"Chen!"
Sirin desperately shook Feng Chen's body, hoping to pull his consciousness back from the brink of collapse. Unfortunately...
"Doing this is futile. Second Herrscher, don't you want our [God] to descend upon this world and become its ruler?"
Of course she didn't.
The true scheme of that unknown Herrscher had now been completely exposed.
"Otto, you... what are you really trying to do?"
The expression beneath his glasses was completely obscured by the refracted light. No one could see what Welt was feeling now; they only knew that he was furious. Extremely furious.
Was this the Archbishop of Schicksal, one of the greatest contributors to humanity's coexistence with Honkai?
Perhaps when the [God] they spoke of truly descended upon this world, no one would believe Otto had been behind it. After all, the many suspicious aspects left behind by the Honkai side could overturn the chain of deductions claiming that [Otto was the mastermind behind Honkai's arrival] at any time.
Besides, if the God descended here, then everything would be over, right? The search for the root cause would probably have to wait until the next civilization.
"What am I trying to do? Welt, don't you understand yet?"
The corners of Otto's lips curved upward. Ignoring his wounds, he shoved aside the approaching Welt and spread his arms toward the sky.
"Of course I'm going to bring Honkai into this world, then find an opportunity to wield its power and fulfill my five-hundred-year-long wish!"
He was insane.
Welt was certain that Otto was a lunatic now. No—when had he ever not been insane?
There was only a fine line between madness and genius, and Otto was clearly the most typical example.
"No..." Sirin's body trembled as she pulled Feng Chen into her arms. The tears that kept spilling from