I Am a Saintess in Schicksal Chapter 41

"No, no, even if Siegfried met her, she wouldn't leave with Siegfried."

Otto said confidently.

"She's a kind child. She can't be heartless or think with a single track mind. It's precisely because of this that she understands the need for trade-offs and compromise."

"As expected, I should have killed you here."

Welt raised the Eden Star he created with his abilities, but as it entered the anti-Honkai fluctuation range, it immediately dissolved into light particles.

"It seems there's no winner this time, but next time, this secret weapon will surely pierce your heart."

Otto shrugged. He hadn't lured out the World Serpent, nor had he managed to eliminate Welt. For him, this bait plan had at best achieved packing K423 for Siegfried and incidentally cleaning up the trash organization that had been hindering Schicksal's archaeology.

After eliminating these sewer rats, he would naturally reclaim the relics of the previous civilization that they had stolen.

In fact, the Valkyrie forces he had dispatched bore this very responsibility.

"Next time, I won't hesitate either."

Welt felt a deep sense of unwillingness at not being able to eliminate Otto.

Under the anti-Honkai fluctuations of the Holy Blood, neither Otto nor Welt could continue fighting.

Otto could only sigh inwardly, regretting that he had revealed this trump card too early to test the Holy Blood.

With his strength, he was not inferior to Welt.

However, to counter the Simulated Black Hole, it would indeed take a great deal of effort.

Ending in a draw was acceptable, as the subsequent pursuit battle would surely leave the Anti-Entropy organization severely weakened.

He just didn't know how many of Anti-Entropy's secret bases could be destroyed this time.

Otto and Welt separated without looking back. At the same time, the destruction of the Floating Island continued.

Rumble, rumble.

Another floating transport ship, two hundred meters long and not swallowed by the Simulated Black Hole, fell from its severely damaged support structure, plummeting towards the Mediterranean Sea, shattering into pieces during its descent.

The Floating Island continued to fall, its outer shell beginning to disintegrate as it descended.

Meanwhile, deep within this Floating Island, K422 accidentally crashed into a laboratory due to the violent tremors.

In this laboratory, a Knight Lance with a white shaft and black hilt rested on the experimental table.

Clearly, a few senior researchers had been studying the Sixth Divine Key: Black Abyss White Flower here not long ago. However, when the Floating Island was attacked, the senior researchers had evacuated.

Honestly, K422 didn't consider the senior researchers innocent.

If she had encountered them, she wouldn't have minded giving them a physical memory erasure.

The violent tremors struck again, and K422 almost fell.

"Why has it been shaking like this since earlier? Don't tell me my damn dad, or that Alliance Leader and Bishop are fighting."

Although she didn't know how devastating it would be if Anti-Entropy's Alliance Leader and Bishop Otto fought, she estimated it wouldn't be weaker than B-rank Valkyries fighting, and they might even dismantle this Floating Island.

"I need to find True Kiana first. Mother, please guide me."

With that, K422 took the Sixth Divine Key: Black Abyss White Flower from the experimental table.

The moment she held the Black Abyss White Flower, she felt a faint call.

K422 tightened the lab coat she was wearing.

The lab coat belonged to a researcher she had subjected to physical memory erasure.

She wrapped the oversized lab coat around herself to conceal her figure and face. Of course, her petite stature made her identity easy to expose, but this layer of protection was merely a self-deception.

With this protection, she could find an excuse later.

While she didn't necessarily have to surrender to Bishop Otto, the probability of her surrendering to him currently exceeded 80%.

Regardless of whether she found True Kiana's whereabouts, K422 didn't believe Bishop Otto would let her leave Schicksal.

This was her only chance to find True Kiana.

It was also her only chance to free True Kiana from Schicksal.

"If I had told the Bishop about the consciousness space back then... No, that would have forced True Kiana to participate in experiments. So, hiding the consciousness space was the right thing to do. At least True Kiana didn't suffer much."

K422 clenched the Black Abyss White Flower.

She naturally knew the Black Abyss White Flower's abilities.

As her mother's good friend, Aunt Theresa had told her a lot about her mother.

This included the two abilities of her mother's weapon, the Black Abyss White Flower.

One was destructive power, and the other was healing.

When using its destructive ability, it could decompose a target from the inside out.

The healing ability could save someone on the brink of death.

With the Black Abyss White Flower in hand, K422 naturally wasn't afraid of the barrier walls blocking her path.

In fact, there were several marked laboratories on the map she had obtained, but due to the fallen barrier walls, K422 had to abandon exploring them.

"I don't know how much time is left. Hey, Alliance Leader, you gotta push it. I'm rooting for you. Ideally, you'd kill Bishop Otto on the spot."

After indulging her thoughts, K422 seriously studied the map.

She had already explored over a dozen of Bishop Otto's laboratories, but K422 had found almost nothing. She even suspected that the labs known to other researchers were merely Bishop Otto's public-facing facilities.

The true laboratories of Bishop Otto were hidden within the floating island.

"If that's the case, then here, here, and here are quite suspicious."

Based on the map's structural layout and the actual size of the laboratories, K422 naturally assumed there were secret compartments between these few labs.

"...I'll use the Black Abyss White Flower to pave the way."

Although it was her first time using the Black Abyss White Flower, K422 felt as if she had divine assistance. She easily carved a hole in the laboratory wall with it.

After creating holes in the walls of those labs that had aroused her suspicion, K422 indeed found a secret passage.

When she passed through that secret passage and entered a laboratory.

She was stunned by the scene of blue sky and green grass before her.

Watching the white-haired little girl with a braid, who looked remarkably similar to her, run past, followed by a frail, blonde little boy, K422 felt she was done for.

She had discovered a huge secret.

It might lead to Bishop Otto silencing her.

45. He's going to punch you later

K422 couldn't help but sigh, realizing she had indeed uncovered a monumental secret.

This was far more serious than her pulling a stunt in front of Bishop Otto after rescuing True Kiana.

Therefore, the possibility of her being silenced was very high.

Honestly, she was starting to feel a bit… well, panicked.

"I should never have come this way. Ah, I've finally messed up."

The laughter of the young boy and girl echoed in her ears. On the blue sky, white clouds, and green grass, the two figures chasing each other represented so much.

K422's gaze fell upon the frail, blonde boy.

He had delicate features and wore the monk's attire of the old Schicksal era, yet it gave off a feminine impression.

His emerald green eyes were solely focused on the white-haired girl with the cheerful braid in front of him.

Meanwhile, Welt, who had escaped, found Siegfried.

"Why are you here?"

Siegfried was still wearing that Humo mascot costume made from high-performance anti-Honkai fabric, and he was holding a sleeping white-haired little girl in his arms.

The moment he saw this little girl, the Herrscher Core within Welt stirred slightly.

"???"

Honestly, Welt was utterly bewildered at this moment.

He had assumed the clone acting as a substitute for the Substitute Little Princess would be newly manufactured.

But who could have imagined it would be a clone implanted with the Second Herrscher Core?

Was Otto out of his mind?

"What's wrong, Welt?"

"...Perhaps I was mistaken."

Welt couldn't ascertain Otto's intentions and could only keep his opinion to himself.

"It's time to go, Siegfried."

"What? Wait, Welt, what do you mean?"

Siegfried once again blasted through a laboratory's metal door with Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment. Seeing the empty laboratory, he turned to question Welt.

Shouldn't Welt be stopping Bishop Otto at this point?

Facing Siegfried's questioning, Welt urgently replied, "There's no time. Otto is starting to reel in his net."

"So soon? Wasn't it estimated to be two hours?"

"I don't know, but something must have happened that Otto didn't anticipate, forcing him to bring out the new version of Holy Blood."

Welt hadn't ruled out Otto using other methods to eliminate the Simulated Black Hole.

However, the other party had clearly brought out the new version of Holy Blood to deal with him faster and more decisively, but they had underestimated its power.

"New version of Holy Blood? What's that?"

Siegfried looked completely lost. He had no idea that the Schicksal organization possessed any Holy Blood.

"Regarding the Holy Blood, I'll explain in detail later. There's no time now, we need to leave."

"But my daughter is still inside."

Siegfried looked extremely unwilling as Welt emphasized their withdrawal again.

He had searched almost every secret laboratory he could think of, and also the special laboratories capable of performing Valkyrie modification surgery, but he only found the clone in his arms.

"There's no time, let's go."

After speaking, Welt pierced through the wall beside them with the Eden Star. Then, grabbing Siegfried with one hand, he used the gravity-controlling power of the Eden Star to reduce their weight and escaped from the falling Floating Island.

"Welt!!!"

Siegfried hadn't expected Welt to do that.

He roared loudly but could only watch powerlessly as the Floating Island grew further away.

Siegfried struggled continuously, but his rough movements startled the little girl sleeping in his arms. Sensing the unease emanating from the little girl, Siegfried forced himself to calm down.

Anti-Entropy's Floating Battleship soon arrived at the scene. Tesla, standing at the open hangar entrance, pushed back her windblown pigtails and welcomed Welt and Siegfried back.

"Quick, faster! The Floating Battleships sent out by Bishop Otto to various locations are all returning. We don't have much time."

As the means of transport for Valkyries heading to combat zones, a standard Floating Battleship is approximately 280 meters long, with a deck length of about 180 meters.

It is powered by nuclear energy, with six internal fusion reactors, and can accommodate up to 200 people.

The Floating Battleship is propelled by the Leonov anti-gravity engine. There are two engines at the front and two at the rear of the battleship. The presence of the anti-gravity engines allows the Floating Battleship to take off and land vertically, or hover in mid-air.

Back on Anti-Entropy's Floating Battleship, Tesla ordered the vessel to quickly disengage from the battlefield. They would soon face pursuit from Schicksal.

Siegfried glanced at Welt, then took the little girl in his arms to the infirmary for a check-up. Before leaving, he grumbled unhappily.

"Welt, I'm going to punch you later. I won't be satisfied if I don't get this out of my system."

Welt chuckled and said it was fine. After Siegfried left, he leaned weakly against the hangar wall and slowly sat down.