa rubbed her eyes and her face showed that she was still half asleep.

She then said in a weak voice, "Hoam.... Is that an Emperor-class Honkai Beast? Now that all the survivors in Nagazora City have been evacuated, there's no need to worry too much...."

"...I'll tell Major Himeko to handle it later after daybreak. In the meantime, you just need to make sure that the Emperor-class Honkai Beast doesn't leave the city."

"No! Principal... This is a stronger fluctuation than the Emperor-class Honkai Beast. The Science Department speculates that it is... Herrscher Fluctuation!"

"Impossible!"

Theresa, who was previously only half-awake instantly exclaimed and immediately woke up completely before she hurriedly changed from her pajamas into nun's clothes.

....

Ten minutes later.

Theresa turned on her virtual communication screen and came face to face with the surprised-looking Science Department staff.

"Every time a large-scale Honkai Eruption occurs, only one Herrscher should be born! Isn't the 3rd Herrscher, Raiden Mei, inside St. Freya Academy right now?"

(Fun fact E/D : The only large-scale Honkai Eruption that did not produce a Herrscher was the Eruption from the Philippines. I think it was an event from the game, I don't remember, I didn't experience it because I quit when it happened).

"The Honkai Energy fluctuation we detected this time is weaker than the 3rd Herrscher Honkai Energy. We suspect that because Nagazora City has lost its Herrscher, the remaining Honkai Energy is starting to gather and trying to create a new Herrscher, albeit a much weaker one."

The staff paused for a moment before continuing, "But we believe that this Herrscher does not have the amount of energy needed to create a Herrscher Core and its creation will also be slow, but if this is allowed to continue, it may become a threat."

"So we have no other choice but to deal with it immediately." Theresa replied rhetorically.

"In that case, should we contact Major Himeko to immediately deal with this problem by using Hyperion, Principal Theresa?"

Theresa thought for a moment before answering, "...No, she just returned from Nagazora City. Although she and her crew didn't fight any serious battles, we shouldn't disturb their rest. Prepare Helios' flying ship, I'll go there myself."

"Understood!"

After ending the communication, Theresa picked up the giant cross in the corner of the room and carried it on her back. The cross was twice as big as her own body, even weighing up to 152 kg.

It was the eleventh Divine Key, the [Oath of Judah], a relic weapon from the previous era that her grandfather had given her.

An ordinary person would not be able to lift it casually and even a rank A Valkyrie with great physical strength like Himeko could not easily lift it.

But Theresa was different, she had the genes of an Emperor-class Honkai Beast 'Vishnu', paired with Kaslana's genes which gave her incredible physical strength that exceeded even most S-ranked Valkyries.

Hence she had no problem carrying that giant cross and using it as a blunt weapon to destroy Honkai.

"Where are you going this late at night, Principal Theresa?"

Theresa, who had just left her house with her giant cross on her back, met Kouro in the middle of her busy day.

Hearing Kouro's question, Theresa raised her eyebrows.

"Of course, I have business to attend to, that's why I'm in a hurry. What about you, why are you still awake so late at night? Are you suffering from insomnia?"

Kouro spread his hands and said, "I've been lying in bed all day. Isn't it natural that I can't sleep now?"

"Besides, I'm bored, principal, if your business doesn't involve matters of a confidential nature, can you take me along too?"

Kouro's answer made Theresa's eyes narrow and asked suspiciously, "Did you hear something?"

"No, I was just doing some light exercise because I couldn't sleep. " Kouro replied while shrugging his shoulders, he always did the Daily Qiest because 'Status Recovery' would be his trump card.

"In that case, you can continue exercising. I'm going somewhere to fight, you don't need to come along, I can handle it myself."

"If you can handle it yourself isn't it okay if you take me along? I also want to see how St. Freya Academy fights." Kouro said while rubbing his chin.

"...Your weapon hasn't been fully repaired and is still in the R&D Department."

"Then let's take it. Please take the lead."

Seeing Kouro so insistent on following her, Theresa was a little speechless, but she then remembered that Kouro's fighting ability was very good and he would not be a burden to her.

Theresa let out a resigned sigh and said, "Kouro, I don't know if you really don't know anything or you've made up your excuses before."

"But forget it, I allow you to follow me. Let's go to the R&D Department and get your Greatsword back, after all, I can't let you fight empty-handed."

...

The R&D Department of St. Freya academy, located in a building with an atmosphere full of technology and European style.

Although it was late at night, the R&D Department was still very busy.

After carefully processing various data, they would then report to Principal Theresa that the concentration of Honkai Energy somewhere in Nagazora City was again rapidly increasing, which was the location where the immature Herrscher was likely to appear.

The situation was so urgent that Theresa didn't talk much with the staff and simply took the repaired Nitro Crystal Greatsword.

After that, the two of them went to the runway of St. Freya Academy's private airport, where there was already a small aerial battleship about ten meters long waiting.

Kouro had thought of several possibilities as to why the Main Quest hadn't been completed and especially about the strange changes in Nagazora City that he had heard about from Theresa.

Coming out of his thoughts, he then looked at the aerial battleship which looked shabby compared to the huge Hyperion air battleship, this made him inevitably have to say.

"I think we'll use Hyperion."

Theresa glanced at him and replied with a calm expression.

"Hyperion won't be at this airport, it has its own hangar. The incident this time happened so suddenly and it's also not a very big deal, so we'll use the reconnaissance-type aerial battleship, Helios."

Theresa continued, "But don't underestimate it, although it is not designed for combat, it is still equipped with medium-sized anti-air missiles and cannons, it is no big deal to deal with hundreds of ordinary Zombies and Honkai Beasts with a height below ten meters."

"Honkai Beasts under ten meters? I can kill them with one blow." Kouro said while raising his fist.

"Tsk, didn't you hear what I said before? Helios planes aren't meant for combat."

Theresa continued, "If you compare it to Hyperion, Helios' only advantages are its flexibility due to its small size and its speed which outperforms Hyperion in normal speed. That's enough, let's go."

Theresa pulled Kouro into the Helios and sat in the back seat.

Realizing something, Kouro looked at Theresa and asked nervously, "Etto, Theresa-san... Are you going to drive this Helios?"

Theresa then looked at Kouro and as if she knew what he was thinking, she answered.

"Don't worry, all transportation vehicles at St. Freya Academy are equipped with an automatic pilot system, which is more reliable than human control."

Theresa skillfully turned on several devices inside the aerial battleship.

As a Valkyrie, they were not only trained in combat but also trained to be able to pilot all transportation whether it be from land, water and air.

Unfortunately Kouro didn't know that so when he saw Theresa's bold actions, he immediately hurriedly fastened his seat belt and looked up at the sky while saying with resignation.

"Wow... It turns out that the moon can be so round."

Kouro's words reached Theresa's ears and she could sense the resigned tone of his voice.

Seeing him like this caused a blue tick to appear on her forehead slightly irritated by Kouro's hesitation, but she endured it, as if she hadn't heard it at all.

Due to the anti-gravity engine called 'Leonov', the Helios airship could maneuver vertically and hover in the air like a rocket.

After reaching a certain altitude, the Helios Plane flies rapidly.