London in the late night is extremely lively at this moment.
Rita held an ice sickle in her hand and faced the armed puppets on the water cautiously. At the same time, countless figures wearing masks and black clothes came up and surrounded her.
Rita calmly raised her sickle and whispered:
"I have never heard of an underground organization like yours in London."
She had never heard of an organization that could mobilize so many soldiers before.
Even in Europe where the headquarters of Schicksal is located...
"It is not time for the [Serpent] to return yet, Miss Rita Rossweisse."
One of the figures opened his mouth and answered in a dry voice:
"Now, I have no choice but to ask you to rest here forever."
They took out their weapons in unison and aimed at Rita. The armed puppet in the distance also raised the Judgment of Shamash in his hand again, aimed in the direction of Rita, and was about to swing for the second time.
"...At this distance, the guardian's attack will engulf you as well."
Rita narrowed her eyes, injected Honkai energy into the ice sickle in her hand, and spoke to delay time.
"That doesn't matter. As long as we can ensure the burial of an S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal, it will be a very good deal for us."
The shadow said casually.
Their encirclement was precisely to prevent Rita from escaping the attack range of the armed puppets.
"…Do you really have that ability?"
The injection of Honkai energy was completed, and a gauze-wing-like structure appeared behind Rita.
"Crescent Mode" - Crescent form, a particle flow dispersion system unique to the Aoi Knight - Artemis.
The particles released into the environment through this system can quickly absorb the heat energy in the surrounding environment, turning this place into an extremely cold hell.
At the same time, a mirage-like human figure appeared behind Rita.
This was her full firepower, but even so, it was still a bit difficult for her to take a direct hit from the scorching flames.
"No one can stop the will of the [Serpent]—"
As the black shadow finished speaking, the small armed puppet swung its sword again, and flames shot up into the sky, sweeping towards Rita.
"——get out of my way!"
Almost at the same time, a roar came from the sky, and a white knight's spear fell from the sky.
Countless huge vines spread out in an instant, forcing the dark shadows surrounding Rita to retreat.
At the same time, a blonde girl landed in front of Rita. Facing the swarming flames, she called out calmly:
"QUEEN!"
A white knight holding a shield came out in response, raised the shield, and stood in front of the two of them.
Then, Durandal gave another order:
"KING!"
Another white knight holding a huge sword also appeared on the battlefield, waving the sword to attack the small puppet beside the train.
"Lady Durandal..."
Rita breathed a sigh of relief.
The battle situation was urgent; the blonde girl ordered:
"Rita, I'll go deal with that guy, you arrest those mysterious people, and then... find Kirataka's whereabouts."
"I understand."
The dark blonde girl nodded, quickly jumped off the vines, and began to carry out the battle.
However, she felt a little pessimistic about the second half of Durandal's instructions.
With her ability to control ice, she could only barely resist the aftermath. The young man who had just suffered the impact head-on was probably dead, right?
......
In the Thames, close to the shore.
Kirataka poked his head out of the river and took a breath of fresh air.
——Just now, relying on the projected Oath of Judah, he rushed head-on into the sea of fire where the Shamash was unsheathed, leaped up, and jumped into what kind of thing.
Although the Oath of Judas he projected was not authentic and did not have the same level of Honkai defense as the real one in Theresa's hand, the Shamash in the hand of the armed puppet was also not authentic.
After a few attempts, he successfully used the projected cross to block the attack of the beggar version of the Judgment of Shamash, and took the opportunity when the flames engulfed everything to jump into the Thames, thus disappearing from Rita's sight.
Such concealment measures naturally could not hinder the observation of the armed puppet, but Kirataka also had reason to believe that it would not choose to attack him first.
After all, if the amount of Honkai energy in the body was detected, the S-class Valkyrie Rita who was nearby would obviously be much more threatening than him and would be more likely to be the priority target.
Although he was the one who broke the seal of the Cosmic Juggernaut, at this moment, both the World Serpent and Schicksal might not be able to spare too much energy to take care of his position.
——For Otto, the Cosmic Juggernaut is a Divine Key that he must obtain. Rather than dealing with him, it is more important to immediately send out two S-class Valkyries to ensure that he obtains it.
As for the World Serpent... in their eyes, Kirataka, who belongs to Schicksal, is probably regarded as an accomplice of Rita and the others. Considering from the perspective of strength, they should give priority to dealing with the two S-class Valkyries instead of him, who is only B-class.
In this way, he can take advantage of the situation and do great things.
In his opinion, in order to protect the Divine Key from being destroyed, both Kevin's armed puppet and Durandal would move to a place farther away from it to fight, for example, from the river surface to the block.
This is indeed the case. After defending against the first attack, the armed puppet's second attack targeted Rita. At the same time, Durandal had also arrived at the battlefield and joined the battle.
If Kirataka remembered correctly, the combat power of Kevin's armed puppet was almost the same as that of Durandal at this period. According to the original timeline, it was still Durandal that exhausted its reserve energy to win.
In other words, it will take a long time for these two to decide the winner.
Sure enough, after Durandal easily resolved the attack of the armed puppet and began to counterattack it, the armed puppet realized that it could not end the battle in a short time and quickly ran towards the shore on the water.
Only when it is far away from the Divine Key can it launch an attack with all its strength.
Listening to the lively fighting sounds on the shore, Kirataka took a deep breath, dived under the water, and swam in the direction of Cosmic Juggernaut.
The time to fish in troubled waters is now!
In order to speed up, he projected a Judas chain, let it reach forward, hooked a part of Cosmic Juggernaut, and pulled himself over.
This huge Divine Key is indeed quite majestic when observed from close up.
Without further ado, without time to appreciate its appearance, Kirataka put his hand on the train.
The moment he touched the Second Divine Key, just like the first time he came into contact with the Oath of Judah, its original information and scenes from the past flooded into his mind.
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