Sirin: I Want to Do Something for Him! (Please Support the New Book)

"Then come and take it if you can. Let's see what your so-called Schicksal can do to me."

"Hahaha, of course Schicksal can't do anything to you. Ever since my old friend failed to defeat you, no one in this world has been able to force you with violence. But..."

The communicator's screen suddenly went dark.

Just as Bai Ge frowned, wondering why Otto had hung up on his own—

"There's no need to go through all that trouble to deal with you, Herrscher of the Void. From the moment you rejected the will of Honkai and chose to live as the Herrscher of the Human... humanity became your greatest and most fatal weakness."

"!!!"

Otto's voice suddenly came from behind him.

It was right beside him, like a devil's whisper ringing in his ears!

When Bai Ge turned around, his eyes immediately widened with fury. He gritted his teeth as his rage surged to its peak, hatred and killing intent boiling within him!

"Sirin!!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Bai Ge. We're too useless... We became a burden to you."

"Well then~ can you hand over the cores now?" Otto appeared before Bai Ge.

He had taken Sirin and the other three hostage, pressing a golden Heavenly Fire pistol against the girl's head. The threatening smile on his face needed no further explanation.

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Chapter 43: Sirin: I Want to Do Something for Him! (Please Support the New Book)

"Otto—!!"

Bai Ge glared at Otto with boundless fury. He knew that what stood before him was merely one of Otto's Soul Steel bodies, and that even tearing it to pieces would have little effect on the man.

But the rage he felt at that moment was as uncontrollable as an erupting volcano! Several Herrscher powers briefly went berserk and slipped out of control.

Just as Bai Ge was about to use the Herrscher of the Void's power to bring Sirin and Avrora back—

Otto's finger resting on the trigger of the imitation Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment pressed down slightly, as though warning him that he could pull the trigger faster.

"Urgh!"

"Hahahaha! How utterly absurd. I merely moved a finger, and a Herrscher stopped resisting. Just as I thought, that humanity of yours, radiant and dazzling like a gem, is your one and greatest weakness!"

Otto laughed smugly and wildly. His act of threatening the boy by holding girls hostage filled everyone with disgust and revulsion.

"Let those girls go, Otto."

"Bishop, please do not do this."

"Grandfather, you've gone too far."

"Even if you are the bishop, you cannot do this."

"Otto, give it up. All you'll accomplish is pushing every one of us to stand against you."

Welt, Cecilia, Theresa, Siegfried, and Fu Hua all fixed Otto with cold stares.

Some of them were Otto's subordinates, but they were certainly not his puppets on strings.

They possessed conscience and morality. They were Valkyries and Herrschers of the Human who fought to protect all that was beautiful in the world, so they would not ignore what he was doing.

However—

"Fine, fine~ I never expected that all of you—my most capable subordinates, my most beloved granddaughter, my oldest friend—would rather help a Herrscher than abandon me. How heartbreaking... But I admit it, this is exactly what Otto Apocalypse deserves."

Otto let out a long sigh, as if regretful and disappointed, yet he did not care in the slightest.

"But before you betray me, you should calmly consider whether you can truly raise a hand against me."

"Otto, what do you mean?!"

"Hah~ Welt, perhaps you should check on your Anti-Entropy first. Ten minutes ago, Schicksal launched a large-scale attack on Anti-Entropy. If you don't rush back to help, I'm afraid all you'll see will be ruins and corpses."

"What did you say?!"

"Scarlet Kite Immortal, my old friend, don't look at me like that. Rest assured, why would I threaten you? It's just that... Cheng Lixue recently accepted a difficult Honkai Beast extermination mission and has been missing for three hours. As her master, I think you should look into it."

"Otto, what did you do to Lixue?!"

"Hehe, lastly, Cecilia, Theresa, Siegfried, have you forgotten your adorable daughter and niece? She's still on Schicksal's Floating Island."

"What do you want to do to Kiana?!" x3

How terrifying.

This was Otto Apocalypse.

This was the obsession of a fool who had endured for five hundred years.

Even if the power he personally possessed was not particularly great, Otto Apocalypse was undoubtedly one of the most dangerous people in this world. No—there was not even an "one of"!

With only three sentences, he completely sealed off the actions of five people. With the movement of one finger, he made a Herrscher give up resisting.

He had pushed his manipulation of human hearts to the limit, using what everyone treasured most as chains to bind them.

"Welt, Fu Hua, go." Bai Ge clenched his fists and spoke.

"Herrscher of the Void, you..."

"Everyone has something they must protect. Perhaps it is a treasure more important than life itself. I understand those feelings better than anyone... You don't need to worry about me. Besides, you don't want to lose the people important to you either, do you?"

"Thank you." x2

The images of their important companions and disciple surfaced in their minds. They truly were things more important than their own lives, things they had to protect.

After thanking Bai Ge, the two immediately withdrew and left.

"You too, Cecilia, Theresa, and... who was the other one again? Forget it, it doesn't matter. I believe family is the most important thing in this world, so... don't interfere either. It makes no difference whether you are here or not."

"Herrscher of the Void, thank you. I'm sorry."

"...It's fine."

Clap~ Clap~ Clap~ Clap~ Clap~

Applause came from beside them. Otto held the gun to Sirin's head with one hand, while using his other hand to slap the back of it in applause and praise.

"How touching. What a beautiful, brilliant, beautiful character. Herrscher of the Void, you're far more human than I am. Now, let us begin. Peel off your Herrscher Cores, every last one of them, one by one."

"Hmph! One day, Otto Apocalypse, I will kill you a thousand times, ten thousand times."

"I hope that day truly comes. Don't worry. Once you have removed all the cores, I will let you and your companions go. Schicksal will no longer make things difficult for you."

"..."

Bai Ge silently raised a hand toward his chest.

Beads of sweat rolled down from his forehead.

Soon, a bloodied purple gem was dug out, faint arcs of electricity flickering across its surface.

The Herrscher of Thunder's core—the Conquest Gem.

"Take it!"

Bai Ge flung the Conquest Gem to Otto's feet, moving like a brat throwing a stone at someone.

"Not bad, not bad. Continue. But the next one I want is the Herrscher of Death's core."

"Otto, fuck your mother."

"Feel free. If you can travel back in time, you can do whatever you want to my sister, my younger sister, or my mother. But for now, hurry up and remove the core."

"Hmph!"

As Bai Ge raised his hand toward himself once more—

Sirin's tears began to flow uncontrollably.

"Don't, don't do this. It's already enough. Please stop, Bai Ge. We aren't worth you hurting yourself again and again to protect us, so... stop."

"What do you mean, worth it or not? Sirin, I'm only protecting the people I love. I'm fine. Be good and close your eyes. It'll be over soon. Cough, cough!"

"Bai Ge! Bai Ge! Don't! Please, I... I don't want to see you get hurt anymore. Why? Why are these people treating you like this?!"

Sirin felt as though a pair of hands had clenched around her heart. In despair and sorrow, she watched Bai Ge—the person most important to her—bleed and suffer because of her once again.

Self-blame, guilt, grief, fury, pain, sorrow, disappointment, anger, despair—countless negative emotions nearly ground away all of her sanity.

The girl questioned herself over and over in her heart.

Why? Why had it turned out like this?

Why could she only watch every time?

Why could she do nothing at all?!

How many more times would this happen?

Because of burdensome, useless trash like them, how many more times would Bai Ge have to be hurt?!

Enough. She had had enough!

She had already had enough of this!

Sirin's eyes widened as she gritted her silver teeth. Rather than become Bai Ge's burden and make him suffer for her again and again, this version of herself was the one Sirin hated and despised most of all!

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