The carriage moved quickly, and Xu Yanwu and Kallen were soon escorted by the Valkyrie unit to Europe—Destiny Headquarters.
Xu Yanwu and Kallen were both imprisoned beneath the cathedral at Destiny Headquarters—in the prison holding numerous Honkai Beasts—as they awaited the judgment that Destiny's upper ranks would pass on them at the council.
"This really is... quite the special treatment for an old man whose background they know nothing about..."
Xu Yanwu looked at the Honkai Beasts in the other cells, bound and sealed layer upon layer, and could not help curling his lip.
"Looks like they want to use this method to probe my true capabilities? If I really were an ordinary old man, even the Honkai Energy leaking from these not-so-powerful Honkai Beasts would be enough to corrupt me."
"Xu Yanwu, how is your body holding up now?"
Kallen's cell was not far from Xu Yanwu's. Since this was a prison for Honkai Beasts, there was no separation by gender.
"How much worse could it get?" Xu Yanwu shook his head. "Nothing will happen for the time being."
"Xu Yanwu, as long as we make it to the council, you'll definitely be able to..."
Kallen was interrupted by Xu Yanwu once again.
"Don't say anything useless."
Xu Yanwu spoke disdainfully. "What can I do? Will they let me go?"
"I'm afraid this frail body of mine would be imprisoned and studied the moment they got their hands on me. After all..."
"They've never encountered a living specimen like me, one who has survived from ancient times until now."
"But..." Kallen wanted to say more, but after recalling how Destiny had used innocent civilian girls for experiments, she fell silent as well.
For a time, the dungeon held nothing but the low growls of the imprisoned Honkai Beasts.
"But