Chapter 340

Otto said this with a cold face, showing no mercy to his subordinates in the Schicksal branch.

Amber: "Your Excellency, this joke is not funny at all."

No matter how much power the headquarters has, specific tasks still need to be completed by the branches, and the finances also come from the branches.

Replacing all the branch leaders at once would be a huge financial blow to Schicksal, not to mention that the bishop also mentioned the major powers.

The balance that Schicksal has painstakingly maintained can truly collapse.

Otto: "I seriously proposed a solution, but you just didn't implement it, what a pity."

The atmosphere eased, and Otto withdrew his cold gaze, as if the previous proposal was nothing but a joke.

Elysia: "I didn't realize, Bishop Otto, that you were such a militant."

Otto: "Let's just stick to the facts."

The Bishop of Schicksal shook his head and sighed, then looked at his beloved granddaughter.

Otto: "Theresa, let me teach you another lesson. So-called order needs to be maintained by force. Schicksal maintains world order ultimately based on absolute force. If Schicksal were to disintegrate one day, the existing order would naturally collapse."

Chapter 552 Kevin's Unsolvable Problem

Otto: "Leaving aside distant examples, the Lord of the World Serpent, if he wanted to, could slaughter his way through the world at any time and establish a new order on my corpse, on the tomb of Schicksal. The reason such a situation hasn't occurred is simply that he lacks the time."

Time is needed for the old order to fall and for a new order to be established.

Kevin has returned, and World Serpent is ready to wage war against Schicksal at any time to compete for the resources it needs, and it will most likely win.

The balance was broken the day Kevin returned.

Kiana: "So, in other words, we've actually already walked right through the gates of hell?!"

The Himeko looked completely bewildered.

Seriously? She thought Kevin was pretty easy to talk to. After coming back, he just went into seclusion and didn't do anything.

Otto: "Actually, I've taken a step back and thought it through carefully, younger Valkyrie. What does Kevin's return really mean?"

Everyone lowered their heads in thought.

Raiden Mei, who has a talent for solving puzzles, was the first to react, her eyes lighting up.

Raiden Mei: "This means the Stigmata Project will be implemented. The Stigmata Project requires resources, so it cannot avoid Schicksal. Schicksal and World Serpent are bound to clash."

Raiden Mei: "But Kevin possesses absolute power and the foundation of Previous Era; his defeat is undoubtedly due to Schicksal. Therefore, Bishop Otto only has two choices."

Raiden Mei: "One option is to trade resources from Schicksal for peace, achieving a win-win situation. The other is to prolong the war Infinity until the Stigmata Project is aborted, resulting in a lose-lose situation?"

Just after finishing her analysis, Raiden Mei almost lost her balance.

The others were completely bewildered and it took them a long time to figure out the relationship.

A win-win situation is fine, but if Kevin's offer doesn't meet Otto's expectations, then it could really be an endless war!

Otto: "Hahaha, Miss Mei, you're really wasting your talent not being a detective. Your analysis is spot on."

Fu Hua: "Kevin, is it really as Mei said?"

Kevin: "..."

There was still silence, neither affirmation nor denial.

After all, they were familiar colleagues, and this attitude had already given Fu Hua the answer in her heart.

Durandal: "Your Excellency, must we truly relinquish the Mandate of Schicksal to others?"

Kevin's strength Durandal to dare to challenge him.

But she dared not bear the cost of a full-scale war between Schicksal and the World Serpent, and she understood even more clearly that Kevin was no match for her.

Otto: "That's why I'm trying to find a solution. After all, I don't want to die either. I can only come up with a solution before that lord can no longer afford the cost of waiting."

There was a sense of helplessness, more or less.

In the past, Otto could have generously relinquished his Schicksal, with the beacon of the Thousand Worlds as his bargaining chip.

But now that his horizons have broadened, he has new ideas and knows that he can no longer complete his previous plans.

In the scene, Bronya and Seele are trapped in the theater, running around in circles but unable to find a way out.

"Ha ha ha ha."

The sudden burst of laughter alerted the two women, and when they turned around, they saw the doll laughing loudly beside them.

"Sister Bronya, watch out!"

More and more puppets appeared, and Seele and Bronya stood back to back, watching their every move.

"This is so much fun! This new toy is so much fun!"

"We should thank Jerry for his sacrifice! Long live Jerry! Long live Jerry!"

Some people disagreed. "What an idiot! Why not just kill that kind of traitor?"

Bronya's beautiful eyes flashed; it was obvious who the traitor the doll was referring to was.

"Don't kill him, don't kill him, if you kill him you won't get any new toys!"

"I want to play too! I want to play too! My new toy, everyone's new toy!"

"Hahahaha." The puppets laughed loudly.

Bronya noticed a ball of light appear in their hands, which then began to change.

Bronya's eyes widened immediately upon realizing what was happening.

"What? All it can produce is a small knife. How boring."

The Thousand-Man Herrscher curled his lip.

The other doll denied it. "You're just not skilled enough! Watch me play, watch me play! I can conjure a chainsaw, awesome!"

There was no more doubt; Bronya was certain that the dolls were wielding the power of the Herrscher of Reason.

Seele's face panicked. "Why? That's the power of the Herrscher of Reason! But Sister Bronya, what's wrong?"

"Seele, I'm alright."

Bronya covered her head.

As the puppet transformed into a weapon, she felt the energy within her core being depleted.

"Haha, you just noticed, you noticed! I only borrowed it to play with for a little while, you stingy thing."

"But we didn't take it, we didn't! You see, you're still paying the price! Hahaha," the dolls sneered.

Seele paused for a moment. "You... you used Sister Bronya's power, and the price is her body paying for it?"

"Hahaha, you guessed right, you guessed right! After all, we are Herrscher of Domination! Thank you, now we can become even stronger!"

The dolls moved in groups, taking turns using the Herrscher of Reason's power, Bronya grew weaker and weaker.

"Be terrified and cry! Be desperate and wail! Become the next puppet, staging an endless tragedy in the theater of domination!"

The program unfolded slowly, and as the doors closed, the scene ended.

Bronya: "You can do that?"

Bronya was already bewildered by the loss of her powers, but she never expected that she would be the one to bear the cost of using the Herrscher Authority of Reason by the Thousand-Man Herrscher.

Isn't that a bit too shameless?

Durandal: "That's all there is to it. I noticed that the Thousand-Man Herrscher can only create daggers and chainsaws using the Herrscher of Reason's powers. Perhaps the abilities she can seize are limited, and the upper limit is quite low."

Bronya: "..."

Durandal: "Did I say something wrong?"

The strange atmosphere made Durandal realize that something was wrong.

But probably not. She was analyzing the Thousand-Man Herrscher very seriously and gave everyone a reassuring answer.

Wendy: "S... my head hurts so much, what happened?"

After drinking the Stigmata Completion Fluid, Wendy fainted from the pain and finally woke up after sleeping for several days.

Bronya: "Wendy, are you alright?"

Wendy: "I feel a little dizzy, my back is burning, and my body feels a bit bloated."

And I was also very hungry, somewhat like the physical reaction after a hangover.

Theresa: "Wendy, we're asking about how it feels after your Stigmata are fully completed. You know, right? The special ability of that Wind God: Slacker Stigmata."

Wendy: "It seems so."

She slowly opened her eyes, and the scenery before her was different from what she had felt before, as if countless threads were entangled in her vision.

Wendy picked one up and saw the sunset in the cold wind, and the island on the beach.

In the blink of an eye, the child switched to another paper crane, which the wind carried away into the distance.

Chapter 553 Who Helped Raiden Mei Intervene in the Thousand-Man Herrscher?

Wendy: "I can see!"

Wendy wasn't surprised by the anomaly in her field of vision. She already knew that she would gain Thousand Winds's vision after collecting Stigmata, but she didn't expect it to be in this form.

The Thousand Winds are her eyes.

Raiden Mei: "Wendy, could you help me investigate my father's condition? Wait, there doesn't seem to be any wind in the prison."

Kiana: "Yes, I can! Help me find my dad, I need to find him! The Fehu is still in his hands."

Otto: "A responsible father and a filial daughter, it's truly touching."

Although in a sense, he is the real father of K423.

Bishop Otto couldn't help but wonder why there was such a huge difference between Theresa and Kiana, both clones he created.

K423 is so filial, while Theresa is always thinking about rebellion.

Kiana: "Of course! Besides, I haven't even played with the Fehu yet. Such a powerful weapon shouldn't be given to Kevin; it'd be better to pass it on to me. Maybe I can even unleash an An-Utu."

Bishop Otto retracted his foreword.

Whether it's a daughter or a granddaughter, not raising them by your side will inevitably lead to them becoming "extremely filial daughters" in the subtle way.

Durandal: "Miss Wendy, could you help me keep Schicksal eye on the World Serpent for Schicksal?"

Raiden Mei: "Monitoring World Serpent is pointless. Let's monitor Cocolia instead; she can help me find evidence that my father was wrongly accused."

Wendy: "But, but I don't know how yet!"

Heaven has mercy on her; she's just a Herrscher of Wind's just mastered her abilities. You can't expect her to be able to use her special abilities right away.

She still doesn't know where any of the places is.

Raiden Mei: "..."

Durandal: "..."

Theresa: "..."

Everyone fell silent, but Wendy was already being met with disdainful glances, and the meaning in their eyes was remarkably consistent.

This Herrscher of Wind's just messing around and not doing anything productive is hopeless!

[Q&A begins.]

[Who helped Raiden Mei connect to the network of Thousand-Man Herrscher?]

[A: Kevin.]

[B: Gray Serpent.]

[C: Raven.]

[D: Jackal.]

Raiden Mei: "Is it finally my turn to make my appearance?"

Whether it was Bronya's mishap or Fu Hua's earlier mishap after exposing her fraudulent use of the Herrscher of Reason's powers, both of their performances were rather unsatisfactory.