Chapter 554 The Other Side of Will
The screen continues,
"Well done, Bianca, Kiana."
"This voice--" Yulandel looked around but did not see Otto.
Kiana was equally surprised. She also heard Otto's voice and thought that Otto was not dead, so she became alert instantly.
Otto: "Don't be nervous... Two powerful warriors, you really reversed the rules of the [False God] in an instant, turning my spirit into the lonely ghost it is now."
"Soon, everything will be settled according to your will... so before that, I want to congratulate you."
"Congratulations on defeating [Domination] and [Restriction], and congratulations on stopping me from destroying your history and compatriots."
"Of course... I also congratulate myself for finally being able to say goodbye to my life without any regrets."
[Kiana] "Is Otto so hard to kill? He's not dead yet?"
[Captain] "No, I feel that Otto's body is destroyed, but his spirit still exists."
[Theresa] "But if this happens, Grandpa will be able to block the Ruler of Constraint, right?"
[Kevin] "In theory, yes. This way, this era will not suffer the [tragedy of restraint] of the previous civilization."
[Tesla] "Sure enough, now that Otto is gone, everything will turn out for the better."
[Paimon] "What about Kallen? Doesn't the answer mean that Otto achieved his goal?"
[Nashida] "It shouldn't be over yet."
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Youlan Dell was silent for a while, and then asked, "...Bishop, we have stopped the crazy plan you mentioned. Now, is it time to tell us your real purpose?"
Otto: "Ha... You are really persistent, Bianca. Why, after all this - you still don't want to treat me as an enemy?"
Youlan Dell "Of course I cannot forgive what you did to me. But I will never forget your cultivation of me."
"And I still think that... deep down, you still believe in some form or another what you taught us to believe."
Otto: "Oh...stubborn child."
[Captain] "You are so confused, Bianca. Otto is not a good guy. Aren't you afraid that he will become a lonely ghost and still be able to deceive the world?"
[Kiana] "Yes, sister, Otto is like this, you..."
[Cecilia] "But on second thought, it was indeed the bishop. Oh no, he is no longer the bishop now... It was indeed Otto who trained my Bianca and made her the strongest Valkyrie. It was also Otto."
[Yulan Dell] "Well... no matter how heinous what you did, Otto, I will never forget your cultivation of me."
[Theresa] "Yes, let's put it this way. Although grandpa is a hateful enemy, he is still my grandpa no matter what..."
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Otto sighed. "To be honest, from the beginning today, I hoped that all of you would stand against me and treat me as an unforgivable person—"
"Although the former was indeed successful, the latter also failed."
"Oh, should I feel upset or relieved?"
"...No matter what, you did defeat me, and at that moment you also defeated Him behind me."
"This is a remarkable achievement - by using those experiences, you will eventually defeat the Honkai Impact and bring lasting light to this world you cherish."
"And I will finally have the opportunity to do something similar... for the world I cherish. To be more precise, to return a lost torch to [her] hands."
Kiana vaguely guessed who it was, and Yulan Dell seemed to realize something, "Could it be..."
Otto: "Haha, it seems you all have guessed the answer, right?"
Otto then explained to them in more detail, "That's right... before I was crushed by you, although I was infinitely close to God, I was ultimately just a slave of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers."
"I am bound to the Eigenworld, and though I do have the power to reshape it, I have no freedom."
"So, I made such a bet from the beginning. I bet that human will can create a miracle in an instant, and make the [Laws] of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers disordered and conquered in that short moment."
"Kiana Kaslana. The child I once called K423. In the past, the power of love allowed you to do this—"
"Now, I've proven that anger can do the same thing."
"I placed my last hope of resurrecting Kallen on this... and it turns out that I won the bet."
"Only the Herrscher of the Void can create a miracle, the [Renormalization of Imaginary Space] that makes everything that was originally [infinite] stagnate in an instant."
“It gave that wedge of the world, the point of origin that I carefully selected, an opportunity to take root and sprout in new soil.”
"This is something I could never do when I was a slave and held the power."
Youlan Dell: "That is to say... in order to reshape the world of five hundred years ago, you must transcend reality, become a part of the imaginary space, and become a [slave] of the Imaginary Tree..."
"And in order to change that world, to change that person's fate, you have to exile yourself from it? Even if the result of doing so is... you will die. Even your existence will come to an end."
[Himeko] "I see. No wonder Otto values the power of the Herrscher of the Void so much."
[Yae Sakura] "According to this plan, Otto can be without the power of reason, and can be without the power of lightning, but he cannot be without the power of space."
[Kiana] "In the end, are we still being used by Otto?"
[Einstein] "If Otto is not lying this time, then these actions have indeed done a lot to defeat Honkai."
[Alicea] "Let me guess. Kevin must have long guessed the benefits of this in defeating Honkai, so he let Otto do it."
[Jackal] "Humph, if the Lord comes out, how can a fool have a chance to perform?"
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Otto: "Of course. Don't you think this is a win-win situation?"
"Just like Prometheus stole fire from the sky - in that miraculous moment, I was able to bring the power beyond reality from the [Tree of Imaginary Numbers] to the [Wedge of the World].
"It both creates a different path for history and saves me from having to destroy the [world] you love so much."
"Although the latter is not important to me, but... thank you for allowing me to witness the miracle that belongs only to me and her at the last moment of my life."
"I will eventually die with all my sins; and for those of you who still choose to move forward..."
"The ladder that conquered the collapse has now revealed the first stone steps to you; the road is winding and almost impossible to walk on."
“But there is indeed light at the end of it.”
"Farewell, heroes. Tell Theresa... unfortunately, her grandfather cannot attend her coronation ceremony."
Otto's presence completely disappeared from the girls' presence.
Under their gaze, his soul drifted away into the distance, into nothingness, towards its final fate.