The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Uh...well, can't I go in?"

Chen Tianwu's face looked a little ugly. ɱ

Theresa glanced at the empty conference room, at Anna Shaniat who was a little overwhelmed in the conference room, at Hollander who was accompanying Anna, Amber as the recorder, and at herself at the door from time to time. Grandpa, who seemed to be silently urging her to come in with his eyes, looked at the worried boy in front of him again... and finally shook his head.

She approached the gloomy-looking young man and lowered her voice and said:

"You must have noticed that there is another [personality] in Anna's body. No, it is not so much a personality, but the will of the stigmata, just like Xi'er. But to explain Anna's situation, we must mention and the secret history of destiny. Next, grandpa will also have some conversations with the will of the stigmata in Anna's body. This process will not harm Anna in any way. The reason why you are not allowed in... is mainly because the information is against In terms of destiny, it’s quite… but it’s not suitable for outsiders to know.”

"Really? But I always feel that Bishop Otto...is particularly dangerous..."

Theresa laughed helplessly.

"Yes, grandpa, he does not give people a good feeling. Many Valkyries will regard that feeling as the charm or aura of the bishop because of the built-in filter. I was also like this at one time. But I didn't realize it until later. That's the coldness that venomous snakes, cheetahs and other beasts will inadvertently show before they hunt for food... Don't talk about this anymore, don't worry, I am a half-destined person, so I am qualified to listen, and I will ensure Anna's safety. What about you? Are you going to meet up with the jackal first or something? They must be worried about you since you haven’t contacted them for so long?

Chen Tianwu's gloomy expression was slightly relieved, but what emerged was unusual embarrassment.

He scratched his head, with some helplessness in his voice:

"Sorry, World Snake is not the kind of place that talks about comrades-in-arms. Compared to teamwork, I'm afraid we prefer to act alone. If we have to cooperate with each other... I think everyone will regard their comrades as the ones who need to be vigilant most. The target...especially when the comrade is the woman who always wears a hood..."

Theresa could see that this boy who rarely spoke and only let others guess his thoughts with his gloomy expression had done his best.

But Theresa also understood what he wanted to express.

"That's it...if the World Snake doesn't object, are you willing to come to Counter-Entropy? We are willing to give you the same treatment as the World Snake..."

"this……"

Chen Tianwu continued to scratch his head, and then looked over Theresa's head to Anna in the conference room.

The corners of Theresa's mouth twitched twice, she cleared her throat, and quickly said:

"Ahem! It doesn't matter. There is plenty of time to think about this kind of thing after this. Since you don't want to be associated with the World Snake anymore, then I will find a Valkyrie to take you to visit the Tianming Headquarters Floating Port... I am not boasting, although I have now concluded...cough cough cough destiny, but the scenery of the floating port is really good——

"Standing at the first floating port, you can see the so-called Pillars of Hercules, which is the Strait of Gibraltar. Standing at the second floating port, you can see the entire European continent, and you can even see the cloud-shrouded mountains in the distance at the end of your sight. British Island. Standing at the Third Floating Port, all you can see is the vast White Sea, with golden scales surging on the surface, and the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor Peninsula like two arms. At the junction of the floating ports, you can see the promised land called Canaan and the Nile Delta, the only green area in the desert. The fourth floating port is undoubtedly facing the yellowed North African continent.

"How about it? Just listening to it doesn't sound like a scenery that ordinary people can see, right? Let me tell you a secret. Anna is stationed in the Southeast Asia branch all year round. She only comes here every year during the Valkyrie assessment. She has no intention of seeing those scenery. If you want to date her, this floating port is a good choice. "

Theresa blinked slyly, Chen Tianwu tilted his head, narrowed his eyes for a while, and then nodded seriously.

So Theresa tilted her body, bypassed Chen Tianwu's not-so-tall figure, and looked at the Immortal Blade who was waiting in the corridor. His eyes passed through the unknown faces, and finally stopped on the faces of two Valkyries standing side by side and dozing.

"Arvette! Susanna!"

"Hey! Hey! Lady Theresa, what's the matter?"

Susanna quickly raised her head and stepped on the instep of Arvette beside her.

"Ah? What are you doing...Uh, Lady Theresa, what are your orders?"

Arvette raised her head and raised her chest, looking straight ahead, showing the qualities that a B-level Valkyrie should have.

Theresa looked at the sleepy faces of the two people, as if she had thought of something, and the smile in her eyes grew stronger, but it was not a mocking, nor a dangerous smile, but a certain kind of warmth, which made these two people uncomfortable. The extremely famous rookie Valkyrie in Blade of Destruction unconsciously settles down.

"It's not a difficult task. You two don't have anything else to do for the time being, right?"

After the A-level Valkyrie, who was the administrative squad leader, nodded, Theresa pulled Chen Tianwu in front of the two rookie Valkyries.

"Then, please take care of him. Just take him to the floating port for a walk."

"Oh, tour guide! Lady Theresa, don't worry, I, Susanna, am the best at this kind of thing!"

Yalvette looked at her partner with a headache, but finally nodded her head with all her strength, although she had expected that the more resolute Susanna's promise was at this time, the more unexpected things would happen later...

But Theresa didn't care about these anymore. After getting the approval of the two Valkyries, she left everything behind and walked back to the meeting room quickly.

Taking advantage of the steps to close the door, Theresa raised her head slightly and saw Otto looking at her with burning eyes.

She opened her mouth to say something, but her grandfather quickly retracted his gaze, stared at Anna with a nervous face, and persuaded her softly in a tone that used to coax her to drink milk when she was sick:

"Okay, Anna, relax, this is not a bad thing - come on, relax, and temporarily give the control of your body to Eleanor, okay?"

"So... So her name is Eleanor..."

Anna seemed to be a little confused about the situation.

"Um... Bishop, can I ask what is your relationship with her?"

"Do you really need to know?"

Otto's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp, and Theresa clenched her fists. For a moment, she wanted to quickly block Eleanor, but Otto quickly changed his attitude.

He repeated with a smile:

"A-level Valkyrie Anna Shaniat, are you sure you must know the relationship between Eleanor and me? Are you sure you want to eavesdrop on the conversation? I can't make any promises to you, but I think that a young, polite and sensible Valkyrie like you will definitely make the right decision."

Otto was laughing the whole time, but Anna's body trembled slightly, but the next moment, her body completely calmed down, and her eyes looked at Otto without showing any weakness.

"Otto, so you like to embarrass little girls now, right?"

A hint of coldness appeared on Anna's still young face.

She breathed coldly, and it was like a short sneer: "No matter what, she is from my Shaniat family. Even if you want to manage it, it is not your turn, Otto Apokalis, to intervene." "Don't forget, my current identity is the Archbishop of Heaven's Destiny." Otto took a sip of the red wine, and his golden bangs drooped, making it difficult to see his eyes. Theresa was a little overwhelmed as she watched the atmosphere in front of her suddenly turn for the worse in just a few words. It was still within the scope of dialogue at the beginning, but why did it become tit-for-tat right after that? But she saw Amber standing opposite her shaking her head slightly at her, indicating that she should not act rashly. Theresa was silent for two seconds, feeling the hostility between the two that seemed to exist and seemed to not exist, and finally just sighed softly. But she didn't realize that it was this sigh that was almost non-existent that interrupted the silence in the conference room. Otto spread his palms flat on the cold table, and the dazzling fluorescent light blurred the boundary between the white hands and the metal table. Eleanor's eyes were attracted by the pair of white hands, but she snorted coldly and looked away.

"What? You are a fool who has committed so many sins. Do you want to prove to me that your hands are clean in this way?"

"..."

Otto did not answer, but kept that action and looked at Eleanor with an extremely calm look.

Eleanor was uncomfortable being stared at by him, and Anna's face as the host was also trembling slightly. It was not known whether it was caused by Eleanor's will, or the girl named Anna heard these words without any defense, and she could not control her fear that she would be killed and silenced.

After a few seconds of silence, Eleanor snorted again:

"What? Do you still want to say that you did this all for Kallen, so you hope that she and I can forgive you? I tell you, Otto, no matter what happened at the beginning was a simple accident, or someone's conspiracy with ulterior motives, in the end, sacrificing yourself for the millions of lives on the Bohemian Plain was a decision made by Kallen and I based on our own will. And everything you have done in the past five hundred years has undoubtedly trampled on our will over and over again. If the current situation does not allow it, I really want to kick your ass with my boots... You... You were obviously the smartest one among us, but why? Why did you make the stupidest decision among us in the end?"

"I never said I was smart."

Otto's tone was not the slightest bit up and down.

"Perhaps I was proud of my wisdom and therefore committed the crime of arrogance. But since the day I made that decision, I was destined to be a fool who let my emotions dominate my rationality and gave birth to countless sins with my superhuman rationality."

Otto finally made some moves. He raised his right index finger straight up and then slowly pointed it at Eleanor:

"And, Eleanor, you are still as stupid as before."

A barely perceptible smile appeared at the corner of Otto's mouth.

It was not the exaggerated smile of the past, nor was it a joke in the context.

It was just a smile that was born involuntarily in the situation called [relief].

"I haven't started asking yet, Eleanor, isn't it equivalent to telling me that Karen is still alive? So, Karen is still alive, still alive."

No questions, just a statement.

It states that Otto Apokalis is extremely convinced at this moment... No, no one needs to believe that Karen Kaslana is still alive, this is a fact.

The smile overflowed on Otto's face, but then faded away very quickly, leaving in the end that handsome and pale face, like a dry and barren river bed after the water receded.

He stopped laughing.

The world once broke his sword, but at this moment, he got everything he wanted again.

Although everything about him is actually only one.

Just five hundred years is enough for a young man to change a lot. Even if he gets the message he has been longing for, even if his long-cherished wish of five hundred years comes true at this moment, he still...

I didn't feel much happiness.

why? Is it because I haven’t actually seen Karen’s real smile yet? Or was it Eleanor's words that forced him to rethink, if he really saw Karen again, how should he respond to her?

Kallen must hate what she did...but that's not right.

These are things that Otto Apokalis already understood when he made the decision that determined everything five hundred years ago. How could it hinder him five hundred years later?

But he did not feel happiness, let alone any sense of satisfaction.

Is it because it is not your own efforts that realize your long-cherished wish? Maybe, but it doesn't seem to be the case. Since he has already chosen to do whatever it takes, why should he care about whose means Kallen survived?

So what is this feeling of emptiness in your heart?

Otto's eyes wandered around the conference room.

Teresa, Bianca, Amber...Eleanor.

I always feel like something is missing...

[I always feel like something is missing...]

There is a person who should share this information with him at this moment. Perhaps only by sharing the information that Kallen is still alive with her can he feel joy, happiness and satisfaction... And now that she is not here, no matter what he gets, No news brings happiness…

Is it Kallen herself?

No……

But that person's name is not important. What is important is that at this moment, only she can understand him, only she can know everything in his heart.

Otto squinted his eyes and covered his forehead. He carefully controlled his thoughts, controlling them to bypass the name that seemed taboo at the moment like a river bypassing the islet in the middle of the river.

But it was a pity for him because he had promised her that he would let her witness this moment.

"Ha ha ha ha ha……"

Otto laughed for no reason, why should he laugh...

In fact, it may not be for that reason. In fact, it is entirely possible that it is just because he has already guessed the news of Kallen's survival through Eleanor's existence, and a few months have allowed him to accept this reality invisibly. , so his mood will not fluctuate much at this moment.

Yes, yes, that must be the case.

For the first time in five hundred years, Otto Apocalis made an unprecedented move.

No one knew that so many thoughts were passing through his mind at this moment.

Everyone thought that his body and heart had already been assimilated with this body, as hard and cold as soul steel.

Everyone took his expressionless face as a restraint of emotions, whether it was Theresa, Bianca, Amber, or Eleanor... No one discovered the truth that was not difficult to find at all——

The man named Otto Apokalis is so sad and lonely at this minute and this second.

"hehe……"

Otto's expressionless laughter continued, and he lightly covered his face. When he took his hands away, the old joking and frivolousness returned to that face.

"What's wrong, Eleanor? Are you shocked by my IQ? Are you thinking: [I obviously didn't say anything, right? Why did Otto guess that Kallen was still alive?]"

"Um?"

Eleanor's brows were raised, her expression paused for about two or three seconds, and then she shook her head seemingly coolly:

"It seems that time has not cured your narcissism."

"Time has not been able to cure my narcissism. I apologize to you on behalf of the god who controls time. But if I remember correctly, you seemed to have liked someone so narcissistic before, right?"

"puff--"

The bitter melon juice that Theresa had just taken into her mouth spurted out instantly. She quickly hid the [Portable Bitter Melon Juice Cooler] under her skirt, and then hurriedly wiped a pile of green liquid on the table in front of her with her sleeves while panicking. Apologize selectively:

"Cough cough cough! I'm sorry, I didn't know grandpa you were so popular when you were young...ah, I didn't say anything just now, don't worry about me..."

Eleanor shrugged, ignoring Teresa's violent reaction.

"I admit that I was blind when I was young, but to be honest, you are not curious. I could have told you this matter with the will of the stigmata long ago, but why have I kept it hidden until now?"

"Huh? I don't think it's a big deal. After all, you and Karen never get along."

[Anna] There were already blue veins bulging on her fair forehead, and Eleanor suddenly raised her foot and stepped directly on the table:

"Otto, if you don't behave any more, I...I...I will stuff the heel of my boot into your nostrils——"

"You've used this threat before, change it to another one!"

"boom!"

The metal tabletop shattered directly.

"Then I'll stuff the heel of my boot into you... into your ass! Don't think I dare not do this!"

As soon as the words fell, Anna's cheeks turned red. She quickly regained control of her body and waved her hands to apologize to the bishop, but before the words could be spoken, her body was snatched away by Eleanor again.

"How about a pause and everyone calm down?"

Hollandale stood in front of Eleanor at the right time.

Looking at the face of the girl in front of her, recalling her figure holding the white flower of the black abyss in her mind, Eleanor's eyes suddenly focused on her face, and then she smiled strangely.

"Forget it, let me say one more thing. I don't like to titillate people."

Eleanor pushed aside Hollander's body, walked up to Otto, and met his eyes.

"The reason why I didn't tell you earlier is because the girl who saved Kallen and me... well, let's just call it the girl's request."

Eleanor paused, closed her eyes, and quietly recalled the pink girl's original words:

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. You shouldn't have to bear all this. But you also shouldn't have survived today. I really don't want to see your lives disappear, nor do I want to see more tragedies in this world. The last reincarnation is happening, and I don’t want to see the tragedy between me and him repeated in your generation. However, I really want to see his ending and see him reunite with [me]... so I can’t stop this. , because I... am just a selfish [human being] after all. So... even though what I say next sounds like I am trying to repay a favor without mercy, can you please accompany me in this world called Eternal Paradise? Where are the fairies for five hundred years?”

And when she became the will of the stigmata with the help of the old turtle dove and tried to interfere in the world, the girl appeared again:

"I'm sorry, but about the fact that Kallen Kaslana is still alive, can you wait until you can't hide it anymore before telling Otto. This is really important to me. Just trust Su for the rest. , he will definitely point out a path to the end for you, then... we must say goodbye and move on, your era will definitely defeat Honkai."

To this, the old turtle dove’s answer was:

"No matter what, please trust her as much as you trust me."