"Are you really okay?" Aili asked curiously.
"Of course I'm okay," Durandal said as if it were obvious.
"But you smashed those shields with your bare fists!" Aili pointed to the locations of some missing shields.
"Oh, those? The shields felt pretty much like Honkai Beast shells, so they were quite easy to break." Saying that, Durandal walked over to a complete shield and used her hand to pry at its edge.
Then, to Aili's horror, a piece of the shield was broken off…
Seeing Aili's expression,
"The edges are very easy to break. You can try it too." Durandal pointed to the spot she had just pried at for Aili.
Aili swallowed, then walked over to Durandal's side and touched the shield with her hand.
It was very hard, that was her first impression. Secondly, Aili saw the cracks along the edge of the shield.
These were all caused by Durandal's recent prying.
"I'll pass on trying. If I had a weapon, I might give it a shot, but not bare-handed," Aili said with a wry smile.
"Weapon. Speaking of which, Aili, you can indeed use Black Abyss White Flower," Durandal said, looking at the lance still in Aili's hand.
"I can use it, but I'm really not suited for heavy weapons like this," Aili said with a sigh.
"I still prefer a support playstyle from the back. Although Black Abyss White Flower's abilities are very compatible with me, if I really had to choose a weapon, it wouldn't be my first choice." Aili lifted Black Abyss White Flower.
Touching Black Abyss White Flower's shaft, Aili wondered if using Black Abyss White Flower as an arrow might not be impossible?
"Alright, now to return it to its rightful owner," Aili said, handing Black Abyss White Flower back.
After taking Black Abyss White Flower, "I think Lord Bishop will also be very happy that one more person can use Black Abyss White Flower."
Then both of them removed their armor.
The other Valkyries who had run outside the training ground, seeing that the two had stopped fighting, also gradually returned to the training ground.
Everyone's gazes towards Aili also became more eager.
Although neither of them had used their full strength, being able to exchange a few blows with Durandal was already incredibly impressive.
The strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal was not just a joke.
Only Durandal could suppress global Honkai events in just one month.
Rita, at this moment, timely handed water bottles to the two.
"Lord Durandal, Miss Aili, Lord Bishop said that if you two want to spar again next time, please go to Memory Battlefield, or find an uninhabited island," Rita said after the two had drunk their water.
"Alright, Rita, we just wanted to try it out, didn't we? That's the only way to know our true skill level," Durandal said, stretching.
"It's been a long time since I've moved my body like this. Moving around like this makes me feel much lighter."
"Aili, when you have time, we can have another match. You can use your most proficient weapon then. I'm quite curious about the abilities of your bow and arrow," Durandal said, looking at Aili's headpiece.
Otto had told her that the bow and arrow Aili used might be Chishi's Key, though there were other possibilities, and Otto hadn't fully explained.
"Bow and arrow? No matter how proficient I am, I need to be able to hit you first. Your physical stats are simply cheating," Aili rolled her eyes at Durandal.
"My physical stats?" Durandal shook her head, "The Valkyrie who taught me might be even stronger than me in terms of physical stats."
"The Valkyrie who taught you?"
"That's right," Durandal looked around, "It's Fu Hua, the senior who's with you."
"Alright, alright, stop talking," Aili rubbed her forehead.
So, Durandal's straightforward attacks were also taught by Fu Hua.
No wonder, when facing Durandal's attacks, there was a strange sense of familiarity.
It turned out that was also Inch-Heart Fist, but in Durandal's hands, there was no holding back, it was all about raw power, no need for technique.
"I roughly understand. No wonder training with you feels no different from training with Hua," Aili sighed.
Unexpectedly, after escaping Fu Hua's training, she still had to train with Durandal.
"When you arrived, Senior Fu Hua had already told me to arrange some training for you," Durandal said, patting Aili's shoulder.
"Sigh, I know," Aili sighed, then slumped down completely.
For the rest of the training, Aili couldn't muster any enthusiasm.
She kept feeling like she was being supervised by a teacher.
Otto, who had been watching Aili and the others through surveillance, looked at the data in front of him.
'Has some of the physical stats gap been mitigated by combat skills?'
'And, while fighting, she can also heal herself. Is it self-controlled, or does the gem actively heal her?'
'How interesting. In Durandal's hands, there's no such strange reaction between the gem and Black Abyss White Flower.'
'In another person's hands, it produces a stacking effect.'
Otto looked at another video clip.
'Not only can you use Oath of Judah, but also Black Abyss White Flower, and even Cosmic Juggernaut, you can know some information about it in advance.'
'What about the other Divine Keys?'
Otto stroked his chin, considering whether to go to Anti-Entropy and invite Siegfried back.
To see if Aili could use Judgment of Shamash.
Finally, Otto looked at another screen, which displayed a room with only a single red gem inside.
'Unfortunately, there's only one plague gem. Otherwise, I really want to see what kind of changes you would have with another gem.'
'Will she become a Herrscher like the Second Herrscher?' Otto looked at Aili in the monitor with a playful smile.
In Otto's mind, he had already labeled Aili as a Herrscher, but this label was for the Herrscher of Death.
Of the gems extracted from the Second Herrscher's body, only one remained without an owner.
'K423, no, perhaps I should call you Kiana. Can you control this plague gem? No, you definitely can control it.'
The entire room where Otto was located, aside from the light and shadows projected by the screens, had no other light.
In this room full of conspiracy, "Otto." A hand suddenly emerged from a desk nearby, obscured by files.
Then Amber stood up from the pile of files, holding a stack of documents in her hand.
"These are the documents that require Otto's personal approval."
"Also, Otto, you shouldn't let me approve documents on your behalf."
"Haha, Amber, aren't you the one who's been by my side the longest and already knows how to approve documents? I'm just making reasonable use of talent," Otto said, cold sweat dripping from his forehead as he took the documents from Amber's hand.
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