Chapter 292
Raiden Mei slowly stood up, and a surge of lightning erupted from her body.
The purple torrent enveloping the entire room, and the authority that cast a gloomy shadow over the sky, caused Rita to break out in a cold sweat.
This time she overestimated herself.
I should have notified Lady Durandal to come back immediately.
Raiden Mei crouched down, assuming an attack stance. "You're strong, but if that's all, you're still far inferior to my friends."
Lightning flashed and disappeared in an instant.
Raiden Mei instantly appeared in front of Rita, and before Rita could react, she struck her in the abdomen with a palm strike.
The strike, imbued with the power of Raiden, pierced through the building, and Rita crashed heavily to the ground.
Raiden Mei stood atop a building dozens of stories high, looking down at the figures below.
S-rank Valkyrie is still S-Rank; her fierce palm strike to Rita only caused some discomfort to her internal organs.
"Lady Rita? Are you kidding me? Lady Rita is already..."
Alvitr stood behind Raiden Mei, her legs trembling uncontrollably.
That's the strongest person in the Immortal Blades besides Lady Durandal! How could S-rank Valkyrie be defeated head-on?
Alvitr covered her mouth, seemingly unable to believe what was happening before her eyes.
Bathed in lightning, Raiden Mei turned and glanced at her. "Strive to become stronger."
"If the Valkyrie of the Immortal Blades possesses such power, let alone following in that captain's footsteps, you wouldn't even be able to touch the fleeting lightning."
Raiden Mei flashed and appeared in front of Rita, while Alvitr recovered from the suffocating pressure and slumped to the ground.
Rita stared at Mei, who had suddenly appeared in front of her, and was momentarily unsure of what to do.
"Miss Herrscher, you just mentioned your friends. Could it be that Lady Durandal is one of your friends?"
Chapter 476 You are only worthy to compete with Pardo
Rita's injuries weren't serious; she only had some discomfort in her abdomen. After a short rest, she was fine. However, she was more concerned about the friend that Raiden Mei had mentioned.
But Raiden Mei was clearly unwilling to answer her question.
Raiden Mei crossed her arms, trying hard to recall the posture of the Mei and imitate her tone of voice.
"If this is all the strength you possess, you should refrain from coveting the existence of that Elysian Realm. This is not a warning, but rather protection for the weak."
"Weak... you really dare to say that, Miss Herrscher."
Rita couldn't help but grip her weapon tighter, and a large tic-tac-toe mark appeared above her head.
As one of the only three S-rank Valkyrie in Schicksal, this was the first time she had been called weak, which was simply intolerable.
"Lady Rita, we're here to help you!"
After a brief exchange of blows lasting only a few minutes, another group of members from the Immortal Blades arrived at the scene.
When they saw Rita being subdued, they were all shocked, and even contacted Durandal was on vacation far away.
But so far, I have not received a reply.
"You all step back."
Rita swept her scythe across the ground, drawing a line and halting the Valkyrie's advance.
In a duel between combatants of S-Rank and above, numbers alone cannot change the gap in strength, and A-rank Valkyrie are almost useless.
Moreover, she was now more curious about the [Elysian Realm] that Raiden Mei had mentioned than about fighting.
According to her, the entire area is filled with combat power of S-rank Valkyrie or higher.
How is that possible?
"It's fine if we all come at once."
Raiden Mei gripped the hilt of her sword, and the Thousand Blades sliced across her arm, leaving a faint trail of lightning.
By infusing the power of Raiden into the Thousand Blades, the weapon that Vill-V forged for her was indeed extraordinary.
"You are not qualified to set foot in that Elysian Realm. Your strength is only enough to rival Pardo."
Kevin number one, Elysia number two, and the rest are all in the top 3.
The fourth tier only has one person Pardofelis.
"Pardo..."
Rita squinted slightly, unsure of the meaning behind Raiden Mei's words.
Is it a bluff, or a signal sent to Schicksal?
Once the Herrscher in front of us is captured, everything will become clear.
"Since the Herrscher is so kind, Rita will have to show some strength and get serious."
Rita snapped her fingers, and the Valkyrie armor unfolded on her.
The giant scythe was raised in the next moment, creating a gust of wind and slashing down heavily towards Raiden Mei. Raiden Mei dodged it, but the second attack arrived in front of her in an instant.
The Thunderclap transformed into lightning, instantly teleporting him hundreds of meters away.
Rita followed closely behind. With the superior performance of the Valkyrie Armor, her attacks were unstoppable, and even the raging winds and thunderbolts could only leave shallow wounds on her.
In her next move, Raiden Mei suddenly flashed behind Rita, withdrew her lightning, and then delivered a karate chop to Rita's neck.
Rita's body remained motionless.
Despite Raiden Mei increasing the force of her attack—a strike powerful enough to knock down three A-rank Valkyrie —she couldn't even budge the S-rank Valkyrie.
"Chance!"
Rita followed up with a reverse blade strike, the massive scythe hurtling towards Raiden Mei. The attack was unstoppable, and with Raiden Mei still in a daze, Rita was confident she couldn't dodge.
Raiden Mei reacted instantly, using her Thousand Blades to meet Rita's attack.
Through long-term training with Sakura, she had long been accustomed to all kinds of sudden attacks coming from any direction, and her reaction movements had become almost instinctive.
But when Thousand Blades and Rita's weapon collided, the already shattered blades were reduced to fragments and then instantly reformed under electromagnetic force.
Two attacks were aimed at the two men respectively.
At that moment, both Rita and Raiden Mei chose to retreat, causing their attacks, which could have severely injured each other, to miss.
"Vill-V, couldn't you have included an instruction manual with you while you were at it?"
Raiden Mei couldn't help but shake her head.
The things Vill-V gave me are good, but it seems she still doesn't know how to use them. I almost didn't know how to explain it to Durandal just now.
"What a strange weapon. Is this also a creation of the friend the Herrscher mentioned?"
After that exchange of blows, Rita's perception of Raiden Mei improved by several percentage points.
She didn't seem to be a bad person who had broken in, or perhaps she didn't know how she ended up there.
Unfortunately, this did not affect Rita's mission to capture her and bring her back.
"You don't need to know. The strongest Valkyrie Durandal, is not here. I'm leaving, and no one can stop me today!"
"How confident you are, Herrscher. Rita will try her best to hold you back until Lady Durandal returns."
The two clashed once again, Thunderclap sounds echoed through the Schicksal Headquarters, but compared to before, they were noticeably less menacing.
While Raiden Mei and Rita were locked in a fierce battle, unbeknownst to her, a blond man was secretly observing her from a hidden room within the Schicksal Headquarters.
Bishop of Schicksal Otto Apocalypse.
"To be able to fight Rita to a standstill... wait, was he deliberately holding back? He doesn't seem to be an enemy who trespassed into Schicksal Headquarters."
Otto's gaze was fixed on Mei.
She remembered this girl; they had met briefly before at the St. Freya Academy, and she had even received lunch from her then.
Since she was just an ordinary B-rank Valkyrie, and had some connection to the Herrscher of the Void's plans, Otto only paid a brief look at her and didn't give her much attention.
I never imagined that our next meeting would be like this.
Otto became increasingly curious about what had happened at the St. Freya Academy and how Raiden Mei had ended up at Schicksal Headquarters.
Amber, what do you think?
Otto looked at his white-haired secretary behind him.
Amber held the documents and carefully compared them with the images of Raiden Mei from the surveillance footage.
"She is indeed the Herrscher of Thunder, the daughter of Raiden Ryoma, but the Honkai Energy very stable, not at all like the violent nature of Herrscher. It's as if it's been controlled through some method."
Finding out Raiden Mei's background using Schicksal's database would be incredibly easy.
"I mean, what do you think of the [Elysian Realm] she mentioned?"
According to Mei, everyone in there is a ruthless person who could easily beat Rita, and even the S-rank Valkyrie are in the bottom tier.
Amber hesitated, "Raiden Mei's expression doesn't seem like she's lying, but I still find it hard to believe."
"So, the intelligence is accurate?"
Otto placed his hand on the table and tapped the surface repeatedly.
Given the power Raiden Mei has displayed, and the apparent strength that Schicksal has shown, the Valkyrie will have to pay a certain price to seize it.
But it's not impossible.
"Amber, where are the Bianka people?"
Chapter 477 Bishop Otto
Durandal, the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, could easily capture Raiden Mei if she returned, but she is not at Schicksal Headquarters at the moment.
This is also why Otto hesitated.
That's so strange, especially the conversation between Raiden Mei and Rita just now.
Raiden Mei didn't deny that Durandal was one of the friends she mentioned; she likely knew Durandal, and their relationship was probably quite close.
"Lady Durandal has sent word that Lady Bianka just encountered Anti-Entropy's forces and is temporarily unable to escape."
"The Anti-Entropy Force? Isn't Bianka on vacation?"
"This... I don't know."
Amber scratched her cheek awkwardly.
Ultimately, Durandal's reasoning was far too weak; nobody believed it at all!
You're not going to say that Anti-Entropy also on vacation when you run into them on vacation, are you? What a coincidence!
"Then let's assume for now that Bianka is being held back by the Anti-Entropy forces and can't return for the time being."
Otto squinted; cautious as he was, he had already sensed that something was amiss.
But what should we do next?
Should Li Sushang be awakened directly from her hibernation pod, or should a fully armed Valkyrie squad be used, or...?
"Amber, why do you think Raiden Mei appeared at Schicksal Headquarters?"
Otto tapped the table with his finger and casually asked another question.
"I don't know, but judging from her conversation with Rita just now, she probably didn't intrude intentionally. Instead, she seems to want to leave as soon as possible. Just to be on the safe side, I suggest leaving her at Schicksal Headquarters."
Amber said earnestly.
Regardless of Raiden Mei's purpose in appearing at Schicksal Headquarters, the fact that Schicksal Headquarters's surveillance network didn't detect anything unusual is enough to warrant placing Raiden Mei under house arrest for investigation for a period of time.
I agree with you.
Otto nodded, turning his attention to the battle between Raiden Mei and Rita.
"However, Amber, judging from the current pace, capturing this intruder will be no easy task. It seems Rita can't stop her."
Although the S-rank Valkyrie is powerful, she didn't gain any advantage over Raiden Mei, and it seems she won't be able to defeat her anytime soon.
Moreover, as a Herrscher, Raiden Mei must have trump cards that they don't know about, and she could escape at any time.