Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Nobody wants to be the next victim.

Grani paused for two seconds before realizing that Skadi was already behind him, and the rock wall she had broken through rendered his defenses meaningless.

So she didn't care whether the bird in front of her was friend or foe, and quickly turned to look at Skadi.

Where is that girl?

Skadi said calmly.

“I can’t tell you!” Grani raised his spear, his face tense.

She really had no confidence at all about facing Skadi.

So she could only use her peripheral vision to signal to the birds beside her.

Could you please help me one more time?

At this point, there's no time to investigate its origins; let's try to communicate with it first.

Of everyone present, the only one he could rely on was it, whose stance was unclear.

Bounty hunters are intimidated by Skadi's reputation and will not easily fight her until they find the treasure.

The Reunion Movement... Judging from Big Bob's reaction, it will probably end up being an enemy rather than a friend.

But when faced with her gaze, the bird merely tilted its head without making any further movement.

Seeing this, Grani sighed helplessly.

Have I lost my mind? How could I possibly expect a bird to understand my every move?

"You want to... obstruct Rhodes Island's mission?" Skadi hesitated for a moment before bringing up Rhodes Island as an excuse.

"You didn't even tell me what mission Rhodes Island assigned you!" Grani felt extremely aggrieved upon hearing this. "What mission did you take? Tell me! We're colleagues from the same unit, am I supposed to stop you?"

You didn't even say anything before trying to steal my mission objective. It's really hard for me to handle, isn't it?

Hearing this, Skadi had nothing to say.

What missions could she have taken from Rhodes Island?

LOL, there's no such thing as a legitimate product.

"Make one up on the spot?" Skadi thought for a moment, then glanced at the greatsword in her hand.

It seems simpler to just start fighting than to create a task from scratch.

After figuring this out, Skadi silently began to wield her greatsword.

Grani, who was prepared, held his spear horizontally in front of him, barely managing to block the attack.

But this did not excite her at all; instead, it made her even more distressed.

To block that sword strike, half of his body went numb.

Judging from Skadi's posture, she didn't even use her full strength in that sword strike; she just casually swung her hand.

How can we fight like this?!

Moreover, the birds nearby remained unmoved, even though they had just saved them.

Grani gritted his teeth. It seemed he couldn't count on the birds; he would have to rely on himself.

"With your abilities, do you really think you can protect her?"

Skadi continued to make sarcastic remarks.

"Whether you can do it or not is a different matter from whether you do it or not!"

Grani remained completely unaffected, pondering a solution in his mind.

There is no doubt that Skadi did not want to hurt herself.

This is the conclusion she reached.

Otherwise, given her consistent attitude, wouldn't it be better to just take her down with a few sword strikes and then interrogate her?

Why stop and talk so much to yourself?

Then, perhaps...

Just then, Grani drew Skadi's attention, and a bounty hunter furtively aimed a crossbow at Skadi.

Click.

That's the sound of a crossbow being fired.

"careful!"

At Grani's prompting, Skadi raised her sword in time to parry.

good chance!

Upon seeing this, Grani's eyes lit up, and he immediately bent over and jumped!

With a whoosh, it passed over Skadi's head and entered the cave.

"Skadi, I'm going now!"

Along with the sound came Granina's footsteps, which seemed to walk further and further away.

"I'm sorry! I'll consider Chlor's matter once you've thought it through and are ready to tell me the truth!"

Seeing this, Skadi angrily wanted to chase after her.

But the steps they took quickly froze in place.

Deep-sea hunters are connected by blood.

She sensed it... at that moment... the presence of a ghost shark!

Skadi suddenly turned around and looked out of the cave.

Right outside?

At the edge of the forest, Xia Yu finally arrived at the scene.

Separated by the bounty hunters and the Reunion Movement, his gaze met Skadi's as she stood at the cave entrance.

"..."

"Let's go in first!" The Reunion Movement broke free from the bounty hunters' entanglement, occupied the entrance Skadi had opened, and began to file in.

The bounty hunters watched their retreating figures with apprehension in their eyes.

But they didn't chase after him.

They quickly regrouped, as if to concentrate their forces on dealing with Skadi first.

Just then, someone spotted Xia Yu at the edge of the forest through Skadi's gaze.

"Who are you?" Dozens of people turned around from the direction facing Skadi, as if they wanted to deal with this uninvited guest first.

Xia Yu was not worried about the safety of the cave grani and the others.

The lion scorpion had already entered silently.

In a place like this, she is the most powerful assassin.

Now, let's deal with these small fry first.

Skadi gripped her sword tightly.

The person opposite me has the aura of a ghost shark.

Aura, it's a very mysterious thing.

If someone had come into contact with a ghost shark, even if they were standing right in front of it, its aura wouldn't be this strong.

Now, the distance between him and me is at least three hundred meters.

The aura, however, continued to emanate from him and spread towards me.

This makes absolutely no sense, and even seems a bit far-fetched based on Skadi's common sense.

If a friend had said that to her in the past, she could have laughed for a whole year.

To put it simply, the deep-sea hunters are connected by blood, and this connection isn't reflected in their aura.

So even if Ghost Shark himself came, standing more than 300 meters away, without seeing it with his own eyes, he would at most sense that there might be a fellow creature nearby, but he wouldn't be able to see it so directly...

Yes, it's intuitive, so intuitive. Skadi has never felt this way before. Even if you have your back to him, even if you are more than 300 meters away, you can be sure that Specter is standing there.

But the person standing there was clearly a stranger.

Without a doubt, this was aimed at me.

Skadi was keenly aware of this.

If she hadn't seen the Rhodes Island symbol on Xia Yu, she probably would have immediately slaughtered the hundred-plus bounty hunters in front of her and used her sword to question that person about his identity, his purpose, and his relationship with Specter.

But even Rhodes Island couldn't stop Skadi's eagerness.

At most, in the final stage mentioned above, they would change the method of holding a sword to his neck and interrogating him to grabbing his collar and questioning him.

However, Skadi first glanced at the Bluebird, who was still sitting on the bounty hunter's corpse beside her.

Even she was somewhat surprised by the speed of this thing.