To create Honkai Impact 3rd in a world where Kallen exists.

"Walter sacrificed his life, but my sacrifice was more important than life itself..."

"—I sacrificed you."

His last words were barely audible. Siegfried brushed his hand away, sat in his seat without saying a word, and his face seemed to have aged decades in an instant.

He froze, then vanished.

"The choice between one person and millions was before him; and regardless, he had already made his answer."

When faced with the clown's threats, he angrily slapped him across the face.

Because he knew that even if he died then, it would only be one of his lives...

"I'm sorry, Walter..."

Siegfried took a big gulp of wine, as if he were the one who was dying.

"Well done, Siegfried." Blood trickled from the corner of Walter's mouth, yet a smile remained.

Using the relativity of a pseudo-black hole, he has stalled Sirin for half an hour.

...

"Dad..." Kiana covered her mouth, looking at the tragic scene before her.

“No wonder Siegfried drank alone after that, and only felt better after seeing Welt,” Cecilia sighed, lamenting that the Second Herrscher had forced him to face such a painful choice.

She always knew very well that Siegfried was the kind of person who would rather die than abandon his comrades, and that was the kind of person he despised the most.

But the boy will eventually grow up, and when he truly takes on responsibilities he cannot bear, he will realize how... unrealistic he was before.

Cecilia bit her lip, inwardly cheering for Siegfried.

Even she would be powerless in the face of this scene.

Regardless of which choice he made, simply by voluntarily going to the moon, he was already a hero.

Chapter 30 The Queen's Return and the Oracle

In the game, Cecilia clearly saw Siegfried's mental journey and his own killing of the boy on the moon.

How much pain Siegfried must have been in at that time, but he ultimately said nothing.

From the perspective of the humans in the game, Sirin examined herself from a different angle and had a unique feeling.

She realized she had been a bit careless. She could have achieved great results by simply following Bella's advice to keep throwing meteorites, so why bother talking to them?

Now look what's happened; he's sown the seeds of his own failure.

But... never mind, I'll definitely learn from this next time.

Celine secretly made a vow, but then became so engrossed in Cecilia's charms that she could not extricate herself.

Bella, standing nearby, could only watch resentfully as the Queen belonged to someone else, setting off a scene reminiscent of a classic love triangle. Clearly... she was the one who arrived first!

She bit her handkerchief, tears welling in her eyes, her face filled with resentment and helplessness.

She secretly vowed that no matter the cost, she would lead the Queen out of her misery.

The heroes were also watching this scene, the world and their long-held principles placed on opposite ends of a scale.

It is precisely because of its outstanding quality that the choice becomes all the more difficult at this moment.

“Every era has its warriors,” Alicia exclaimed. “They lead humanity out of its predetermined fate as civilization survives.”

“That is precisely why civilization shines so brightly and is so desirable,” Eden echoed her words, a graceful smile on his face.

"Yes...I will watch them from beginning to end, and whatever the outcome, it will be a grand and spectacular event."

Just like...her own ending,

...

Enraged upon learning the truth, Sirin was preparing to deliver the final blow to Walter when...

Walter smiled, gripped her wrist tightly, and then... he compressed the Honkai energy in his core to its limit, and then, it collapsed.

A surge of Honkai energy was about to erupt, and he roared inwardly.

Second Herrscher, let's become dust among the stars together!

At the critical moment, Sirin intervened, seizing the core of the Herrscher of Reason and halting its rampage.

Walter also vanished without a trace.

At this moment, Sirin turned her gaze to Earth; her path of revenge seemed to have only just begun.

Sirin piloted her battleship back to Earth with Benares, along with 13766 Honkai Beasts. The Second Herrscher launched an attack on the Tower of Babel.

She used her newly acquired power to revive the bodies of her old friends Agatha, Aurora, and Galina, granting them Herrscher powers and making them pseudo-Herrschers.

In an instant, the Earth was engulfed in the war, with lightning, fire, storms, and death appearing one after another, creating a sense of impending doom.

A pseudo-hero of flames landed in Astana, Kazakhstan.

A being resembling the wind's rhythm landed in Oulu, Finland.

The pseudo-law of death landed in Novosibirsk, Russia.

Disasters struck everywhere, and some even said the end of the world was coming.

Destiny immediately took action, and Otto delivered a passionate pre-battle speech, summoning all the Valkyries of rank B and above from across Europe. Only then did he display the demeanor and bearing of the Archbishop of Destiny.

However, Otto did not want Theresa, his granddaughter, to participate in the fight.

Otto confiscated her oath of Judah and imprisoned Theresa, forbidding her from participating in the war.

“Theresa, I won’t let you leave here until you have completely mastered Judah. ​​If you want to fight the Herrscher, you will have to use the zeroth rated power, but that will kill you.”

After dealing with Theresa, Otto turned his attention to the screen, and everything... was developing as he had anticipated.

Could the power of the Herrscher of Death be as miraculous as rumored?

Theresa glanced at Himeko, who was giving her a strange look, and said irritably,

"I did not participate in the battle at the time, but definitely not for that reason. How could I, a dignified S-class Valkyrie, be imprisoned?"

"What could be the reason?" Himeko asked curiously.

"That, that's because..." Theresa blushed, waving her hands in the air, but couldn't utter a complete sentence.

How could she possibly admit that after visiting the tower, due to problems with the medical equipment, she never fully recovered, meaning she was essentially out of combat mode for a long time.

...

The room was quiet, and no one spoke as they watched the scene unfold.

Seeing this, Xilin clenched her fists, her face dark, and remained silent.

"Um... Second Sister, don't be sad. Those... well, those are all in the past." Kiana didn't know how to comfort her.

“No, Kiana, although little Sirin doesn’t really want to see this, the reason she’s angry is because she didn’t do it,” Cecilia said gently, patting Sirin’s head.

Celine hates fate, that's a fact, but the situation is not as depicted in the footage.

Upon learning the news, Karen immediately went to the tower that wasn't actually named Babylon, where she personally provided an explanation. Throughout the subsequent capture, capturing it alive remained her top priority.

Even though Celine didn't approve, she accepted the offer of kindness.

It was at that time, after careful consideration, that Karen agreed to allow Theresa to build St. Freya, a project that seemed like a sure-fire money-loser.

Perhaps she took it as an apology to those orphans, even if it came a little late.

Sirin's revenge was limited to Siberia, specifically to that tower. Later, due to the whispers of collapse, she considered launching a fierce attack elsewhere, but by then she was already entangled with the people of Destiny.

She exhaled, glared at Luo Mo beside her, and said fiercely, "So, why did you go in there? I clearly didn't do any of those things..."

Suddenly it dawned on me that even without those things, I was still unforgivable.

She lowered her head. "At least... it wasn't that bad."

Luo Mo remained silent, looking at Xi Lin, her shoulders trembling and her ahoge (cowlick) drooping. She was afraid, but she shouldn't be the one to offer words of comfort.

He narrowed his eyes and rubbed his palms together. "You may have forgotten... it's a game, not reality. I never said it was exactly like a game."

“But, if that happens…” Cecilia couldn’t help but say. Wouldn’t Cecilia hate her then?

“You should face reality, Sirin. If you don’t see yourself as human, nor as a Herrscher, you’ll be rejected by neither,” Luo Mo said.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course I'm human!" Sirin said angrily. If she wasn't human, then what was she?

Bella wanted to say something, but she stopped herself. She was a Honkai Dragon, a Honkai Dragon born for the Queen. She longed to fight alongside the Queen again, but she hoped even more that the Queen would be genuinely happy.

"Yes, I understand," Luo Mo didn't continue, naturally understanding the importance of knowing when to stop.

...

This time, Destiny acted swiftly, and Otto's impassioned speech infused the Valkyries with even greater spiritual power.

"...In the north, the strongest Valkyrie, Cecilia, has returned; she will lead us to dispel the storm."

"In the South, our esteemed Commander Cheng Lixue will defend every inch of this land to the death!"

"And in the East, I, Otto Apocalypse, the Archbishop of Destiny, will stand with everyone and fight to the death!"

Amidst the cheers of the numerous Valkyries, the previously deathly silent scene came alive, as many legendary Valkyries joined forces to face this calamity.

They... will definitely get through this safely.

Behind her, Fu Hua simply watched the passionate speech on stage with a calm expression, her head bowed as if lost in a thousand thoughts.

She murmured, "Otto, how much of what you just said was true?"

With many Valkyries joining the battle, the situation seemed to be improving.

First, during the fierce battle between Amber and the Herrscher of Death, Otto suddenly appeared and used the Mimic Feather to defeat her; although Cheng Lixue was somewhat outmatched in the battle, her master Fu Hua arrived and subdued the Herrscher of Flame.

Cecilia broke through the storm and pierced the Herrscher's chest with a single blow, easily completing the mission; as for Bella in human form, Siegfried arrived and used Heavenly Flame Unleashed, breaking half of her wing and ending the battle.

After subduing the Herrscher of Death, Otto did not kill her immediately. Instead, he looked at the Herrscher with a heavy gaze, as if the battle had only just begun for him.

With the help of Void Archives, he successfully entered the consciousness of the Deathly Herrscher, only to discover that she was neither a Herrscher nor a human, but merely a puppet.

“…” Otto didn’t speak. His hand touched his forehead, trembling uncontrollably, but his green eyes quickly regained their composure.

Steadfast, as always.