After finally managing to stop laughing, Kiana straightened her face and said to a dejected Ming Yu, "So, does this mean you'll have to fight as a Valkyrie from now on?"
"Yeah~"
Ming Yu sighed, rolled his eyes at Kiana, but still answered.
It was actually a very serious question, but why did you have to emphasize the word "Valkyrie"?
The reason I became a "Valkyrie" is ultimately Siegfried and the Kaslana family's fault!
And rounding it up, as Siegfried's daughter and the one most qualified to inherit the headship of the Kaslana family, it was only natural to pin this blame on Kiana's head too.
Ming Yu thought sinisterly as he looked at Kiana, who was trying hard to hold back her laughter.
But the cheerful girl obviously didn't think as deeply as Ming Yu; she just found it funny.
Mei, who had long since calmed down, shot a glare at her unrestrained best friend, took a sip of juice, and asked in a somewhat serious tone, "Now that you've officially joined the Valkyrie forces, you should be starting missions soon, right?"
At this, a trace of worry appeared on the girl's face.
After all, missions meant battles and danger. Even though Ming Yu's strength was considered pretty good at St. Freya, it was just that—pretty good.
Compared to the elite Valkyries seasoned by countless battles, the current Ming Yu was still too green. Whether in terms of physical fitness or combat experience, he was far inferior to them.
And on the battlefield against the Honkai, even those elite Valkyries couldn't guarantee they would return safely every time, let alone a newbie like Ming Yu.
From a friend's perspective, she didn't want Ming Yu to do something so dangerous.
But she understood that she couldn't stop him from walking this path. The moment people like them chose to enter St. Freya, facing the Honkai became their one and only destiny.
Whether it was Ming Yu or her, Raiden Mei, they would all eventually walk the same path.
And the current Ming Yu had simply taken a step ahead of them.
"Yeah, probably in about a month. It won't be too long, anyway."
Snatching his ID back from Kiana's hand, Ming Yu said with a casual expression.
A month wasn't long, but it wasn't short either. But for a newly promoted Valkyrie, it was indeed a rather tight schedule.
In fact, not every new Valkyrie who passed the exam would immediately be issued armor and weapons and sent to the front lines against the Honkai.
Fighting the Honkai, a simple phrase, was an extremely complex and serious matter.
Generally speaking, newly promoted Valkyries would have to go through a period of training before being formally integrated into the Far East Branch's command system.
Even if they passed the exam, it didn't mean their Honkai resistance had met the requirements.
Even at the highly selective St. Freya, the physical constitution of the vast majority of students was not sufficient to support them in areas with high Honkai Energy concentrations.
In most cases, these rookies needed a little help, which was the Valkyrie modification surgery.
Through artificial Stigmata technology, their resistance to Honkai Energy would be greatly enhanced, reaching the necessary level to carry out missions.
And the price was the girls' lifespan.
Typically, they would find it hard to live past thirty, with the vast majority ending their lives around the age of twenty-five.
So, an A-rank Valkyrie like Murata Himeko, at twenty-seven or twenty-eight, could be luckily considered long-lived in this profession.
After the surgical modification, the rookies also had to quickly familiarize themselves with their armor and weapons, things they were unlikely to have encountered at the academy.
A true Valkyrie Battlesuit was not a toy like the academy uniform, but a piece of Schicksal's exclusive, high-precision technology. Such things were often only equipped in regular Valkyrie units and would never be distributed in a training base like St. Freya.
Of course, if you have a Great Aunt who is the Principal, please automatically ignore the above statement. You could even get a free set for each of your friends.
At the same time, the new Valkyries would be gradually integrated into the Far East Branch's combat units, forming small squads, and gaining experience on some peripheral battlefields, slowly growing up.
So, for these rookies, a month was really quite short.
For a super-newbie like Ming Yu, who had only been in contact with the Honkai for less than two months, the time was even tighter.
Fortunately, due to his cheat, his Honkai resistance was up to par. This allowed him to skip the surgical modification step and also spared the Far East Branch from the research topic of "how to make Valkyrie modification surgery have the same effect on males."
After all, the physical structures of men and women are very different. Who knows what effect artificial Stigmata would have on a male body.
Even for women, each surgery had to be meticulously adjusted to ensure the artificial Stigmata would function as intended in the recipient's body.
If it was like that for women, let alone men. Just surviving the surgery would be considered a blessing from the gacha gods.
Although he saved time on the surgery, it didn't mean Ming Yu had more time than others.
After all, any student who had been at St. Freya for a relatively long time would have had some battlefield internship experience, more or less, and would not be strangers to fighting the Honkai.
But Ming Yu was a complete blank slate in this regard!
This also meant he had to spend more time adapting from the academy to the battlefield.
In comparison, his schedule might be even tighter.
But despite this, Ming Yu didn't feel particularly anxious.
He had thought it through clearly. No matter what, personal strength was still the most important thing. Only by mastering great power could he handle everything that was to come.
"I heard that after becoming an official Valkyrie, you can choose your own battlesuit. What about yours?"
A mischievous smile appeared on Kiana's lips, her eyes shining, a thick air of gossip radiating from her.
"My battlesuit, of course I have one..."
Ming Yu glanced at the white-haired fluffball whose mind was full of inappropriate thoughts, but he couldn't help but think of that set of armor that had yet to be fully modified.
Although armor was an external force, Ming Yu was not against it. Moreover, being equipped with a battlesuit was his due right.
More importantly, he didn't think his own strength was at a level where he could ignore the enhancement from a battlesuit.
For a normal Valkyrie, a battlesuit played an extremely important role in their overall combat power.
It could be said that a Valkyrie with and without a battlesuit were two completely different beings. The difference was as great as that between Moonlight and White Comet.
The Paramecium driving Moonlight could beat the crap out of Welt, while the Kiana piloting White Comet, even if she trained, her training would be all for naught.
And among the initial few battlesuits available for selection, Ming Yu deliberated repeatedly and finally chose the Domain Armor, which was relatively balanced in all aspects.
Unlike the Pulse Armor, which relied on its matching weapons, and the Drive Armor, which focused on protection, the Domain Armor had no outstanding features, but it possessed an adaptability that other armors lacked.
With black as the main color, paired with blue Honkai Energy patterns, it was like a stream of light under the night sky. At the same time, its thickness was increased, changing its original bodysuit-like design style. This was Ming Yu's exclusive battlesuit.
After a pause, Ming Yu said slowly, "Its name is—Domain Armor: Cold Night!"