Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

The underground entrance wasn't very deep. After less than half an hour of digging, the group found a stone slab with inscriptions.

【Hic jacetArthurusRex quondam Rexque futurus】

"...The eternal king Arthur rests here."

Rita looked at the stone slab, then lifted it forcefully, revealing the underground entrance that had been hidden by it.

“Miss Catherine, please wait upstairs for a moment. We’ll go down and check; there might be danger underground.”

Rita looked at the museum director who had followed her all the way.

"No, no, no, Miss Rita, this is an exciting discovery!"

"—If the legend is true, the inscription on that stone tablet was Bedivere's epitaph for King Arthur, written by one of the Knights of the Round Table!"

"This is very likely the final resting place of King Arthur. As a historian, please allow me to accompany you!"

Director Catherine wore an urgent and pleading expression.

“Alright, but please be careful, Curator Catherine.”

Snow nodded with feigned helplessness, agreeing to the woman's request.

......

"According to the data read from the instruments, this passage descends nearly six thousand feet... truly extraordinary for an ancient site..."

"However, it would be natural for it to be the burial site of the Divine Key..."

...after a long trek

"Hmm...looks like we've reached the end. It looks quite spectacular."

The entire underground space was incredibly spacious. The stone pillars and walls supporting the space seemed to be covered with some kind of luminescent moss, giving the cave a blue glow.

"Look over there!" Catherine strode toward a bright spot where a longsword was stuck in a rock.

“Miss Catherine, please be careful…” The white-haired girl followed.

"Could this be the legendary sword of King Arthur...?" Catherine put on gloves and touched the sword in the stone in front of her.

"Miss Catherine, please wait!" Rita called out to the girl who was about to touch the sword in the stone, her face showing concern.

Immediately, a large, mechanical door slammed shut, separating the three of them.

Rita instantly dropped her worried expression.

A man dressed in black was walking down the steps they had come from...

"Hmph, in the end I still had to make a move... Jackal, your cat really is just a pet cat after all..."

The man known as the Gray Serpent looked at the Valkyrie before him and injected some kind of potion into his body...

Then, the human's appearance began to crumble—the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Ashura appeared before [Rita].

"...Well, eliminating an S-rank Valkyrie and a Cardinal of Fate is not a bad gain."

Under the incredulous gaze of the Valkyrie before him, the man transformed into an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, and this Honkai Beast... was even speaking.

"...Just as Snow said, you guys are no good."

A completely different voice emerged from beneath Rita's appearance.

"Fourth-generation armor, commencing transmission—Radiant Knight: Luna Kindred!"

The Valkyrie armor covered the girl's original clothes and removed her original Valkyrie disguise.

The S-rank Valkyrie Durandal, wielding a long spear, charged towards the Honkai Beast before her.

"...What—!" Before Ashura could finish speaking, the spearhead of Heller of Eternal Silence pierced through him, pinning him fiercely to the wall.

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Chapter 58 Is this the only trick you guys know?

Boom—thud—! The sound coming from behind the stone wall made the white-haired Valkyrie raise an eyebrow.

"Looks like she's getting along quite well with some unlucky guy..."

"—Of course, so do we... Her Excellency Catherine, the current curator of the British Museum and a little spy for the World Serpent."

"I think... World Serpent, you probably won't be able to go. Kill them... Divine Machine Bald."

The white-haired, purple-eyed Cardinal looked at the flustered woman in front of him after her identity was exposed, ignoring the countless red dots that lit up behind her.

As the Valkyrie's voice faded, a red, humanoid Destiny Machine appeared beside the black cyborg soldier blocking another exit.

The blue light blade instantly sliced ​​through the mechanically modified soldiers who bore a resemblance to the gray snakes.

"...Hmph! A Cardinal of Destiny, taking you back might not be a bad option. Move your mech aside and come with me obediently!!!"

Under the girl's mocking gaze, a dazed Catherine pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Snow in front of her, threatening the girl loudly with a look of panic on her face.

"You seem to have misunderstood something, Ms. Catherine... the identities of Cardinal of Destiny and S-Class Valkyrie..."

"It doesn't seem to conflict, right?"

The same scene unfolded before Catherine on the other side of the stone wall. The Valkyrie armor began to cover the girl's formal attire, and the disguise of white hair and purple eyes was deliberately removed, revealing her true appearance.

Bang Bang Bang!

In a panic, Catherine fired continuously at the Valkyrie in front of her, but the high-speed bullets futilely struck the blue shield made of Honkai energy, splashing up (uncensored) ripples.

"Fourth Generation Valkyrie Armor: Yuk Trash...Transmission complete."

"Now, beautiful lady, you have two choices..."

"—Surrender, then tell me your next plans, and as the Cardinal of Destiny, I will grant you a pardon."

“You can still go back to your beloved British Museum... I can tell you love that atmosphere... The anger you showed when the museum was vandalized was genuine.”

"Well, although this exposes your identity..."

The girl changed the subject.

"—Or? You could repay that jackal lady for saving you, and allow you, who have been frail and sickly since childhood, to walk down the more than six thousand feet of stairs with us without batting an eye..."

"Choosing the path of unyielding to the death, only to have your neck snapped by me in the end? Oh~ the World Serpent's executives won't mourn for you."

"You're not even on their side; those high-ranking officials probably don't even know your name."

"Life is precious...and you're a smart person, aren't you?"

The blonde Valkyrie stared intently at the museum director with her azure eyes, a confident smile playing on her lips as she awaited her reply.

"Gulp... I... I choose to surrender, but you must guarantee my safety!!!"

Catherine seemed to have finally made up her mind, and in a hurried, trembling voice, she presented her conditions to the Valkyrie in front of her.

"Of course... Now, please tell me—where does Miss Jackal intend to meet you?"

"She is..."

--

“Lord Jackal, the mission is complete,” Catherine reported to the woman wearing the Anubis mask from behind.

"Heh, the Valkyrie of Destiny is nothing special, falling into my trap so easily."

"In a little while, we will be able to eliminate the S-class Valkyrie Rita."

Jackal's tone was filled with disdain for fate and excitement at the imminent success of his plan.

"All of this is thanks to Lord Jackal's brilliant plan."

Catherine bowed deeply to express her respect and admiration for the World Serpent executive before her.

"It was thanks to you using the Soul Steel hidden in the stone slab as bait that the Cardinal Destiny and the Valkyrie took the bait. From the very beginning, Destiny fell into your trap."

Raising her hand, Catherine stared at the jackal in front of her with a fanatical expression.

"Hmph, although the record in that Soul Steel is true, the legend of the Holy Sword is just a myth based on the deeds of the Lord. Fate is too naive."

The jackal turned around and looked at them, his tone filled with even more mockery of fate.

"But my lord, Bishop Otto of Destiny has his eye on the Second Divine Key, and I doubt he will give up so easily."

"Does Your Excellency Jackal think you should move the Divine Key to a safer location?"

Catherine expressed her concerns and suggestions to the jackal.

"There's no need for that. The Second Divine Key is a sacred relic that mortals cannot touch, although it has been placed in the most conspicuous place for thousands of years..."

"But that's a location that no matter how much Destiny investigates, they won't find. The Second Key of God's ability is to control space, which cannot be observed from the outside."

The jackal turned his back again, and the voice beneath the Anubis mask was full of confidence...

"Well... thank you for the information, Lord Jackal. — Would you be interested in visiting the headquarters of Destiny?"

"you!"

She whirled around, but the voice of the British Museum director was nowhere to be seen. Instead, a blonde woman dressed in a formal Valkyrie armor stood behind her.

Her face held a mocking smile, as if she were ridiculing the jackal's boastful words.

boom--!

The same pistol, the same bullets, the same ripples on the blue shield...

"Is this all the stuff you World Serpents know?"

Snow watched with a smile as the jackal in front of him pulled out a small pistol and futilely tried to shoot it at him.

"I am sincerely inviting you to the headquarters of Destiny for a friendly academic exchange."

"Also, don't waste your energy, Ms. Jackal. With your little pistol... you can't penetrate this shield."