Light Novel Volume 9

"Valkyrie Has Landed" (ヴァルキリィ・ハズ・ランデッド,) is the ninth volume of the 86 -Eighty Six- light novel series. The volume covers the second half of the sixth story arc of the series, depicting the continuation of the Strike Package's struggle to hunt down the Noctiluca while mourning their losses, fighting their demons of pride cursing them towards a never ending war. Most have gotten their goals correct as they fight to end the conflict. Kurena herself has promised to fight to the end, but what if said "end" was something she never wanted?

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Synopsis
LIKE LOOKING IN A MIRROR...

For better or worse, the battle with the Noctiluca has drawn to a close…for now. The Eighty-Six’s minds are heavy with thoughts of close friends and bitter enemies swallowed by the cold, dark abyss. Among the casualties are Shana, Shiden’s vice captain, joining the fallen in their watery grave, and Theo, whose loss of his left hand had all but sealed his fate as a Processor. As Shiden swears revenge, Kurena, who blames herself for Shana’s death, cracks beneath the weight of her guilt. While the Eighty-Six struggle to pick up the pieces, though, the Legion inexorably pursue their bloodless objective, and the Noctiluca has reportedly taken refuge in the surviving Holy Theocracy of Noiryanaruse. Now Shin and company must set foot in the mysterious western nation of which even the United Kingdom and the Federacy are wary…

Contents
序章　暴食の獣 第一章　人魚の取引 間章　スペードの王とハートの女王の、とても永くてくだらない諍い 第二章　灰かぶりの戦場 間章　青い鳥はどこにいたのか 第三章　彼女の首を刎ねよビヘッド！ 間章　ところでジークフリートの殺し方を知るには 第四章　鏡よ鏡、ただの鏡に映るのは？ 第五章　笛吹きはネズミどもと子供を連れて 終章　ワニの腹でも時計は進む
 * Prologue: The Beast of Gluttony
 * Chapter 1: The Mermaid's Bargain
 * Interlude: The King of Spades and Queen of Hearts' Interminable, All Too Trivial Dispute
 * Chapter 2: The Ashen Battlefield
 * Interlude: Where Was The Blue Bird, All Along?
 * Chapter 3: Off With Her Head!
 * Interlude: To Know How To Kill Siegfried, One Must...
 * Chapter 4: Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall, What Do Ordinary Mirrors Show?
 * Chapter 5: And The Piper Advanced, And The Rats And Children Followed
 * Epilogue: The Clock Ticks On, Even In The Crocodile's Stomach

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Trivia

 * Along with Mist and Gun Smoke on the Water, it is considered the third part of 86 -Eighty Six-.
 * The titles of each chapter are in reference to fairy tales and folktales.
 * Chapter 1: The Little Mermaid
 * Interlude 1: Alice in Wonderland
 * Chapter 2: Cinderella
 * Interlude 2: The Blue Bird
 * Chapter 3: Alice in Wonderland
 * Interlude 3: The Nibelungenlied
 * Chapter 4: Snow White
 * Chapter 5: Pied Piper of Hamlin
 * Epilogue: Peter Pan