The Arks - Chapter 420

“Say that again?!” asked Baldwin, eyes wide open with disbelief.

Ysabeau sighed and relayed what had happened during the climax battle.

“That’s after we lost Gab. She went out of control and knocked the enemy out in an instant. After that, she seemed to lose all reason and charged towards Rina, who had been already on our side,” finished Ysabeau, sighing.

“Looks like in her primal mind, Mavislin still viewed Rina as a threat. I can’t blame her though, since the mission started with them being opponents,” noted Z, with a curious gaze at the little Valkyrie.

“Well, there is something that I am surprised and concerned with. The fact that she lost control that quickly,” stated, Baldwin, with a fierce gaze plastered on his face.

“I have to agree on that one. She can’t continue to do this, both for her sake and her comrades. This will make her a danger on the battlefield. Now I’m wondering, what did you do to soothe her? Her temper is not easy to handle,” asked Baldwin.

“Well, I just sang her a song I used to know from my childhood. It’s called ‘Monody’, the song that saved my hometown,” replied Bryan, shrugging his shoulders.

“That’s right. But it took him quite some time to figure that out, so I was stuck restraining the Valkyrie. But she never did attempt to harm me, she mostly tried to push me away,” said Ysabeau, recalling that moment of terror.

“Are you sure about that?! She was outright on the offensive side!” protested Bryan, looking at Ysabeau with questioning eyes.

“Her moves were on the offensive side but it wasn’t aimed to kill me. Her true intent was to push me away and make sure that I didn’t get in her way to kill Rina. When that didn’t work, she increased her attacks to ensure that I would stay down but no killing intent was around.”

“That goes the same to you. She merely pushed you away because you were in her way. Though she lost control, she was still stuck on the fact that we are on the same side. Perhaps Rina was too new to the group so the bond hasn’t been made yet,” interpreted Ysabeau.

Tomoe had quiet for some time, busy gathering his thoughts as he listened into the conversation. Buty what made him join in the chat was when Ysabeau described how she was trying to restrain Mavislin when she was still out of control.

“Feasibly, I think Mavislin tapping into her berserk side won’t be such a bad thing after all,” said Tomoe.

“You’ve got a screw loose in there, fox?!” asked Baldwin, stepping forward to face Tomoe.

“Not entirely but if we can teach her how to control her berserk form, it might quite good use to us. It’s a better option to go with instead of always asking her to control her feelings. If she could use her berserk side and not harm the ones closest to her, I’d say that’s a step in the right direction.”

“Tomoe has got a good point. Valkyries fight based on instinct and emotion. Out of all the ones I’ve met, Mavislin is the only one who uses strategy within combat. Her skills are chosen based on what she can win with the correct and right victory,” added Z.

“I don’t get it… Isn’t that considered as instinct?” asked Bryan, ċȯċking his head to one side.

” ‘Instinct’ would be when she just attacks with no sense. As in, she would be aiming for anywhere on the enemy, whether it is the vulnerable spots or not. But Mavislin tends to hurt her opponents in a very cruel way by hitting their Elemental Core, over and over again,” explained Z.

“Then, you are suggesting that we should train her when she is constantly at her berserk form? That’s kind of far-fetched to me,” asked Ysabeau, looking at Mavislin’s sleeping form.

“It’s not that far off just yet, since you mentioned that she had no intent to kill you both. We can start from there,” suggested Tomoe.

“I don’t see anything wrong with that. But she would have to train under me again. I was the one who had helped her in her pilot training so I guess this should be quite easy for me to guide her,” added Z.

“Alright then, pass her to me, we’ll be heading inside to get ready for dinner. I’m looking forward to what Clement is cooking up for us tonight,” said Ysabeau, taking Mavislin from Bryan’s arms.

“Is dinner ready? I got hungry while watching the two of them fight,” asked Z.

“What do you mean?! You’ve been snacking on that bag of nuts ever since the first clash, how are you still hungry?” asked Baldwin, confused at his friend.