Chapter 2: Bringer of Storm met a Snake

Nagazora City

When it's at night, at the time when the morning sun was starting to show itself, Loki was still walking on the streets of the city alone, wondering if he really decided to change his place of residence to save himself, to which city should he go to next.

It has been two months since the reincarnated man came to this forsaken world that ripped off more than a year's worth of his salary. After doing some information gathering by using the computer there, Loki now had some basic understanding of the situation that surrounds the Pre-Era Honkai civilization.

At first, while Loki does sees the various Honkai Beast and Honkai Zombies, he is still feeling a little skeptical; that's why he does some independent research, and after a while, he can say with certainty that the world that he was transmigrated into was the Honkai Impact 3 World, the Previous Era variant one at that.

While turning his head to the side, looking at the shining city, Loki couldn't but help to think about the event of the past few months; he still remembered that when he came to this world two months ago, for some reason, Loki got transmigrated right in the middle of a Honkai outbreak, and not only that, he also almost lost his life to a Honkai beast.

Thankfully, he got Paimon inside his soul for some reason. She also got some kind of system-lite cheat that is similar to gacha, so those kinds of cheat helped him immensely, something that he still feels grateful to Paimon.

Also, due to the gacha that Paimon gave him, he can get a 5-star stigmata. Although it's just a single piece of 5-star stigmata, the power that Loki can summon just from that alone is enough to completely eradicate the surrounding Honkai Beast and Zombies and thus saving the numerous civilians.

After finishing the rest of the Honkai Beast, Loki hid by blending in with the other ordinary civilians and fled with the surviving refugees; after withdrawing from the scene with the others, his group was finally taken over by the Fire Moth Army. At first, Loki thought that he would be locked up by them and going to be experimented on, seeing as he's a transmigrated person, so Loki thought that he had no formal identity in this world, but surprisingly, Loki actually has a legal identity certificate in this world, and it's Julian Loki, one of the new high-school student of Shiba High-school on the city of Nagazora.

And it's not just a student card that he has, he also has other official documents ready, something that seems to be highly suspicious to Loki, but since he has no idea what to do, he just lets it slide and tries to live his life.

Also, the body that he has transmigrated into is exactly the same as the one that he had in his previous life; even the little scar that he got from playing football and fencing is also there, so in the end, Loki comes to the conclusion that rather than transmigrated or reincarnated, what truly happened to him is that his consciousness got swapped with the Loki in this world.

Now that he is a student of Chiba Highschool, and moreover, a student who has excellent grades, he got a substantial scholarship from the school, so the matter of financial situation has been solved, so logically, there is no reason for why he can't just stay in Nagazora until he finished his education, but there is a little problem.

Rather than staying in this doomed city named Nagazora, Loki cemented his desire to leave the city as fast as possible!

As a transmigrate who know the entire backstory of Honkai Impact 3, there is no way Loki doesn't know that Nagazora city is the location where the third Honkai Outbreak happened.

If he decided to stay in this city, what is the difference between suicide? If he really wanted to die that badly, he would just hang himself to hasten the process, not wait for the outbreak to happen.

And although Loki has a few stigmata to help him resist the erosion that happens from the Honkai and some excellent combat power, he still feels like it's not something that can help him survive.

After all, comparing the Valkrie from the future era, Loki's combat power is not even at A rank yet; at most high-end B rank, he can still fight against small fry with ease without any worry. Still, if his opponent is Templar-Class or above, unless he got some help, his best option is to just run away.

Hence, his best bet to survive in this world is to just hide away from the problem.

While it's true, perhaps, other transmigrators would usually try their best to get to the main cast and follow the usual canon, to take advantage of their meta-knowledge, such as staying in Nagazora to befriend all three of the main cast and wait patiently for the Honkai outbreak to happen, so that they can stay in Saint Freya, and try their best to gain the affection from various valkyrie, but well . . .

While the city is correct, and the world is right, too, it seems the timeline where he landed is a bit off since the world that he transmigrated into is the Pre-Era civilizations. At this time, the Kaslana ancestor Kevin Kaslana is still a little kid.

If it's the future civilization, with the combined efforts of both Otto Apocalypse and the Kaslana progenitor, Kevin, plus the anti-entropy duo, Tesla and Einstein, maybe the world can really survive. There is still hope; that's what Loki's original plan actually was, to join Schicskal and do his share of work, but unfortunately. . .

This is a pre-civilization era, and the Herrscher of the pre-civilization has the power and the means to burn a continent at will or directly sink a continent by a black hole; finally, there is also the final fight against the Herrscherr of the End!

Come on, there is no way an ant-like him can survive in this era, with the cheat he got from his companion.

If he travels to the Honkai Impact world and joins the future civilization, as long as the traveler is lucky enough, they can survive if they don't derail the canon event too much, and if they are charismatic enough, they can even get a former valkyrie as a wife and have a happy life, but if it is a pre-civilization, you just say, there is no way to save themselves, it's better to just enjoy their last few weeks of survival and wait for the end to come.

After all, Loki, a transmigrator who knows the plot of the game, is very aware of the ending of the pre-era civilization. After the fight against the Herrscherr of The End, except for a few people who entered the hibernation chamber and a few Flame Chaser who carried out their own plans, human civilization has completely perished!

So, that's why Loki was feeling quite dejected in the last few weeks, and with a sigh, he began to thought in a depressed mood. 'Haaah. . . the condition to live in the pre-era is too hard, should I just change side?'

After thinking deeper, Loki dismissed this idea and let out a troubled sigh.

"Haaah..."

Thinking of his bleak future, Loki sighed again. Although he didn't know which timeline he was in right now, what he was sure of is that it was before the Third Honkai eruption because Nagazora is still standing, so. . . .

Although he doesn't fully understand the timeline of the pre-era civilization, it should be at least ten years before the Herrscher of the End appears. However, this does not mean that he can spend ten years safely. Since after the fall of Nagazora, rather than being alive, what human beings are doing is more akin to survival!

'Forget it, don't think too much about it; in short, it's best to leave Nagazora City, even if it's only temporarily; after all, this place is no longer safe.' While nodding his head with satisfaction, Loki began to plan out his escape.

"If you don't want to get hurt, just follow us obediently. Doctor, you are a smart person and should know what to do!"

Suddenly, Ling Xi heard the shout of a man right in front of him, and... the scene that he saw was something that he had seen numerous times in various action blockbuster movies.

Without overthinking, Loki decided to join something that he see as a mugging. This is Loki's personality; if he encounters something that he likes, he wouldn't even hesitate to meddle in another person's business.

After turning in a corner, Loki saw three men in black clothes who wear black cloaks on their heads to cover their faces, all three of them are cornering a woman in a white shirt in the alley, and the three of them stand in the way that makes it impossible for her to escape.

"With that in mind, please come with us; as long as you cooperate nicely, we will treat you like how a normal guess would."

The first man said in an indifferent voice, "Doctor, don't force us to use harmful means on you."

The cornered woman, without showing any expression of fear on her face, just folded her arms in front of her chest and said calmly, "So... Klein was taken away by you lot, right?"

The woman in the white shirt has this weirdly green-colored hair. Furthermore, the woman looks drunk at this time, but the way her eyes are focused on the three-man in front of her shows that her consciousness is still relatively clear.

Looking at the three people in front of her, she said with a half-smile, "I didn't expect that they would actually do this kind of thing. If this matter comes out in the open, do you know how dire the consequences will be?"

Mobius scrutinized the three people in front of her. she didn't know who they were, but she had a hunch about who sent the three of them after her.

'I thought that they would follow the academy's rules and beat me in the academic category; unexpectedly, they would try to break the rules and use the underworld force to compel me to obey them.'

"Go!" Seeing that Mobius didn't plan to obediently follow them without wasting any time, the other party shouted his order toward his two companions. Without any delay, the two guys began to move toward her.

"Ugh..."

Mobius's blue eyes flickered toward her surroundings quickly, and her mind began to churn out plans to get out of this situation.

Loki, who is currently hiding behind a wall near them, suddenly sees a blue box appear in front of him and exclaims happily with a grin. "Oh, it seems this kind of situation can grant me a mission too!"

[An unexpected event has appeared before you; in the face of the current situation, what is your choice? ]

[A: Save and take care of the other party until the other party sobers up! Mission reward: a supply card! ]

[B: Pretend that nothing happened, go home, take a wash and sleep! Mission Rewards: None! ]

[C: Shouting to the three of them, let go of the girl and come at me! Mission reward: Other party affection ]

With a confused expression, Loki began to thought. '. . . Wait, I can understand the first two rewards, but what the hell is the last reward?'

Looking at the third option on the reward list, Loki just stares at it with a tired gaze before deciding to pretend it was never there in the first place.

After thinking about it for a while, Loki chose to pick the first option after some consideration.

With a decisive resolve in his heart, the world traveler began to walk toward the group of men in black with a hard gaze.

"Hey! Don't you think it's a bit too much for a bunch of guys teaming up against a single woman? Do you have no confidence and pride in yourself?"

After saying that, he continued walking and said with a teasing smile. "Goodness gracious. never thought I would encounter this kind of cliché movie plot as soon as I moved in, lucky me I guess."

"What the-." Seeing the young man's sudden appearance, the three men clothed in black looked a bit slumped, and without any hesitation, one of the larger men directly pulled a katana out of his back and lunged at Loki.

"…."

Looking at the incoming blade, with a grace of a trained warrior, the former footballer tilted his body sideways and perfectly dodged the sword, and with a tired sigh, he began to complain in his heart.

'God, does thug nowadays directly kill anyone who talks to them these days? What a pain in the arse'

Seeing the young man successfully dodge his attack, without any delay, the other man in black also began to launch their strike at Loki.

Seeing all three of them begin to gang up on him, Loki said with a smile. "Well well well, don't mind if I do this then."

"Body Reinforcement! Lightning enhancement!"

After activating his stigmata, a faint electricity current appeared around his hand, and with an excited smile, Loki punched the incoming attacker.

[Crackle!]

In an instant, the figure of a man clothed in black while holding a katana sword was seen being punched right in his face and directly slammed toward the wall of the street, a small crack appeared right behind his head.

The punched man began to cough violently in pain, although thanks to modern-era body enhancement technology make his body is not injured, the electricity that traveled inside his body made his muscle spam and paralyzed him, and the strange power that Loki showed to him also directly plummeted his fighting will to the ground.

"Eh?" Seeing the situation, the stunned Mobius began to look at Loki carefully, to be precise, the green-haired scientist was seriously watching the electric current that hovering around his arm with curiosity.

"Fuck off! This is none of your business! Just move along and we won't pursue this further!"

Seeing Loki is able to punch his teammate and paralyze him directly, the first man began to coil his body and start to get serious. He is afraid that this strange young man is not as simple as a passerby.

"It doesn't matter who I am, what I'm interested in is what you guys are doing to her."

Loki didn't plan to tell the other party his identity. Although he was about to leave Nagazora City, it was still not a good thing to be noticed too much, since he didn't know if there is any crouching tiger or sleeping dragon in this big city.

"Save me..."

At this moment, Mobius suddenly sped up to Loki's body, hugged Loki's arm, and said with a face full of fear with tears pooling in her eyes, while it's mostly fake, it still looks realistic enough to fool Loki, a young man who has never met someone like her. "They want to do bad things to me, I beg you, please save me..."

"This..."

Seeing that Mobius suddenly ran to the side of the young man, the remaining two thugs were also a little confused, this... is since when did the devil can be scared to tears?.

"Uh..."

Loki also felt a little speechless, but he didn't mean to push the other party away, he just bend his body slightly and comforted the young lady in front of him with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't let them do this."

Seeing that Mobius had already leaned on Loki's side, the man in black also decided to give up the mission, not to mention whether the two of them combined could defeat the mysterious man, the key is that if they continue to drag on, they will most likely be discovered by the patrol police. , it will be more troublesome when that happens.

As a result, the two men in black held the injured teammates on the left and the right side and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

"Huh?"

Seeing them fleeing, Loki's first reaction was to catch up to them and tied them up, and then leave them to the police, but after thinking about it carefully, the mission that he got was just to save this green-haired girl beside him and taking care of her until she sobered up, and it seems there is no mention on defeating the three of those thugs on the mission requirement.

And the more important thing is, if he wants to catch up to them, it's impossible to do so since it means he will leave this terrified girl behind, if he does that, he is afraid that this girl will encounter more danger.

At the same time, his stamina is quite depleted right now, and it's better to keep some gas left in the tank just in case the eruption happens so that he can run away from the city quickly.

In the end, after thinking about it more deeply and weighing the pros and cons, Loki chose to stay with the girl and let those 3 underworld thugs run and flee.

He glanced down at the green-haired girl who is hanging on his body, the way her body is swinging left and right told him that she is about to fall asleep soon.

"Um... I can't afford to stay in a hotel..."

After thinking about it for a while, Loki in the end decisively chose to pick her up and prepared to take her back to his apartment.

"Is there any wine? I want to drink."

At Loki's house, Mobius hugged Loki directly and said drunkenly, "I can still drink..."

"..." Hearing that, Loki just looked at their reflection in the mirror, he looks like a koala with the way Mobius was hanging on his shoulder.

Loki was even able to smell the scent of Mobius, who seemed to be wrapping her arms around his neck. Of course, it was more of the smell of alcohol.

In addition, previously due to the dim lighting of the street, but now when he looks at it more carefully, to be honest, if the max score is 100, then Mobius figure will get at the very least 95 score.

Looking at Mobius, Loki can't help but complain inside his heart.

Someone this pretty, while heavily drunk, is running around in the dangerous part of the town, so it's no wonder that she has someone following her from behind.

Loki began to squint his eyes, after looking at her face carefully, he began to realize that her face seems to be a little familiar.

While Loki was busy recalling if he has any memory about the lady in front of him, Mobius lightly beat her arms into his chest with a pout and muttered in a low voice. "Give me wine! If you don't give me wine, I will be angry! I won't play with you anymore."

Looking at her pouting face, he just pat his chest slightly and muttered inside his heart 'endure it for the mission reward, just endure it.'

"I have no more wine in my fridge, and it's already midnight, so no store is open, do you mind if I buy it tomorrow?"

Feeling Helpless, Loki could only start coaxing her like a child. This kind of thing is something that can't be helped, , who made the task requirement to take care of her until she sobered up?

"Huh?"

Mobius glanced at Loki in a daze, and said, "Then... let's do a game of poker! if I win you will give me a drink, if I lose... um um... then The loser is the one drinking!"

Loki looked at her speechless.

"I don't know how to play poker…"

Loki rubbed his forehead with a headache, this supply card is too difficult to get.

"It's all right, come closer, I will teach you how it goes…."

Mobius smiled, let go of Loki, and then began to teach how the game worked and what the rules are.

Loki who was being pestered endlessly can only sigh in defeat, it can't be helped, for the quest reward, he can only endure all of this and treat the other party as if she was his elder.

When the girl began to bring up the topic of drinking more alcohol, Loki just decisively refused her request and instead give her some herbal tea that he brought from the commercial store.

In the end, the green-haired girl kept pestering Loki endlessly for 2 hours straight before falling asleep on his couch, and it wasn't until after one o'clock in the morning that Loki finally took the sleeping Mobius back to his room to let her sleep, while the world traveler goes to his couch to take a rest.