Otto! Otto! Otto again!
That old scheming bastard had shown his face at the very beginning of the Thousand Herrscher incident, then lurked in the shadows ever since. At last, he finally stepped onto the stage at the final moment.
And he had perfectly achieved the feat of "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
Though it was infuriating to watch and made people want to kill that old scheming bastard Otto, they had to admit that Otto had succeeded once again.
He had become the ultimate victor, obtained the Herrscher of Domination's core, and successfully carried out his plan to make Kiana grow even further.
It could be said that Otto was the greatest winner of this Thousand Herrscher disaster.
Moreover, Otto's words—and the narration—revealed information that was deeply concerning.
After all, those words led to one conclusion: Otto had already prepared himself to die at Kiana's hands, and was even eagerly anticipating it. He had prepared for this "death" for a long time. Even the evil things he had done to Kiana in the past had been preparations for this final plan of death.
To ensure his death went smoothly, Otto apparently intended to bring Durandal over to Kiana's side and have Durandal beat him up as well. The "strongest hero he had cultivated" might initially sound like it referred to Kiana, but in that context, it was clearly someone else. Among those Otto had raised, the only one who could be called the "strongest hero" was Destiny's strongest S-rank Valkyrie, Durandal.
Thus, the more they thought about it, the more confused they became—what exactly did Otto want? Why was he so crazily preparing his own grave? And that posture of wholeheartedly seeking death was equally incomprehensible.
After all, Otto's core objective as he had