Chapter 14: Leading the Entropy Astray
The AE scavenger team and Schicksal team groans from the impact landing after being barfed out by Chiyou. The Jinxes are slowly being burst by the judgment beast's presence and powerful Honkai radiation until they explode.
Sin Mal's AE mechs are already destroyed and her men are dead from the dangerous crash. When she wakes up, she sees the illusion of the Ji Xuanyuan and her gold colors darkening, including her sword.
Sin Mal: A hologram? Pfft, seriously Eula?! Aren't we beyond pointless tricks like this, Eula?!
Kiana: Just, what IS that thing?!
Eula: That's not a hologram...
Fu Hua: Keep your head together, we don't know what will-!
Ji Xuanyuan?: I'm free... After all these years, freedom is in my hands. And now, I shall rain down the judgment on you for siding to a traitor, filthy humans!
The Chiyou roars loudly as it jumps and opens its big mouth. Its target- everyone in the battlefield. Setsuna then uses his ability to telepathically call everyone in the battlefield.
Setsuna: Everyone, brace yourselves!!!
They just looked at their surroundings being shadowed so fast and they could only look up and see the judgment beast's mouth devouring every ally and enemies in the sea.
The impact caused the whole ocean to shake aggressively creating tsunamis and the clouds were knocked back by the creature and the worst part is its Honkai energy radiation has created weather calamities in the whole East Asia region.
The 3rd Honkai Eruption is now in its 2nd Phase. Setsuna watches the body of Y/n and thinks of him.
Setsuna: Y/n, you're the key to putting the pieces I left in the bubble universe I treaded and connect it to yours. So, in order for our missions to be fulfilled.
*Opening 2 plays*
In the Hyperion, Theresa and everybody else wakes up after the impact.
Theresa: *groans* Status of the ship?!
XO: Shields are holding up and it's at 66% and we're still functional.
Theresa: Can you track our students and the teachers?
XO: Negative, the Honkai energy here combined those with the AE's red particles are jamming our tracking systems.
Theresa scowled from it and orders the bridge.
Theresa: Still the same plan but don't fire unless we find it and confirmed the target we're looking for. Also set up and launch the Valkyries battle suits.
Theresa picks up her Oath of Judah and carries it on her back, but before she left the bridge XO asked her.
XO: What about Y/n's?
Theresa thinks it through as she remembers seeing a ship with white and blue accents for a while and green particles coming from it and was surprised on who they are.
Theresa: If my theory about that suit's origin is correct then he should be fine. Now get to work!
XO: Yes, ma'am!
Theresa takes the elevator and thought about the new players arrived. She feels a nostalgia but also familiarity when she sees that ship.
Theresa: 'At least, I hope they are who I think it is... That organization is still watching the world as ever and helping the people we couldn't get to reach and save in the fight... Even in her death.'
In the Belly of the Beast
Eula: Kiana! Kiana! You, okay?!
Eula shakes the body of unconscious Kiana to try to wake her up after they've been devoured by the beast by using its own mouth this time. She opens her eyes a little bit and helps herself get up and clenches her head from the impact.
Kiana: Ugh... Where are we now?
Fu Hua: I think we just got eaten again by that giant. It's all dark here and the Honkai radiation here is making the scanners go crazy.
Y/n: Not to mention, he's gone back into my isolated head again after what happened and kept me intact.
They turn towards Y/n and they see that he has his Exia battle suit with a new backpack on his solar reactor connector. The GN Devise alongside its Double Drive System.
Eula: Wait, is that a new Exia battle suit you're wearing right now?
Y/n: Oh, got this to work before we go to China.
Fu Hua: Never mind about that battle suit for now. We need to find out where we are now.
Nobody is noticing it except Y/n who can sense the dark strong source of the Honkai and drops the bombshell as he surveys where they are.
Y/n: Say that we're inside the giant Judgment-class beast.
Y/n casually said where they are right now but hearing it makes the girls pale and troubled.
Eula: W-Wait, hold on a minute there! Did you just say a Judgment-Class Honkai Beast?!
But then their conversation was interrupted by Ji Xuanyuan who has her sword beside her and it's glowing brightly.
Ji Xuanyuan: Young warriors, you are currently inside the body of Chiyou. I apologize for getting you all involved in what should have been my battle alone.
Y/n: Tell me, are you the real Ji Xuanyuan this time?
Ji Xuanyuan: You are correct, silver one. But time is running out as I'm instilling in you all what powers I yet retain before I fade away. Please defeat Chiyou for the benefit of preserving humankind, once and forever.
The sword was then handed to Y/n as he looked at the sword and was now thinking which sword he should use. Because he already has the GN Luster Sword on his Devise backpack.
But they were interrupted when Sin Mal called his name from a distance.
Sin Mal: Defector!!!
They turned around and saw the crazed grin plastered on Sin Mal's face. Y/n, Fu Hua and Kiana readied their weapons but they felt the wind sweep their hairs back. They saw Eula clashing her sword against her rapier-glaive as she faced her own old friend.
Eula: Don't forget about me, you abusive bastard!
Eula then pushes her blow, knocking Mal back towards a giant rock platform. Eula is using her original battle suit which has a flight system installed in it.
Eula: I can take her on my own, you have to keep going and find the source!
Fu Hua: But Eula, you can't-!
Eula: I'll be alright, Fu Hua senpai! You have to take care of our teacher!
Fu Hua doesn't say a word as she just saw her dive down deep into the abyss as she heads on towards her old friend and now her enemy to settle a score.
Fu Hua looks at Himeko and is worried to choose whether to finish the job or help her back to Hyperion.
Y/n: Don't worry, Fuka. Kiana and I got this. You go take care of yourself and Himeko goes back to the Hyperion. We'll finish the task here.
Fuka is the nickname some girls call her. She blushes when Y/n was the one called her instead of her girl classmates.
Fu Hua: S-Stop making fun of me and focus on the task!
Y/n: When did I say I'm making fun of you? Now go and tend her to Hyperion before her condition gets worsen from our situation.
Fu Hua: U-Understood!
Fu Hua carries Himeko on her back as she puts on her jetpack and leaves to go to Hyperion. Kiana just looks at Y/n and asks about Eula's fight.
Kiana: Are you sure she can handle her? That crazy girl is from Anti-Entropy and she's... You know.
Y/n looks at the mint blue and lavender color trails colliding each other below depicting their fight from afar.
Y/n: She wanted this now after seeing her. She's been waiting and training to get stronger for too long in order to settle a score for her and finish it once and for all.
Kiana: But she can't just kill her at that age, I know there's something we can do to save her.
Y/n: There is one...
Y/n grabs the GN Luster Sword on the ground and places the Xuanyuan sword to the Luster Sword's port connector. A click was heard and it fits perfectly.
Kiana: Wait, aren't you gonna need that sword?
Y/n: I don't need to. We can't intervene in Eula's fight. I can see in her eyes that she's trying to face a horrible past and score. This is her own fight, she'll find a way to conquer it. After all, she's your classmate and my student.
Y/n began to run over the edge and jump towards another rock platform. Kiana just decides to reluctantly jumps to the other rock platform to catch up to him.
Kiana: 'What are you planning for her...?'
Meanwhile near the deep dark abyss of the beast's belly, Eula slashes her sword towards Sin's rapier, almost losing the grip towards her rapier. But Sin Mal retaliates as she left hooks her face and made a small slash wound on her shoulder.
She then sadistically smiles and attacks Eula with multiple thrust stabs from her rapier which Eula blocks most of it. But Sin tries to upper slash her but she dodges it and Eula kicks her chin which slides her back a little. Sin jumps so high and then thrusts down her rapier.
Eula notices a small glimpse of shadow looming over her and sees Sin Mal about to skewer her head but she makes quick aggressive slashes above her making her attack parried instead and knock back by her aggressive swings.
Sin and Eula glares at each other and dashes with their weapon attacks. Sparks emitted from the collide their blades as Sin taunts her opponent in a psycho way.
Sin: You're still pathetic and weak as ever! Since you're with the Schicksal now, it'll make my own cravings for blood be the sweetest unlike those Valkyries I killed to rescue you all!
Eula: You're still a psychotic arrogant brat as ever! And I forgot to ask; how's your tooth?
Sin was clearly ticked off from this as she remembered a piece of her past of her broken tooth origin.
Flashback
In a hallway, a dark girl is holding Sin Mal as she plucks her hair to make her see the entity. She is clearly angry at the person who was humiliating her.
???: Sin, you're pretty cute up close.
Sin: You- You're not Seele! Who are you?! What are you, a demon?!
She was facing the dark entity known as Seele, or at least the person which the entity was possessing. Her eyes glowed in scarlet red and her clothing almost loosen from Sin's raping intent. On her hand is a scythe, resembling Sin Mal's Grim Reaper.
Seele?: But I don't like you when you call me a cry baby. You're so rude that I'll have to teach you a brutal lesson.
Seele's hand suddenly grips Sin's jaw and her hand covered in dark Honkai energy plucked into her mouth. Sin was gagging and choking until the dark hand was pulled out with a bloody tooth on her hand.
Sin: KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!
Flashback End
That memory is still fresh from her mind and cannot move on from what she felt like an eternity of pure torture to her.
Sin: Do you really think I won't be able to forget about what happened?! You have no idea what humiliation I have seen and felt! While you, you just keep leaving me alone, outshining me until now! That's why I hate you and it'll forever be a curse to me and you!
Sin then unleashes and Eula's battle continues as they take it upwards and their elemental trails are leaving marks for both sides.
Ryougi: Looks like we found our ally, follow those trails and make sure prep our mechs to help her out...
Meanwhile at the Hyperion, they finally retrieved Fu Hua and Himeko. Theresa arrives from the elevator and approaches Mei and Bronya who are now carrying Himeko and Fu Hua.
Theresa: Fu Hua, what happened to Himeko?
Fu Hua: She was infected and the sword was now in Y/n's and Kiana's possession. Eula is now fighting a member of Anti-Entropy and is now buying us some time to recover and resupply.
Mei: Then where are they?
Fu Hua: They're gonna finish the mission. Y/n specifically tells us to return to Hyperion and leave the task of finishing the beast to the two.
But then they saw the shadow underneath the Ptolemy flying over them and heading towards the bright light from afar.
Theresa: Where are they going?
Bronya: The Bronya shows that the ship is now enroute towards the remaining squad's locations. The Anti-Entropy ship is also moving towards their member's location.
Theresa: Then we can't let the Anti-Entropy get there first. Let's go, we'll go after the Anti-Entropy!
Mei: Wait, what about that ship that just flew over us?
Theresa pauses and then looks at them grimly and seriously.
Theresa: It's best to leave them alone and not be bothered as they're in their own league. Also, Mei. Bring Himeko to a medical pod, the nurses there will take care of treating her inside the pod.
The two follow her instructions but Mei was curious as she can see the face of Theresa when she mentions that blue ship.
Mei: 'Why did she look at us like that? It's almost as if she had some kind of history with them. Who the heck are those people?'
As the ships continue to move, the rivals continue to point and fire their guns at each other slowing their speeds down; Ptolemy is already getting close to Y/n's location. The Gundams are continuing to encounter Seraph-types while protecting the Ptolemy.
Rin: Never had this much exercise since simulators!
Rin fires her GN Submachine gun towards the Seraph fliers she can see and target locked.
When one of them gets closer to her blind spot she immediately sensed it thanks to her genes of Yae bloodline and also a mix of ELS genes; she fires her GN Shield Claw and grapples the Archangel before she uses the captive Seraph Honkai as a spike ball.
She spins it around and around to its comrades, destroying them all from the Archangel's unintentional friendly fire. Rin is now content at the kill count of the Honkai she eradicated and decides to deal the killing blow by pulling it towards her and activates the Needle inside the Claw.
Meanwhile Sakura is battling Crustacean-types of Honkai such as a crab, jellyfish, and Chariot-types in her Exia RE4. She evades a powerful pounce from the Alloy Chariot by leaving afterimages of her backing off from its pounce attack.
She then slices two jellyfish Honkais with her dual wield attacks using the GN Battle sword and blade holding onto her hands. She then saw a crab about to claw her, but she uses the Shield to block it's dangerous claws and deflect it's attack.
Sakura: You wretch!
The crab was too late to retaliate and the crab was sent up in the air with an upper slash from the GN Tachi on Sakura's hand, killing it. She then hears Ryu's advice to every Gundam Meister from her ear piece while dodging another Chariot's stomp attack.
Ryu: We need to keep the Honkai away from Y/n and his friends to finish the job, at all cost!
Sakura: What about Eula?
Ryu: Don't worry, the time is near for her.
Kiana and Y/n are traversing the rock debris pathway of the belly of the beast towards the heart of the Chiyou. Upon stepping towards the next rock platform, Honkai Crystal sprouted on their way and it started spawning Honkai Beasts.
Y/n: Man, these Honkai might be mindless when it comes to human's stubbornness.
Suddenly they were all pummeled by a drop kick from above as they saw the 3rd Meister in the play; Build Strike has returned once more. Only this time, the armor is different for the sake of covering her real identity.
Kiana can almost see the similarities from the Star Strike and the current Strike armor she's wearing. White base colored armor with additional cover armored colors of red and blue with hot pink shoulder blade armors. The final set-up was its 5-Star bladed wings powered by the GN Drive Tau attached to its center.
Kiana: The Strike? But-
Kallen: No time, you have to keep going! I can hold them here, you focus on finishing Chiyou!!
Y/n: Understood! Kiana, no time to dazzle about that Gundam, come on!!!
Y/n pulled Kiana's collar to snap her out from it and they continued moving forwards but Kiana glanced at the Strike's back for the final time. Unbeknownst to her, Kallen glances back at her and smiles in an apologetic way.
Kallen: 'I'm sorry, Kiana. But the time for reunions is not now.' Alright then... *grabs both beam sabers*
Kallen turns on both of her Beam Sabers she grabbed from her waist and pointed it towards the incoming army of Templar, Knight and Catapult types of Honkai Beast.
Kallen: Come at me, you cursed creatures!
The wings have unfolded and was released from it's connector and the particles emitted a green star on it's back while the blades become remote controlled Blade Bits and its sharp point targets the beasts.
In Eula's continuing battle, she's blocking every bullet that Sin fires from her AF1 pistol as she backs off with her rapier at hand.
Sin: Not bad for a traitor who came from a tyrannical family like me! Perhaps you should've spent more time in the orphanage!
Eula: And maybe you should have spent more time in my family clan!
Eula dashes back but her opponent catches up quickly as she blocks Sin Mal's rapier stabs but the attacks are lightning fast leaving wounds on her cheek, shoulder and legs.
She swings her sword across but Sin leans back from the attack and kicks her back. She dashes towards Eula again and about to stab her heart until the tip of her great sword collides with Sin's rapier as sparks clash.
She's pushing her weapon to shatter Eula's as the other does the same.
Eula: EYAAAAAAH!!
Sin: GYAAAAAAH!!
Both swords are now slowly covering their power thanks to their respective power sources; Eula's Stigmata and Sin's Stigmata. The sparks continue to fly everywhere as their powers have served as a beacon for both rivals; AE and Schicksal.
Suddenly, Eula's greatsword suddenly cracks and is slowly being destroyed by her opponent. Sin grins and uses this chance to push further her rapier, breaking the sword leaving her stunned.
Eula: What the-
*Swish*
Eula: Gah! *spat out blood*
Eula sees the rapier stabbed through her abdomen as she hears the last words of Sin Mal to her.
Sin: No one... can best me. No one is much more powerful than me! So after this, I'm gonna kill every classmate and friend you created in Schicksal... *whispers* including your master.
Sin Mal begins to laugh madly as she continuously stabs her fast around the same spot or even the actuality. Eula can see her vision slowly being bathe in blood and her body giving out and her consciousness blacking out. Sin deals the final blow with a stab on her wrist.
Sin: One less trash to take care of!
Sin grabs Eula's wounded, bloody wrist and throws her upwards like a ragdoll as the low gravity inside the belly of the beast was advantageous to her. She can see that Eula was being smashed up by multiple rocks beating her brutally.
Sin just leaves her like that as she moves on, but she's still not convinced that she's dead and looks at where the bloody Eula is going and grins.
Sin: No, not yet... I want to see her actually die this time! If she doesn't, I'll just keep stabbing whatever parts I can stab her.
Sin then starts to follow where Eula's body is going and find where it ended up.
In the location of where Eula ended up. She was on a rock platform laid down, bloody and beaten.
But in front of her is the GN Luster Sword Y/n left, she suddenly wakes up feeling some kind of presence that helps ease her pain a little bit.
After she wakes up, she can see a light glowing in front of her and flickering, calling to her wounded body and soul.
Eula: What is that...?
She slowly crawls towards the flickering light questioning on what is the light in front of her; a blessing or a curse?
Eula: This warm light... Why do I feel in peace... but yet encouraging me...
As her crawls are slowly getting weaker and reaches out to it, it is only followed by a kick from Sin Mal who apparently catches up to her.
Sin: You really think I would easily be deceived by your state?
Sin sees the sword beside her and grabs it. But the sword was so heavy that it took 5 pulls of effort to take it out.
Sin: Goodbye, my dear aristo-brat!
Sin suddenly stabs it deep into her body that all Eula can feel is a giant sharp nail puncturing her body to death. She was then thrown again and this time to who knows where.
In the rock pathway that was close to a glowing purple cubes covered in orb, the Kaslana and Seiei are now finishing up the Honkai blocking their way. They wiped out the remaining Honkai enemies with their abilities.
Kiana: Alright, that's another wave down! How many are these-?
Suddenly the place shakes up as everyone is holding on to their lives from the quake inside the beast. After that tremor. Kiana can hear her coms acting up as the voice of Theresa intercepts her coms.
Theresa: K...ana...! Kia..na...can you hear me?!
Kiana: Can you hear me, Theresa?!
Theresa: Great! You're still alive! Thank goodness, we fear the worst!
Kiana: What was that shaking earlier?!
Theresa: I don't know, I can't make contact above the ground! Is Y/n with you right now?!
Kiana: Yes, he's here with me right now! Y/n, Theresa's calling you.
Kiana calls out to him after he receives a message to his private coms and turns to Theresa.
Theresa: Y/n, are you alright?
Y/n: Yeah, but I just received word that Chiyou is already on the move towards Guangzhou! Estimating 5 minutes before it reaches Guangzhou and Shenzhou city!
They were troubled by this news as Mei's face appeared on the screen, troubled to the news as well.
Mei: Then how do we stop it?!
Y/n: My Honkai senses are acting up and I located the body functions for the beast's movement. Sending it to you now. *presses buttons*
Inside the Hyperion, they saw the data for the beast and its high Honkai concentrations based on the hot pink colors on the beast's energy readings. It also highlights where they are now including the Ptolemy.
There are 3 hot pink energy readings in the beast meaning that's it's locomotors
XO: Ma'am, one of them is located nearby, the other two are near that unidentified ship's location and Y/n's location!
Y/n: Then what are we waiting for?
Theresa: Okay, let's move out and finish this. We'll take care of the one close to us. You and Kiana take care of the other! Good-
The coms broke off immediately as Kiana tried to call back.
Kiana: Theresa? Theresa! *clicks her tongue* Damn, we lost the signal again! What about that ship she just mentioned?
Y/n: They'll take care of the other one! Let's focus on the one in front of us.
But suddenly they hear a stab in the pathway. They turned around and Kiana shrieked at what she saw. The GN Luster Sword stabbed through Eula's bloody body.
Kiana: Eula!
Sin: Nowhere to run now, Schicksal! Give me the sword or you'll end up like your dear friend that I used to make a human kebab soon!
Kiana saw Sin standing on top of the Sword and Eula's corpse. Kiana is now feeling angry from this as she grabs the gun and points it at her.
Kiana: Y/n, do me a favor to finish this brat! I've got to avenge Eula for what this brat did to her!
Y/n wasn't fazed by Sin's threats nor to give the green light on Kiana finishing Sin for Eula's death. Y/n knows this because she too has been her master for so long after her argument battle against him on his first day of teaching.
Then starts to ask for additional combat classes for her weapon types. Y/n can see the potential inside her but also the blood on her veins. Despite being from an aristocratic bloodline, that bloodline in her body has changed drastically and symbolizes something entirely.
From her dance all the way to combat. He can see a reflection and a vision of a Gundam that fits her.
Y/n: Sin, do you really think she's done for?
Sin: What do you mean?!
Y/n: Turn around.
Sin wasn't falling for it until she felt a massive surge of energy behind her. She turned around and saw that Eula's blood staining on the Sword is now being sucked back into her body with the blade now glowing green.
The sword suddenly pulls out of her body as the floating Eula gets on her feet. Sin can't believe what she's seeing as she sees Eula grab the sword and her body glows.
Her tattered battlesuit is now transforming into something greater. As multiple armor parts cover her entire body and the GN Luster Sword transforms as well. The light died down, they could see the new look of Eula.
Her whole body is now covered in white, blue and orange armor, green particles appear from the GN Drive Tau connected on its back, and the Luster Sword's new design and shining ice green blade is basically suited for divine obliteration combining its cold green eyes menacingly glowing towards Sin.
The new Gundam and its Meister have been chosen. Eula Lawrence, the Gundam Meister of the Astray Blue.
Eula's voice is now different when she wears the helmet. She grips her sword tightly as she calls out Sin in anger and determination to put her down for real.
Eula: Were not done yet, Sin... Like I told you all those years ago, I'll beat you if I ever see you again!
But before Sin could ever blink, Eula quickly dashed towards her and clasped her face, catching her off guard. She dragged them off as Kiana watched the tremendous power Astray had.
Kiana: That battlesuit is insane! I wish I had one!
Y/n: I know but we gotta focus on what's happening come on!
Y/n grabs her quickly and runs forward to one of the Honkai crystals. But suddenly, the two warriors heard a voice.
???: Go back! I will not fight those who have been chosen by the Honkai!
Kiana: Huh? Did you hear that?
???: Turn back with your friends, or I will be forced to destroy you if you reach Chiyou's heart. I do not seek vengeance with you. Fighting with you is meaningless.
Y/n's face tells that he's not having all of it as he releases his own power towards that mysterious voice.
Y/n: Cut with your facade. There's no point in using the voice and the ghostly form of Xuanyuan as a disguise to hide yourself.
After his testament, silence fills the void. But suddenly the voice of Xuanyuan returns as the distorted voice of Xuanyuan is now filling the dark space.
???: Names mean nothing to me now. But if you're so stubborn as to call me by my other self's disgusting name, I'll give it to you.
Just then the two dark red fogs crawl around the pathway and the rock they're standing on. The fog encircles around and it shows the hidden dark side of Xuanyuan.
Dark Xuanyuan: My name... is Ji Xuanyuan.
Meanwhile between the two rivals, the light trails they left ended up crashing on the AE ship.
Ryougi: What is that?!
Nav: Something just crashed on our ship!
A woman named Cocolia entered the bridge and asked the nav.
Cocolia: Visual...
The nav follows her order and turns up the cam on the top of the ship level. They looked at the deck and saw Sin Mal facing off against the more powerful Eula.
Cocolia can't help but feel intimidated at her own orphan facing off against the other orphan who has now become a valiant master of destroying conflict and has been chosen as a new addition to the defector's circle.
Eula: This time... I'll end this for good. You can count on it!
A Gundam Meister of Celestial Being vs Assassin of the Anti-Entropy. Dark Side vs Light side of the Herrschers. One side must prevail, one side must capitulate. One shall stand, and one shall fall.
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