Chapter 248: "[Maria] vs Maria"

When all 12 teams lost their transmitter signals simultaneously, Maria knew something was wrong.

Nets are good for trapping fish, but if there are too many fish the net can also be damaged.

It was time for their tactical team to move.

"What about team 9, are there any hurt among you?"

"We happened to find an underground ruin that could be used to hide. But we have two seriously injured valkyries here."

"Understand, all of you retreat to the nearest branch, the mission is cancelled. Angelina leads the team and escorts them to the headquarters safely."

"Yes captain Maria."

Cleaning up the Anti-Entropy Mecha that were still roaming the surrounding area, Maria led the team to go to the next place.

Because only she herself and a few important people such as Thea's family members knew the location of the real Herrscher gem, Maria had to lead her own team to move.

Team 8 and Team 4 are the positions where the real Herrscher gems are located.

Team eight is the team guarded by Siegfried Kaslana, an S-rank valkyrie, using the ship Eos, the sky route.

Sky routes have higher security than land routes due to the enemy's lack of mobility.

Even if there was trouble on their side, the path they were on would cross St Freya's academy, reinforcements would come to them instantly.

Maria had also stored secret weapons on board, creating two layers of protection.

Now all she needed to worry about right now was team four carrying the Herrscher of Wind gem.

To reach their position, the squad led by Maria was able to take the squad nine and squad six routes along the road.

Squad nine was rescued, but when they arrived at the last position where squad six's signal disappeared, all they saw was blood splattered and scrap metal scattered everywhere.

"It seems like they've all been completely slaughtered. The Mecha Titan was forcibly blown up without leaving any traces."

Wilson grabbed the severed hand, and threw it under the rubble of the building, make Maria wouldn't see that.

But, with so much blood and valkyrie limbs scattered everywhere, it was very difficult to turn a blind eye to this event.

"Aisha, can you stay here and lead a team to look for surviving valkyrie members? If you can't, please collect their bodies as best you can."

"But captain, do we have to separate again? Then our strength will weaken."

"It's okay, even if it's just me and Wilson, that's enough."

Seeing the chaos and horror in this place, Maria clenched her fists tightly.

She didn't know whether this was the work of Anti-Entropy or whether it was the intention of another enemy trying to pit them against each other.

What is clear is that after she returns, Maria must have serious discussions with the Anti-Entropy party.

Don't make them think that Schicksal was just a toothless tiger after Otto left, and make them remember the horror of an organization that has dominated the world from behind the scenes.

"Let's go."

Taking the rest of the squad to the next location, Maria opened a route, and they went to the place where team four had last lost its signal.

They managed to find the convoy team's car which had been burnt to a wreck. Judging from the shape of the body, this car looks like it has been blown up by a bomb.

Didn't find the box containing the Herrscher of Wind core in the destroyed car, or anywhere around the location. Maria led the team to follow the battle trail she found to the south.

This trail took them to a rocky mountain that had traces of an iron mineral mine. Entering the mine carefully, they all found Shigure Kira and Li Sushang who were currently covered in blood.

"Senior Kira, senior Sushang!"

"They're still alive!"

"Quickly help them!"

...

Maria approached them immediately. Seeing Kira open her eyes slightly in pain, Maria immediately raised the lance in her hand.

The sacred power of the Schariac family's blood began to flow.

With a gentle swipe, a white light flashed, and the heads of the two of them were immediately chopped off.

"Captain Maria!?"

Flora and Seruti, who were in the same squad as Maria, opened their eyes in surprise.

Wilson was also stunned.

"They are both fake, the Herrscher of Domination dolls are indeed good at pretending, but they can't deceive my blood."

Maria waved her lance, and she turned around to see two Herrscher of Domination dolls that were turning into Imaginary energy.

To become an S-rank valkyrie in this era, they had to pay extra training in addition to their strength.

Under Thea's exclusive training, Maria was able to control the power of her holy blood to the point of being able to distinguish the flow of different types of honkai energy.

Each person who has the valkyrie stigmata that Thea gave them has different characteristics depending on their individual personality. If any two are the same, then it is an anomaly.

Now Maria knows who the enemy they are currently facing is.

Herrscher of Domination.

They're back.

Maria didn't know whether she should let out a heavy sigh or a sigh of relief.

"All of you be careful, something is coming out of the mine!"

Seeing something coming towards her quickly from inside the mine, Maria raised her lance to block the attack.

"TING!"

"Hngh! So strong!"

Maria felt her hands go numb.

The figure came out from the shadows, and she took back her lance that was stuck in the mine wall.

Making the same wave motion, [Maria] smiled.

"T-There are two Captain Maria now!"

Seruti was surprised.

Maria said: "You all go out of the mine, don't let the enemy create an opportunity to trap us here."

"Y-Yes captain!"

Seeing her teammates coming out of the mine cave, Maria covered their backs to prevent sneak attacks.

"Can we talk, where are senior Kira and Senior Sushang?"

Without a single word, [Maria] immediately rushed to attack.

"You don't seem to want to talk, then show me how clever you are at imitating me!"

Maria's eyes also opened wide, and she rushed towards her, drawing her lance in a straight direction.

"TING!"

The sacred blood power of the Schariac family collided with each other, and this caused the mining cave that they were fighting in to start shaking violently as if experiencing an earthquake.

Schariac lance technique and the power released by this impersonator were exactly the same as her own. Maria felt like she was fighting against her mirror image.

Still unable to find the opponent's weakness after fighting for several minutes, Maria decided to rush out of the mine first.

"Flora, Seruti, Wilson, set up an ambush formation, we will defeat these imitators quickly!"

Because they have the same power, Maria plans to carry out a group attack.

Why don't we take advantage of our teammates advantages to fight one against four?

All is fair on the war!

"Flora, Seruti, Wilson? Where are you?"

Watching the mine mouth vigilantly, but didn't see any movement from her teammates. Maria turned her head back, to see there was no one there.

The surrounding environment became very quiet.

White mist began to cover the surrounding area which made visibility shorten. At times like this, footsteps began to be heard from inside the mine.

She walked slowly as if in no rush at all that her prey would run away.

[Maria] who was carrying a lance, was still smiling broadly as usual.

"Haha, you are so stupid."

Apparently, this [Maria] could talk.

Maria's face turned ugly.