Only Loves Valkyries in Honkai

But the next moment, she realized she could no longer control her body. It was not because Mei had reclaimed control of it.

It was...

Otto held Miss Lightning Herrscher's foot in his hand. He was not particularly panicked, because there was still a way to remedy this.

But he suddenly realized that something about Miss Lightning Herrscher felt wrong.

Her scarlet eyes, once filled with brutality, had become as calm as stagnant water.

Something was very wrong.

Otto stared into that scarlet gaze and found that he could not see any emotion within those eyes, as though they had never contained a trace of human feeling.

She knew neither joy nor sorrow, neither hatred nor disgust. Everything felt utterly hollow.

This was wrong.

Because even a Herrscher personality possessed human emotions, and due to Herrscherification, negative emotions were often especially intense.

"Who... are you?"

She spoke.

Outsider, your journey ends here.

The Will of Honkai shall end the Child of Man's transgression here.

Pulling the Plug and Escaping

Heavenly Principles' maint...

No!

That was from the neighboring production. The Herrscher in this Honkai production had not gotten off work yet!

Otto instinctively released Mei's foot. He looked at the girl before him. Though she still wore Mei's beautiful shell, the presence inside was unfamiliar.

It was not Mei, nor was it Mei's Herrscher personality.

It was something far worse.

"You are... the Will of Honkai?"

Otto faced a formidable enemy. He took a difficult step back; he had heard those words clearly.

And it was not merely the phrase "Will of Honkai" that caught his attention. He had also noticed what she had called him.

Outsider.

Had his transmigrator identity been exposed already?

Wasn't he currently fighting the easiest Changkong City dungeon? Why was the final boss, the Will of Honkai, coming to the beginner village to kill him?

"System, system!? Why does the Will of Honkai know I'm a transmigrator!?"

Otto frantically questioned the system in his heart. Though he could still operate the system panel, the system remained silent.

The damn system was playing dead.

Well, damn. It could throw heavy punches at Raven, but the moment the Will of Honkai showed up, it immediately played dead. What a system that bullied the weak and feared the strong.

"Will of Honkai, are you here to kill This Bishop?"

"You want to kill the only person in this civilization era who might defeat you?"

Otto clasped his hands behind his back and put on a mask of pretense. In his heart, he kept telling himself that he was Bishop Otto.

I am Otto Apocalypse.

No one understood bluffing better than he did.

Meanwhile, the Will of Honkai wearing Mei's shell merely watched Otto in silence. Neither joy nor anger could be seen in her, much less sorrow or hatred. She was like an emotionless robot.

Honkai was a trial for civilizations upon the Tree.

That was all the Will of Honkai said.

Otto suddenly understood. His identity as a transmigrator had evidently been discovered by the Will of Honkai.

And her reason for wanting to eliminate him was simple: he was an anomaly in this world.

Even Fu Hua, as someone from the Previous Era, had helped Shenzhou develop civilization thousands of years ago, and the Will of Honkai had sent down the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Chi You.

Otto, as someone who did not belong to this world, was interfering with civilization's trial. It was clearly equivalent to hiring someone else to take the exam for him.

The Will of Honkai, acting as the proctor, was personally stepping in to throw him out.

"I guarantee I won't interfere with this world anymore. I'll immediately find somewhere to hide and live like an ostrich. How about that?"

"If that doesn't work, just turn me into a Herrscher. I'll destroy this civilization for you. I definitely won't be a traitor, and I can even make the other Herrschers behave themselves."

Otto directly raised both hands in a French military salute.

There was no helping it. The final boss he had expected to fight later had come straight for him now. How was he supposed to fight that? He was completely unprepared. Even dragging Schicksal onto the battlefield would be useless.

Otto could not afford to care about anything else right now. To survive, he could do many things.

At this moment, nothing was more important than staying alive.

For that, even becoming Honkai's lackey was acceptable.

Yet in response to Otto's words, the Will of Honkai did not waste any breath. She raised Judgement of Shamash and slashed at Otto.

Otto watched the blade, which had nearly turned into a streak of lightning. With the mindset of gambling everything on one shot, he operated the system panel.

He chose to unequip Judgement of Shamash.

Anything drawn from the system could be unequipped, and Judgement of Shamash would then return to the system inventory.

This was the trick Otto had shown Mei before.

But Otto did not know whether he could unequip Judgement of Shamash while it was being held by the Will of Honkai.

Damn system, don't let me down!

"Disarm!"

Unequip Judgement of Shamash.

Judgement of Shamash vanished from the Will of Honkai's hand.

She looked at her empty right hand, then raised her head and looked at Otto.

She said nothing, and there was no ripple in her gaze.

With Judgement of Shamash gone, the electromagnetic force that the Lightning Herrscher personality had used to isolate the Will of Honkai was no longer disrupted. The Will of Honkai gradually lost control of this body.

Third Herrscher...

Although the Third Herrscher had not yet betrayed Honkai, after being treated like this, the Will of Honkai felt that she was not far from betrayal.

In this era, the only Herrscher actually doing proper work was the Second Herrscher.

"What? You're not killing me?"

"I, Otto, am standing right here for you to kill."

"Please~"

Otto looked at the Will of Honkai standing in place. Once he had put Judgement of Shamash back into his inventory, she stopped moving, like a robot without batteries.

He needed to spew more trash talk while he was still alive.

The Will of Honkai looked at Otto with those hollow eyes.

She opened her mouth.

But nothing came out.

Madness climbed back into those scarlet eyes. The Will of Honkai disconnected, and the Lightning Queen came back online.

Faint arcs of electricity danced around her long hair. Miss Lightning Herrscher looked at Otto, while beneath her torn clothes, the stigmata at her waist flickered.

"Heh, interesting."

The Lightning Queen crossed her arms and leaned back slightly. As an Apostle of God, no one understood the concept of the Will of Honkai better than she did.

A mere mortal in her eyes had actually dared defy a god.

That was rather interesting.

He was becoming increasingly worth conquering.

Seeing this, Otto let out a sigh of relief. The Will of Honkai had logged off just like that?

So her appearance really had something to do with Judgement of Shamash?

It seemed he could not let Mei get hold of Judgement of Shamash again in the future.

But life would not be peaceful from now on. The Will of Honkai had clearly set her sights on him. As long as he remained in this world, Otto felt she would not let him go.

Yet if he did nothing, then when the Finality descended and this world was destroyed, he would not survive either.

Death awaited him either way, so he would choose the only path that offered even a sliver of hope.

That was to crush Honkai.

"I admire your courage. You did well. After all, the only one who may take your life is me."

Though Miss Lightning Herrscher had been unable to control her body just now, she had watched the entire process. However, lacking key information, she did not know that the man before her was a transmigrator.

Miss Lightning Herrscher raised her right hand, lightning coursing over it, and hooked Otto's chin.

"Come, raise your hands to me, just like you did earlier."

But Otto merely frowned. Having narrowly escaped death, his mind was at peak alertness. He noticed that although the Lightning Herrscher's hand carried electricity, he only felt a slight itch rather than the unbearable stabbing pain from before.

And the electricity around the Lightning Herrscher was clearly weaker.

Could it be that the powerful one was not the Lightning Herrscher, but Judgement of Shamash?

Otto grabbed the Lightning Herrscher's hand. Miss Lightning Herrscher frowned, violet light flaring around her body as lightning struck Otto directly.

"A little itchy."

Otto took the attack head-on, but it did not even break his defense.

Hmph, lightning element, one-handed sword—of course it was just scratching an itch.

Without Judgement of Shamash and without enough Honkai Energy, the Lightning Herrscher's attacks were this feeble.

Even Kevin, without Honkai Energy, was merely a super soldier.

Miss Lightning Herrscher's eyes widened. She realized the problem as well. Otto grabbed both her hands, lowered his head slightly, and softly said before her.

"Naughty Miss Herrscher."

His lips were almost touching Miss Lightning Herrscher's nose.

As if he were about to kiss her.

"Now, the roles of attacker and receiver have reversed."

"Heh..."

But before Otto could have the last laugh, Miss Lightning Herrscher rolled her eyes and her soft body collapsed into his arms.

The smart one chose to pull the plug and escape.

I'll leave the rest to you.

Silly girl.

What Should We Name Our Child in the Future?

A cold blade pressed against her neck, easily cutting a bloody line into the tender skin of the little girl.

"Stay quietly inside. Once your father sends the money over, we'll let you go."

The masked villain spoke to the black-haired little girl.

The girl nodded timidly. Her watery purple eyes trembled, and tears nearly fell from them.

She was forcibly thrown into a dark, windowless room. Before the door closed, she heard the kidnappers who had taken her talking.