Chapter 48: The Final Battle (Part 2)
[The camera cut to the Schicksal command post. Otto sat in the main seat, listening to Amber's report. The Honkai energy on the Siberian plains was constantly increasing and still spreading. It was estimated to contaminate all of Siberia in two hours. Otto ordered the Valkyrie forces to retreat, preparing to abandon half of Asia.
At this time, the camera specifically cut to a village not far from Siberia. A young brother and sister were infected by the Honkai energy, crying out in pain as they both collapsed.
Due to the Herrscher of the Void's power going out of control, Cecilia, having emerged from the Infinite Corridor, saw Siegfried's grim injuries and quickly prepared to use Abyss Flower to heal him.
"I never thought I'd meet a user of Abyss Flower here..." Kevin's phantom said to itself. Due to the Second Herrscher's core going haywire, it would continue to spread until it engulfed all of Asia, and they had no way to stop it. Therefore, both Siegfried and his wife would die.
"Farewell, my successor."
Kevin's phantom dissipated.]
"He... he he he, he just ran away like that?!" Kiana was so angry her finger pointing at the screen was trembling.
"So infuriating! To leave such a mess for Cecilia!" Theresa was equally fuming.
"There was nothing he could do. That was just a phantom, a consciousness that could only manifest through quantum entanglement. The only one he could influence was Siegfried, and he's now heavily injured and unconscious," Bronya analyzed rationally.
"Kevin, why are you just watching!" Su said with a smile.
"I'd also like to know why I'm just watching!" Kevin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Schicksal is clearly an organization that fights the Honkai. Why would they abandon half of Asia so easily?" Elysia couldn't understand. In her eyes, every life was unique. Otto ordering the abandonment of half of Asia was utterly cold.
"It's very realistic. Even Kevin believed the Herrscher core's rampage would engulf all of Asia. Otto only abandoning half of Asia could be seen as saving the other half," MEI analyzed.
"But..."
["Cecilia..."
Under the treatment of Abyss Flower, Siegfried gradually regained consciousness. Overly worried about Cecilia, he told her to leave quickly, but Cecilia refused.
"Don't say foolish things!"
"I won't leave you behind!"
"And you absolutely cannot give up!"
Just then, the runaway energy from the Herrscher of the Void's core was already rushing towards them. At this critical moment, the Arahato suddenly appeared, deploying a full-power protective shield. In that instant, Siegfried felt as if he saw Welt Yang again.
Siegfried and Welt met once more. With Welt's encouragement, Siegfried forced himself to stand up. Welt told him there was one last chance: to strike the Second Herrscher with the Might of An-Utu. But in this dense Honkai energy, it was impossible to pinpoint the Second Herrscher's location.
Cecilia pondered for a long time. For every moment they delayed, a massive number of lives would be lost. So she made up her mind to leave. She told Siegfried to get ready and seize the moment, not to worry about her.
A memory of Cecilia flashed by. It was a conversation between her and Otto from a few years ago. Otto had told her that she possessed the Schariac holy blood, which, combined with Abyss Flower, could instantly eliminate Honkai energy, even kill a Herrscher.
Only, the price was extremely high. Having lost a massive amount of holy blood, Cecilia's life would also come to an end.]
"No... it can't be," Pardofelis stammered, simultaneously looking at Yàqīng. "Brother Yàqīng, didn't you say the story was a sunny and positive movie? Why would the main character die? Why..."
Yàqīng remained silent.
[A sad soundtrack began to play. Standing on a cliff, Cecilia looked at the dense Honkai energy in the distance, tears streaming down her face.
"I'm sorry, Siegfried. I lied to you..."
"This time, I can't go back with you."
"I'm sorry, Kiana. When you grow up, you have to take good care of your father..."
Cecilia's hand gripping Abyss Flower was already bleeding, the drops falling on the white flowers covering the cliff. She raised the snow-white, massive lance high, like an angel descended upon the world.
"Abyss Flower—Sacred Blood Unleashed!"
The white flowers were stained with blood. The sacred blood condensed into a blood-red spear tip, pointing directly at the space where the Herrscher of the Void's core was running rampant.
"For Siegfried, open a path forward."
"Go!"]
"Mama..." When Kiana heard Cecilia mention her name, the motherly love in her tone made her break down completely. Tears streamed down her face, and she sobbed uncontrollably.
Familial love is a blade of empathy, and a mother's love sharpens that blade to its finest edge.
"Yàqīng, you really are daring," Kevin couldn't help but lament. "To even kill off the main character. Is this the sunny plot you were talking about?"
"Yàqīng!!!"
Yàqīng flipped over the back of his seat and sat down in the row behind, next to Mobius.
Mobius gave a half-smile.
"I can't believe Welt appeared again. Is he really unkillable?" Su was puzzled. As a doctor, he had never seen anyone with such a strong will to live in reality.
"He's a partner," Kevin's single sentence ended Su's confusion.
[Seizing the opportunity Cecilia had created, Siegfried's eyes turned fierce. He injected the last activator into his body and tightly gripped Welt's Herrscher core together with the Might of An-Utu.
"Welt..."
"Once again—"
"—fight by my side!"
Detecting the energy of the second Herrscher core, the limits of the Might of An-Utu were released. Siegfried closed his eyes. The gentle and lovely images of his wife and daughter appeared in his mind.
"Oh, Might of An-Utu, release all your power. I don't care if it burns my body to ashes."
Siegfried's eyes snapped open, filled with fighting spirit and killing intent. "To protect the ones I love most."
"I am willing to offer up my life!"
The Judgement of Shamash, the ultimate form of the Might of An-Utu, revealed its true form for the first time. Siegfried swung the sword with all his might. A massive blade of fire engulfed Sirin's location. Even from space, the dazzling light on the Siberian plains was clearly visible.]
"So awesome!" Siegfried was so excited he nearly jumped up, especially at the line "To protect the ones I love most, I am willing to offer up my life." It spoke directly to his heart.
"It's awesome, but why is it against me?!" Sirin fumed, slapping her thigh.
Bella yelped in pain.
"How much did these special effects cost?" Dr. Tesla's mouth was wide open. Anti-Entropy could indeed produce such effects, but the income and expenditure wouldn't balance out. But that young Schicksal director, Yàqīng, seemed to have no such worries, just pouring money into it as if he hadn't thought about the returns at all.
Welt Joyce looked on with envy. He believed his own creative ideas were no less than Yàqīng Schariac's, but the one who controlled the purse strings was Cocolia, who was like a complete miser.
[The Judgement of Shamash was more than three times as powerful as the Might of An-Utu. After the fire erupted, all Honkai energy reactions in Siberia disappeared.
Amber asked Otto for instructions. They had found the tracks of Siegfried and the Second Herrscher, but Cecilia was missing. Should they dispatch a Valkyrie squad to support them?
"No, Amber. Black out all intelligence."
Otto refused to send support to Siegfried. At the same time, he ordered Amber to fire a Honkai fission bomb in the direction of Siegfried and the Second Herrscher. To the public, they would say that Schicksal had dealt with the Second Herrscher.
"Siegfried, that power is too dangerous."
"Just die for me in Siberia."]
"So infuriating!" Pardofelis was so angry she scratched the leather seat. Otto's face was so disgusting. It was bad enough that he held them back in the early stages, but now he was going to take all the credit for Siegfried and Cecilia's life-risking efforts.
"What were you thinking?" Mobius leaned closer to Yàqīng and said with a half-smile, "Are you really planning to stop working at Schicksal? To write your own direct superior like this."
"Ahem, Overseer Otto won't care," Yàqīng coughed a few times.
"The hero who saved the world dies in a deserted snowy plain, while the clown behind the scenes stands on stage to enjoy the world's adoration," MEI's feelings were complicated. "What an ironic scene."
"That despicable Otto!" Welt Yang clenched his fist. In the end, he had also contributed to defeating Sirin, yet Otto had directly attributed all the credit to Schicksal.
Ignoring the ranting Dr. Tesla beside him, Einstein was thinking. What benefit would writing Otto like this bring to Yàqīng?
"Otto..."
Before Otto could react, Kallen kicked him off the bed.
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