Kallen was quite adorable.
Kallen, with her hair unbound and shackles on her wrists as she walked to the execution ground, gave Otto a strange feeling—after all, his own wife would never dress like this. Even with her straightforward personality, she was always the most traditional type during certain censored moments.
Of course.
The main reason was that the woman up there was not truly his wife.
Scientists and politicians born into the Kaslana family could be described as exceedingly rare, but there was not a single one among them who couldn't fight.
This legendary bloodline, said to have been blessed by His Majesty the Monarch himself, produced members who could almost all touch the threshold of the [Higher Primordial Species] rank upon reaching adulthood.
Mere shackles...
"Oh?"
Otto was standing on the roof of a church over seven hundred meters away.
It was then that he noticed something peculiar. Although Kallen's condition was poor, breaking the shackles was clearly not a difficult task.
As for the several Tianming members in crow masks escorting her to the execution site... the mental fluctuations they directed at Kallen were not hostile.
To put it simply.
Even if he didn't show up, these executioners were very likely to turn into "helpers."
The question was, who would bear the responsibility for that?
"Interesting."
"But..."
"On the timeline I'm on, two people should have already completed their plans. The fluctuations in time may not be large, but unexpected changes are bound to occur."
Otto's gaze shifted to the grand cathedral in the city center.
"Other me."
"The Kaslanas are the knights at the forefront, but the Apocalypses are not schemers who hide behind the scenes. A so-called king, be it a Bishop or a Monarch, cannot ascend to that position through conspiracy and petty tricks."
A golden halo flickered around Otto's body.
As the Head of the Fifth Chamber of [The Throne]'s Ninety-Nine Chambers, Otto's position had been unshakeable from the moment he sat in it.
All challengers.
No matter what Authority a [Higher Primordial Species] had mastered, they were all effortlessly crushed by his [Primordial Species]-level combat power.
He had reason to believe.
Even among the Apostles, not many could surpass him in mastery of the [Authority of Reason].
The [Authority of Reason] gradually constructed the shape of a Honkai Beast behind Otto.
Although the Honkai Beast's strength was only at the [Primordial Species] level, in this era, a Monarch-class Honkai Beast, which was what a [Primordial Species] represented, was an existence that Tianming had to dispatch the main force of its Valkyries to encircle and destroy. If this Monarch-class beast were any stronger, it would require Kallen Kaslana herself to take the field.
"Release the Honkai Beasts imprisoned in the cathedral's basement to create chaos."
"Then, use the opportunity to rescue Kallen."
This was the plan that the "Otto of this world" was currently executing. Otto could feel the Honkai energy in the air beginning to stir restlessly.
"Other me."
"Putting aside the chances of success, if Lady Kallen (Otto's name for Kallen during their time at St. Freya Academy) was truly set on leaving, no one here could stop her."
"As for winning a girl's favor."
The Honkai Beast, its aura completely concealed, spread its wings and took flight.
With the level of technology and combat power in this world, no one could possibly detect the presence of this mimicked Monarch-class Honkai Beast.
"You're still... a little lacking!"
The Kaslana family was one of the three great families of Tianming.
Although Kallen was guilty of treason, she was still a symbolic figure of the Kaslana family. Not to mention, most members of the Valkyrie force recognized the Kaslana family far more than the Apocalypse family. Simply put, these [Knights of Tianming] were not loyal to Tianming itself; their allegiance was only because "Kaslana" was a part of Tianming.
Right now.
These Valkyries, who were loyal to Kallen, had been dispatched by Tianming to "patrol" various locations outside the main city.
It seemed like a great distance.
But for Valkyries equipped with a certain degree of advanced technology, it would take less than a quarter of an hour to return.
All that was needed now was a simple situation that would make "all three great families of Tianming" feel that "Kallen must not die":
A Honkai Beast invasion.
To be precise, "an invasion by a Monarch-class Honkai Beast that the Valkyrie force alone cannot stop."
---o---
The "singularity" Otto was in was somewhat special.
A certain existence that could very well affect His Majesty the Monarch's plan would awaken at this moment. To be sent here was a sign of supreme trust and glory. Even if the probability was very low, in order to do things perfectly, he had to add a little more fuel to the fire...
On the premise that he would absolutely not be discovered.
Thrum!
A second, and a third!
Two new Monarch-class Honkai Beasts took shape once more amidst the fine golden threads.
"Let me think."
Otto was a man of intellect.
Intellectuals were usually good at math.
And when doing math, many things were just numbers. No matter which world he was in, there was one thing all Ottos had in common: he was not a "hypocrite." To achieve his goals, whether they were humble or noble, he could be "truly evil."
"Three... should be enough."
"One-third of the civilian population sacrificed."
"Half the Valkyrie force dead—the disobedient half."
"The rest of Tianming's high command... all perish."
Otto had already formulated the most detailed plan for his other self.
"There."
"The numbers should be about right."
---o---
"Execute!"
"BOOM!!!"
The appointed hour had arrived.
Just as the order from Tianming's high command was delivered, a massive explosion suddenly erupted less than two hundred meters from the execution site.
A Monarch-class Honkai Beast, nearly a hundred meters long and shaped like a griffin, descended directly from the sky!
"A Honkai Beast!"
"Impossible! We received no warnings! This is—"
Before the herald could finish his sentence, he, surrounded by soldiers, immediately realized the problem: the Valkyrie force that normally guarded the city had been sent out on patrol because of the Kallen Kaslana affair, with more than half of them gone.
And that half constituted the strongest of the Valkyries.
This deficit in combat power had directly created a huge gap in the main city's once-impregnable defenses... If this was just an accident, it would be one thing, but if someone had orchestrated it—the herald's mind raced, but what was faster was the fact that he would soon no longer need to think at all.
"CRUNCH!!"
A massive eagle talon carved a long furrow down the main road.
The herald, along with his guards and the nearby execution platform, were all instantly turned into a mangled heap of wood, stone, and flesh.
"SKREEEE!!!"
A piercing cry screeched from the "griffin's" beak.
Countless spectators who had come for the show had a mixture of red and white liquid spray from their ears. Even the stone buildings were shattered by the deafening soundwave, with more than ten of them collapsing.
Snap!
Kallen ripped apart the shackles binding her wrists.
"Kallen, are you trying to escape?" a hoarse, aged voice asked from behind a crow mask.
"No, Grandpa Arthur."
"I'm going to protect my people."