"Run?"
Sirin's expression was dark and uncertain, and the Lances of the Void surrounding her sometimes gathered and sometimes dispersed.
No, she cannot escape; although Sirin didn't understand much about escaping trouble, she did know the most basic speed difference.
I cannot unleash my full power right now, and in my current state, I cannot outrun that guy at all.
That...
Sirin's indifferent, somber eyes looked at the Valkyries in front of her.
Tsk, that leading Valkyrie seems to be a tough nut to crack, at least for her at the moment.
But the ones next to her were just ordinary.
Thinking this, several Lances of the Void immediately floated into the air, like the Sword of Damocles suspended over the Valkyries' heads.
"Don't move, or I can't guarantee what might happen."
A sharp murderous intent flashed in Sirin's eyes.
A strong sense of crisis made the Valkyries instinctively want to move, but they froze when they heard Sirin's words.
"Captain?"
All the team members looked at their Captain.
The only person not threatened by the Lance of the Void was Ragna, because Sirin wasn't confident she could kill Ragna in a single strike.
"I'm not joking."
When Sirin saw the Valkyries' movements, she couldn't help but feel a pang of panic: she recognized those eyes very well.
Many ants gave her that look back then.
Are these guys... a suicide squad?
"You don't want everyone to die here, do you?"
Sirin had no doubt that if their leader gave the order, these Valkyries, who held the power of life and death over her, would launch a desperate counterattack against her without hesitation.
Annoying ants...
"Breathe."
Ragna, holding her greatsword, stared at the dangerous-looking girl in front of her, while reassuring her teammates.
She realized that the girl in front of her, who gave her chills, seemed to have some reservations.
Otherwise, she could have killed them.
After all, purely in terms of presence, not even she could compare to the other party.
After thinking about it, Ragna no longer felt uneasy and looked directly at the girl in front of her.
"Your gaze bothers me."
Sirin looked displeased.
"I'm very sorry."
Ragna firmly held the heavy Serpent King sword as she averted her gaze to avoid provoking the other party further.
Although this one didn't seem to have the intention of killing her at the moment, who knew if she would have a different idea the next instant.
The sensible action of the other party made Sirin feel like she had punched cotton.
However, a dozen seconds later, a figure descended from the sky.
"..."
Joyce slowly descended, his expression unchanged as he looked at the Lance of the Void floating above the Valkyries, before turning his gaze to Sirin.
The situation is quite clear.
"Release them, and then you can leave."
Joyce said it clearly and decisively.
"Leave? I'll leave if you hand over your Herrscher core, and I can release these people too."
Joyce's indifferent attitude caused Sirin to retort.
Hearing this, Joyce expressionlessly took out the Star of Eden.
"Are you dreaming?"
"Tsk."
Damn it! Do you have any sense of reason?
Sirin felt the strange gravity around her, and her expression became somewhat grim.
Having dealt with Joyce once ten years ago, she naturally knew what kind of weirdo Joyce was.
With the Star of Eden in hand, this guy is basically the equivalent of the Herrscher of Reason plus the pseudo-Herrscher of Rock.
That analytical ability is simply unreasonable.
The two remained in a standoff: Sirin, although willing to back down, was unwilling to yield.
Although Joyce's mission was to protect these Valkyries, Sirin's demands were simply unacceptable.
Furthermore, the two lacked trust in each other, and each felt the other would do something dishonest, so for a time they were genuinely stuck in a stalemate.
"Go ahead, I promise I won't stop you."
"You're just talking nonsense, do you think I'm three years old?"
Sirin said sarcastically.
"I can let you run, but when Siegfried returns, he won't give you that option."
Joyce revealed a cruel reality with a blank expression, which immediately caused Sirin's momentum to waver.
It must be said that Joyce's words hit Sirin where it hurt the most.
Sirin could also tell that although Joyce seemed willing to fight at the slightest provocation, he was definitely holding back because he hadn't made a move yet.
But if it were Siegfried... Siegfried wouldn't care about all that.
Siegfried embodies the well-ordered good, but he is not a righteous saint without moral boundaries; or rather, his experiences over the years have transformed him into a somewhat cold-hearted middle-aged man.
"He considered this body his daughter, and this body's current name is 'Kiana'."
Sirin was slightly resistant to the name Kiana, but not entirely.
After all, Sirin's feelings for Cecilia are somewhat complicated and cannot be explained simply as good or bad.
However, Sirin's words now are pure bravado.
She holds quite a grudge against Siegfried, and if they met, Sirin would become quite nervous.
"Then you can stay here and see who gives up first."
Joyce said, indicating he didn't care.
He wasn't afraid of Siegfried; if they really fought, he could beat Siegfried too.
"Tsk..."
A glimpse of annoyance flashed across Sirin's face, then she silently withdrew one of her Lances of the Void.
"Take one every three minutes, if you don't want to see them die, you'd better be sensible."
Although she softened her stance, Sirin remained stubborn as a rock, but Joyce didn't care about these verbal confrontations.
He immediately nodded and accepted Sirin's conditions.
The dozen or so Valkyries could buy him nearly an hour.
"Are we just going to let her go like that?"
Seeing Sirin turn and leave, Ragna felt a little concern; it was good that her entire team had survived, but it would be worse to release her into the human world.
"I didn't stop her, nor did I say that others wouldn't stop her, I merely let her run for an hour first."
Joyce retrieved the Star of Eden and sighed.
Honestly, negotiating is tiring work...
Hearing Joyce's words, Ragna's expression complicated, and she asked cautiously:
"Is it Mr. Tian?"
Joyce nodded.
Although the main fighting force is Reanna.
"That... that girl is..."
"The Second Herrscher, Sirin." Joyce rubbed his temples. "So you are very lucky."
"..."
Why did the Second Herrscher appear?
"K423... The Second Herrscher... What kind of experiment is Bishop Otto running?"
Ragna's expression was complicated.
The two made no attempt to hide their conversation, and the others naturally heard it too, leaving the scene momentarily silent.
"Pant... pant..."
Sirin was a bit tired.
After all, she is no longer the Second Herrscher she was ten years ago; her abilities in all aspects are not at their peak, and she also has another consciousness.
Ugh, what a mess, couldn't you just behave?
Sirin couldn't help but complain in her heart.
Then, a silver-white figure caused Sirin to stop dead in her tracks.
"It's been a long time, Sirin."
The blonde Valkyrie, dressed in a silver-white battle robe, greeted Sirin with a smile.
"Damn it... that guy really dared to lie to me..."
Sirin looked at Reanna in front of her and said through gritted teeth.
In this situation, even someone as foolish as her would realize she had been tricked.
"No, it can't be considered lying to you, after all, an hour has already passed since your appointment with Joyce."
Reanna smiled gently, as if looking at a foolish child on the street.
"It's probably just strange rhetoric, are you going to surrender, Sirin?"
Reanna collected her spear.
"Stop joking!"
With a roar, several Lances of the Void immediately rose into the air and aimed at Reanna.
"I knew it..."
Reanna sighed in disappointment.
"Although you are not at your maximum capacity right now, I also lost the Black Abyss White Flower... so it can be considered a fair fight, right?"
...
"Then, what kind of fairness is this...?"
Ten minutes later, Tian Shi looked at the girl held under Reanna's arm and couldn't help but complain.
In this kind of battle, a Soul Steel body is practically cheating.
Reanna's innate defense completely ignored most of Sirin's attacks; although a fully powered Sirin does not lack abilities that can pierce those defenses, Sirin currently cannot use them at all.
You don't even look at what Sirin was like ten years ago and what she is like now...?
Reanna merely smiled and said nothing more.
Soon after, Joyce arrived with Ragna and the other Assault Squad members; after all, the commotion caused by their fight was quite significant.
And following him was a man with a bruised and swollen face.
"Good afternoon... Grandma Reanna..."
The man with the bruised and swollen face, meaning Siegfried, greeted Reanna with a rigid expression.
Although he called her "Grandma," that word was already a respectful term coming from Siegfried.
After all, you can't really call her "Great-Great-Grandma," right?
Although you could call her "Grandma"... but that title felt very strange to Reanna; well, "Great-Great-Grandma" wasn't much better.
"Speaking of Kiana, she..."
Siegfried looked at his daughter with some concern, though not by blood ties.
"Everything is fine."
Reanna nodded.
"Sirin's power has gone dormant again, but the current situation... is truly difficult to describe."
After all, Reanna was not a professional researcher and did not know much about what had happened to Kiana.
"I think it has something to do with emotions."
Joyce said.
"The dominant consciousness in this body should still be the girl's; otherwise, Sirin would not have only appeared just now, however, there may be several factors involved."
"So, you mean I have to send this child back to the laboratory?"
Although his face was bruised and swollen, Siegfried's expression darkened when the topic came up.
He had a genuine allergy to the word "laboratory."
"In Anti-Entropy, we don't conduct human experiments."
Joyce's face clouded over.
"Are you deaf to reason?"
Siegfried said that what was said makes sense, but the experiment is out of the question.
"I vouch for that!"
Reanna said.
"You know we can't let this girl continue like this, right? There are things that, once they happen, happen again."
"..."
After all, it's not like two years ago, when he was still angry.
Siegfried can now consider Reanna's offer.
"How about you bring another guarantor?"
Tian Shi possessed Reanna's body.
"Although it seems a bit abrupt, I think I can vouch for it."
"Grandma Reanna...? Who are you?"
Seeing Reanna suddenly turn into a man, Siegfried... no, not just Siegfried, even Ragna and the other team members were a little confused.
"Tian Shi, from Anti-Entropy... could I be considered the former leader of the alliance?"
Tian Shi found the surprised expressions on the faces of the people in front of him quite amusing.
"The former leader? The one who was even more mysterious than Otto, the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance?"
Suddenly, Siegfried realized what was happening.
"You truly are a legendary figure."
Siegfried sighed and then gave a wry smile.
"Now that things have come to this point, it seems I don't have the right to refuse..."
However, Siegfried didn't have many options, and in the end, he would definitely have to accept.
"In that case, is it possible for me to hide in the shadows?"
"Hide?"
"Because I thought about it, and I might become the reason that triggers Sirin's awakening."
Siegfried continued with a wry smile.
Tian Shi nodded.
"Let's discuss the details later, by the way, what happened to your face?"
Tian Shi had wanted to ask Siegfried because his face was bruised and swollen.
"It was just a small disagreement with Mr. Joyce."
When this was mentioned, Siegfried silently covered his face.
"It's fine."
As a loving father, it's normal to act impulsively upon arriving home and finding your daughter is gone, right?
It's normal for others to help him calm down, isn't it?
Yes, that's normal.
"I hope everything is alright."
Tian Shi looked at Joyce, who seemed impassive, and nodded before directing his gaze to the Valkyries standing next to them.
"Miss Ragna, what are your thoughts now?"
"I feel very confused."
Ragna said with a helpless expression.
On one hand, there is the possibility that Otto resurrected the Second Herrscher.
On the other hand, there is the terrifying identity of Tian Shi.
"May I ask you a question? How do you plan to deal with us?"
Ragna had a fairly clear idea of what was happening; given the current situation, it was practically impossible for them to run away on the spot.
"You will be 'killed in battle'."
Tian Shi replied immediately.
"K423 suddenly transforms into a Herrscher of the Void and eliminates the Valkyrie Assault Squad who came to capture her. Isn't that a normal script?"
"This... what about Bishop Otto..."
"Don't worry, Otto will probably just be surprised and disappointed."
Tian Shi said naturally.
"Although Otto didn't send you here to die, he undoubtedly knows what is happening with Kiana, so this situation is 'logical'."
It's not difficult to fake a battle scene; after all, there truly is a battle scene.
"Furthermore, your family members will also enjoy the benefits of martyrs, and after a while, when the attention subsides, you can return."
Tian Shi's words reassured everyone.
The Valkyries looked at each other and then nodded in unison.
If the Bishop is unfair, don't blame them for being unfair!