Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"After all, piloting a mecha isn't always just a man's romance."

Jiuxiao thought for a moment and then said to Joyce.

"Is that so...then I'll have this manual printed."

The young man nodded thoughtfully, turned around, and left the Nibelungen hangar.

...

"We're only half a nautical mile from the Third Airport of Destiny, and we can already see directly into the airport's interior!!!"

The navigator quickly reported the fleet's current status, and as he spoke, attention shifted to the spaceport that was becoming increasingly clear in the distance—

The Valkyrie of the Undying Blade, dressed in a uniform black outfit, is loading a large amount of data and some expensive special research equipment onto a transport plane.

"Should we stop them, Vice Captain?"

The adjutant looked at Houraiji Kusho, who was sitting in the captain's seat. The purple-haired Valkyrie was receiving the transmitted image without saying a word.

After a brief moment of thought, the girl gave the order—

"Let them leave. Since Bishop Otto is in such a hurry to move these things, we don't need to push him too hard. Even a rabbit will bite when cornered, let alone the current bishop of Destiny."

...

Not far from the Third Airport, at the Destiny Saint-107 Weapon Research Institute, two researchers stood by the window of the institute building, observing the bustling Valkyries discussing something outside the airport.

"Lyle, what's wrong with those Valkyries of the Undying Blade today... They broke into Research Institute 104 this morning, took all the lead researcher and equipment out, like kidnapping them, put them on a transport plane, and then headed towards the West District?"

"What kind of bullshit research topic did those bastards in the West District come up with? That they need to move all of Saint 104's stuff and personnel out of there???"

One of the researchers watched as several demigod machines towed several large, uniquely designed research devices into a transport plane, which then quickly took off and flew towards the western region.

"You ask me, I don't know either. Lauster - the St. 104 Institute, I remember it was one of the research departments in the Destiny Research Department responsible for imaginary space technology and the detection of the quantum sea mentioned in the previous civilization."

"It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the human experimentation and modification technologies in the West District at all, does it? And judging from the actions and expressions of those Valkyries of the Undying Blade—...it's more like a massive retreat than a move...they're even burning some data they can't take with them..."

The researcher, known as Lyle, frowned as he watched the bustling activity outside.

"These Valkyries were so anxious they practically wanted to rip the Saint-104 Institute off the Sky Isle research ring in the East District of Destiny and bring the entire module back to the West District."

Lauster pursed his lips and said—

"Could it be that the Destiny Headquarters is preparing to split up?...I remember that in recent years, the bishop has been most focused on research on imaginary numbers and the quantum sea, and has neglected those bastards in the West District quite a bit, which has caused them to start changing some of their research directions as well."

"Lauster, what are you thinking...? How could Schicksal split up again? We can forget about the North American branch being so far away from the central government, but this is headquarters, for crying out loud!"

Upon hearing this, Lyle rolled his eyes and looked at his companion.

"Why can't the headquarters be divided? Rome even had two emperors ruling together!"

Lauster, refuted by his companion, immediately bristled and glared, looking as if he wished the fate of the world would immediately disintegrate.

"You'd better save your breath! Now that Destiny has collapsed, who's going to pay your salary?"

"Tch, why didn't the bishop leave behind a daughter or a son? Wouldn't it be better if I led a rebellion?"

“Even if the bishop has a son or daughter...how do you know, Lauster, that she and that Bishop Otto are not the same kind of people?”

"You wouldn't know this, Lyle—do you know who His Excellency the Bishop likes?"

Lauster wore a smug expression, then leaned close to his companion and whispered something.

"Oh...who is it?"

When the conversation turned to a certain man at the top of the food chain, the two researchers lowered their voices and began to whisper among themselves.

"You knew the bishop was actually over five hundred years old, right...?"

"Of course... this is not a mysterious thing about destiny. Anyone who is willing to look through history books can find that the current bishop was active five hundred years ago."

Lyle nodded as a matter of course.

"That explains it. Who else can you think of as a famous figure from 500 years ago, besides the current Bishop Otto and Lyle?"

"That saintess of the Kaslana family?"

The researcher reacted quickly, eliminating several incorrect options from his mind before arriving at the answer.

“That’s right, the Holy Maiden of Destiny, Karen Kaslana—our Archbishop was once the fiancé of this noble and respectable lady.”

"And our bishop seems to be a stubborn, infatuated man. He hasn't liked anyone for five hundred years since Lady Karen's sacrifice, even though he held the number one spot on the list of the most popular men among the Valkyries in Schicksal for several years."

"That's why I said, if the bishop had a son or daughter, I would immediately jump to the side and shout 'Long live the Second Mandate!'—a descendant of Lady Karen Kaslana!"

Lauster looked somewhat agitated.

"Even if that bishop really wanted a descendant...it would be the bishop who raised him...it wouldn't have anything to do with Ms. Karen...she would be more influenced by that bishop, wouldn't she?"

Lyle clicked his tongue at his excited companion, still somewhat unconvinced.

“You don’t understand, Lyle. You’ve never seen the Valkyries of the Kaslana family, so you don’t understand. I’m one of the survivors who was personally saved by those Kaslana Valkyries.”

"They are like angels born to save humanity—"

"You angel, wearing power armor and wielding a chainsaw sword?"

"?"

Chapter 158 Long Live the Second Mandate!

"Is this why you have a Kaslana girlfriend?"

Lyle looked at Lauster with a strange expression.

"That's right! Look at that head of white hair, doesn't it remind you of a pure white angel from mythology? And look at those sapphire-like eyes, just like the pure blue sky. I fell in love the moment I saw the Valkyrie of the Kaslana family."

"You're in heat—"

My fellow researcher gave me a look of disgust.

"And your white-haired girlfriend is always so clumsy when she comes to the lab. Luckily, we are the 107th Research Institute, which focuses on weapons design, not the 108th Research Institute next door, which focuses on weapons lethality research. Otherwise, we would have been blown up by your good girlfriend sooner or later."

"I just accidentally erased a few pieces of your engineering drawings, that's all. It's been years, why are you still holding onto this? I fixed them for you back then."

"Do you believe I'll erase your drawings right now?"

Lyle glared back without hesitation, the young researcher still harboring resentment over past events.

"Sorry to bother you..."

Lauster promptly raised his hand and admitted defeat.

"However, there's something you said that really makes me interested—"

Lyle scratched his chin.

"Oh? So, my good bro, you're finally going to find a Kaslana girlfriend?"

"Climb, climb, climb! Even the Shaniat family's would be better than the Kaslana family's. I bet you've never seen those white-haired girls in the kitchen—"

"What moves me is the hypothetical scenario you mentioned: if that archbishop had a descendant, Kaslana's kindness and sense of responsibility, combined with the Apocalypse family's cunning and political maneuvering—"

"I am indeed tempted..."

Lyle was also lost in some kind of beautiful fantasy until his companion brought him back to his senses.

"Lyle! Are there any requests for large warships to enter or leave the Third Airport today?"

Some hurried sounds rang out beside the researcher, whose companion looked with some surprise at a new type of large air assault ship and a large transport ship that was sailing in from afar.

"Shouldn't...be?"

The two researchers stared blankly at the approaching air assault ship in the distance—they could even see the warship's turrets turning, aimed at the air defenses of the Third Airport of Destiny.

And then, an intern from the Saint-107 Research Institute burst in—

"Professor Lauster, Dr. Lyle—according to a friend of mine at the Undying Blade, Director Changguang of the St. 1504 Institute has already evacuated to the West District. Similarly, many other institute directors are also evacuating to the West District under the cover of the Undying Blade."

"Have the two mentors received the retreat order from the Undying Blade Squad?"

The two men exchanged a glance, sensing something was amiss. Lyle then turned to the institute's only intern and asked:

"Did you see any other people on your way here, or the Valkyrie squad?"

"...The Undying Blade patrol team that we usually see is nowhere to be seen today. Occasionally, we can see small transport vehicles marked with their team insignia landing on the helipads of some laboratories and then taking off."

"The Valkyries who don't belong to the Undying Blade are still on duty—but when I asked them what happened, they said they didn't know either."

The intern quickly recounted what he had seen and heard on the way to his two mentors, while the roaring sound from the port outside the window completely drew their attention away—

The Nibelungen-class air assault ship's four 457mm twin-mounted electromagnetic railguns bombarded all the large anti-aircraft guns at the Third Airport with a large number of EMP bombs. The aftershocks from the EMP bombs also disabled the small-caliber anti-aircraft weapons and a small number of Destiny Guns deployed near the large anti-aircraft guns.

"Captain Jiuxiao! All air defense facilities at the Third Airport have been completely paralyzed!"

The fire control officer quickly reported the results and awaited further instructions.

"All squadrons of the Divine Authority Team, land at the Third Airport and take over the entire Eastern District of the Destiny Headquarters! Inform the Far East Branch and the technical personnel of Anti-Entropy on the Hermes to prepare to take over and rewrite the entire control system of the Eastern District of the Destiny Headquarters!"

"Until the Herrscher's threat is confirmed to be ineffective, Schicksal East District is on high alert! Prepare to incorporate the Valkyrie squad that Schicksal has relocated to the East District!"

...

"what happened???"

The three people from the Saint 107 Research Institute stared blankly at everything that was happening in the airport. After the huge air assault ship paralyzed all the airport's defense facilities, a large number of transport ships carrying Valkyrie troops and Anti-Entropy heavy mechs mounted on their bellies landed in the port area.

The squad, uniformly dressed in white and gold-patterned Divine Authority Valkyrie uniforms, filed out of the transport plane in an orderly fashion. They then swiftly destroyed the Destiny Machines that had narrowly escaped the EMP bomb blast. Meanwhile, the Undying Blade Valkyrie, who had been moving the laboratory since morning, had also completed her mission.

The black Valkyrie squad also boarded the fighter jets they had come from in an orderly fashion and began to retreat. What the three people in the laboratory building saw were two different black and white torrents. The two did not interfere with each other, but their objectives were clear: one side retreated and the other occupied.

There was no communication between the two parties, not even verbal communication, as if they had reached some kind of innate understanding.

"What's wrong with Destiny? That white force just attacked the Third Airport, right?"

"Why didn't the Undying Blade stop them??? Have we been abandoned?"

The intern covered his mouth, his voice filled with disbelief.

"I recognize that ship..."

Squinting at the air assault ship that had bombarded the airport and the markings on it, Lauster spoke.

"The S-class Valkyrie unit stationed in the Far East branch - Divine Authority."

"Are they planning a rebellion???"