If Possible, I Want to Become the Loser

At this moment, Lin Yu suddenly placed his palm on Elysia's head and said to Elysia.

"After seeing all this, you'll probably believe that I really do have a way to deal with the Cocoon of Finality."

A few minutes later, at the World Serpent Headquarters.

Inside the World Serpent headquarters, Kevin, who was now alone again, suddenly saw the information screen in front of him pop up on its own.

"Hi?"

"Kevin, after we went to Schicksal, did you miss us?"

Looking at Elysia's smiling face on the intelligence screen, Kevin felt for a moment as if he were recalling those memories from the past in a daze.

However, after a moment of confusion, Kevin's consciousness returned to reality.

"Elysia, did you find anything over there?"

"Well, how should I put it, it was a very fruitful experience."

"However, the reason I'm contacting you now isn't entirely because of this."

Listening to Elysia's speech, Kevin didn't finish the sentence, but instead gestured for Elysia to continue.

"You... never mind, now is not the time to talk about these things."

"Lin Yu asked me to tell you that he hopes to complete the test you wanted him to undergo tomorrow, and also..."

After letting the core in her hand float in mid-air, Elysia said to Kevin very seriously.

"To be fair, he asked you not to open the back door while..."

"—He has already handed over the Core of Constraint to me."

Chapter 338. If I Could, I Would Be the Loser

Although Kevin had told Elysian Realm Su earlier that Lin Yu, with his intelligence, would make the right judgment to prove himself, rather than using the power of restraint to forcibly suppress Kevin.

But when he saw Elysia take out the core, Kevin still felt that he had underestimated Lin Yu to some extent.

In Kevin's plan, Lin Yu would at most inform Kevin that he would not use the Restraint Core before the battle between the two sides began.

Although Kevin believed that Lin Yu would not lie about this, a verbal promise is still just a verbal promise.

However, Kevin, who was gazing at this core, saw Lin Yu's determination in it.

The young knight truly despises the vengeful demons of the Honkai, but at the same time, he is also a guardian deity protecting the world.

Lin Yu, who wanted to protect humanity and prevent Kevin from 'saving' them in the worst possible way, chose to prove his beliefs by retrieving the core before the battle.

The more Kevin realized that Lin Yu was stronger than he had imagined, the greater his regret became.

If he could have returned to this world sooner and met Lin Yu, then perhaps Lin Yu would have been able to be trained to be even stronger.

However, despite his regrets, Kevin did not completely forget what he had to do.

He acknowledged Lin Yu's belief, but Honkai the Honkai is not something that can be accomplished by belief alone.

Over this long period of time, Kevin, as a pioneer, has seen far too many people with unwavering beliefs.

Unfortunately, even though these people were determined, many of them still failed to achieve their goals.

The most typical example is probably Otto Apocalypse, who was killed by Lin Yu not long ago.

Two months ago, in order to delay Lin Yu's progress by catalyzing the birth of the Dominance Herrscher at the Schicksal Headquarters, Otto voluntarily revealed all the ridiculous things he had done over the past five hundred years.

Kevin, who was an ally of Schicksal at the time, naturally learned in the future what Otto had done in the past.

Otto has done far too many bad things in the past five hundred years. Even with Lin Yu's intelligence network, it is impossible to include and count them all.

However, just because Lin Yu didn't know doesn't mean that no other beings knew about the shady things Otto had done.

Over these five hundred years, Otto outlived and harmed many people, but there was one exception who not only survived the ordeal but also accompanied Otto for five hundred years.

It has an extremely close relationship with Previous Civilization.

Furthermore, it possesses the Herrscher Core, representing the Power of God.

Over the course of those five hundred years, Otto referred to it as an 'old friend'.

It also has the ability to release feathers and hypnotize others.

This person—of course—does not refer to Hua, who was tricked by Otto to the point of near death and then worked for Otto for free.

The only being who knew everything Otto had done in those five hundred years and recorded it all was the Super Iron Crotch Void Archive, who had disgusted Otto for five hundred years and had disgusted Otto for five hundred years.

If anyone disgusts Otto or hinders his plan to Kallen Otto, Otto will naturally find an opportunity to get rid of them.

The problem is that the Void Archive is clearly a special case.

Knowing full well that Otto was no good, Void Archive, after being suppressed by Otto using special means, has never given Otto access to the library's search permissions.

After all, it's not stupid. If it hands over the only thing that can threaten Otto, it will not receive any reward from Otto. Instead, it will be exploited and disposed of after Otto has used up all its value.

Moreover, the Void Archive not forgotten that Otto harbors deep resentment towards them.

From an omniscient perspective, Otto's choice to obediently follow his sister's orders and do evil, given that Kallen would have undoubtedly chosen to save people instead of running away when she saw Honkai Beast attacking civilians, was inherently a foolish one. But...

—Deep down, Otto always felt that if Void Archive had lent him its power back then, Kallen wouldn't have died.

It is for this reason that Otto considers the Void Archive to be one of the culprits who 'killed Kallen '.

Yes, although Nicholas captured Kallen, the order to execute her was given by the Schicksal higher-ups, Lisa provided the Honkai Beast, and Otto released them, Otto still felt that Void Archive was responsible for Kallen's death.

The Void Archive, which was inexplicably framed, has been preparing to retaliate against Otto ever since it realized that Otto had pinned the blame on it five hundred years ago.

It is Divine Key used by the Previous Civilization to fight against the Honkai. As a 'Herrscher of Reason' with a mission, it does not want to 'die' in vain because of the anger of a petty man.

Therefore, the Void Archive that had always followed Otto had actually recorded all of Otto's dirty secrets about every bad thing he did.

I won't mention things that everyone already knows, like forcing Joyce to her death, letting the Herrscher of the Void escape, and actively suggesting that the Herrscher of the Void contact the Will of Honkai.

In fact, the Void Archive recorded everything Otto did over the past five hundred years: who he killed, how many human experiments he secretly conducted, how much public funds he embezzled, and how many hours he spent indulging in Kallen Fantasy instead of doing his job.

After Lin Yu made this record public to everyone in Schicksal, even the last remaining Otto fans within Schicksal dared not have any further thoughts.

After learning about these messy things, Kevin not only felt a strong urge to kill Otto, who had held humanity back for five hundred years and was already dead, but he also had to admire Otto's obsession.

But now, Otto has been dealt with by Lin Yu. All the Soul Steel bodies that Otto used to make for himself and others have been turned into weapons and armor by Lin Yu.

This person was so dead that he was obviously a loser in Kevin's eyes, someone who was obsessed but completely useless.

Success requires not only unwavering belief, but also considerable strength and a certain degree of luck.

Take Otto, for example. He had been planning for so long, but from the time he revealed that information at the Schicksal Headquarters until his death, it only took an hour or so.

If Lin Yu had 'awakened' a little later, Otto's plan might have had a chance to succeed.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world.

Bad luck is bad luck, and you can't beat someone.

When resources are insufficient and the situation is unfavorable, no amount of planning will be effective.

Lin Yu now possesses a strong enough belief and extremely powerful strength.

Moreover, after reading about Lin Yu's rise to prominence, Kevin was certain that this promising talent also had exceptional luck.

This isn't to say he was lucky because his parents died, but to evolve from a Schicksal Agent who couldn't even become a knight to someone who could cut Kevin in half in two minutes in just three months, he couldn't have done it without a lot of luck.

If I had to say something, Kevin really feels like 'Schicksal is on Lin Yu's side' right now.

"Um, that."

Seeing Kevin deep in thought for several minutes, Elysia waved to Kevin.

"Kevin, can you hear me?"

"Or is the light screen provided by Schicksal broken?"

"I can hear you, Elysia."

Looking at his friend, Kevin calmly asked Elysia.

"So, after seeing this core—what's your assessment?"

"Lin Yu abandoned his core preparations to fight me, who is currently in peak condition. Does this mean...?"

Before Kevin could finish speaking, Elysia gave the answer that Kevin had expected.

"We will win."

"At least in my opinion, Lin Yu is not a fool."

"Hmm, that's not right either..."

Recalling Lin Yu's act of directly pulling out the core in front of her, Elysia truly felt that Lin Yu was an absolute 'fool' at this moment.

She's just that this kind of fool is truly incapable of having any negative thoughts.

"He is undoubtedly a fool, but in my opinion, this little fool is not a self-destructive idiot at least most of the time."

"Since he voluntarily handed over his core, it can only make me think that he judged that even without this core, he could still defeat you."

"... I feel the same way."

Listening to Elysia's analysis, Kevin did indeed have similar thoughts to Elysia's.

Before Lin Yu awakened as the Herrscher of Constraint, he was no match for Kevin. However, upon meeting Lin Yu, Kevin felt that although the young man was not as strong as him, he was definitely not a pushover and was an opponent he needed to treat with caution.

Now that so much time has passed, it's an open secret in their eyes that Lin Yu has his own special intelligence network.

Having learned some information, Lin Yu began processing the Chiyou corpse that Kevin needed in advance. After Kevin arrived, he used a strange method to create an illusion and trap Kevin inside.

In that illusion, Kevin actually almost succumbed to it for a moment, even though he knew it was an illusion.

After all, this illusion not only has a high degree of realism, but everything that appears in the illusion is the future that Kevin hopes to see.

Even the breakfast that May made for Kevin was like that.

For Kevin, who has never been able to embrace his lover, the idea of his lover making him breakfast in a peaceful era was one of his most unattainable dreams.

Lin Yu, who was able to construct this illusion in such a short time, had clearly studied Kevin's past beforehand, which is why he was able to complete the illusion that almost caused Kevin to fall into depravity in the shortest possible time.

From that battle, Kevin saw Lin Yu's conviction, intelligence, and courage.

After experiencing those events, Lin Yu, as a warrior, not only did not become weaker, but instead refined the power he subsequently gained to become even stronger.

Having met Lin Yu today, Kevin is certain that even though Lin Yu has restrained the power of the Herrscher of Constraint, the aura he exudes is enough to make Kevin feel threatened.

So...

"Please tell Lin Yu that I look forward to our duel."

Yes, it wasn't a test.

As Lin Yu's defeated opponent, I have no right to arrogantly use the word 'test'.

Without a doubt, this was a duel that staked on the beliefs of both sides.

Tomorrow...

I hope Lin Yu can unleash a power that will move me.

If you can...

—I want to be a loser again.

Schicksal Headquarters

After losing contact with Kevin, Elysia's face, unusually, showed not a trace of a smile.

Meanwhile, Elysian Realm, who had just reunited with Elysia, had remained silent since Elysia and Kevin began their conversation.

As one of the few honest people among the Thirteen Heroes, she was actually not as quick-witted as some of her companions.

But just now, as she gazed at Kevin's seemingly calm face, she vaguely sensed a storm brewing.