Inside Nagazora City, no Honkai Beasts from the outskirts had broken in. Those beasts had all been intercepted by Evan. For now, there were only relatively weak zombies formed from the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled within the city.
Even the originally domesticated animals had been taken away in the previous evacuation. Everyone knew very well that generally speaking, Honkai Beasts formed from animals were more dangerous than zombies formed from humans. So, there were no complaints about the Nagazora City management allocating a considerable force specifically to transport animals.
But there were a couple of slip-ups after all—not domesticated animals, but birds in the sky. One or two birds, not escaping fast enough, were eroded by Honkai energy and turned into Archangel-class Honkai Beasts soaring in the sky.
Compared to the giant Honkai Beasts Evan dealt with, Archangel-class Honkai Beasts were smaller than ten meters and could be killed by most weapons. However, for Kiana and Mei, they were still troublesome opponents.
On the roof of a skyscraper in Nagazora City, Kiana, who had finally managed to call Evan from this high place with barely any signal, was targeted by an Archangel-class Honkai Beast.
Although she possessed the powerful [Artemis' Guardian] dual pistols, the Archangel-class Honkai Beast moved too fast, constantly flying in the sky, causing Kiana great trouble.
And Mei, wielding a bamboo sword for close combat, could only watch from the side with clenched fists, unable to help at all. When the Archangel-class Honkai Beast dived from the sky, Mei couldn't seize the opportunity to attack. Its impact was too great, having already smashed several dents into the concrete floor of the roof. Trying to block it with a body of flesh and blood and a bamboo sword would be pure folly.
It took Kiana a full twenty minutes to eliminate that Honkai Beast. It was thanks to the special bullets of the [Artemis' Guardian], condensed from Honkai energy; otherwise, the pistols would have run out of ammo much earlier, leaving them to wait for death in the face of the beast's attacks.
The Archangel-class Honkai Beast was destroyed, and Kiana was now exhausted, her stamina and Honkai energy depleted. At the same time, she had sustained some minor injuries.
Although Mei and Kiana had dodged all the beast's diving attacks, they couldn't completely avoid the gravel sent flying by the beast's impact. Both had small cuts on their arms and legs.
"Mei, you're hurt."
Seeing Mei's bleeding arm, Kiana hurriedly approached.
"Come here, let me see. For a wound like this, as long as I..."
Just as Evan arrived at the top floor, he saw Kiana seemingly plotting something untoward against his Mei. He stepped directly between them.
"As long as you what? I gathered some medicine on the way here. Wounds like this can be treated with disinfectant and hemostatics, so leave it to me."
"You guy, what took you so long!"
There was no guilt on Kiana's face for being caught doing something bad; instead, she started blaming Evan.
Evan couldn't really refute this. If he hadn't collected medicine, he could have arrived about ten minutes earlier. Perhaps he could have actually helped Kiana and Mei fight the enemy and prevented them from getting hurt?
"Alright, Kiana. It's best that no one is in danger."
Mei looked Evan over, and seeing no obvious injuries on him, she breathed a sigh of relief. However, when her gaze fell on the [Nitro Crystal] sword on Evan's back, her eyes changed.
This wasn't the first time she had seen this pale blue greatsword. Last time, she had watched Evan use this sword to destroy Honkai Beasts from a bystander's perspective. Those were enemies even larger and more powerful than the Archangel-class beast she and Kiana had just encountered, yet they were defeated by Evan in a crushing manner.
Evan was strong, and that sword was strong—Mei knew this.
But back then, the [Nitro Crystal] sword looked like it had just been manufactured, beautiful and dangerous without a single flaw. Now, however, the greatsword looked full of "age," as if it had been used for many years, even appearing somewhat worn.
If not for the fact that zombies and Honkai Beasts disintegrated directly after death without leaving blood, this sword, and even Evan himself, might have been covered in blood right now.
What kind of battle did he go through during the time he disappeared? What kind of enemies did he face?
Mei pursued her lips, speechless.
She suddenly hated herself a little—hated her own weakness, her inability to help Kiana against the flying beast earlier, and even more, her inability to help the silently fighting Evan.
Kiana also noticed the [Nitro Crystal] sword on Evan's back.
"Where did you find that greatsword? It looks pretty cool, just a bit old."
"Picked it up. If I wipe it down later, its appearance should improve a lot."
Evan couldn't be bothered to find an excuse for Kiana's question, and Kiana indeed didn't pursue it further.
"Forget it, forget it. Let's hurry and find a place to hide. I'm dying of exhaustion. Since you found medicine, Evan, hurry up and treat my wounds later. It hurts super bad!"
The girl excitedly led the way into the building. They had only stayed on the roof to maintain a signal to contact Evan. Now that he had arrived, they should find a room inside the building to rest.
Before Evan arrived, Kiana wanted to help treat Mei's wounds. After he arrived, Kiana claimed her own wounds hurt.
Is this her acting spoiled towards Evan?
Watching the girl walking in front, Evan couldn't help but smile.
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