Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 107 Anna, Be a Little Braver!

The swarm of mosquitoes in front of her was annoying Qiong. Although she knew that the enemy was only the weakest of the assault-class Honkai Beasts, there must have been at least dozens of them.

Not to mention the even greater number of Honkai Beasts that wriggled on the ground in worm-like forms, which he had never seen before. He had no recollection of such disgusting creatures!

"Senior Anna, do these Honkai Beasts from the sea have any weaknesses?"

Anna gripped her spear, her eyes fixed on the horde of Honkai beasts ahead.

"Actually, they're not too hard to deal with. You should know how to deal with the Assault-class Honkai Beasts, as for those disgusting bugs..."

Anna shuddered, and the hairs on her body stood on end.

"They just charge forward. As for their weakness... they are afraid of high or low temperatures. Even an ordinary person can kill these bugs infected by Honkai energy with fire."

"So they were just bugs infected by Honkai energy. They're even afraid of high temperatures."

Upon hearing this, Qiong's lips curled up slightly. Wasn't this his chance to shine?

I swapped the baseball bat for the flamethrower and checked the remaining protective flames—yes, full.

"Watch my performance!"

The Flame Spear was swung fiercely towards the Honkai Beast horde, unleashing a surge of fire. The worms that touched the flames immediately let out sharp screechs.

"So fire can be used from a distance... Senior, this insect can even scream?"

It's already unreasonable for a worm to have vocal organs; it's probably due to mutation caused by Honkai energy infection.

"I don't know either. I usually freeze them and then finish them off with one shot. But your method is really convenient. It would usually take us at least several minutes to achieve this effect!"

This AOE attack is incredibly effective against worms and weak rushing-class Honkai Beasts. In Anna's view, Sora easily cleared a path through the Honkai Beast horde in front of her.

A few more strokes and they can call it a day!

However, Qiong doesn't plan to do it again. This move already used up 30% of her stored energy, and it's only the first day of two weeks! If she uses it again, what will she do later?

Let's just stab him one shot at a time, conserve our shots. One or two shots will kill him anyway...

"But as your senior, I can't let you do all the work!"

Just as Qiong was about to switch to her basic attack, Anna struck first. She quickly fired several ice spikes, accurately hitting the wings of several rush-class Honkai Beasts. The mosquitoes, unable to fly due to their damaged wings, could only fall down, only to be met with Anna's next ice spike.

"Wow, that was an amazing shot!"

Anna's ability to hit the ice spike so accurately from such a distance shows she has some real skill—at least better than some gun-fu master who can only outline a person's body.

"Of course! I'm the best B-rank Valkyrie in the Oceania branch's annual assessment!"

Anna was a little proud when she talked about this.

"Hehe, even without you, I can clear out these Honkai Beasts by myself if I spend a little more time! Let me tell you, if it weren't for my age and experience, I could also aim for A-rank with a new armor! I've already decided that I must become an A-rank Valkyrie before I come of age!"

Wow, that's amazing.

Qiong clapped along in agreement.

It seems Anna's strength is inferior to his. If he weren't worried about the consequences, he could wipe out all the Honkai Beasts on this beach with a single Flame Lance Charge.

But in terms of battery life, it's really not good. This can't go on forever. Are we supposed to carry around a human power bank from now on? That's too passive.

People might get distracted by idle chatter, but Honkai Beasts wouldn't. While the two were chatting, more Honkai Beasts surged up from the sea. Anna and Sora rejoined the battle. Although Anna's spear and Sora's fire spear were basically killing mosquitoes with each shot, new Honkai Beasts kept crawling out of the sea. The number of enemies kept increasing, and they even seemed to be closing in. The two, who had been holding their own, had to switch to standing back to back to fight.

"Emilia is really setting us up! This isn't just a matter of the workload; the problem is that at this rate of cleanup, we'll be dragged down by the Honkai Beasts first!"

What Anna didn't know was that this beach was carefully selected by her beloved vice-captain, and it was the area with the most Honkai Beasts in all of Manila and even the Philippines—after all, it was a genius newcomer whom Theresa had asked to take special care of, so she was bound to give her some support.

If she were alone, she wouldn't be good at single-target attacks and would likely be overwhelmed by swarms of mosquitoes and worms very quickly.

"Senior, didn't you just say you could clean up this beach all by yourself?"

"Who knew there were still Honkai Beasts surging in the sea! Sora, we can't fight like this anymore, let's conserve our energy and wait for reinforcements!"

The only thing that reassured Anna was the helicopter circling overhead; presumably, the person on it had already asked Manila for help.

"Hoohoho-"

What's that noise?

The two exchanged a glance and looked towards the sea. Several Honkai Beasts, wielding long spears and dressed as knights, emerged from the sea.

"A Knight-class Honkai Beast?"

Qiong knew this; aside from the mosquito-like Charge-class, Knight-class was the easiest to deal with. However, Anna's expression turned grim.

A few Knight-class Honkai Beasts are not scary, and she is confident that she can escape unscathed even if they are Chariot-class Honkai Beasts. But even a lot of ants can kill an elephant. In her current state, it is not impossible for her to eliminate a few Knight-class Honkai Beasts, but there are still a bunch of Honkai Beasts around. After she defeats these few, they will probably not even have the strength to climb the rope up.

Despite her reluctance, Anna had no choice but to declare her first mission with a new recruit a failure, for the sake of their safety.

It's not her fault, it's all Emilia's fault!

"Qiong, retreat! We can't win!"

Although Anna's decision was based on rational judgment, Qiong had other ideas.

He can still handle it, should we...?

“It will take at least fifteen minutes for the other Valkyries to come from the base to provide support. If the Assault-class Honkai Beasts and Knight-class Honkai Beasts take turns attacking, we won’t be able to hold out for that long!”

"But senior, if we run away, who will guard this beach? Wouldn't we be deserters?"

"What deserter!"

Anna was getting impatient. Why was he acting like a clueless fool?

"This is a strategic retreat! We have no reason to participate in a battle we know we can only lose! This beach has already been evacuated, and our temporary departure will not cause any casualties..."

It's a very conservative and reasonable judgment, the kind of choice a rational conservative or a timid person would make, but Qiong doesn't want Anna to make that choice.

Be bolder! Be bolder! Just a little bolder would be good!

Since we have plenty of energy, let's go all out!

"You can leave if you want, I'm not leaving!"

Qiong walked away from Anna and headed towards the Honkai Beast, like a righteous warrior about to bravely sacrifice himself.

"The spear tip is ignited! Flame Spear, charge!"

In an instant, Qiong had already rushed far away, and the raging flames tore through the Honkai Beasts' encirclement, leaving Anna dumbfounded.

If you have this skill, why didn't you use it sooner?

"Use the strong to help the weak!"

The Honkai Beasts that had been attacking the two of them all abandoned their attack on Anna and charged towards Qiong instead. Even the Knight-class Honkai Beasts that had just landed in the sea charged towards Qiong...

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After getting Zhou Tiange through 57 pulls with a small pity system, two small questions suddenly came to mind.

First, a game question: I don't have Jingyuan, only Topa. Would it be too wasteful to team up with her? But if I pull for Jingyuan, it also feels like a waste...

Second, plot-related: With Lao Yang not around, how did they manage to get Zhou Tian into the car...?

Let me think about the second question a little more.

Oh right, I'll update another chapter today.