章 37: Murata Himeko

"Principal! Ten minutes ago a high concentration of Honkai Energy was detected!"

At St. Freya Academy, the calm atmosphere in the principal's office was shocked by the panicked voice of a logistics staff member.

Theresa who was resting her head on the desk and dozing off, was startled and raised her head quickly.

With a half-conscious mind, she wanted to explain that she wasn't asleep only to pause as she remembered what the staff had said which made her expression serious.

"Where is it?"

Theresa then stood up and straightened her clothes.

The staff took a deep breath before saying.

"It happened in the eastern suburbs of Nagazora city, the only thing to be thankful for right now is that Honkai's impact is far from the city."

The staff took out a tablet containing data on the spread of the Honkai Eruption before continuing with a serious expression.

"It's just that if there is no further treatment, the impact of the Honkai Eruption will continue to spread and will most likely attack Nagazora City."

Hearing the name of the place, Theresa's heart raced it was the city where Kiana was located.

Theresa took the tablet which displayed the map and the spread of Honkai in Nagazora city.

"One hundred HW... Hah, luckily it's not a large-scale Honkai eruption."

Seeing that the impact of the Honkai Eruption was very small, Theresa breathed a sigh of relief.

Such a concentration of Honkai energy would not spread quickly, as long as they quickly resolved it they would be able to control the casualties to a minimum.

Theresa was a little angry with herself.

'Damn, when I went to Nagazora town to see Kiana last time, I should have left a weapon for her for self-defense.'

Well, bygones are bygones...

Theresa then turned to look at the staff and gave orders with a serious expression.

"By my authority immediately prepare the Hyperion's departure to the eastern suburbs of Nagazora city!"

As is known when the Honkai Eruption occurred with the concentration of Honkai energy reaching one thousand HW. Then there is a high possibility that the Eruption was caused by Herrscher's birth.

"Etto... Principal, Hyperion was dispatched by Commander Himeko a few minutes ago after hearing the news." Said the Staff with a troubled expression.

"Himeko..." Theresa muttered.

Although it was a bit worrying to let Himeko handle it alone.

if it was only 100 HW, Himeko who was an A-level Veteran Valkyrie then combined with Hyperion's weaponry should be able to easily overcome the problem.

Theresa had initially always opposed Himeko's initiative against Honkai without her consent.

But this time she was relieved, as Himeko's decisive action kept the casualties of the Honkai Eruption to a minimum.

On the other hand, in the suburbs of Nagazora.

There was a beautiful red-haired woman wearing a dark red tight-fitting armor that revealed her curves. On her back was a large sword powered by nuclear energy.

This charming woman is Murata Himeko.

She was an A-level Valkyrie with nearly ten years of experience as a Valkyrie which allowed her to be considered a seasoned Veteran.

She jumped down from the Hyperion Warship and then looked around vigilantly according to the information obtained, the location of the eruption occurred at this place.

Although it was only a small-scale Honkai Eruption.

Himeko would not let her guard down as a professional Valkyrie, she would not make such a lowly mistake.

She stared at the surrounding environment which was full of cracked ground with trees pushed flat as if they were being trampled by some kind of giant creature.

She also found several large sword slash marks.

Himeko looked down and touched the slash marks with a thoughtful expression.

"A battle has taken place here, the estimated time is less than thirty minutes ago... "

Because the only forest that could block the vision had been knocked down.

Himeko could see distant places more easily, there seemed to be no more Honkai Beasts around here.

She adjusted her communication device and contacted the personnel on the battleship Hyperion.

"Is there a Honkai Beast attack in Nagazora City?"

"[No, everything is normal in Nagazora City, but we have stationed a garrison there in a state of combat readiness. Due to the state of emergency, we have not evacuated the townspeople, but told them to stay at home."]

Himeko paused for a moment and confirmed once again that there were no Honkai Beasts and Zombies around.

A few minutes later, she contacted personnel and said.

"Send some people with equipment to detect battle traces."

"[Eh? Commander Himeko, the first thing to do now should be--]"

Himeko's eyes glanced at the Honkai energy concentration gauge in her hand before interrupting with a firm voice.

"Except for the higher than normal Honkai energy concentration, there are no Honkai Beasts and Zombies here. I also found traces of battle here. I suspect that the Honkai Beast has been exterminated."

"[I understand, field personnel will be here soon.]"

....

Ten minutes later, the Hyperion personnel who were left behind, arrived with various advanced equipment and began surveying and observation.

Himeko at this time, was staring at the large slash marks on the ground with a thoughtful expression.

Other staff could be seen coming up to Himeko with shocked expressions and reporting.

"Commander Himeko, the inspection results are out. There are at least ten Chariot-type Honkai Beasts that are over ten meters in size. "

"As we know, to deal with Honkai Beasts under ten meters it is necessary to use air missiles and medium caliber machine guns. "

"Whereas the 270mm Railgun cannon is needed for Honkai Beasts over ten meters in size and the A-class Valkyrie is needed for Honkai Beasts over a hundred meters in size."

The staff stared at the cracked ground and fallen trees that were silent witnesses to the existence of the Honkai Beast.

"For there to be ten Honkai Beasts appearing here at once... Moreover, they were all defeated by just one person. "

She could not imagine what kind of great person could defeat those monsters alone.

"With this level of power... Is this unknown person equivalent to an A-level Valkyrie?"

Himeko did not answer, her expression looking dreamy as she found the sword slash marks carried a cold aura.

As someone who had been in the dangerous occupation of a Valkyrie for a long time, she almost knew all the talented and great A and S Level Valkyries.

But from what she knew none of them all used ice-embedded greatsword weapons.

Himeko thought of a crazy possibility that this Honkai Eruption was intentionally caused by an unknown person for a weapon experiment?

She quickly shook her head against this baseless guess.

It just true that there were no powerful Valkyries that she knew of using ice-embedded greatsword weapons either in Schicksal or in St. Freya's academy.

Her gaze focused on the slash marks before muttering.

"Who are... You?"