Chapter 147 Traitor.

In the confusion that followed Black Torn smashing right through the ceiling and into the throne room, only one person moved unbothered by the chaos.

Hela who was focusing everything she had on protecting the original Alice failed to notice Loki's movements in time leading to her suffering a fatal blow.

"Loki...?"

Having realized what's happening the Nephilim queen tried to activate one of her Arts, however the Asian girl quickly pulled her hand out along with the heart severing its connection to its owner.

As the others watched in horror Hela tumbled to the floor like a doll whose strings have been cut. Seeing her queen fall just like that, Black Thorn forgot her own state and ran over with horror filled eyes.

"YOUR MAJESTY!!!"

Something flashed right before her and the next moment the arm she was reaching out with went flying, a clean cut visible right above her elbow.

Realizing her opponent wasn't done with her yet, the purple haired Nephilim's expression twisted with rage as she followed the long flowing hair flowing behind the Valkyrie whose blade had cut her. Five's face was covered with her oni mask, however her eyes spoke of the state of extreme focus she was in, like a predator chasing its prey.

The curved blade of her crimson katana cut through the air as it headed for the Nephilim's neck. For a moment it seemed like that would be the finishing hit, however an obsidian spike jutted out of the floor blocking its way long enough for Black Thorn to dodge.

At the same time another spike was making its way to Five's right flank, however she used the momentum of her swing to spin around and dodge it before jumping away to evade another spike.

As she made some distance between her and her opponent, the ponytailed Valkyrie finally began to take in her surroundings, her head snapping in Sam's direction.

"Doctor!"

Her surprise only grew when she spotted the white haired commander and what looked like a smaller version of her in a glass container. The other side of the room seemed much more confusing, with a familiar looking female soldier standing next to a chained limbless man and the blue skinned queen who's lying on the floor.

"Doctor!"

Zero Three entered from the same hole and without giving much thought to the situation she immediately teleported in front of Sam and held up a triangular shaped shield.

"My~, this has gotten a bit chaotic." Loki said.

A black spike shot out heading straight to her face but smashed into an invisible barrier and shattered to pieces.

"YOU!!!" Black Thorn shouted in anger. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER MAJESTY!"

"Don't you have more pressing matters to take care of?" Loki replied. "It doesn't seem like you're doing that well."

Anothe or obsidian spike shot out of the floor and collided with the invisible barrier.

"Doctor..." looking over her shoulder, Zero Three asked the same question Sam had thought of some time ago. "Why's Shizuru here?" Her eyes then fell of the white haired commander and her confusion grew further.

Coming back to his senses Sam placed a hand on the young Valkyrie's shoulder then reached for Alice.

"Get us out of here!" He commanded, but the next moment he felt the sharp glare of the Asian girl as she turned in their direction.

"I can't have you doing that." She said.

Symbols flashed into existence forming a a complex shape over her head followed by a wave that spread across the throne room with her at the center.

"... eh?" Zero Three blinked repeatedly. "I... can't teleport...?"

"... what?" Sam was baffled.

"I've isolated this space from the outside world. Of course you can't teleport."

Letting out a sigh, Loki dropped Hela's heart into a wall of haze then followed with her glasses.

"Lo... ki... how could you..." the young queen struggled to push herself up, however she seemed to be unable to move her lower half.

"Haa... you still don't understand, dear sister?" Shaking her head slowly, Loki looked down with furrowed brows. "It might look like I'm betraying you, however you are the one who has betrayed her own kind."

A loud clanging sound echoed through the throne room. Even though she didn't fully understand the situation, Zero Five chose to attack the Asian girl having a feeling that she was the enemy. Sadly her blade bounced off the invisible barrier drawing Loki's attention.

"Rather impatient, aren't you?"

Meeting her glare, Zero Five's figure disappeared the next moment, a gigantic sword made of yellow light stabbed the space she was in immediately after.

Watching as the ponytailed Valkyrie appeared beside the young one, standing protectively before the Doctor, Loki let out another sigh and brought her attention back to the fallen queen.

"As I was saying, you have betrayed your own kind, sister, and I won't allow that to continue."

"What... what are you..."

"Solving Alice's problem." Loki said, her eyes turning to the chained Wolf. "I'm honestly disappointed. To think you shared his views from the very beginning."

"You..." the old man could do nothing but grit his teeth.

"We made you our leaders simply because of the fact that you came before us, however as it turned out you were never suited to lead our kind to begin with. You're much more of a human than anything else."

"A human... you say..." Hela recalled the human male saying the same thing, that she's much more of a human than he had expected.

It's not that strange of a fact; after all the Nephilim are born from human and technologically have human minds. However neither side saw it that way and Loki seemed much more focused on that part.

"Say, what do you think would happen if you fix Alice's problem?" She asked.

The queen found herself unable to answer, but the two males in the room seemed to understand what she was getting at.

"Dear sister, the thing you're calling a problem is what gave birth to our kind." Not waiting any longer, Loki gave them the answer, her gaze growing much colder as she stared down on the Nephilim queen. "With the exception of copies, every Nephilim and every Valkyrie have been born from her. She is the only one capable of creating our kind and without her our numbers will stop growing making extinction our inevitable future."

Hela offered no reply.

"Odin, Hela, Thor, Loki. We all took on the names of various gods, however the only one worthy of something of that nature is her." Pausing for a moment, Loki looked at the little girl in the cylindrical glass container. "Freyja is the goddess of the Nephilim, our origin. The girl named Alice is a part of her, true, however her existence is less of a priority than that of the Nephilim. If you intend to sacrifice the continuation of our kind just so she can live a normal human life then you're no longer fit to be our queen."

"You traitor!" Black Thorn yelled, a purple halo forming over her head. "How dare you talk to her majesty like that!"

"Oh shut up." Loki replied, unbothered by the rows of black spears that formed around the room.

One after the other they shot out toward the target only to bounce off the invisible barrier, however the rain didn't stop, a maddening look taking over the purple haired Nephilim as she walked forward in unbalanced steps.

Sadly her advance was suddenly halted, her eyelids shooting up as a golden sword impaled her body. Another two followed pinning her in place.

"A~ah, look at what you made me do." Loki said, her lack of interest showing in the sigh that followed.

"You..." after a moment of silence, Black Thorn showed signs of life, her missing arms making it difficult for her to lift herself up. "I've never... considered you... one of... us..."

At that moment, a chill surrounded Loki as if she had just dropped the mask she had been wearing this entire time.

"I see."

The moment she said those words, another sword came down and as everyone watched Black Thorn's head slowly fell to the floor.

"Black Thorn!" Hela cried out, watching in despair as her subordinate's body went limp.