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[Kafka: Indeed, I can understand Kiana; right now, all she wants is to win.]
Durandal: It's not just Kiana who wants victory; the world needs a victory too.
Rita: I also believe that Lady Durandal's beliefs will not waver.
[Jin: This is the final battle... Please give it your all!]
Kiana: Go for it! Future me!!
[Changguang: Aaaaaah!! Your Excellency the Bishop!! My research and development funds!! QAQ]
[Furina: ? ?]
Charlotte: What's going on?! There's news?!
[Tesla: Damn Otto! The retaliation came so quickly?!]
[Silver Wolf: No way?!]
[Su Chang: What a despicable fellow!]
[Honkai Impact 3rd - Himeko: To all of you in Schicksal... beware of Otto's revenge!!]
[Theresa: But... Grandpa wouldn't be that bored, would he? Maybe it's for some other reason?]
[Otto: Haha, Theresa really knows how to care for her grandpa.]
in the picture.
Just as the group members had guessed.
Kiana gazed into Durandal's eyes.
He asked seriously and earnestly.
"In what capacity have you chosen to fight Otto?"
Suddenly.
Durandal paused for a moment.
I understand Kiana's thoughts.
“I can be an avenger who repays kindness with kindness.”
"They can serve as insurgents against atrocities."
"It can also be simply seen as a guardian fighting for the fate of the world."
"But these are not the identities I want to claim right now—at least when I face him again, I still consider myself a Valkyrie of Destiny."
"I know that Destiny is not a perfect organization, and I know that the work of the Valkyries is far from the ideal claimed in their slogans."
"Therefore, when faced with the dilemma that each of us must make a choice, I must wrest back the right to interpret destiny and the Valkyrie from that willful bishop."
"Destiny is a militarized organization. Soldiers are, of course, duty-bound to obey orders! But that doesn't mean that all members of Destiny should be puppets of their superiors! Or cogs in a grand cog in a larger destiny!"
"What is right, what is wrong; what is justice, what is evil; what is destiny—these are not things that any one person can decide!"
"They should be the choices everyone makes, the paths everyone takes, and the lives everyone leads—a landscape painted together on the canvas called the world!"
Theresa: You're right...this should be the meaning of Destiny's existence!
Durandal: Could... this really be what I said...?
[Rita: Hehe~ Lady Durandal has grown a lot too, hasn't she?]
[Ningguang: All organizations should maintain this kind of self-reflection!]
[Black Tower: But]
[Black Tower: In the fight against the Honkai, frankly, no one can guarantee that this operating model will be better than the one under Otto.]
[Ruan Mei: Indeed, Otto's Mandate of Heaven is rigorous and stable, like a cold, mechanical machine, devoid of human warmth, but absolutely reliable and meticulous.]
Kiana: But doesn't this... mean we've lost the essence of humanity?
[Raiden Mei: Under the Honkai, is it really necessary to lose everything to defeat it...?]
[Tesla: In any case, entropy reduction will never be like Destiny!]
[Tesla: And Otto is also someone we must defeat.]
in the picture.
Durandal continued
"Therefore, at this very moment, I will join you in reclaiming this painting from Otto! To preserve the right for everyone to paint freely on it."
"These are also my own colors and lines left on this canvas as a Valkyrie!"
"For me, this is the will of Bianca Atagina!"
"No matter how you look at it, Otto is someone who has forever changed the course of my life!"
"To use a Shakespearean play as an analogy—he is not just a Caesar, not just a Macbeth, he is also Claudius, Othello, and even Hamlet!"
"He is like a beautiful yet cruel, great yet evil work of art—we will eventually defeat him and leave his history to future generations to judge."
"I think...this was also his own wish."
As Durandal finished speaking.
Kiana also sensed something, nodded, and sighed.
“In your heart, he is still an elder, a complex and contradictory person.”
"Yes, but that doesn't stop us from fighting side by side, nor does it stop me from seriously trying to defeat him—or even kill him."
"Yes, I fully understand that."
Kiana nodded
"So, the strongest Valkyrie of Destiny—before we officially enter the battle, shall we give each other a high five to show our team spirit?"
When she heard the suggestion, Durandal was stunned for a second. She really did not expect the other party to be so positive about a fateful final battle.
But... indeed, this is the real Kiana Kaslana.
This is more like Siegfried and Cecilia's daughter.
Whether it was ten years ago or ten years from now.
【Snapped. 】
A clear and crisp clapping sound.
It encompasses all trust that doesn't require verbal communication.
"I entrust my back to you"—even if it doesn't need to be said intentionally.
They could also understand each other's unwavering fighting spirit.
They were not motivated by the same reasons, nor by the same feelings.
But none of that matters—what matters is that their paths have completely intersected today!
Importantly, the stars that represent their fate are shining together in the sky at this moment.
this moment.
Many viewers in front of their screens were moved to tears.
This high-five.
It encompasses all trust that doesn't require verbal communication.
This is Kiana and Durandal's... unspoken understanding and trust.
That's how they were meant to be...
[March 7th: Keep it up!! You two!!]
[Hu Tao: This high-five... brought tears to my eyes!]
[Einstein: I never expected that, at this critical juncture, Durandal would still treat Otto as an elder.]
[Rita: Lady Durandal still holds His Holiness the Bishop in high esteem.]
Tesla: What's so respectable about that guy?!
Durandal: My resolve to defeat His Holiness the Archbishop will not waver.
Durandal: But it cannot be denied that His Holiness the Bishop has taken care of and nurtured me.
Durandal: As my future self said, the bishop's merits and demerits can only be judged by posterity.
in the picture.
There doesn't seem to be any sense of urgency that the final battle is coming.
The two then entered the church.
Behind the gate.
It was empty and quiet.
It wasn't as somber or oppressive as I had imagined!
"What's going on? There's nothing here!"
No, look there.
"That's... a rift that imaginary space has torn open in reality?!"
"Let's go over and take a look."
Following Durandal's gaze.
Kiana and all the viewers saw it too.
There was a strange crack in mid-air!
"!!"
"How is it? Can you sense the space behind it?"
"Yes, there's no problem with just sensing it. The power flowing behind it is indeed the same kind that Otto used before."
Kiana frowned.
"But... if we were to open it wide enough to allow us to pass through freely..."
"Are you having trouble?"
“Let me try, but after all, this is the power of a Herrscher—you’d better keep your distance from me to avoid being affected.”
"understood."
Durandal took a few steps back.
This leaves enough space for Kiana.
The Herrscher, who also possesses the power of the Void, held his breath and tried to apply his power to that unstable rift.
"Sever all distracting thoughts and control your breathing."
"Knowing nothing, feeling nothing."
[Although she had already tried this method of using power once in the recent Herrscher collision experiment—]
However, at this moment, her own power was no longer what it used to be, and the object she was trying to control was far more complex than the Herrscher core fixed to the device.
She could sense that behind the crack, a colossal temple had risen from the ground, and the Honkai energy that permeated the imaginary space was converging and flowing in that direction.
She had to be extremely careful—the slightest misstep could cause her power to be stripped away and devoured by something there.
(The opportunity is fleeting, I must gather as much energy as possible and tear it apart completely in one fell swoop....)
(But in my current state, ordinary control effects alone don't seem to provide enough explosive power.)
()
(In any case, I still need to try my best to push my limits first.)
(Therefore, Kiana decided—she would challenge the ultimate sword energy alone.)
And the next moment.