Unless he had the Little Emperor use the Supreme Imperial Arm, but that was his greatest trump card. Unless it was absolutely necessary, at a life-or-death moment... he did not want to play that card.
And without using the Supreme Imperial Arm, he had no way to deal with Durandal.
Besides the people Durandal and Rita recruited both secretly and openly, they had not neglected the selection of new talent. In particular, Durandal had cultivated many capable people under her through her personal charisma... most only needed training for a while before they could handle matters independently or lead troops!
That day, after finishing training her personal guards, Durandal returned home and enjoyed being fed by Rita.
Rita had developed several new kinds of desserts over the past two days. Naturally... the first people she thought of were Durandal and Guan Xing.
However, Guan Xing was still busy and would have to wait a while longer, so Durandal got to taste them first.
Durandal sat beside the table as Rita picked up a spoonful, took a small taste herself first, then fed it to Durandal.
Durandal lay sprawled across the table, needing only to open her mouth for Rita to feed the food into it.
No one else was in the room at the moment. Durandal had assigned them a task, so only Durandal and Rita were home now, along with Little Black, who was asleep.
Recently, quite a few rumors about Zank the Executioner had spread through the Imperial Capital, drawing Durandal's interest.
Of course, Durandal was not interested in the man himself, but in his Imperial Arm—the Omniscient Vision [The Watcher].
The Imperial Arm Omniscient Vision [The Watcher] possessed five abilities: Insight, Far Sight, X-Ray Vision, Future Vision, and Illusion Vision.
Insight allowed one to see through