Chapter 216
Void Archive, along with one of Otto's arms, fell downwards.
Perhaps Otto didn't even notice that Sirin had used the Judgment of All Things several times in Otto's current position, but what Sirin was cutting was what would appear here in ten, twenty, or thirty seconds, which is Otto in the present moment.
Otherwise, how could Sirin be floating here like a target?
The Great Herta called this rehearsal and combat wisdom.
A Teleportation Gate appeared below the Void Archive then fell into Sirin's hands.
"This time I won't forget to collect the spoils. Ouch, it's hot!" After throwing Otto's severed arm, Sirin was burned by the heat of the Greatsword of the Heavenly Fire. She quickly used the Spear of the Void Belt and wrapped it around the entire Greatsword of the Heavenly Fire.
The Great Herta once gave Sirin a book called "On the Many Uses of the Spear of the Void".
Sirin said it works very well.
"Boom!" Another burst of flames shot into the sky, Durandal, clad in golden armor, broke through the World Bubble and returned to reality.
"Hmm? I think I hit something just now." Durandal frowned after coming out.
"You killed your Bishop Otto," Sirin reminded her kindly.
Sirin knew that Durandal could break out of the World Bubble, so the place where Otto's arm was cut off was directly in front of where Durandal disappeared.
"Huh?" Durandal was taken aback.
"..." Only then did Durandal realize just how troublesome this Second Herrscher.
If the opponent is so difficult to deal with just by using the Herrscher of the Void Authority, how did Cecilia and Z Siegfried defeat the six-core Sirin back then?
Cecilia is terrifying!
But Durandal only doubted herself for half a second before getting back into position.
If you're not strong enough, then keep training hard, and you'll become as strong as Cecilia sooner or later!
"As expected of Cecilia's daughter, her spirit is so resilient." Sirin nodded in satisfaction.
"Of course... What did you say?" Durandal frowned.
"I'm telling you, you're Cecilia and Z Siegfried's daughter, the real Kiana. Sigh, you don't know that? I thought the whole of Schicksal knew. If you don't believe me, ask her." Sirin pointed at Rita while Durandal was still in a daze.
Although Durandal felt this was Sirin's delaying tactic, she couldn't help but look at Rita.
Durandal was completely bewildered only after Rita nodded with a complicated expression.
Wait, the entire Schicksal faction knows, but I'm the only one who doesn't?
"What? Durandal is Kiana?! That hair color is wrong, isn't it?" Theresa, who was watching the live stream, was equally bewildered.
I am the Schicksal one, how could I not know?
"The specific situation is as follows. When Kiana and her father Z Siegfried were fleeing Schicksal, she was hit in the head by a flying machine and fell from a height of several thousand meters into the snow-capped mountains, but she did not die. Ragna brought her back to Schicksal for treatment."
"Otto wrapped her body in Soul Steel, inducing and activating her potential, and successfully saved her. However, the side effect was that her hair became curly and its color turned gold," Chen Li explained from the side.
"Oh, right. The great Principal of the St. Freya Academy, the head of the Apocalypse Family, and the head of the Far East Branch Schicksal — Theresa probably doesn't know either. But that's to be expected of Theresa. Who knows how many times Otto has used Feather of Dust on Theresa? Even if Theresa really is a prodigy, she's probably been brainwashed into a husky, so it's normal for her to be a little slow," Sirin said during the live stream.
Theresa was furious.
"Even so, I still need to render you Herrscher of the Void, harmless." Durandal continued after accepting this rather absurd premise.
"Oh, really? Even if Z Siegfried successfully defeated me during the Second Honkai, Otto still sees Z Siegfried as a major threat and plans to launch a Z Siegfried Honkai fission bomb to eliminate him?" Sirin asked.
"..."
"Even if Otto had the opportunity to kill me, he betrayed Welt instead, allowing me to escape and ultimately leading to the death of your mother Cecilia?"
"..."
"Even if I was originally just an ordinary orphan, but was captured by the Babylon Tower under Schicksal and used for Human Experimentation, which led to the tragedy of the Second Honkai?"
"..."
Sirin asked three questions, Durandal remained silent.
"Even if... as long as my scissors sever this thread, your friends in the World Bubble inside your body and the entire world will be Destruction?" A sly smile suddenly appeared on Sirin's face.
And indeed, on the Judgment of All Things in Sirin's hand, there was a thread that appeared out of nowhere.
"Huh?" Durandal was taken aback.
Wait a minute, what did you say?
"That's why being distracted in battle is a major taboo. Do you think I exiled you to the World Bubble instead of the Infinite Corridor? It's so that you can use the power of the World Bubble you and find your connection to it. Since these scissors can cut through the river of time, they can also cut the lifeline of the World Bubble within you," Sirin said smugly.
This is the wisdom of combat.
It's despicable, but it works.
"Hehehe. Durandal, you don't want to see your friends, or even their World Bubble into thin air, do you?"
"What exactly do you want?" Durandal's forehead veins bulged, but she dared not make a move.
The Herrscher of the Void is so despicable!
Durandal could indeed gamble that the thread in Sirin's hand was just an ordinary thread, but the stakes were the worlds where her friends lived.
Moreover, Otto's actions have already proven that Sirin's scissors can cut through the river of time.
"I think you should know where Otto's other Soul Steel bodies are, right? Drag him out, I want to spar with him," Sirin said, clenching her fists.
"...Alright." Durandal hesitated for half a second before deciding to make the bishop suffer a little.
"The sound of Otto's Soul Steel face cracking under my fists was truly delightful." Sirin looked at Otto's Soul Steel body, which she had almost beaten to a pulp, with satisfaction.
Otto's consciousness resides within this Soul Steel body, which Durandal personally captured.
Durandal also thoughtfully helped Sirin disable Otto's Soul Steel body's mobility.
"Are you satisfied now?" Durandal asked.
"That's not enough. You kick everyone off the floating island where the Destiny Headquarters. I'm going to blow up the Destiny Headquarters! But I don't want to hurt any innocent people."
"Don't you want to hurt innocent people?" Rita sneered.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't look at Herrschers with prejudice. I just stopped the 3rd Honkai a few hours ago. And do you believe I can sever the bond between you and Durandal?" Sirin said to Rita with ill intent.
"You can even cut this?"
"These scissors can even cut through the river of time, don't you think?"
"I'm sorry, I was wrong," Rita said sincerely.
"Okay, go and chase them away."
"Weren't you going to blow up the Destiny Headquarters?"
"I think it would be a waste to blow it up, so I'm planning to make it into a decorative piece. Look, isn't it pretty?" Sirin showed off the Crystal Ball in her hand that reflected the model of the Destiny Headquarters.
However, this is the World Bubble that contains the entire Destiny Headquarters.
Rita and Durandal exchanged a glance, gaining a new understanding of Sirin's power.
Then new questions arose.
How did Schicksal resolve the Herrscher of the Void back then?
Cecilia and Z Siegfried are so awesome!
"Is it okay now?" Durandal then asked.
"That's not enough. Have the people of Schicksal dig up all the items marked on this map."
A map flew out of a Teleportation Gate and landed in Durandal's hands.
Otto could have resurrected himself in another Soul Steel body by uploading his Remembrance, but this connection was severed by Sirin.
In other words, if Otto dies again, he will be truly dead and will not be able to revive from another Soul Steel body.
With Otto now kidnapped by Sirin, Durandal, the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, can temporarily command Schicksal employees.
Otto, now knowing there's no hope of Resurrection Card, is like Travel Together, seemingly devoid of any will to resist.
But Sirin was still worried, because Otto might be faking it, so Sirin borrowed a sack from Chen Li and put Otto in it.
Sirin felt that if it were to deal with Otto, even using 10 One-star Artifacts wouldn't be excessive.
Otto is the truly sinful one, so tying Otto up in a sack is a sure way to succeed.
Otto had some good deeds, but his sins far outweighed them.
What's inside?
"These are treasures left over from the last Civilization Era. If you encounter other forces searching for these treasures, you don't need to compete with them," Sirin said.
This is a map that Chen Li gave to Sirin, which shows the current location of the weapon with special attributes that Chen Li forged using the Synthesis Table, as seen by Chen Li in the river of time.
The other forces naturally refer to the World Serpent.
The Gray Serpent is still exerting its power!
Gray Serpent even forged Cocolia's orders, causing Anti-Entropy to exert its power as well.
In short, Gray Serpent is a shoo-in for MVP.
"The order has been issued, is it ready now?" Durandal asked patiently.
Patience is essential; your friend is in Sirin's hands.
"Not enough."
"Herrscher of the Void, don't go too far!"
"Don't worry, this is the last request."
"Speak," Durandal, barely suppressing her urge to punch someone.
"I swear on this gold coin that from this day forward, you will only ever call yourself my sister, and you will have to give me anything I want. In Equivalent Exchange, I will not take advantage of this privilege to treat you unfairly."
"???" Durandal was full of questions.
"Are you going to swear an oath or not? If you don't swear, I'm going to cut it off."
"I swear, from now on I will only refer to myself as your younger sister in front of you, and I will give you whatever you want."
As the Forced Transaction Coins emitted a golden glow, Durandal felt a sense of unease, but the contract between Sirin and Durandal was not strict, so Durandal was more concerned about her friends.
"Here you go."
The line on the Judgment of All Things suddenly disappeared and was teleported to Durandal by Sirin using Teleportation Gate.
"Be careful, how do we return this?" Durandal asked nervously.
"Oh, it's just a regular line. You can throw it wherever you want."
"???"
"What? Surprised? A genius once told me that the most ingenious way to poison someone is to make them think they've been poisoned. Because that way, they'll never be able to cure themselves," Sirin said casually.
Durandal is an idiot who's easy to fool, Rita isn't.
However, Sirin's implication, conveyed through Otto, that the scissors could cut anything, made the two men hesitant to gamble.
Furthermore, since the requests made by Sirin were not excessive, Sirin's plan succeeded.
"..."
Charge up and unleash a powerful punch!
Durandal started with zero frames and shattered the Imaginary Barrier in front of Sirin with a single punch.
"!!" Upon realizing she had pushed Durandal too far, Sirin instinctively took a step back.
Durandal, the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, is indeed no pushover; she shattered the five layers of Imaginary Barriers in front of Sirin with a single punch.
Fortunately, Sirin was no slouch either; Sirin cast seventeen layers of Imaginary Barriers around herself.
"Uh, calm down. I really can sever your connection with the World Bubble. So strictly speaking, you weren't really deceived," Sirin comforted Durandal.
"... Then why did you lie to me with a fake line?" Durandal threw another punch, destroying six more Imaginary Barriers, but it was no match for Sirin's speed in creating Imaginary Barriers.
"Because it makes me feel intellectually superior. And it's fun!" Sirin revealed the real reason.