Honkai: Strijder

Chapter 44

When Kiana woke up, Siegfried had already left, and instead of the older man, the one who sat by her side was the white haired boy, Sigurd.

She leaned her head on Sigurd’s shoulder, seeing the sky gradually brightening.

She wasn’t surprised by Siegfried’s disappearance or waking up in Sigurd’s embrace.

“Sig...”

“Yeah?”

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

Sigurd’s response was cold as usual.

Kiana sat up straight, facing Sigurd, she hesitated for a moment, then hugged one of his arms and with both of her arms shook it and began to talk, her voice coquettish.

“Sig, can you help my dad, please? He’s an idiot, and he’s likely to get into trouble on his own.”

“...... Sure”

Sigurd casually replied.

For requests that weren’t unreasonable, whenever Kiana acted spoiled, Sigurd would almost always agree.

Even for unreasonable requests, Kiana’s success rate of getting what she wanted if she were to act spoiled was over seventy percent.

So, acting spoiled was Kiana’s trump card to win over Sigurd to agree to her demand, although she wasn’t consciously aware of its effectiveness, she knew that whenever she did it, Sigurd almost always caved.

“Thank you, Sig! Mua~”

Kiana kissed Sigurd’s cheek as a sign of gratitude and reward.

In response, Sigurd showed a clear expression of disgust.

“You haven’t brushed your teeth yet.”

“And you haven’t washed your face either! So how dare you dislike this beautiful girl?”

Kiana put her hands on her hips, raising her chin proudly.

Smack!

Sigurd grabbed Kiana’s little head, preparing for a lightning dragon drill gesture.

“???!”

Kiana made an extremely cute smile, but she couldn’t hide the cold sweat on her forehead.

Sigurd, with his vein bulging on his face, began to speak with a tone that sent shivers to her bone. “Don’t...casually...kiss...boys!”

“Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ah!!!”@@@@

...

Her face turned pale, but she seemed not to feel any pain.

She launched another powerful kick towards Siegfried’s face.

Siegfried deflected her kick and grabbed her ankle, swinging her to the ground.

She spat out blood, which splattered on Siegfried’s face.

With the last remaining gun in his hand, Siegfried aimed at her forehead and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

“Ugh!”

A black scorch mark appeared on her fair forehead, and she lost consciousness—not dead, as Siegfried didn’t want to kill any of the Valkyries.

She just fell unconscious temporarily, unable to participate in the battle for a short period.

Meanwhile, several specially designed anti-Honkai armor-piercing bullets were aimed at Siegfried’s forehead, heart, limbs, and other vital spots, coming at him.

“Are you serious about playing with guns in front of a Kaslana?”

Siegfried appeared invincible, like a mighty demon king, asking with a teasing tone.

He spun the only remaining heavenly fire gun in his hand, blocking the terrifying armor-piercing bullets.

Then, the gun he had thrown into the air earlier fell back into his hand.

“Next up is the real gunfight against Kaslana. Brace yourself!”

...

In the sky, the observation room.

Otto watched Siegfried’s overwhelming performance in the battle, taking a sip of tea.

“Originally, Siegfried was just at the level of approaching an S-rank Valkyrie. I always thought of him as a mere tool to unleash the power of the Judgement of Shamash when necessary. I didn’t expect him to be this formidable now.”

Though he said it was formidable, Otto had a calm and interested smile while watching the battle on the screen.

During the Second Honkai War, Siegfried had broken through his limits multiple times and underwent body modifications using ancient civilization drugs to unleash the power of the Honkai Beasts’ genes within him, displaying terrifying crushing strength.

Because of this, Otto, out of fear, decided to order his elimination.

However, upon reflection, Otto realized that this was not the right decision.

At that time, he had just faced the Honkai God, which severely impacted his consciousness, leaving him in a state of extreme insecurity, unable to think and make correct decisions.

That’s why he recklessly fired the Honkai energy fission bomb.

Afterwards, he couldn’t do anything to rectify the situation and had to proceed as planned.

Now, facing Siegfried again, Otto had no fear; he was merely curious and wanted to see how long Siegfried could hold out in front of him.

Of course, Otto was also equally interested in obtaining the Judgement of Shamash and Siegfried’s body.