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

The reasons for why they died have already been explained countless times above.

The one who directly took action was the Honkai Beast summoned by Sirin. As for who should be blamed, that's a question for Soul Steel Fist.

Of course, if someone tries to argue that "even if they didn't die in this war, they would have died somewhere else," then I don't think there's anything to say.

People will pass away, but that doesn't mean murderers are innocent.

Their deaths fighting the Honkai on other battlefields are one thing, but being forced to fill the battle lines due to Otto's mistake and suffering heavy casualties, will anyone start arguing that the pure and innocent bishop is innocent again?

In addition, this battle depleted Schicksal's weapon reserves, using two Honkai Energy Fission Bomb were impossible to produce again in the 1960s [within ten years]. The former was due to Otto's mistake, resulting in unnecessary losses, while the latter was because Otto directly used the fission bombs that were meant to be used against Honkai on the duo who were arguably the strongest warriors in Schicksal at the time.

Considering the economic costs of cleaning up the mess afterward, I can't say how much taxpayer money Otto lost with this move.

Ragna.

Schicksal A-rank Valkyrie.

As I mentioned in other non-main texts before, in 2010, given that Siegfried left Schicksal, Ragna resigned from her position as Valkyrie, Theresa Fu Hua concealed her power, Ragnar was probably the strongest Valkyrie on the surface.

Then Otto sent him on a mission related to the Herrscher, and he died out there.

Logically, this should be considered normal casualties, but considering that Sirin was resurrected by Otto...

Just to mention, Otto's headcount isn't included.

Dr. Mags

The scientist who was born with Schicksal.

The scientist who developed the HSN Serum [one of the fusion materials for the God-Slaying Spear], a genius handpicked by Otto.

He's not a good person, and even if he comes to his senses, he's still an abstract thinker.

However, because Otto judged that "Maki might have discovered the truth about his allowing the Honkai to develop," he found an opportunity to persuade Dr. Mags 'Dr. Mags granddaughter to participate in the experiment, causing her to die in front of him, which led to Dr. Mags's betrayal of the organization—in the official setting, "These may all be traps planned by Otto."

It wasn't said to be a death sentence, but judging from Otto's personality and style, it's highly likely to be true.

Dr. Mags deserved to die, but Otto was not entirely without fault in her death; he was essentially the mastermind behind it.

If Otto had only targeted Dr. Mags, that would have been fine; at most, it would have been a case of dogs fighting each other.

However, judging from the later plot, he deliberately allowed Dr. Mags to take the Tranquility Gem, thereby creating an opportunity for the Fourth Honkai Outbreak to erupt and give birth to the Herrscher of Death.

Let's increase the headcount by 1.

Murata Himeko.

Schicksal A-rank Valkyrie.

There's no need to say more, and there's no need to explain why they died.

Muryotousuke

The scientist who was born with Schicksal.

Muryotousuke is one of the few elite figures. Although he relied on the power of Shoggoth, he managed to outmaneuver Otto without being tricked by Otto. That's quite remarkable.

As for why Otto didn't actively harm him—he was dying.

However, the fact that Otto didn't actively target him doesn't mean he wasn't tricked by Otto.

This isn't the first time this has happened. Otto doesn't always intentionally sabotage others; in fact, the number of times he's unintentionally sabotaged others is about 50/50.

Let me first talk about some things mentioned in the story of the foreign land.

Before his defection, Ryusuke worked overtime to repair the Fourth Divine Key for Schicksal until he was almost dead [physically speaking, he was really close to death].

The original quote was. "My days are numbered. My long-term contact with Honkai Energy has destroyed my body. Bishop Otto knew this, which is why he was able to let me go."

In my opinion, this is probably considered a work-related injury, and even the most serious one, since it could be fatal.

As for the purpose of Schicksal repairing the Fourth Divine Key, the story mentions that it was to restore the ecological environment that was destroyed in the Second Honkai Eruption.

Yes, why did the Second Honkai Eruption 3rd escalate so much from a problem that could have been solved by the Anti-Entropy trio scheming against Sirin?

You surely know the answer, Mr. Otto.

Although Ryusuke is a workaholic, the reason his work has become so tedious and stressful is due to the problems caused by the Second Honkai Eruption.

If the Second Honkai Eruption hadn't caused such a serious situation, the Fourth Divine Key wouldn't have needed to be repaired in a rush, and Ryusuke would have had more time to spend with his wife.

Of course, no one knows whether his wife's condition will improve because of Ryusuke's company. However, in my opinion, apart from Ryusuke's own reasons, a certain blond bishop played a huge supporting role in the tragedy of the Murata family.

After all, although the Herrscher had dealt with the Valkyrie of Schicksal who were mostly killed or wounded, someone still had to clean up the mess. It could be said that everyone in Schicksal, from the front-line troops to the logistics personnel, was cleaning up Otto's mess.

As a result, the father almost lost one life, and then the daughter lost a second, both because of Otto and Sirin. In a sense, they were forced to die out of their family line.

Let's do a statistic here.

Among the named Schicksal elites in the modern storyline, the people who were tricked by Otto are probably the ones mentioned above.

Then, Rita is one of the people who didn't get scammed.

I was going to say Bianca counted too, but then I remembered that her mother was killed by Otto, so I swallowed my words.

I once saw a statement that said, "Otto was sorry to Kiana (referring to Kiana herself), but he was not sorry to Bianca."

Well, I personally admire Otto for saying this after he killed someone's mother.

Thinking about it carefully, among the Schicksal elites in the story who weren't betrayed by Otto, the only ones that come to mind are probably Changguang and Rita, whom I mentioned earlier. [Amber was forced to fight the Simulated Herrscher during the Second Honkai Eruption because Otto let Sirin go and almost died outside, so she can be considered a semi-victim.]

Considering that Changguang is a character introduced later in the game, and Otto no longer needs to do anything major in the later stages, it's understandable that Changguang wasn't really harmed.

If you've read this far, you can probably see that many of the hardships faced by Schicksal elites in the story are inextricably linked to Otto.

To say that Otto always does it on purpose is pure slander. Otto's tricks are often not intentional, but rather he is forced to clean up his messes after he has messed up. Because the others are also strong humans, they are also forced to clean up his mess.

Looking at the front lines, frontline soldiers like Siegfried are fighting to the death.

Looking back, Ryusuke is desperately (literally) working on the Divine Key to clean up Otto's mess.

This is why I find it absurd that Otto's extreme fans claim that the "guarding for five hundred years" is one of Otto's achievements.

Let's set aside the absurd claim of "guarding the world for five hundred years".

While it's said that he commanded Honkai to fight against the Schicksal, others were doing the work and risking their lives. Otto, hiding behind the scenes, would always boost everyone's strength at crucial moments and then let the Honkai develop unchecked.

It can be said that even those two who are not good people, like Maki and Ryusuke, who are even beasts, are basically moving towards the path of "fighting against the Honkai". [Of course, Ryusuke almost killed Old Yang, which was too ridiculous and put pressure on the human side.]

Otto is the only one heading down the path of "I need to revive Kallen first, so I'll let the Honkai run Honkai, and then I'll Honkai once Kallen is revived."

This destined Otto and the others to have destinations that were not only not the same, but opposite.

Everyone was moving in the right direction, Otto was responsible for leading the organization astray while simultaneously sabotaging things behind the scenes. Could this be considered a skillful leadership, a great achievement, and a guardian of the world for five hundred years...?

Um, if you really have time to praise someone who is officially described as allowing the Honkai to run Honkai, who did a lot of stupid things in the main storyline, who is not considered a good person by those who know part of the situation, and who himself does not think he is a good person, and who actively believes that he has betrayed his comrades of Schicksal for five hundred years, I suggest that you praise more the heroes who sacrificed their lives to fight against the Honkai.

Of course, I know it's pointless to say all this, since I also know that these extreme fans just want to praise Otto and don't really value these so-called achievements.

As for why I wrote this chapter, I saw a comment in the comments section. "They just think it's easy, like anyone can do it #(funny) I'm just saying it's funny."

Yeah, I don't even need to guess when they say that, it's 100% a compliment to Otto.

Let me clarify something here: Otto's performance is something that not just anyone could do.

After all, it would be quite difficult for an ordinary person to cause such severe damage to Otto.

Here we must bring up another point that many people emphasize – Otto was the most outstanding leader of this era.

If you were to say that Otto was the most capable leader of this era, I would quite agree.

However, being highly capable does not necessarily make him an excellent leader.

I think everyone knows that it's normal for someone who is capable but goes astray to be more destructive than someone who is incapable but hasn't gone astray.

I think Old Yang has done more good things than him. His biggest problem is that he didn't manage Cocolia well, which led to the Third Honkai Outbreak, the near- Honkai outbreak in Singapore, and the release of Kevin when he was working on the Abyssal Eye.

If anyone thinks the Stigmata Plan is a guaranteed minimum but still necessary item, they can even delete the last point and change it to Old Yang hindering Emperor Kevin from emerging from seclusion to save the world.

While he does bear responsibility for the damage and losses caused by failing to Cocolia, I wonder if all his mistakes combined are comparable to Otto's punch?

Moreover, Otto's problem wasn't just about that one punch; it was just the most representative action.

Otto, as the leader of Schicksal, spearheaded the Honkai, causing enormous problems. The reason it didn't cause even greater problems was because the others were strong members of the human side. Even if they didn't get along with him, they couldn't just watch the world be destroyed. Otherwise, if Otto had let Sirin go with that punch, Old Yang wouldn't have had his C, and Siegfried wouldn't have had his Awakening Potion, and humanity would have been wiped out by Otto. [Don't doubt it, the five-core Sirin really has that ability].

But this wasn't even his full strength.

Old Yang has been trying his best to save people. Even when his body exploded, he still tried to save people. Because he was tricked twice by Otto and Ryusuke and became a third-class cripple, his abilities declined, which caused him to not be able to take good Cocolia. He was already risking his life.

Otto had better abilities than Old Yang, and he had access to more technology, better equipment, and better personnel. However, he used these abilities to cause trouble, commit crimes, and betray his teammates.

Old Yang's abilities are not as good as Otto's, but he almost always uses his abilities for good.

The former nearly caused the destruction of the world and actively chose a plan with a 50% chance of destruction. He was a beast in every way, from his actions to his character.

As a hero, it's a fact that Old Yang didn't do his job well when he was in poor health. I don't need to stop people from criticizing him. After all, the Anti-Entropy Leader Alliance is also the leader of the anti -Honkai organization and bears the same responsibilities.

But even if we attribute half of Cocolia's actions to Old Yang, his harm is still many times less Otto's.

Throughout China's five thousand years of history, there have been countless people like Otto, who were capable but ironically caused even bigger problems because of their abilities; I'm too lazy to give examples.

If anyone thinks Otto is some kind of 'most outstanding leader,' then I can only hope that your company boss is someone like Otto —the kind of person who voluntarily leaks intelligence to rival companies while everyone else is focused on achieving results.

Another point to make is the so-called statement that "Otto's greatest achievement was suppressing all ambitious people."

I know that many of the people who say these things are not extreme Otto fans.

But I think you've been led astray.

What did the corrupt leaders of the Previous Civilization do?

1. Those who have defected to the Honkai [are suspected].

2. Those who work with the organization's internal elites include [for example, the assassin of Mei, who may be from the same faction as the previous one].

3. It hinders normal activities within the organization.

4. Delaying funding and hindering various progress.

5. Those who line their own pockets and drag others down.

Some of these are supported by evidence, while others are speculative.

Then look at the current era.

Whether the ambitious individuals were dealt with by Otto is something we'll discuss later.

Let's talk about the IF scenario first. If Otto had dealt with those people and then fought against the Honkai normally, he would truly have been the "world's guardian for five hundred years" and the "strongest commander of this era, bar none."

Unfortunately, he did the opposite; after winning over these people, he absorbed all their flaws into himself.

1. Joining the Honkai – He himself said it was "raising the Honkai," but whether it was raising or joining the Honkai is clear to everyone.

Moreover, it was more efficient than in the Previous Era, which directly led to the release of Herrscher could have been killed after their appearance.

Even the later artificial Herrscher experiments aimed to blow up Singapore directly through Cocolia's hands. Singapore had a population of 5.5 million in 2015, so even if two-thirds of them were killed, that would still be more than three million people.

Even after Wendy had her core implanted and her mindset manipulated by him, she still stayed at the Oceania Branch.

Let's set aside the question of good versus evil in Wendy's case. In the lore, the Oceania Branch is a newly established branch with strong technological capabilities, and it's even used to curb the expansion of the Anti-Entropy forces.

This newly emerging and powerful branch, on which the organization had placed high hopes, was blown up by Otto's actions. Applause.

After the Herrscher is killed, they are resurrected, their energy is replenished, and their core is delivered – a complete service.

In fact, by making in-depth speculations about Otto's creation of Herrscher, resurrection of Herrscher, and release of Herrscher, it's easy to deduce with a little thought how serious the negative impact his actions would have on the economy and lives of ordinary people in the corresponding regions.

I suspect that the argument that "Otto guarded the world for five hundred years" was just speculation by some people. Why do they all selectively ignore it when it really needs to be speculated?

Could the Previous Era's high-ranking officials have been as efficient as Otto in this regard?

After all, if we disregard morality, Otto would have become a master of both literature and martial arts long ago after spending five hundred years in the pit.

These are the kinds of people who can go directly to the battlefield and participate in Herrscher- level battles; other high-ranking officials from Previous Civilization simply don't have that ability.

One punch almost crushed a human; who else could be so brave?