Chapter 70: Like a Myth

"Valkyrie Delta, in view of your actions just now, I want to ask you now—are you still yourself?"

Durandal stepped over the encirclement of Delta, and the exquisite and beautiful white lance, looking more like a work of art than a weapon, was heavily planted at her feet. She asked in a stern manner.

Of course, she knew those people deserved to die.

Abducting retired and active Valkyries to serve as reproductive tools, secretly cultivating armed forces without the permission of headquarters, and mixing personal purposes into important experiments on the Gem of Desire—these behaviors, even if they don't consider the issue of humanity, are capital crimes in terms of laws.

Durandal didn't care about the death of the branch chief and his cronies, but the reason why Delta took action was crucial. Whether she acted purely for revenge or had her mind controlled by Honkai was the most critical issue today.

"A wonderful feeling..."

"I have never experienced pure power."

"And there are voices, human voices, natural voices, and voices that I don't know what... I am... ah ah ah!"

Delta held her head with both hands and raised her head to the sky, letting out a sharp roar of pain.

The surging Honkai energy spread out unsteadily from her body, forming a strong shock wave that caused the Valkyries building the encirclement to cover their eyes and retreat.

Only Durandal stood there unmoved, raising her lance with a serious face.

"Delta!"

Wendy, panicked by her friend's scream, had no time to care about the fate of her former superiors. She subconsciously wanted to rush forward.

But a white arm stretched out and stopped her.

"Miss Wendy, please calm down first. You are not suitable to directly participate in the conflict in front of you."

Rita said understandingly and gently, fixing Wendy's petite body in her arms, and then stood behind Otto.

Durandal might not understand Rita's upper limit of ability. It should be said that Durandal finds it difficult to feel the difference in strength between others and herself, because most people in her eyes are opponents who can be defeated with one punch, and she can't feel any difference at all.

But Otto and Rita themselves know this well. No matter how powerful she is, she will be responsible.

At present, only Durandal is qualified to face Delta. As for Rita, it is enough for her to "protect" Otto.

Durandal was not interested in anything else at this time. Facing Delta, she made a retreat gesture to the Oceania Valkyries who formed the encirclement behind her—the A-rank Valkyries in the entire Oceania branch added up to only a handful, and two of them were involved in this experiment. This shows the average level of this force.

With Durandal present, there is no need to waste their lives in vain.

After a brief hesitation, the Oceania Valkyries chose to accept the order from the top of the headquarters.

"Everyone retreat, protect the Archbishop!"

The encirclement dispersed, but it was not a complete retreat. Instead, they joined the troops protecting Otto, strengthening the protection of the most important person in place.

Then, Durandal, who had no worries, slowly walked towards Delta, who was holding her head in pain and suspected of fighting against some kind of mental pollution.

"Delta, are you still the Valkyrie Delta? Are you awake? Answer my questions directly. I will decide what measures to take based on your answers!"

"Don't make noise!!!"

Delta appears to lose some balance due to Durandal's questioning. She waved her hand and launched layers of invisible attacks.

"Squeak!"

The air between the two of them made a sharp and piercing whine, and a series of crisscrossing cuts appeared on the ground.

Durandal's pupils shrank. Even though no one could see clearly, she had felt the threat of death.

"Queen!"

With an urgent call, a huge mecha appeared in the sky. The body with gorgeous golden emblems was like a noble and elegant queen. It erected a huge shield as tall as a building in front of Durandal.

"Swish!"

In an instant, the attack came from behind Durandal, and the crisscrossing cuts spread to the distant ground that could not be distinguished by the naked eye.

However, there was no loud noise of a head-on collision, only a slight cutting sound. Then the huge shield turned into a pile of extremely smooth fragments in front of everyone.

Queen no longer had a shield in her hand, and her figure slowly faded in the sky.

Behind the shield, Durandal maintained a dodging posture with a large backward lean. Although there were no scars, a few strands of cut golden hair slowly fell in the air.

"Is this the ability of the Herrscher of Wind? Such sharpness is almost impossible to defend against—so, this is your answer, Delta?"

Durandal stood up, holding the lance in her hand, bending her knees, and her beautiful figure with perfect curves showed hidden explosive power.

"Uh...uh..."

Delta just held her head tightly, her body shaking in the air, as if she was struggling.

'Durandal, even in the later stage of the plot when the combat power expanded, is still the most indestructible trump card in Otto's hand!'

'Take this opportunity...'

'Let me experience your level!'

Delta, who had already planned, suddenly stopped wavering, lowered her head, and looked at Durandal with a pair of golden eyes filled with infinite Honkai energy.

"Swish!"

The ideal fluid was pulled into threads, forming an irresistible invisible blade. As Delta's mind moved, countless deep cuts appeared where Durandal stood.

But Durandal had already disappeared.

No one could see her speed clearly. Even Delta now could only feel that the other party was charging by intuition. Then, the sharp tip of the lance hit Delta's abdomen head-on.

"Bang!!!"

As a Divine Key, the Abyss Flower has an absolutely trustworthy hardness and sharpness. Unfortunately, it hit the protective shield composed of the ideal fluid, which is the defense power of infinite physical limit. The lance could not break the defense, so it could only transmit Durandal's terrifying power, causing Delta to be suddenly pushed into the sky.

But Durandal's goal was also achieved. She wanted to pull the battlefield to the sky and avoid more damage to the Oceania branch as much as possible.

"Boom!"

Durandal's figure suddenly rose up, chasing after Delta who was knocked away like a rocket.

Delta also gradually resolved the impact force. She was in a protective shield that could not be broken. With a wave of her hand, the terrifying air pressure pressed towards Durandal like the sky falling.

Countless ideal fluid filaments entangled in it, turning into a terrifying attack that crushed everything.

"Bang!!!"

In an instant, the clouds in the sky were shattered, and the unimaginable impact force spread to the ground, forming waves of strong winds that were enough to blow away human bodies.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The mythical terrifying power kept interweaving in the air, and the people on the ground could only vaguely see a rapidly moving golden light and shadow. Apart from that, they could only try their best to fix themselves in the strong wind.

From time to time, they could even see the mountains in the distance being affected by Delta's attack, suddenly breaking into pieces and collapsing.

"Is this the level of the Herrscher and the S-rank Valkyrie?"

"Then what is the meaning of our efforts?"

"So, what Delta said before was right, this experiment will really change history!"

The Oceania Valkyries were trembling, crying, or laughing as they looked up at this mythical battle. It was like a frog finally jumped out of the well and saw the real sky for the first time.

In the gusts of wind, Otto stood calmly with his hands behind his back and said:

"Rita, what do you think?"

"It is extremely rare to be able to hold out against Lady Durandal for so long. The artificial Herrscher experiment is indeed of great significance, and it is worth it for the Overseer and Lady Durandal to come all the way."

Rita used Durandal as a reference to judge Delta's power, but both she and Otto felt that this was justified.

"The power to create and manipulate ideal fluids, from forming a vacuum or even a simple oxygen-free area to pushing the atmosphere, the earth, and the ocean to form a destructive disaster that sweeps the world, is the ability of the Herrscher of Wind. Delta's real limit should be far more than that."

"But Lady Durandal is far more than that. Rita believes that Lady Durandal will definitely bring victory to the Overseer, no matter who the opponent is."

Rita hugged the anxious Wendy with both hands and said elegantly and confidently.

Otto smiled slightly and did not refute.

Only Wendy kept staring at the sky, her crystal green eyes flashing with anxious and helpless tears.

"Delta, please, come back soon..."