Obtained Mark - Main. King of Fear (cont.)

When I was studying the plot before, I was curious as to why Otto would send Ragna, an A-Class, to lead a team to carry out a mission involving Herrscher and S-rank Knight in 2010.

After reviewing the logic, I suddenly understood.

Before Ragna's death, Theresa quit and went to the Far East, leaving behind only Amber, whose strength was unclear, and Otto, who wouldn't personally take action...

—At the time, Ragna was A-Class Valkyrie, probably the strongest Valkyrie, without a doubt.

Anti-Entropy —

Welt, a top-tier fighter, was severely injured; the Moonlight Throne was damaged in battle; and Alahato was badly destroyed.

Then the Titan Mech exploded in a bunch.

In fact, it can be considered a major blow to its vitality.

But here's the problem.

Schicksal is a strategy that relies on Valkyrie and Knights to build up the battle lines. After almost Valkyrie were wiped out in the Second Honkai Eruption, it will take time to train the remaining new Valkyries.

Given that Schicksal has lowered the difficulty of leveling up, the newcomers are likely to be of lower quality than the veterans who went to the rooftop.

Unlike Anti-Entropy, Titans are built by throwing money at them and through manual crafting by Old Yang. In other words, with sufficient funds, Anti-Entropy -Entropy can only create Titans that become stronger as their technology advances.

I can't definitively say whether Otto trains new recruits to risk their lives faster or Anti-Entropy develops mechs faster.

However, given that both sides were severely weakened at the time, Otto could only remain vigilant and could not eliminate the threat—everyone was forcing him to cause trouble.

It was even mentioned in the story that while Otto allowed the Honkai to develop Honkai, he was also taking precautions against Anti-Entropy.

Yes, the source is Otto's diary in Eternal Memories. I know this part retconns a lot, but the part about Otto protecting the Honkai and guarding against Anti-Entropy is one of the few parts that doesn't retconnive, considering the later plot.

During this period, Otto suffered a severe blow to his Schicksal Essence, leaving him with no one to rely on, which greatly reduced his combat power and made it impossible for him to fight against Anti-Entropy.

Furthermore, if anyone were to say that the problems caused by Muryotousuke hurt Welt —does Otto know about this?

He was unaware of Welt's condition, and because Schicksal didn't have many available combat forces, he didn't act recklessly, which I consider a very reasonable action.

The following chapters cover the events up to 2012 - Herrscher of Finality.

After Bianca obtained Durandal in 2012, she undoubtedly became much stronger, but she was still not finished growing because she could not perfectly control the power of the Holy Sword.

At that time, neither Bianca nor Rita had reached S-class, and they were not yet fully developed. Otto had just killed Ragna two years earlier, so he had even fewer high-end combatants at his disposal, making it even more difficult for him to take action.

To put it bluntly, if the Anti-Entropy organization posed a threat, someone with Otto's personality would definitely crush them if he had the ability.

Furthermore, the plot mentions that the two could fight each other, and that both sides were weakened for a period of time after the Second Honkai Eruption. However, it was portrayed as Otto unilaterally letting Anti-Entropy go...

Isn't that a bit of an overstatement?

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Rumor: Otto suppressed the strength of civilization by suppressing technology, thus keeping the Honkai in a state that he could just control.

1. Even now, some people still believe that Otto has the ability to actively suppress civilizations and technologies. Well then, let's see what miHoYo and Otto have to say.

First of all, to suppress technology and civilization, you need to have something to suppress. So, did Otto have anything to suppress?

First of all, it should be said that the responsibility for this rumor cannot be entirely placed on the person who spread it.

At least in the official "Second Honkai Eruption Episode 6" Honkai Classroom, it was mentioned that Otto possessed knowledge far beyond imagination.

This is certainly not a rumor; Otto does indeed possess a great deal of knowledge, but whether he can actually apply it is another matter.

Moreover, having a lot of information and having access to all of it are two different things. You should know that the Void Archive Library has things like indexing permissions.

Continuing down, Figure 1 is from Honkai 3rd. This setting clearly states that Otto can only enter the Void Archive Library.

Based on the Q&A section of the 2020 Sword Breaker Chronicles setting, the phrase "These are all yours" mentioned in Figure 1 clearly refers to the dialogue when Void Archive used its indexing privileges to Otto.

Otto knew that Void Archive wanted his body, but instead of agreeing, he suppressed Void Archive for five hundred years. During those five hundred years, Otto's actions were quite simple.

1. Since the library has no physical form, Otto can only memorize the knowledge he finds and then bring that knowledge back into reality through his memory.

2. Because he didn't have permission, Otto could only flip through the books one by one in the library.

According to Otto himself in his Q&A session on the Broken Sword Chronicle, his self-evaluation can be found in the last sentence.

[Under such difficult conditions, the fact that I was able to unearth so much information is truly remarkable, isn't it?]

This idea was purely a result of being misled by fan-created content, since their thinking is quite simple.

Otto possesses the Void Archive → The Void Archive contains all the technologies of the Previous Civilization → Otto has everything he could want, so he had already mastered all the technologies of the Previous Civilization → Look at the level of technology in this world, he definitely has the upper hand.

They completely disregarded (or perhaps they were completely unaware of) the difficulties Otto faced in developing technology within the Void Archive. Every time he went to the Void Archive Library, he would flip through the books like opening a blind box. After reading the contents, he would immediately come out and record everything he had seen that day before putting it into production and testing.

I think everyone knows how much time and effort this process will require.

Why would Otto, a man who possessed the Void Archive in the Post- Schicksal Era, order his subordinates to conduct archaeological research? Because the most they could find was information about the Soul-Locking Steel, which was likely much easier to discuss than painstakingly searching through books and opening blind boxes from the Void Archive.

The rumor-monger—Emperor Otto the Great—suppressed an entire era, actively suppressing civilization and technology to prevent Honkai!

Otto himself said, "Wow, I'm really impressive that I managed to get all of this under such difficult conditions!"

Actively suppressing technology to suppress civilization (×)

The Void Archive are so frustrating that I can't get much information from them. I think that Schicksal has already done a great job with its current level of technology. (√)

So here's a side note.

I've always felt that Otto's efforts in developing technology were one of his greatest achievements. After Honkai, Honkai doesn't just stop attacking you if you don't develop technology; being prepared is always better than being unprepared.

But he really didn't do the pressure technology thing.

If someone wants to boast about being someone who's truly pushing the boundaries of technology, I think it's more realistic to talk about the Void Archive than Otto.

Of course, I know whether they want to praise a specific person or the person who did it, but I won't go into details here.

As for why I came to this conclusion, it's mainly because I estimate that what everyone is seeing is the Moon Shadow.

Now let's talk about the next rumor.

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Rumor - Otto protected Shenzhou

Actually, this rumor originated from the last episode of the Moon Shadow. I'm sure many people will think, 'Hey Otto protecting Shenzhou is an official setting, you're talking nonsense.'

Let's see what Otto has to say.

First, look at the last episode of the Moon Shadow. Otto himself says, "As long as the deal is completed, Schicksal will protect Shenzhou forever."

The premise is that the transaction is completed, and only then will Schicksal protect Shenzhou forever.

So, did Schicksal protect Shenzhou during these five hundred years?

The answer is clearly no.

Twenty years later, the Record of the Broken Sword of Shenzhou was released. The Record of the Broken Sword tells you through Otto's words that for five hundred years, Schicksal and Shenzhou did not interfere with each other, and the Honkai Beast of Shenzhou were dealt with by the people of Shenzhou themselves using mechanical patrols and martial arts practitioners.

Yes, I never expected this setting. At least before I saw this setting, I also thought that Otto had protected Shenzhou five hundred years.

As a result, after this setting was released, the people of Shenzhou became independent and self-reliant, relying on the legacy left by Fu Hua [the secret manual modified by Ma Feima with sword energy] and mechanical guards to protect Shenzhou. Schicksal and Shenzhou maintained a non-interference attitude towards each other, and there was no such thing as protection.

Then let's go back to 2018.

In 2018, the Second Honkai Eruption manga was released, which retconned the previous plot related to the Second Honkai Eruption, telling you that Otto was responsible for causing trouble for the Honkai throughout the Second Honkai Eruption, Sirin was responsible for dealing Honkai on the front lines, and all the members of Anti-Entropy were completely redeemed.

In a more distant setting, Anti-Entropy's role in the Second Honkai Eruption was that Schicksal took advantage of the chaos after resolving the Second Honkai Eruption, forcing Otto to hand over the Conquest of Thunder, one of the four fragments.

This is why I say Anti-Entropy has been whitewashed. When I first saw this setting, it really made me think that Anti-Entropy was inhuman. After the Schicksal Warriors fought to the death, Anti-Entropy went over and stole the spoils. What a beast!

In the final Second Honkai Eruption, Otto and Kevin's assessment was that Sirin's core went berserk, and they had to "abandon half of Asia." At that time, Siberia was near Shenzhou, and China was the first to suffer from the core's berserk Shenzhou.

Between 2018 and 2020, the storyline of the Celestial Meteor arc was completed.

The Sky Meteor arc tells everyone that the consequences of Otto releasing Sirin a second time were devastating for the entire world, resulting in the deaths of tens of millions of people, and Shenzhou was one of the unfortunate victims.

In conclusion, after the new storyline, several things can be confirmed.

Otto verbally agreed to help Fu Hua Shenzhou, on the condition that Fu Hua complete the deal.

However, Fu Hua did not actually complete the transaction, so Otto naturally didn't offer any thanks such as "Schicksal will forever Shenzhou."

In the past five hundred years, because the setting of the Broken Sword Record was established, he did not help Fu Hua Shenzhou at all. The Shenzhou was protected by the people of the Shenzhou themselves during these five hundred years.

Of course, given the combat strength of the Shenzhou, they would probably need Schicksal's help to handle major problems [referring to the Judgment-class and Herrscher]. However, the problem is that Shenzhou has faced three major crises. Leaving aside the first one, the remaining two were— the Second Honkai Eruption in 2000 when Otto almost caused Shenzhou to be affected and exploded, and the Great Honkai Shenzhou that occurred when the Herrscher of the Void was resurrected and awakened, which completely affected China and killed a large number of people. Both of these problems were caused by Otto.

Finally, let me summarize.

According to the setting of Broken Sword Chronicles, Otto did not Shenzhou; Shenzhou was protected by the people of Shenzhou themselves.

Otto's deal with Fu Hua was not completed [because Fu Hua thought Otto was crazy and didn't help him to the end, I think Otto probably didn't consider this a completed deal], so the subsequent conditions were naturally not met.

In fact, during the period when Otto and Fu Hua were making their deal, whether he wanted to or not, he indirectly caused two disasters that nearly destroyed Shenzhou.

The first was the second collapse when Old Yang, Siegfried, and Cecilia sacrificed themselves to clean up Otto's mess; the second was the Shenzhou mentioned in the Celestial Meteor arc, which was clearly affected.

Not only did he fail to Shenzhou, but he also indirectly caused considerable casualties on the Shenzhou.

As for the other of the three calamities that Shenzhou faced, it was the one in the Nine Nether chapter.

The problem is that the reason Chi You almost had a chance to emerge in the Nine Nether Chiyou chapter was because...

—The main characters are messing around.

In this book, Raven broke the two seals of Danzhu and Cangxuan, but in the original work, it was the main characters who broke them.

The plot at the time was that the main characters mistakenly thought it was the heart and that's why they moved their hands. But after they dismantled it, Chiyou was able to move again. It was only because the main characters managed to deal with Ji Lin and Chiyou in the end that the people of Shenzhou were in trouble.

In reality, Chiyou's true heart is in another place. After I finished writing this book, some people still thought I made a mistake because they didn't understand the setting. "Isn't there two hearts?"

There's really nothing we can do about it.

Rumor: Sirin originally only wanted to resolve the issue of Schicksal, but it was Welt's fault that negotiations broke down multiple times, so Sirin turned her gun on humanity.

This was definitely the hardest episode to jump out of.

Let's first look at the plot of the Second Honkai Eruption manga.

After Sirin turned to the dark side, she did indeed target the Schicksal members first, but what did she say before she met Welt?

When Sirin met Theresa, she hadn't met Welt yet. What did she say to Theresa at that time?

"How about becoming my subordinate? If so, I'll let you live until the day the world is destroyed."

Yes, she was already planning to destroy the world before she met Welt.

Furthermore, after Welt and Sirin met, Welt briefly explained that the Imaginary Lance was useless against him, and then simply said one sentence.

My name is Welt, and I'm a Herrscher like you. I'm here hoping to have a good talk with you.

That's all.

Then Sirin was informed by the Honkai God that Welt was a traitor, and they immediately took action.

If we consider Sirin as a terrorist who turned evil after being mentally manipulated, then Old Yang, the firefighter, is an unlucky guy who really suffered a lot of misfortune.

After the Herrscher appeared, he immediately joined forces with his enemy, Schicksal, to resolve the world crisis. He humbly rescued his enemy's granddaughter, Theresa, and then, after covering his comrade Siegfried's retreat, he prepared to have a good talk with Sirin. However, after just one sentence of self-introduction, he was directly beaten up because Sirin was instructed by the Honkai God.

How can you blame Old Yang for this? I'm wondering if he didn't watch the plot or is just being deliberately sarcastic?

Next, let's look at the plot and setting.

Some people will definitely say, "Welt, you shouldn't have declared war on Sirin in the name of humanity! The negotiations broke down!"

Let's take a look at the plot developments that follow.

In the ninth chapter of the Second Honkai Eruption manga, it is clearly mentioned that Sirin was preparing to kill Old Yang. After Old Yang used human weapons to counterattack, Sirin, enraged, shouted the following lines.

They shamelessly used human weapons.

[Don't be ridiculous, how could human weapons possibly harm a god?]

Let me tell you just how vulnerable human weapons are.

Then Welt responded as follows when Sirin was furious.

As long as I live, this unit will not fall.