The Space-Time Prism was a Curio from the Simulated Universe that could easily be considered a must-pick.
Its effect of increasing the entire team's Eidolon count by one could, in many situations, bring about a qualitative improvement in the team's performance.
In fact, back when Lynelle had first embarked aboard the Astral Express, Herta had already mentioned to her that, thanks to the boost from her system's capabilities, this Curio's effects over in the Honkai Impact 3rd side of things might be downright absurd.
It was only recently, however, that Lynelle had finally managed to pull this particular Curio—and of course, after obtaining it, she realized… Herta hadn't been exaggerating one bit.
After being transformed into a system-created object, the Space-Time Prism's description was boiled down to a single, succinct line.
[Can drastically improve both the quality and quantity of any one of the user's abilities.]
As for just how drastic this improvement was… Lynelle didn't know yet.
But she was about to find out.
Seeing Lynelle pull out some strange little object, Durandal tilted her head slightly but didn't make any further moves.
Just as she had thought earlier, in principle, Durandal had no desire to kill Lynelle.
After all, Otto had done a remarkably thorough job of instilling a solid moral compass in Durandal.
As Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie, and with a beautiful wife who often handled Schicksal's dirtier work by her side, Durandal's access clearance was high enough to have borrowed and read all the authentic historical records concerning the Second Honkai Eruption.
To be honest, if one set aside their opposing stances, Durandal actually held a fair amount of admiration for Lynelle.
Unfortunately, the world seldom allowed one to ignore such positions.
Even though Durandal was Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie, burdened with the safety of an entire Bubble Universe, she had no choice but to temporarily submit to Otto and follow his orders.
However, precisely because Durandal's strength was so overwhelming, even such obedience came with a significant degree of autonomy granted by Otto.
For instance, at this moment, Durandal had decided merely to stall Lynelle here…
After all, in her understanding, the only person in the world currently capable of matching her was Otto, who had never once revealed his full power.
While Lynelle's abilities were quite impressive, compared to her own Dea Anchora, they were still too… Wait, what in the world is that?
Under Durandal's stunned gaze, the stigma on Lynelle's chest, shaped like a True Stigmata, emitted a faint yet intensely penetrating pink light.
After the girl crushed the strange object in her hand, this pink radiance spread from her chest all the way down her body, finally forming an exceptionally gorgeous outfit that looked like a wedding dress.
"...I just learned today that Magical Girl Teriri is actually a documentary."
After a moment of stunned silence, the "Silly Goose" slowly uttered these words.
"Mmm…"
Looking down at what could only be described as a simplified, energy-efficient version of the Herrscher of Human: Ego battlesuit, Lynelle instinctively flashed a sweet smile.
"Actually… I'm not really sure why this happened either. Maybe you could think of it as… a magical girl's magic?"
When used as an item, the Space-Time Prism could only enhance the strength of one specific ability.
After a bit of analysis, Lynelle decisively chose to enhance Elysia's Herrscher of Origin powers.
After all, even if she enhanced the Herrscher of Corruption powers she also possessed, it would still be difficult to gain the upper hand against Durandal.
So, it was better to give Elysia's Origin a direct boost, which would, in turn, amplify Lynelle's Corruption powers again.
It was a classic case of 'stepping on your own left foot to climb higher.'
"Well then…"
The girl shot Durandal a cute wink, then aimed the manifested Whisper of the Past bow skyward.
After the comprehensive enhancement of her Origin powers, Lynelle's personality had also become somewhat "Ely-ish" under the item's influence.
"Next up, it's time for just the two of us, isn't it?"
An immaculate dome, seemingly large enough to cover the entire floating island and composed entirely of layered pink crystals, instantly unfolded following the path of the arrow Lynelle shot.
Then, a massive volley of crystal arrows, ricocheting wildly inside the dome, began flying toward Durandal's position as if they were free.
"Please accept this bouquet with my gratitude~?"
Meanwhile, a certain individual who had been observing from the shadows nearly spat out a mouthful of water in shock.
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"Uh... Gray Serpent, are you... alright?"
Seeing Gray Serpent suddenly look as if he were about to crash, Raven asked with some concern.
After all, this trip to Schicksal wasn't an official mission; it was her personal decision. Gray Serpent had just volunteered to come along and help.
If this ended up getting this particular Gray Serpent unit killed, Raven would probably feel guilty for... a few minutes, at least?
"I'm fine, probably... I just saw something rather astonishing."
Gray Serpent cleared his throat, silently turned off the recording device in his prosthetic eye, and resumed his usual demeanor.
Now he somewhat understood why Lord Kevin had believed from the start that Lynelle was truly the successor of the Flame-Chasers.
With that weapon, those abilities, that voice and tone... If someone told him this was Lord Elysia herself, Gray Serpent would have believed it one hundred percent.
"To be honest, after seeing such power, I doubt you'll have much chance to make a move, Natasha."
After a moment of silence, Gray Serpent couldn't help but remark.
"Come on, they're up against that bastard Otto. When dealing with him, I don't think anyone can come up with a foolproof plan."
Recalling her experience during the previous London incident, Raven subconsciously shrank her neck in. "With me here as a wild card, I can at least serve as an unexpected variable."
"Truth be told, given the current situation, the role we've played so far has indeed been quite unexpected..."
Gray Serpent paused, then added, "It's just that we've managed to surprise three different parties simultaneously."
"Ahaha... What happened with Miss Cheng Lixue was just an accident. If I'd known Otto was that ruthless, I'd never have let her go to watch the live feed..."
Raven averted her gaze somewhat guiltily.
"If I'd known Otto would strike so decisively, I would've just taken a shot at him with the Seven Thunders of Retribution... It's a single-use item anyway. If I could've severely wounded Otto back then, it would have freed up at least three or four combatants on Lynelle's side."
"Unfortunately, Otto then went and unleashed all the Holy Blood reserves from the Helheim Labs... At that point, not even the Seven Thunders would have mattered. You could have the Herrscher of Thunder herself here and she'd be helpless against him."
"But even if you managed to severely injure Durandal here, would that really be a good choice?"
Gray Serpent looked at Raven, who had already pulled out the Seven Thunders of Retribution, with some confusion.
"I'm not planning to intervene. I just want to use the Seven Thunders' sniper scope to watch the show."
Raven replied without looking up.
"Anyway, consider it repaying the favor for Sirin and Lynelle saving my brother's life back in the day. Until I die, or until they die... I'll do everything I can to keep them safe."
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