Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Seeing this, he frowned, leaned against the wall, and began to ponder.

The information Kal'tsit provided should be accurate, and she certainly wasn't trying to mislead me.

There's a reason we came to this warehouse first.

Not only is it close, but according to intelligence, this warehouse is not close to the power engines in the various districts of Chernobog. Even when it needs to replenish energy, this warehouse is usually the last one to be used.

That's why Xia Yu chose to come here first.

But it was completely empty.

He felt like he was missing something, but he couldn't quite grasp the beginning or the end.

Just then, a drunken guard carrying a bottle of liquor entered the warehouse, interrupting his thoughts.

"Great," Xia Yu narrowed her eyes, "I don't need to go outside and get my tongue caught anymore."

The guard staggered over to him, his head full of drunkenness making him somewhat unaware of the situation.

"Look what I caught? A lazy little brat."

He actually mistook Xia Yu for a guard... He must be quite drunk.

However, Xia Yu has a special method for sobering up.

A long sword was placed against the guard's neck, and a sinister voice, as if from hell, echoed in the empty warehouse.

"Look what I've caught? A drunken guard?"

27. Passing off inferior goods as superior ones

The guards didn't provide much information.

But that was enough for Xia Yu to judge the situation.

My plans are likely to fall through.

The Originium here was moved a week ago.

Moreover, they went straight out of the city, and even the guards didn't know why.

They were just ordinary military police, not the elite guards they were originally assigned to. Knowing they were only guarding an empty warehouse, they were so unguarded.

In their view, they were merely temporary guards of the site, not the guardians of a strategic warehouse.

This reminded Xia Yu of some plot explanations and speculation videos from her previous life.

As a massive, mobile city, Chernobog was too easily conquered by the Reunification Movement.

Even if the Reunion Movement possesses high-end combat forces like Patriot and Talulah, it's unrealistic to expect them to conquer the entire Chernobog in just a few hours.

While the Reunion Movement captured Chernobog, the Ursus regular army stood by and did nothing.

Therefore, some people already knew everything.

I didn't find out the inside story.

But whether Reunion is a scapegoat or a tool, this city will eventually return to Ursus's hands.

There seems to be no need to move all the Originium out, right?

Anyway, it will eventually come back to Ursus's hands.

Xia Yu couldn't understand this.

But he didn't have much time to think it over.

A loud roar echoed outside the warehouse.

It wasn't just Xia Yu who had her eye on this warehouse; the long-brewing Reunification Movement was also baring its fangs at the city.

Ignoring the limp guards at her feet, Xia Yu soared into the sky and flew towards the next warehouse.

Time is of the essence; if we don't hurry, we'll end up with nothing.

That's what they said.

His flying figure came to a stop.

In the chaotic neighborhood, a Sarkaz thug is swinging his long knife at a woman.

The woman lay prostrate on the ground, her body bent over as she desperately protected her child.

Given the Sarkaz's enormous size, the woman and the child beneath her would probably be cut in two.

His exceptional eyesight allowed him to clearly see the bloodthirsty expression on the Sarkaz mercenary's face.

His mercenary companions around him were laughing and celebrating.

They are enjoying these wails.

The cries of the common people.

boom!

A giant blade fell from the sky and smashed him into a bloody pulp.

The Mountain-Slaying Sword, whose real name is "The Emerald Horizon that Cuts Through a Thousand Mountains," is one of the twin swords wielded by Zababa, the god of war in Sumerian legend. Also known as the "Mountain-Slaying Sword," it incorporates the concept of "horizon" and can easily cleave through a thousand mountains.

The other is the Dawn Horizon Sword, also known as the Sea-Slaying Sword, which burns and drives away all the seas.

Anyone who has watched Magical Girl Illya should have a deep impression of this sword.

Because it is really too big.

From the moment it appeared, the entire neighborhood was silent except for the bursting flames.

The bloodthirsty mercenary was long gone, and the woman who had shielded her child with her own body was staring blankly at the mountain-like giant sword in front of her.

"Is this how you do things?"

Xia Yu stood atop the Mountain-Slaying Sword, looking down at everyone. His deliberately sinister voice echoed throughout the entire block.

"Chief Talulah didn't hire you demons to kill and set fires!"

Xia Yu could kill them.

It doesn't even require much effort.

But Chernobog is large, and Reunion mobs are everywhere.

Can he kill in one place, or in an entire city?

Oh, that seems like a good idea, but Noble Phantasms don't discriminate between friend and foe. Does that mean we have to eliminate the victims along with these villains?

Moreover, he had more important things to do.

So the only thing we can do is to rub Talulah's tiger skin to intimidate them.

We don't ask for much, just that they stop killing and arson.

Of course, one Talulah alone doesn't seem to be enough, after all, these mercenaries aren't on the same page as the Reunion Movement's infected.

At this point, a typical example is needed.

"Where is Garsen?" Xia Yu tried hard to recall the name of the Sarkaz mercenary leader who appeared in the darkness.

"Let him come out to me."

"I don't remember that these things were stipulated in the original agreement."

A dull sound rang out, and the mercenaries on the street slowly parted to both sides.

The towering Sarkaz emerged from the middle.

He was really tall, about two heads taller than Xia Yu.

He was followed by a large group of people, including some that Xia Yu knew.

Hedley, Ines, and the madwoman W.

“We do things for your Reunion Movement, and you pay us. It’s a very simple agreement.”

"Isn't it you who want to conquer this city now?" He looked up at Xia Yu at the top of the Mountain-Slaying Sword. "Aren't we doing this for you?"

"You call this doing things for us?" Xia Yu pointed to the gruesome corpses of civilians lying on the street.

"As expected, demons have no brains. No wonder Chief Talulah repeatedly told me to keep an eye on you."

"What do you mean by occupation?" he asked as he stepped down from the mountain-slaying sword that was stuck diagonally in the ground.

"Kill all those who resist!"

Garsen said without hesitation.

"Including civilians?"

"Including civilians!"

Hearing this, even the mercenaries beside him nodded in agreement.

No wonder the Sarkaz are regarded as locusts by all the nations of Terra.

“As expected of uncivilized barbarians,” Xia Yu’s words grew increasingly harsh. “No wonder your homeland has become such a wretched place, with even the regent exiled to another country…”

Xia Yu didn't know whether Therese could be considered an exile, but that didn't stop him from using it as a talking point.