Chapter 374

St. Freya Academy.

Unbeknownst to Kiana, the others were frantically searching for her.

Theresa: "Oh dear, I'm so worried! Why hasn't Kiana returned yet? Durandal and Fu Hua have been back for ages. I hope nothing bad has happened to them?"

Fu Hua: "Principal, please calm down. I believe Kiana will be able to get through this, so please don't worry too much."

Theresa: "Fu Hua, tell me what happened in the end, where did Kiana go?"

Pardofelis: "We also want to know what the truth is!"

The truth is a topic that would take a while to explain.

Fu Hua hesitated for a moment before revealing the most crucial part.

Fu Hua: "Kiana unleashed the power of the Herrscher of the Void with all her might, severing the link between Kevin and the Thousand-Man Herrscher, creating an opportunity for us to defeat the Thousand-Man Herrscher."

Sue: "This is exactly the future I envisioned."

Elysia: "?!!"

Su, I always thought you were smart, but I never realized you had the ability to predict the future.

Are you really Sue, and not Apponia just came to make a cameo appearance?

Pardofelis: "Brother Su, does that mean you've seen through the whole story?"

Su frowned slightly, seemingly unsure of her own predictions.

Sue: "I still need one last confirmation. If the answer is verified, we'll have the solution that connects the whole story. Hua, please tell me, Kevin... is he dead?"

Su opened her eyes and silently awaited Fu Hua's answer.

Fu Hua: "Dead."

Sue: "Just as I thought."

Pardofelis: "Ah? Dead, dead, dead, dead?!"

Boss Kevin's dead?! Are you kidding me?!

Sakura: "Unbelievable, how could Kevin be dead?"

Chakravartin: "Hehe, a lone beast was actually killed in a flock of sheep. That's the most interesting joke I've heard since I came in."

Elysia: "Kevin is dead, Kevin is dead."

Elysia felt that things were not as simple as they seemed. Just the fact that the Current Era did not possess the weapon to kill Kevin made her disbelieve that Kevin could die.

She was about to ask a question when Su Wuqing interrupted her.

Su: "Ahem, no matter what, Kevin was Flame-Chasers who fought against the Honkai. He died a noble and glorious death! Let us mourn Kevin's demise."

Raiden Mei: "But I still feel like something's fishy."

Pardofelis: "Sister Mei, how could you do this? I know you and Boss Kevin didn't get along, but now that he's dead, how can you still be making sarcastic remarks!"

Raiden Mei: "I'm sorry."

The dead must be respected.

Regardless of any unpleasantness Raiden Mei might have had with Kevin during her lifetime, now that Kevin is dead, there's not much Raiden Mei can say.

As long as Kiana is alright.

Theresa: "But you still haven't said how Kiana is."

Sue: "In the future I foresee, that new star will rise and shine, and with Bishop Otto handling the mess, there's no need to worry about her safety."

Theresa: "My grandfather?"

Good heavens, Bishop Otto, who hadn't shown up from beginning to end, has finally appeared now that everything is over.

But what role did he actually play in this crisis?

Kiana: "Phew, I'm exhausted, finally back. That Otto guy didn't even offer to see me off; dragging this weak body along was so tiring!"

A spatial rift opened up within the St. Freya Academy, and a white ball of fluff jumped out from it.

Raiden Mei: "Kiana, are you alright?"

Kiana: "What could be wrong with me? I'm just a little tired and a little hungry, but otherwise I'm fine."

Sue: "Miss Kiana, you're finally back."

Kiana: "Looks like you've been waiting for me?"

That's strange. The Flame-Chasers of the Previous Era weren't involved in this matter at all, so why do they seem to know it all better than she does?

Sue: "Your return proves that the second part of the truth can begin."

Su took out the second brocade pouch from his pocket.

He had tried various methods to open it, but to no avail. Now, the once-closed pouch had opened automatically.

[Item: Special Invitation Card]

The moment Su got her hands on the item, she crushed it without the slightest hesitation.

[Su uses an item; Kevin Kaslana enters the Death Space. An anomaly was detected in the opponent's pre-death state. Adjusting... Entering...]

Pardofelis: "Huh? Brother Su, what's going on? Is there a bug in Death Space?"

Sue: "No, it's that bishop's theater performance that has begun."

Kiana: "Holy crap! Wait, this is bad! At least give me some warning! Why did this Special Invitation Card suddenly appear?!"

Oh no, if she had known about the Special Invitation Card, she should have come back sooner to explain the situation to everyone.

Now Otto has truly gone all the way to the final step, and no one can stop him now!

Durandal: "Kiana, you seem to know about His Holiness the Bishop's plans. Can you explain?"

Kiana: "Otto, Otto wants to Convergence the timeline, using his own timeline to replace Kallen's death, thus resurrecting the Saintess Kallen from 500 years ago!"

Theresa: "Huh?"

Wait, my mind's a bit muddled. Could you explain it more clearly?

How could someone possibly come back to life from the dead?!

Kiana: "I can't explain it clearly in a short time, but the timeline has changed, something big is definitely going to happen!"

Kiana crouched down and covered her head.

The realm of the Imaginary Law, the boundary between time and space.

Kevin's existence is being recalled and elevated to a higher dimension, but one person's existence cannot encompass the consciousness of two people.

Otto's consciousness is partially separating from [Kevin].

Its fragile consciousness is even weaker than Fenghuang Down's feathers; it could vanish into thin air at any moment once it loses its container.

Kevin glanced at him. "It's not too late for you to regret it now."

"I grow thinner and thinner, yet I have no regrets, for I am wasting away for her sake." Otto ignored him and sat on the ground, muttering to himself.

"You are not Otto; you are merely a part of his consciousness."

"Let the dead return to their graves, Kevin. You wouldn't understand. As long as I am Otto, I will always love Kallen and be willing to give everything for her. This love has become a curse, etched into Otto's heart."

Otto said calmly.

"My five-hundred-year-old wish is about to be sublimated at this moment. The laws of Imaginary are unreasonable, but I have still managed to find a loophole. Is there anything more exciting than this?"

What a fool!

Kevin shook his head, and at the moment of complete separation from Otto, he gradually ascended to a higher dimension. "You, take care of yourself."

Chapter 607 The Fool's Twilight

Kevin has disappeared again.

Imaginary are calling him back. Kevin will be pulled to the Imaginary Tree, where the Imaginary Law will take him back to a point in the Previous Era, and then elevate him to the Death Space.

During this process, Otto will travel back to a point five hundred years ago, using this part of his consciousness as a starting point to initiate a [Convergence] towards all Otto of the following five hundred years.

The Convergence process is irreversible.

The laws of Imaginary will forcefully push him to complete the Convergence, and Otto himself cannot stop it.

The most dangerous part is that during the Convergence process, Otto must control his own existence to ensure that he is not overwhelmed by the long experience of five hundred years. Only in this way can he have room to maneuver and ensure that Kallen replaces his existence.

If there is even the slightest mistake, all efforts will be in vain.

Time is beginning to Convergence!

"S..."

Ten years Convergence in an instant, and Otto couldn't help but gasp.

The feeling was as if he were placed in a small room of one cubic meter, and then ten people were forcibly crammed into it, his consciousness being compressed and crushed.

But for Otto, who had held firm to his beliefs for five hundred years, it was still within his capacity to bear.

Then came twenty years.

Fifty years.

One hundred years.

Two hundred years.

Five hundred years Convergence end, all the pain has vanished in this moment, and his fragmented consciousness has also come to an end.

All of Otto Convergence into one, becoming him five hundred years later.

"You did very well, Convergence to contain five hundred years of history with only a weakened part of your consciousness. Even my old friend couldn't have done that, could he?"

Otto held a feather in his hand, which was none other than the consciousness he had just experienced.

The feather has completed its mission.

Even the Immortal Crimson Bird, with her long history, was altered in her Original self, and Convergence all of Otto's five hundred years of experience, all she had left was a single obsession.

--Resurrect Kallen.

This obsession permeated Otto's entire life; no matter how much he Convergence or how many experiences he accumulated, he could only achieve this one and only purity.

"Next, we will reach the other side of Imaginary."

Otto looked at the Imaginary Tree ahead. "Changing the original plan in this way means I no longer need to be a [False God] and be governed by the Imaginary Law."

"I really like the unchanging principle of equivalent exchange. It gives my life value, and even in the face of Honkai, a person's existence in history cannot be directly erased."

"My Convergence will create a gap in the Imaginary, and this gap will inevitably be filled, because this is also part of the Imaginary Law."

"When time begins to Convergence, it inevitably creates gaps in history, and my gap brings hope for Kallen's resurrection and gives me room to maneuver."

"I can... truly bring Kallen back to life!"

There's no need to send the world back 500 years, nor is there a need to create a new timeline.

To truly bring Kallen back to life.

The price, however, is nothing more than a person's entire existence, a person's destruction, a person's Convergence.

Otto slowly approached the Imaginary Tree.

A person's consciousness is too insignificant; the sublimity of the Imaginary is eroding his body, and the rules of the world are correcting this [error].

The boundless positive and negative energies battered Otto's will.

"Cough cough."

His body felt like it was about to burst from the positive and negative energies; cracks appeared on Otto's face, yet he continued forward.

People are often sentimental before they die, and at this time he thought of his good-for-nothing granddaughter.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, Theresa. Original planned to make you the Bishop of Schicksal, but before I could announce my abdication, Grandpa is leaving. The Herrscher of Reason was right; it was Grandpa who interfered with your growth. Grandpa has always believed in your potential."

"But it's alright. If Grandpa succeeds, Kallen will become the new bishop. She's a kind saint, and she'll love you just like Grandpa... Remember to eat less bitter melon."

"Durandal, my student, you are an exceptionally talented Valkyrie, but you are still inexperienced and unaware of the world's ugliness. However, it is precisely because of this that you are the most righteous and courageous Valkyrie."