Malevolent – Chapter 46 – Black Shadow Descending from the Sky

“Paradise Manor…”

Silently mouthing these words, Xestila instinctively revealed a trace of an unusual expression.

Of course,

This expression vanished in an instant.

The next moment, only coldness and killing intent remained on Xestila’s face, along with a strong sense of warning.

“The Westivian Covenant is independent and autonomous, what does the will of Paradise Manor have to do with us.”

“Hehe, what does it have to do with you? I see, I understand now.”

Faced with Xestila’s extremely serious expression, Hein smiled calmly,

“In that case, I’m sorry, Marshal~”

His words subtly contained an eerie killing intent.

The moment she sensed this killing intent, Xestila’s eye suddenly contracted. Realizing something was wrong, she abruptly released her spiritual energy and drew the sword at her waist.

However,

Xestila’s movements were still a step too late.

Because,

The moment Hein’s words left his mouth, two slender figures tore through the steel shell of the transport vehicle like lightning, rushing into the compartment. Their movements were agile and swift, appearing beside Xestila almost instantly.

They were two women wearing form-fitting combat suits. Though their faces were concealed by masks, their sharp aura was enough to make one feel oppressed. Their movements were extremely precise, like killing machines trained countless times, without any wasted motion.

While rushing into the compartment, they killed dozens of soldiers guarding around the vehicle with lightning speed. These soldiers didn’t even have time to scream before bidding farewell to this world forever.

Faced with these two violent auras, Xestila instinctively tried to resist, her eyes flashing with alertness and determination, but having been ambushed, she had no time to mount an effective defense.

One of the women quickly approached,

Suddenly shattering Xestila’s protective spiritual energy and firmly grabbing the Marshal’s arms, rapidly twisting her body and forcing her into a corner of the compartment. Just as Xestila was about to swing her sword toward the back, the other woman instantly drew a laser sword, its blade emitting a dazzling blue light, and without hesitation placed it against Xestila’s neck. The blade lightly touched her skin, the warm breath instantly intertwined with the cold light blade, bringing a sense of deadly threat.

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Feeling that deadly threat, Xestila’s hand holding the sword unwillingly loosened, and the spiritual energy around her body also retracted back inside.

Obviously,

With the laser sword at her throat, Xestila didn’t dare to make any rash moves.

And after seeing the masked faces of the two figures clearly, Xestila immediately frowned.

“Valkyrie Battalion?”

Biting her lip, Xestila glared angrily at Hein,

“Lord Hein! Do you know what the consequences of your actions are?!”

“I don’t know, and I’m not interested in knowing, haha.”

Faced with the controlled Xestila, Hein spoke leisurely.

“Anyway, I’m definitely taking my nieces away.”

“Hmph,”

Xestila sneered,

“The Valkyrie Battalion was only temporarily lent to you to assist in searching for Lady Lianna. You don’t really think you can control these units, do you?”

Speaking,

Xestila quietly mobilized her spiritual energy, activating the token within her collar used to seize control of the Valkyrie Battalion. When lending the Valkyrie Battalion to Hein, Xestila had naturally prepared a backup plan.

However, after activating the token, she was stunned to find that

The Valkyrie Battalion had no response whatsoever but continued to firmly control her body.

“Wh-what?”

Xestila looked behind her in disbelief.

“Hahaha~”

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While Xestila was stunned, Hein’s triumphant laughter reached her ears,

“Marshal, you don’t really think you can take back control, do you? You underestimate the technological level of those people at Paradise Manor.”

Hearing this,

Xestila didn’t respond, only clenching her fists and looking at Hein with angry eyes.

However,

Though Xestila didn’t speak, little Ailiya behind her anxiously looked at her uncle.

“Uncle Hein, what are you doing?”

While asking, Ailiya sheltered her two trembling sisters behind her. Obviously, the sudden power conflict had given the children quite a scare.

After hearing Ailiya’s words, Hein slowly turned his head, revealing the gentle smile that Ailiya was familiar with, and raised his hand to soothingly stroke Ailiya’s little head.

“Don’t worry, this person is just trying to prevent our family reunion, a bad person, and uncle is just giving her a little lesson.”

After speaking,

Hein looked teasingly at Xestila:

“Marshal, then we’ll be taking our leave.”

Before his words ended, thick water-attribute spiritual energy emerged from Hein’s body, enveloping himself and the Ailiya sisters within it.

Seeing this, Xestila said coldly,

“Hein-Anloxi, you don’t really think that seizing control of the Valkyrie Battalion means you can truly take Ailiya and her sisters away? Have you forgotten where you are right now?!”

With Xestila’s roar,

The roof of the large transport vehicle under Ailiya and the others was suddenly torn open by a powerful force. With the shattering of the ceiling, two white mechs, nearly ten meters tall and equipped with terrifying heavy weapons, appeared in everyone’s view.

At the same time,

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The transport vehicle stopped moving, and countless light mechs, nearby armed helicopters, and Xestila’s trusted commanders instantly surrounded the transport vehicle. Countless gun barrels suddenly aimed at Hein.

Not only that,

A bullet wrapped in powerful spiritual energy cut through space like lightning and violently pierced through the arm of one Valkyrie—the arm holding the laser sword. In an instant, blood spilled out, electricity dispersed…

Taking advantage of the falling laser sword, Xestila immediately released the spiritual energy she had just restrained, violently kicking the Valkyrie whose arm was severely injured, sending her flying a hundred meters away. At the same time, the fallen sword was pulled back to Xestila’s hand by spiritual energy, and she suddenly slashed at the other Valkyrie.

“Boom!!”

With a terrifying clash of spiritual energy, the other Valkyrie was sent flying several meters by Xestila.

Of course,

As the latest technological products, the Valkyries naturally wouldn’t lose their combat ability from this one strike; they quickly stood up again and assumed battle stances. However, by the time they recovered, the nearby troops who obeyed Xestila had already surrounded them.

In an instant,

The situation was completely reversed.

After casting an approving glance at her female deputy Lena, who was holding a radiant sniper rifle on a nearby helicopter, Xestila pointed her sword at Hein’s face,

“Hein, you don’t think the troops around are just for show, do you? They’re the Specter’s Lament Legion, one of the Covenant’s six most elite heavily armed forces. So what if you control a few Valkyries?”

However,

Although the current situation seemed extremely unfavorable for Hein, this second son of the House Anloxi did not surrender with his hands up as Xestila had expected, but calmly surveyed the fully armed troops around him.

“To be honest, I indeed didn’t expect to take my Ailiya and her sisters away with just a few Valkyries.”

“Then what are you doing?”

“Hehe…”

Hein chuckled teasingly and did not directly answer Xestila, but thoughtfully looked up at the sky.

“Lady Xestila, I believe you are also aware that those who have their eyes on my sister and Ailiya and her sisters are not just forces from other countries. Those monsters have also been watching all along~”

“What do you mean by that?”

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“Do you remember the strange fluctuations detected by the celestial eye in the high skies behind our army earlier?”

“What are you trying to say?”

“What I’m trying to say is, your earlier judgment was correct.”

?!!!!

With these words, Xestila’s eye suddenly contracted, and a strong sense of unease rapidly spread through her mind.

The earlier fluctuations?

Were they real?

…

However, just as Xestila’s brain was racing, something the size of a volleyball suddenly fell from the sky, hitting the shoulder of a nearby mech.

“Clang~”

Following the sound, Xestila turned to look behind her, looking at the thing that had fallen to the ground. Then, a masked woman’s head that had already lost its power came into Xestila’s view—it was the head of a Valkyrie.

Staring at the head with blood flowing from the neck and electricity sparking, Xestila sensed something was terribly wrong.

“Hein!! You!!!”

Xestila angrily turned her head, glaring at Hein somewhat hysterically.

Hein slowly raised his head and revealed a cruel smile.

“Eleven Valkyries destroyed, and finally that thing has been lured over?”

In the next instant,

The sunlight was blocked.

A huge black shadow silently appeared in the sky above the army…