"Ms. Lis, can you tell me what exactly happened to you and Rita?"
Seeing the other woman take out a scanner to examine her and her daughter, Lis was somewhat displeased and had even wanted to stop her on the spot.
But when she thought of Ms. Laguna's usual behavior and knew that she was kind-hearted rather than some bad person, Lis fell silent again.
Well...
It was not like being scanned would make them lose anything.
She was only an A-rank Valkyrie, and her daughter was merely an ordinary person. Once Schicksal learned that neither of them had any potential, they presumably would not come looking for trouble.
Having finally escaped danger, Lis only wanted to live peacefully and happily with her daughter Rita and Mr. Ren.
But Laguna's unusual behavior made Lis sense that something was wrong.
A quiet vigilance rose within her.
Was there something wrong with her?
That was impossible!
She clearly had not... No, wait!
Lis's pupils suddenly contracted, and then a voice sounded beside her ear.
"Ms. Lis... I truly never expected that after resting for over a decade, you would break through from an A-rank Valkyrie to S-rank. I really... have no choice but to admire the miracle you created!"
Laguna smiled bitterly. As an A-rank Valkyrie herself, she naturally understood what an S-rank Valkyrie represented.
An A-rank Valkyrie only needed an energy level of forty thousand!
But the threshold for S-rank was five times that of A-rank—a full two hundred thousand!
Once the two put on Valkyrie armor and received Stigmata enhancements, the gap became even greater!
It was already impressive if an A-rank Valkyrie could barely exceed two hundred thousand, while an S-rank Valkyrie could easily reach two or three million!
That was why an A-rank Valkyrie facing an Emperor-class Honkai