By the time Kirataka and Kiana arrived at the girls' dormitory, the scene had already become a mess.
There were obvious signs of fighting everywhere, and in the living room, there was a lot of scattered mechanical wreckage.
"That's... Bronya's Project Bunny!"
Kiana recognized the pile of mechanical wreckage as the giant mecha that Bronya would summon when fighting.
She looked everywhere in the room but didn't see Mei and Bronya.
"Could it be that Mei and Bronya have been..."
The white-haired girl ran back to Kirataka panting and said with some concern.
While she was trying hard to find her companions, Kirataka stood there motionless, as if in a daze.
"Kirataka?"
Kiana shook his arm anxiously.
It's such a critical moment, how can he still have the leisure to sit here and stare blankly?
After being shaken, Kirataka finally opened his eyes and whispered:
"...I think the attacker probably escaped from the forest with Mei and Bronya. If we want to chase them, we have to go into the forest."
St. Freya's Academy was built on an island. In order to support Theresa's dream, Otto almost used up all the funds and resources needed to build a small city to build this academy.
Despite this, except for a necessary main road, the rest of the place is still surrounded by pristine forests. The forest covers a very large area, giving it a feeling of paradise.
"In the forest...it's too difficult to find them!"
Kiana realized this immediately.
It is almost impossible to find the location of three people on such a large island.
"Kiana, go find the Class Monitor and teacher Himeko first and ask her to come look for Mei and Bronya as well. Um... let's search separately. I'll go to the east, and you and the Class Monitor will go to the west area."
Kirataka arranged.
"...I see!"
The white-haired girl nodded vigorously, then turned around and ran out of the dormitory, leaving according to Kirataka's arrangements.
The reason why all students were not mobilized to go into the forest to search for the two missing people was because the other party was suspected to be the First Herrscher after all. If ordinary reserve Valkyries approached him, it would undoubtedly only increase the number of casualties.
At the very least, she has to be a Valkyrie of Himeko or Fu Hua's level.
——This is what Kiana understood in her mind.
Although she usually looks silly, her thinking logic, and actions are quite reliable when it comes to combat matters.
However, she didn't know that Kirataka asked them to go to the west to look for the two missing people for a reason.
He had already almost grasped the position of the man-made Herrscher, or Welt.
Well, in a timeline that no longer exists.
——Because Kirataka had known for a long time that Anti-Entropy would have an invasion, he had been saving files at a high frequency recently, re-recording the save point every hour to prevent sudden attacks.
As soon as the attack happened, he went back in time to three hours ago and ambushed near Mei's dormitory in advance, and saw the invasion of the artificial Herrscher.
He saw where that guy landed on the island, the exact time of the invasion, and even what Bronya did in the dormitory and her final regret.
This ability to go back in time did indeed give him quite powerful intelligence capabilities, allowing him to experience everything in advance.
The enemy thought his plan was flawless and his actions went unnoticed, but he didn't know that he had already mastered all the details.
"Hmm... Anyway, let me deal with that guy."
A faint electric light flashed on Kirataka's body. He took a step forward and rushed towards a certain direction in the east at a very fast speed.
He knew the guy was there.
In fact, he could have prevented the invasion by going back in time. For example, if he could have induced Fu Hua or Theresa to appear near Kiana's dormitory at the right time, he could have easily used their fighting power to deal with the invader.
Or, Kirataka, who has already grasped the opponent's route of action, could stop Welt in the forest in advance and prevent the disaster from happening.
But he chose not to do so.
There are two reasons for this.
Firstly, after experiencing the previous incident in which Otto tried to erase him from the Schicksal Database, Kirataka planned to act as cautiously as possible next time.
Frequently refreshing the save point is one thing, but at the same time, he doesn't want to act too differently to avoid attracting more attention from the man.
Secondly...
Taking advantage of the Anti-Entropy invasion incident, he could also give Bronya a push, allowing this indecisive girl to completely turn to his side, or in other words, to the side of St. Freya Academy.
——He had seen in the previous timeline that Bronya chose to fight in order to get Mei back, and knew her thoughts.
If the attack was prevented in advance, it would make it difficult for the girl to make up her mind.
As for why he has to go alone to deal with the invader now... Of course, it is to try out the new ability he just got.
For the time being, he didn't want to make his new abilities public, so he decided to act alone.
The more hidden cards you have, the better.
"Is it really necessary to send me on such a simple mission?"
On the coast east of St. Freya Academy, the man who called himself Joyce had returned with his prey.
Through the control of gravity, the unconscious Mei and Bronya were wrapped in the gravity ball and floated quietly beside him.
Standing on the shore, he stretched out his hand and manipulated gravity, as if to draw something huge out of the sea.
Soon, a one-man submarine broke out of the sea and surfaced.
——This was the means of transportation he used to approach the island.
Next, all he had to do was get on it and bring the two women beside him back home.
"How boring! I didn't expect that St. Freya's Academy doesn't even have a decent defense."
The dark blue-haired man was talking to himself as he was about to board the submarine and leave.
As a replica of the First Herrscher, although he successfully mastered a small part of the First Herrscher's power, at the same time, he also had considerable flaws.
The most obvious thing is the spiritual defect.
He has a manic personality, loves sadism and fighting, and is eager to ravage weak enemies and gain immense pleasure from it.
Therefore, such a simple mission in which there was no enemy capable of fighting was really boring to him.
"——In that case, how about I play with you?"
A voice came from not far behind him, and along with it came a dazzling light that was very close.
"...!"
His instinctive combat consciousness made him immediately summon an energy shield in an attempt to resist the sudden attack.
Faintly, he seemed to be able to see that it was a coin mixed with lightning?
However, the target of this coin was not himself, but the submarine in front of him.
There was no time to use gravity to stop the attack, and after a loud bang, he could only watch his means of transportation being destroyed.
But the man who called himself Joyce was not angry about the attack. He twisted his neck, turned around with a cruel smile, and saw the attacker clearly.
"I didn't expect there are some good guys in this school. Tell me your name. I'm Welt Joyce!"
Through the powerful attack just now, he confirmed that the attacker was not a simple person.
Now, he can have a good time. As for how he will leave after the submarine is destroyed, he will think about it later.
Now, he just wanted to have a good fight or rather, one-sided destruction.
"I am Kirataka, and..."
Kirataka walked out of the forest and stood on the coast.
He looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in front of him and said lightly:
"You don't deserve that name."
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