Within the Light Screen footage, battle plans against Otto were being urgently formulated.
Although the battle in Kolosten had ended and the town was now fully under Theresa's control, with even the occasional rampaging Honkai beast being completely contained by Destiny's Valkyries and Anti-Entropy's Titan Mechs, there was no longer any problem on this battlefield.
Yet in an ordinary war, what should have counted as a complete victory was, in this war against Otto, merely a frontline gain.
And it was not even a particularly good gain, because the true arch-villain, Otto, had already entered Imaginary Space to carry out his plans. He had obtained divine authority, built an unbreakable defensive barrier, completely sealed off every future, and left all humanity with nothing but a future of despair.
So no matter what, Otto had to be defeated. Humanity's history could never be allowed to be altered by him.
Moreover, the higher-ups all felt a profound fear regarding the matter of changing history—that they had no idea whether altering history would have an enormous impact on Honkai events.
After all, humanity had now defeated the vast majority of Herrschers. Only the Herrscher of Binding, the Herrscher of Corruption, and the most terrifying one of all, Finality, remained.
Humanity had paid an enormous price in the process as well. Hundreds of millions had died; it had truly been a colossal disaster.
Yet compared to the price paid by the Previous Era, it was unbelievably small.
According to the records left behind by the Previous Era, by the time the humans of that era dealt with the Herrscher of Binding, only three cities remained. Their civilization had already reached the brink of total collapse.
Or rather, it had collapsed long ago. What remained was merely a desperate struggle for survival.
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