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

At that time, some people jumped out and said that what I wrote was wrong, and even called me sick.

Alright, let's take this opportunity to analyze the logic of this plot. Anyway, this is free word count so I don't have to worry about being accused of padding.

First, let's set aside Otto, the Honkai, and the main characters, and replace them with villain A, villain B, and the hero savior group.

Villain A tricked Villain B into handing over the bomb [Constraint Authority] that Villain B possessed.

The villain B originally intended to use this bomb to kill 100 million people [this is just a random number; the actual number is not important, it's just a figure of speech].

However, if I were to place this plot in other worldviews or works, I can say with certainty that when people see A tricking B in a dog-eat-dog situation, they would almost certainly not say that A saved a hundred million people.

But that's how Otto was hyped up.

Of course, if Otto didn't cause trouble after taking the power, it wouldn't be a big problem to say that he avoided a calamity.

But the question is—won't he cause trouble?

Let's review the plot.

What is the purpose of Otto using the Constraint Authority as a tortoise shell? — To buy time.

He doesn't instantly become False God; he needs to stall for time before that happens.

So, in Otto's plan with a 50% probability of success, what should the initial plan have been?

Bianca was temporarily sent away by him. Theresa obtained some information through Amber. So, what combat forces can the main characters use when breaking the barrier?

Kiana [weakened], the A-Lynn Sisters, Seele are weaker than Kiana, Theresa [Divine Prayer Barrier Mode], Bianca who will come to the rescue, the scientific data analysis support from the two doctors, plus Bronya in Otto's eyes at the time.

The reason why the main characters seem to break through the barrier without much difficulty is actually because they are using cheat codes.

The main problem was that the Bronya was overcooked.

In the match between Bronya and Starthorn Rita, she even had some difficulty replicating Star of Eden.

As a result, in front of the barrier, Bronya directly copied six Moonlight Throne and broke through Otto's turtle shell with 600% power, so Theresa was able to use Divine Prayer Barrier to destroy the second phase of the Constraint Barrier.

Bronya's sudden power surge was clearly not part of Otto's plan, yet it still resulted in two people being seriously injured and losing their fighting ability. It's safe to say that without Bronya's power surge, there would likely have been casualties here.

As for why the main characters focused on Otto instead of letting him carry out the plan to "kill seven billion people and go back to the past," it's obvious. As warriors protecting the world, watching Otto kill people without doing anything would really get them cursed out, and they would be the kind of people who deserve to be cursed out.

Now that the debriefing is over, I have a question.

Villain A takes the bomb that Villain B intended to use to kill 100 million people, but instead buries it outside to buy time and kill 700 million people. In this situation, should we praise him and say, "Look, he saved 100 million people!"

I've never seen another work where villains fight each other like dogs, and then one of them gets stronger, and a bunch of people gossip about how that stronger person saved a lot of people who would otherwise have been killed by the other villain.

Especially considering that this increasingly powerful villain genuinely wants to kill the entire world's population.

As an aside, if Otto really didn't cause any trouble, he was at most cleaning up the mess he made in the past.

Before Bronya became the Truth, he was inferior to Joyce. If Joyce had lived to the modern era without being replaced by Bronya, his strength would only be greater than when he casually projected the Divine Key back then.

At this point, let alone six Moonlight Throne Cannons, many more are not impossible to achieve.

With Theresa and the Divine Prayer Barrier added, the number of casualties the Herrscher of Constraint can cause in the modern arc is actually quite limited.

Furthermore, this only considers the impact Joyce himself caused while he was alive. If everyone else were included, the Moonlight Throne would have been completed long ago, and perhaps Joyce wouldn't have needed to sacrifice his life at all.

I don't understand why anyone would bring the casualties of the Previous Civilization into this era just to praise Otto. Don't these people know that there are variables?

The Previous Civilization had no intelligence, no Moonlight Throne, no Judah, and no Herrscher of Reason standing on the side of humanity. It was completely in the dark and could only rely on human lives.

In this era, with the intelligence and divine equipment left behind by the predecessors of the Previous Civilization, and with Elysia paving a new path, it's impossible to fight as miserably as in the Previous Civilization under normal circumstances.

Even considering Joyce's strength and his development after surviving, the Second Herrscher, Old Yang, plus Tesla and Einstein, could barely defeat him. The Herrscher of Thunder wasn't much stronger than the single-core Herrscher of the Void, so she would probably suffer a defeat. The Herrscher of Wind was not as strong as the Herrscher of Thunder [the strength difference is 2000/3200]. The combination of Herrscher of Ice and Herrscher of Rock was also killed normally. It can be said that people who would have needed to be sacrificed would not have to be sacrificed so much because Joyce survived.

It was all Otto's fault.

Moreover, the most abstract part of this plot is that some people see a scene that benefits Otto and immediately start praising it.

However, we know that a story is not a single fragment; a chapter is three-dimensional.

In Twilight of the Fool of the Fools, Otto did the following.

After resigning, he started causing trouble → obtained the last Dominance Core → acquired the Constraint Authority → used the Constraint Authority to protect himself and started ambushing → beat up Bianca → ambushed the False God → beat up Kiana and Bianca.

In this process, Kiana and Bianca's victory can only be attributed to everyone's hard work. No one would think that Otto gave them some information and let them win, and that "it's all Otto's doing."

Then, those who praise Otto directly extracted individual events from the story [gained the Constraint Authority] without considering the causes and consequences, and without considering the potential negative consequences that Otto might have caused [which he didn't cause because someone stopped him].

Okay, let's take other events as examples.

Sirin is harmed → The Second Honkai Eruption erupts → Sirin tells Theresa that she is prepared to destroy the world → Sirin and Welt fight → Sirin fails to kill Welt, showing contempt for humanity's weapon → Welt responds, declaring war on Sirin on behalf of humanity → Otto attacks Welt → Sirin runs away and starts throwing meteorites → Welt goes to the moon to buy time.

Then, extract the phrase "Welt responded, declaring war on Sirin on behalf of humanity," and directly pin the blame on Welt, saying that it was because of him that the negotiations broke down that Sirin wanted to destroy humanity.

Ignoring the cause, the effect, and the specific setting—does this approach seem familiar?

The method used by Otto to seize power and save people is similar to this.

If we extract key points based on this approach, then I'll play a few more games.

Nancy prepares to test the Moonlight Throne → Otto alters the data beforehand → Test fails, Nancy dies → the Finn betray Otto → Others are angry with Otto → Otto begins to purge the traitors → Purge fails, so he uses fission bombs to bombard the city where Joyce is located.

Then extract the phrase "[Otto begins to purge traitors]" and portray Otto's betrayal of others and all of humanity as Bishop Otto purging traitors, claiming he was right.

From a plot structure perspective, this chapter doesn't actually involve Otto much; it mainly uses the setting and plot to discuss how absurd the idea of Otto saving people is.

Especially considering that Otto was truly prepared to kill everyone [he claimed that if 50% of the plan was completed, he would sacrifice an even smaller plan, meaning that if the other 50% succeeded, he really would kill everyone], I looked at those posts from back then.

Oh, it feels like lifting you up from the ground, then shooting dozens of bullets into your head with an AK, and then laughing at everyone else saying, "Look, I lifted him up from the ground, I'm so kind." How abstract.

There's not much to say about the Heaven's Lost Property arc, because the Herrscher of Reason has already awakened, and Otto no longer has the chance to commit evil.

Given that the False God cannot be activated, how could Otto possibly defeat the Herrscher of Reason in its full state?

Starting with the Heaven's Lost Property arc, Otto was out of options and even had to find a way to muddy the waters to create new opportunities.

His method of muddying the waters was simple—any method that could interfere with the Mandate of Schicksal's actions was a good method.

So, Otto fast-forwarding directly to "Long Live the World Serpent" in 2014 is, in my opinion, at least not a particularly outrageous plot.

(5) [The Constraint Awakening Arc], [The Chapter on Twilight of the Fool]

As the story progresses into its later stages, Otto's problems become increasingly serious.

He had things going too smoothly at the beginning, and by the time he realized things were going wrong, it was too late to salvage the situation.

On one hand, Lin Yu's evolution speed is similar to that of an airplane [although not as fast as Ji Ran's rocket launch], and on the other hand, it's also because...

That's just Otto's style.

Looking back at the times Otto messed things up, wasn't it always the same pattern: [Initially feeling the plan was under control] → [Suddenly encountering a situation] → [Completely messed up] → [Others, being from the human camp, had to clean up Otto's mess] → [Otto won, won, won]?

This time, however, because Lin Yu and the Soviet Union blocked his escape route, the two paragraphs ["Otto, won, won" were deleted, leaving Otto in a desperate situation.

In the Dominance Herrscher arc, Otto deliberately flipped the table simply because, in my opinion... I couldn't think of a way to strengthen him.

He was pushed to the brink; under these circumstances, there was no hope left but to overturn the table.

There's really nothing more to say about what comes next.

The fact that things turned out this way is not only because I designed the protagonist as Honkai, vengeful demon, but also because of Otto fans who started using rumors as background information to defend him and the extreme fans who directly attacked me.

It was because of these people that I studied Otto's backstory more carefully, and then I discovered that—none of the things he boasted about in the past actually applied to him.

Fortunately, Otto had a clear understanding of himself, which preserved the last bit of goodwill I had for this character.

And precisely because Otto at least knows what kind of monstrosity he is, let's end this chapter here.

Anyway, there's nothing more to say after he's dead.

Meme Collection (Escape from the Sky)

This section is used to collect references mentioned in this book and their usage in the corresponding chapters. Of course, there may be more than just references; I will also mention some plot references and allusions from real books, as long as I haven't missed any.

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1. [Take off! Take off! What a wonderful start!] -- Actually, when I used this, I had no idea who the meme was. After checking, some people said it was from the bottle, while others said the meme existed even earlier. I can only say that it's one of two things.

Actually, I didn't think too much about it when I first started writing it; I just thought it would be fun, so I wrote it in.

As a result, Lin Yu not only failed to take off, but almost ascended to heaven, leaving him somewhat at a loss for words.

That makes sense, right?

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2. [CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD, YE NOT GUILTY]——A classic line from the anime series "Big O".

While it's called a line of dialogue, it's actually the startup message that appears on the control panel after BIG O starts up.

From the perspective of the plot, the system's startup message seems to me to be an implication that "the person who created it must be a god."

In addition, this line was originally supposed to be repeated again later in a very exciting way.

In my conception, when Lin Yu was severely injured and disengaged from the battle, the system encouraged him with the message, "[CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD, YE NOT GUILTY] / Forged in the name of God, you are innocent," allowing Lin Yu to fight freely.

However, because Lin Yu's combat power was too high, there was no opportunity for him to be severely injured and escape the battlefield at the right time, so this idea had to be buried, which is a pity.

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3. My foolish little brother—needless to say, one of the famous lines from Naruto.

In fact, judging from the plot, Rita does feel that her adopted brother is very foolish. Moreover, judging from the plot revealed later, Rita's feelings towards Lin Yu are similar to Itachi's feelings towards Sasuke. As the eldest brother/sister, she is indeed very worried about her immature younger brother.

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4. Otto, why are you just watching! — A famous line from the first episode of Kamen Rider Blade.

Those who have seen it know that the protagonist later added, "Did you really betray me?"

Unlike the storyline of Kamen Rider Blade, the person in Blade who was told those words did not initially betray him.

However, Otto did betray them, so there was a certain hint of implied meaning when writing this joke.

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5. Siegfried [I can't do anything] - This is an old Honkai 3rd meme, a standard example of overpowered characters.

Of course, some people might think this meme is exclusive to Herrscher, but actually, if we trace back the timeline of the story, the first person to say this was actually...

China 50,000 years ago.

Before awakening as Fusion Warrior, Hua uttered the following lines when she was on the verge of death.

[Captain, I really can't do anything.]

Then she successfully transformed into Fusion Warrior.

The point here is that Siegfried will have a chance to shine later on. In fact, I think Siegfried, as a senior, was already very impressive in the later battles against Herrscher of Thunder and Chiyou.

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6. One is one, two is two – a famous line that needs no further explanation.

Of course, in everyone's stereotype, because of a certain MAD video, there would be another line followed by - Aren't you bullying the honest person??

In fact, this part of the story does involve bullying honest people, so the title uses this corresponding famous line.

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7. Are you crying, like an idiot? —From Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress.

Although Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress has been heavily criticized [and I was one of the critics], it doesn't mean I would completely deny the plot of this anime.

In the second episode, after being ostracized, Ikoma still chose to risk his life to save others. After being rescued by Mumei, Mumei said this to him.

Are you crying, like an idiot?

This is one of my favorite lines, and in terms of its function, whether it's Mumei saying it to Ikoma or Lin Yu saying it to Mei, it's full of the idea that "tears are useless, standing up and continuing to move forward is the right way."

So it was used here.

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8. What's with that expression on your face? What's with those tears? / Charge towards me!!

One of Ultraman Leo's famous lines, spoken by the devilish instructor Dan Moroboshi.

Its usefulness is self-evident; it's already suitable for entertainment and adds to the show, so naturally we'll add it.