Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

“Black Gungnir… So, can we assume that you are indeed planning to be our enemy?”

On the other side, Chris, who had escaped the scythe and circular saw attacking her from a blind spot with the help of Tachibana Hibiki, asked this question.

"This is all for our justice... Death!"

With increased force, Akatsuki swung her emerald sickle, clashing once again with Tachibana Hibiki, who was defending with her arms crossed.

"But we're all human, can't we just have a proper conversation instead of fighting each other?"

Untying her crossed arms, Tachibana Hibiki asked with a hint of sadness.

"There is no possibility of communication between us."

[Liyi style·Mieduoqianqie]

The calm tone, accompanied by the successive cuts of four huge black circular saws, forced Tachibana Hibiki to clench her fists again and knock them away one after another.

"Then let's see who's the real deal on the battlefield!"

Having withstood Maria's repeated heavy spear thrusts and slashes, Kazanari Tsubasa made up her mind to fight, while Tachibana Hibiki and Chris also made the same preparations in tacit understanding.

"We feel the same way!"

Swinging her spear, Maria fixed her gaze on the blue-haired battle maiden before her, took a step back, and then thrust forward with all her might.

[Two-D Chest K Su Yi Long Belief D Fire Body]

The lyrics flowed from her heart, and the red and black heavy spear danced. The powerful and heavy attacks were the hallmark of Gungnir. Relying on the length of the weapon in her hand, Maria charged forward with a spear.

嘭一

The shot landed on the ruins, scattering smoke and dust, but it failed to seriously injure the opponent. Agility and maneuverability were Ame no Habakiri's strengths, and under Kazanari Tsubasa's decade-long training, this agility could be maximized.

[Who can make a dent in the matter? The household is forever shrouded in mist.]

With her first attack unsuccessful and her momentum waning, Maria sang as she prepared for her next strike, but Kazanari seized the opportunity and launched a counterattack with even greater speed.

However, he failed to do so. In the next moment of the change in posture, Kazanari felt his attack being blocked by a black, steel-like curtain—Maria's cloak.

[Example: Yuan 2D Shen Xuan Shao Ji Jin < Zi 5 Qi]

With a passionate voice and the cover of her cloak, Maria sang her heart out and finished the song.

Feng Mingyi retreated with a slight sense of caution, but the cloak followed closely behind and lashed out at her. Just as she was about to swing her sword to block, she saw the cloak unexpectedly split open, causing her counterattack to miss and her force to strike empty air.

Oh no!

Feng Mingyi immediately had a bad feeling, and the next moment her premonition came true. The roles of offense and defense were reversed, and this time she had to face Maria's heavy gun.

[I believe this is a message from someone who has been doing business for 5 days. IK is flying around in a feather.]

With her cloak billowing out, Fengmingyi was left wide open, exposed to the already fully charged heavy spear. Without hesitation, Maria thrust her spear forward with all her might, and Fengmingyi, unable to defend with her longsword, had no choice but to compromise.

The force of the clash between the gun and the sword recoiled, and as Fengmingyi was shot away into the distance, the brief battle came to a temporary end.

"Huff, huff..."

After somersaulting in the air to adjust his posture and stabilize himself, Kazami looked solemnly at the songstress who had once performed on stage with him.

"Very beautiful movements and skills; it's amazing that you could still react like that in that situation."

Maria rested while praising the person in front of her.

Just as she was about to deliver a fatal blow, her opponent suddenly released his longsword and instead drew a short sword from between his leg armor plates, using it to dodge the direct strike from the tip of her spear.

The last time they encountered this level of skill was during their training battle with Zero. In terms of skill alone, Kazanari Tsubasa is definitely on par with her opponent.

“You’re not bad either; your Gungnir attire is genuine.”

Analyzing the information from the recent battle, Kazami responded.

In the brief exchange just now, she also realized that her opponent was equally qualified as a soldier, and that his reaction time was no less than her own.

Just now, she had used a short sword to deflect the long spear while reaching out with the other hand to attack the opponent's abdomen, but it was deflected by the cloak that seemed to have anticipated this.

Chapter Twenty: The Battle Ends

"This gun is of the real thing, and with the blessing of justice in my heart, it will surely surpass your sword."

The brief respite was short-lived. After catching her breath, Maria immediately brandished her spear and launched a new offensive, while Feng Mingyi remained silent, calmly preparing for battle.

[Absolutely C let nine women dream of barking at the heart]

[Justice D is the evil left-hand transmission of IC]

[Tears are in U5 on Musou D - One Flick]

[The ultimate enlightenment lies in the current construction of the Yuanlong 5, praising the seven opportunities]

The sound of gunfire echoed, and the battlefield was fierce.

The spear is heavy and powerful, while the sword is nimble and agile.

Maria's flexible and unpredictable cloak is both offensive and defensive, while her Windwings offer lightning-fast movement speed and superior skill in controlling the rhythm.

On one hand, it was difficult to hit the target with the deadly attack of the black spear in his hand, and on the other hand, it was difficult to break through the black cloak that combined offense and defense.

Both sides devoted considerable energy to this battle, and no one dared to be distracted or reveal any weaknesses, resulting in a tense standoff.

"what

In another exchange, Kazemiya's longsword struck Maria's cloak, which then shielded Maria's attack as she thrust towards Kazemiya. The rain of swords from the sky, [Thousand Tears], precisely thwarted Maria's offensive.

[This can't go on. Although the linker's duration has been extended considerably after the improvements, it's likely that its time limit will be reached soon.]

[We need to decide the outcome quickly. Escaping from the rubble exhausted us, and the trace amounts of Anti-linker we inhaled have corroded our equipment.]

They collided and separated, each with their own reasons, both wanting to have a final showdown, and after exchanging glances, they both agreed to the decision.

"Let's finish this with the next strike." "Just what I wanted."

The two men facing off raised their guns and swords, respectively. The energy levels of their armor increased progressively, and the heat generated steam in the summer night.

"Gangnir!" "Tian Yu Yu Zhan!"

The charging was completed almost simultaneously. Maria's heavy spear was fully charged, and Kazami's sword blade also widened. It looked like the two were about to charge at each other.

“Death…”

"Qie Jiang, are you alright?"

Like a falling meteorite, Xiaoqiege and Yuedu Diao, one green and one pink, seemed to have been thrown into the center of Maria and Fengmingyi's battlefield, interrupting their fight.

[Shortest flight time]

[伝元石龙协Burst it届寸]

At the same time, the song that expressed Tachibana Hibiki's heart resounded throughout the battlefield, revealing who was the one who had caused Akatsuki Kirika and Tsukuyomi to suffer a setback from the start.

"Cut the song, tune it, how are you guys doing?"

Seeing the two of them like this, Maria immediately rushed to their side, shielding them behind her, and looked warily towards Tachibana Hibiki.

Over there, the user of the Demon Bow appeared to be exhausted, while Fusion Case 1 was still bursting with powerful energy and seemed capable of fighting for several more rounds.

"I'm sorry, Maria, I've let you down. She's just too strong. Even with me and Qiege singing together, we couldn't defeat her."

Tsukuyomi apologized to Maria with deep remorse.

As planned, Maria would hold off one of them, while the two of them would use the power of their chorus to quickly defeat the other two musicians.

But they failed. Although the power of the chorus gave them an advantage in their battle against the archer, they were defeated when facing Fusion Case 1.

"I don't understand Death at all. It rushed towards Death at top speed and in the shortest distance in a straight line. What was that? A meteorite?"

Xiaoqiege, who had taken a heavy punch head-on, finally recovered and looked at the orange figure that had given her psychological trauma with lingering fear.

"Hmph... Can't we talk this out? I've never understood why everyone has to fight."

Noticing the three people's gazes, Tachibana Hibiki, who had just knocked Akatsuki and Tsukuyomi away, asked with clear and sincere eyes.

She genuinely wanted to understand more about the humans she was fighting, so she genuinely used all her strength to defeat them, hoping to establish a channel for communication.

"...Mum, what time is it now? Is the deadline approaching?"

Ignoring Tachibana Hibiki's question, and knowing that there was no way to defeat them now, she made the same question to Naztasia on the other end of the communicator.

#yi0尹吾;镹"事久捌【That's enough, Maria, the time has come, it's time to come back.】

Soon, a female voice came through the communicator, saying this to Maria.

"Is that so? Change the song, adjust the tune, it's time to retreat, don't linger any longer."

Upon hearing Naztasha say this, Maria immediately relayed the same words to the two people in front of her.

The two readily agreed; they were already traumatized by the orange figure, let alone wanting to continue the fight.

The three quickly reached a consensus and prepared to evacuate.

Maria raised the tip of her gun and focused a beam of light, Xiaoqiege swung her scythe and threw a boomerang, and Tsukuyomi Tsune opened her armor and released countless circular saw darts to cover their retreat.

"Wait, why won't you communicate? At least tell us what you want to do, and what exactly is Zero-chan...?"

Seeing that the three were about to leave, Tachibana Hibiki immediately went forward to chase after them, breaking and blocking their attacks as she did so.

"Come on!"

Seeing Tachibana Hibiki's figure, Maria felt like she was seeing a heavy tank driven to the training ground by Rei during training. She jumped up urgently, and the song and tune followed suit.

"Wait a minute... Oh dear, what's going on?"

Hibiki Tachibana was getting anxious and wanted to catch up, so she strained to activate her armor and prepared to leap up and chase after the three of them as well.

But the next moment, as she leaped up, she discovered that the three people who had leaped up at the same time had suddenly vanished into thin air, disappearing without a trace.

[This is heretical technology we lack; it's impossible to track us now. Let's stop the pursuit, Tachibana.]

The voice in the headset explained the current situation and also brought new instructions.

"Master... So, is this the only way again this time?"

Hearing the instructions from her master, Tachibana Hibiki felt unwilling, as she was only one step away from getting one more step closer.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Putting aside everything else, that guy is very experienced in how to retreat."

Chris's voice rang out, and at that moment, exhausted, she was helped over by Kazanari.

"Don't worry, Tachibana. As long as she's still active, we'll eventually find out her purpose in doing all this."

Kazami Tsubasa said to Tachibana Hibiki.

"Is that so? In other words, this is the only way this time... Well, that's true. There's always a way. Chris-chan, Tsubasa-san, let's go back together."

Looking at the blank sky, Tachibana Hibiki felt a moment of dejection, but quickly cheered up and smiled at the two people beside her.

P.S. Good evening.

Chapter Twenty-One: Reflections After the War

After the battle, Section 2 made the decision to temporarily retreat, leaving behind a pile of construction debris that was previously called the Abandoned Hospital and is now called the Hospital Ruins.

Beneath this pile of construction waste, in the original, unaltered base that FIS had prepared, Zero, having finished his mission, was resting in his room.

The objective of luring the Bavarian Light Society into action has been achieved. Those alchemists are becoming increasingly difficult to find; without inducing them to act, it's impossible to locate them.

Leaning back in her chair, looking at the newly excavated ceiling, Lingyi pondered the gains and losses of the day.

However, knowing I was searching for their tracks, they still took such a crude action, which raises the possibility that it was intended to lure me into a trap area.

[In that case, once the armor production and energy issues are resolved, let's follow the hijacking backdoor left on that android to find the alchemists.]

Thoughts swirled in her mind as Lingyi continued to ponder.

Her conflict with the Bavarian Light Society was irreconcilable; they were the kind of people who would absolutely destroy each other if given the chance.

For this reason, she would agree to act with Naztashya. If she bound her existence to FIS, she could increase the probability of the other party taking action to some extent.

Then, according to the audiovisual signals hijacked from that android, the people in Section Two did indeed temporarily ignore the existence of this base.

[Not bad, Maria and the others did a pretty good job. Although their acting had some flaws, they successfully diverted their attention elsewhere.]

Section Two was indeed on the right track. FIS, whose funds were not abundant to begin with, could hardly do much to conceal its location when building its outposts. The location they found was indeed that of FIS's outposts.

However, the location where it was built was not the original facilities on the ground, but a more compact and crowded space dug downwards, and the top was transformed by Zero into a trap for disguise.

Most of the operation went smoothly, but a few objectives were not achieved. We had originally planned to take this opportunity to seize the relic pendants of the musicians, but Maria's retreat was unexpectedly swift.

Thinking about this made Lingyi feel uneasy.