Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

The two, engrossed in their intense physical contact, were unaware of the unnatural vibrations emanating from the ground—a vibration reminiscent of a galloping horse.

"Hey! You big-breasted monster—let go of my cat!!!"

The same behavior of stepping on the outer wall instead of taking the stairs, and... a golden retriever that appeared out of nowhere—but compared to its predecessor two years ago, the successor even rode a handsome and cool black horse up the stairs—

"Your...cat?"

Seeing Durandal charging towards her, Mei carefully examined her before recognizing the Valkyrie before her, whose appearance and attire had almost completely changed...

However, this also meant missing the best time to dodge and explain.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! My little sister!"

Durandal, having corrected her inappropriate remark, gradually widened in Raiden Mei's pupils—

"Creator! Krishna! You Herrscher, you really did have designs on my sister!!!"

In the same spot, from the same direction... Raiden Mei and Kiana, with bewildered expressions, were once again thrown off the rooftop...

"Oh no! Did I accidentally knock my little sister down with me...?!"

Looking at the suddenly empty rooftop of the teaching building, Durandal immediately sensed something was wrong...

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"So... because your sister thought Mei was planning to strangle you... so she sent both of you flying off the building..."

Bronya, who arrived a little late, held Seele and looked at Kiana, whose face clearly said, "Stop fighting!" and asked her a question.

Outside the shield erected by Bronya using Honkai energy, lightning and thunder roared incessantly as the Third Herrscher and Durandal had already been locked in a fierce battle for several rounds.

"Bianca, Mei, stop fighting!"

Kiana nodded hastily to Bronya, acknowledging her summary, and continued to anxiously shout at the two who were exchanging heavy blows. Both were important people to her; she wanted to help either one, but at the same time, it seemed she couldn't help either one.

"Leave me alone, Kiana—today I'm going to make this golden light bulb leave our world!"

Raiden Mei, who turned and threw a sentence at Kiana, started hurting each other again.

"Sis—take my advice, get a new girlfriend! You won't be able to handle this shrew!"

"Who are you calling a shrew?!"

Raiden Mei is enraged!

"Whoever gets impatient is the one who's—! You're impatient?!"

.......

At that moment, Kiana began to pray to Mr. Otto, the Archbishop of Destiny, who was located in another corner of the city.

全天命最欠打最欠揍，罪孽最深重，恶行多到根本没有办法细数的头号纯爱战神奥托·阿波卡利斯先生，看在同为纯爱战士的份上，请您立刻让着两个家伙分开吧！！

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"Achoo! Hmm... Is it my lovely daughter talking about me?"

Otto, inside the Destiny camp, shook his head, rubbed his nose, and looked at the Valkyries inside and outside the tents, pulling out a name that he vaguely remembered—

"Alvette?! A-rank Valkyrie Alvette?"

The man casually called out towards the outside of the tent, and soon received a response from a reliable accomplice—

A Valkyrie with gray hair and red eyes, dressed in the Undying Blade uniform, appeared outside the bishop's tent in a flash.

"Does Your Excellency have something to arrange with me?"

With a snap, she habitually gave a military salute, and then asked her question...

"Let me give you a briefing on the current plans, focusing on the key points—"

"Yes, Your Excellency—our technicians and engineers have indicated that the second Divine Key has been installed and debugged, and it will be ready for use once the verification is complete."

"The Valkyries of the Undying Blade Squad have cleared out all the Honkai Beasts and zombies near the base and test site, and demolished any dangerous construction teams that were not in good condition."

"As per your orders and requirements, Your Excellency, we have minimized all possible risks."

“You’ve done very well… Alvit, so, how is Durandal doing?”

Otto asked the question that concerned him most: ever since his encounter with the World Serpent in North Africa not long ago, Durandal's gaze towards him had become increasingly strange—

It was the look of a thinker, a mixture of hesitation and confusion, as if he wanted to decide whether or not to beat her up. When Otto first saw Durandal's expression, he knew that something must have gone wrong...

His most valued Valkyrie student probably recalled those memories she had forgotten... but why didn't she actually punch him out of the bishop's office...? It can probably only be explained by the teachings she received over the past ten years?

Well, in the end, that child will also become his adversary because of his plans... The man shook his head, pulling his wandering thoughts back to reality—

"Hmm, Your Excellency... According to the intelligence team's report just now... well, she and the Third Herrscher just clashed on the roof of the former Chiba Academy's teaching building, and it seems they engaged in combat—"

"Your Excellency, please give instructions. Should we go and support Lady Durandal? Currently, our surveillance equipment deployed near Thousand Feather Academy is being interfered with by the Third Herrscher's abilities, making timely monitoring impossible. Moreover, if the other party is a Herrscher..."

“Alvit, you need to have enough faith in your captain—and we also have some uninvited helpers.”

Otto, confident of victory, looked in the direction of the second Divine Key experiment...

"Notify the technical department to initiate the trial program for the Second Divine Key—!"

"Uh, yes, Your Excellency!"

"—Bishop, are we really not going to do anything about Lady Durandal and the others? The commotion over there seems to be getting bigger and bigger... And shouldn't the experiment need a Valkyrie like Captain Durandal to oversee it?"

As she walked out to announce the news, Aylvit turned back to the man and carefully confirmed the order with him again as she reached the door.

"The Third Herrscher and Durandal do not have any fundamental conflict of interest. According to the information exchanged with World Serpent, she, like K423, is a being who can control Herrscher powers through human will."

"Given Durandal's usual personality, there's probably been some minor misunderstanding. At this point, all we need to do is create something bigger than their little conflicts to divert their attention—"

"And we might even get additional help from a Herrscher, perhaps even without paying any compensation—"

Otto Apocalypse, who was always adept at getting free Herrschers, waved his hand dismissively, seemingly quite confident that the Third Herrscher would be an asset to this experimental project.

"Oh, is that so? Your insight is brilliant, Bishop!"

"...Then go and do it—"

Otto, who had been inexplicably kissed by his subordinate, raised an eyebrow....

"Yes!"

After giving a habitual salute, Arvit quickly left the tent where the men were stationed.

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“Kallen, we’ll be meeting soon… Don’t rush, Otto Apocalypse, you shouldn’t rush—just as you planned, yes, just as you planned.”

Looking at the gate to the Tree of Imaginary Numbers that had finally opened in the sky, the blond man stood alone outside the tent, trying to soothe the overwhelming emotions surging within him.

Below the void in the sky, in a corner unseen by anyone, a blonde girl led a white-haired woman who shouldn't be in this era, disappearing into the shadows.

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Shifting the focus back to the rooftop of Thousand Feather Academy, the initial conflict temporarily subsided due to the even greater commotion created by Otto Apocalypse.

"Oh no! Bishop Otto activated the Second Divine Key ahead of schedule?!"

Seeing the golden hole opened in the sky in the distance, Durandal's expression changed, becoming somewhat grim.

"It must be because your battle with Raiden Mei was too intense, which aroused Bishop Otto and forced him to start the experiment ahead of schedule."

"So, Bianca, what's going on here?"

Kiana, who was not clear about the intricacies, scratched her head in confusion.

"As for the question, even the bishop couldn't explain it clearly—there had never been such a large-scale experiment to open the door to the Tree of Imaginary Numbers before Destiny, and the records from the previous era, which were obtained from the World Serpent, only mentioned it in passing—"

"Opening this door will bring forth an unlimited number of guardians of the Imaginary Tree, monsters known as Imaginary God Remains—"

"Furthermore, it's said that the high-ranking guardians of these monsters possess extremely high immortality; if they aren't completely annihilated, it's not impossible for them to recover completely in the next instant..."

"And Rita and the others aren't here either. Only one squad of the Undying Blades is participating in this experiment... I must go back and help immediately!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Bianca stomped her foot, leaped onto Krishna, and charged towards the gate in the distant sky—

"Raiden Mei, I'll settle the score with you later for having inappropriate thoughts about my sister!"

"Hey? Rescue someone? Then I'll help too!"

Tianyuan Yingqi issued a party invitation for the dungeon, and Herrscher of Fire joined Tianyuan Yingqi's team.

"Hmph... I'll help too... And Miss Bianca, explain yourself! What do you mean I have improper thoughts about your sister?!"

Thinking about the children in the nest, the cat-like face that Ciora must be praising right now, and Durandal who just said something harsh, Raiden Mei reluctantly chose to join the team to solve the problem.

"Bronya's Fun Facts Lesson: Sister Durandal, Mei's father is a high-level executor of Anti-Entropy, and can also be considered a descendant of a prestigious family."

Bronya, who had been silent for a long time, began to support Raiden Mei, making the latter feel that the meals she had cooked for them over the years had not been in vain.

"Huh??! I have indeed heard others mention your background, Raiden Mei—but it's just hearsay. People in Shenzhou say seeing is believing, whether it was our first meeting in Sky City or this encounter in the old Changkong City..."

"I don't see a single trace of the demeanor of a lady from a respectable family in you—?"

The violent sword fight between Bianca and Raiden Mei in Sky Dome City, and the chaotic brawl on the rooftop before that, left Bianca with an extremely strong stereotype of Raiden Mei.

[I don't know if you, the Third Herrscher Raiden Mei, are from a respectable family, but if we're talking about a shrew, I, Bianca, can guarantee with my hand on my heart that you are absolutely the real deal.]

"Uh, my older sister Mei is really kind. Back in St. Freya, Mei always took care of me..."

Upon hearing this, Durandal glanced at Raiden Mei beside her, earning her a fierce glare from the prematurely menopausal cook...

"Sis, if you're being threatened, just blink... I'll stand up for you—"

"Huh? I'm serious, Mei really is very gentle!"

"Then what about her...?"

After receiving Kiana's repeated assurances, Bianca glanced suspiciously at Raiden Mei, who still didn't look too friendly, with a puzzled expression.

"Hmm... Bronya believes Kiana should take full responsibility for this problem—"

"That big idiot Kiana has almost completely cut off contact with everyone at St. Freya since the War of Destiny, putting on a show of disappearance for months. There are quite a few people who have only heard of her name but never seen her—"

"Although Mei-neechan doesn't say it, she definitely harbors resentment, and the two times she's met recently, it was all ruined by you, Durandal-neechan..."

"Once he kidnapped Kiana right in front of her... Just now, he barged in as a giant third wheel when Kiana and Mei were rekindling their romance... and even knocked them both off the building..."