Valkyrie Smash

Chapter 323: New Era. Part 01.

A blue haired beauty appeared out of thin air, landing on the white floor with graceful steps.

"Hello, everyone! It has been so long!" She said, waving at the viewer with a radiant smile. "The past few months have been quite hectic, don't you think?"

Another girl appeared next, this one having purple hair.

"Hectic doesn't even begin to describe it." She said with a slight frown. "First our home was attacked, then we were forced to move to a remote area. And as if that wasn't enough, we had to spend the entire past two months cleansing the world from the Red Plague."

A third girl appeared next, her smile as vibrant as the first.

"Well, that just proves that the war is finally over!" She exclaimed. "We can relax now that we know there won't be any Calamities! Cheer up, AK!"

"I guess you have a point, T-Two." A sinister smile spread on the purple haired girl's face and a small nameplate with the letters AK appeared in front of her. "I like it that we're finally free from those human's control."

"AK, you shouldn't joke like that." Another nameplate appeared in front of the last girl to arrive carrying the words Twenty Two. "They might think you went rogue!"

"That's right!" One more nameplate appeared in front of the blue haired girl who was standing at the center. The word it showed was Eleven. "We aren't robots that gained free will, AK, we are sentient beings from another dimension!"

The Auroras were the first Valkyrie idol group and the most popular to date. Most people were aware of them being a propaganda tool for the Resistance, but that didn't hurt their credibility in the least.

In fact, compared to government officials people tend to trust those girls more, which is why when they made the announcement it was like spilling fuel into the fire burning away any skepticism people had about the things that have been revealed during the award ceremony.

"And here I believed we were nothing but piles of metal." T-Two sighed. "I mean, it kinda makes sense. The three of us aren't any good when it comes to fighting. What kind of weapon would are we if the only thing we're good at is singing and dancing."

"That Odin tricked all of us." AK followed. "I hope he gets caught soon."

"He escaped to another world, right?"

"That's right." Eleven nodded. "When it looked like we were about to lose the war, he abandoned all of us and ran away."

As the video went on more and more important revelations were made. During that day's ceremony people learned of Odin being a fake who used them in his war, but it was only now that they got to hear some more details including that the mad scientist was no longer in their world.

"I don't really understand why he would do something so evil." Said T-Two. "He destroyed two worlds and killed billions, but for what?"

The white space surrounding the girls changed and a large screen appeared. It showed scenes of destroyed cities, abandoned ruins and overgrown forests. Crumbled buildings and bridges, toppled skyscrapers, burned cars and vehicles. To many, it was just another scene from their post-apocalyptic world, but that's where they were mistaken.

"This is..." AK wondered aloud.

"It's some of the footage General Sanderson took during his trip to the Nephilim world." Eleven answered. "Apparently the same thing that happened in our world happened to theirs twenty years ago."

"Really?" T-Two commented. "Aren't Nephilim super strong? I can't believe they would allow this..."

"That's because the Nephilim were a small minority back then." The blue haired Valkyrie answered. "Just like in our world, humans were the vast majority living peacefully alongside the Nephilim, but unfortunately Odin came one day and ruined everything."

"I'm starting to hate this Odin more and more." AK crossed her arms, frowning as they watched the scenes of destruction. "Surely he didn't do it for fun, right?"

"The answer is very simple, really." Eleven raised her hand and pointed above her head. An instant later, small particles flickered into existence, gathering to form a series of strange shapes and symbols. "His goal was to obtain the same power as us!"

"Oooh... now that makes sense..." T-Two's eyes widened a little.

The footage changed from the apocalyptic landscapes to a compilation of different Valkyries using their powers. Eleven went on to explain what was shown, looking at the viewer as if addressing those watching the video.

"I assume some of you might've heard about Force Fields." The Halo over her head disappeared as she spoke and at the same time her hand began to glow. "It's something like an aura that we use to protect ourselves and enhance our weapons."

"It's very useful, don't you think?" T-Two spoke in a cheerful tone.

"It even allows us to withstand things like nuclear radiation, or anything that might cause us harm." AK added.

"That's right." Eleven nodded. "For a long time we believed that's all it can do, but when we met the Nephilim for the first time, Doctor Sanderson realized it might not be the case."

A photo of Sam appeared on the screen, this one had him in his lab uniform, looking rather exhausted while skimming through some papers.

"Hold on, isn't he this the new Head General?" Ak asked, raising an eyebrow in a show of confusion.

"That's right. Head General Sanderson was a Valkyrie physicist before he took on a commanding role. Not only that but he is also an expert in the field of nanomachines, which is why he was able to see through and remove the limitation Odin placed on us, and that's how we were able to reach our full potential!"

The screen switched back to showing the Valkyries demonstrate some of their abilities as Eleven continued her explanation.

"Before we could only coat things in our Force Fields to enhance them, but after our limitations were removed, we regained the ability to use Runes and Halos, which gives us a wide range of powers without the need for any additional equipment."