Senior, You're Someone Who Could Become My Mother

Seeing Kiana's expression, Otto gently tapped the light screen in front of him and said to Kiana.

"You must have been in danger during the attack on the Far East Branch. Let me guess, are you troubled here because you feel you lack strength?"

"If that's the case... well, I won't speculate anymore."

After saying that, Otto suddenly spoke to Kiana with utmost seriousness.

"Successor of the Kaslana clan, you now..."

"—Do you yearn for the power to protect others?"

Written request for leave

I've written 70,000 words in the seven days from last Friday to this Thursday. To be honest, I haven't slept well for a week.

I've been feeling dizzy since this morning, and I still feel a bit unwell. I think I'll just have to stop pushing myself.

I will resume normal updates tomorrow.

I've written 70,000 words in the seven days from last Friday to this Thursday. To be honest, I haven't slept well for a week.

I've been feeling dizzy since this morning, and I still feel a bit unwell. I think I'll just have to stop pushing myself.

I will resume normal updates tomorrow.

53464-46775=6689, which translates to 6.7K.

7506-6623=883, which translates to 9*2K=18K.

Last time I had 32.5 left, so that makes a total of 50.5K.

Then, from the last bounty until now, let me see, eight days of updates excluding yesterday's absence, 9+8+6+7+7+8+4=49K, minus eight days of full attendance 8*4=32K, so I should have paid back 49-32=17K in these few days.

So it's equivalent to 1K more than before, and in the end I owed 33.5K.

There shouldn't be any problem paying it off next month.

As for why the bounty for monthly tickets suddenly ended, the answer is simple—the big shots made their move, and I definitely didn't have a chance to be in the top ten.

If you can't beat them, you can't beat them. You chicken out.

Of course, if a miracle happens and I make it into the top ten, then I'll still get the promised 20,000 words once I'm in the top ten. But at the current rate, I'd have to conjure up a thousand monthly votes in the next few days—how could that possibly happen? It's not even in my wildest dreams.

And since no one's voting for recommendations anymore, I'll just write a separate chapter and ask for some free incentives.

Updates will be posted as usual tonight. I've already come up with the plot and am writing it now.

Chapter 133. Senior, you're the kind of person who could become my mother.

During this time, Kiana also inquired about Bishop Otto's reputation from other Valkyrie predecessors.

New Valkyrie of C and D rank cannot access Bishop Otto himself and can only make judgments based on stereotypes; their words are of little reference value.

However, once you reach the B level and the extremely rare A level, some of the seniors in these levels have actually met Bishop Otto in person.

Their opinions of Otto are mixed in terms of his character, but overall, everyone feels that what Otto does is basically to fight against the Honkai.

Of course, Kiana also learned something during this process.

There was once Valkyrie from the St. Freya Academy who, after successfully advancing to A-Class, graduated early at the age of 13 and was dispatched to the Oceania Branch.

At that time, there were rumors that after the Valkyrie participated in the Herrscher's experiments, her body seemed to be much weaker than before.

It was precisely for these reasons that Kiana became increasingly convinced of Otto's previous statements.

Siegfried broke off relations with Otto because Otto had tainted the power of the Herrscher.

Otto's claim of having dabbled in the power of the Herrscher was indeed not a lie.

However, he used light words to gloss over this originally very serious matter, thus avoiding the important issues and glossing over the trivialities.

It was precisely because Kiana realized that Otto was not exactly a good person that she felt a little wary of the man in front of her, even though she sensed that he seemed to really value her.

"Oh dear, I thought you would answer right away."

Upon seeing Kiana suddenly fall silent, Otto's serious expression vanished instantly.

Instead, Otto, facing Kiana, revealed a profound smile.

"What concerns are you having? Why don't you tell me?"

"... Bishop Otto, may I ask a question before I answer?"

Seeing Otto's suddenly changed expression, Kiana asked Otto the question that had been on her mind.

"From the moment we met, I could tell that you really value me."

"But I really can't think of any reason why you would pay so much attention to me."

"Ha, just this reason?"

Upon hearing Kiana's question, Otto shook his head helplessly.

"It seems you haven't realized the importance of the name Kiana Kaslana."

"However, considering that you already know I'm a bad guy who's dabbled in Herrscher power, I'm too lazy to pretend to be a gentleman."

"Before you were born, your parents Siegfried and Cecilia were in love."

"But in the eyes of your parents, your godmother Theresa, they were true love at first sight—oh, that's true."

"However, their relationship aligns with my personal interests, so I didn't interfere too much; after all, I was also quite curious..."

"—How powerful a warrior can be born from the combination of Kaslana's genius and Sania's genius?"

After saying this, Otto looked at the utterly shocked Kiana and continued.

"Kiana Kaslana possesses the bloodlines of the strongest member of the Knights and the strongest Saintess Clan. In my eyes, she should rightfully become the strongest warrior under my command."

"Under these circumstances, it's not surprising that I supported her, helped her increase her strength, and even prepared God-Slaying Armor for her."

"So that's how it is."

After hearing Otto's explanation, Kiana did believe Otto.

Otto's words were essentially just a nice way of saying, "I have high hopes for you, I need you to be my henchman, that's why I'm preparing the equipment for you."

But this actually put Kiana at ease.

Knowing Otto's character, if he were to say things like, "Oh, I want to use you to get closer to Siegfried and Theresa," or "I, Otto, can't just be a kind old man who gives out equipment," she would only become more wary.

"What's wrong."

Seeing Kiana still silent, Otto shook his head helplessly.

"These are my honest thoughts. Do you have any further questions?"

After taking a deep breath, Kiana spoke very seriously to Otto.

"Bishop Otto, I am truly grateful to you for helping me prepare these things."

"But that doesn't mean I condone what you've done behind my back—aren't you afraid that after I've taken these benefits, I won't help you and will even turn around and beat you up?"

"Oh? That's a good thing."

???

Kiana was completely baffled when Otto said those words so naturally. She couldn't understand why Otto would say something like that.

"Hey, don't look at me like that. I personally support young people surpassing us old fogies."

Looking at the girl in front of him, Otto smiled and said to Kiana.

"If you can defeat me after you grow up, that would be a huge good thing for me."

"This means that humanity now possesses a far more powerful fighting force than me, and this old relic can finally retire, or even think about the deeper implications..."

"—The righteous Kaslana defeated the treacherous Apocalypse; this is the ending that conforms to the laws of the world."

No, wait.

He's laughing so happily, is he serious?

I don't understand, I don't understand at all.

Who can laugh out loud when they hear someone is going to beat them up?

This person—something's definitely not right!

"Alright, after saying all that, I can tell that you need even greater power."

After gently pressing a button on the light screen in mid-air, Otto transmitted a document to Kiana's electronic terminal.

"[White Knight. Moonlight], this is the Fourth Generation God-Slaying Armor that I tailored for you."

"I have already unlocked its teleportation program for you. All you need to do now is train yourself to become someone worthy of this armor."

"Take a good look at the instruction manual yourself for the specific details—don't tell me you can't understand it."

Seeing Kiana's expression of 'This is too complicated,' Otto suddenly spoke with extreme sternness.

"Siegfried transformed himself from a 'useless member of the Kaslana clan's into a powerful warrior capable of defeating A-rank Valkyrie within two years, all for Cecilia's sake."

"At that time, the strongest A-rank Valkyrie, Cheng Lixue, was stronger than the current S-rank Valkyrie, Rita Roseweisse, even with inferior equipment."

"Your father was able to surpass S-class within two years. Do you really think that you can't do what Siegfried could do?!"

"Of course I can do it!"

After saying that defiantly, Kiana realized what she had said and asked in a very weak voice.

"But what does this have to do with these data...?"

Wow, what a little devil.

Looking at Kiana in front of him, Otto said to Kiana sternly with a look of disappointment.

"You can't even understand the data, and you don't know how to use the equipment. How can you expect to be a good Valkyrie?"

If you're so ignorant and incompetent, it will be difficult for me to use the powers of the Herrscher properly.

"... you're right."

Even if it's just for my senior, I should still work hard!

Although Bishop Otto was not a good person, the armor he gave me was exactly what I needed.

Sigh, why does someone like that never do good deeds?

If he were a good person, and my father were still under his command, I wouldn't be so conflicted.

"Alright, that concludes today's discussion."

After saying this, Otto left his final words and then ended the communication.

"Don't let me down."

After the communication was cut off, Otto looked at the report in front of him and felt a surge of anger.

The organization behind that war captive was actually able to produce this level of combat power this time... Well, that's not the most unbearable thing for Otto.

What infuriated Otto the most was that these people actually dared to attack Theresa and K423.

If Lin Yu hadn't arrived at the scene in time, successively killing a Simulated Herrscher and an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, and subduing an Emperor-class Honkai Beast to become K423's bodyguard, what would have happened?

Ryusuke's daughter is very intelligent, but taking down an Emperor-class monster with a weakened version of the HSN Serum is already her limit.

If Lin Yu hadn't returned, and K423's Honkai Energy wasn't sufficient, it's highly likely that he would have been severely injured by Emperor-class being before Sirin woke up.

If the Simulated Herrscher that Lin Yu killed in time hadn't died, it would definitely have attacked Theresa after dealing with that brat who had hurt Theresa.

Two Simulated Herrscher... If it were Theresa in her prime, I wouldn't be afraid.

However, Theresa was weakened by the Divine Prayer Barrier at the time, and the Herrscher of Thunder dared not fully unleash her power.