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!!!”

…

Time flies like an arrow, years pass like a shuttle.

Well, actually, it’s not that fast.

During the three months of Kiana and Sin Mal’s devilish training with Bronya, time quietly passed by.

Sigurd was busy devouring various knowledge in this new world that he arrived in and doing some experiments with his machine, he also occasionally had late-night heart-to-heart talks with Otto.

He also had to accumulate reputation and popularity in the Anti-Entropy to recruit people and build his own team. He couldn’t be an executor acting alone, right?

Fortunately, Kiana was quite cooperative and willingly became his henchman.

The talented people in the orphanage had also become familiar with each other, and Sigurd felt that the future looked promising.

On the other side, Siegfried had arrived at the Mediterranean.

…

With a mustache and a mechanical arm, Siegfried swaggered into Otto’s territory.

“Siegfried, you better calm down; Grandpa will kill you!”

“Curse me all you want; I won’t die that easily, Theresa.”

“You idiot! I’m still searching for Kiana’s location! You don’t even have a target, and you’re going there to get yourself killed!”

“It’s useless. The secret Otto wants to hide is impossible for you to find. The only way is for me to go there, forcibly search. Alright, enough talk. It looks like my welcoming party has arrived…By the way, your bitter gourd juice is still as terrible as before; it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.”

Theresa’s shouting vanished as Siegfried crushed his phone.

Then, Siegfried scratched his head, looking at the circle of Valkyries around him.

Among them were many familiar faces, as well as some he didn’t recognize, probably newly added members.

“Hey! Long time no see, I’m visiting again!”

“Siegfried, surrender now! Unlike last time, there are only two ways to enter the headquarters: either with your hands and feet bound or…lying down!”

“What? You can get carried to the headquarters by the Valkyries now? Otto really knows how to play! Hey, you should have told me last time so I could experience it properly! Hahaha!”

“Unrepentant traitor! All Valkyries, Level 1 combat order, get ready!”

“Yes, mam!”

Various attacks came from all directions, like thunder and storm.

Siegfried took a deep breath, his expression turning serious, no longer as carefree as before.

Dodging a heavy punch coming towards him, Siegfried countered with a butt strike, causing the Valkyrie to stumble.

Taking advantage of her disorientation, Siegfried aimed his gun at her temple, and with a shot of the heavenly fire bullet, sent her flying several meters away.

Siegfried raised his leg to block another kick from the Valkyrie.

Her leg was clad in sturdy leg armor far stronger than steel, while Siegfried’s leg only had ordinary fabric trousers.

However, Siegfried’s kick shattered the strong leg armor, and the sound of broken bones echoed as the Valkyrie’s leg was hit.

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.