Time in a collapsing world

Chapter 954 Footsteps

"I can't run away..."

"?"

In the cabin where Kallen and the others were, Otto was the first to hear Kallen's low mumbling, "Why did you run away?"

"My dad is still outside!"

"Uncle Francis?"

Otto understood. "Uncle's words are very powerful. He is the God of War. Even if there are many Honkai beasts outside, they should be unable to do anything to him..."

"should?"

"affim!"

"No, I want to go out!"

At first, she wasn't too worried, but when she heard the noise coming from the city residents outside the ship, Kallen realized that this crisis might be different from previous ones.

It's not like there haven't been Honkai beasts that broke into the city before, but most of those attacks were easily dealt with by the Valkyrie sisters and the knight uncles, and the slightly more difficult ones were also suppressed with the help of my father.

This is the first time that the entire city has been forced to evacuate.

Kallen ran to the cabin window and looked down.

It’s very high, but there’s water underneath, so it shouldn’t be a problem even if you jump in.

"Karen, don't let it get to you!"

Otto saw what Karen was thinking, and his young face changed color. "What if you run away and Uncle Francis comes back immediately? Then he will have to look for you..."

"Sister Kallen wants to jump off the ship?"

Yae Rin, who was sitting on the bed, realized it belatedly and looked at Kallen.

"Well……"

Kallen didn't answer, but hesitated a little because of Otto's words.

Looking outside, the crowded port was filled with dense crowds of people. A terrible noise was coming from across a building, and it was getting closer and closer.

As the ships left the port one after another, Kallen still didn't see the familiar face in the crowd.

boom---!

Suddenly there was a loud bang, and the whole earth seemed to be shaking.

Among the buildings in the distance, a huge pillar of fire shot up into the sky. The blazing flames were dozens of feet high, as if they were going to set the entire sky on fire.

The column of fire stirred up a strong heat wave and air current, making the surrounding air become scorching hot.

There seems to be endless energy contained within it, which constantly rises and twists, emitting dazzling light and shocking heat.

Even the crowd far away at the port were affected, and they all fell silent for a moment, and then rushed to the few ships even more frantically.

Kallen's face turned pale.

Even though she had never seen such a scene before, she could guess who caused this scene because of some mysterious feeling.

"Dad, he's over there!"

Before Otto could react, he saw Kallen jump out of the window and into the water, but the sound of her falling into the water was drowned out by the noisy crowd.

"..."

Otto rushed to the window and saw Kallen floating up from the water and swimming to the shore, then rushing into the city. After hesitating for a long time, he still didn't catch up with her.

He didn't have the extraordinary physique like Kallen, and he would probably be dead by the time he jumped into the water and floated up.

"Sister Karen, she jumped down? Is she okay?!"

Yae Rin came to Otto's side and looked outside, but she could no longer see Karin. So she turned to look at Theophile who had almost no presence in the corner, "Sister Theophile, can you..."

Before he finished speaking, Theophile shook his head and said, "Li asked me to keep an eye on you, and something is coming."

Boom!

A soft sound came from under the boat, as if something touched the bottom of the boat.

No one paid attention at first, but as time passed, the "bang bang" sound coming from under the boat became more and more frequent, even causing the entire boat to topple over.

Not only this ship, other ships also encountered similar situations.

Soon the Valkyrie outside the door ran in, "Lady Saint, there is an unknown attack underwater, please follow us...Lady Saint?"

The Valkyrie didn't see Kallen in the room, only the rest of the group standing by the window.

"Karen...went to see Uncle Francis."

Otto said softly.

"Damn it!"

The Valkyrie immediately ran out again, shouting as she ran, as if she was gathering people.

But a few seconds later, another Valkyrie came to the door and guided the few people off the boat and to a safe area.

Back at the port, Otto and Yae Rin saw that other ships that had left the port were slowly coming back, and their hulls were shaking, as if they would capsize into the water at any time.

"Is there anything underwater?"

Otto asked the Valkyrie who followed him and was responsible for his and Yae Rin's safety.

"Monsters... should be Honkai beasts. There are many Honkai beasts gathered underwater."

"...!"

Although he had known about this existence, Otto did not expect that these guys would appear at such a critical moment. "Is there no way for the ship to withstand their attack?"

Before the Valkyrie could reply, she saw a large ship not far away being completely overturned, and then a huge gray-white tail swept it underwater, along with all the people on board.

This scene had a shocking effect on the crowd temporarily staying at the port. Those who had originally wanted to squeeze onto the ship now scrambled away from the beach.

A Valkyrie led everyone to run in another direction away from the port, which was not yet surrounded by the Honkai beasts on the shore.

"Let's go, we are retreating."

The Valkyrie who was responsible for the safety of Otto and the other two gathered with several other companions to clear the way for them in the crowded crowd.

"Where's Kallen?"

Yae Rin couldn't help but ask.

"The Saint Lady has already sent people to look for her."

The Valkyrie's face was a little anxious. She also belonged to the Kaslana family, so naturally she didn't want anything to happen to Kallen.

"..."

Yae Rin looked at the silent Theophile again, who looked straight ahead, pretending not to see the request in her eyes.

Yae Rin couldn't get her to move, so she had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​letting her go find Kallen.

……

On the other side, where the pillar of fire in the city disappeared, a burnt corpse lay on the ground, and around him were floating the ashes of the Honkai beast.

Not long ago, Francis led several teams of Valkyries and planned to break out of the encirclement of Honkai beasts.

After fighting for several hours and watching the people around him fall one by one, he was finally the only one left. He could not resist anymore and chose to unleash all the power of the two guns in his hands.

This attack destroyed all the Honkai beasts that tried to get close to him, and also brought a huge backlash to the user that exceeded his life limit.

In his dying moments, all Francis thought of was the lovely smiling face of his baby daughter, and the scenes of their past interactions flashed through his mind like a kaleidoscope.

Dying?

Francis was blind, but he could hear footsteps coming from all around him, which should have been quiet.

Two, and light.

Not a Honkai beast.