Obtained Mark - Main. Spite and Mark - Main. Era / Obtained Mark - Main. King of Fear
[Note 3: It can have special effects on other disabled people, such as limb regeneration and internal injury repair; at least the physical healing ability can be guaranteed.]
[Note 4: Please note that regardless of the specifics, it is still a liquid and exhibits the properties of a liquid.]
Let's talk about both rewards together.
Although I mentioned earlier that if Lin Yu didn't have the chance for revenge, he would probably end up becoming a doctor, this skill was purely something I created in advance to get the God-Slaying Spear, so there's absolutely no compatibility between it and the skill.
I was initially wondering if it would have any other uses later, but I completely forgot about it.
I think Lin Yu should have something that can instantly Full Vitality Recovery Potion, so that he won't be too busy using skills to heal during intense battles. That's why I gave him that.
In the end, most of the resources were used on teammates, freeing up a series of T0-level characters who almost ruined the storyline.
This was truly the most terrifying episode.
Chapter 158 Obtaining the Imprint - Lord. Hatred, Imprint - Lord. Era
[Special Item - Imprint - Lord. Abomination (Castlevania Series)]
[Item Description - This item contains a fragment of a powerful being's imprint. It can unleash a powerful rain of light that can track enemies to some extent using magic.]
[Note 1: Due to special circumstances, weak users may injure themselves after using this imprint.]
[Note 2: These can be combined with corresponding imprints to unleash powerful skills.]
[Note 3: However, never use this unless you are desperate. Although the skill released after this imprint is fused with other imprints has great destructive power, it will cause great damage to the body of the strong, and for the weak, it will lead to instant death.]
[Special Item - Imprint - Lord's Era (Castlevania Series)]
[Item Description - A fragment containing the imprint of a powerful individual, capable of unleashing a powerful magic orb using magical energy.]
[Note 1: Due to special circumstances, weak users may injure themselves after using this imprint.]
[Note 2: These can be combined with corresponding imprints to unleash powerful skills.]
[Note 3: However, never use this unless you are desperate. Although the skill released after this imprint is fused with other imprints has great destructive power, it will cause great damage to the body of the strong, and for the weak, it will lead to instant death.]
Chapter 178 Obtaining the Imprint - Lord. King of Fear
[Special Item - Imprint - Lord. Abomination (Castlevania Series)]
[Item Description - This item contains a fragment of a powerful being's imprint. It can be used with magic to temporarily summon that powerful being to enhance your own strength.]
[Note 1: Due to special circumstances, weak users may injure themselves after using this imprint.]
[Note 2: These can be combined with corresponding imprints to unleash powerful skills.]
[Note 3: However, never use this unless you are desperate. Although the skill released after this imprint is fused with other imprints has great destructive power, it will cause great damage to the body of the strong, and for the weak, it will lead to instant death.]
[Note 4: This powerful figure is Dracula, the lord of Devil's Castle's Castle. Prolonged use of this mark will corrupt your mind and body; please be careful.]
Let's talk about the three engravings together.
In terms of compatibility, Lin Yu is a vengeful ghost just like Dracula, so there is compatibility in this respect.
Meanwhile, the three crests are essentially the powers used by heroes in the Devil's Castle: The Lost Crest to fight against monsters. Considering that using the three crests individually can damage the body, they are actually similar to Stigmata.
In addition, the Honkai Impact 3rd game has three imprint locations. Although Lin Yu's Stigmata is on the back of his hand, the three imprints appear on his back when he uses his power.
From a perspective outside the plot, at that stage I felt that Lin Yu's strength was still a bit lacking, and he needed to be given a new trump card so that he would have a chance to turn the tables on his enemies. At the same time, this trump card had to come at some cost.
As mentioned before, an author's thinking is influenced by the entertainment works they are exposed to at the time. When I wrote this part, I had just finished playing The Stolen Mark, so I thought it was appropriate to include it.
In addition, the fact that Lin Yu's hair turns white in the plot is something I think is related to the fact that after Lin Yu Demonization, his hair should change to resemble the white hair of Dracula / Dracula's reincarnation [Souma Kurusu]. However, since he is not the Demon King himself, this is reversible, so the change is only temporary.
There's not much else to say, let's move on to the next one.
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[Skill Book - Grand Cross (Castlevania Series)]
[The Grand Cross - A signature technique of the Belmont clan of vampire hunters. When used, it unleashes a powerful, large cross-shaped attack using magic, resulting in extremely high destructive power.]
[Note: Upon activating this skill, the user will enter a brief state of invincibility.]
[Note 2: After activating this skill, the user will continuously attract enemies to their vicinity, thus forcing the enemies to endure attacks from the Grand Cross.]
[Note 3: The above are all basic usages. Users can explore this skill on their own and develop other applications.]
The degree of fit only exists in the skills of the performance style.
The reason Lin Yu was able to draw this thing is simply because his powers and weapons are related to the Cross. If you have to say there is a connection, it's not very strong.
There's really nothing more to say, let's move on to the next one.
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[Skill Book - Extreme Grinding]
[Skill Introduction - One of the universal skills of humankind.]
[After using this skill, the user can prioritize one of their existing skills or items, unleashing power far exceeding their previous level.]
[Note: The better the user's physical condition when using this skill, the greater the enhancement to the skill or item.]
[Note 2: After using this skill, the duration of the enhancement will be determined based on the user's physical condition before use. After the enhancement ends, the user will enter a weakened state, the duration of which will be determined by the magnitude of the enhancement.]
Compatibility is a skill that needs no explanation.
The perfect episode for the dog.
Because it was so suitable, I subconsciously assumed that Lin Yu would use this skill to grind for proficiency in all aspects every day, and I never mentioned this skill again after that.
Because of this mistake, I want to specifically mention here that although this skill came late, it is one of the skills that Lin Yu uses most frequently.
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I won't mention the train ticket, which was a bonus item in the last DLC.
Let's summarize.
While this book offers more rewards than the previous one, it still inevitably includes the Akarin reward [meaning that it doesn't take much time to obtain after drawing it].
However, the situation is at least a little better than the previous book.
In terms of skill tree construction, we definitely didn't think that much about it from the beginning. It's like whatever skills were given in the beginning, we still had to rely on the premise that "the things drawn will match the host with probability" to limit us most of the time.
Of course, I could just pull a skill that doesn't fit, like the [Mastery of Pharmacy (Enhanced)] skill, but if I do this too often, the rules I set before, even if they're not absolute, will give people the feeling that [the rules you set were meaningless].
That's about all for the skill analysis.
Debunking Rumors & Explaining Conflicts (Part 1)
Rumor - The Honkai Impact 3rd universe does not have a soul.
One can roughly guess that some fans developed this idea because Otto didn't want to acknowledge the existence of the soul in the storyline of eternal memories.
However, the word "soul" is used multiple times in the narration, and anyone who opens the game knows that there is something called "soul awakening" in the game.
It was also mentioned when Bronya broke through the Constraint Barrier, that the "souls" of 300,000 people were involved. This is a scene where the narrator explicitly used this term.
This is a misunderstanding that wouldn't arise from just one glance at the game. Don't deny the soul just because Otto denies it.
The Honkai worldview is based on the existence of souls.
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Rumor - There was no truth to the story of Siegfried touching Valkyrie's buttocks.
This rumor is actually quite unusual.
First of all, the latest version of the setting in everyone's eyes should be ' Siegfried is a good family man, and the story about touching the butts of all the Valkyrie in Schicksal is a rumor spread by Shigure Kira '.
This is indeed the latest setting, so why do I say that the story of Siegfried touching the Valkyrie's butt is not a rumor?
Similarly, in the Moon Shadow setting, it is explicitly mentioned that Siegfried is "no wonder he is the kind of person who touched the butts of all the Valkyrie on the Hyperion and acted as if nothing happened".
Well, regarding the tenth episode of the Moon Shadow, "Classroom Honkai," I suspect some people will argue that the last part of "Classroom Honkai" is just for laughs and doesn't count.
The problem is that while the final lines spoken in Honkai 3rd are often humorous, they aren't entirely without merit. In my opinion, this is simply part of the official setting.
I just came across a conflicting setting while writing this, so I'm making a note of it.
In the first chapter of the Second Honkai Eruption manga, "The Honkai Classroom of Ghosts," it is mentioned that "[all members who participated in the Snow Wolf Squad have become history, buried in the frosty Siberia permafrost]."
However, after watching the later episodes, we'll realize that this is pure nonsense; Shigure Kira never died at all.
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Rumor: Otto looks down on Anti-Entropy. Schicksal's strength is enough to crush Anti-Entropy at any time, but Otto hasn't made a move because he doesn't think much of it.
This is a byproduct of the blowing of Otto.
Moreover, it's a rumor that's been fabricated without any thought.
In fact, the official setting clearly states that "the First Honkai Eruption gave birth to Anti-Entropy, an organization capable of contending with Schicksal."
It was written in black and white in the second chapter of the Second Honkai Eruption manga, which included a bonus Honkai Classroom.
To understand this rumor, we need to divide the timeline of the modern dual-organizational struggle into three stages.
In the first phase, Otto forced Joyce to his death but was completely unaware of Joyce's demise. During the Second Honkai Eruption, Otto learned of Joyce's death.
During this time, from a personal perspective, Otto had no idea that Joyce was dead.
Even in the dialogue, Otto mentions that after he realized Joyce was dead in 2000 [actually, it was Old Yang's self-destruction that he was no longer disguised], he still thought to himself, 'Once my Soul Steel body is repaired, even if he is the Herrscher of Reason, I will trample him under my feet.'
In other words, even the very confident Otto didn't feel he could beat the Herrscher of Reason until 2000.
From a character design perspective, many people completely forget one thing when they want to praise Otto.
Before its defection, the North American Branch was the strongest branch. The lore directly states that it was the "strongest branch in the technological revolution" and "guided the technological revolution of Schicksal" [source: Chapter 4 of the Second Honkai Eruption manga].
Then, in episode 13 of the Second Honkai Eruption Honkai series, "Honkai Classroom," it was mentioned that "most Anti-Entropy branches are unaware of each other's existence (some don't even know they are serving Anti-Entropy). They function as independent groups, carrying out specific tasks. This flexible organizational structure makes it impossible for Schicksal to completely eradicate Anti-Entropy. The loss of a small branch wouldn't reveal too many secrets, nor would it endanger the core's security."
This also indicates something else.
Even Bishop Otto, during his investigation into the departure of Kaslana's heir, became deeply engrossed in this animated series (especially when he saw the famous line, "Tyrant of the heavens, witness the shattering of stars," he felt a jolt of fear).
People who don't know the origin of this sentence might find it strange that it's so surprising, but those who actually see the sentence and recognize its source will know how absurd this setting is.
This was said by Welt, Otto's greatest threat, before Joyce death. If we consider the intelligence of the fictional Otto that some people have hyped up, Otto would have dug up the company's dirty laundry after seeing this, and might even have directly launched a high-end business war.
However, Otto didn't do anything, and Alahato remains a major IP in the Honkai universe.
This is enough to show Otto's attitude towards Anti-Entropy between the Second Honkai Eruption and the second Honkai Impact 3rd.
Because he was afraid of Joyce, he didn't dare to go too far. At the same time, the mechanism of Anti-Entropy meant that Anti-Entropy wouldn't be so easy to deal with. Even after seeing his old friend's last words, Otto still didn't take action. This was either because he didn't realize that this was Anti-Entropy's animation company, or because he was too scared by Joyce to move.
Therefore, during the period from 1955 to 2000, after its initial weakness, Anti-Entropy was indeed supported by a set of conditions that allowed it to be "sufficient to contend with Schicksal".
Then look at the second time period, from the end of the Second Honkai Eruption in 2000 to 2012.
During this period, Old Yang used up all his trump cards to save the world, and died, leaving behind his core. Although Siegfried found an opportunity to send the core back, even if Old Yang were to be resurrected, he would be a second-class cripple [the Outland arc mentioned that it took several years for his power to recover to 65%].
So at this point, does Otto's Schicksal have the right to look down on Anti-Entropy?
The answer is definitely no.
Here I'll break down the battle losses for both sides after the Second Honkai Eruption.
Schicksal—
Regarding high-level combat capabilities, Cecilia was 'killed in action,' Siegfried was seriously injured, Fu Hua was seriously injured, and Theresa was seriously injured. Apart from Otto, there was one death and three injuries among the high-level combat capabilities [all of which were caused indirectly or directly by Otto]. At the same time, two fission bombs were lost.
In terms of basic combat capabilities, the five hundred Valkyrie suffered heavy losses, and all of their modern weapons were used up.
It can be said that it has suffered a severe blow.
In addition, although Fu Hua would help Otto, Siegfried and Theresa were already in a state of obeying orders but not orders. Killing Honkai Beast was fine, but if they were asked to help fight Anti-Entropy, they would most likely turn against them directly [and they did turn against us later].
In this situation, Otto was in a state where he had very few pieces to use. Instead of trying to Anti-Entropy, he might as well stay put and do scientific research.