Given Byakuya's caution and authority displayed in his previous fight with Fu Hua, if he wanted to destroy the world, Welt would have no confidence in stopping him.
Fu Hua also expressed strong agreement with this.
Although their fight just now didn't seem too exaggerated, it was merely a simple plowing of a thousand-meter radius of land, leaving no grass, mountains collapsing, and earth cracking.
However, Herrschers and MANTISs have completely different focuses; the former's purpose is to destroy the world, so their authorities are also geared towards large-scale slaughter.
After all, Herrschers were never meant to exist for one-on-one combat with humans; their mission is to destroy everything.
If Byakuya had that intention, he could destroy the world by flying into outer space and throwing meteors at Earth; in that case, humans would truly have no way to stop him.
Given the Herrscher of the Void's bug-level mobility, not to mention how many human warriors and weapons can go to space, even aiming at him would be a fantasy.
"If you want me to fight for humanity, then I refuse. At least, the current me cannot do it," Byakuya clearly shook his head and refused.
"Herrscher of Reason, I think the reason you can fight for humanity is because you are a Herrscher born from the beauty of humanity, right?"
"I, on the other hand, am a Herrscher born from human malice. It's impossible for me to fight for the humans who harmed me, because they are not worthy."
No one could deny Byakuya's words.
Because the truth was exactly that; this outcome was humanity's own doing.
However, while the reasoning was sound, acceptance was difficult. After all, Byakuya's abilities were too threatening; if he harbored thoughts of revenge... humanity might truly be left to wait for death.
"Herrscher of the Void, what do you plan to do next? You really won't... take revenge on humanity?"
Theresa clutched her nun's habit and asked nervously, to which Byakuya rolled his eyes and replied,
"Who would be so bored as to do something so meaningless? I just want to find a beautiful place with important people and live a stable life, that's all."
"...Thank you."
Hearing Byakuya say this, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. The young man had no intention of destroying the world or taking revenge on humanity, which was already the best outcome.
Welt also nodded in affirmation. Although he still felt a little regretful that he couldn't achieve the optimal goal.
But he knew that no one in this world was qualified to ask Byakuya for more. Thinking of this, Welt Yang looked at the few people from Schicksal with disdain.
Look at what you Schicksal have done. What a good young man the Herrscher of the Void is!
Even after suffering such inhumane torment, he can still harbor beauty and yearn for light. What a gentle and kind child he must be.
Not only Welt, but others also thought the same.
After such pain, Byakuya's personality must have developed cracks and distortions, but even so, he did not turn to Honkai. Instead, for the sake of important people, he abandoned his Herrscher mission and chose to maintain his humanity.
This made Cecilia and the others can't help but imagine.
If he hadn't suffered those experiments, how gentle and beautiful would the young man's personality have been? He would surely have been an angel descended to earth.
[Otto, you really deserve to die!]x5
Everyone unanimously condemned a certain individual, the greatest Villain in the world, who was not present. It was all his fault!
However, at this moment.
"Beep beep beep—!"
Fu Hua's communicator suddenly rang.
And before she could do anything, it automatically connected, giving no chance to reject the call, which showed how domineering the caller was.
"Hello, Anti-Entropy Leader Welt Yang, and Herrscher of the Void. Perhaps I should introduce myself. My name is—Otto Apocalypse."
(The most annoying Villain in the world has appeared!)
The previously harmonious atmosphere among the crowd suddenly became dangerously tense due to the uninvited intrusion of a certain Schicksal Bishop.
Fu Hua suddenly felt that the most correct thing to do right now was to immediately smash the communicator.
Although she didn't know what this green Otto wanted to do, it was absolutely, one hundred percent not good news.
"Nice to meet you, Second Herrscher. I am the Grand Bishop of Schicksal, and also the true owner of the Babylon Laboratory. You can just call me Otto. I am deeply ashamed of what you have experienced, and I offer my apologies to you here."
Otto placed one hand on his chest, bowing in a feigned manner towards Byakuya, his posture elegant like a nobleman... but the next second, his elegance couldn't be maintained.
Byakuya raised an internationally friendly hand gesture, responding with a brilliant smile.
"Get straight to the point, you sissy. By the way, don't you feel ashamed of that hairstyle as a man? I bet you have a habit of cross-dressing. And you're apologizing to me? If you really mean it, you should kneel down and kowtow a few hundred times right now, and then strangle yourself. Do you believe me? If you don't get over here now, I'll use the Spear of the Void to burst your asshole. Tsk tsk, others have dark foreheads, but I see yours is green. Hey, have you ever had a wife run off with someone else? If so, I can only say good riddance, excellent riddance. Being with a sissy like you who likes to tie his hair up like a lady, it's better to find a real girl to live with. Hmm? Why aren't you talking? No way, no way, you can't handle just this? Are you still online? If not, I'm hanging up. Tsk, how disappointing. I was having a good chat with them, and suddenly there's a harassment call. Madam Fu Hua, over there, I suggest you block this person's number next time."
"..."
"..."
"..."
...
Silence, a deathly silence.
Everyone, including Otto on the other end of the line and his secretary Amber standing beside him, couldn't utter a single word at this moment. They all simultaneously took a sharp breath, contributing to global warming.
The five people present simultaneously gave a thumbs up in their hearts.
[Awesome! Well cursed!!]x5
They never expected this handsome and kind Herrscher of the Void Genius to have such a side. Looking at Otto's face in the communicator, which looked like he had drunk bitter melon juice.
They just felt so damn good!
Especially Siegfried, who could no longer control his facial expressions, revealing the husky nature of a Kaslana, holding his stomach and pounding the ground, bursting into laughter.
Even Welt, who was always mature and steady, was trembling all over at this moment, wanting to laugh but struggling to hold it back.
"Bishop, are you... alright?"
Amber looked nervously at the man beside her, asking cautiously. Byakuya's words earlier had almost short-circuited her brain, after all...
No one in this world had ever dared to speak to Otto Apocalypse in such a tone! No one had done it, and no one dared to do it.
Because he is Otto Apocalypse.
He is the Bishop who has ruled Schicksal for five hundred years.
He is the man standing at the pinnacle of this world!
However...
"Heh heh, Amber, do you think I would get angry over such a level of scolding?"
Otto himself still had a smile on his face and looked at Byakuya with even more interest, as if he wasn't angry at all.
"How peculiar. No one has ever spoken to me in such a tone. Herrscher of the Void, you are the first."
"Hmph, was I wrong?"
"No, no, absolutely correct. You were completely right. Otto Apocalypse is indeed the disgusting, twisted, powerless clown you described."
"...Tsk."
Seeing his reaction, Byakuya instead clicked his tongue in displeasure, while simultaneously raising his vigilance to an unprecedented level, even subtly adopting a defensive stance.
As a Genius who had lived for over five hundred years, and one who had lost the most important person and dedicated his entire long life to resurrecting that person.
If Otto couldn't even control his own temper, getting angry and enraged over a mere few dozen lines of insults, then he would be too unworthy of his character.
Moreover, he himself was very clear that the rational Villain named Otto Apocalypse was the pathetic, ugly, and powerless existence Byakuya described.
The various sins committed over five hundred long years, all for the sake of resurrecting the Saintess in his heart, had already made him unworthy of even being called a human.
In fact, those words couldn't even describe a thousandth or a ten-thousandth of his ugliness... How could Otto be angry because of that?
At most, it was just a slight erosion. Unless Byakuya was cursing Kallen, he truly wouldn't care.
After all, Byakuya truly had the right to curse him like that.
And Otto even felt that the cursing was too light.
Considering what he might do to this Herrscher Genius next, let alone cursing a few hundred words, even cursing an entire book would be too light.
"It seems you harbor a deep resentment towards me. However, this is only natural. After all, I was the one who built the Babylon Laboratory, so by extension, it was I who tormented you and your friends."
"What do you want to say?"
"If possible, please give me a chance to apologize. For example... you can bring your friends to Schicksal's Floating Island as guests. I will certainly give you a satisfactory reception. How about we let bygones be bygones? Of course, I personally also have some questions I'd like to discuss with you."
"...Otto Apocalypse, no matter how benevolent a venomous snake appears, it cannot conceal the fact that its mouth contains fangs. Your acting is too poor, and you are too hypocritical, so... can you, you, you, just, get, to, the, point?!"
Byakuya spoke word by word, his piercing golden eyes staring directly into Otto's, as if he wanted to glare him to death, while also clenching the communicator.
The meaning was clear: if you don't tell the truth now, I'll crush this thing.
"Alright, alright, I surrender. You were so good-tempered when talking to Cecilia and the others, but why are you so short-tempered when talking to me? Don't squeeze!"
Perhaps having been accustomed to speaking in that tone for several centuries, Otto was genuinely unaccustomed to the so-called 'getting straight to the point' for a moment.
Seeing that Byakuya had already cracked the communicator's casing, he quickly changed his words and asked directly,
"Herrscher of the Void, I want to ask if your multiple authorities include the authority of the Herrscher of Death."
"It doesn't. What is that thing?"
"So that's it, it seems there is."
"Tsk!"
Byakuya clicked his tongue, but there was nothing he could do. He was, after all, just a teenager who had lived for a dozen years. Lying in front of this Fool, who had lived for five hundred years and mastered human hearts to the extreme, was clearly overestimating himself.
On the other side, Otto was excited.
Herrscher of Death! The Void Archives' information records from the Previous Era mentioned it. It was a Herrscher with the Authority of resurrection, a Herrscher who could bring the dead back to life!
If this was true, then this young man in front of him might really be able to help him revive Kallen!
"Then, to what extent can the Herrscher of Death's Authority achieve? Can it revive those who have died?" Otto asked with an excited heart.
At the same time, he kept silently pleading for Byakuya to nod and say yes, but Byakuya's response was a nod and a shake of his head.
"Herrscher of the Void, what do you mean by this?"
"Only the body can be restored, but the soul of the deceased cannot. The Herrscher of Death's Authority is ultimately just the manipulation of biological cells. Spirit, soul, and similar matters are not included within its Authority."
So, even if the Herrscher of Death's Authority was used to revive the dead, it would only be a walking corpse, a living dead.
"..."
Upon hearing this, Otto fell silent.
Even he, who had remained expressionless when insulted by the young man, now showed an unparalleled disappointment, dejection, despair, and anger on his face.
In an instant, his entire being seemed to transform into an embodiment of negative emotions.
What Otto wanted to revive was the complete Kallen Kaslana! Not a soulless body, which would be meaningless to Otto Apocalypse.
"I have answered your question. My Authority cannot fulfill your wish, so... remember not to bother me again in the future," Byakuya said coldly.
This was an unspoken deal; otherwise, he wouldn't have honestly answered this guy's questions.
Since I can't help you, don't bother me.
However.
"Wait, Herrscher of the Void, I think we can experiment more. If we develop your portion of the Authority to its extreme, perhaps we can…"
"I know my own Authority. Even the Herrscher of Death after its metamorphosis cannot revive the person you have in mind. You should think of other ways."
"...No, Herrscher of the Void, if I don't see it with my own eyes and try it with my own hands, Otto Apocalypse will not give up. So now... could you please give me your herrscher core?"
Otto's voice instantly became full of malice.
The tension in the air instantly became incredibly thick.
Byakuya's eyes narrowed, and the five Herrscher Authorities once again unfolded, erupting with immense power.
"If you have the guts, come and take it. Let's see what your so-called Schicksal can do to me?"
"Hahahaha, Schicksal certainly can't do anything to you. Ever since my old friend couldn't take you down, no one in this world can force you with military might, but…"
Suddenly, the communication screen abruptly closed.
Just as Byakuya frowned, wondering why Otto had hung up the call himself.
"There's no need to be so troublesome to deal with you, Herrscher of the Void. From the moment you rejected the will of honkai and chose to live as a Herrscher of Human... humans are your biggest and most fatal weakness."
"!!!"
Otto's voice suddenly came from behind him.
So close! Like a demonic sound piercing his ears!
And when Byakuya turned his head, his eyes instantly widened in fury, his teeth gritted, and his anger reached its peak. The hatred and killing intent in his heart boiled!
"Sirin!!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Byakuya. We were too useless and became your burden."
"Alright~ How about now? Can you give me the core?" Otto appeared in front of Byakuya.
He had kidnapped Sirin and the other three, pressing a golden Judgment of Shamash pistol against the girl's head. The threatening smile on his face needed no further explanation.
Otto