I Am a Saintess at Schicksal

K422 closed her eyes, no longer watching the laughing, happy young boy and girl. She could no longer feel the vibrations, which meant the fighting within the floating island had stopped.

Clearly, the only chance to find True Kiana had been missed.

She had searched seventy-two laboratories, fifty of which belonged to Otto, and three of them were hidden secret labs within the interlayer.

In the end, she found this secret room.

"One hour? Tsk..."

K422 estimated the time, naturally feeling some unwillingness.

If she had been given another hour, she could have explored the remaining nine hidden laboratories on the map.

It was a pity that the so-called Alliance Leader and True Kiana's father weren't strong enough, or perhaps Bishop Otto was more troublesome than she had anticipated.

Regardless, she had already lost.

"Bishop, you're here?"

At this moment, K422 noticed hurried footsteps.

Seeing the blonde Grand Bishop quickly enter the room, a helpless smile appeared on her face.

Although she could still take a gamble now, as long as she could kill Bishop Otto, there would still be a chance to find True Kiana.

But K422 had no intention of undertaking such a reckless challenge.

The other party was an old monster who had lived for 500 years, certainly not someone her half-year-old clone could defeat head-on.

If she wanted to defeat him, she would have to resort to despicable means, like poisoning or sneak attacks.

K422 placed Black Abyss White Flower on the ground, stood up, and raised her hands in a gesture of surrender.

Yes, she chose to surrender.

She had no chance of winning, she could only surrender, and only surrender.

Surrendering was the only way to save her own life.

Otto breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the room was not damaged.

But his mood was clearly not very pleasant.

"My dear little princess, why would you come to this room?"

Otto rubbed his temples, clearly very helpless.

K422 was also helpless.

She didn't know how she ended up here either.

Perhaps she had put a few too many skill points into the talent of getting lost.

"Bishop, couldn't you have eaten first, listened to some music, and then come an hour later?"

K422 pouted slightly, a little displeased.

The other party was putting on the airs of a victor, deliberately not mentioning her escape from the room, injuring Amber and the researchers, and her search for True Kiana's whereabouts.

He clearly wanted to see her surrender.

What a cruel hobby.

"Oh, and another hour? You'd be able to find Kiana?"

"...Bishop, what do you mean?"

Hearing Bishop Otto's teasing tone, K422 frowned deeply.

Otto's attitude clearly indicated his confidence that she would never find True Kiana.

"True Kiana isn't in Asgard?"

K422 suddenly looked up. Although she still had her hands raised in surrender, her gaze was fixed on Otto, trying to confirm the truth from his face.

"True Kiana? The real Kiana? What an interesting way to address her. Is that a nickname between you two? Then what about you? Fake Kiana? K423?"

Otto clearly didn't care about her confirming the truth.

"Where is she?!"

"See, didn't she just come back?"

The blue sky and white clouds formed by the holographic projection on the ceiling of the room turned into a transparent dome, revealing a much larger floating battleship.

K422 looked up and saw this scene, truly astonished.

"You hid True Kiana on the floating battleship?"

"Yes, building a completely enclosed room for a little girl inside the battleship, then constructing a loop corridor outside the enclosed room, and finally connecting it to a laboratory. It's very simple, isn't it? And this is the environment Kiana has lived in for about 6 years."

Otto replied cheerfully.

After taking True Kiana away from home, Otto had built a structure resembling the Schicksal organization within a floating battleship and had been feeding Kiana lies for as long as 6 years.

This floating battleship had a dedicated port. Besides the Valkyrie troops and staff stationed there, they were unaware that there was a special laboratory within the ship.

Otto knew Siegfried wanted to find his daughter, knew Welt wanted to take the prototype during the opportunity, and knew that this restless K422 would definitely seize this only chance.

Therefore, he openly sent this floating battleship and other floating battleships out together to suppress those trash organizations.

This was why he was confident that K422, Siegfried, and Welt could not find the true Kiana.

For 6 years, the true Kiana had always believed she was in Schicksal's headquarters.

She was as if blindfolded, her body bound by layers of shackles.

Otto kept her location hidden in a sealed room, confining her freedom to a tiny room, a closed loop corridor, and a laboratory that cast a shadow over her.

To be honest, K422 now wanted to pick up Black Abyss White Flower and poke several holes in Otto.

She never expected Otto to answer so cheerfully; he was truly twisted and mentally disturbed.

"...I'm curious, why did you choose to hide the mental link? If you had told me about it, at least I wouldn't have been so wary of you."

Seeing K422's expression darken considerably, Otto asked the question that was most on his mind.

In fact, K422's thoughts and actions had not exceeded his expectations.

Of course, running into this room was entirely an accident.

Otto also hadn't expected K422 to take such an unconventional path after obtaining Black Abyss White Flower.

Instead of confronting the isolation wall, she went straight for the laboratory wall.

"If I had told you about this, what would have happened to True Kiana? If I don't say it, Bishop Otto can only remain suspicious."

In fact, Bishop Otto had tested the mental link between her and True Kiana before.

The cruelly treated K423 was the method Bishop Otto used to test the mental link at the time. She had gritted her teeth and endured it then, not wanting True Kiana's emotions to go out of control.

It was all to make the matter drop.

Unfortunately, her concealment had no effect.

Fortunately, True Kiana and K423 were not subjected to experiments regarding the mental link afterward. Although Otto's focus shifted to her, if she suffered a little more hardship and exhaustion, True Kiana and K423 would suffer less. What dissatisfaction could she have?

She knew this would be the outcome, yet she still chose to do it.

47. It truly felt stifling.

To her, who had nothing, Kiana Kaslana, who acknowledged her existence, was naturally worth such a sacrifice.

Even K423, who mumbled incoherently and couldn't even speak a complete sentence, K422 didn't want her to suffer.

Even though it was foolish.

How could she not know that she could have a better life by betraying True Kiana and K423?

But she didn't need that better life.

"Although it was of no use to Bishop Otto, after I chose silence, True Kiana and Xiao San didn't suffer too much."

K422 stated the answer frankly.

Facing Bishop Otto, she had no chance to resist.

However, she really wanted to know if K423 had been taken away by Siegfried and Welt.

"Xiao San? The Second Herrscher really got a cute name. Hmm, if you want to be precise, she's the second one."

Bishop Otto clearly didn't mind telling her more.

Upon hearing the term "Second Herrscher," K422's expression changed. She stared at Bishop Otto, showing disbelief for the first time.

Herrschers were apostles of Honkai.

And Honkai was humanity's enemy.

Not to mention the casualties caused by the frequent Honkai events every year.

The Second Eruption caused over a hundred million deaths, and tens of millions more died as refugees on the road during the aftermath.

Keep in mind that the global population in 2000 was only 6.1 billion.

These were not just numbers, but living souls. The corpses alone could pile up into a bloody mountain.

"Second Herrscher? Bishop Otto, why do you call Xiao San the Second Herrscher?"

K422 couldn't believe that a Grand Bishop of Schicksal, who fought against Honkai, would dare to 'resurrect' the Second Herrscher.

Yes.

When she believed Bishop Otto's goal was to resurrect Kallen Kaslana, K422 thought Bishop Otto must possess some kind of resurrection technology, but that the technology was not yet mature.

K422 lacked many crucial clues.

It was just that she didn't know her guess was so spot-on.

If she knew she had guessed correctly, she would definitely have called herself a prophet.

"Because I embedded the core of the Second Herrscher into K423's body. Isn't that good? Just like the Stigmata possessed by Valkyries, this is to allow humanity to wield the power of Honkai. Only Honkai can defeat Honkai."

Otto did not hide his purpose at all.

"K423 is a clone of Kiana Kaslana. Clones themselves have no human rights, but I have granted her freedom. With Siegfried's personality, he should quickly accept that child. At that time, that child will encounter important people as Kiana Kaslana, establish deep bonds, or perhaps find love... When she awakens, the bonds with her companions or lover will resist the will of Honkai, thus giving birth to a human with Herrscher power."

Facing her confusion, Otto spoke at length.

In his words, it was to use Honkai to defeat Honkai.

But K422 didn't believe a single word.

The man before her was not trustworthy.

For some reason, K422 had this thought.

The man before her not only toyed with lives, but also manipulated the lives of others, deceiving everyone in the world.

Otto spread his arms as if seeing an artificial Herrscher about to be born.

A Second Herrscher who would obey his command.

K422 frowned.

Prototype, unexpected product, Bishop Otto's original plan.

True Kiana, she, and K423 were all unique to Bishop Otto.

But to Bishop Otto, they were merely pawns.

Just as Otto now intended to bestow the name "Kiana Kaslana" upon K423.

And she, who now possessed this name, was already an extraneous existence, possibly to be eliminated by Bishop Otto.

Should she resist?

Should she struggle to survive?

K422 asked herself on the spot.

She glanced at the giant, hovering battleship docked in the sky.

The real Kiana was hidden inside by Bishop Otto.

And this giant hovering battleship, along with other hovering battleships, carried Valkyries, openly departing from under the noses of all factions.