Senior, You're Someone Who Could Become My Mother (cont.)

If anything goes wrong, the worst possible outcome could be that Theresa dies at the hands of the other party, and the Herrscher of Thunder is also taken away and has the Gem of Conquest extracted from her body before dying.

Thinking of this, the angry Otto suddenly gave a bitter smile.

Lin Yu's actions were indeed to save his comrades, but these actions...

Ha, I should have known long ago that there's no such thing as perfect planning.

Several times, after I had gathered enough intelligence, I took action, but things always went wrong.

I used to think that Joyce was not as strong as me, but in the end I was defeated by the Anti-Entropy group.

I used to think that letting Sirin act freely wouldn't cause too much damage, but after Sirin escaped the scene, she actually obtained the cores of four other Herrscher.

During their confrontation, Schicksal suffered significant losses of most of its stockpiled weapons and manpower.

In fact, if Siegfried and Cecilia hadn't joined forces to seal the Herrscher Core, humanity would have had to abandon half of Asia.

While these things are not a big problem for me, if a large area is infected by Honkai Energy, the number of deaths will not be as simple as nine figures.

In 2000, Asia had 3.7 billion people, and Shenzhou, the most populous region at the time, was right next to the battlefield of the Second Honkai Eruption.

Based on the fact that half of Asia's population is 1.85 billion, once half of Asia's land is infected by Honkai Energy, the regions of Lucia and Shenzhou would be essentially rendered useless.

After Shenzhou's incident, my old friends certainly won't continue to help me.

Looking back now, I realize that it was my punch that caused this irreversible situation.

Siegfried... Thinking about it carefully, if he had been more obedient, I wouldn't have had to actively eliminate such a useful piece.

Now that Siegfried is no longer with Schicksal, Lin Yu has covered for me more than once...

Phew, thinking about it carefully, I've been very lucky since fourteen years ago.

The Second Honkai Eruption went wrong because of my mistake. Someone helped me clean up the mess, and after preserving half of Asia centered on Siberia, my old friend had no reason to turn against me.

Although Ryusuke betrayed me during that incident in 2005, his actions essentially helped me injure Welt, indirectly causing the subsequent internal chaos of Anti-Entropy. From this perspective, I actually made a huge profit by not intervening.

After Siegfried took K423 away and caused his daughter to lose her memory, Bianca became my strongest warrior.

Meanwhile, K423 successfully became his daughter and developed feelings for him, which became the trigger for Sirin's awakening.

Now, Cocolia's actions have not only made Anti-Entropy even more chaotic, but have also helped me prepare two sacrifices that I can offer to Sirin.

Lin Yu displayed skills that surpassed his usual level, causing K423 to show signs of developing feelings for him.

Hey, looking at it this way, it seems Schicksal is actually on my side.

I need to reflect on this carefully, otherwise I might forget that caution is the mindset I should maintain right now because things are going so smoothly.

Lin Yu, this kid has enough talent and intelligence. His consecutive acquisition of two Stigmata and Divine Key proves that he has incredible luck.

Unlike Theresa, Siegfried, Cecilia, he was able to accept the fact that "Otto is not a good person" to some extent, and then expressed the view that "it doesn't matter to me whether Bishop Otto is a good person in order to avenge the Honkai."

He's good at fighting, intelligent, not pedantic, and has always been very lucky; his mere existence has covered for me several times.

However, even with his terrifying talent and luck, he would still be quickly killed in front of the Herrscher of the Void, who was attacking at full power.

If everything goes smoothly, then given my plan to accelerate, he won't have enough time to become stronger.

K423's true awakening does not require Sirin to easily slaughter others, but rather K423 to personally kill someone important after a sufficiently intense and fierce battle.

Lin Yu's current strength is not enough to achieve this result.

Sure enough, the production of his God-Slaying Armor was about to begin.

After thinking about this, Otto opened the inventory records in his database.

In fact, Otto's database contained a lot of obsolete data when designing the God-Slaying Armor.

These plans were abandoned not because the designs were bad, but because some of the armor designs were simply unusable.

Yes, it's regrettable, but having few powerful henchmen is one of the predicaments Otto has to face.

If the Snow Wolf Squad hadn't perished during the Second Honkai Eruption, they would all be veteran S-rank Valkyrie by now, given their strength.

Of course, age and the degree of Honkai Energy erosion may pose some problems, but with Dr. Mags constantly improving the HSN Serum, Otto believes that the old man who wants to atone for his sins will surely develop a serum with higher precision.

Unfortunately, reality doesn't offer so many "what ifs".

For Otto now, before the awakening plan of the Herrscher of the Void begins, he must treat every powerful piece in his hand well, give them sufficient treatment and equipment, and squeeze out their value to the maximum extent.

Of course, in the eyes of the outsiders, the members of Schicksal were saying, "Bishop Otto may not be a good person, but he's been kind to us."

Otto himself was too lazy to clarify such misunderstandings that were in his own interest—why would he bother clarifying things when it was beneficial to him?

Thanks to the guidance of his old friend and Rita, Lin Yu is more skilled in close-quarters combat.

We can use the backup plan for the moon wheel, with a slight modification...

In fact, his judgment of timing was very accurate, and his need for armor protection was not that high.

Hmm, the Moon Wheel's defensive capabilities are already quite poor. If Lin Yu's God-Slaying Armor were to further weaken its defensive capabilities...

Ha, for a vengeful fiend, this armor is more suitable for him.

However, this is not in my interest.

I want him to survive while helping me with my work, not for him to completely abandon his defenses and go to his death.

Let's try a different approach.

We need to max out our defenses, since this kid doesn't seem to care about his life at all—what kind of righteous knight directly absorbs the power of Herrscher for attack?

Energy absorption needs to be improved, since Lin Yu has already proven with facts that he does have talent in this area, and this advantage cannot be suppressed.

However, this means the armor's speed boost isn't as significant as the Luna's...

But that's okay.

When Lin Yu killed the Simulated Herrscher without taking any damage, he was only wearing ordinary clothes.

This God-Slaying Armor is for his survival. As for offensive issues, I don't need to worry about him; he'll handle them himself.

As for the details to be refined, we'll discuss that with him tomorrow.

After completing the initial design of the armor, Otto suddenly let out a long, helpless sigh.

Sigh, if K423 hadn't taken a liking to him, I really wouldn't have been willing to send such a talented person to the altar.

Such a talented person... He's much more useful than that blockhead Siegfried.

With his support, Theresa will surely go even further in the future.

So, Lin Yu, although it's inappropriate for me to say this, but...

—I hope that in the not-too-distant future, you will be able to survive the attacks of the Herrscher of the Void.

Meanwhile, in Kiana's dormitory

Even after the light screen in front of her disappeared, Kiana's regret did not disappear.

Even though she knew Otto wasn't a good person, Kiana still couldn't completely see him as a villain who had to be suppressed, given that he clearly cared about her growth and gave her enough power.

She was, after all, a sentimental young girl. At this stage, it was impossible for her to do something as cold-blooded as getting benefits from someone while also planning to get rid of them.

However, since Bishop Otto has chosen to prepare the God-Slaying Armor for me, which only a select few Valkyrie are qualified to use, then...

—Where are the senior students who are even better than me?

Why is he still using the second generation?

Moreover, the second-generation armor that the senior was using broke down completely this time.

If he had stronger armor, he might not have needed to fight so hard in the Nine Nether this time.

If the God-Slaying Armor is equipment that only a few people can obtain, doesn't that mean that I've taken up my senior's resources?

After thinking about this, an idea suddenly popped into Kiana's mind.

The senior student said he wouldn't risk his life or be afraid of death, but everyone knows that's a joke.

By encroaching on my predecessor's resources, I effectively lowered his already low survival rate even further.

No wonder...

No wonder Ms. Rita seemed to dislike me when she was saying goodbye to her senior.

She must have known that after I returned to Schicksal, I would take over the resources of my predecessors, which is why she was angry.

Stan, who had just felt a little relieved, immediately exploded.

What's going on with this little girl today?

Why is her mood so unstable? Can I find somewhere else to stay?

Damn it, I was wrong.

This place is much more dangerous than the World Serpent's territory!

If I couldn't beat the World Serpent, at least I could run away. But in this situation—I don't even dare to meow!

Someone please save me! I don't want to stay in this place for even a second longer!

Although the thought crossed his mind, Stan knew that there weren't that many good things in the world.

Haha, how could a little kitten make a wish and it come true?

Then, the flustered Stan and Kiana paused for a moment after hearing the knocking at the door.

"Kiana, are you asleep? It's me, Lin Yu."

In that instant, the furious Stan suddenly felt that the faint sense of oppression emanating from Kiana had vanished.

At that moment, Stan truly felt that the man who punched him was—fuck angel!

Having completely forgotten that the other party was the culprit who forced him to accompany Kiana, Stan had inwardly sworn allegiance to Lin Yu.

"Senior?"

Upon hearing the sound coming from the doorway, Kiana instinctively spoke to Lin Yu.

"I'm not asleep, what's wrong?"

Why would my senior suddenly come to find me at this time?

He rushed back from headquarters today and fought several strong enemies; he must be exhausted.

"Oh, it's good that you didn't sleep."

After walking into Kiana's room as if they were old friends, Lin Yu looked at Stan, who was trembling but whose eyes were full of gratitude, and then at the expression that had not yet faded on Kiana's face, completely confused about the situation.

Five minutes ago, Lin Yu entered a dream and trained in the dream for about three days before waking up.

Based on his judgment, even if he were to activate a Phantasm Lantern Barrier on himself again to force himself to fall asleep, he probably wouldn't be able to train as efficiently as before.

It was for this reason that he went to Kiana's room as soon as he woke up, wanting to see what was going on with the ticking time bomb next to him.

And now, seeing Kiana, Lin Yu realized that what the system said was absolutely right.

There were even a few tears welling up in the corners of her eyes...

Damn it, who's bullying Kiana? Are they tired of living?!

You're tired of living, but I'm not!

[Hahaha.]

Why are you laughing.

[This system laughs at Lin Yu's lack of strategy and intelligence, for he can't even understand this simplest reason.]

[Enough said. This system is going to see how you can turn this situation around.]

Talking nonsense.

But if you're still talking nonsense, then it proves that the problem hasn't reached its worst point yet.

[Huh? This can be used as a basis for judgment?]

Well, if you can't speak or start giving rewards right away, it means the Herrscher of the Void is about to wake up.

That's right, but things haven't reached that point yet—at least not now, we're still a long way from that stage.

Yes.