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Similarly, not only Catherine was drawn to the commotion caused by Rita and Stan's battle, but also Durandal.

As the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, Durandal naturally noticed the commotion at the museum long ago. However, trusting that Rita could handle it, she didn't rush over immediately.

Stan thus escaped a disaster for the time being (I'm sure of it).

Durandal was somewhat surprised when he arrived and discovered that Rita didn't seem to have handled the situation well and that he himself was injured.

The enemies we encountered on this mission were really troublesome; even Rita got injured?

"Rita, I didn't expect you to be injured too. It seems that the opponent must be a very powerful guy."

After a conversation, Durandal roughly understood what had just happened.

"So you think that cat-shaped Honkai Beast that just attacked the museum was man-made? Man-made Honkai Beast? What organization is so bored?"

Rita shook her head.

"I don't know, but that restraint-like thing around its neck is definitely man-made, so someone must be behind this incident."

"But there's no need to worry too much. Their target is Destiny, so as long as I continue my investigation, they will definitely come knocking. Then I'll just take them down!"

As an S-class Valkyrie, Rita has this confidence.

The fight just now was only because Rita was careless. If she had gone all out, a mere cat would definitely not have been a match for her.

"Can you handle this by yourself? Or should I come and help you?"

Durandal was somewhat worried, so he offered to help, but Rita flatly refused.

"Lady Durandal, please enjoy your holiday. Don't worry about these trivial matters."

Yulandale: ......

Since Rita has said so, what can Durandal say? Of course, he can only believe Rita!

"In that case, I'll do as you say, but please contact me immediately if anything happens."

"As ordered!"

......

Meanwhile, at the World Serpent's base, Stan had also returned.

Jackal was very satisfied with Stan's performance today.

"To actually push Schicksal's S-rank Valkyrie to this point, that's quite an achievement, Stan!"

To be honest, the jackal only caught some wild cats for experiments on a whim; she never intended to produce any results. Who knew that such a freak as Stan would emerge?

A wild cat actually possessed strength comparable to an Emperor-level Honkai Beast! When the jackal first saw the experimental results, she was completely terrified! But then she started laughing wildly.

As expected of her, she can casually research and create such a powerful artificial Honkai Beast. Jackal is indeed a genius!

Today's actual battle left Jackal very satisfied. Although he had to retreat in the end due to the exhaustion of his limiter energy, he was able to confront an S-class Valkyrie wearing the fourth-generation Valkyrie armor before his energy was depleted. He truly lived up to his reputation as her experimental creation!

"Meow meow."

(They didn't even let me check my equipment before the operation. If I had five more seconds, I could have taken care of that girl.)

After saying that, Stan gave the jackal a speechless look.

Jackal, of course, didn't understand cat language, so she assumed Stan was being affectionate with her and took out the cat food she had prepared beforehand.

"This is your reward. Next time, just optimize your limiter a bit more, and your action time will be extended several times over. At that time, that S-class Valkyrie will definitely be slain by you!"

As Jackal spoke, he placed a bowl of cat food in front of Stan.

However, Stan only glanced at it before turning away and leaving; it had no appetite at the moment.

Although it was due to the external reason of the limiter, strictly speaking, it was indeed the one that fled first in today's battle. How could Stan, as an ultimate life form, bear such humiliation?

It has no appetite at all right now; it needs to seize the time to train its physique so that it can better adapt to Honkai energy and have a longer fighting time.

Next time, it will definitely win Rita over!

Watching Stan walk away on his own, Jackal was completely baffled as to what Stan was thinking.

"...What a difficult person to please!"

"But why is he so indifferent to his master? Is he in heat?"

"Should we find it a female cat?"

Chapter 128 Your Excellency, there must be a deeper meaning behind this!

In other words, Stan didn't hear the jackal's mutterings, otherwise it would have angrily swatted the jackal away with its paw and rejected her unreliable idea!

What the heck is a female cat?

It doesn't need a mother cat!

The mother cat will only slow down the speed at which Stan swings his paws!

Stan now only hopes to improve his strength through hellish training, and then next time he can rightfully kill that little girl named Rita under his claws to prove his ultimate life form power!

While Stan was undergoing special training, World Serpent and Destiny were also carrying out their own actions.

In order to deceive fate and lure Rita into a trap, the jackal decides to deliberately spread false information to her. However, Rita isn't stupid; not every piece of information can fool her.

If you just toss a random note to Rita on the street, she will never believe what it says!

But all of this is certainly no challenge for the Jackal, who has the World Serpent's backing!

While the World Serpents are not as numerous as the Destiny Serpents, they are still a considerable number, and compared to the Destiny Serpents' members who have open identities, the World Serpents are much more secretive. Most of them have a public, concealed identity and only cooperate with the World Serpents when they receive orders.

Rita had previously met Catherine, the director of the British Museum, who happened to be just such a person.

At Jackal's behest, Catherine contacted Rita that same day, expressing her desire to work with Rita to investigate the culprit who vandalized the museum. Such words might have aroused suspicion if spoken by someone else, but coming from Catherine, the museum curator, it seemed perfectly normal.

Even Rita didn't doubt it too much and readily accepted Catherine's invitation to meet the next day.

When they met again, Catherine didn't immediately reveal the message she wanted to convey to Rita, as that would be too obvious. Instead, Catherine pulled out a large stack of documents, claiming they were the results of her research on the Arthurian legend over the years, and handed them to Rita.

Catherine believed that with Rita's abilities, she would definitely be able to find the document that she had deliberately placed there, and at that time, this Valkyrie from destiny would also step into the snake's trap.

To ensure Rita would take the bait, Jackal and Catherine even prepared a set of Soul Steel and hid it in the stone slab that Rita had investigated the day before, and then "accidentally" let Rita discover the Soul Steel.

As they expected, Rita reported the discovery of Soul Steel immediately.

"It really is Soul Steel. I never expected that they would embed Soul Steel in a stone slab that is thousands of years old. Things are getting interesting!"

At the Destiny Headquarters, Otto looked at the report sent by Rita, and after reviewing the test results of the Soul Steel, a faint smile appeared on his face.

"According to the records in this Soul Steel, the Second Divine Key was created by the previous civilization using the core of the Second Herrscher. Its actual function is still unclear, but the Soul Steel mentions that its power can open the gates of space and link to another dimension."

"Previous civilizations once attempted to use it to explore the Sea of ​​Quanta, searching for a way to combat the Honkai..."

"In short, the Second Divine Key is extremely important to Schicksal. It will be an indispensable weapon in the fight against the Honkai. No matter what the cost, we must find it!"

Of course, Otto didn't reveal all the information to Rita here.

Otto had no need for the information recorded in the Soul Steel regarding the Second Divine Key; he had already searched through the Void Treasury for all information related to the Second Divine Key.

It was because of this that Otto knew that the true zeroth rated power of this Divine Key was to open the door to the Tree of Imaginary Numbers!

Otto's ultimate plan requires this as a prerequisite, so no matter the cost, Otto must obtain the second Divine Key!

"But Your Excellency, isn't the timing of the appearance of this Soul Steel a bit too coincidental?"

Although Jackal and Catherine had done a very discreet job, Rita's intuition still felt something was off; the appearance of these Soulsteel pieces was just too coincidental.

Otto, of course, couldn't possibly be unaware of this.

But is that a problem?

not a problem!

Otto knew perfectly well that the obstacle preventing him from finding the second Divine Key was probably that group calling themselves the World Serpents. Otto had noticed these people before, but at that time they had no conflict of interest with Schicksal, so Otto hadn't paid them any attention.

There are so many strange and unusual organizations in the world that Otto couldn't possibly wipe them all out; even he wouldn't have the energy to do so. Unless he clashes with Destiny, Otto wouldn't care about these things at all.

However, if it clashes with destiny, especially if it hinders Otto's own plans, then what awaits him is Otto's iron fist!

This time, the jackal was undoubtedly repeatedly jumping around in Otto's minefield.

So after a brief moment of thought, Otto had already decided on his next course of action.

Since the World Serpent has thrown out bait, let's jump in and find the mastermind behind it all. Then, using the Mimic Feather Crossing, we can probe the brain and find the location of the Second Divine Key.

Simple and crude!

“Let’s follow this lead and investigate further, Rita.”

"In addition, for your safety during the mission, I will arrange an assistant to help you."

"As you command, Lord Bishop."

......

The next day, at London's airport, Rita and Durandal met the assistant Otto had mentioned, but this assistant was slightly different from what they had imagined.

For such an important mission as finding the second Divine Key, they had assumed that even if Otto didn't send the mysterious third S-rank Valkyrie, he would at least send an A-rank Valkyrie.

The one who arrived was only a B-rank Valkyrie, and well... Rita and Durandal's first impression of this B-rank Valkyrie, Susana, was that she was a bit of a simpleton!

It's an illusion, definitely an illusion. At such a critical moment, how could His Holiness the Bishop send such an unreliable person?