Artillery Strike

But now, as she stared at the katanas in the hands of those people, her unease was amplified by this action.

"Oh dear, Lady Amber, are you not planning to run away anymore?"

Rita, who had caught up with Amber, looked at the stunned Amber and smiled as she approached this former colleague whom she now regarded as an enemy.

"Or is it that even you yourself feel..."

"—Are all the things A'yu said true?"

"Ah, sister."

Upon seeing Rita and Amber, Lin Yu immediately walked quickly to Rita's side, ignoring Amber face now showed a hint of resentment.

"I've kept my promise to you, and I'm back safely."

"Okay, then I'm relieved."

"In addition..."

At this moment, Lin Yu suddenly turned around and glared at Amber, then pulled her up from the ground.

"What are you looking at, Otto's lackey?"

"What, you don't like it? You think I'll kill your master?"

"Lord Otto... he just wanted..."

"Ah, he just wanted to—who cares what he wanted? He did something bad, so I killed him. That's only right."

Looking at the struggling Amber, Lin Yu chuckled and said to Amber.

"If he doesn't cause trouble, I'll give the clan chief some face and cover up the bastard things he's done."

"But now... hey, this self-destruction was his own idea, so if he gets cursed by everyone every day after he dies, he can't blame me."

"Besides, I'm telling you all this simply because I'm in a good mood today, but the way you're looking at me—it makes me feel like I've done something wrong."

"Anyway, I was planning to get rid of you, Otto's die-hard supporter, so now..."

"—It's time to say goodbye, Miss Lackey, whom I barely spoke to."

After snapping Amber's neck with a snap, Lin Yu kicked the cyborg's body to pieces on the spot.

"Mmm, that feels good."

"A'yu... are you really okay?"

After watching Lin Yu kill Amber in one go, Rita asked with slight concern.

"After killing Otto, do you want to rest for a bit?"

"Rest?"

Hearing Rita's suggestion, Lin Yu said with a helpless expression.

"Sis, do we have time to relax like this now?"

"There are definitely still Otto's die-hard supporters at headquarters and in all the branches. Even if Otto did such a despicable thing, they will not be willing to believe the truth."

"In the time to come, we must find all these colleagues who have gone astray."

"If they are willing to repent, then they will naturally remain our good colleagues; but if they remain stubborn and unrepentant..."

"--So all we can do is send this bunch of trash down to meet their beloved Bishop Otto."

I've been feeling really off since this morning. I can't watch videos or write articles. By the afternoon, it had even gotten to the point where I started thinking about the meaning of life.

Then, in the evening, I discovered where the problem lay.

This strange situation is because my cold, which I thought was cured, has worsened.

Last time, when I was preparing to compete for the monthly ticket ranking, my cold got really bad, and I ended up not being able to release any more chapters and I was still feeling weak for a month.

This time it turned out the same way; better safe than sorry.

I'm not going to be a top vote-getter anymore; I'll just end it normally.

If I don't finish writing it before 11 o'clock, I'll consider it a day off.

As of now, I have 531 monthly votes. If I add 6,000 extra words, I will pay it off before the end of the month.

Chapter 304. Artillery Barrage

Schicksal Headquarters - Medical Room

Two hours after Otto was completely dead, Anna Sania, who had been hit by Lin Yu's God-Slaying Spear, finally opened her eyes.

Upon opening her eyes, she unsurprisingly saw the person she most wanted to see immediately.

"Ah, are you awake?"

Looking at Anna as she slowly opened her eyes, Lin Yu asked the girl in front of him softly.

How are you feeling now?

"I feel a little unwell, but..."

After seeing Lin Yu, Anna breathed a sigh of relief, but she still couldn't help but recall what had happened to her before.

Today, when Lin Yu launched his operation, he did not inform Anna of his plan.

On the one hand, unlike Mei, Yuno, Bronya, and other companions who have only recently joined Schicksal, Anna, as a direct descendant of the Sania clan, has a deep trust in Otto, the former bishop who holds great prestige within Schicksal.

The reason for informing Anna of the plan was twofold: firstly, as B-rank Valkyrie, knowing the plan would only increase her own danger.

On the other hand, the main reason is that Anna is, after all, the Herrscher Candidate.

Telling a Herrscher Candidate that takes fighting Honkai as its belief, "Hey, the leader of Schicksal for the past 500 years is a bastard who sided with Honkai," Lin Yu felt that the destructive power of these words was too great just by thinking about them.

And then again, only a short time has passed since he returned to this world from the Quantum Sea...

On the first day, you slept with Kiana.

Three days later, you return to the Schicksal Headquarters.

The next day, you killed both of your masters.

[Continuing on, he attacked Mei and the Herrscher of Thunder...]

No, wait, this isn't about firing a cannon, it's about helping them adjust their mental state!

Yes, that is absolutely true.

However, the cannon and the status adjustment are not contradictory. This system wonders, could I have been wrong this time?

Okay, no.

But right now—I don't have time for you.

Having been back for so many days, I'm planning to address their problems one by one.

But there's not enough time. Today is my seventh day back. In these seven days, I've helped several people adjust their mental state and then led the team to kill Otto. I think my efficiency is already high enough.

However, no matter how efficient I am, it is an undeniable fact that Anna and other comrades of Schicksal were harmed because I failed to make thorough preparations.

Seeing Anna's increasingly terrified expression, Lin Yu activated the Phantasm Lantern Barrier at low power, calmed Anna's mind with his mental energy, and then spoke softly to Anna.

"It's all in the past, don't think too much about it."

"Otto has been executed, and no one will continue to act as recklessly as Otto within Schicksal."

"But..."

Anna, who had already recalled those scenes, now had a few tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

"I feel like I'm seeing it... it's like everyone in the Sania clan died because of Otto's actions..."

"Oh, it's fake."

After casually opening the intelligence screen, Lin Yu immediately contacted the current person in charge of the Sania clan and showed Anna the current situation of the Sania clan.

In the next few minutes, Anna watched as everyone in her clan worked to fight the Honkai and deal with the problems caused by Otto, and then she realized that she had been deceived by an illusion.

Before entering the theater, Otto was unaware that Anna would enter as Herrscher and become a 'mission target' he needed to complete.

Even with Otto's extraordinary abilities, it would be impossible to perfectly exploit Anna's weaknesses under such circumstances. The only option was to have one of the other Otto, besides the original Otto, who possessed the Lightweight Herrscher of Reason abilities, hypnotize Anna and make her see the scene of all her relatives dying in this turmoil.

Of course, if that were all, Anna wouldn't immediately believe these illusions; instead, she would calm down and make a judgment.

But Anna today has suffered more than one blow.

The first blow came early in the morning when Anna learned from the other members of Schicksal about the commotion Lin Yu and his group had caused at the bar.

Anna, who thought she had become a loser, wished Lin Yu well in her heart, but this also caused her to feel a little resentment that she did not want but could not suppress.

Secondly, Anna is also one of the members of Schicksal who is loyal to Otto.

Lin Yu didn't want Anna to know this devastating news, but Otto didn't care about such things.

These two consecutive blows made Otto's illusions the final straw that broke Anna's back.

At this moment, although Anna felt relieved by Lin Yu's words, she could not forget the bitterness that had welled up in her heart after learning about those things that morning.

Even though she already knew that everyone else had a good impression of Lin Yu, and that she, who was not particularly outstanding, was likely to be the first to be eliminated in this war, being mentally prepared did not mean that she would be able to calmly face everything that had happened when things actually occurred.

With her mind in turmoil, Anna resisted the urge to get the answer directly from Lin Yu and immediately tried to steer the conversation elsewhere.

"You said Otto has been killed, so now..."

"How are the members of Schicksal doing?"

Hearing Anna's insincere words, Lin Yu took the initiative to walk to Anna's side and sit on Anna hospital bed, thus closing the distance between Anna a little.

"Of course everything is fine. Apart from a few die-hard Otto dogs who refused to admit their mistakes, there were no other casualties."

"As for the aftermath... you don't need to worry about it."

"Trust everyone. You are all excellent. Even though Otto, that wicked dog, has caused so many problems, everyone will quickly pull themselves together."

The words Lin Yu spoke at this moment were not a consolation intended to downplay the problem.

Lin Yu himself actually thought the same thing.

Now, with Schicksal Anti-Entropy joining forces, and with the assistance of the veterans of the Fire Moth, dealing with the legacy issues left by Otto is incredibly easy.

As a psychic Fusion Warrior, Su, as the Herrscher of Reason and possessing the Fu Hua of Feathered Dust, along with Void Archive who voluntarily submitted to Lin Yu, many problems were easily solved after these two began to investigate the other members of the Schicksal Branch with a single click.

Faced with this one-click ability that can hypnotize others, even if someone can lie without batting an eye, they cannot hide their true thoughts.

Before Anna woke up, they had already issued separate reports, identifying some die-hard Otto supporters in several branches who were prepared to endure and seek revenge for Otto.

As for those outside of Schicksal, although they learned of the turmoil within Schicksal through their information channels, the turmoil lasted less than an hour from start to finish. For these people who did not know the specifics, they would naturally regard this turmoil as a trivial matter with much noise but little effect.

It's not that no one wants to test whether the current Schicksal is real or not; the main problem is that none of the legitimate people are fools, and no one wants to be the first to stick their neck out.

Lin Yu didn't know what they would do next, but at least for now, these bastards hadn't caused any major disturbances.

As for what to do next...

Lin Yu had absolutely nothing to say to those who, while he was preparing to fight against the Honkai, planned to stab him in the back for their own benefit.

His morals and bottom line are reserved for good people; he will have no psychological burden no matter what he does to these wicked creatures.

Lin Yu has now instructed Ghost, who has adjusted his state, to begin working hard to organize information about this group of people.

Killing them wasn't what Lin Yu wanted to do next; after these bastards died, new bastards would definitely take over.

Rather than killing them directly and creating new problems, Lin Yu preferred to use the same method he used in Su's illusion: to expose these people and then brainwash them one by one to solve the problem.

Once Ghost has gathered the information on this group of people, Lin Yu, with his ability to control the Phantasm Lantern Barrier, along with the two-person One-Click Team, can completely brainwash them in a short period of time.

Although this method is dishonorable, it is often the most effective method.

"Yeah?"

Despite her best efforts to avoid thinking about it, Anna was now incredibly disappointed to find that simply being by Lin Yu's side gradually calmed her uneasy heart.

Reason told her that she shouldn't waste Lin Yu's time at such a crucial moment, but no matter how rational Anna was, she was still just an ordinary girl.

The person you admire is right beside you, and your heart increasingly yearns for a reciprocation of your feelings. In this situation...