Chapter 68 Split Knights

On the next day, the 20th of June, we had to go to the town of Manchester in England, to be precise, we had to go to a building close to one of its most famous landmarks, the Manchester cathedral...

The building in question was a rather large one, its design showed that it was heavily inspired in the Westminster Palace in London, and it showed both in its Stonework walls made out of honey-colored Clipsham stone, to the several small beautiful gardens with statues of famous knights, that surrounded the palace, but one could not forget the most important thing that made this palace almost a replica of the Westminster palace in London and that was, its three towers.

That of course included, a tower similar to the one that made the true Westminster palace, famous all over the world and that was the Clock tower, but unlike the Clock tower, Big Ben, that was located in London, this one was right in the middle of this palace and it stood 500 meters tall, making it the tallest out of all the towers of this palace and this respectable size, made it possible to see this tower, from various angles in Manchester.

But make no mistake, as the thing that made this palace stand out, was not its walls, its various gardens nor the three tall and imposing towers it possed, no, what made this building stand out the most, was the enormous symbol, that stood over the luxurious and magnificent entrance of the palace.

The symbol in question was that of a lion looking to the right side, with a gold and red crown resting on its head, yes, this palace, belonged to none other than, the Lion Emperor Organization and served both as a base and home to its leader and the Royal table of knights.

But now, we had to go inside the Lion Emperor's palace, where its leader, Alice Pendagron, was walking down a long and golden dyed hallway, with a tiled, pure white marble floor, as she was followed by the man in the black armor, but as Alice walking down the hallway she didn't have the happiest of expressions on...

"That Youjo...I still can't believe that she asked for the "Knights crusade" Grimoire, of all the things she could have asked for...and thanks to that idiot Kay and the situation with the Excalibur, I can't no longer send her any fakes!" Alice, that was wearing her usual red military jacket and pencil skirt with a sword that rested on her left hip and the cape that covered half of her right torso, said with a very angry tone, as she clenched her teeth hard, the man in the armor kept silent, as he kept walking behind Alice.

"It took so much time and work to seal the Grimoire and send it and we won't get a single thing in return for it...this is getting on my nerves!" Alice said again with an angry tone as she clenched her fists hard and once again, the man in the armor kept silent, but this was when Alice finally snapped.

"Seriously! I'm getting tired of your silent treatment here! Just how long do you plan to keep your vow of silence towards me?" Alice asked with a very angry tone, as she looked at the Knight from over her shoulder, but he kept silent once again while he looked away from Alice.

"Tsk...talking or not, does not matter in the slightest to me, so, do as you wish...you traitor..." Alice said still with her angry tone as she adjusted her hair and looked forward again, the man in the armor briefly looked at Alice, before looking down...

A few seconds later, both Alice and the Knight, arrived at an enormous and adorned metal door, that was being guarded by two men in business suits, that had a pin with the symbol of the Lion Emperor on their blazer's lapel each and swords that rested on their hips.

"Greetings, Lady Pendagron!" The two men said at the same time, with a tone of respect towards Alice, as they saluted her.

"How long do you two plan on standing in front of the door and saluting?" Alice asked with an angry tone, as she sighed and the two men upon hearing her, stooped saluting and quickly began to open the door.

"Good grief..." Alice said as she began walking towards the room behind these doors, the two men saluted her once again, while she and the man in the armor passed them.

"Sometimes, I believe, I'm only surrounded by incompetent idiots in this organization..." Alice thought as she stepped inside the large room, that had numerous assembly lines with various robotic arms, similar to the ones used in car construction factories, but make no mistake, as this "Factory" as it was called by the Lion Emperor organization, did not manufacture cars, no, this Factory manufactured, the autonomous knight armors and weapons, that have been both the pride and what the Lion Emperor has been known for, ever since Alice took control of the organization, exactly 10 years ago...

"It seems, that everything's going smoothly here, as per usual..." Alice thought as she arrived at the center of the factory and looked around it for a bit, observing all the knight armors and weapond being assembled or painted, but it didn't last long as she approached a tall black knight armor, that was in the process of being build and took a deep breath.

"Gwendolyn! Where are you?" Alice loudly called this person as she looked in every direction of the Factory, and she didn't have to wait long for an answer.

"Hey, Lady Pendagron! I'm inside this big boy here! Just give me a second and I'll be right with ya, ok?" A cute voice said this from the inside of a tall black armor, that had a hole on its torso and a ladder placed against said hole, from which a young-looking girl, poked her head out.

"If your too busy, I can always come back later..." Alice said as she looked at the girl getting out of the armor and slowly climbing down the ladder.

"No worries about that, Lady Pendagron! I have already finished everything here anyways!" This girl that had long pale violet hair, that reached to the middle of her back and orange eyes and wore a lab coat, with a strapless white and black tube dress that looked similar to a royal military jacket under it, but something that stood out on her, was the pair of goggles that rested on her forehead, said as she carefuly climbed down the ladder.

This girl's name was, Gwendolyn Taylor, one of the youngest members of the Royal table of knights and the engineer behind these autonomous knight armors and her creator, in a way.

"So, Lady Pendagron and Sir Nottingham, what brings you, to my humble factory?" Gwendolyn asked with a very respectful tone, as she finally got off the ladder and made a courtesy bow, by holding the tips of her lab coat, to Alice and the man in the armor, that accompanied her.

"Nothing too important, Gwendolyn, I just came here to check on the armors that are to be delivered, to the Asgardian Gods Association..." Alice said as she placed her left hand on her hip, while she looked at Gwendolyn.

"Oh, I see! No need to worry about that, Lady Pendagron, they are all already assembled and ready to be delivered today, if you so wish!" Gwendolyn said with a happy tone, as she stooped bowing, and pointed at an assembly line with 6 dark blue Knight armors, three of them with lances in hand and the other three with swords and shields in their hands.

"Good job, Gwendolyn...but would it be alright to ask for a few modifications, so that they don't look too much alike our armors and send them today, if possible?" Alice asked a bit curious, as she rubbed her chin and inspected armors carefully.

"Of course not! I can do that...in an hour or so and send them immediately afterward!" Gwendolyn said with a reassuring tone, as she briefly saluted Alice.

"Good, then I shall leave that in your capable hands and after you're done, please place them in one of our trucks and send them to the airport...the faster the Asgardian Gods get them, the better..." Alice said with a happy tone, as she glanced at Gwendolyn and smiled.

"Ok then, I'll do just that! But...if you don't mind me asking, Lady Pendagron...what will be the purpose of my little armors, in the Asgardian Gods, once they get there?" Gwendolyn asked a bit curious, but also embarrassed, as she looked at the 6 armors, then at Alice, that kept silent for a brief second.

"Well...as usual, they will be used by the Asgardian God's association, to maintain peace and order...so do not worry about it, alright Gwendolyn?" Alice said with a reassuring tone, as she looked at Gwendolyn that smiled and nodded upon hearing her.

But of course, what Alice just said was nothing more than a simple lie, as most of the armors that came out of this Factory, if not all of them, were used for things that were far from peaceful, for a lack of better words, but this was what kept the Lion Emperor afloat and gave it some monetary power, after the civil war that slipt Great-Britain in half, five years ago.

"Just how long will Gwendolyn, believe in these lies, that I have been telling her...!" Alice thought a bit worried, as she briefly looked at Gwendolyn again, but it wouldn't last long as she was interrupted by a voice, that brought her back from her thoughts.

"Pendagron!" This voiced that called Alice with an angry tone, came from a woman that was perhaps in her late 60's, but despite that, looked as if she was in her mid 40's, had short black hair and blue eyes, but one of her bangs covered her left eye, leaving only her right eye visible, her clothes consisted of a long navy blue and red royal military jacket, with golden details, that reached to her heels, and she also wore a black pencil skirt, with a navy blue and golden belt around it.

This woman's name was, Amily Arrow, the second in command of the Lion Emperor and also the oldest member of both, the Lion Emperor and the Royal table of knights.

"What's wrong, Amily? Did you have a bad trip back to England and now your venting it out on me?" Alice asked with an annoyed and joking tone, as she turned around and saw Amily quickly approaching her.

Meanwhile the man in the armor, upon seeing this situation, placed himself behind Gwendolyn and gently covered her ears, as he knew that both Alice and Amily were about to start something, that he didn't want Gwendolyn to hear.

"Sir Nottingham, is everything ok?" Gwendolyn asked a bit curious and worried as she looked up at Nottingham that gently shook his head, while he gently head patted Gwendolyn with his right hand, before covering her ears again.

"Just what did you do this time, Pendagron?" Amily asked still with an angry tone, as she finally stooped close to Alice.

"Please, some context...if you will, Amily..." Alice said with a very faint joking tone, while she placed her hand on her forehead and sighed.

"You want context, Pendagron? Then, do you mind explaining, how both Lady Senren and I, go to our meeting with the leader of the Asgardian Gods association and as soon as we're back to England, one of our Grimoires, is already on its way to Takamagahara, without anyone informing me about it, beforehand?" Amily asked still with her angry tone, towards Alice, as she moved her right hand sideways.

"That's...rather easy to explain...as you know, Amily, I've got a few problems with our beloved Lady Youjo...so when I went to my meeting with her in Takamagahara more or less a week ago, she asked for the "Knights Crusade" Grimoire, as an apology, for all the problems I have been causing as of late with my " "reckless" actions..." Alice said with an informative tone, to Amily, as she moved her left hand a bit.

"So now that you know why the "Knights Crusade" Grimoire is making its way to Takamagahara, are you going to calm down a bit, Amily?" Alice asked with her annoyed tone, as she now placed her left hand on her hip and sighed.

"How can you even ask me to calm down, Pendagron? When you caused so much trouble, that made Lady Youjo, ask for a Grimoire as an apology of all things! Please tell me how am I supposed to stay calm?" Amily asked with a worried and angry tone, as she looked at Alice that kept silent, upon hearing her.

"You know too well, that if you listened to me and if you stooped acting so reckless, we wouldn't have any problems with Lady Youjo! For the love of god, we never had any problems like this with, Lady Youjo, when your father was still with us..." Amily said with a faint sad tone, as she looked down, but Alice kept silent again, while she looked away from Amily and frowned.

"Pendagron...you know just how dangerous a Grimoire can be, especially, the one you just sent, right? So please tell me that you sealed it properly? That you made sure that no one else knows, that it's making its way to Takamagahara? Good grief, why didn't you wait for me or Lady Seren, to take care of it, at the very least?" Amily asked question after question to Alice, that began to grow annoyed and impatient with each one of them.

"Please, stop with your questions already, Amily...I took all the necessary precautions, to send that precious Grimoire of yours, while you were away, and he is being handled, both carefully and with the utmost care, just as all Grimoires or Magic Items that are sent to Takamagahara..." Alice said with an angry tone as she let out a sigh.

"So, please stop treating me, as if I was a child of sorts, that can't handle these things alone and let me do my job as a leader already..." Alice said with an angry tone, as she began to walk away, but as she passed Amily...

"I'm not just worried about the Grimoire, Pendagron...I'm worried about what might happen to the innocent people in Takamagahara if, by some unfortunate event, it happens to fall into the wrong hands..." Amily said with an angry and worried tone as she clenched her fists, Alice just kept walking, ignoring Amily.

"That is why I should have gone with you to meet Lady Youjo...we could have come to a different agreement...we could have given her something different as an apology, we could..." As Amily said this, she was interrupted by Alice that stooped walking, and let out a big sigh.

"Amily...coming with me or not would have been pointless, as there was nothing else that Lady Youjo wanted and the situation with the Excalibur and Kay...just made it even more complicated to ask her to choose something else...so let it go already..." Alice said with a faint annoyed tone, before she proceeded to walk away once more, but Amily, upon hearing Alice, just clenched her fists again.

"Alice...just how long do you plan on acting like this and destroying the image of the Lion Emperor, without a single care in the world?" Amily asked with an angry tone, as she looked down, this made Alice come to a sudden halt as her eyes opened wide.

"Excuse me, but what are you talking about, Amily?" Alice asked with a angry monotonous tone, as she slowly looked at Amily, from over her shoulder.

"You know, exactly what I'm talking about, Alice...ever since you took over after your father passed away...you have been acting in a way that is unbecoming of the Queen of Knights and leader of the Lion Emperor! First you attempt to start a war with the Supreme cross, an attempt that failed miserably and ended up creating the civil war, that divided England because of it! You sell our equipment, our armors, and our weapons, to other Magic organizations without caring for the purpose they will serve once those organizations get their hands on them!" Amily said with a faint angry tone, as she turned towards Alice.

"You let your own Knights create extreme factions, and I believe that I need to tell you that those knights intend to spark another war with the Supreme cross if given a chance or time, and yet you don't take any action to stop them...Sir Adam...would have never approved any of these things you do...and he would have never let any of his own Knights act in this unbecoming way...so why...why do you insist on acting this way, Alice?" Amily asked with an angry tone, that turned into a worried one, as she looked at Alice, that sighed.

"Why do I act this way, you ask? That is a very simple answer, you know, Amily..." Alice said as she made a small stop and briefly shook her head.

"I act...no I have to act this way because, if I don't, the Lion Emperor would have ceased to exist long ago..." Alice said with a monotonous tone, as she slowly turned towards Amily, that looked at her a bit confused, as she opened her eyes wide.

"Both my father and every other Knight King or Queen that came before him, were nothing more than incompetent fools...we are the "Lion Emperor" aren't we? So why do we have only one country, to our name? Why should we Knights, bow down to everyone else and let them conquer us, when it should be the other way around and we should be the ones conquering everything?" As Alice asked this, she made a small pause.

"I'm just doing what no one else, ever dared to do, Amily...I'm going to make this organization shine the same way it did back in the golden age of knights, that King Arthur Pendagron established and create a new golden age, where we hold all the power and where England stand at the very top, just as it should have always been!" Alice said with a determined tone, while she smiled and moved her cape with her right arm, making it reveal her military jacket, in all its glory.

Both Amily and Nottingham, just looked at Alice, as a long silence filled the Factory, with the only thing that was being heard, were the assembly lines and its mechanical arms moving.

"Alice...this will never work out..." Amily said with a worried tone as she finally broke the silence, Alice that stooped smiling as soon as she heard Amily's words.

"Is that so? Then would you be kind enough to tell me, why it won't work out, Amily?" Alice asked with a monotonous angry tone, as she glared at Amily.

"This won't work out, Alice...because the world we live in now, has changed...we are not in an era of wars nor in an era of conquering lands anymore...because this goes against everything, that we Knights stand for and every day that you keep following this, you will sink both the Lion Emperor and the image of us Knights further and further down, until there's there no way of us coming back again..." Amily said with a sad tone while she looked down.

"So tell me Alice, is this what you want to do, to the organization that took your great-grandfathers, your grandfather and your father, so long to build...just to drag it across the mud again and again, as you have been doing for the past ten years? Is that what you want to do?" Amily asked as she tried her hardest to not cry, as her clenched fists trembled quite a lot.

"Do you want us to be known...as nothing more than villans? We Knights that should always stand for what is right and protect the week and the defenseless of our country? Is that what you want us to be known for in the end?" Amily asked both with worry and sadness in her voice, as a faint dark blue aura appeared over her body, while she looked at Alice.

"No Amily...I'm doing this to give the Lion Emperor and us Knights, the honor and glory they deserve! And I swear that once I'm finally done, I shall give all this honor and glory to our country, to our Knights and to the people that have supported us, even after England was split in half and to the ones that refused to side with the Supreme cross!" Alice said with an angry tone as she moved her left-hand sideways and an aura as golden as her hair appeared over her body, while she looked at Amily and It was in this instant, that the tension inside the Factory, began to quickly rise, as Alice and Amily began to glare at each other.

"S-Sir Nottingham...shouldn't we do something?" Gwendolyn, that still had her ears covered by Nottingham, asked with a very worried tone, as she trembled a bit, Nottingham just pulled Gwendolyn closer to him to refrain her from intervene, while he observed Amily and Alice and awaited their next move.

"I can't let you do that, Alice...you know that I can't, especially after the promise I made your father, to look over you and the Lion Emperor...so please...just stop this nonesence already!" Amily said with a sad tone as she slowly placed her hand on her chest.

"I'm getting tired of this, Amily...I'm tired of you and everyone always bringing up my old man...if you're not happy with the way, I deal with the Lion Emperor and with the objectives that I want to achieve, take it what it will, then you know what to do, don't you?" Alice said with an angry tone as she moved her cape with her right hand and placed it on the handle of her sword.

"Alice...I can't believe that you would go this far...but if it means that you'll stop...then..." Amily said with a sad tone, as she drew a magic circle with her right hand, and out of it came a swords handle that she grabbed, but her hand trembled, as she held the handle tight.

"And I can't believe that you would go this far to protect the ideal of my old man...color me surprised..." As Alice said this, she got into a battle stance and prepared herself to dash towards Amily, that just looked at her with a sad face, as she kept holding the handle of her sword, without taking it out of the magic circle.

Then a long silence filled the Factory as Alice and Amily looked at each other, with the tension rising with every passing second, but just as Alice was about to dash towards Amily, she was interrupted, by none other, than Nottingham, that placed himself between Alice and Amily...

"Wow! T-That was fast!" Gwendolyn said with a very impressed tone as she looked behind her and forward, upon seeing Nottingham standing, between Alice and Amily.

"N-Nottingham?" Amily asked with a surprised tone, as she looked at Nottingham that had his gaze turned towards Alice, and even with his helmet on, it wasn't hard to imagine the glare he was giving her.

"Tsk...always acting as a proper knight and stooping unnecessary fights, just as my old man, aren't we?" Alice asked as she took her hand off her sword handle and slowly regained her composure.

"Very well then...I'll let this one slide, Amily and you can thank our residing, traitor, for that..." Alice said with a faint angry tone, as she turned towards the exit of the Factory once again, but she briefly stooped as she got close to said exit.

"Oh! And before you come to nag me again because of those "Radical Knights" everyone here has been talking about as of late...rest assured, because even I have standards to uphold when it comes to the Knights I want to have here in our organization...that is why, I already sent the order to find them all and send them to our prison...now, if you all would excuse me, I have other things to attend now..." Alice said with a reassuring tone, before she began walking away and then, after a brief moment, Alice vanished with silence filling the Factory once again, but this silence didn't last long...

"Nottingham...why did you do this?" Amily asked a bit angry, as she looked at Nottingham.

"Because...it was written all over your face, that you didn't want to fight Alice, Lady Arrow...that is why I intervened..." Nottingham said with a calm and yet raspy voice that came out, of his horned helmet, as he looked at Amily, taking her hand off the sword's handle, that came out of her magic circle.

"Why...why did things turn out this way...with Alice...she wasn't like this Nottingham...she wasn't..." Amily said with a sad tone, while she made her magic circle vanish.

"I don't know and at this point, I can't even imagine what happened, for her to act in such a manner..." Nottingham said as he glanced at the exit of the factory.

"This was all my fault, Nottingham...if I only had...raised Alice better...perhaps she wouldn't..." Amily said with a sad tone, as she looked down, but it didn't last long as Nottingham gave her a gentle hug...

"None of this was your fault, Lady Arrow...people change with time...and Alice...she is no different, she changed without any of us noticing and unfortunately, everything we can do to help, is to make sure Alice dosen't take things too far..." Nottingham said as he kept hugging Amily.

"I know...but...just how long do we need to see her like this?" Amily asked as she placed her forehead and right hand, against the chest of Nottingham's armor.

"You need to be strong now just has you have been for the past ten years, Lady Arrow...and even if it does not mean much coming from me...I believe that this will soon end and everything will be solved... you and everyone else, just have to be a little bit more patient..." Nottingham said with a reassuring tone, as he stooped hugging Amily, and turned towards the exit of the Factory, but as he did he was stooped by Amily.

"Wait, Nottingham!" As Amily called Nottingham, he stooped, but he kept looking forward.

"Ever since you went to the Notre Dame with Alice...you began to slowly break your vow of silence...it's been ten years since any of us on the Royal Table heard your voice...we are all so happy about it...but please can you tell me...what brought upon this change?" Amily asked with a curious and worried tone, as she got close to Nottingham, that kept silent for a moment.

"I...I have seen her, Amily...I have seen my daughter again..." Nottingham said as he glanced at Amily, from over his shoulder.

"Y-You did?" Amily asked with a surprised and curious tone as she placed her right hand on her chest.

"I did...but I don't really...want to talk about it now, Lady Arrow..." Nottingham said with a faint sad tone, as he began to walk towards the exit again.

"I understand...Nottingham...but if you ever need or want to talk about her...both Honora and I would be more than happy to listen...you...you just have to ask us!" Amily said this with a reassuring tone as she looked at Nottingham taking his leave.

"I know...and I will...thank you, Lady Arrow..." Nottingham said with a very faint happy tone, as he kept looking forward and walking towards the exit and when he was finally gone, Amily began to clench her fists hard, once again.

"Why Alice? Why did you have to turn out this way...why did you have to hurt Nottingham like this? Just when are you going to finally stop?" Amily thought as she kept clenching her fists harder and harder, but this wouldn't last long...

"L-Lady Arrow...is everything alright?" Gwendolyn asked with a worried tone, as she got close to Amily.

"Hmm? I-I'm alright...Gwen, don't worry..." Amily said with a reassuring tone as she looked at Gwendolyn.

"But...you and Lady Pendagron just got into what looked into a very ugly argument...so I'm a bit worried with both of you..." Gwendolyn said still with a worried tone, a she looked a bit down, but Amily didn't let her do that for too long.

"Thanks...but you don't have to worry...everythings going to be alright, this was just a small argument, I promise!" Amily said with a reassuring tone, as she head patted Gwendolyn and smiled.

"Ok...Lady Arrow..." Gwendolyn said still with a worried tone as she sighed, upon seeing this, Amily tried to change the topic a bit.

"Say, Gwen, how about we go, drink something? Tea time, is right around the corner, after all!" Amily said with a happy tone, as she stooped head patting Gwendolyn, that opened her eyes wide.

"Oh! I would love to, Lady Arrow! But you do not mind to wait a bit, as I finish these armors, do you?" Gwendolyn asked with an embarrassed tone as she fidgeted a bit.

"Of course not, sweetie...go finish your work, I'll wait for you, no problem..." Amily said with a reassuring tone as she placed her hands together and smiled.

"Thanks! I'll be done in a second! Oh and don't stand so far away, I would love to talk with you while I work, Lady Arrow!" Gwendolyn said with a happy tone as she turned to the armors in the assembly line and began walking towards them.

"Sure! Lead the way..." Amily said with a happy tone as she followed Gwendolyn towards the armors as she briefly smiled and so the hours would pass...

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It was now 20:40 pm in England and a big truck that had the symbol of the Lion Emperor in its container, was driving down the highway that led from the town of Manchester to its airport and inside said, truck on its driver seat to be precise, was a young bearded man that didn't have the happiest of expressions on, as he changed gears and tapped the steering wheel with his finger...

"For crying out loud...why did they have to ask me to deliver these armors to the airport! Right when I was about clock out and hit the pub to watch the rugby game..." A young man, that was wearing a white t-shirt with a black vest over it and blue jeans, said with a very angry and annoyed tone, as he scratched his rather big and fluffy-looking beard.

"I just hope that the so-called "Queen of Knights" pays up for this extra work I'm having...who am I even kidding? Lady Pendagron never did that nor will she ever do that..." The young man said as he turned the blinkers switch up so that he could change lanes and take the highway exit to the Manchester airport.

"I just hope that I can come in time, to catch the final bit of tonight's game...!" As the young man said this, he turned the steering wheel and prepared to take the exit to the airport, but he suddenly hit the brakes making the truck come to a sudden halt and the reasons for this was a car, a sedan to be precise, that was parked sideways on the exit to the airport, making it impossible to pass.

"W-What the...did someone have an accident?" The young man thought a bit worried, as he opened the door of the truck and jumped out of it, he then made his way towards the parked car, that was empty strangely enough.

"Just what is the meaning of this? Did the car break down? Or was it used for a robbery and ditched, after the dirty deed was done?" The young man asked himself as he got close to the car and began to closely inspect it.

"No point in asking too many questions or trying to figure it out all by myself and I'm not a detective either...let's just call the cops..." As the young man said this, he placed his hand inside his vest and out of it he took his phone, but just as he dialed the police's phone number, he was interrupted by a cold and sharp object, that was pressed against his neck.

"Turn off the call, right this instant!" A female voice said this to the young man and when he looked over his left shoulder, he saw a rather tall woman that was wearing a white lion mask and a long black hood that almost reached the ground, pressing a small black and silver dagger against his neck, with her left hand.

"Alright...no need to get violent miss...I'm already turning it off, see?" The young man said a very nervous tone, as he slowly turned off the call with his thumb.

"Good...now put it away slowly..." As the woman said this, the young man placed the phone back inside his vest.

"Listen, miss...I don't know what you want...but if it is money, I am sorry to break it to ya but...I'm broke..." As the young man said this, the woman pressed the dagger closer to his neck.

"I don't care about money! I just want, what's inside the truck's container, so if you give me the keys for it, I'll let you go...!" As the woman said this, the young man opened his eyes wide.

"Listen, miss...you better not take what's inside the container...believe me, it will cause you a whole lot of problems..." The young man said with a worried tone, as he tried to dissuade the woman from doing whatever she was planing.

"God...I don't have time for these wannabe hero's..." As the woman said this, she hit the back of the young man's neck with her right hand, making him fall unconscious on the ground.

"And here I was wasting time giving him the easy way out..." The woman said while she squatted and began searching for the keys of the container and a few seconds later, the woman found what she was looking for.

"This was too easy...Lady Pendagron needs to change up the truck drivers..." The woman said as she got up and looked at the keys for a bit, she then proceeded to make her way towards the back of the truck's container and when she got to its back she slowly opened the doors.

"My, my, Just look at these beauties...you all will do just fine, now there are only two things missing for our plan..." The young woman said with an overjoyed tone, while she looked at the 6 armors, that was meant to be sent to the Asgardian gods association and laughed.

"Very well then...time to take them to Takamagahara now..." As the woman said this she drew a white magic circle that appeared under the armors and when she snapped her fingers, they all vanished from the container in a cloud of smoke.

"Too bad, that I won't be able to use this little trick anymore again for a few days...but well, I won't need to use it again in Takamagahara, if everything goes according to plan..." The woman said as she walked out from behind the container and as she did that, the woman began to laugh maniacally as she made her way towards the car, that was parked at the exit that led to the airport...