Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"So I'm going to give the gem to them? Once I become your agent, the gem won't be as important anymore..."

Wendy scratched her head, looking at Snow uncertainly, waiting for her affirmative answer.

"You don't need to give the gem to them, it's useless anyway—you can find a way to give it to the radicals of Anti-Entropy, or it doesn't matter if you can't... As for taking it out? Taking it out is of course no problem. When you truly decide to accept the identity of God's Apostle that I give you, your identity and authority will be anchored by the world."

"Once the Gem of Desire, which serves as a location coordinate, is used to anchor your identity, it becomes useless to you. At most, it's just an energy core and a container for storing consciousness... You can re-form one yourself at any time."

"That sounds alright. By the way, are there any side effects to becoming your proxy?"

Wendy suddenly remembered something and looked at the girl in front of her.

"Side effects? Does having an extra invisible friend count?"

"The Apostles of [Honkai] will give birth to a personality dedicated to the destruction of civilization. As my agent... you'll probably have a secondary personality that enjoys having fun..."

Wendy's questioning prompt made Snow's lips twitch, as if he had thought of something...

"Just have some fun... but don't end up laughing yourself to death one day..."

Wendy shuddered after hearing Snow's words.

"Anyway, she won't fight you for control of her body. Just let her have some fun during the fight so she doesn't get sick from holding it in..."

Snow rolled his eyes indifferently.

"There's one more thing... Is the collapse of New Zealand truly unavoidable?"

Wendy looked at the blonde girl in front of her with some caution.

"Of course not—making the original Fourth Herrscher neutral or even friendly is already the limit. That formless and intangible fellow seatmate won't just indulge me. I'm not His superior."

"As a balance, that collapse will erupt at some random moment and will be even more severe."

"Moreover, even so, humanity and I have still benefited greatly from that guy—a Honkai outbreak that won't give birth to a Herrscher and a walking embodiment of destruction. Just think about it, who benefits more?"

"Sigh... okay."

Wendy lowered her head in disappointment, then, as if remembering something, suddenly looked up and asked:

"Uh, wait...wait a minute!...Did you just ask me to give the Gem of Desire to Anti-Entropy...?"

“Is there a problem? To be precise, if possible, give it to Cocolia, the executor of anti-entropy... Although it would be a bit of a waste... that gem will eventually end up in someone truly useful through her hands.”

"She wouldn't use this gem to do anything to hurt someone, would she... And I can't just shove it into her hand right in front of her, can I..." Worry and confusion began to accumulate in Wendy's emerald green eyes.

"...Why not? You can just let Lezi log in and play for you, and all you have to do is watch how much fun she has."

Snow shrugged, indicating that these were minor incidents and small problems.

"I'm afraid she'll just make me laugh to death... and what if she hurts someone who's not involved..." Wendy rolled her eyes, her tone tinged with worry.

"What are you afraid of? Even if you die, you'll just come back to me to reload. Just go out and keep playing music, keep dancing and having fun. As for the unrelated people, you can talk to her. Our faction values ​​mutual respect. Just tell her who can fight and who can't, what can be done and what can't be done, and that's it."

"Emmm... why does it feel like I'm taking care of a child... and this child is actually myself...?"

Wendy scratched her head, somewhat confused.

"From a purely rational perspective, this is like taking care of a child... I've finished explaining my business. If you have no further questions, I'll see you out."

"Don't rush to open that gift. Think it over carefully before deciding whether to open it or not... Remember, once you accept the gift, you will no longer be human, but an immortal being who is ageless and immortal."

"Beyond human... Hmm, I'll think about it carefully." The green-haired girl nodded seriously to Snow, who waved at her, and disappeared into the palace.

"Heh... I hope something happens to Cocolia.jpg"

—A gloating voice came from the empty throne in the palace.

Chapter 107 You father and daughter are in cahoots, aren't you?.jpg

A few weeks later, in St. Freya, Bella, who had graduated perfectly from Master Rita's school, used her strength, which was completely disproportionate to her small doll-like figure, to drag a girl who was still lying in bed, dressed her in carefully selected clothes, and wiped her face with a towel dampened with warm water.

Bella's actions completely banished Kiana's sleepiness. She sat at her desk in the room, facing the breakfast that Little Dragon Girl had prepared early in the morning...

The white-haired girl picked up a piece of sausage and a fried egg, stuffed them into her mouth, and muttered a complaint as she chewed:

"Bella, it's the weekend...don't you think it's a little too early...?"

Kiana stared at the sun that had just peeked over the horizon outside the window, her lips twitching as she turned to glare at Bella, who was floating beside her.

"Is it early...?" Bella tilted her head in confusion, her little tuft of hair twisting into a question mark.

"It's five in the morning... What kind of Valkyrie gets up at five o'clock?!" Kiana's voice was tinged with disbelief.

"But Rita-sensei said... Kiana-sama, your sister gets up at five every day and starts training at six...?"

Bella's tone revealed even greater confusion than Kiana's.

The white-haired knight was stunned by her daughter's answer.

"My sister gets up at five o'clock to start exercising... Is the Destiny Headquarters really that strict?"

"Hmm... I don't know about Bella. Teacher Rita didn't mention the daily schedule of Schicksal Headquarters... She only mentioned that she gets up around 4 a.m. every day to prepare breakfast for Lady Bianca and accompany her in practice."

Little Dragon Girl scratched her black horn-shaped headdress, indicating that she knew nothing about the extent of the infighting within the Heavenly Mandate Headquarters.

"...Miss Rita gets up at four o'clock to prepare breakfast???"

Kiana fell into deep thought, and then came to a conclusion...

"Snow, your father is indeed utterly wicked—!"

After much speculation, Kiana apparently attributed the severe internal competition within Schicksal headquarters to a certain archbishop.

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"Ah!"

Deep within the Sea of ​​Quanta and at their headquarters above the Mediterranean Sea of ​​Destiny, the blond father and daughter sneezed simultaneously.

"Who's talking about me...? Could it be my dad? What do you mean, 'doting on his daughter'...?"

The blonde girl pinched her nose and muttered to herself.

...

"Achoo!"

In the office of the Archbishop of Destiny, the blond man, who had been nagged by two people at the same time, sneezed twice before looking at the documents he had just finished working on all night.

Then he glanced again at the wine glass he had filled with wine to relax after finishing this large batch of documents. Now, the documents he had just processed were soaked in red wine. Otto put down the glass, feeling like crying, and shakily picked up his pen again to start rewriting the new paper documents.

...

Just as the man picked up his pen, preparing to sign his name on the newly printed document, Amber, usually so composed, rushed in somewhat flustered, causing the last stroke of his name to make a cut on the paper.

The blond man sighed deeply. His morning had been filled with misfortunes; he set aside his documents and pen, intending to deal with them later. The Archbishop of Destiny looked at his adjutant, Amber, and asked:

"Why are you in such a panic... Amber, what happened?" Although the question was posed, the composure in the man's voice calmed the white-haired cyborg woman wearing orange-yellow goggles in front of him.

"Lord Otto, just now the intelligence department's monitoring station detected a large-scale collapse in New Zealand. The local branch has been severely damaged... Your Excellency, you know that the New Zealand branch is a newly established branch built to counter and balance the forces of Anti-Entropy. If it is severely damaged at this time..."

Amber's explanation was tinged with urgency and a hint of panic, which was then calmed down by Otto.

“I understand—Amber, since it’s the Great Honkai… have the reconnaissance satellites detected any reactions similar to Herrschers or high-level Honkai Beasts?” Her voice remained as calm as ever, which helped the white-haired woman regain her composure.

"The Intelligence Department has not yet observed any reactions from powerful Honkai energy individuals, and the New Zealand branch has not yet provided any information regarding the appearance of Herrschers."

"Yes, let the Far East Branch support them. Theresa's branch is the closest large branch to them, and they should have enough manpower to handle the situation now."

Otto nodded and gave the order.

"So, what's the situation on the reverse entropy side?"

"Currently, satellites have not detected any troop movements at Anti-Entropy's North American headquarters...but satellites have detected four small Anti-Entropy airships at a naval base in the Hawaiian Islands that have entered a state of combat readiness, seemingly intending to intervene in the New Zealand incident."

"Heh... those stationed at Anti-Entropy headquarters are all respectable old friends... they won't take the initiative to provoke conflicts with the branches under Schicksal or even the Valkyries. Those few warships are just supporters of the radical faction of Anti-Entropy's new generation."

"Amber, notify the Undying Blade Squad to go on high alert. We may need to use Durandal's power. This Great Honkai Impact is too abnormal. No high-level Honkai Beasts were born, nor were any Herrschers, but the destruction and Honkai energy levels it caused meet the 'Great Honkai Impact' conditions for the birth of a Herrscher..."

"And the radicals of anti-entropy have acted too abnormally this time... Craving the gem, huh—you really want it that badly?"

The man waved his hand, signaling Amber to inform the members of the Undying Blade squad and to mobilize the warships at the airport to prepare for battle.

“I understand, Your Excellency.”

Amber nodded and left the bishop's office, closing the door behind her.

In the room where only the blond man remained, words, different from before, drifted out, carrying a flippant and mocking tone...

"Penglai Temple, Nine Heavens...and Ningti Apocalypse...my nominal son-in-law and another granddaughter..."

"To be chosen by my beloved little princess... you are destined to be more than just what my naive granddaughter wrote in the application..."

The man looked at the two Valkyrie profiles projected onto the table and tapped the table.

"Oh right... I promised my little princess I'd prepare the Valkyrie armor for you... I'll send it to you now."

The man sitting in the armchair tapped the screen a few times, and a message indicating the transfer was complete popped up as he finished. He seemed to suddenly remember something and let out a low chuckle—

"Heh, Ms. Cocolia, I hope you get into trouble..."

Chapter 108 Target New Zealand, Charge!

Shortly after Kiana finished her meal under Bella's urging, Theresa and Himeko were awakened by their adjutant's frantic knocking on the door. Thanks to the almost banging noise, the others staying in Himeko's teacher's dormitory were also fully awakened.

"What happened?"

Mei's still somewhat groggy voice came from another part of the corridor. The black-haired girl, wearing pajamas, peeked halfway out of the doorway, looking at the Hyperion's first mate in the corridor with a puzzled expression.

...

Of course, Theresa and Lady Himeko weren't the only ones getting their doors knocked on—Simon Riley, the intelligence officer of the Divine Authority Squad and currently the adjutant on the Nibelungen-class air assault frigate, was standing in front of the door of Horaiji Kyusou's room, wondering if she'd get beaten to death if she followed her colleagues' example and banged on her superior's door so early in the morning...

"The door's open, Simon, just come in if you want."

The sounds coming from inside made Simon, who had been hesitating with his hand on the door, breathe a sigh of relief. The brown-haired Valkyrie turned the doorknob and pushed the door open into the room of Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens.

The purple-haired Valkyrie was now dressed in formal attire and was helping Ningdi comb her hair. Without looking up, she asked directly:

"We're about to go on an emergency mission, aren't we?" Jiu Xiao's tone was completely unquestioning, with a calm and composed expression.

"Yes, Acting Captain Jiuxiao. This is a message from headquarters orders and intelligence—"

"A large-scale Honkai disaster has occurred at the New Zealand branch. The local branch has been severely damaged and has entered a semi-paralyzed state. The extent of the damage caused by the large-scale Honkai is currently unknown, and no Herrscher or high-ranking Honkai Beast reactions have been detected so far."