The Mantis Catches the Cicada

Thirty Minutes Later, Schicksal Headquarters

Inside Schicksal Headquarters, Otto looked grimly at the report Amber had handed him, feeling utterly stifled.

In the more than five hundred years since he had killed his family at the time and begun leading Schicksal, aside from the recently awakened Fu Hua, no one had ever dared to confront Otto directly at Schicksal Headquarters.

Schicksal was the global center for fighting the Honkai. A large number of Valkyries were stationed here, and countless Divine Machines had been deployed, ready to repel enemies at any moment.

Even if Durandal herself, Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie, came here, Otto felt that without using the power of a World Bubble, she probably would not gain much of an advantage at Schicksal Headquarters due to sheer numbers.

But now, judging from the battle footage left at the scene, the three monsters who had forcibly broken into Schicksal Headquarters truly possessed the combat power to crush the entire headquarters.

Two of the three attackers wore external armor resembling colored glass.

The remaining one had the appearance of a bat.

Of course, that was not the key issue.

The key was that the combat power of these three was simply too terrifying.

The first two could release sharp objects that were difficult to perceive. B-rank Valkyries struck by them had their life force absorbed, turning them into empty husks, while A-rank Valkyries who were caught off guard could barely retain a trace of life.

Rita Roosevelt, one of the two S-rank Valkyries present, had faced the more powerfully built freak. After being ambushed from behind by one of those sharp objects, she had been effortlessly defeated.

As for the one who fought Durandal...

—After seeing the battle at the scene clearly, Otto understood why Durandal had failed to stop him.

Durandal was