Chapter 146: Draconic Might (2/2)

"He's got hiot him!"

"Just a little more! Take that shrimp faced bastard down!"

"Please win, after all we've been through, please, please win!"

Yet, amidst all these cries of hope, there was one person who stayed silent She watched from her phone secluded from everyone else, hidden away in a dark alleyway by an open manhole cover Blackwater's rank 1 Mel Morales

"So it's like that, huh" Mel looked at the battle with glea black arer She whispered under her breath "Guess I'll be seeing you soon"

With that, Mel slipped into the e system

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Neo-York, within the hero team Protectorate's headquarters-

Two people watched theblow on the Locus attacking Haven froe holoscreen projection The room they watched from was a recreational in headquarters movie theater The place was spacious, and the two used that space asquite a distance away from each other

One of these people was a tall, builtblue that radiated the ie of the typical action hero He had pearly white, perfect teeth, a square jaw, slicked back blonde hair, and shi+ning eyes gold like the rays of the sun

This was Solomon Solar, S rank hero and rank 1 in the Superboard top 100,him the most popular and beloved hero in all of America "Would you look at that! Another new S ranker to join in our crusade for justice,like it All those powers and that suit of his - he's a wild card that I can't believe has stayed hidden all this time

Even so, from what he's shown so far, he doesn't ths, not to mention that arh as a woht made her stand out even more than Solomon Solar

Her silvery hair was done up in a ponytail as her bright green eyes stared at the screen with sheer focus She emanated a kind of beauty that could only be described as 'cold' with sparse expressions and stiff body language that oozed seriousness

Her costuold breastplate, skirt, greaves, and gauntlets Verdant green vine patterns were eely archaic, hearkening back to an age of armor and swords

This was Valkyrie, or, as the public nicknamed her, the Queen of Thorns

She was a S rank hero and rank 10 in the Superboard top 100

The Superboard top 100 was mostly a popularity contest, so the fact that she, as someone that never cared about popularity or social e such a high rank was a testanetic char to shake the hero scene if he joins to decide the AA Or even if he doesn't; that's a big decision in of itself," said Valkyrie

"That's great! Then ive hiood!" said Solomon Solar enthusiastically with a wide, cheery smile

"…I doubt it He has his own teas interesting," said Valkyrie She paused before staring at Soloo lucky Mr justice bullsht act even in private?

After all the years we've spent working together?"

"What do you mean, Valkyrie?" said Solomon with a confused brow raise and concerned voice "Are you alright?"

Valkyrie sighed "Never why you were even tuned into this streained Haven would be the least of your worries, considering its low tier status and how much cleanup we have to deal with here in Neo-York

My intuition is tellingyou don't want to freely tell others" Valkyrie shrugged with nonchalant energy "But that's just my intuition"

"…" Solo "The tier of a city doesn't matter - I check up on all of them to see where I'm needed!"

"Then fly over there or over to Europe or Africa or wherever they still need help instead of wasting time here," said Valkyrie curtly as she turned and left the theater room

When Valkyrie left, Solomon Solar's smile warped into a twisted frown that nobody in the public could have ever i brow of barely suppressed rage