"Th-th-th-th-this—"
Ana and Lola watched as Lola's injuries completely healed. Not only did her minor injuries recover, but even her missing limbs regenerated.
Lola flexed her new right leg and restored right hand, and there was no difference from before.
Aside from a slight unfamiliarity due to the new limbs lacking any clothes or shoes, there was no other discomfort.
With one bare white leg, Lola looked at Durandal in shock: "Thank you, Lady Durandal. Now I can continue fighting."
"You're welcome. I didn't expect this thing to be so effective either."
What Durandal took out was naturally the Elixir of Life Takatsuki had given her. After drawing the Elixir of Life, he grabbed a handful for Durandal in case of need.
However, Durandal believed she wouldn't need it, and she also understood its preciousness.
After all, Takatsuki told her that this item was one less each time it was used. Although there were many, there was temporarily no way to produce more.
So, widespread popularization was difficult, but if urgently needed, there was no need to conserve it. He told her to use it with confidence and to ask him for more when she ran out.
"Is this… new technology from Schicksal?"
Not to mention Ana, Lola had never heard of Schicksal having such technology.
After all, if something with such an effect were popularized, how many lives could it save?
"No, this is something my… friend gave me. The quantity is limited."
Durandal was unwilling to elaborate on this, but both of them realized the preciousness of that item.
"I still need to go support other areas. You two should return to the safe zone first."
Durandal flipped onto Krishna and said to the others.
The others didn't say much. After all, Durandal was right; with her ability, instead of wasting time here, it was better to go support other battlefields.
As the Honkai Energy concentration increased, more and more powerful Honkai Beasts were spawned.
It was no problem for Valkyrie squads to deal with ordinary Honkai Beasts, but when Emperor-class Honkai Beasts appeared later, who knew how many would sacrifice themselves.
However, with Durandal present, there would be no problem.
"Captain Lola, you go back first. I still need to save more people."
Ana watched Durandal leave, then turned to Lola and said.
"What are you talking about? How could I let you go fight alone? If it was before and there was no other way, then fine, but now I've fully recovered."
Lola stretched her body, then looked at 13H.
"13H, right? You guys are really strange, using code names as names. You're not very good at fighting, are you? You should send this child back to your camp."
13H didn't refute Lola's words. Or, in her opinion, this was the best choice.
"Please wait a moment."
13H looked at the three Pods floating beside her: "Pod, request projected weapon, Type 4O Blade."
"Understood. Initiating projection…"
YoRHa originally had the function of downloading and transmitting weapons. After coming to this world, they analyzed Takatsuki's projection magic and Honkai Energy, then developed related technology: the ability to project temporary weapons using Honkai Energy.
"Miss Lola, your preferred weapon is a greatsword. This weapon's maximum usage time is twenty-four hours, and its usable time will decrease based on wear and tear. Please use it within your limits."
After spending a few minutes projecting the weapon, 13H handed it to Lola, then left with the unconscious girl.
"How generous… But does Schicksal have such technology?"
Lola was still a bit slow to react.
"Um, Captain Lola, they don't seem to be Schicksal forces."
Ana said timidly from the side.
"Not Schicksal? Then why are they so generous? And Lady Durandal knows them?"
Ana shook her head. She couldn't figure it out either, but she knew that this force was at least on humanity's side.
"Never mind. We still need to eliminate Honkai Beasts. Ana, have you found Chrissie?"
Chrissie was the last member of the Snow Lotus Squad.
Schicksal squads are generally composed of three people: a captain, a vice-captain, and a background utility person.
The two were very worried about the missing Chrissie. Chrissie was the weakest of the three, and even Lola, the strongest, had been in such a state…
However, this city was not only populated by Schicksal personnel. If they were lucky, they could still survive by encountering others.
Thus, the two formed a team and began rescue operations again.
Such incidents were constantly occurring within Manila.
Many Valkyries who came to reinforce encountered powerful Honkai Beasts, and more often, they encountered members of YoRHa fighting Honkai Beasts.
As "humans" also fighting Honkai Beasts, although they found the YoRHa members somewhat suspicious, the YoRHa members, who disregarded others' skeptical gazes and focused on saving citizens, even sacrificing themselves to cover retreats, gained the recognition of most Valkyries. They even felt that these girls were a bit too "fierce."
At the same time, they also encountered assistance from some very strong Valkyries on the battlefield.
Not only Durandal, but Mei and Kiana also joined this rescue effort.
Although Kiana was very lazy, her strength had increased significantly due to Fu Hua constantly making her train at St. Freya Academy, and occasionally being beaten by her elder sister who came to visit.
Although she hadn't reached the level of the Flamescion Herrscher, she was much stronger than before.
Coupled with her mastery of a portion of the Herrscher of the Void's authority, she became even more at ease. She alone could sustain a battlefield.
Although Seele also wanted to fight, to better help everyone, she chose to stay in the safe zone to treat the injured. Even the best medical personnel couldn't compare to Seele.
Even Ais shone brightly on this battlefield. After activating Wind Spirit Sprint, her mobility became extremely strong. Often, in the eyes of others, she would just flash by and take the Honkai Beast's life.
Although they didn't know her, she earned the title of "Valkyrie of the Gale" among the other Valkyries.
Everything seemed to be getting on track and developing in a good direction.
If this continued, let alone the Honkai spreading to other surrounding cities, even Manila itself would soon be cleared.
Although the Honkai Energy concentration was still increasing, as long as the rescue was completed, no matter how much more it increased, it would be meaningless.
However, Einstein was still a bit worried.
"Takatsuki, are you sure this Honkai won't give birth to a Herrscher?"
Einstein asked, looking at the indices displayed on the machine.
"The rate of increase in Honkai Energy concentration is a bit abnormal."
"In my memory, it shouldn't…"
Takatsuki replied, looking at Einstein's machine. In fact, he couldn't be sure, because in his previous life, he had heard a theory that the Manila Honkai indeed gave birth to a Herrscher, who was Chen Tianwu.
It was just that because of Ana, Chen Tianwu didn't awaken. If Chen Tianwu had known Owl died at that time, he would have awakened on the spot.
But Takatsuki thought, he had already arranged so many rescues this time.
"It shouldn't be that unlucky, right…"
As soon as his voice fell, the surrounding machines suddenly blared alarms.
"What's going on?!"
Takatsuki looked at Einstein, and Einstein also looked over: "It's a Herrscher reaction… Under this rapidly increasing Honkai Energy concentration, a Herrscher has been born."