Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

"Kiana, is this your first time dealing with a battle like this? Are you holding up okay?"

Durandal vaguely remembered Kiana's training sessions. She still vividly remembered Kiana's ridiculously fast learning capabilities.

'Kiana' nodded, silent and not saying a word.

Durandal just assumed she was nervous, especially since she was tasked with protecting so many students in the Academy City.

"You don't have to be nervous. With the combined command of Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and the Chairman, we're actually using the Academy City to protect the entire world outside of it."

"Don't worry. With the Chairman around, there's no need to worry about dying."

'Kiana' nodded in agreement and said proudly, "You're right. That's exactly how it is."

"Oh, and this is the living Stigmata battlesuit that Anti-Entropy and the Yggdrasil Group developed. You definitely need to get used to it beforehand. It also has quantum state conversion technology, so it's easy for you to carry around."

Durandal was taking good care of her younger sister. She taught Kiana pretty much everything good she knew.

But 'Kiana' clearly didn't appreciate it and even showed a look of disgust.

Of course, she knew what was inside. It was a type of living battlesuit designed by Dr. Tesla under the request of the Anti-Entropy leader, "Teacher Yang".

It looked more like a gelatinous substance, not like something that was actually alive.

The research was already there too, Honkai beast skin was actually similar to that kind of substance.

This battlesuit perfectly matched the aesthetics of modern people. Its outfit looked just like something out of a Kamen Rider Tokusatsu show.

This was a complete deviation from the Emperor's original intention. He originally planned to have humans gradually adapt to that flesh-like state and further get rid of their primal, clothing-based aesthetics.

But now, Teacher Yang's arrangement in Anti-Entropy had completely messed with his plans.

It was like letting a Teletubby pilot a Gundam into battle. Everyone would only focus on the Gundam, not the Teletubby.

"Huh? You don't like it?" Durandal was a little confused. She remembered that Kiana liked watching Tokusatsu shows. There was no way she wouldn't like these similar-looking suits.

"No, you know how I am. I don't always maintain a human form when I'm fighting." 'Kiana' explained, which was rare for her.

"That's true. Looks like I was being nosy."

'I'm not a very good older sister, huh…'

Durandal felt a little disappointed but didn't dwell on it. Instead, she focused her attention on the crucial Herrscher above Nagazora City.

That Herrscher of the Void who had been given a core by Noldrei.

There was only a brain hovering in the sky over Nagazora City, continuously absorbing Honkai energy from around the world.

'Huh? It feels like the Herrscher of the Void is having it rough…'

Durandal suddenly felt a little sorry for the Herrscher of the Void, but the Herrscher of the Void was just a head and couldn't get out of Noldrei's control.

Even if the Herrscher of the Void hid in the Imaginary space,

Noldrei could enter the Kaslana Stigmata space and pull the Herrscher of the Void's consciousness into the Kaslana Stigmata space.

"Oh? Are those the more powerful Honkai beasts?"

Whether it was just her imagination, Durandal felt her little sister beside her get slightly excited.

So excited that she couldn't control her shapeshifting. Her body twisted and twitched, trying to show off some kind of weird form.

"That's..."

A very flashy, beautiful dragon soared in the sky.

She was calling out the Herrscher of the Void's name, and she was getting closer to the Herrscher of the Void...

She was shouting...

[Queen!]

'Run!'

[Queen, how are you?!]

'Don't come here! Don't come here!'

[Queen, please answer me!]

'Don't come here! Don't come here! Don't come here!'

Noldrei took out the Judgment of Shamash sword in his hand. He had wanted to test out the quality of this thing for a long time.

Now that a Honkai beast of this level had appeared, Noldrei had finally found someone he could try cutting with the sword.

[Queen!]

The Herrscher of the Void, sealed within the soul steel body, had given up all hope. She could only watch helplessly as her loyal little dragon fell into the trap.

Benares, a Judgement-class Honkai beast.

Sirin (the one who died in the Second Honkai War) was its pseudo-Herrscher core, which gave it the ability to think like a human and a body. It was given the name "Bella".

So after sensing the Herrscher of the Void's presence, she immediately came to find her.

The Herrscher of the Void, believing she had inherited Sirin's name, had long since become a tool for Noldrei to lure out the Honkai.

It was too late now…

'Isn't that thing in the Chairman's hands? Did he let my sister use it since it's her first time fighting?'

Durandal stared in surprise at the Judgment of Shamash sword, wanting to know how much fighting power this famous weapon could bring.

The Judgment of Shamash had always been in Noldrei's hands, and it still was.

Just as Durandal thought that 'Kiana' would jump down from the sky with the sword,

Noldrei's actions surprised her again.

Noldrei turned into a very strange, sturdy shape, wrapping the entire back half of the sword. His whole being was like he was embedded in the sword.

The handle of the sword looked like it had sprouted a bunch of octopus-like legs.

Under Durandal's shocked gaze, those octopus-like things locked onto what looked like a power engine.

'Kiana' then directly ignited the engine and flew out.

It didn't look like the Judgment of Shamash sword at all. It looked more like a humanoid missile head.

The sword's butt was spewing fire. It could even do some sick drifts in the sky as it flew toward Benares above Nagazora City.

'So that's how she fights?!'

Durandal was completely shocked. She didn't understand her little sister's ideas at all.

Why?

Why did Kiana transform into the Judgment of Shamash's form to attack?

Not only did her fighting power not decrease, it actually increased!

This made Durandal think of a book she had read a long time ago. In that sci-fi novel, there was something called a "droplet".

What 'Kiana' was doing was actually similar to that droplet.

Siegfried also wanted to fight, but he saw this shocking scene in the information transmitted by Dr. Tesla.

He had just put on his living Stigmata battlesuit, and he was already getting hit with this move.

"Is that how the Judgment of Shamash is used?!"

"If I remember correctly, isn't that thing Tesla's miniaturized Moonlight Throne engine?"