Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

Once the sky was illuminated, the situation in Academy City instantly became clear.

At this time, the students of St. Freya High School had also been assembled.

Most of them looked up at the sky, lost in a strange silence.

"This is the feeling of Honkai Energy. You'd better remember it well. The slightest lapse in concentration or failure to withstand the radiation of this power will turn you into a Deadwalker. At that point, no one will be able to save you."

Fu Hua and Himeko had been staying at St. Freya all this time, their main job being to protect the students here.

Most of the Valkyries didn't need protection, but this new batch of Stigma battlesuit students was a different story.

They had never experienced the cruel battles against the Honkai, and at this time, there were no major Honkai Eruptions that could affect them.

This batch of students was arguably the best-protected. The original Far East Branch Valkyries had also been dispatched to fight the Honkai.

Theresa had indeed reduced the harshness of Valkyrie training, but that didn't mean she had lowered the standards of their basic training.

Yukino Yukinoshita looked up at the sky, at a giant, eyeball-like sphere of lightning.

Around this sphere were rings of shifting light, like wheels orbiting a central body. It hung in the sky like a daytime sun, illuminating the entire city.

"This is..."

Yukino could only marvel at the sheer power. She couldn't imagine what kind of being could control such a level of energy.

"Is this a Herrscher?"

In all of Academy City, only one person could do this. Or rather, in Academy City's propaganda, only one person could do this.

Tesla.

A woman who had lived for over eighty years yet maintained her youthful beauty. A scientific researcher who started as an electrician and built her work on the foundation of physics.

She became, in theory, the first human in history to seize the power of a Herrscher.

Tesla reigned supreme over Academy City, a goddess of lightning.

Honkai Energy, accompanied by electric currents, flashed across the sky. It wasn't like the rolling, ominous clouds of legend.

Instead, under a clear sky, only the plasma ring enveloped Academy City.

Beautiful, powerful, dreamlike. It inspired an involuntary urge to bow down and worship.

This was a Herrscher, a being who controlled Honkai Energy and had surpassed the limits of life as humans understood it.

"I don't know why, but under this power, not only do I not feel scared, I even feel refreshed and invigorated."

Yukino Yukinoshita was a little confused. She wondered if some kind of psychic energy was affecting the area.

But soon, her chuunibyou-like thought was dismissed.

She heard Teacher Himeko explain, "That's plasma purification. The high-energy electrons released by the plasma can penetrate the outer shell of harmful gases and collide with them violently, destroying their molecular structure and breaking them down into harmless substances. So you don't have to think you're overthinking things. Dr. Tesla is literally purifying the air."

Yukino was slightly taken aback. She hadn't expected Dr. Tesla's ascension to have such a beneficial effect.

Since Academy City was now lit up, wasn't it time to do what needed to be done?

"Teacher Himeko, now that the city is illuminated, shouldn't we go out and help maintain order?"

"No, now is not the time. We are Valkyries. Our job is to deal with the Honkai, not to get involved in humanity's internal conflicts. Just as a country cannot easily use its external military forces to solve internal problems, there will be corresponding internal 'armed police' to do their respective jobs."

Murata Himeko's words were cold. She had no intention of interfering in the internal affairs of Academy City.

This wasn't just her idea; it was also the main reason Noldrei had stationed Fu Hua here.

Keeping some people out of the fray was for the purpose of getting them involved in bigger things later. A portion of them had to remain as pure as white lotuses to better occupy the moral high ground in the future.

Yukino wanted to say more, but as a student, she had no authority to command. For now, she could only suppress her urge to use her own martial prowess.

The arrival of light did not quell the conflict. After a long period of silence, it erupted into a hysterical, all-out battle.

And Sirin was right in the middle of it...

In the darkness, she had barely managed to fend off her opponent using the powers of the Void and Death.

But now that the sun was up, it was her battlefield.

The tables had turned, and now it was Miss Raven who was at a disadvantage.

"What bad luck... You bug of the darkness, let's see how you die this time!"

Sirin's combat awareness wasn't particularly good. Her fighting style could be described as an ordinary person wielding a sledgehammer.

Lances constructed from Imaginary energy materialized around her.

Sirin's fighting style seemed laughable to Raven, especially with Tesla floating in the sky like a legendary Throne, with flickering ball lightning orbiting the plasma ring.

The ring spun continuously like the wheels of a chariot.

The pressure it exuded was a completely different feeling from this little brat who just threw spears around.

"Since you're so eager to die, let me see just how much power you, a Herrscher, really have."

Raven acted quickly, decisively putting distance between herself and Sirin.

Since neither of them was a close-combat fighter, it was a matter of who could take off the other's head first.

Sirin couldn't track Raven's movements, yet the weapon in Raven's hands could always penetrate the Imaginary barriers she constructed.

To put it plainly, no matter what kind of barrier it was, it all came down to the efficiency of Honkai Energy utilization.

In this regard, the combat power of the Third Divine Key was far superior to this level of barrier.

But this spelled disaster for Academy City.

Beams of light and Imaginary lances crisscrossed, as if trying to tear the entire city apart.

"Damn it!"

Hachiman Hikigaya slapped away a stray attack, his body growing hot and restless.

Occasionally, a beam or two would fly in his direction.

He hadn't found Komachi at his house.

But from the looks of it, she hadn't been robbed or anything. Instead, it was the JK girl next door, whose name he had forgotten, who had half her leg blown off.

Not a big deal, won't die for now.

Hachiman used steel wire to tie up the girl's severed thigh, ensuring she wouldn't have to worry about bleeding out for the time being.

With Academy City's capabilities, she would get a new leg soon enough.

He just moved her to a relatively open area where she wouldn't be crushed by collapsing buildings and continued on his quest to find his family.