"You don't have to worry. Even if you turn into a Deadwalker, your appearance won't change, you'll still be just as cute as you are now."
Kiana's voice echoed beside her ear. Being called cute should have made Elysia happy.
But when she combined it with what Kiana had said before, Elysia couldn't help feeling a chill creep up her spine.
Especially when she heard the roars coming from behind the iron gate behind Kiana.
Through the cracks below, she could see countless black shadows shoving and pressing forward.
Elysia glanced at the Excalibur in her hand, and suddenly she started to understand why Kiana had said that.
She'd originally thought they were just a bunch of low-level Deadwalkers, and she herself had strength far beyond ordinary people.
So she only brought the borrowed Excalibur, planning to fight alongside Kiana and carve their way through Nagazora City.
"Are we still fighting?"
'Fight? Fight my a*s!'
"Um… can I withdraw from the mission?"
Elysia timidly reached out to signal to the chat group.
[Once a mission is accepted, it cannot be canceled manually.]
Bang!
In the end, the iron door "died" first. The Deadwalkers howled as they tore through the metal, their blood-red eyes locking tightly onto the only two living humans in sight.
Kiana, who had noticed early on that the door wouldn't hold, had already dodged out of the way, barely avoiding being torn apart.
"What do we do now?!" Elysia hugged the Excalibur to her chest and turned to the so-called "Honkai Master" beside her for an escape plan.
Watching the Deadwalkers still breaking through the door, Kiana retreated to the rooftop and looked down.
It was a height that would guarantee instant death.
"If there's no other choice, we'll have to jump…"
Clang!
The already fragile door finally gave out, and hundreds of Deadwalkers squeezed through the stairwell, shoving and scrambling over one another to rush at the two girls.
Among them were several elite dual-blade Deadwalkers, Kiana, who was unarmed, was completely no match for them.
How could mere flesh and blood compete with monsters that didn't even know what pain was?
"Damn it! If only I hadn't left my weapon at home!"
Seeing the Deadwalkers charging closer, Kiana clenched her fists, preparing to fight back, to try and weave around those elite ones and get Elysia to safety.
But just as she swung her fist, she realized she couldn't move.
'No way! What's going on now?!'
As the tip of a scythe was about to hit her, and she found herself completely frozen, despair filled Kiana's heart.
'Are you kidding me right now?!'
"So this is Honkai?"
A strangely familiar voice echoed in her ears. The moment she'd closed her eyes waiting for death, Kiana opened them again.
The Deadwalker in front of her had turned into "Deadwalker-chan," and she herself was staring down at her own hands.
'No! That wasn't even her!'
Sharing the same body, Levi could feel Kiana's shock. He laughed and said, "Let me reintroduce myself. My group name's Yang Sit-Up, but my real name's Levi."
[Ding! Mission: Escape from Nagazora City has begun!]
As the system's voice fell, Levi felt power surge through his entire body.
"This is Honkai!"
This was power.
Kiana didn't respond, she was still in deep shock.
That new group member, "Yang Sit-Up"… was now controlling her body, darting in and out among the Deadwalkers like it was nothing?
Meanwhile, Elysia had just managed to take down a single Deadwalker using her brute strength and the Excalibur, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
Looking at the disabled corpse on the ground, she felt that sweet rush of victory after defeating a strong foe.
"Heh heh heh~ How could a mere Deadwalker be a match for the great Elysia?"
She tilted her head up proudly.
"Oh right, what about Kiana?"
She turned to look in Kiana's direction, to see if she needed any help.
But when she saw what was before her eyes, Elysia's pupils shrank.
Blood everywhere… corpses everywhere… and no Kiana in sight.
Instead, Kiana was standing at the edge of the rooftop, gazing toward a not-too-distant school building.
Elysia recognized it was a school building because the words were written on the outer wall.
Seeing all the corpses, Elysia's lips twitched. "Kiana, didn't you say you couldn't beat them?"
'This is what you call "can't beat them"?!'
"She really couldn't beat them," 'Kiana' turned and smiled at Elysia. "But I can."
'When I'm the substitute, I'm invincible!'
Seeing Elysia's still-bewildered look, Levi repeated the self-introduction he'd given to Kiana earlier.
After listening, Elysia suddenly understood.
"You're Yang Sit-Up?!" she said in disbelief, circling Levi twice as she examined him. "This is your ability?!"
'To possess someone's body and help them complete a mission, what is this, a real-life Aladdin's lamp?!'
"Me me me! Possess me! Let me try!" Elysia waved eagerly.
Levi shook his head. "I'm afraid not. Kiana's mission isn't done yet, so I can't possess you."
"Oh, I see…" Elysia blinked, then said, "Well, when this mission's over, I've got a job for you. You better not turn me down!"
Levi smiled. "Of course, of course!"
Then, a bright white light of teleportation appeared again, and another member of the chat group materialized on the rooftop.
Golden short hair, a unique flower pinned to her head, the petals faintly glowing white.
Seeing the newcomer, Elysia smiled and called out, "Lumine!"
———
[A Few Moments Ago]
Lumine, who had just finished a messy adventurer's commission and was still covered in dust, was startled when she appeared on the rooftop and saw corpses everywhere.
"Did I arrive too late?"
She scratched her head awkwardly, not sure what to do.
Maybe she should check if their bodies were among the corpses.
Just as she was about to start, she heard Elysia's voice calling out from behind her.
The sound came from behind, and when Lumine turned around, she saw Elysia and the group leader Kiana standing side by side not far away.
Instead of replying right away, Lumine scanned the area cautiously.
After confirming there was no one else, her expression turned sorrowful. "Looks like I really did come too late…"
A good group member, just gone like that.
She didn't even know if it was Star (Stelle) or the new guy, Old Yang, who'd died.
'No, wait, whoever it was, it wasn't good news either way!'
Seeing Lumine so downcast, both Elysia and Levi quickly understood why she thought that.
Elysia laughed and explained the whole situation to her.
After listening, Lumine's sadness vanished. She curiously looked at Levi. "So right now you're Levi, or Kiana? Or should I call you Kiana No. 2?"
With Levi's soul and Kiana's body… she supposed that made him Kiana No. 2.
'What do you mean Kiana No. 2! There's only one Kiana, and that's me!'
Levi laughed. "Just call me Levi, or the real Kiana's going to get annoyed with me."
After understanding the situation, Kiana also accepted that Levi was using her body to help finish the mission.
'Let's hurry and leave Nagazora City to finish this mission… This perspective feels so weird.'
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