Chapter 279: Chapter 38: Guiding Raiden Mei's Skill Development
So, this is what it feels like to have a support character possess you?
Luo Lin floated in mid-air, observing Raiden Mei's movements from a third-person perspective while also explaining the situation to her.
"...Just treat this as a real combat class, but with a change of scenery," Luo Lin explained.
Listening to Luo Lin's explanation, Raiden Mei looked at her body with some awkwardness. "I see, but... isn't this the appearance of the Herrscher consciousness? I look so strange..."
Observing the furrowed brows of the girl with blue-purple long hair, Luo Lin asked, "Mei, I've been meaning to ask you, do you have some resistance to the power of Honkai?"
The girl with blue-purple long hair hesitated for a moment, lowered her head, and replied softly, "Perhaps a little."
Supporting her chin, Luo Lin could probably guess why Raiden Mei had such a mindset.
After all, the Honkai world wasn't as beautiful as she had imagined, and the Herrscher consciousness was constantly causing trouble, whispering things like wiping out humanity in her mind, and could potentially make her lose control using the power of Honkai...
It was probably this point that kept Raiden Mei from fully accepting this power.
"The power itself is neither good nor bad; what matters is not being controlled by power in return..." Luo Lin explained to Raiden Mei, "I have a mature guess. If you can control Honkai, then the influence of the Herrscher persona on you should weaken... At least if she ever comes out again, you'll have the ability to counter her."
Raiden Mei quickly remembered the past. "Like in the consciousness space?"
"Yes," Luo Lin affirmed.
After hesitating for a moment, the girl with blue-purple long hair finally said, "Alright, then I'll give it a try."
Raiden Mei lifted the "Domain of Sanction" and recalled the methods she had learned from St. Freya Academy these days to control Honkai energy. She closed her eyes and felt the energy surging within her.
Black-red lightning flowed from her arms to the peculiarly shaped katana, and at the moment when Honkai energy was injected, the blade resonated with Mei's consciousness.
Feeling something amiss, the girl with blue-purple long hair tried swinging the sword, and her body seemed to instinctively execute a set of sword techniques.
Raiden Mei keenly noticed that these sword techniques were related to the family's inherited swordsmanship she practiced, but they seemed to have been refined through countless battles, eliminating inefficient movements and even incorporating techniques of Honkai energy operation—
Between slashes and cuts, Honkai energy poured out naturally, enhancing her attacks.
Even the armguards floating around her cooperated, manipulating the exaggerated katana to assist Raiden Mei in her attacks, perfectly complementing the gaps in her moves.
At one point, Mei felt like she had truly transformed into lightning, darting through the air and releasing slashes from different positions.
When the girl came to her senses, a small area in front of her was covered in terrifying black-red slash marks.
Mei instinctively sheathed her sword, and the slashes exploded, the substantial Honkai energy sword ki tearing through the air, lifting her hair.
"What is this...?" Raiden Mei looked at her hands in disbelief. Ever since she came to St. Freya Academy to learn how to fight, her skills had improved significantly—far beyond what she achieved practicing her family's inherited swordsmanship alone in Nagazora City.
Her performance just now was extremely exaggerated, with her movements sharp and precise, and her swordsmanship almost reaching perfection.
The girl felt that the sword in her hand had become part of her body, an extension of her limbs. Everything around her appeared to slow down, allowing Mei to calmly consider her moves.
But even so, the blade arrived at its destination faster than her thoughts.
Raiden Mei had seen descriptions like this in her family's swordsmanship manuals before—it was only when swordsmanship, or martial arts, reached a certain level that such performances were possible.
She used to think that eras had changed, dismissing everything written in the manuals, as swords were no match for firearms.
But now, seeing Raiden Mei's lightning-fast performance, ordinary firearms would probably be powerless against her.
Floating nearby, Luo Lin watched very clearly.
Wasn't this just the normal attack of the "Herrscher of Thunder"?
So those combat memories from the character card were given to Raiden Mei, huh?
"Is this the power used by the Herrscher? It's so powerful..." Raiden Mei's mouth was half open as she turned to Luo Lin for help. "Luo Lin, I've noticed that there are many memories surfacing in my mind, it seems to be combat skills, and also..."
"And also?"
"Um, some strange characters."
The girl with blue-purple long hair touched her chin, slowly recounting what was in her mind, "Things like 'When the Herrscher Charge is full, activate the special attack [Susanoo's Frenzy], trigger the Thunderfall effect of [Narukami's Mark], lasting for 3 seconds,' 'When self-attack is applied to enemies affected by [Narukami's Mark], the Thunder damage they receive is increased' and so on..."
Luo Lin's mouth twitched slightly, saying, "Well, that... is actually an explanation of how to use your skills... Have you played video games before?"
"Huh? Not much, usually, I just practice swordsmanship..."
Raiden Mei widened her eyes.
"What a model student... cough cough, well, I have some knowledge about what you're seeing now, and I can explain what it's all about."
The Valkyrie sighed and began to explain the mechanism of the "Herrscher of Thunder" to Mei.
The skill description of the "Herrscher of Thunder" character looked like a lot, but in fact, it continued the design concept of the "Herrscher" character, which was simple to operate and had exaggerated damage.
Any bonus to self-damage that Raiden Mei could think of, she could obtain just by using [Susanoo's Frenzy] and her ultimate.
The damage of the Herrscher of Thunder mainly focused on [Susanoo's Frenzy], the ultimate, and the active skill of the super-limit weapon, all of which were linked to the so-called "Herrscher Charge" (the red gauge above the health bar).
When the Herrscher Charge is full, press and hold the attack key to launch the branch attack [Susanoo's Frenzy], which looks very dimensional and can not only cause damage but also restore SP.
As for the active skills of the Thunder Herrscher's weapons, whether it's [Seven Thunders of Retribution] or [Domain of Sanction], they can restore Herrscher Charge while causing damage, speeding up the frequency of [Susanoo's Frenzy].
Finally, there's the ultimate move.
Don't ask, just ride on the Kurikara and unleash it. If you use [Seven Thunders of Retribution], you can even activate the active skill of the weapon again during the ultimate move to add some damage.
The summary is to accumulate Herrscher Charge, use [Susanoo's Frenzy] to accumulate SP, and when SP is enough, use the ultimate—very simple.
"...Of course, although the train of thought is like this, flexibility is needed in actual combat. After all, our battles are not as rigid as video games, and you can actively manipulate Honkai energy to achieve your desired goals," Luo Lin added.
Raiden Mei nodded, "Thank you for the explanation, Luo Lin! I understand now!"
"Good, then let's proceed directly to the practical session!" Luo Lin said.
With that, the Valkyrie controlled the body of the Herrscher of Thunder and stepped forward into the blue pillar.
The next moment, several Anti-Entropy Titans descended from the sky and landed around Raiden Mei.
"Huh?!"