Chapter 452 Wendy

"Ah!"

Mei suddenly sat up from the ground, the wind around her gently rustling her hair. She tilted her head and looked at the half-broken rubble and ruins around her, a little dazed. From this moment on, there was only deep confusion in her eyes for a long time.

Until a light hum sounded next to her again, she turned her head and saw Bronya sitting up from the ground with her forehead covered.

Seeing her familiar companion, Mei's breathing suddenly became long. The originally heavy eyelids quickly lifted, and all the memories of what happened before rushed in her mind until this moment finally took a rough shape.

"Bronya, are you okay?"

Bronya still supported her head and shook her head vigorously. She wanted to say something, but her throat was too dry, and she coughed several times in a row when she opened her mouth.

She patted her chest hard, and then suddenly remembered something, frantically and helplessly groped around.

"Seele!"

Fortunately, it didn't take much effort for her to touch the body of another girl.

Seele didn't wake up with Meiyi like she did. Bronya checked her heartbeat and breathing, and her heart was relieved - no matter what, as long as she was alive, it was fine.

But she soon thought of another thing that had been ignored in that "illusion".

Everything that happened before was both absurd and shocking. The past, the Herrscher, Mikael, Seele who was completely different from the past, and Mikael's warning in the last past... Too many shocking points gathered together, attracting Bronya's attention, so that she only remembered now - was there someone missing in the "illusion" called the past?

"Sister Meiyi, how is Kiana?"

But she was really overthinking, just as she went to touch Seele's body as soon as her mind stabilized. After Meiyi reacted, she had already found Kiana lying beside her.

Hearing Bronya's inquiry at this time, she lifted up Kiana's upper body and shook her head at Bronya helplessly.

The world was quiet for a moment, and Bronya heard Kiana's snoring.

"This... this idiot, she fell asleep?"

Well, this is very Kiana... uh, this is very much like something Kiana can do.

Bronya and Mei looked at each other, and they were somewhat relieved.

Although they still didn't understand what happened before, it seemed that the few people were not in danger. Seele and Kiana were just one unconscious and one asleep.

But the two people's eyes soon changed from doubt to...

Bronya blinked:

"Sister Mei, do we... have to perform any more tasks?"

Mei blinked, and her first reaction was to touch the communication device, but a voice sounded behind them first:

"Are you... also the Valkyries of Destiny?"

The initial memories of the two gradually came back, and the blue-haired girl sitting in the wheelchair lowered her head, hunched her shoulders, and asked softly.

Mei and Bronya looked at each other, and Mei finally answered:

"Yes, the four of us are Valkyries of the Far East Branch. May I ask you... No, you just said 'also', could it be..."

"Well, a Valkyrie team came before, and after confirming my safety, their captain ordered them to search for survivors in the base, and then I never saw them again. I don't know what happened, but I'm in this state now... It's not easy to find them."

Listening to her plain narration, Bronya and Mei unconsciously lowered their eyes and fell on her legs tightly wrapped in multiple layers of bandages.

"You... your legs, this is the first aid they gave you before... No, that's not right!"

Bronya quickly denied her guess.

"There is no blood on the bandage, and this is not the way to treat a fracture... Your legs became like this before you met them, right?"

The blue-haired girl's eyes flashed, and she nodded hesitantly.

"Yes, there is something wrong with my legs. For now... I can only sit in a wheelchair."

Bronya twisted her hands in front of her chest and frowned. She only realized now that the girl was wearing a blue hospital gown commonly used in surgery.

To be honest, from the time she was inexplicably dragged into that illusion until now, her brain has had a dizzy sense of unreality, but the more time flows backward, the clearer her thoughts become. She almost instantly noticed too many doubts:

How did a girl who was so disabled that she could only sit in a wheelchair and could not stand survive when the entire base was destroyed by the Herrscher? Even without any injuries on her body.

If the Snow Lotus team was still there, she could ask them about the situation, but according to the girl in front of her, all the members of the Snow Lotus team disappeared strangely after seeing her...

Are they really missing?

Bronya changed her posture imperceptibly, and her left hand had already touched the pistol on Seele's waist. She and Mei supported Seele and Kiana respectively. If her suspicions were true, escaping would be impossible.

"Um, may I ask who you are... Are you also a Valkyrie of the Skybound Oceania branch?"

Bronya carefully scanned the girl's hospital gown and wheelchair, but did not find anything that could be used to prove her identity.

However, there were some unexpected discoveries. For example, when the word "fate" was mentioned, the girl in front of him buried her head in her chest, and then whispered:

"Yes, I am Wendy, the A-level Valkyrie of the Oceania branch."

She silently omitted "fate".

"It's... nice to meet you, Miss Wendy. This is Mei, the B-level Valkyrie, and Bronya is B-level Valkyrie Bronya... cough cough!"

Bronya only felt a little numb on her head. Even she didn't know how to deal with the situation at the moment.

Fortunately, along with a burst of harsh electric noise, the anxious voice of Himeko soon came to my ears:

"Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Seele, how are you?"

Bronya took the opportunity to step back, gestured to Mei, and then began to respond to Himeko:

"Bronya and Mei are fine, Seele and Kiana seem to have fallen asleep. What happened just now, was the communication cut off?"

"Yes, the specific reason is unknown, it is estimated that it is caused by too dense Honkai energy. It seems that the new quantum communication technology must be implemented quickly, hehe."

Bronya didn't know whether Himeko wanted to use a cold joke to liven up the atmosphere, but it really had nothing to do with being funny, but it was cold enough.

"We just contacted the S-class Valkyrie Yulandel. She should have rushed to you, but Mikael and Rita showed abnormal Honkai energy reactions. It is speculated that they are Herrschers. Yulandel will give priority to supporting them. You should still search for the Snow Lotus Squad and the survivors of the Oceania branch. You don't need to worry about the battle over there."

"Huh?"

Bronya's tongue turned in her mouth and she glanced at Wendy in surprise. Coincidentally, the other party also raised her head as if she had sensed something and her eyes met hers.

"Hiss..."

Bronya turned her head away a little embarrassedly-was she too suspicious?

But no matter what, Wendy was a survivor of the Oceania branch. It was reasonable for her to report to Himeko.

"Report to Major Himeko, we have found a survivor of the Oceania branch. She calls herself an A-level Valkyrie, Wendy."

"Oh? You are quite fast. Let me verify the information. If there is such a person, I will send Wendy's information to your terminal later. You just need to confirm it...hiss...no, Wendy...Wendy, it sounds familiar...Theresa, come and see if you have any impression of this child?"

Bronya curled her lips. She was not confused by what Himeko said "sounds familiar". She was not a fool like Kiana who didn't ask about anything. Just take a look at the Valkyrie forum and you will know that even now, the education model of Saint Freya Academy has been praised and criticized within Tianming, not to mention that in the early years when the academy was established, in order to compete with other branches for Valkyrie students, Himeko ran all over Tianming. She would also have private interviews with many Valkyries with excellent talents. It should be normal for her to be familiar with Wendy, right?

As she was thinking this, Theresa's voice sounded in the communication:

"Wendy? Wendy from the Oceania branch? Are you sure it's her?"

"Yes."

Bronya answered quickly.

"Yes...it's her...She was also a genius-level Valkyrie at the time. As a non-stigma awakener, she had a very strong talent and was once considered the most likely candidate to become the third S-level Valkyrie of the Destiny generation."

"The third S-level Valkyrie?"

Bronya looked at Wendy in surprise. If she didn't look so young...she and Bronya should be about the same age, right?

"I checked with my authority and found it. Wendy, the A-level Valkyrie of the Far East Branch of Oceania, participated in the XXX mission in 2014 and was disabled due to injuries? What the hell, my authority can't even find the name of this mission?"

Jizi's voice sounded very dissatisfied. In Tianming, the A-level Valkyrie seems to be just a background board for the S-level Valkyrie, but in fact, the one with the highest authority and treatment in Tianming is naturally the bishop, followed by the S-level Valkyrie, and then the A-level Valkyrie. S-level Valkyrie is not a cabbage. For example, long ago, after Cecilia's sacrifice, Tianming had no S-level Valkyrie for more than ten years. At that time, A-level was the top existence among Valkyries. If the A-level Valkyrie's authority can't find something, it is already a secret among the secrets of the secrets.

"Hey, by the way, Theresa, don't you have the authority? Come and try it?"

"Ah... No need to check, I'll tell you directly. Jizi, do you still remember what Grandpa Otto and Rita said before?"

"What... No way, you mean, the Desire Gem!?"

"Yes, I have secretly checked it before, because the Desire Gem is the core of the Herrscher after all, and ordinary people cannot control such a powerful ability, and destiny obviously cannot let an S-level Valkyrie take such a big risk... So, the final candidate is Wendy. Judging from the results, this experiment succeeded and failed. The Desire Gem was successfully implanted in Wendy's leg, but she could not fully withstand this power, so her leg..."

"How... Could it be like this..."

Bronya opened her mouth a little dejectedly, but didn't know what to say, what to say.

"So, is the Desire Gem the same thing as the Conquest Gem? Wendy also has..."

Meiyi, who had been keeping quiet, suddenly spoke, but no one thought her question was unexpected. In other words, it was expected that she would ask this question.

"Yes, the core of the Conquering Gem and the Desire Gem are both essentially the core of the Herrscher."

"In other words, there is a Herrscher's consciousness in Wendy, right?"

Mei Yi asked again.

"yes."

Theresa answered without hesitation, but she quickly regretted it:

"Ah...no...your situation does not represent all Herrschers. What is going on with Wendy, we can't say..."

"No, I don't. I am who I am and I don't sense another consciousness."

Wendy shook her head numbly. Although her legs were disabled, her physical fitness as a Valkyrie or as a "Herrscher" allowed her to clearly hear what several people said in the communication.

"Wendy..."

Meiyi clenched her hands sadly, bit her lower lip, and smiled softly.

"It's okay Wendy, come back with us to the Far East Branch, we will find a way to help you."

"Help...me? Haha, help me?"

Wendy raised her head and looked at the dark blue sky, her eyes were empty and unfocused, but there was a trace of incomprehension and doubt in her tone.

"Yes, we..."

"Aren't you the Valkyrie of Destiny? I will no longer believe in Destiny, or anyone else in Destiny. You should just kill me."

Wendy's words directly caused Mei Yi's smile to freeze on her face.

"Mei."

Theresa's voice sounded in the communication, but it was turned down to the minimum.

"Mei, please be sure to bring Wendy back alive. Only you can do it. As for the rest of the pressure, the academy will resist it all."

If there is anyone here who can understand Wendy the best, it is no one except Mei.

She used to be the princess of ME Club, and she used to be the A-level Valkyrie with the strongest destiny talent. They both have bright futures.

But everything changed because of that little gem. In comparison, Mei felt that she was really lucky enough. Although the Herrscher of Thunder once occupied her body and caused irreparable disaster, she succeeded in With everyone's help, the Herrscher's power was suppressed, and her body was not damaged as a result. ...Ah, no... She moved the joints of her right hand. There was a prosthetic limb made for her by Mikael who didn't know what technology he used. Although it was a prosthetic limb, it felt like flesh and blood, and it only took one thought to control it. If she was injured during a battle and would still bleed, she once wondered whether it was not a prosthetic limb at all...

Wait, that’s right!

Mei Yi suddenly stretched out her right hand in front of Wendy.

"Wendy, my name is Raiden Mei. During the collapse of Changkong City two years ago, I was chosen to become the Herrscher of Thunder."

Wendy lowered her head and looked at her calmly, seemingly without any reaction. Also, in the phone call with Himeko and Theresa just now, Mei also mentioned about conquering the gems and the Herrscher, so Wendy certainly wouldn't be surprised by this.

"My arm has been amputated before. Now look at it, can you tell it's a prosthetic arm?"

Wendy tilted her head slightly and looked away.

But for some reason, she still raised her right hand very consciously, and then held Mei Yi's hand.

"this……"

Her eyes widened in an instant. The palms of her hands were soft, warm, and sticky with sweat. It was obvious...

"You lied to me, this is not a prosthetic limb at all!"

"You don't have to believe it, but there's no need for me to lie to you. Although I can't guarantee that we can completely cure you, at least there is hope, right?"

Wendy's brows trembled violently, her breathing was heavy, and one hand tightly grasped the armrest of the wheelchair.

For a long time, she relaxed all over, leaned back on the wheelchair, looked up at the sky feebly, but said nothing more.

Seeing this, Yayi quickly continued to recount:

"Wendy... I know that Tianming has caused... such harm to you... but please believe in us. Our Tianming Far East branch is different from... uh... us. Look at me, am I not the law? Who? My name is Raiden Mei. As a Valkyrie, you should know about Changkong City. Even if you haven't seen the information, you still have the right to search it, right? You can check it out. As a Herrscher, I can still live freely in the Far East Branch, and I can even go on the battlefield against Honkai. You were once The best A-level Valkyrie, you can definitely do better than me!"

"The Far East Branch..."

Wendy muttered silently, and suddenly, there was some light in her eyes.

"The Far East Branch... No, I remembered, you are... St. Freya Academy, right?"

"Yes, I didn't expect you to know the name of the academy."

"hehe……"

Wendy suddenly laughed miserably.

"Actually... when I first became a Valkyrie, I met Himeko who came to the Oceania branch to preach. I hesitated for a long time, but in the end I didn't choose to go to St. Freya Academy... Unfortunately, if I had been more determined... …”

"It's not too late!"

Meiyi held Wendy's hand hard.

"No matter what happens, it won't get worse. Trust us, Wendy!"

Wendy closed her eyes silently and remained silent for more than ten seconds. Meiyi did not rush her, but just waited quietly.

"good."

Wendy agreed.

A smile from the bottom of her heart appeared on Mei’s face.

“Ahem, well, it’s great that Miss Wendy is willing to trust us, but… Mei-sister, Principal, Himeko, there is something I don’t know whether I should say or not…”

“Say it.”

“Well…if Wendy, who carries the Desire Gem, is here, then what exactly did Mikael and the others encounter?”