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St. Freya High School Group Chat (**)
Ryn: What's everyone up to?
Kallen: Sakura is cooking, I'm eating.
Ryn: That's about all you're good for.
Kiana: djakxjndk
Ryn: What did Kiana say?
Yiselian: Resting… just for a little while…
Kiana: Little Zi just had my phone in its mouth, it was just typing randomly. @Kallen What delicious food are you making? Count me in!
Kallen: Come on over, Yae Sakura made a lot of small cakes, they're delicious.
Himeko: ...…
Himeko: Kiana, if I remember correctly, it should be class time right now! Did you skip class again!! @Theresa
Kiana: Eheh… I forgot everyone is in this group…
Theresa: ???
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Ryn put down his phone and clasped his hands together, praying silently for that idiot Kiana.
Otto also put down the phone he had just picked up upon hearing the notification, then looked at Ryn with a displeased expression.
He had secretly created a side account to join the St. Freya High School main group chat and even set up special notifications for Theresa and Kallen. So, as soon as Theresa or Kallen spoke, Otto received a notification.
"You little brat, Ryn. You don't pay attention in school, and now you're not listening while I'm explaining the battle plan! And you dare to play on your phone in secret!" Otto picked up his notebook and smacked Ryn on the head with it.
"?" Ryn gave Otto a puzzled look, then took out his phone right in front of him and opened the group chat. "How the mighty have fallen. The great Schicksal Overseer, sneaking around incognito, using a side account to join our St. Freya High School group chat. What are your intentions!"
"What nonsense is this! The entire Schicksal organization is mine! I am the Overseer, I can go wherever I want!"
"No, wait, Ryn, you need to listen to the battle plan seriously!"
Otto jumped up and punched Ryn hard on the head, then scurried back to the center of the living room. Rita thoughtfully brought over a stool. Little Otto then huffed and puffed as he slowly climbed onto the stool and continued to explain the battle plan to Durandal and Rita from his perch.
"Although we didn't capture the enemy leader this time, we still managed to get some information out of Jackal.
According to what Jackal said, the Second Divine Key should be hidden in a distorted space that not only isolates the space but also blocks all means of physical contact, which is why we've been unable to detect it."
After speaking, Otto raised his eyebrows at Durandal and Ryn, signaling them to chime in. The host was speaking so earnestly; how could there be no one in the audience to respond?
Ryn simply laid his head on the table, too lazy to indulge Otto's desire for performance.
Durandal, not having as many complicated thoughts as Ryn and Otto, simply voiced her own question. "Then doesn't that mean we have no way of determining its location? It's said that the Divine Key's position hasn't been moved for thousands of years."
Otto looked at Durandal, who had responded, with satisfaction. With a grand wave of his hand, he happily continued to explain his plan to the three of them.
"If it were truly unreachable, then Jackal would have no need to go to such lengths to obstruct us. She went so far as to set up so many traps and misdirections to lure us out of London. The Second Divine Key must be hidden in this city.
Jackal said that the Second Divine Key is hidden in the most conspicuous place, which greatly narrows down our search area.
I have already dispatched special mecha equipped with ultrasonic generators to these locations. These mecha will emit ultrasonic waves to scan the entire area.
The emitted waves will be captured by receivers on the other side. We just need to measure the time it takes for each sound wave to reach the receiver. If there is a folded space within the area, the sound waves passing through it will take less time.
This way, we can confirm the location of the Divine Key." Otto concluded his speech with full confidence.
Durandal: "But, if we make such a big move, we will definitely be detected by the enemy. That Jackal will certainly not let it go."
"You're right, but that's only if she's still alive. However, we still need to have the necessary defensive measures. Ryn, Durandal, Rita, I'm counting on you. Be ready to deal with any situation that may arise at any time."
Soon after, once Schicksal's special mecha arrived, the operation began immediately.
Schicksal's three S-rank Valkyries, Ryn, Durandal, and Rita, followed the special mecha units, surrounding the city and continuously narrowing the observation range.
As the sound waves swept over the Thames River, there was a clear deviation in their pattern.
"Magnetic field device has detected a spatial distortion. Location of the Divine Key found!"
"Lord Overseer, a distorted space has been detected fifty meters above the Thames River, but our current detection equipment cannot access the interior."
"Hah, hiding it so obviously… then it probably won't be easy to open!" Otto brought up a series of operational command modules and began issuing orders to the local Schicksal branch, instructing them to immediately evacuate the people within a few kilometers and to mobilize Schicksal's heavy assault mecha units to be on standby.
Once the people were evacuated and Ryn and the others were all on standby, Otto gave a grand wave of his hand, and all the heavy assault mecha units began to bombard the target area with Honkai energy beams.
After several rounds of bombardment, the spatial barrier protecting the Second Divine Key shattered.
A magnificent train, several carriages long and hundreds of meters in total, was revealed from within.
"This… this is the Second Divine Key… I didn't expect it to be so magnificent." Durandal looked at the Second Divine Key in astonishment. No one had expected the Second Divine Key to be a train…
"I always thought Divine Keys were weapons… I never expected this…"
Ryn gulped. He had to admit, the appearance of the Second Divine Key was truly cool. An image had already formed in his mind of the locomotive forming the body, the other carriages forming the limbs, and transforming into a giant, cool robot.
But… did the creator foresee the destruction of civilization, and that's why they created this "Noah's Ark"?
And as the Second Divine Key was fully revealed, a figure that no one expected woke up from within the train.
A small, white-haired child, less than a meter tall, holding a Key of Destruction, Shuhadaku of Uriel, that was even bigger than him…
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"Jackal! Get down here!"
Raven, the kindergarten director, held the little Hare in her arms and waved continuously at Jackal, who had climbed onto the roof to watch the Schicksal operation.
Because Jackal had died once, Hare, who was in a bad mood, had transcribed Jackal into a small child as well.
"Hmph, I want to watch the incarnation of our Lord crush those Schicksal goons!" Jackal shouted angrily from the rooftop in her childish voice.
Boom—
Raven covered her forehead speechlessly, then jumped into the air to catch Jackal, who had been blown away by the shockwave from Ryn's battle.
The kindergarten director Raven, with a wry smile, held Hare in her left arm and carried Jackal in her right, and without looking back, ran straight back to the World Serpent base.