In the countless war against Honkai creatures, humanity have sacrificed much in order to win every war. Resources and every manpower are thrown into the war to make sure that humanity will prevail against Honkai…The most effective combatant against Honkai forces are known as Valkyries, women's who adapted with the power of Honkai energy in order to gain superhuman abilities and use that power in their fight. The Valkyries is humanity best hope in order to fight Honkai creatures and day by day their number increase with more recruit's eager to end the threat of Honkai.
But it was clear that the Valkyries alone won't be enough to face the future threat where more enemies emerge from the shadows and the war start to turn worse for humanity, one of them is the enigmatic organization with different agenda called Anti-Entropy. The organization appeared all over the world and sometimes interfere with the war against Honkai with their own military forces. To make matter worse, their stand in the war is unclear where they could be fighting against Honkai but also would fight the forces of humanity. With the Valkyries spread thin in the frontlines, the organization that train and deploy Valkyries by name Schicksal comes out with new initiative.
A forces to accompany The Valkyries in their war against Honkai and Anti-Entropy, which doesn't hesitate to deploy right on the heart of enemy forces, with fierceness that match the strongest Honkai beast, possessing everything that would make them the perfect companion for the Valkyrie unit. They will become Schicksal new edge in their war, their newest fighters equipped with the best technology and equipment humanity have. They will be known as the result of Project Asgard and they are called The Vikings.
The training plan is completed, recruits are taken from all over the world, facilities being accommodated to proceed with the project and as the wheel of destinies are in motion so does the fate of a young man. Being only fifteen, he had experience the full brunt of Honkai invasion and live to tell the tale. He is but a civilian, who have to carve his own path to safety in honoring his family last wish. To survive and find happiness.
But before he fulfills the call of destiny, he first has to survive the war he caught in for the past week. The boy in question duck at nearby ruble as local militia and United Nations Armed Forces combatant hold their ground against the charging Honkai beast. Firearms pointed from behind the hastily made barricades as they wait for the beast to appear from the smokes resulted from the previous artillery bombardment.
"…Kid, you still with me?" A soldier asks the boy.
The boy looked at the UNAF soldier who is aiming his M16B Pulse Assault Rifle at the incoming Honkai creatures, the boy in question then aimed his own M16B at the creatures as he loads the magazine to his rifle and pulled the slide to load the first bullet into the firing chamber.
"Yeah" The boy said simply.
"Good. I know this is sudden for you but there's no other choice" The soldier said.
"It's my own choice Corporal Vic, do you have any pointer for me?" The boy asks Vic.
"Yeah I do, it seems you know how to operate the gun. Just keep cool head and don't waste your ammo by making every shot counts. Can you do it?" Vic asks the boy.
"Yes sir. I'll do my best" The boy said.
"You'll be fine Ryan" Vic said.
Ryan, or the boy take deep breath as he looks through the reflex scope in his rifle. He sees huge amount of Honkai creatures advancing toward the barricades and for the moment he's not sure whether one magazine filled with forty-five 4.50 caliber bullets will be enough to halt the enemy. But the first volley should be able to put down at least the zombies easily enough, what makes him worry is the lines of the scythe wielding humanoid Honkai creature behind them…The more sentient zombie or what the soldiers dub as The Reapers could shrug off quite number of bullets before they die and that is quite problematic for them.
Right now, they are in the western side barricade defending the only evacuation post left in the city after one week of heavy fighting on Southern Japan. Most of the population succumb to the Honkai forces and the remaining desperately trying to stay alive by either running or helping the soldiers fight before they evacuate the city completely as militias. Ryan decided to board the last dropships with the other defenders as the final evacuation are proceeding, several hundred innocent lives weight on their shoulder as they prepare to fight off the approaching Honkai creatures.
"Incoming on Western barricade! That's quite huge army approaching here!" One soldier said on the radio.
"Yeah but retreat is not an option. All units have checked in and multiple layers of barricade have been established. First defense line, you are to delay them as much as you can then retreat to join the secondary defense line and so on! Further orders will be given when tertiary defense line has been breached. This is it people, god help us all…Command out!" The base commander said.
As soon as the order been given, the zombies start running at them when they detect their dinner entrenched in barricades with weapons aiming at them. Ryan steel his nerve as he set the rifle fire mode from semi-automatic to fully automatic when he realized that the horde will require a full burst to take down.
"Enemy in range! Fire at will!" One soldier shouts.
The soldier who shout the order, The Captain then fire his rifle as indication to the start of the fight. Everyone including Ryan quickly joined him by firing at anything moves in front of them which running that doesn't like a normal human. Two minutes into the fight and the charging enemy are now pile of dead meat around five meters from the barricade.
"That was…intense" Ryan said.
"No kidding kid, this isn't the first time I'm on the hold out job but I still haven't get used to it" Vic said.
"That rough huh. Well, here they come again!" Ryan said.
The scythe wielding creature start their charge at them as the barricade defenders fire whatever weapon they have at the creatures. The problem this time is that the creature manages to reach the barricade and slash several soldiers and militia into two due to their resilience, The Captain in charge seeing the situation about to turn from bad to worse then decide to commence retreat, but before he could give the order however he saw something much more dangerous than the humanoid creature. He saw the ten meters Honkai beast walking with four feet and the two in the front being larger than he one in the back, the true problem of that being their rifle would do absofuckinglutely no damage even if they fired at the beast. Classification of the beast being Chariot and it will require at least a mech to beat. They do have tanks on secondary and tertiary defensive line but that will also require intense firing before the beast would be killed.
"Retreat to the secondary defense line! Move your ass people, go go go!" The Captain said.
Hearing the order to retreat everyone begin their retreat by run and gun, they take turns to cover each other by firing and reloading in sync so they could always rain bullets at the approaching enemy. That would have been the plan, but that is completely irrelevant as the large beast begin to hunch over and unleash large sonic wave at the retreating forces. Ryan and Vic being more attentive than the others decide to take cover behind a downed truck as the wave went past them, sending the others not so fortunate to the ground and to the even less fortunate where they are thrown at the nearby urban rubles resulting in damaged organ, broken bones to immediate death.
"Shit! That thing will kill us all!" Vic said.
"W-What can we do to halt it!?" Ryan asks Vic.
"On normal circumstances, we need a mech. But we only got tanks and it will require intensive attack" Vic said grimly.
They continue running toward the secondary defense line and when they reach it they are greeted with hail of bullets. Ryan and Vic immediately duck for whatever cover available and that happens to be pile of dead zombies.
"Hey! Friendly fire!" Vic shout at them.
"Really? So sorry mate, we got jumpy since our line were under attack so suddenly! Those zombies come out of nowhere!" One soldier said.
"Alright, we're coming in! Damnit, we would have been flanked if we kept holding the first defense line" Vic said.
They enter second defense line and rejoin the holding troops in better barricade, this barricade equipped with Heavy Machine Gun emplacement and Tanks prepared to laid waste their ammo at huge Honkai beast. One soldier holding M24 Bolt Action Sniper Rifle offer Ryan a packet of smoke before he realized Ryan looking at him weirdly. The soldier realized it and quickly retract it before he offers water canteen, Ryan took it without hesitation and drink.
"Thanks" Ryan said.
"Anytime kid" The soldier said.
They then see the attacking Honkai creature approaching their position fast, Ryan along several militias immediately opened fire and followed by the soldiers. But it's a losing fight as the Chariot Beast behind them approached their position, the beast eyes then glow bright as large red energy shot comes out from it and hit Ryan right in the face.
BRAK!
"Son of a…"
Ryan fall from his own bed as he jumped awake from his flashback dream regarding the events three years ago. He then decides to sit on the floor and look outside to see that it's already morning, he check the clock on bedside and it shows 6.30 AM which mean he still have one hour to get ready before he have to attend school. Ryan then gets up and head to the kitchen to make some breakfast, when he opened the fridge however he frowns at the content…or lack of content of the fridge.
"…I guess I forgot to go shopping yesterday…If only the training goes well" Ryan said.
Ryan goes to the bathroom first to take a shower, brush his teeth and take a quick inspection in the mirror. The reflection shows him that he is a handsome young man with spiky medium green hair and sharp crimson eyes, he would pass as supermodel if not for the fact that something is missing from him…His right hand. Ryan look at the stump just below his elbow that used to be his right hand and the explanation would be the continuation of that dream, he did avoid that energy blast but at the cost his right hand and the M16B he carried disintegrated in the blast. Deciding that reminiscing the past won't do anything except for depressing him, he decide to equip his Saint Freya Academy Male High School Uniform which almost look like the female version, the difference located in the torso design where the male variant resemble military officer dress and with pants instead of skirt.
Despite the academy did permit the student to customize their own uniform to promote individual artistic liberty, the male students which only consist of thirty guys all agree to retain almost the basic design and all of them colored it black. It gave them sense of unity and to compensate for the lack of ornaments on their dress, they add the patch of a shield with two blue sea dragon encircled it…It is the logo of Project Asgard. The thirty males all Schicksal Far Eastern Branch Project Asgard recruits and they are to go at Saint Freya High School to receive their education and training, the recruits being teenager was another reason why they are attending the private academy.
Anyway, Ryan almost side tracked by his musing regarding their uniform and quickly put on his clothes, take his school bag and get out from his apartment room. He closes the door, lock it and immediately head to school. Principal Theresa Kaslana request his presence on her chamber early this morning, since he got nothing better to do then why not…Ryan did a think over, he is basically a disabled person yet the Schicksal still included him as one of the Project Asgard recruits which doesn't make any sense. They will be trained as soldiers, to fight Honkai beast even, sending a disabled man to the frontline would be very counterproductive…
Since Ryan had a lot on his mind, he failed to notice one of his neighbors curiously staring at him. The said neighbor is a beautiful girl who has long single braided white hair with blue eyes, well developed body and wearing track suit while standing in the front of vending machine near the stairwell drinking canned sport drink. She is Saint Freya High School student by the name of Kallen Kaslana, she just finished her morning jog when she caught the sight of Ryan. Kallen wonder why Ryan would goes to school so early in the morning, looking down casted too.
"…Ryan?" Kallen asks him.
Kallen calling Ryan cause him to raise his head from looking at the floor to the beautiful girl that call his name, Ryan immediately broke into a smile as he approaches Kallen. Both of them are acquaintances and fellow neighbors because Kallen did live next door from him. Ryan just moved in a week ago and Kallen become his first female acquaintance on the apartment complex.
"Why do you go early?" Kallen asks him.
"Apparently, your aunt requests my presence so early in the morning. I wonder what she wants" Ryan said to Kallen.
"Aunt Theresa did? It must be quite important" Kallen commented.
"I think so" Ryan nod his head.
But, god of romantic comedy just had to mess with them so early in the morning by making Ryan stomach grumble loudly and it immediately silence both of them on the spot. Kallen is astonished with the possibility of Ryan didn't eat anything since yesterday while Ryan curse his stomach internally for grumbling so loud in front of a beautiful girl. He skipped meals yesterday and only drink water, being too tired to even cook food he just went to sleep yesterday.
"When was the last time you eat something?" Kallen asks Ryan.
"If I'm not wrong…Forty-eight hours ago?" Ryan answered the question.
"…You, haven't eat anything since two days ago!?" Kallen asks Ryan again.
"…I'll grab something on convenience store then" Ryan said.
Kallen knew that her dorm mates have prepared breakfast at this time and she think on the possibility of Ryan join them on breakfast, she just can't leave the young man to go hungry on his way to school. She smiles at the thought and look at Ryan who still cursing his own stomach,
"Ryan, we have meals back in our room. You should eat something first" Kallen said.
"I wouldn't want to trouble you, Kallen. I'll be fine" Ryan said.
"Nonsense, come join us. I'm sure she won't mind…I can't just let you goes to school hungry, it is wrong for me personally" Kallen said.
Ryan sense that arguing against Kallen would cost any energy he has left in his body, plus she's offering what society would consider free food and it's rude to turn down the offer for one. He shrugs his shoulder before he smiles again at Kallen.
"Alright then, I'll take on the offer" Ryan said to Kallen.
"Splendid, follow me" Kallen said.
Both of them then head toward Kallen's room. When Ryan enter it for the first time he can't help himself but to look around, the room is more decorated than his plain looking room. With blue wall paint, wooden furniture and even flat screen TV on the living room. Plus, the room isn't reek with the smell of gunpowder and metal but that's maybe because Ryan did have a workstation on one of the spare rooms. As soon Kallen open the door, her dorm mate comes out from the kitchen to greet her.
She is a beautiful Japanese teenager with waist long pink hair, possessing amethyst eyes and still wearing pink pajamas. The girl named Sakura Yae, originally a priestess residing in a remote village but Honkai invasion forced her to evacuate with her family. She then took the offer to study at Saint Freya Academy to become Valkyrie due to her already strong combat ability coupled with how effective she could use Honkai energy…The girl is polite, kind, caring and maybe a little violent when she fights but when she saw Ryan however, she immediately retreats back to the kitchen with inhuman speed. The reason being, she is still half asleep and haven't wash her face.
"Y-You brought Ryan here!? Why didn't you say so Kallen!" Sakura said.
"Ahahaha, so sorry Sakura. It's quite sudden too" Kallen said.
"You could at least notify me so I could wash my face! Go to the dining table while I do just that will you?" Sakura said.
"Alright then. Hey Ryan, don't be shy. Have a seat" Kallen said.
"Sure. Pardon the intrusion" Ryan nodded.
With that, both of them enter the apartment room and Ryan trying very hard not to look around the room conspicuously. It did look more decorated and more comfortable than his own apartment, maybe he should do something about it. Ryan seat himself when he noticed that Kallen is rummaging at the cupboard, in the kitchen counter he could see three plates of fried rice complimented with eggs and sausage. Ryan stomach grumble even louder than previously in the hallway, this time even Ryan cheeks went red a bit due to the shame. It got worse when he saw Kallen giggling at his condition where he just have to look to the sideways due to the embarrassment.
"You really are hungry" Kallen said.
"Yeah it seems I do…Don't know why I didn't eat yesterday" Ryan said.
"What did you do anyway?" Kallen asks him.
"I…Uh, was fixing and tuning my pistol, it took a long time" Ryan said sheepishly.
"Oh, well as far as I knew member of Project Asgard focused on ranged combat…You guys look more like special operation soldier compared to Valkyrie Unit which specialized in fighting Honkai creatures, we are trained directly to fight Honkai but you guys…also trained to kill human, while we are not" Kallen said.
Kallen is an observant person so she often snuck a glance at how the Vikings were trained. They primarily fight with firearms though everyone has melee weapons in their standard load out, but they were rarely used. In one occasion she managed to see their training, Viking recruits were taught on how to clear a room under thirty seconds and fight against human operators with their mission is to rescue hostages and defuse a planted dummy bomb. That was why Kallen mentioned to Ryan that The Viking look more like special operation soldier.
When they are trained to take down Honkai creatures however, they are taught differently from Valkyries Unit. The Valkyries primarily operate within three-person team with different skill set to make up for any vulnerabilities. Vikings however operates in squad, each possess ten operatives and they make up for their specialization with their versatility in numbers. Vikings main weakness is that they cannot harness the power of Honkai directly so they require a medium to harness it and that is their combat armor. They took down Honkai beast with coordinated movement and teamwork.
"You knew about our training" Ryan commented.
"Yes, I do" Kallen said.
Viking combat armor designated with a codename which is Sleipnir. The humanoid armored combat exoskeleton possessed slim design that fully encased the operator within, they aren't bulky and possess excellent maneuverability's that doesn't hinder the operator movement speed but actually enhancing it. With the armor capable interpreting the nerve electrical impulse sent to the muscles, it provided easiness on moving though slim yet surprisingly quite heavy armor and it has the feeling as if moving the operator own body. The undersuit is made from vacuum sealed nanofiber that provide excellent durability and protection against natural or man-made hazard. The armor plating is made from carbon fiber alongside lightweight titanium plating that provide defenses as neck guard, torso, shoulder, arm, crotch and leg plating.
Heavy armor capable pulling fast moves and hit hard, it also comes equipped with many tools and gadgets. It has Heads Up Display on its helmet visor, built in flashlight on the helmet supplemented with many sensors, built in radio, oxygen reserve for one hour, shoulder mount for several equipment or weapons and the most loved by the recruits and envied by the Valkyries, small jetpack with stabilizer points on the armor for short distance flight and mobility assist. The back mounted jetpack with additional booster on the feet and jet stabilizer on several part of the armor plays important role in the movement of the Vikings.
All features of the armor require energy and supplied by Honkai Energy Generator. Being smaller and more efficient than nuclear reactor, it is the perfect choice for the armor energy producer. The generator possessed four auxiliary battery cells which act as power storage as failsafe incase the generator fails and the user still requires the armor. It also acts as power adaptor, when the ability of the armor is used the armor will draw power from the batteries instead of the generator, when the battery runs out the armor proceed to recharge the battery so they could be used again. The recharge process only took several seconds but it hindered the Vikings capability, they dubbed it as 'Cool down' period as consequences for using the armor without paying attention to the energy level.
The cool down system could be overridden by a protocol codenamed Odin's Wrath, the recruits also gave it name as Gungnir Overdrive. It overrides every safety system implemented for regular use. Meaning, its full power is unleashed where the armor strength limiter is completely removed. It will enhance the operator strength to the point becoming a monster themselves and the power for the armor will be derived directly from the generator, it's full combat capability made the operator capable on taking on large Honkai beast by themselves. But the cost is enormous, the overworked nervous system of the operator will strain itself to the point it could cause paralysis, the muscles could tear due to overstress and it could result in the death of the operator. The test conducted by the Schicksal prove that normal human could only last five minutes using the armor overdrive function without additional penalties.
"I'm more concerned regarding that Saint Freya Academy is actually all girls school before we come in…Social dynamics in there change so fast" Ryan said.
"Indeed. But don't worry, everything still under control" Kallen said.
Thirty boys in all girl's academy really do cause a stir in social dynamics there, most of the boys didn't have a problem if they want to get a girlfriend with lots of beautiful girls attending the academy. The problem being, the girls could get a bit aggressive or too shy because they rarely see a boy of their age in close proximity…To make matter a bit complicated, most of the boys are hell bent on focusing more on the project instead pursuing their romantic matter. It was caused by the project rough start, they were civilians who will be trained to be the best of the best so they must adapt quickly with the training method or they are a washout. Ryan being a disabled person surprisingly able to perform in all training activity, though not as fast as the others due to his disability. Plus, they still haven't found a way to bond and act like a complete unit. The training is still on individual phase but it will be a problem in the future. Oh, if anyone ask why Ryan so stressed about this? It's because he is the leader for the Project Asgard recruits.
"Do you mind a bit to wait for Sakura before eating?" Kallen asks Ryan.
"Oh not at all, it will be rude not to do so" Ryan said.
"Okay…Hmm, where's your handgun?" Kallen asks Ryan.
"In my holster, why?" Ryan asks back.
"Can I see it for a bit?" Kallen asks Ryan.
Ryan said nothing but he does reach for his back where his pistol attached to a special sheath on his belt, he then took it out and hand it over to Kallen. Ryan pistol is M1911 Heavy Variant where it possesses the same destructive power as other hand cannons available, the pistol has capacity of eight rounds. Easy to handle with moderate recoil even for a hand cannon, it was Ryan favorite sidearm and he's absolute beast wielding it. Some Valkyries who saw him on target practice session dubbed him as 'Saint Gunslinger' due to his ability to empty entire magazine under three seconds and eliminate eight targets despite being a disabled person.
"M1911 Heavy Variant huh…You made some modification with this one, the barrel is a bit longer and you put on compensator muzzle" Kallen said.
"Yeah, had to make it controllable with my uh…condition" Ryan said.
"I understand. Though if I may suggest, installing extended magazine may help you a bit with the reloading. I see you used magazine belt for easy reload, it would allow you more shot before having to reload too" Kallen said.
"I'll think about it. Extended mag has ten bullets, much easier to calculate in firefight too" Ryan said.
Sakura appear from the bathroom and she's even more beautiful than before after washing her face, she immediately took her share and set it down on the table. Sakura briefly look at Kallen and Ryan portion and noticed that they haven't even touch it.
"You waited for me?" Sakura asks them.
"Well of course, Sakura. Now come on let's eat" Kallen said.
They immediately say their prayers and begin eating their breakfast. Ryan had to use combination of dignity, manners, self-control and willpower not to scarf down the food like some hungry animal. He tries hard to eat it slowly and to savor the taste, he has to be honest though because the fried rice is heavenly good. Maybe it has something to do with his hunger but ah he didn't give a damn anymore, free food is meant to be savored.
"Who made this?" Ryan ask the girls.
"It was me. How is it if I may ask? Kallen always said that it's good but so far, she would classify anything I made with good no matter how bad it is" Sakura smiled.
"Hey now, to be honest, it was all good. Ryan here could testify for my opinion" Kallen said.
"Kallen is right. This is good, Sakura. I'm amazed" Ryan smile at Sakura.
"I see, thank you" Sakura said while smiling.
Ryan pick the pacing of his eating and finish it before Kallen or Sakura eat half of their portion, he then sheathed his gun and stand up.
"I'm really sorry about this but I have to go quickly, Principal Theresa expect me. I'll make it up to you both later" Ryan said.
"It's alright. See you at school" Sakura said.
"Yeah, see you" Kallen said.
"Sure" Ryan nod his head.
Ryan immediately exit the apartment and head for Saint Freya Academy. Meanwhile on Principal Chamber, Theresa 'Apocalypse' Kaslana currently sit and reading through a report provided by the trainers of The Vikings. Yesterday is a disaster according to her, they barely got through a simulated combat against Honkai beast without almost total annihilation. Only Ryan and several others made it to the end, then again those who survived are proven as survivors before joining the program so they at least possess some combat experience. Several others were not and they still struggle even firing their weapon accurately, even though the helmet HUD provide weapon reticle for easy aiming.
Though Theresa attention were specifically on someone by the name Ryan Taurus, the green haired teen who was nominated to be the leader of The Viking recruits. He was dubbed by the girls as 'Saint Gunslinger' due to his marksmanship, not only his marksmanship but his close quarter combat capability is top notch among The Vikings. His condition though hindered him from performing with his top performance, something Theresa wish to remedy so he could fight with full capability. She hears the door of her office knocked and Theresa put down her tablet.
"It's open" Theresa said.
"Pardon the intrusion. I got what you wanted" A woman said.
The one who enter the room is the voluptuous red haired with gold eyes girl by the name Himeko Murata, she holds the rank Major and an instructor for the Valkyries. Himeko put something on Theresa's table and it revealed to be a file regarding Ryan Taurus, Himeko then stand beside Theresa as she looks outside the window.
"Why are you interested in him, Principal Theresa?" Himeko asks her.
"…Believe it or not, I saw a lot of potential in him. But his condition limits him, I want to remedy that so he could lead our Viking recruits better…He'll need a mentor for that" Theresa said.
"He's cute. Maybe we could ask Siegfried Kaslana to teach him?" Himeko asks Theresa.
"Siegfried? No, no, I could smell disaster before it even happens. Cecilia is good candidate but the way she fights is a bit different from him" Theresa said.
"But you have to admit, Theresa. There's not many experienced fighters left, Siegfried-san is one of the veteran of Second Honkai War so I believe he could be a good mentor. Plus, both of them use handguns…Though I believe Ryan is more flexible in handling any firearms" Himeko commented.
Himeko statement is based on her observation when she saw Ryan actually capable using assault rifle and sniper rifle though he can't reload it effectively. Himeko read Ryan's profile before delivering it to Theresa because she got curious and the file access is within her authority. Ryan Taurus was born on 9th August 1998, he lives in Southern Japan for most of his life when Honkai invasion struck the small town he's inhabited. His family was killed in their attempt to escape and Ryan volunteered to help the defending United Nations Army unit holding the small town against waves of Honkai creatures.
Survivor reports that despite being only fifteen, Ryan already shown his prowess in combat and tactics plus report said that he was seen as a capable commander. He personally helped the army to get the citizens evacuated by running diversion operation, high risk infiltration mission deep into Honkai creature's territory and almost suicidal direct assault. He did that with limited resources available to him and still manage to pull it off, Himeko is astonished to say the least. In her twenty-one years of life, she has acquired many experiences in combat and the guy she looked only seventeen years old and manage to pull it off quite well.
"I see…Well I'll think about it later, in the meantime I already summoned him here but it seems he's a bit late" Theresa said.
"What do you call him for?" Himeko asks Theresa.
"A proposal for mechanical arm…Our R&D lab manages to acquire the necessary data from Anti-Entropy research outpost raid several weeks ago, we manage to design a prototype version but we require a subject. Seeing Ryan's state, it could be mutually beneficial agreement" Theresa said.
"Oh, is that so" Himeko commented.
There's another knocking on the door and this time Theresa know it is Ryan. Himeko look at Theresa before she nodded in affirmation that she will help her explain the situation and Theresa announced that the door is unlocked. The door is opened as Ryan steps into the room and it was the first time both of them saw him in relaxed expression as most of the time they see him with hardened and serious expression, in their defense they never saw him laughing his ass off when he watched comedy show on TV several days ago that briefly startled Kallen and Sakura next door during their drama marathon. Ryan was nervous to be sure but he has to stay calm. Well he didn't expect that the principal of the academy is actually a short woman dressed in nun's outfitting, in his defense he never saw Theresa goes out wearing casual clothes that made her look like a middle school student.
"Ryan Taurus?" Theresa asks Ryan.
"Yes miss" Ryan said.
"Take a seat please" Theresa said.
Ryan proceed to sit in the chair on front the headmistress table. He noticed Himeko stares at him with unknown glint in her eyes and decide to ignore her for now, he then gets a good glimpse on Theresa. Like the rumor said, it seems that every Kaslana's indeed has white hair and blue eyes. Theresa would fit in the category of cute legal loli-
"I've been monitoring your training activity since you entered this academy. I have to say, for a volunteer who survived Southern Japan Honkai Invasion but has record of high-risk operations you're pretty much unknown to the world…There's only two files we have on you, judging by your activity, Schicksal should have at least ten" Theresa begins.
"Most of my action during that time were off the record, Ms. Theresa. What you have on the file is the statement of several people who witnessed the event themselves, am I correct?" Ryan asks her.
"Correct. Your condition happened because of the last evacuation effort were thrown in disarray when one Honkai Chariot class shows up. The energy blast coming from the beast took your right hand…I want to remedy that, so I have a proposition for you" Theresa said.
This is the first time Ryan met with the headmistress and she already has proposition for him? Ryan couldn't help himself but to feel that this is more than meets the eye, but he almost doesn't have anything worth to barter if the proposition requires a payment. Hell, his source of income is actually from working part time as web developer and that doesn't even pay well. He barely able to eat, buy medicine and other necessities. Luckily, ammo is available on the academy and supplemented daily.
Ryan sit still in front of Theresa for few seconds, trying to analyze the situation. Theresa in the meantime manage to get a good look on Ryan and she had to admit, the young man in front of her is quite the looker. His silk spiky medium dark green hair, sharp crimson eyes that could pierce any soul and he look like a Caucasian…His file records that he was born on Japan southern region, but it seems his parent is Caucasian and hell, he's 183 centimeters tall-
"So, what is your proposition?" Ryan asks Theresa.
"…Schicksal Research and Development Division acquire the schematics for mechanical arm prototype but they don't have a subject for direct testing" Theresa begins.
"I know where this is going" Ryan commented.
"Oh, you do? Splendid, then what is your answer?" Theresa asks Ryan.
A prototype for mechanical arm? Well, at least Ryan could have his right-hand functioning again and that is good news. Though what is the payment for the privilege? He did learn that nothing in this world is free, the hard way but that was a story for another time. Right now, he has to prepare his bargaining chip which is to be honest, not much.
"What's the catch?" Ryan asks Theresa.
"You just have to wear it and do your activity normally" Theresa said.
And that manage to shatter Ryan's train of thought with the unexpected brain crash he experienced that instant…Let him get this straight, The Schicksal is completely willing to build a prototype mechanical arm and hand it over to him for free? Maybe he didn't hear it right, maybe Kallen or Sakura spiked his breakfast with something so he's hallucinating.
"Wait, that's all?" Ryan muttered.
"What? You really think I will charge you a fee for the mechanical arm while knowing that you were broke and poor? What kind of heartless woman I am?" Theresa's left eye twitch a bit.
"Ouch…That did stings" Ryan said.
"I'm sorry to say but reality did sucks. Now, what do you say?" Theresa asks Ryan.
"Do you had to ask? Of course, I agree. Thanks for giving me the opportunity" Ryan said gratefully.
"Your welcome, Ryan. Now, I believe Major Himeko here have a thing or two she wants to speak with you"
Ryan in turn look at Himeko and his male testosterone fueled instinct direct his eyes immediately to dart toward the twin melons which half closed by the cloth the major wear, since he is a normal hormonal high school boy he can't help himself when he notices large twin mountain of male joy and hope being presented in front of him. Of course, Himeko and Theresa immediately notice this and both of them have their own reactions, Himeko being flattered by the looks while Theresa questioned why the hell is she a flat chested woman…Every Kaslana's women has decent to huge boobs! Why is she the only one?!
"Like what you see, hmm?" Himeko asks in seductive tone.
Every instinct in Ryan scream at him not to fall down into the abyss of temptation just by looking at huge boobs such as in front of him, Ryan fake coughed immediately while pulling off his best innocent and polite smile that somehow just made the room brighter for a bit.
"Ah, I'm sorry for that" Ryan play it cool.
"Since you're cute, I don't mind" Himeko winks at Ryan.
"…So, you like them big huh" Theresa said.
"Well…It's not I dislike the small one too. I'm a man who didn't judge woman by their chest only" Ryan shrug his shoulder.
Theresa sit still for a bit before she suddenly smirking devilishly, though it's only for split second and Ryan didn't notice her. Himeko put something down on the table in front of Ryan, it's Ryan's student data which he has to fill before he enters the academy. There's a section which highlighted in red marking, it's about his crimson blood eyes regard under category 'special condition' just under his disabled right hand.
"Your eyes, tell me about it" Himeko said.
"I thought I already told everyone on that file" Ryan said.
"Well, always a good idea to learn it directly from the source" Himeko answered him.
Ryan eyes were originally dark green in coloring, but one encounter during his survival fights changed that. That was the first time he encountered Anti-Entropy organization where he was forced to fight humans for the first time, during the ensuing battle the Honkai beast had to join the fray and the battle become complicated fast. Before Ryan able to escape, an unknown Honkai beast appeared before him and stared at him directly. The stare produced a bright light was so intense it rewritten his DNA where it also acted as mutagen, transforming him in just seconds. Ryan DNA was attuned so his body capable to adapt with using Honkai energy naturally but at the cost of transforming into a mutant, he is able to revert back into human by draining his body of Honkai energy but the process required him to vent it somehow. He found a method by firing it to the sky, often creating small pillar of light and so far, it works.
The transformation did have a side effect, his eyes undergoes a mutation where he could basically 'sees' Honkai energy transmission even at small quantity and that changes his irises to crimson red. With his condition and encounter with the unknown beast, he should have been imprisoned and experimented upon to replicate his condition. But, Schicksal immediately took custody on him and assured every faction that he will be put to use as better subject on experimental Viking program with promises he will be under control so he won't become a threat to Schicksal and its allies.
"Basically, everything I knew is written there, no more, no less. Had if knew, I would tell you already" Ryan said.
"Does it hurt?" Himeko asked.
"No, it doesn't, except for the part being able to see Honkai energy transmission unwillingly, everything is fine" Ryan said.
"I see. One more thing before you head to class…could you participate in a mock battle this afternoon against multiple team of Valkyries? Your entire platoon is required to participate" Himeko proposed the plan to him.
Mock battle against the Valkyries? Why would they do that? They have different training agenda and Ryan is almost sure that Valkyries weren't taught on how to battle an army of soldiers as a single platoon, none of them had central commanding officer that coordinates the entire platoon but each team leader could cooperate to act by the order of an officer if necessary…Ryan see where this is going and what Himeko wanted.
She knew about Vikings lack of individual skills and talents with the training they did only involving target practice it won't make any significant progress, they need a real combat scenario to give them the picture of the battlefield. At the same time, Valkyries are individually strong and with small teams they are capable on covering up any weaknesses they might have. But put them as a single combat unit of multiple teams, it might become a hindrance due to them usually put to combat with small teams with different assignment from each other so it will become hard to coordinate effectively as a unit with no clear chain of command.
Regardless if this method could work or not, they would need to put this to the test first. Will the Vikings accept the challenge though? They sure will, Ryan could be quite persuasive if he wanted to and smooth talker is one of his strong points. Himeko really did come up with this idea just this morning when she met with Cecilia Kaslana in the department store, Cecilia mentioned one of the heavy fights that happened during Second Honkai war involving renegade human group that ambushed her S Rank Valkyries. While extremely strong, talented and well trained, they couldn't have helped themselves to get nailed to the wall due to the teamwork the renegade group used. They were able to counter attack when the attention was taken by non-other than Siegfried Kaslana who were searching for his wife position on GPS.
That gave her the idea to do this, Theresa made a small note to watch the fight alongside Cecilia, Siegfried and ordered for beer and snacks delivery toward the supervising room. The fight will happen on nearby training field that Saint Freya Academy has so it is equipped with tons of camera and several camera drones, it will be a fight to see. Ryan seeing the chance this plan has just had to agree to this, he will make sure their team wins.
"I know where you are going with this, Major" Ryan said.
"Oh, are you now?" Himeko coyly asked him.
"Believe me, I do and I accept. I will inform my men and Ms. Fuuka regarding this match" Ryan said.
"Understood. No more question from me" Himeko said.
"You're free to go, Ryan" Theresa said.
"Then excuse me" Ryan bows a bit.
Ryan gets up and immediately exit the room, Himeko sigh in relief while Theresa stares at her. Himeko notice the stare then rise one of her eyebrows that indicates her confusion, Theresa then decide to ask Himeko immediately because she have a feeling that Himeko has other intention behind the supposed match between Valkyries and Vikings.
"Come on, spill it already. I know that this match will improve the disadvantages between each unit, but I know that you have something hidden for this one" Theresa said.
"Sharp as ever huh Theresa…I won't lie that I considered Viking unit to be unsuited for fighting Honkai beast and they are more specifically trained to take down human enemies…If they have to fight a Valkyrie, will they stand a chance? Or will the girls have to suffer defeat?" Himeko said.
Theresa now understood on what Himeko's theory she's trying to test, if Vikings proven to be quite effective Valkyrie eliminator then it is possible that they will be used to stop any rogue Valkyrie in the future. Schicksal High Command were in chaos several years ago when several rogue Valkyries made a huge mess on Black Forest area on Germany, they were involved with Anti-Entropy and they manage to escape with several important data required on developing a mechanized walker. Lack of any specialized combat unit at that time resulted Schicksal had to send another Valkyries on the hunt for the rogues, the resulting battle did manage to eliminate the rogues but at the cost of severe casualties and the data were lost to enemy hands.
Many figures in Schicksal thinks that The Vikings were supposed to be their failsafe incase another Valkyries gone rouge, if they do then Vikings anti-personel capabilities will be required to subdue or eliminate the rogue Valkyries. Those that suspicious of the program true objective including Theresa didn't voice their opinion, the reason being it is absolutely required because when the situation happened they will want a specialized force that fit for the task. Furthermore, the rapidly rising encounter with Anti-Entropy forces did cause Valkyries to be deployed more often and that will strain Schicksal combat power if they were spread too thin. It is another reason why The Vikings would be needed from now on.
"You know as much as I do that they will be specialized in anti-personel elimination than Honkai beast killer…They will be our edge when we have to deal with Anti-Entropy units" Theresa said.
"I do hope that none of our students gone rouge…I doubt they won't send the Vikings to hunt them down if that happens" Himeko said.
"I agree on that" Theresa said.
Meanwhile, Ryan manage to reach his quite wide classroom where the rest of his fellow students were there. The class consisted mix of Valkyries and Vikings around seventy people in auditorium styled classroom, Ryan immediately goes to the seat of one particular person in the class. Fuuka, the class representative of the first year sit on the back while reading a novel she brought with her today. The dark grey-haired girl with blue eyes wearing red glasses is quite immersed with the story that she didn't notice when Ryan approach her, Ryan seeing the girl won't break her concentration anytime soon decide to do the more daring approach.
"Fuuka-san, I got something I need to talk with you" Ryan said.
Fuuka eyes then darts toward Ryan who currently standing beside her desk, she noticed that Ryan also holding what appears to be his bag and that indicates that he just got inside the classroom.
"Ryan-kun, class will begin in around ten minutes. Is this talk will take that long?" Fuuka asked him.
"I don't think so but that depends on your answer" Ryan said.
A bit far from there, several boys currently gathered while looking at the scene between Ryan and Fuuka. They were the ones dubbed as Viking Lieutenants where they are basically the leaders of the Viking Squads and several other high-profile members, they are Ryan's direct subordinates due to his limited combat ability so receiving orders to make sure the job get done are the lieutenant's job.
"Look, Ryan and Fuuka-san" Gin said.
Gin Yamato, Japanese boy with silver hair and purple eyes that survived the whole Southern Japan Honkai Invasion. Among the Vikings, he's the one who known Ryan the longest. Having fought beside him since he was rescued by the young man himself, he is Ryan reliable second in command of the whole platoon and damn good best friend. Gin is also the only one who could stand toe to toe with Ryan at his full capability and he without doubt acknowledged as his right-hand man by everyone.
"Wow, really? What do you think they talking about?" Han wondered.
Han Muller, Germany teen who signed up for the program due to surviving direct combat with Chariot Class beast by improvising a makeshift bomb. He also known for his intelligence and tactical sense, making him an important member of the platoon. He often giving tactical advice to Ryan and with his vast knowledge and high IQ, his advice often save the whole platoon from failure. He also known as Ryan left hand man, supporting the others with his combination of brain and brawn.
"A duel?" Agus said.
Agus Saputra, orphaned Indonesian teenager due to collateral damage of battle between Anti-Entropy and Schicksal fleets of ships. The young man was picked up by Schicksal evacuation ship and then decide to join the program, he shown aptitude with sniper rifle as he possesses good eyesight, patience and good decision making. His good aim and observant eye will be the key in operation that will require precision in the future, he's the vanguard of the Vikings and he's damn good at it.
"Not that I didn't believe in Ryan but he will have his ass handed to him" Rahn said.
Rahn Killian, young American athlete that competes in Japan but got trapped in the whole invasion. He lost his entire team and stuck without a way home for weeks before he was contacted by Schicksal who saw potential in him and offered him a position as Vikings, Rahn who lost almost everything vowed to avenge his team and make sure that no one has to go through what he experienced. He gladly accepts the position and given his athletic agility, he has excellent mobility and possess natural talent for moving through difficult terrain. He alongside Agus is the platoon vanguard, with the combination both of them has they make a force to reckoned with.
"Well lad, I believe it wasn't a duel. Ryan using his charm to seduce our class rep" James said.
James Waterson, he's what people would call young British gentleman. Properly dressed, polite manners and words, his love for tea and apparently, knack for close quarter fight. James is the only son from a wealthy family, he is the result of a classical scandal between the house master and his maid. Although living among the wealthy, he is never acknowledged by his father family due to shame. He is forced to grow up and trained to properly be a gentleman but at the same time as vicious as a wolf by his uncle. Multiple times he fought and won against school bullies is the proof of that. When the Schicksal comes to him with a proposal, James who were tired of constantly being neglected by his father immediately agreed and took off for Japan.
"Really? I don't think so. The man is not the one who just get laid with someone randomly" Igor said.
Igor Kamarov, the lone survivor of a cruel child soldier program held by terrorist group in Ural Mountains. He was abducted during junior high school and harshly trained by the terrorist group in the art of guerilla warfare, bomb crafting and defusing, physical and mental conditioning, vehicle hijacking and undercover techniques. During the firefight with UN Army, he was wounded but also saved by Schicksal Valkyries. Grateful for second chance to live, he immediately accepts the Viking invitation and he became the most talented among the Vikings. He is a bit cold but actually caring for other people wellbeing, his expertise in engineering and explosive handling made him the disarmer of the enemies of the Vikings.
"What do you think?" Ryan ask Fuuka.
"I found that match to be too time consuming, besides you Vikings had the advantage in this fight"
Anyway, Ryan explain everything to Fuuka regarding the match and possible intention behind it. Fuuka did listen but seriously considering the match to be a hassle to their training program, but that wasn't what made her reject the match. Truth to be told, Fuuka always uneasy around Ryan who seems to hold back during training or class. He had average grades yet the man is actually quite intelligent and full of ideas sometimes, he held back during their platoon training where he prefers to command his men but that did proof on how intelligent he is as he also does that to hide his true combat ability. The only time he didn't held back was at shooting range, there he proof his own prowess by displaying his weapon handling…Too many mysteries for one man, Fuuka wasn't sure too if he's a friend or a foe because she read his file. That kind of transformation could potentially make him turn on them.
But that's her being unreasonable, the only reason logical enough is that she currently experiencing mood swings due to being on period. Ryan seriously don't have the time to persuade their class representative to agreeing with deploying alongside her Valkyries. To be honest, the Valkyries doesn't need her approval to participates in this kind of event but the Valkyries respected her and generally follows her decision. So, the logic, want the Valkyries to cooperate and go all out? Ryan have to persuade Fuuka first. Ryan goes toward Fuuka and lift her chin with his left hand so she could focus on the conversation instead of her novel, Fuuka gasp in surprise followed by the whole class attention turn toward Ryan and Fuuka conversation with several surprised gasp and low murmurs…Ryan seems want to kill himself by pulling that maneuver.
"…Alright, Ms. Fuuka. I'm keeping this simple. We're helping each other here so why don't you agree to this match first and you can see the benefit of it yourself, it may take the whole afternoon but I'll say it will benefit us greatly in the end. Do we have a deal?" Ryan ask while smirking.
Fuuka absolutely left speechless even though she was known for her composure and coolness, the handsome guy in front of her dare to hold her chin and assert dominance over her! The bold action of Ryan startled the Vikings in the class as they looked at Ryan like he had challenged a goddess in a direct fight, the girls cannot believe their eyes that someone had the courage to go against the school number one student directly!
"…Fine, if you insist, Mr. Taurus. I and the girls will participate in this match. Now would you please let go of my chin already?" Fuuka ask Ryan.
"Oh sure, milady…I know you're currently in your period but please bear with it, alright?" Ryan winks at Fuuka.
What Ryan receives for an answer however is a death glare coming from Fuuka steely blue eyes and the light reflecting on her glasses enhance the sharpness of her stare, but Ryan isn't fazed one bit due to the stare of that unknown creature who changed him are even more frightening than her eyes. That may didn't work on Ryan, but unfortunately it did for the rest of the students in the class as unconsciously all of them start sweating a bit due to the menacing glare. They're about to continue conversing before the bell rings, indicating the lesson about to begin. Ryan got what he needs so he only shrug and smile at Fuuka before him joining his fellow Vikings seat.
"…Is he what we call 'god among men'?" Han ask the others.
"…I believe so" Agus said.
"Teach me your ways, Master Taurus!" James said while smirking.
"You know, when he pulled that moves I thought we had to prepare a burial" Igor said.
"Believe me, I thought the same thing" Rahn said.
Ryan approach them as his lieutenants keep asking him question or commenting on his stunt that he just pulled few seconds ago, Gin look toward Fuuka for a bit before nudging Ryan in the side to get his attention. It works as Ryan stop talking and look at Gin with one eyebrow raised.
"…Damn, you did it. Now the girls will kill us" Gin said.
"I got your back, Gin. Don't worry about getting murdered in the match I'm about to tell you later" Ryan said.
"I know. Anyway, did you do that on purpose? Or is the kind of in the heat of a moment kind of thing?" Gin ask him.
"You know me Gin, it's combination of both" Ryan is smirking before he seated himself.
What Ryan miss is the fact that Fuuka looked outside of the classroom with a bit of a blush on her cheeks and a tiny smile, the second fact is Kallen and Sakura were beyond shock when Ryan swoop in and pulled his little stunt as they thought Ryan isn't a romantic guy, the third fact is someone with white hair and blue eyes had her mouth agape in complete disbelieve while talking to her friend when she noticed that stunt. And with it, their class begin. After school and every male student already get out from class, the Valkyries stay behind to discuss on what Ryan said to Fuuka earlier in the morning. This time even Himeko joined in while saying that 'it's her idea' after all so she should be there to help the Valkyries preparing for their battle.
"What Ryan Taurus proposed to me is a match between us Valkyries and Vikings in a simulated battle, what we agreed on is that we will perform the match in assault mode. That means there will be the defender and the assaulter, it was determined by a coin toss before our class ended and it was decided we would be the defender. Bronya, do you have the map data?" Fuuka begins.
The one Fuuka mentioned is a short girl with dark grey-hair tied in twin tail with steel grey eyes by the name Bronya Zachik, she stands up and head to the podium before activating her wrist holographic projector. The projector activated and it shows the battle map, it was a forested area with small abandoned factory in the middle of the map. The map also divided into two with a small river that runs along the center of the map, it also shown that there's small plains in the western and northern side while the eastern and south side is heavily forested area.
"Yes. The scenario is the defending team is evacuating and will have to hold out until we could send evacuation signal. The map shows that the defenders will start on the center of the map where we will hold dummy Honkai Energy Generator, given enough time the generator will generate enough power to allow us use the local satellite dish to signal for evac dropship. We have to hold the factory at all cost" Bronya said.
"Agreed. There are two objectives which is equally important, they are required for defenders to win the match. The first is Honkai Energy Generator, without this then the dish won't have enough power to send out our evacuation request. Second, we lose the dish then the generator would be useless too as without the dish then we will be stranded there. Being the defender is the hard one in this as we would have to eliminate the entire assaulter, I say this because our enemy today is the boys" Fuuka said.
Most of the girls know what Fuuka means, the boys might not look like it but they are versatile bastards. They know how to use guns and swords, the only hope they have is to overwhelm them with numbers or hit them with enough brute force to eliminate all of them at once. But that will be proven to be colossal task, after all they didn't have what the Viking has in advantage and that is coordination. Even though not yet fully in sync, they trust their leader and that's what makes them deadly.
"All of you have probably realized this, The Vikings are more specialized as anti-personel commandos instead of Honkai beast slayer. Even though most of their training when facing Honkai beast almost cost them their entire platoon, they can't be underestimated. The only way for us to defeat them is to overwhelm them but before they could be turned into disarrayed mob, we need to take off their head" Fuuka said.
Bronya then set her hologram projector to display Ryan Taurus picture in full body. In the picture, Ryan is wearing his Sleipnir armor which is black in coloring, he wears the standard medium armor variant that provide excellent protection and good mobility, his stump on his right hand is very noticeable due to the tightness of his undersuit and the fact that his suit right hand part was attached to his right arm so it won't flail around. His left hand holds his helmet with blue tint visor which is a double featured full-faced helmet, but the helmet in the picture has its mouth guard retracted that resulted in a helmet where it covers the eyes with the visor but expose the user mouth and nose.
"You all know who he is and what he's capable to do. Do not underestimate him, not even for one bit. He's our primary target when Vikings shows up, do not hold back" Fuuka said.
Bronya changed the image of Ryan to the next one but what appear is the picture of half-naked Ryan in short pants alongside his fellow Vikings jogging on the academy tracks, the picture really shown how ripped Ryan muscle actually is underneath his clothes, that immediately made several girl blushes brightly and several others even asking for a copy to the surprised and flustered Bronya who turns out to forgot to delete the photo after receiving it from the academy media club. Fuuka could only sigh, would these girls will be able to fight that handsome man when the time comes?
"Mate. There's no way we could hurt them beauties!" James said.
"I know, I know. Yet, we basically had no choice in this. It's for our own improvement too" Ryan said.
The boys are currently in the school armory which is their unofficial base of operation, all of the Vikings already gathered there totaling thirty boys who were already donned their armor. Ryan tell them about what they would do and their reaction are mixed, some fine with fighting girls while several others said that it goes against their morale code. Regardless, Ryan need them in fighting shape so he will use his best persuasion method against them…
"Listen well my fellow Vikings…I understand your dilemma but I will say this, we will face them beautiful girls with resolve and courage! It doesn't matter if you agree or not for us as man to fight girls, women like men with resolve and the courage to do what needs to be done! Winning this fight or not, they won't hate you just because of this match! In fact, they could be fascinated! We will show them girls what is a unit of humanities first Viking soldiers capable to do, so get your fangs out soldiers and if we win then hell, we might even get that permission to participate in deployment mission for experience sake!" Ryan said.
"You really believe that, sir?" One of them ask Ryan.
"I believe in trying and doing my best!" Ryan said.
The Vikings look at each other before they nod and they saluted at Ryan, Viking salute by tighten their fist and put them on their chest. Gin approach Ryan and hand him over the tablet that contain information regarding the map data, Ryan take it and he put in on the armory holographic projector and it appear as floating 2D map.
"So, what should we do boss?" Rahn ask Ryan.
"Alright first things first, I'd like to hear what you think on this Han. We're the assaulter, any ideas?" Ryan ask him.
"The map shows clear plains on north and western side while the southern and eastern side is heavily forested area. Our objective will be in the center where it's an abandoned factory used by the defenders to broadcast evacuation request, we need to take out the generator or the satellite dish in the factory…I'd recommend eastern or southern approach due to the terrain" Han said.
"Alright. What about finishing off the entire enemy forces?" Gin ask Han.
"I like the way you think, but no. As you can see, the ladies got Fuuka who could probably tear us a new hole all by herself. Finishing off entire forces would be counterproductive as I believe we all will probably got massacred before we even got close to her" Han said.
The boys knew this too damn well, Fuuka martial prowess outmatched thirty Vikings is very likely scenario as she even categorized as A rank Valkyrie that also has access to more dangerous mission than they could do currently. By ranking the Vikings also divided into two categories, Combat Unit and Specialist Unit. Combat Unit is the core of the platoon where it composed of twenty frontline soldier, Ryan and his lieutenants are considered combat unit. Specialist Unit are those who have more specialized role such as medic, engineer, demolition expert, field scientist and Intel Acquisition totaling ten soldiers.
"What about if me and my snipers took her out from afar?" Agus proposed his idea.
"Good idea, then again we're not the only ones who has sniper in the ranks…Agus, get your guns, you're our tip of the spear. If you spot her, don't hesitate" Ryan said.
"Yes commander!" Agus salute at Ryan.
"…What's the plan then, comrade?" Igor ask Ryan.
"I got three plans, one main and two backups in this case. Let's review it" Ryan said.
God knows what kind of battle plan Ryan and Fuuka had in their minds but one thing is clear, they won't back down and will fight with full force when the time comes. Little did they know but the training match they will exhibit today will be the first proof of just how effective The Vikings is and how will they fit in the current war with Honkai and Anti-Entropy.
