It was midsummer, with insects chirping everywhere. As the highest institution on Earth for training Valkyries, St. Freya’s College obviously had a huge investment of funds.

The light white European-style buildings look magnificent under the light of street lamps. Gardens and fountains can be seen everywhere. Following the wide marble road inward, you can see a huge square, and behind the square is a majestic castle.

This is the main teaching building of the college. Under the illumination of the continuous street lights, you can clearly see a giant emblem painted on the castle wall.

Its shape is very simple, just a burning moth.

Summer nights are not teaching time, but the square is crowded with girls wearing white tops and blue skirts, gathered in groups of three or five, most of them fiddling with astronomical telescopes, with the lenses all pointed at somewhere in the night sky.

Surrounded by stars, the bright full moon hangs in the night sky. It has a beautiful purple ring of stars and looks like a dazzling gem.

But no matter how beautiful it was, the students were almost tired of it since they were born, so they took the excuse of the college convening a party and simply treated tonight as a picnic. Suddenly, the lawn was covered with sheets and the benches were filled with students who were either chatting or playing with their cell phones, the light from the screens reflecting the stars in the sky.

“Ah, how boring. The dean said something big was going to happen tonight, but I ended up running over to look at Huanyue. I’ve done this so many times this month, and every time I get bitten by mosquitoes.”

In a corner of the lawn, a girl with white pigtails sat cross-legged, yawning with her hands behind her back. Her big blue eyes reflected the moon, and impatience was almost written on her face.

Half a meter away, a purple-haired girl raised her head slightly. She had a pretty face and exuded the aura of a noble lady.

“Kiana, please be patient. The dean has no choice. This must be the request of the Fire Moth.”

“Humph, Mei, you are just too obedient, no wonder your grades are so good.”

“Grades have nothing to do with obedience, but with hard work. Forget it, I have nothing to say to you, a poor student.” Raiden Mei pursed her lips and showed a faint smile, “The Fire Moths are the superiors of the academy. Just think of them as providing free food and accommodation, and training us to be warriors. You have to repay them.”

“It sounds better when you say that, but there’s no need to study. When I graduate, I can crush those abyss monsters with one punch.” Kiana simply spread her crossed legs, gently swung her ankles, and moved closer as if she remembered something.

“Mei, have you ever heard of those legends that cannot be explored?”

“What legend?”

“It’s about the Fire Moth. As an organization that rules the world, we still don’t know who the leader is. It’s been so many years, why hasn’t anyone been surprised or questioned it?”

Curiosity made the girl very excited. Just as she was about to go deeper into the topic, she was glared at by Raiden Mei, and she couldn’t help but pout.

“It’s strange in the first place. I didn’t say we can’t discuss it. It’s an organization that rules the world and leads humanity to fight against the monsters of the abyss. Why is it so secretive? If I were to become the general manager, I would definitely want to hang my photo all over the classroom and let Teacher Jizi worship me every day.”

“So that’s you.” The purple-haired girl seemed to know something, and her eyes became stern: “Anyone who tries to find out the truth will fail. This is the biggest mystery in the world.”

“They disappeared? Assassinated?” Kiana lowered her voice and looked like she was determined to fight against evil.

“No, they all closed the investigation on their own initiative, but no one died.”

“Being controlled? Being hypnotized?”

“How do I know this?”

“Oh, I know you know a lot, so don’t keep me in suspense.”

Kiana held Mei Raiden’s hand and swung it back and forth, making her helpless. She wanted to tell her some inside information, but she felt that this guy was too righteous, and it would be troublesome if he mistook his superior for some evil organization.

How can the Fire Moth be evil? It created a training method for humans to master the energy of the abyss and guided humans to fight against the monsters of the abyss. From the recorded history to the present, those monsters that suddenly appeared have not caused any damage, and there is no evil experiment like that in science fiction novels.

Apart from the extremely high qualification requirements, becoming a warrior has no side effects at all. On the contrary, it will prolong your life and keep you young forever. It is said that the longest-lived Valkyrie ‘Fu Hua’ is almost two thousand years old.

Because of this accumulation, humans have firmly gained the upper hand. Now, every death of ten people will be on the news. If it weren’t for the Fire Moth’s constant opposition, they should have set out on an expedition around the moon to see what was going on.

Therefore, the Fire Moths are very mysterious. Although everyone knows that the source of these monsters is the Moon Ring, no one is allowed to touch it. This illogical thing has aroused a lot of doubts, but they disappeared silently.

“Maybe there really is some huge secret behind this? But if it’s about raising Gu, the death rate is not as high as that of a car accident. If we weren’t afraid that the talented people would be exploited by bad people, even St. Freya College could be closed down.”

“But powerful Valkyries occasionally go missing, and the Fire Moth explains to the public that they are on an expedition, but they never mention who they are on the expedition to.”

Mei Raiden grumbled to herself that the Fire Moth suppressed everything, but was not ready to end the war. She couldn’t help but glance at Kiana who was still shaking her hands.

This idiot actually has a great background. As the second daughter of the Kaslana family, her mother Cecilia is an S-class Valkyrie, her father Siegfried is an S-class knight, and her sister Bianca is hailed as a rare genius.

Although this genius can only work as a local policeman in a small town, relying on the occasional appearance of the Abyss Beast to gain victory…

The advantages accumulated by humans are too great. I heard that after two more terms, the countermeasures forces will no longer accept new members, and all of them will go to the security forces.

“Alas, I am obviously the chosen one but I have no place to use my talents. I have been in school for two years and I have never participated in an actual combat.” Thinking of this, Mei became a little depressed.

“It’s all because there are too many people and too little porridge. My elder sister complains every day. She finally waits for a wave of monsters to spawn, but before she can become a hero, the mobile forces come to deal with it immediately.” Kiana is a little dejected. She can forget about her dream of becoming a hero within a hundred years.

Mei Raiden wanted to laugh immediately, but after a pause she felt she couldn’t laugh. War was accompanied by pain and it couldn’t be a good thing. However, she was “qualified” to possess superhuman powers, and she was unwilling to just be a salted fish, so she froze.

“This is a good thing. Most of today’s graduates go to the security forces because energy is equal and there will always be people who use it for bad things. Abyss monsters are not the main threat.”

A cold and rational voice sounded. Kiana turned around and saw a girl with spiral hair sitting in the other corner of the bed, leaning against a street light and silently browsing her phone.

“Uh, Bronya, are you there?”

“I’ve always been here, but I just didn’t participate in your discussion. And Kiana, tighten your legs. I can see the cartoon pattern on your underwear.” Bronya reminded, and immediately Kiana stood up and covered the hem of her skirt with a blushing face.

Mei Raiden quietly covered her mouth and finally calmed herself down: “Perhaps the Fire Moth left the monster behind on purpose. Otherwise, what can so many warriors do without an opponent? It’s like a doctor without patients. There will definitely be trouble.”

“So they added cultural courses so that we can take the college entrance exam? So annoying!”

Mei and Bronya looked at her at the same time, as if questioning her intelligence. Based on her academic performance, she could probably only go to a technical school.

“Uh, why are you looking at me? By the way, Mei, you haven’t told me the secret yet.”

Seeing Kiana pulling her hand again, the purple-haired girl was really scared. She thought, why don’t you ask your parents? They must know more.

Fortunately, at this time, Bronya put down her phone and came to her rescue: “Kiana, tell me the textbook knowledge, and I will tell you a secret circulating on the dark web, a secret that even Mei doesn’t know.”

This immediately attracted attention, causing Kiana to turn her head quickly: “Really?”

“When have I ever lied to you? But you have to explain the history of the Fire Moth first. Just the ones in the textbook will be fine, even though you only scored 20 points.”

This little duck keeps poking at my heart. How dare he look down on me?

Kiana took a deep breath, then showed a thoughtful expression, then scratched her head, and finally became dazed.

“Uh, two thousand years ago. What was two thousand years ago?”

This paramecium doesn’t look like Miss Bianca at all, as she obviously has good grades. Never mind. I care about this secret too much anyway.

Mei rolled her eyes and had to speak for her: “Before 2014, Yingjie appeared, and the chaotic history of mankind began to be recorded. They first unified the earth and developed new technology, which is the training method of warriors.”

“History was recorded on that day. The catastrophe of the abyss monster was suppressed before it could start. As time passed, Yingjie slowly disappeared from sight. The ‘warriors’ they left behind inherited their power and formed the Fire Chasing Moth to lead this war that spanned a thousand years.”

“The composition of the Fire Moth is unknown, but it has never gone wrong in the past thousand years, turning natural disasters into ordinary disasters, and the number of casualties has continued to decrease. If it weren’t for the endless supply of Abyss Monsters, they would always appear randomly and would have been forgotten long ago.”

“In our time, the abyss monsters are just a disturbance on the light of peace and do not pose a major threat.”

Bronya nodded slightly. Although her speech was brief, she had basically explained the whole process.

The Fire Moth is undoubtedly a heroic organization, but the supreme power he wields is too mysterious, which inevitably arouses curiosity. This is human instinct.

“So what about the secret? You didn’t lie to us, did you?”

A pair of sparkling blue eyes suddenly appeared in front of her, causing Bronya to lean back slightly: “Kiana, you don’t seem to have an answer to anything.”

“Mei and I are best friends, and she is my answer!” Kiana put her hands on her hips, looking as if it was a matter of course.

“Forget it. I’m having a hard time holding it in after finding out what’s going on. Come over here.”

Bronya hooked her finger, looked at her two friends who crawled over, and licked her lips gently.

“The top leader of the Fire Moth is the commander-in-chief, his name is Ryan, and then…”

“It hasn’t been changed in two thousand years.”

Chapter 5: Moon Ring, Shattered! (K)

Ryan? It sounds like a very common name, and it hasn’t been changed in two thousand years?

Mei Raiden and Kiana raised their eyebrows slightly. It sounded a little unbelievable. If this man named Ryan was the supreme leader of the Fire Moths, why hadn’t he shown up for two thousand years?

“Could it be a code name that has been passed down for many generations? The first one must have been one of the heroes.”

Mei made a reasonable guess, because it was somewhat unreasonable for one person to hold such great power but have his name only circulated on the dark web.

He doesn’t seek fame or profit, so what does he want?

“It’s just like in a novel. I didn’t expect there is someone in the world who is older than Immortal Fu Hua.” Kiana’s eyes lit up, revealing a bit of longing. “Well, I will take him as my goal and work hard. One day I will walk in front of this Ryan and let him tell me what secrets the world has!”

You are bragging again. The news about Bronya is not true. You really believe it.

Mei gave a barely perceptible smile. Kiana’s confidence was really enviable. She quietly said, “Then you have to graduate first. If you fail the course, you will have to repeat the year.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Kiana wilted like a frost-bitten eggplant, but before her two good friends could comfort her, she became radiant again.

“It doesn’t matter. No matter how good my grades are, I still have to be a police officer like my stupid sister. Even if I have to be a private detective, I will find out the secrets of the world. Yeah, yeah, when I have a holiday, I will pester my mom to ask. She must know something…”

“I know, what do you think?”

Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya were all stunned at the same time, as if their throats were strangled by an invisible hand and they couldn’t make a sound. Their shrinking eyes slowly turned and they saw a person silently appear behind Kiana and put his head next to her face.

First, I saw the golden earrings representing “infinity”, then the green hair. There was a faint smile on that mature and charming face, but those snake eyes looked extremely dangerous.

“Ghost!”

Kiana jumped several meters away in an instant, crossed her hands in front of her chest as if on guard. Raiden Mei was much calmer, pulled out a katana from the void and grasped the hilt.

“who are you?”

It’s so scary. It was so close to me and I didn’t even notice it!

“Mebius, what a great name.” The woman glanced at the three of them, spread her hands and made an assessment: “What an impolite brat, you two are quite interesting, especially you. Your name is Raiden Mei, right? I’ll remember you.”

Gulu.

Locked by the snake’s eyes, Mei swallowed her saliva and held the knife tighter. They were clearly in the square in front of the teaching building, with classmates more than ten meters away, but no one noticed anything unusual.

This was very strange, but she knew that this woman named Mebius was very strong, terrifyingly strong.

Bronya was equally horrified. This woman was like a mobile interference source. When she appeared, she blocked all signals and no distress signals could be sent out.

There was deathly silence, and the woman seemed to enjoy this atmosphere until another voice sounded.

“[Please] don’t scare children, it makes you look childish.”

The voice was as gentle as a clear spring, but in Mei’s eyes it was even more terrifying, because she couldn’t find who was talking at all. She only saw a few blue butterflies flying in the dark night, and her mind became confused.

Which evil organization invaded the academy? No, I have to find a way to pass the message on. Kiana, what are you looking at? Go find Teacher Jizi!

Just when Mei was getting anxious, the snake-eyed woman suddenly snorted coldly, waved the identification card in front of them, which made Mei and Bronya breathe a sigh of relief.

S-level authority card, this is a high-level member of the Fire Moth. I don’t know which Valkyrie senior she is, but her personality is really bad.

Because there were too few casualties and too many people were trained, even Mei could not recognize all her predecessors. Who knows how many hundreds of years ago she graduated?

“I’m sorry, but next time, please identify yourself earlier.” Mei quickly let go of the knife handle and stood straight.

“Hmph, you didn’t ask, so just treat it as an invasion test. Raiden Mei, your reaction is pretty good.” Mobius didn’t know why, but he found this purple-haired girl somewhat pleasing to the eye. He glanced at Kiana who was secretly observing him.