Escape Durandal recalled Kiana’s battles in her mind.
She quickly gave an impartial assessment.
“Her fundamentals are very solid.
It seems she normally trains extremely hard.
“Her marksmanship, kicking techniques, and movement techniques are also integrated very well, and when she fights…” How should she put it?
Durandal paused for a moment before quickly thinking of a phrase.
“…Her movements in battle flow seamlessly.
I think that would be the best way to describe it.
“She seems exceptionally talented in combat.
Had the Kiana of today fought against the person I was before, perhaps the outcome wouldn’t have been easy to determine.” Durandal was referring to her combat strength before she underwent that series of adventures.
At the time, Durandal had trained desperately.
Although she was still young, she had basically honed herself to the limit, whether it was her body, her combat techniques, or her utilization of Honkai Energy.
After Durandal experienced all those subsequent adventures, however, the difference between her strength and Kiana’s current strength had grown immeasurably vast.
Otto naturally understood what Durandal meant.
He said in complete agreement, “It seems the Kiana in the theater truly is remarkably talented to earn your acknowledgment, Durandal.
“If the other Valkyries of Schicksal learned about this…” Otto shook his head as he spoke, chuckling twice.
He then looked at Rita and asked, “Rita, what do you think?” Rita thought for a moment, seemingly recalling something, before responding, “Lord Overseer, Rita believes the combat proficiency of this Kiana Kaslana onstage is extremely advanced.
“Moreover, judging by certain traces in the way she fights, Kiana doesn’t appear to have undergone any particularly systematic training.
“In other words, she completed all her training and battles entirely on her own.
“Furthermore, this Kiana also appears never to have missed an etiquette lesson at school.
“I don’t believe she’s the performer below the stage personally going up to perform for us.” Otto clapped his hands and said, “Your observations are as meticulous as ever, Rita.” That was precisely what Otto meant.
He had previously asked Fu Hua to train Kiana because he hoped that if Kiana entered the stage to perform again, she would receive a higher score.
That way, he could discover just how far the Stigmata Theater’s Wish System could go.
However, Kiana onstage had already been fighting for so long, yet Kiana below the stage still hadn’t gone up.
In Otto’s eyes, there was only one possibility: someone else would be the performer later.
Otto was quite interested in discovering who would take the stage next.
Were it him, Otto was extremely confident.
As the Overseer who had ruled Schicksal for five hundred years, his talent for performing might not be inferior to those world-renowned artists.
He wondered whether he could earn a score of one hundred.
『Onstage, Kiana’s battle didn’t end after she cleared out the surrounding Zombies, because even more Zombies continued pouring in from every direction.』 『Kiana checked the ammunition she was carrying and found that she had nearly exhausted it.』 『From this point onward, she wouldn’t use her firearms in battle unless she reached the most critical moment.』 『Besides, she had already stayed here for far too long.』 『The longer she remained, the more dangerous it became.』 『She decided to locate her target as quickly as possible and then withdraw.』 『At that moment, a figure flashed past in the distance.
It didn’t look like a Zombie, and its movements resembled those of a living person.』 『Kiana almost thought she had found her target and immediately chased after the figure.
“Stop right there!”』 『She shouted as she pursued it.』 『However, when she drew closer, she discovered it wasn’t the target she was searching for.』 『Standing before her was merely a black-haired girl wearing a senior-year uniform with a bow tied in her hair.』 『The moment the girl saw Kiana, she couldn’t help exclaiming, “K-Kiana?”』 『”Uh…” Hearing her own name, Kiana carefully examined the girl before her.』 『Come to think of it, she seemed to be exactly Kiana’s type!』 『Moreover, the girl before her didn’t appear to have been infected by Honkai.』 『But how did she know Kiana?』 『Kiana remembered that she had never met her before.』 『Unfortunately, Kiana currently had other important matters to attend to.』 『Kiana asked, “Upperclassman, have we met somewhere before?”』 『Raiden Mei fell silent for a moment…』 『Right.
She remembered now.』 『She had previously been inside the Stigmata Theater, yet now she had suddenly returned to Chiba Academy and encountered such a young and dashing Kiana.』 『There was only one possibility.
This time, she was the one who had entered the Stigmata Theater.』 『What should she do next?』 『Should she complete the performance?』 『Or should she find a way to obtain a higher score?』 『Raiden Mei pondered inwardly but remained completely silent on the surface.』 『Suddenly, a pair of hands waved in front of Raiden Mei’s eyes.』 『She returned to her senses and heard Kiana say, “Upperclassman, have you gone silly?
Why aren’t you saying anything?
『”Forget it.
Judging by your expression, you must’ve been terrified!
『”Never mind that.
Upperclassman, hurry and find somewhere to hide.
『”I can barely protect myself right now.
Even more Zombies will surround this place soon.”』 『As Kiana spoke, she checked her firearm, then carried her Baseball Bat and ran off alone in another direction.』 『Seeing this, Raiden Mei stared in disbelief.
Kiana had left her here alone and run away!!!』 『Like a bolt from the blue, thunder roared violently across the sky.』 “Aaaaaah!” Kiana below the stage shrieked like a marmot.
“You hateful, rotten Kiana!
This Young Lady absolutely refuses to acknowledge that you’re Kiana!
“I would never abandon Mei and leave her alone!
“Stigmata Theater, how can you recklessly change the story like this?
Hurry and put this Young Lady up there!
I’m going back to rescue Mei!” Kiana frantically rocked her chair, but her body seemed to have been stuck to it with superglue, leaving her completely unable to move.
“Hahahahaha!” Seeing this, Sirin immediately mocked her.
“This is what humans are like!
When their companions need their help the most, they can abandon them and leave on their own.
“Humans are precisely this sort of selfish species.
“Kiana, I advise you to stop struggling.
“This is the truest version of you, your truest self, the truest form of humanity.
“A species like humanity should have been exterminated by the Power of God long ago.
“Instead of clinging desperately to life on this planet, multiplying like a virus and endlessly seizing nourishment from other living creatures.
“Only when every human on this planet has been exterminated will this world become a better place.
“Why not submit to us, submit to God, and submit to Honkai?” ★ ★ ★ T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me.
★ ★ ★ Shilling time!