The stealth transport ship finally docked on the deck of the Hyperion.
Luo Lin leaped out of the hatch, glancing back to find no one following her.
After all, it was Commander Ragnar... Oh, no, she should now be addressed as Captain Ragnar, having been assigned to the Hyperion.
The others had their reasons for staying behind. Fu Hua was feigning weakness, Raiden Mei still bore the marks of her recent encounter with the zombies, and Kiana was tending to Mei and the incapacitated Bronya.
The rest of the girls, mere civilians with high resistance to Honkai energy, were now completely drained and slept in awkward positions in their seats on the transport ship.
"Remember to catch up with your Captain. We'll be waiting for you at the Far East Branch," Fu Hua waved to her, flashing a subtle smile. "After all, I'm just an ordinary combat Valkyrie, and you're the professional intelligence Valkyrie, right?"
"...You're right, I'll do that."
As the transport ship departed, Luo Lin erected a Taixuan energy shield and braved the strong winds to reach the gate of the upper deck of the Hyperion.
Soon, she entered the interior of the floating battleship.
"Hello, this way."
The Valkyrie leading the way glanced at Luo Lin from the corner of her eye with increasing interested. Eventually, she openly turned her head to look at Luo Lin, and even the passing Valkyries showed a keen interest, leaving Luo Lin puzzled.
She looked down at herself. Yes, she was wearing the uniform of the Schicksal Intelligence Department, right?
What Luo Lin didn't expect was that the shocking news Ragnar had shown on the bridge had already spread throughout the Hyperion.
Now, most Valkyries were very interested in her identity.
What kind of identity could make the usually calm "Chief Steward of the Far East Branch" Ragnar react like that?
Under Theresa Apocalypse's leadership, the Far East Branch could be considered the most relaxed branch of Schicksal worldwide. With Otto's care (indulgence?), they never encountered any trouble with funding or supplies.
Theresa wasn't one to micromanage. If anything happened, people would usually go to Ragnar Lothbrok to sort things out.
As the captain of the Valkyrie Assault Team, Ragnar used to lead the Valkyries on missions around the world, so she personally coordinated various matters such as intelligence, supplies, and equipment...
As a result, Ragnar often dealt with the higher-ups of Schicksal headquarters and branches, and she even had a good relationship with these people.
Otto sent her to the Far East Branch, probably because he saw her experience in dealing with people and managing, hoping she could fill in the gaps for Theresa.
As a result, Theresa handed over her power to Ragnar with an exaggerated level of authority, which was jaw-dropping.
There were even rumors that Ragnar deliberately sidelined Theresa.
Of course, both parties knew that these rumors were unreliable.
Theresa didn't care about it and just did whatever she wanted.
As for Ragnar, she knew more about the dark side of Schicksal than Theresa did and understood very well what kind of person Otto, the Archbishop, was, and Theresa's position in Otto's heart.
Would she scheme against Theresa? It wouldn't be wise to do so in such a blatant way.
So Ragnar continued to work calmly, without any other thoughts.
When dealing with daily work at the Far East Branch, she was seen much more often than Theresa, so much so that people even called her the "Chief Steward of the Far East Branch."
And now, this Chief Steward was sitting in the captain's seat, eagerly awaiting Luo Lin's arrival.
...
"Sigh..."
Siegfried rubbed his nose and muttered, "I have a bad feeling, Ryoma, let's leave first."
"Yeah, let's go. Schicksal's people are coming..."
Raiden Ryoma looked at the map on his tablet, a bright large unit was rapidly approaching Nagazora. From the radar waveform, it should be Schicksal's floating battleship.
He looked at the remaining manufacturing line of ME inside the building with a longing gaze, sighing, "We've already taken all the critical data and instruments with us. The rest are just things that can be rebuilt with time... Do you want ME's manufacturing line? I won't leave it for you."
He pressed the self-destruct button without hesitation, turning away and boarding the transport plane amid the cold countdown sound.
A few minutes later, the ME factory turned into a sea of flames, billowing smoke rising.
In the distance, Raven looked at the towering smoke, tightened her hood, and jumped off the edge of the building.
"Mission failed... I'll have to listen to Jackal's nagging again when I go back..."
The girl grumbled, but her mind was still preoccupied with another matter.
She took out her terminal, which was playing a video of a pink elf shooting arrows in Nagazora...
It appears that she had to make another trip back to the Elysian Realm if she wanted to find out more.