When all 12 teams lost their transmitter signals simultaneously, Maria knew something was wrong.
Nets are good for trapping fish, but if there are too many fish the net can also be damaged.
It was time for their tactical team to move.
"What about team 9, are there any hurt among you?"
"We happened to find an underground ruin that could be used to hide. But we have two seriously injured valkyries here."
"Understand, all of you retreat to the nearest branch, the mission is cancelled. Angelina leads the team and escorts them to the headquarters safely."
"Yes captain Maria."
Cleaning up the Anti-Entropy Mecha that were still roaming the surrounding area, Maria led the team to go to the next place.
Because only she herself and a few important people such as Thea's family members knew the location of the real Herrscher gem, Maria had to lead her own team to move.
Team 8 and Team 4 are the positions where the real Herrscher gems are located.
Team eight is the team guarded by Siegfried Kaslana, an S-rank valkyrie, using the ship Eos, the sky route.
Sky routes have higher security than land routes due to the enemy's lack of mobility.
Even if there was trouble on their side, the path they were on would cross St Freya's academy, reinforcements would come to them instantly.
Maria had also stored secret weapons on board, creating two layers of protection.
Now all she needed to worry about right now was team four carrying the Herrscher of Wind gem.
To reach their position, the squad led by Maria was able to take the squad nine and squad six routes along the road.
Squad nine was rescued, but when they arrived at the last position where squad six's signal disappeared, all they saw was blood splattered and scrap metal scattered everywhere.
"It seems like they've all been completely slaughtered. The Mecha Titan was forcibly blown up without leaving any traces."
Wilson grabbed the severed hand, and threw it under the rubble of the building, make Maria wouldn't see that.
But, with so much blood and valkyrie limbs scattered everywhere, it was very difficult to turn a blind eye to this event.
"Aisha, can you stay here and lead a team to look for surviving valkyrie members? If you can't, please collect their bodies as best you can."
"But captain, do we have to separate again? Then our strength will weaken."
"It's okay, even if it's just me and Wilson, that's enough."
Seeing the chaos and horror in this place, Maria clenched her fists tightly.
She didn't know whether this was the work of Anti-Entropy or whether it was the intention of another enemy trying to pit them against each other.
What is clear is that after she returns, Maria must have serious discussions with the Anti-Entropy party.
Don't make them think that Schicksal was just a toothless tiger after Otto left, and make them remember the horror of an organization that has dominated the world from behind the scenes.
"Let's go."
Taking the rest of the squad to the next location, Maria opened a route, and they went to the place where team four had last lost its signal.
They managed to find the convoy team's car which had been burnt to a wreck. Judging from the shape of the body, this car looks like it has been blown up by a bomb.
Didn't find the box containing the Herrscher of Wind core in the destroyed car, or anywhere around the location. Maria led the team to follow the battle trail she found to the south.
This trail took them to a rocky mountain that had traces of an iron mineral mine. Entering the mine carefully, they all found Shigure Kira and Li Sushang who were currently covered in blood.
"Senior Kira, senior Sushang!"
"They're still alive!"
"Quickly help them!"
...
Maria approached them immediately. Seeing Kira open her eyes slightly in pain, Maria immediately raised the lance in her hand.
The sacred power of the Schariac family's blood began to flow.
With a gentle swipe, a white light flashed, and the heads of the two of them were immediately chopped off.
"Captain Maria!?"
Flora and Seruti, who were in the same squad as Maria, opened their eyes in surprise.
Wilson was also stunned.
"They are both fake, the Herrscher of Domination dolls are indeed good at pretending, but they can't deceive my blood."
Maria waved her lance, and she turned around to see two Herrscher of Domination dolls that were turning into Imaginary energy.
To become an S-rank valkyrie in this era, they had to pay extra training in addition to their strength.
Under Thea's exclusive training, Maria was able to control the power of her holy blood to the point of being able to distinguish the flow of different types of honkai energy.
Each person who has the valkyrie stigmata that Thea gave them has different characteristics depending on their individual personality. If any two are the same, then it is an anomaly.
Now Maria knows who the enemy they are currently facing is.
Herrscher of Domination.
They're back.
Maria didn't know whether she should let out a heavy sigh or a sigh of relief.
"All of you be careful, something is coming out of the mine!"
Seeing something coming towards her quickly from inside the mine, Maria raised her lance to block the attack.
"TING!"
"Hngh! So strong!"
Maria felt her hands go numb.
The figure came out from the shadows, and she took back her lance that was stuck in the mine wall.
Making the same wave motion, [Maria] smiled.
"T-There are two Captain Maria now!"
Seruti was surprised.
Maria said: "You all go out of the mine, don't let the enemy create an opportunity to trap us here."
"Y-Yes captain!"
Seeing her teammates coming out of the mine cave, Maria covered their backs to prevent sneak attacks.
"Can we talk, where are senior Kira and Senior Sushang?"
Without a single word, [Maria] immediately rushed to attack.
"You don't seem to want to talk, then show me how clever you are at imitating me!"
Maria's eyes also opened wide, and she rushed towards her, drawing her lance in a straight direction.
"TING!"
The sacred blood power of the Schariac family collided with each other, and this caused the mining cave that they were fighting in to start shaking violently as if experiencing an earthquake.
Schariac lance technique and the power released by this impersonator were exactly the same as her own. Maria felt like she was fighting against her mirror image.
Still unable to find the opponent's weakness after fighting for several minutes, Maria decided to rush out of the mine first.
"Flora, Seruti, Wilson, set up an ambush formation, we will defeat these imitators quickly!"
Because they have the same power, Maria plans to carry out a group attack.
Why don't we take advantage of our teammates advantages to fight one against four?
All is fair on the war!
"Flora, Seruti, Wilson? Where are you?"
Watching the mine mouth vigilantly, but didn't see any movement from her teammates. Maria turned her head back, to see there was no one there.
The surrounding environment became very quiet.
White mist began to cover the surrounding area which made visibility shorten. At times like this, footsteps began to be heard from inside the mine.
She walked slowly as if in no rush at all that her prey would run away.
[Maria] who was carrying a lance, was still smiling broadly as usual.
"Haha, you are so stupid."
Apparently, this [Maria] could talk.
Maria's face turned ugly.
"The A-1 passage has been successfully cleared, Bronya will now go to the surface."
On the Eos ship, because the Mecha Titans weren't stopping, Bronya decided to solve the source of the problem first.
Thanks to Einstein and Tesla's research on the Cosmic Juggernaut, Bronya discovered that there was a fabrication of space above the deck of the ship.
She will go there.
Separating from Siegfried who still decided to keep guarding the Herrscher gem room, Bronya stepped onto the deck of the ship, and she found the source of the problem.
"Please stop, or Bronya will shoot you."
"Ah, I was found."
[Griseo] who was just daydreaming, looked at Bronya with an innocent look.
Pulling back a card that had the stigma of the Herrscher of Void on it, [Griseo] put it back into the deck.
The space fabrication that continued to emit Mecha Titans endlessly, finally disappeared.
"Before we fight, there are a few things Bronya wants to ask you. Are you Griseo of Flame-Chasers or Evil Vill-V, Herrscher of Domination?"
[Griseo] tilted her head.
"If I answer the question correctly, will you free me?"
"Of course not, Bronya will not let go of potential enemies."
"But I'm still a kid, you can't shoot underage little girls."
"Oh, your luck is quite bad, Bronya is also underage. So it's illegal."
....
Seeing that the upgraded version of Project Bunny had appeared behind Bronya, and provided additional fire support, [Griseo] couldn't help but sigh.
She took out a stack of cards, and held them with both hands like she was playing a game of poker.
"You know, honestly I don't want to participate in this ambush plan, I hate being taken advantage of."
[Griseo]'s purple eyes looked down, to see the cards neatly lined up in her hand.
As the youngest member of the Flame-Chasers, Griseo has the potential to be far more terrifying than any MANTIS soldier.
She could see colors, and apply them.
This color is also not just any random color, emotions, existence, traces, and even the original color of the item or creature itself.
The real Griseo rarely uses this power because it really interferes with her life. Plus the incident where she once painted Kalpas on her canvas and made the whole city fall into a parade of madness, Griseo suppressed this power even more.
But for Evil Vill-V who took over Griseo's body and gained her abilities, with her unique thinking, she has found some pretty interesting ways to play.
An example of this was the deck of cards she was currently holding.
"I know you underestimate me, especially after I lost the Theater of Domination, the engine of my doll factory."
"But sister Bronya, do you know the reason why it is currently twelve teams acting simultaneously as a diversion can be attacked in unison?"
"Where are all these troops coming from?"
[Griseo] smiled.
"Have you ever heard of a card duel?"
Taking out two pink cards, [Griseo] threw them on the floor.
"I summon a single unit soldier from the previous civilization, Setsuna's code name, SAKURA!"
"Apart from that I will also summon a support monster unit, the fire type, Hellmaru!"
The two cards shattered into thousands of colors, and the two figures instantly appeared in front of [Griseo], getting into a fighting stance.
SAKURA, a member of the Flame-Chasers who was previously defeated by Thea at the Theater of Domination, is now back on stage.
Hellmaru, the mountain spirit god once worshiped by the Yae villagers, also reappears with a ferocious beast growl.
"It seems like there's nothing we can discuss anymore."
Bronya raised her hand, and project bunny began a barrage of attacks.
SAKURA didn't stay still either, and she stood in front of [Griseo], immediately using a cutting move that could stop space and time.
[Griseo] took this opportunity to draw one more card.
"I summon the ultimate attack type card, maximum space cutting!"
Throws a card with a picture of the Herrscher of Void stigmata onto the ship's deck. From land, the Eos ship that was passing by, suddenly snapped in half!
Bronya was stunned!
"You think I play cards so I will play according to cards!? So fool!"
"My favorite is turning over the card table!"
[Griseo] burst out laughing.
Because the Eos ship was split in two, the Herrscher gem storage area in the middle of the ship was immediately exposed in the air.
Sakura started to dart down quickly, taking advantage of the debris of the materials around her.
"Mr. Siegfried be careful, their goal is the Herrscher gem!"
"Not need mentioned, I already know!"
Even though Siegfried was confused about why the thick door in front of him suddenly disappeared, and why the Eos ship suddenly crashed, this did not prevent Siegfried from seeing SAKURA rushing towards him.
Hellmaru provides support by suppressing Bronya using bursts of her fire breath.
Seeing the distance between the two of them getting closer, Siegfried began to change Judgment of Shamash into Cleaver of Shamash.
SAKURA also began to draw her Setsuna sword, out of its sheath.
When they met, they both immediately swung their swords with all their might!
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"It's useless... there's no signal here."
Maria, who was exhausted, leaned against the wall while recovering her stamina.
Azure City used to be a prosperous city before Honkai Impact fell on this place. Now this city has been abandoned, and is a ghost town.
Previously because her teammate suddenly disappeared, Maria was forced to run away after she saw enemy reinforcements arriving.
She accidentally discovered this ghost town and hid in it. Taking advantage of the thick fog coming from the mountains, covering the entire city, until now Maria has not been discovered by the enemy.
But although she was grateful that this fog covered her escape, the fog that had been influenced by the honkai energy had also blocked the transmitter and terminal signals she was carrying.
Maria can't access the Schicksal network.
Maria decided to leave this city first to ask for reinforcements.
"Is that captain? Captain Maria please save us!"
"Wilson?"
Approach the location of the sound source carefully, and enter the abandoned building. Even though Maria saw that Flora's condition was not good because of blood all over her body, Maria still did not rush out of her hiding place.
Maria used her holy blood to examine the two girls in her field of vision.
Able to feel the flow of unique honkai energy, typical of her teammates, Maria was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
The two of them weren't Herrscher of Domination's puppets.
"Captain Maria!"
"Move aside, let me handle it. What happened to you? Where is Seruti?"
Using her stigmata ability to heal Flora, Maria looked at the unconscious Flora worriedly.
Puncture wounds and broken bones appeared all over her body. If treatment is not found immediately, Flora will bleed to death in excruciating pain.
So, even though her hands and clothes were currently dirty with Flora's blood, Maria hugged her tightly to maximize the healing effect.
"We came out of the mine according to the captain's instructions, but when we got out there was an ambush. So we were forced to run away."
"How many enemies did you encounter? Are you being chased?"
"Yes, we were chased, along the way I found 13 Mecha, but I avoided them all."
Wilson explained her experience, and after explaining for several minutes, Flora, who had fainted, was finally able to slowly open her eyes.
"C-Captain..."
"It's okay Flora, hold my hand, you're safe now."
Seeing Flora gripping her hand tightly, Maria smiled gently to reassure her.
But, Flora, who was in Maria's arms, opened her red eyes even wider.
"No..."
"Traitor!"
"What do you mean?"
Just when Maria wanted to ask further, a cold spear directly penetrated her chest.
The world suddenly became silent.
Maria's pupils shrank.
"What..."
Maria vomited blood.
Looking back, Maria could see Wilson who was currently holding a spear that had penetrated her chest.
As if it wasn't enough with just this, Maria could feel the holy blood inside her body starting to drain her life force quickly.
Wilson uses the power of her sacred Schariac blood.
To be honest, Maria didn't really understand her current situation.
She was already very sure that Wilson and Flora were not puppets controlled by the Herrscher of Domination.
So...
Why did Wilson attack her?
"I'm not lying captain Maria, all the experiences I told you really happened. it's just that I didn't tell you what happened after that."
"CAPTAIN!!! NO!!!"
Wilson kicked Maria's body away to remove the spear from her chest, and after that she beheaded Flora with one slash.
Maria, who fell to the floor with blood splattered, opened her eyes wide.
She still didn't understand.
"Cough!"
Maria could see her blood starting to spread to the floor, and her vision was getting increasingly blurry. She now understood that she would die soon.
At times like this, her communicator was finally able to connect with Schicksal.
"[Maria... you were disconnected from the network for 30 minutes... what happened there...?]"
Seeing Wilson smiled, and came to her step by step. For some reason, Maria suddenly remembered what Thea said before she took over leadership.
Just like flashbacks of dead people.
"{So Maria, please help me.}"
Maria smiled, while shedding tears full of regret.
"Sorry Saintess Thea... I disappointed you... Again..."
Wilson raised her spear high, and after that, the hand holding the communicator, fell to the floor limply.
"[Maria...? Can you hear me? I repeat can you hear me?]"
The communicator immediately shattered after Wilson stepped on it hard.
"Mission completed, it's time to go back."
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