Was it foolishness or prudence?

  Sakura wao have an answer. As such, she handed over the long case at the back to Aleph’s p.

  Click-!

  After a simple passcode, the silver case ened. It was a broadsword that occupied the entire driver and passenger seat—big enough for Sakura to also pce that case on her p.

  The broadsword fshed with purple lights. Its entire body was made of a pound bck steel used for military-grade robots.

  ‘Honkai on..?’

  She could easily feel that it weighed siderably.

  Click-!

  The door to Aleph’s side ened.

  “I left it on autopilot, but you take over once you press this button.” He expined. “See you ter.”

  Psshk-!

  The bck broadsword made a sound that cut through air as Aleph carried it outside. Sihey were already slowing down, he only tumbled down several times when he jumped out of the car. In the process, he dropped his broadsword, remaining stu the ground.

  “...Oops.”

  Aleph quickly chose tet this awkward moment as he picked it up.

  At first, he found it difficult to do so, but once he went into APS, the purple lines all over his body gave him a newfound strength.

  Aleph pced the broadsword’s blunt edge on his shoulder.

  “This feels oddly familiar… No, was it from a game I pyed?”

  Despite having direct eye tact with the Chariot-css honkai beast, he still found time to think about irrelevant matters.

  Swoosh-!

  It initiated its usual move. The honkai beast charged straight to his dire.

  If it was before, Aleph would’ve been disoriented, but his prior experience as well as several other studies gave him enough posure. That, and the odd fidence he was feeling every time he went into a fight.

  Knowing it could only move at a straight line, Aleph easily avoided its first charge by moving sideways.

  Just then…

  “...There it is.”

  The same ratio line appeared on its entire body. Several lines appeared on its arms, lower torso, waist, and the entire body. They simply appeared as he willed it.

  Psshk-!

  The charge of the Chariot-css usually tained several seds of dey after it was fihat was the thing that Aleph previously leveraged to end the battle in one go.

  Aleph dashed straight underh the honkai beast’s legs.

  With his sharper bde, he found it easier to slice through its lower torso.

  If it was with the baseball bat, he could’ve performed su attack five times. Noh feels he could perform it more than a dozen times.

  Psshk-!

  The entire lower torso was severed irike.

  Seeing the honkai beast losing its footing, it ‘fell’ down.

  At that split sed where its body was staying midair…

  Psshk-!

  The final strike severed its torso into two pieces, ting its end. It was not thhly severed, but a huge tear resent throughout its body.

  “Fu… It was easier now.”

  Although Aleph felt his hands trembling, he was aware that this battle was far easier than before. The broadsword he brought was the main tributing factor that made everything easier.

  His hypothesis of the ‘Ratio Teique’ being depe on the body’s strength as well as the on’s toughness roven true.

  Thus, it could be said that what it essentially does is to forcibly “create” a weakness and make it visible to the naked eye.

  “Huh..?”

  It was at this moment did Aleph see a brand new achievement unfold.

  [Achievement Unlocked: A Little Bit Easier]

  [Reward: Major Energy Box]

  [A Little Bit Easier: Defeat a chariot-bsp;honkai beast in uen minutes.]

  [Major Energy Box: Grants an increase of 10~100 energy units when used.]

  ‘Uen minutes… Just the time for our first meeting.’

  Aleph discovered several rules for this ‘achievement hunter’. Aside from the ‘firsts’ giving away good rewards, there was also this rule regarding enemy e.

  He defeated the honkai beast ihan a minute, but only the achievemeed to the ‘...ten minutes’ was unlocked. It only meant that a battle starts when he and his enemies ‘meet’.

  Aleph did not hesitate to use the [Major Energy Box]. A cubic blue crystal appeared in his palm. It was small enough for him to crush it with his fist.

  [Cursed Energy: 147 → 182]

  A line of text interfered with his vision. It seems to tell him that his capabilities had ‘leveled-up’.

  Aleph tried to test it and vaguely ‘felt’ that his energy reserves had increased.

  Just then, he heard the sound of a car drifting. The door opened on its own, revealing the pink-haired girl who took over the driver’s seat.

  “Are you staying here..?”

  “...No, thank you.”

  At this moment, Aleph chose to go with his inal iion. He realized that he might have shown a bit too much to this pink-haired spy.

  Wheurned into the passenger’s seat, Sakura chose to remain silent until a while ter.

  “So this is the reason why you wao go? To fight?”

  “...Yeah. I wao see how far our ons would go.”

  “Isn’t that the Sed Institute’s job?”

  If their Third Institute focuses on the development of led ons as well as meical robots, the Sed Institute focuses more oing ons that are enhanced with honkai energy. While it was harmful, it could also serve as an alternative to ventional energy—even defying some of the established ws in physibsp;

  A simple example would be the ‘Divine Judgement’, a huge railgun powered by honkai energy. It was used to deal with the apanying Emperor-bsp;Honkai Beasts whenever a Herscherr desded. Though, it could only be used on such beasts due to the ‘unknown factor’ that every Herscherr has.

  The Third Herscherr, the Herscherr of Lightning, was able to create aromagic shield that ed attacks that came from it.

  heless, the ons imbued by honkai energy were far stroharaditional ones.

  “I admit. I want to test my strength.” Aleph said frankly.

  Recalling that moment where he cut down a Chariot-css Honkai Beast within seds, Sakura fell silent.

  Even within Fire MOTH, the number of inhuman batants does not exceed five. These were the people who had undergone modifications to reach the highest limits a human could muster.

  Of course, there was an exception. The stro batant as of the moment was said to have been born with that kind of ridiculous strength that enabled her to defeat Herscherrs with her attacks.

  ‘Everything was for his desire to see his strength..?’

  When Sakura grasped his full iion, she could only fall silent. All his prior acts were meant for him to reach such a simple goal.

  Even so, Aleph had shown one surprise after another. Just his strength simir to ‘her’ was enough for Sakura to seriously sider his proposition before.

  ‘To be his exclusive agent…’

  *****

  A/N: All draws regarding the [Energy Boxes] are decided through random number geors. It’s pletely up to luck whether he would receive high or low numbers.