The Art Style of This Chat Group Is a Bit Different Chapter 28

"Durandal has gone to London to rescue Rita, and my old friend Fu Hua has gone to Jiu You in Shenzhou to investigate the Xuanyuan Sword. Theresa is at St. Freya Academy. With three S-rank Valkyries gone, half of our top forces are not at Schicksal headquarters."

"Many of the turrets in the internal defense system are temporarily disabled due to the power outage. Fortunately, the 'Schicksal AEsir' can still be used, but it's wishful thinking to rely on these to stop those lunatics."

"Once my Soul Steel body is deployed, it's highly likely to be captured by Ksitigarbha. I've truly been studied inside and out. The last time I faced such a major crisis was with Joyce. I miss those days."

Otto spoke casually about his predicament, analyzing Schicksal's dire situation. His words implied his defeat was inevitable, yet his tone held no hint of surrender. On the contrary, his voice was filled with confidence.

Amber, who knew Otto very well, held her tablet and maintained her usual calm demeanor. "Lord Bishop, I have already sent a distress signal to Lord Durandal. At her speed, she can rescue Miss Rita in about three hours and then return to Schicksal to fight. Lord Fu Hua is also on her way back. I have also notified Lord Theresa. As soon as they launch their attack, everything will be alright."

"I know," Otto said, his playful expression replaced by a serious one. He stated with an air of finality, "Amber, report the number of Valkyries at Schicksal headquarters."

"Seventeen A-rank Valkyries, 153 B-rank Valkyries, C-rank..."

"Is that all? Schicksal truly has no more troops to deploy. All Valkyries B-rank and above are to be mobilized. Activate S-rank alert. Notify the people at Jotunheim Laboratory. Within ten minutes, I want the clone of the Herrscher of the First to be deployed. At the same time, have Chang Guang adjust the Key of Blankness within half an hour. It doesn't matter if it's damaged, I want maximum output."

"But a suitable wielder for the Key of Blankness has not yet been found. Even an A-rank Valkyrie, if they were to wear it without proper calibration..."

"If there's no wielder, then why can't I be the wielder?"

Otto chuckled. The enemy had deliberately chosen to attack when Schicksal's strongest forces were absent, clearly targeting him.

In other words, they would not stop until he was dead. Since that was the case, why couldn't he, the Bishop, become a winning trump card?

A chess player could sometimes be the strongest piece.

For while a piece could only move on the board, two players could pick up the board and smash each other's heads with it.

However, a trump card should always be played last. Before he, the trump card, made his appearance, he would use "pawns" to test the opponent's strength. Moreover, he needed a little time to make some targeted deployments.

The transport aircraft carrying B-rank Valkyries and Schicksal AEsir quickly transported the combat units to their designated locations. The moment they arrived, the hangar doors opened, and Schicksal AEsir and Valkyries descended from the sky, blocking the path of Qianyi and the others.

Unlike the mechs seen in games and comics that could be easily handled by the protagonist groups, Schicksal's mechs in reality were each equipped with weapon systems that gleamed with a cold light. Their armor surfaces were covered in intricate and detailed patterns, leaving no doubt that ordinary Valkyries facing these machines would likely be reduced to fragments.

And now, fighting alongside Valkyries, their danger increased more than tenfold. Even ordinary S-rank Valkyries would retreat from their might. Unfortunately, their opponents were not the accident-prone Rita.

Qianyi took out his phone and aimed it at the mechs and Valkyries lined up in neat rows, taking pictures. "So trendy. Mechs are indeed the romance of men. Has anyone pre-ordered these mechs?"

"Me, me, me! I want all these mechs! I want to take them back for mining!!" Seele raised her hand, like a loyal fan frantically typing "111" under a gacha game announcement.

"Mining? You want to take such good mechs back for mining?" Talulah was furious.

"Then what do you think they can be used for?" Seele asked, displeased.

"At least they can be used for farming," Talulah tried to correct Seele's thinking. "Mining has no future. Farming has a future."

Artoria Castor, holding her staff, trembled beside them. "Um, is this challenge too difficult for me?"

The arms of these AEsir were thicker than her entire body. One punch would probably turn her into "Artoria-chan"!

"Ria, you need to have confidence. You are the ultimate holy sword that has fused with Heracles' Sword. One beam cannon blast will clear the screen. These mere Schicksal AEsir are nothing but common fodder before you," Qianyi comforted Artoria.

"Ah... these Valkyries are so uninspired... they feel like reskinned models. Can I go back?" Hiiragi Tina looked listlessly at the standard-issue Valkyries with masked faces. She thought Schicksal's standard equipment had terrible aesthetics.

If she were to design them, at least the backs should be exposed, with openings on the sides so one could easily grab the pair of breathtakingly white breasts from behind. All skirts should be replaced with short skirts, preferably ones that would almost reveal panties but always stop just short, giving a hazy and edge-testing aesthetic. The legs should be adorned with stockings of various colors like red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, along with leg rings.

Oh, and bells, ribbons, butterflies, collars, and other decorations should be added to the body. That would be considered wholesome.

Casually subduing two charging Valkyries, Seele asked Raiden Mei, "So, when will your Anti-Entropy mechs arrive?"

"Dad said all the mechs will be ready in about five hours. With Kiana sending them over via space, it will take about seven to eight hours," Raiden Mei replied.

"Seven to eight hours? Is that still called a blitzkrieg?!" Toyokawa Shoko was speechless.

"That's why I left him and brought you all straight to Otto's tricycle. Blitzkrieg is enough with Seele," Qianyi said. He didn't want to be blocked by a bunch of scrap metal and delay their blitzkrieg. By the time Anti-Entropy regrouped, it might be too late.

"Why is Seele enough?" Seele asked, confused.

"Because Seele will protect everyone and ensure everyone can eat bread that costs 500,000 Silvermane Credits," Qianyi said with a smile.

"So, with so many enemies, how are we going to break through?" Toyokawa Shoko, who could only act as a tank due to her high defense and couldn't defeat enemies, asked timidly.

"I will," Qianyi confidently stepped forward, intending to unleash Tens of Thousands of Proverbs, dealing massive omni-damage to all enemies three times.

"Tens of Thousands of Proverbs again? Damn it, is that the only move on your skill bar? Have some originality!" Kiana felt Qianyi was like a repetitive shit monster.

"I can also use Tens of Thousands of Proverbs like the Act of Nation Founding, focused Tens of Thousands of Proverbs, and Tens of Thousands of Proverbs with a bunch of buffs," Qianyi retorted.

"What's the difference?!" Kiana was defeated.

Every time they faced enemies, Qianyi would basically start with Tens of Thousands of Proverbs and then spam it repeatedly, and it actually managed to blow the enemies' brains out.

Qianyi remained silent, merely spinning his propeller.

"Because this move is indeed effective," Qianyi hadn't expected his skills to be considered too monotonous. Fortunately, he had recently learned a new move. "Is that so? Then there's nothing I can do. Let me show you my newly learned skill. Ria, let me use you."

Artoria nodded.

He picked up Artoria, then used Artoria's legs as the hilt and his hands to grasp them, with her head as the tip pointed at the enemies before them, and then shouted:

"Let me show you the fusion of Heracles' Sword and the concept of the Holy Sword, the ultimate strongest Holy Sword, EX--calibur!"

"Is this your damn skill!!"

Chapter 56: Otto: Woah, there's a cow!

Two hours after Schicksal was invaded, the enemy had reached the Cathedral Building.

Schicksal has no more troops to deploy.

It is hard to imagine that someone could turn this force, which has ruled the world for nearly five hundred years and is seen by countless people as invincible, completely upside down in just two hours.

Yet the Cathedral Building, that symbol of the supreme power of Heavenly Mandate, remained a paradise, not showing the slightest sign of wavering.

"A pleasure to meet you all. Please allow me to introduce mys—"

"Divine Fire Judgment!!"

The moment Otto stepped out of the Cathedral Building to greet the crowd, Siegfried had already unleashed his ultimate move upon him without a shred of courtesy.

Fire.

It swept through the surrounding area in an instant.

The Divine Key known as Divine Fire Judgment is the most powerful of all the Divine Keys; it is the very embodiment of destruction and ruin!

BOOM—!!!

The monstrous heatwave expanded without limit, to the point where everyone on the Floating Island felt the illusion of being inside a volcano.

The body made of Soul Steel, famous for its defensive power and toughness, was shattered into pieces in a split second, leaving behind nothing but fragments and twisted wreckage.

Others might not have held such immense hatred for Otto, but Siegfried was different; he was the bastard he dreamed of killing every single night.

If killing Otto could bring Cecilia back, he would be willing to do anything!

"Sigh, Siegfried, is this how you greet an old friend?"

Like a host waiting for distinguished guests at a meticulously prepared ball, the blonde man walked slowly out of the building. As he approached, the surrounding scenery gradually became clear, as if everything were silently rehearsing for his arrival.

His long golden hair was tied into a single ponytail draped over his left shoulder.

His emerald eyes flickered with the wisdom of a raven. Dressed in a purple, gold-trimmed bishop's robe with a cape and a red necktie, his first impression was one of elegance, composure, and nobility.

To this, Siegfried replied: "Otto, I'll screw your ancestors for eighteen generations!"

He added a middle finger with one hand to show his respect.

"Is this the gold standard of the older generation? Zero-frame startup, impossible to guard against." Qianyi was shocked. He had expected Siegfried to discuss grievances or something similar with Otto, not to start swinging immediately.

"My dad has my style." Kiana nodded, thinking that her father lived up to his reputation.

"This isn't something to be proud of..." Toyokawa Shoko wiped non-existent sweat from her forehead.

Otto shook his head and retorted: "Regrettably, Siegfried, my true ancestors for eighteen generations no longer exist. If you insist on counting, there is only my granddaughter Theresa, and Durandal, whom I barely consider my adopted daughter. So, are you sure you don't want to retract that statement?"

"..." Siegfried froze for two seconds before scrambling to recover: "Theresa cut ties with you long ago; you are no longer her grandfather! And Durandal is my daughter; you are just a sinister villain who took advantage of the situation!"

"Siegfried, does the death of Cecilia make you hate me this much?" Otto could see that Siegfried's momentum had greatly diminished.

"When Kallen died, I remember someone crying like a little fairy who'd had their toe stepped on." Seeing her old man failing, Kiana immediately joined the fray—father and daughter fighting together.

"Heh, I never expected, Kiana, that you would even know about such things. But do you think this can hurt me?" Otto shook his head, thinking it must have been Qianyi who fed Kiana this information. The other party knew far too much, almost as if they had witnessed those events with their own eyes.

"Your wife ran off with the Pink Donkey." Kiana said suddenly.

"Kiana, save such childish provocation."

"The Kallen you love ran off with the Pink Donkey, Yae Sakura."

"Kiana, I have long since let go of the past. Besides, I have no dissatisfaction, jealousy, or hatred toward Yae Sakura; on the contrary, I am very grateful to her."

"The Kallen who loved you unilaterally, and who didn't love you at all, ran off with the Pink Donkey, Yae Sakura."

"K423, I think regarding your mother's affairs and your own origins..."

"You're flustered, you're flustered, you're flustered!"

Kiana knew very well that reasoning with someone like Otto was futile; she would only be misled and led astray by him. That was why she never intended to reason with Otto from the start!

She went straight for the throat, labeling Otto a simp and a cuckold. Even if he wasn't, she would firmly stand by that narrative to smear him. It cost her nothing, and she wouldn't lose out.

I'm standing on the moral high ground and pointing fingers!

While Kiana was busy distracting Otto, she also checked the progress with Qianyi in the group chat.

I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles: Qianyi, how is the progress on your end?

Steel Prison Big: Calm down. The encryption program here is based on an improved version of the firewall designed by Dr. Mei of the Previous Civilization. It's top-tier; even for Ksitigarbha, it's troublesome to crack and will take a long time.

Lower District Flying Head Barbarian: How long exactly?

Steel Prison Big: Five minutes.

Everyone: "..."

What kind of ultimate flex is this? We thought it would take at least five days, but you say five minutes—does that even count as taking a long time?!

Steel Prison Big: Calm down, don't be impatient. This guy Otto has many contingency plans. Winning isn't hard; the hard part is how to kill him. Banning his Soul Steel body is just the beginning. He might even have planted traps in the Soul Steel body to force a one-for-one trade with my Ksitigarbha.

Steel Prison Big: However, I never expected to solo him with one Ksitigarbha. Five hundred years of planning plus the legacy of the Previous Civilization—if he were solved so easily, I would feel like I'd fallen for a Feather of Dust. So, I have meticulously prepared multiple ways to kill him. Everyone, be serious later. Don't let even a single consciousness of this guy, not a fragment, not a speck of dust, not a single atom, escape!

I want to eat Mei-flavored instant noodles: Received!

Lower District Flying Head Barbarian: Received!

Talulah: Received!

Child of Prophecy: Received...

After the group members successively confirmed receipt, the battlefield situation changed again. Otto, who suddenly received a notification that his base was under invasion, was not surprised. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled.

The opponents had finally entered his familiar territory. When fighting them just now, he felt like he was punching cotton. No matter what he did, he couldn't break free from these lunatics' rhythm. He held power and authority like a king or a god, yet these lunatics acted like hooligans at a square dance, rolling around and scolding him like elementary school students, trying to drag him down to their level with an overwhelmingly idiotic aura, and then defeat him with their vast experience.

Now it was good. The opponents' idiocy was just a pretense to confuse him, and everything was still within his plan.

"Let this playful game of house end now!"

The blond man smiled, spreading his arms. The next moment, in the laboratory within the base beneath the Cathedral Building, countless experimental pods suddenly opened, and one golden-haired, blue-eyed man after another emerged.

They converged behind Otto in unison, each individual clad in Valkyrie armor designed with Heavenly Mandate's highest technical and scientific standards, each individual possessing strength not inferior to Rita.

If the strongest S-rank Valkyrie Durandal needed a month to resolve a global Honkai event, then if Otto were to handle it, that time would be shortened to three days!

Because...

"Your next line is, I alone am a thousand troops and ten thousand horses!" Qianyi suddenly interjected.

"I alone am... what?!" Otto was startled.

"Your thousand troops and ten thousand horses are good, but now, they are my thousand troops and ten thousand horses!"

Qianyi raised Ksitigarbha high.

???

Far East Branch, St. Freya Academy.

A history teacher, who had just finished class, suddenly received a phone call, his expression shifting from calm to shocked.

"What, someone is attacking Heavenly Mandate headquarters?"

"And they've already reached Otto?!"

"Good! Well fought! That was exhilarating! I don't care who this attacking force is, but as long as someone is attacking Heavenly Mandate, I, Welt, must go and lend a hand!"