Their commission was suspicious.

"Hey, Mr. Siegfried, I have hostages in my hands. Don't be so reckless next time, or I might kill them." The flames subsided, revealing a gravity barrier in front of him. Walter, unharmed, spoke casually.

"It was a slip of the hand," Siegfried said coldly.

In fact, Siegfried did slip of the hand just now; otherwise, the shot would have been much more powerful.

It's impossible for Walter to be completely unharmed.

"Speak, what do you want to do?" Siegfried coldly stared at the Welt clone, who appeared to be all smiles, but whose hand had suddenly conjured a sharp blade that was gradually approaching Kiana.

“Don’t be so formal, Mr. Siegfried. I just want to make friends with you,” Vayte said with a smile.

However, to Siegfried, that smile now seemed anything but malicious.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Siegfried didn't believe a single word of Vayte's nonsense.

"Don't worry, Mr. Siegfried, I'm not very interested in you or Kiana. Kiana's Herrscher of the Void core is tempting, but I can't use it. Besides, if I take the core, the other party might die, and then I would be endlessly hunted down by Mr. Siegfried. I don't want that to happen," Vayte said, raising his hands.

Although Vayte released the blade in his hand, it was still held against Kiana's neck by gravity.

"I'm only interested in the Divine Key in Mr. Ziegfeld's possession," Vayte finally revealed his purpose.

"So if Mr. Siegfried, you can hand over the Divine Key to me, I will be very happy, and I will naturally release Kiana as well. After all, that is Cocolia's goal."

Chapter 264 Siegfried and Durandal's First Meeting

Under the moonlight, the two sides fought each other, one side possessing overwhelming military power, while the other side had hostages.

"You want the Judgment of Heavenly Fire?" Siegfried asked with a mocking smile.

“Yes. After all, this is my mission.” Wait nodded.

"Here you go." Upon hearing this, Siegfried surprisingly tossed the gun he was holding to Vayt quite readily.

The Judgment of Heavenly Fire fell to his feet and was carefully picked up by Vayte using his gravity ability.

Vayte was clearly unaccustomed to Siegfried's quick agreement and suspected foul play.

"Mr. Siegfried, if I remember correctly, the Judgment of Heavenly Fire should be a pair of pistols, right? And the two pistols together can unleash a powerful attack," Vayte asked Siegfried cautiously.

"Hmm, you even know this? Then this gun is for you too." After Siegfried finished speaking, he used his right hand to toss the Judgment of Heavenly Fire, which was behind his right side, to Vayt.

"..." Siegfried's quick decision was somewhat unusual.

Logically speaking, when a villainous female protagonist in a movie puts down her gun, shouldn't the other party hesitate for a moment?

"What? Worried it's fake? If you don't believe me, you can try putting the bolts of the two pistols together, and it will transform into a greatsword." Siegfried explained the true method of using the Judgment of Heavenly Fire in order to prove that the two pistols he gave him were genuine.

"Really?" Vayte asked, picking up the other Heavenly Fire Judgment and holding both guns in his hands.

"Of course it's true. My daughter is in your hands, why would I lie to you? You can try it if you want."

There was an indescribable sense of encouragement in Siegfried's tone.

Try it quickly, try it quickly, this really can unleash the true form of Heavenly Fire Judgment.

This method of use is known as the Unleashed Heavenly Fire, which, as the name of the Divine Judgment of Heavenly Fire suggests, brings equal destruction to all things.

However... the price of using this power is that when the Heavenly Fire is unleashed, it will burn the user to ashes.

This is also why Siegfried was so generous in handing over the Heavenly Fire to the other party.

Siegfried with Skyfire can defeat Vail, and Siegfried without Skyfire can also defeat Vail.

Since Vayte obviously doesn't use the Heavenly Fire Judgment, whether or not he gives it to the other party won't have a significant impact on the difference in combat power between them.

But if Watt really learns to use the Judgment of Heavenly Fire...

That's fantastic.

You committed suicide yourself.

“Emmm…” Wait held the rack in his hand, and with Siegfried’s guidance, the bolts of the two guns gradually approached each other.

"Buzz!" Just as Siegfried was about to see the bolts of his guns collide completely and his opponent was about to be killed, a loud roar rang out.

A huge, gun-shaped phantom shot out, its target being the bewildered Walter.

Seeing the huge gun-shaped phantom, Walter's heart tightened, and he quickly pulled Kiana, who was floating beside him, in front of him.

"Boom!" In the end, the huge gun-shaped phantom forcibly changed its trajectory, plunging into the open ground next to Walter, causing a violent explosion and creating a bottomless crater.

Seeing his plan fall apart, Siegfried glared angrily at the newcomer.

Let me see which idiot messed up my plans.

What a terrible teammate!

Then Siegfried saw Durandal slowly walking towards him, holding the Black Abyss White Flower.

“…Durandal.” Siegfried recognized the person instantly.

The strongest S-rank Valkyrie of Destiny, and most importantly, the successor of the Black Abyss White Flower.

Looking at the Black Abyss White Flower in Durandal's hand, Siegfried suddenly lost the urge to reprimand her, since she did indeed seem to be saving someone just now.

"Mr... Siegfried, are you alright?"

"Dad," was how Kiana called Siegfried when she was a child.

In that warm and whimsical room, Durandal not only recovered most of her childhood memories by reading her diary, but also met another version of herself in that space.

That version of myself, brimming with hope and passion, vowing to fight for all the good things in the world.

Although she did regain her memories, but...

Durandal glanced at Kiana, who was being held hostage, and Siegfried, who was confronting the other party, and temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​revealing her true identity.

Now...it's not the time.

"Wow, I never expected to run into two owners of the Divine Keys this time. This is truly a great haul." Welt, who had been hiding behind Kiana, peeked out.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Durandal looked coldly at the person in front of her.

"Me? I am Welt, or rather, a clone of Welt. You can call me Welt." Welt introduced himself while hiding behind Kiana.

“A clone of Welt…” Durandal frowned as she looked at the person in front of her.

I don't think this character appears in the story of Durandal Chronicles, at least not in the later parts of the story.

Did this guy get himself killed early on?

Durandal is someone who was spoiled by the plot, meaning she was rumored to have seen the script, but Durandal only saw the later parts of the script.

Just by looking at the later parts of the script, you can already learn quite a lot.

For example, there's Otto Apocalypse, whom Durandal initially thought was fighting to resist the Honkai and save the world.

It turns out he was actually a twisted, pure-love war god.

“Durandal, didn’t you leave during the day? Why are you at St. Freya Academy? This is unplanned. Cocolia only told me half of the plan, saying I should just capture Kiana and wait for Siegfried here, but she didn’t say Durandal would appear.” Vayte scratched his head in frustration.

"Hmm?" After hearing what Vayte said, Durandal sensed that something was wrong.

But Durandal didn't know what was wrong; it seemed that her thoughts were still somewhat confused because of the awakened memories.

"As expected, it was Cocolia's scheme."

“But it’s not a big problem. Durandal has the sixth divine key, the Black Abyss White Flower, but I also have the seventh divine key, the Heavenly Fire Judgment. According to the information that Cocolia dug up from the previous civilization, the seventh divine key seems to be a little stronger than the sixth divine key in terms of power.” Vayte looked at the Heavenly Fire Judgment in his hand and then at the Black Abyss White Flower in Durandal’s hand, and couldn’t help but become a little excited.

“An S-rank Valkyrie is stronger than an A-rank Valkyrie, and I am stronger than an A-rank Valkyrie, does that mean I also have the strength of an S-rank Valkyrie? That doesn’t make sense. We both wield the Divine Key, how could I lose to you in a fight?”

After saying that, Vayte wanted to combine the two Heavenly Fire Judgments together to launch a powerful attack.

But before Vayte could actually do it, a voice suddenly popped up on his communicator and started cursing.

"You idiot, what are you doing? Using the special mode of the Heavenly Judgment comes at a great cost. Apart from Siegfried, none of the Kaslana family heads who have used this technique have survived. Do you want to die too?"

Cocolia's voice came through the communicator.

"What?" Vayte looked at the two pistols in his hands with some surprise and anger, and then glanced at Siegfried, who was unhappy because his plan had been exposed.

With a flick of his left hand, Vayte sent a small black ball flying toward Siegfried, intending to crush him instantly.

But just as Siegfried was about to deal with the small black ball, a long spear appeared in front of him, its tip obliterating the ball.

The Key to Creation, Black Abyss White Flower.

“Cocolia, the situation is different from what you said at the beginning. I am now facing two wielders of the God Sword, one of whom is Durandal, who possesses the Sixth Divine Key,” Vayt said to the communication panel.

"No, the plan is correct."

"Huh? Your plan is to send me to my death?" Walter roared.

"Don't you still have a hostage?" Cocolia said coldly.

"This hostage is useful to Siegfried, but useless to Durandal!"

"It might not work on Durandal, but that's not necessarily true."

As soon as Cocolia finished speaking, Siegfried's communicator on his wrist started beeping rapidly.

Siegfried glanced at the message—it was a video request from Einstein—and then at the current situation, finally answered the call.

“Mr. Siegfried, I just hacked into the Schicksal headquarters’ big data database through the underground chapel’s data interface and found that Otto did indeed send people to search for your daughter after her accident, and Ragnar, who was in charge of the search, did bring back one person,” Einstein said urgently.

"Really?" Siegfried was overjoyed.

When Durandal heard about this, she immediately sensed something was wrong.

If Durandal had heard this news elsewhere, she would have simply been at a loss as to how to face Siegfried.

But now that we know this, it means that Kiana in Welt's hands has become a hostage to both of them.

But it was too late to stop it.

Even if you try to stop Siegfried, he won't listen to your advice.

The identity of the elderly woman's biological daughter is about to be revealed. Why should she listen to the obstruction of someone who is completely unrelated to her?

"According to the information, Ragnar did indeed save a little girl with white hair. She did have some vital signs at the time, but later the little girl disappeared by fate."

"But... but at the same time, a little girl who had just been pulled back from the brink of death appeared in an orphanage that was very closely related to Ragnar. The time of her appearance almost coincided with the time when Kiana disappeared."

“Most importantly, the little girl’s attending physician is someone we know—Otto Apocalypse. Otto always acts with a strong purpose; he wouldn’t go to such lengths to perform surgery on a complete stranger like a little girl.”

"Although the little girl's hair color is different from Kiana's, the orphanage records describe her personality and temperament exactly as Kiana's. This series of coincidences proves that she is indeed your daughter, Kiana."

"As for the different hair color... it could be a consequence of the surgery, or it could be something Otto did intentionally. At the same time, the other person may have also lost their memory due to the surgery."

"What's that little girl's name? Where is she?" Siegfried asked somewhat urgently.

"That little girl's name was Bianca Atagina, and later she was given an even more resounding name, the strongest S-class Valkyrie of Schicksal—Durandal."

"..."

Hearing the voice coming from the channel, Siegfried looked at Durandal, who was standing in front of him holding the Black Abyss White Flower, with disbelief.

When Durandal heard the news, her expression did not change, as if she was not surprised at all.

"How...how is this possible?" Siegfried was somewhat incoherent.

"Why not? The good news is that, according to intelligence, Durandal did come to St. Freya Academy during the day, but she left this afternoon. So, Cocolia's third purpose was probably just a lie to lure you out. You can retreat now."

"Alright, I'll hang up now. Cocolia needs to keep an eye on this area."

"Dudududu..."

The call had ended, but the three people present had completely different feelings.

Siegfried's feelings were shock, confusion, bewilderment, joy, unease, and unease.

Durandal felt worried, worried about Kiana, who was being held hostage.

Meanwhile, the villain, Vayte, wore a strange smile.

"Hehehe! I didn't expect this, it seems this hostage is useful to both of you. Well then, Durandal, throw the Black Abyss White Flower at my feet right now." Walter's face was full of smug satisfaction.

“…” Yulandel remained silent.

"Don't worry, all I want is the Key of God. I will absolutely not harm the hostages' lives. I have that much credibility," Walter assured him.

"But if you don't give it to me, I'll kill you." Walter's voice turned vicious again.