Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Especially Skadi!

Xia Yu is doing well. She has been sharing food with them from time to time these past few days. Although there was a conflict between the two sides before, no one was injured or killed. They are getting along quite well now.

Occasionally, they could exchange a few words, and gradually, some people dared to make a joke with him.

But Skadi is different.

Although everyone knows that Skadi may not be as good as Xia Yu in terms of fighting ability, Skadi has been acting strangely these past few days. While she wouldn't be described as unpredictable, she's definitely someone you shouldn't approach.

Anyway, I just felt really down.

The look in his eyes was as if he were about to draw his sword and chop anyone down.

The key point is that she actually cut off these integration movements...

I remember it vividly.

Everyone still remembers that indomitable spirit.

So no one dared to provoke her.

Everyone avoids her when they see her; heaven knows why she's been so irritable these past few days.

Although Skadi is a very principled person and would never take her anger out on them no matter how bad she was in a mood, they didn't know that.

Even Big Bob didn't dare to say more than a few words in front of Skadi.

My broken chainsaw is still sitting on my bedside table; the lesson from the past is still fresh in my mind...

Skadi really wants to go home.

But she can't go back, and there's no way for her to go back.

Agor has long been buried deep in the abyss; she can never return.

And Rhodes Island...

Xia Yu is still here.

He not only wants to stay here, but also to go to the Grand Knight's Palace to watch the Knights Tournament...

I just won't go back to Rhodes Island.

Even though Skadi already knew that with his strength, he probably wouldn't need her protection, she was still afraid of the worst-case scenario. How could she just give up after finally grasping this hope?

“Meaning is something that doesn’t matter whether you have it or not,” Xia Yu replied patiently to her complaint. “In life, you don’t necessarily have to make every thing you do meaningful.”

"Besides, if simply going out for a stroll can help others, why not do it?"

"help?"

Skadi sighed as she looked at the villagers around her who were obsequious to the Reunion Movement and the Reunion Movement members who were avoiding her and her companion.

"Will this really help them?"

“Perhaps,” Xia Yu shook her head, “Perhaps it can only help for a while, or perhaps it can’t even help for a while.”

"But it's okay, I'm happy to do it."

Upon hearing this, Skadi gave him a mournful look.

I'm not happy about it...

It wasn't simply that I was unwilling, but rather that I had more important things to do.

“Sigh, you can go back first,” Xia Yu said, shaking her head helplessly as she looked at her. “If you’re really worried about Specter, then you should go back to Rhodes Island first.”

"You know my strength, and I don't need your constant protection. You can go first."

"Furthermore, I will be staying in the Grand Knight Territory for several months until the Rhodes Island main ship arrives. Can you endure that long?"

"Why don't you go back first?"

These words were well-intentioned and earnest, and everyone could see Skadi's impatience.

But she just wouldn't leave.

Xia Yu never considered keeping Skadi by her side, even though she had become his teammate, in reality...

Do I really need teammates?

Where on this land can't I go? Even the emperor's palace, I can openly and honestly storm in front of everyone.

The so-called team members and squads were all decided by Kal'tsit, and Xia Yu was also very interested in several of the team members, which is why she agreed to it.

But it was just something I was interested in.

But this does not mean that the team members should act around him.

He never intended to keep Skadi by his side, but Skadi didn't want to.

Reality was the exact opposite of his expectations; it wasn't that he wanted to keep Skadi by his side, but rather that Skadi needed to keep him by her side to feel at ease.

Xia Yu suspected that if she weren't so good at fighting, Skadi wouldn't have been confident and would have been tied up by her after making a move. In that case, Xia Yu would probably have already been taken back to Rhodes Island by Skadi.

You can tell from her eyes that she really will do it.

Skadi never does things in a roundabout way; if she has an idea, she just does it.

They tend to act directly and straightforwardly.

Disdain seeking gain through crooked means.

"Ghost Shark..."

Skadi lowered her head and whispered, "It's not just about Specter..."

Deep down, she knew that her body had probably developed problems after she killed the god.

As one of the most elite deep-sea hunters, she knows her body inside and out.

But ever since he successfully killed the god, he...

Moreover, those terrifying fish and those sea creatures have a completely different attitude towards themselves than before they killed the god.

Although we will still fight if we encounter each other, but...

Skadi couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

She couldn't describe the feeling in words.

Until that day, Xia Yu reached out her hand, along with the golden Lock of Heaven.

The moment she grasped the Lock of Heaven, she immediately sensed something was wrong with her.

In the past, something parasitized me, perhaps because it was so thoroughly integrated that I couldn't even feel its presence.

I just had a vague feeling that I was different from before.

But now, having grasped the golden Lock of Heaven, she clearly sensed its presence.

He parasitizes himself!

Skadi immediately confirmed this.

That's the only way she dared to think.

Yes, she only dared to think about parasitism. In her mind, there was a more terrifying idea that was closer to the truth, but she rejected it.

It's parasitism, she kept confirming her own thoughts, it must be parasitism, it's absolutely parasitism!

She couldn't accept the other version of events.

But the thought kept lingering in my mind.

Ishar-mla.

The name of the god he killed.

Having fought for so many years, Skadi understands Haizi.

It was this understanding that gave her this idea.

She has undoubtedly been going through a very difficult time these past few days.

But not everything is a bad thing.

Xia Yu is not only the savior of Ghost Shark, but since the golden Chains of Heaven allowed him to sense her presence, perhaps...

So, she used the ghost shark as an excuse to find a reason to stay by Xia Yu's side.

If one day I...

The person in front of me should be able to end everything, right?

With this in mind, she refused to leave Xia Yu's side no matter what.

Looking at Skadi's silent yet determined gaze, Xia Yu shook her head helplessly.

Forget it, let her be.

He didn't think in the way Skadi was worried.

He was unaware of everything that had happened to Skadi.

Because, just as Skadi feared in the future, Ishar-mla, the god of the Sealings, did not exist in her in a parasitic form.

Otherwise, Xia Yu would have noticed it the moment they made contact, just like Talulah and the Black Serpent.