Behind-the-scenes video of the beginning of Honkai.

The Glorious Covenant had some damage, so Bronya connected the exposed wiring to her spacesuit.

The captured Destiny Floating Island contained blueprints for the Glorious Covenant, so before their departure, the Doctor prepared computing chips and hacking programs for each spacesuit.

In theory, any one of Bronya, Seele, or Amy could gain control of the Glorious Covenant by connecting their spacesuits to it.

In order to gain control of the Glorious Covenant, Bronya decided to split her forces into two groups, with Bronya and Nine Heavens going first to enter the Glorious Covenant's central hub to replenish energy resources.

Meanwhile, Mei, Seele, and Anzu were still outside the ship, searching for the runtime module.

With Flora as a hostage, Bronya pushed Iserline's medical pod forward while remaining on guard.

At that moment, Kallen's chains pierced through Flora's body and bound the Twin Blades of the Nine Heavens.

"Tsk! Don't you care whether your companion lives or dies?!"

At that moment, Bronya launched a large number of small missiles that, by tracking the heat source, all struck Kallen.

Karen was forced to loosen her chains, which was enough to restrain her. Jiuxiao had already circled behind Karen and kicked out, shattering Karen's arm along with Judah's Judgment.

Karen was sent flying, and the sonic boom even shattered the stained glass decorations inside the Glorious Covenant.

"Sister, I haven't... figured anything out..."

Flora died after being attacked by Kallen.

After easily dealing with Karen, who seemed to be in a very strange state, Jiu Xiao stepped forward, grabbed Karen, and questioned her about Otto's whereabouts.

Karen spoke haltingly, her voice strained: "Your Excellency, fighting alone... directly confronting God... will surely... bring victory..."

Chapter 387 Otto Wants to Become a God

After saying that, Karen fainted.

"Operating system successfully cracked. Welcome to use the Glorious Covenant, Iserline."

At that moment, the operating system activated its message to crack the Glorious Covenant. Bronya and Jiuxiao looked inside and discovered a faint light in the darkness, as if someone were there.

"This is……"

They also experienced Otto's condition, but at this time Otto could only feel a faint pulse, and his body had become stiff and cold.

Those black, bruise-like areas are tissue fluid that has been eroded by Honkai energy.

"What exactly is going on?"

Jiuxiao stared in disbelief at the horrific scene before him; Otto had actually turned into this.

“At first glance, it appears to be a life support system,” Bronya said, barely managing to remain calm. “But all the energy supplied to this system is solely for… sustaining life?”

Bronya.

What happened at that moment? Jiuxiao pointed to a corner of the screen.

In such a conspicuous position in the darkness, it seemed as if it was meant for them to see: "Final Conclusions and Plans Regarding Honkai Energy and the Will of Honkai".

A madman who created countless tragedies for them and for the world, who fought against Honkai with Honkai, is now almost a corpse.

At the same time, the results they hoped to achieve when they set out seemed to be right in front of them. But based on their understanding of this person, no matter how crazy it was, defeating the Honkai one by one was his consistent goal. Everything in front of them was probably part of his plan.

“Crack the operating system of the Glorious Covenant, input energy into the engine…” Bronya looked at Otto, “He died here, didn’t he?”

"That's...exactly what I wanted...?"

If Jiuxiao really thought that way, he would kill Otto right now.

This document may be the answer to all their reasons for fighting and their confusion: What would be the consequences of letting Otto die now?

What does 'directly confronting God' mean?

What exactly is Honkai? Most importantly—will they gain hope or despair?

“I want to see,” Bronya said, looking at Jiuxiao. “What about you?”

Jiuxiao swallowed hard: "We'll see."

Jiuxiao and Bronya clicked on the document together with their fingers.

Also displayed are holographic surveillance footage recorded by the Splendid Covenant since its arrival on the moon, replaying everything that has happened inside the ship.

You have opened a confidential document.

[The distance between the Will Ruler's completion of its absorption of Kiana]

[25 minutes and 45 seconds remaining]

……

Dozens of hours ago.

Runtime modules MBU-09 and AUB-78 have been removed.

Welcome back, Your Excellency.

"It's just a 'key'... Kiana is surprisingly resilient in that world."

Otto stood up from the throne. Although they were on the moon, the ship still simulated seeing the blue sky and clouds of Earth.

He has confirmed that his will was not affected when he was drawn into the world of Stigmata.

Flora and Karen have boarded the lifeboat.

As the system notification sounded from the bridge, only Otto remained on the moon—along with the seemingly omnipresent [Will Ruler].

However, Otto showed no signs of tension or panic, remaining calm and composed, as if everything was under control.

[Completely abandon the physical body and return to the Sacred Mark?]

Is this your final plan?

“When my consciousness reconnects to the world of the Holy Mark, victory will be achieved.” Otto raised his head. “Don’t you find this ridiculous?”

"—The ruler of will."

No.

My 'emotions' are data simulations, rhetorical stylistic expressions.

I never found it laughable.

I find it laughable.

“Your continued arrogance will ruin you,” Otto sneered. “Sometimes, the most absurd and flawed plans… are the ones that guarantee victory!”

Explain your reasons for being certain of victory.

"Humph."

Otto didn't want to waste his breath, but in his view, the plan had progressed to this point, and whatever the Will Dominator did was futile, so he had to give his longtime enemy the minimum respect he deserved.

So he started to mock me—"God doesn't exist? A naive and cute fantasy? You know me better than I know myself?"

"Your rhetoric is worse than that of a blindfolded, stupid woman! Just as I predicted—the essence of the Honkai is a group of energy life forms, a civilization from another universe."

"And you are the king of this civilization."

Just then, the system emitted a notification sound—

The lifeboat has crashed.

Otto didn't even flinch. He poured himself a glass of red wine, sat back on his throne, and crossed his legs.

Through the red wine in his glass, Otto saw his own confident and authoritative gaze.

He took a sip, rested his hand on the armrest of the throne, swirled his wine glass, and slowly considered the words that were forming in his mind.

He is enjoying the impending victory by wearing down the patience of the ruler of wills.

"Humanity's battle against the Honkai has always been a meaningless war of attrition."

"Because you are invisible energy life forms, you have never directly entered the human world."

"But I have seen through the Herrscher, the purest power in this Honkai system, the power closest to the truth of Honkai."

"Your civilization has a very rational social structure, with a top-down system where the monarch rules over the subjects."

"But it's as if destiny itself would crumble without me, or human civilization without a monarch—"

"After the king is eliminated, which is you, the Honkai civilization will be nothing but a pile of loose sand."

"For this reason, I have given you a cage called the flesh, and demoted you to our universe."

"The physical form—the Stigmata Terminal—determines my method of victory."

“Through it, I built two battles—a battle in reality and a battle of the soul.”

As he spoke, Otto became increasingly excited. He stood up, waved, clenched his fist, and paced around.

He was sometimes tense, sometimes relaxed, as if countless spectators were cheering for him.

"Real-world combat is a war of attrition. Whether it's the God-Slaying Armor, those former anti-entropy girls, or the entire human civilization... they are all necessary sacrifices. The ugly old world must be destroyed!"

"Fighting them will greatly deplete your energy and the strength of your troops, but that's not the key point."

"The key lies in the battle of souls within the world of Stigmata!"

"Because the Holy Mark is a human soul that has been tempered, it greatly enhances human willpower and gives humans the conditions to directly confront energy life forms... This was proven hundreds of years ago!"

"And the cage called the flesh will greatly diminish your purity as energy life forms..."

"The Stigmata World—a hypothetical world simulated by the Stigmata Terminal—is the best battlefield for me to transcend the shackles of reality and crush you with pure will. It is also a place directly connected to your plane."

"And I, Otto, who transcends human intelligence, has witnessed countless parallel worlds, and is the longest-lived and most courageous person in history..."

"The chosen one, representing the strongest will of humanity! When your soul is crushed, shattered, and reduced to ashes!"

"As the challenger, it's only natural that I will replace you—"

"Having obtained your authority, you become the new ruler of will; having obtained the Stigmata Terminal, you become the creator god of the new world."

"Once I become a god, I can create and control the world at will, turning this ugly world into whatever I desire!"

"—My battle against the Honkai has come to an end!!"

Chapter 388 Otto the Clown