The moment the communication with Theresa ended, Himeko immediately received the official deployment order.
Looking at the text on the screen, Himeko couldn't help but bite her thumb.
How troublesome. An Emperor-class Honkai Beast, with no information whatsoever.
But, that guy, he shouldn't die so quickly, right?
Thinking of the black-haired boy's figure, Himeko shook her head in self-mockery. Although in theory, a Divine Key should be able to crush an Emperor-class target, its user, Ming Yu, was not yet strong enough.
Without much hesitation, Himeko stood up from her desk, completely ignoring the mess on it. After all, ever since those little girls moved into the apartment, she had never tidied her room herself.
Calmly going downstairs, Himeko glanced at the girls playing games in the living room, a hint of envy and affection flashing in her eyes.
"Is Teacher Himeko going out?" Mei looked up at Himeko, who was dressed in her school uniform, and asked with concern.
"Yes, I have a date. I might be back late tonight, so don't wait for me for dinner." Nodding lightly, Himeko said gently.
"I understand. I'll leave some supper in the fridge. If Teacher Himeko gets hungry, you can just heat it up."
Glancing again at the uniform Himeko was wearing, Mei didn't say anything more. After all, Himeko was one of the few A-rank Valkyries in the Far East Branch, and some things were not for them to ask about.
"Got it~
Looking at the sensible Mei, Himeko smiled sweetly as she closed the door.
The moment she was out of Mei's sight, Himeko's pace suddenly quickened.
After all, a quarter of an hour was a bit tight to get from the dormitory area to the port.
Fortunately, she didn't have to change into her armor first, otherwise, she might not have had enough time.
Unlike the rookie Ming Yu, as the ace of the Far East Branch, she had her own warship, and her armor was naturally maintained on the warship.
Looking at the metal creature docked at the port not far away, a cold smile appeared on Himeko's face.
As soon as she stepped onto the deck of the silver warship, Himeko quickly connected to the combat channel and issued her first command: "All hands, prepare for battle! Hyperion—launch!"
As the command was given, the floating warship, already on standby, immediately started up, soaring into the sky with the roar of its engines.
...
"Bang~"
A huge purple-flamed longsword slashed down, fiercely tearing open the Honkai Beast's carapace and body. The upper half of its body, along with its white alien head, fell off.
But the next moment, several white long spears stabbed even more ferociously at the hovering half-body demon armor.
The sharp spear tips collided with the red plates of the armor, creating a piercing clang and leaving fine cracks on the armor.
The damage taken by the Mitama Demon Armor was synchronously fed back to the Divine Key, causing the black longsword to let out several painful cries.
Glancing at the slightly trembling Jizo Mitama in his hand, Ming Yu frowned, but the crimson spirit blade in his left hand still unhesitatingly sliced through the leg of a Knight-class Honkai Beast's mount.
With its foreleg severed, the Honkai Beast let out a pained roar, and its tall body immediately slumped.
Although it had lost a leg, its savage nature, imprinted in its genes, still made it thrust its long spear forward without hesitation, wanting to teach the human who had injured it a profound lesson.
But before the spear could be fully thrust out, a black long spear glowing with purple light pierced through its body first. The violent energy instantly raged, destroying the Honkai Beast's life force.
"This isn't working! There are more and more Honkai Beasts, and we're surrounded!"
Catching her breath, Lia shouted at Ming Yu.
Although Saori's attack on the giant egg had drawn the attention of many Honkai Beasts, quite a few still charged towards Ming Yu and Lia.
The battle-experienced Saori could keenly find the gaps between the Honkai Beasts, break through their encirclement, and continuously advance towards the egg. But as a rookie, Ming Yu could not.
Even in his Sword Heart state, Ming Yu found it difficult to perform such fine-tuned maneuvers. His combat experience was too low, simply insufficient to support such calculations.
Coupled with Lia who had followed him, the two could barely manage to protect themselves. Just avoiding the Honkai Beasts' attacks was already taking all their effort, let alone keeping up with Saori.
And as time passed, more and more Honkai Beasts surrounded them, while their own condition continued to decline. If this continued, they would sooner or later be overwhelmed by the frenzied Honkai Beasts.
Holding his breath, Ming Yu commanded the Crimson Demon Armor to slash apart a Honkai Energy cannonball thrown by an Arbalest-class Honkai Beast. The sudden explosion of energy instantly pushed back the surrounding Honkai Beasts, creating a small vacuum.
Looking up at the crack-covered half-body demon armor, Ming Yu gritted his teeth and cursed, "Damn it!"
His Sword Heart state had long since ended. He was now relying solely on the power of Jizo Mitama to hold on. Although controlling the Divine Key in his normal state was much more strenuous, it was the only thing he could rely on at the moment.
If not for this massive half-body armor drawing most of the fire for him, he would have died under the siege of the Honkai Beasts the moment his Sword Heart state ended.
Once the defense of the "Mitama Manifestation" was breached, they, facing the direct attack of the beast swarm, would not be able to hold out for long.
Just as the two were growing anxious, the roar of a helicopter suddenly sounded, followed by the incessant sound of gunfire.
The two looked up and saw that the helicopter that had transported them had, at some point, arrived at the battlefield. Two rotating barrels continuously spewed out a large number of bullets, and from time to time, shells were fired with a roar.
"Great!" Seeing the helicopter's fire support, Ming Yu's face lit up with joy.
Unlike Ming Yu's delight, Lia, who had already witnessed Honkai warfare, showed little change in her expression. She said coolly, "It's useless. This kind of helicopter can't deal with Honkai Beasts."
As if to prove Lia's words, the metal bullets hit the Honkai Beasts with a whistling sound, but they couldn't even penetrate their outer carapace, only leaving some dents and relying on the kinetic energy of the bullets to halt the Honkai Beasts' advance.
Unless they hit a vital point, these ordinary bullets could not cause any effective damage.
Moreover, to avoid friendly fire, the Valkyries on the helicopter could only aim at the Honkai Beasts on the periphery, unable to provide direct fire support to Ming Yu and the others.
But even so, the situation for Ming Yu and his partner improved a lot. The replenishment of the outer Honkai Beasts slowed down, while Ming Yu and Lia's killing of the inner Honkai Beasts was not slow, which improved their long-term battlefield environment.
But before Ming Yu could breathe a sigh of relief, an exceptionally loud roar suddenly rang out, and all the Honkai Beasts' movements instantly paused.
An inexplicable sense of oppression filled his heart. Ming Yu struggled to lift his eyes and saw the giant egg surrounded by red Honkai Energy crystals slowly open, revealing the ferocious beast inside to the world.