Honkai: Strijder

Chapter 45

Siegfried had already undergone a transformation and was now almost invincible unless Otto unleashed some super powerful force that was not yet present or not fully developed.

So, the battle situation was quite clear.

All 108 A-rank Valkyries lost their combat abilities within ten minutes.

And the only thing that they did to the Kaslana man was to make his cloth almost in tatters.

Siegfried patted the dust off his ragged shirt and stretched his neck, making a crackling sound.

“As a warmup for what comes next, you lot are not half bad, you can probably give a newly promoted S-Rank combatant some good workout, Go get a good rest. When you wake up, either I’ll be gone, or...I’ll be gone in the literal case. In any case, there will be a result.”

Siegfried shrugged toward the valkyrie, showing a very relaxed posture.

Suddenly, he looked up and saw a massive beam of light that eclipsed the sun.

“Hey, hey, this is a joke, right? You’re giving up on so many A-rank Valkyries just like that? Or are you confident that I’ll protect them? Otto!”

Siegfried scratched his head in frustration, then flames soared, and the twin guns in his hands collided, transforming and combining into a huge flame held in his hands.

“Well, you guessed it right, Otto! Use any despicable tricks you have! Let’s see if your cunning plots are stronger, or if my luck is tougher!”

“Shamash · Unsheathed!”

Boom!!!

The collision between the flame and the light beam dyed the sky half white and half red.

The tremendous impact created a scorching hurricane that raged over the land, even dissipating the clouds in the sky.

After a few minutes, everything returned to calmness.

Siegfried sat down on the altered and desolate ground, gasping for breath, his shirt entirely burned into ashes.

He burst into laughter.

After laughing, he noticed that the Valkyries who had fallen unconscious were nowhere to be seen. He realized that they must have been blown far away from the impact.

Even so, Siegfried hurriedly got up and rushed towards the direct center of the Schicksal Headquarters—Otto had no humanity left, and if he stayed here, the next attack might involve those Valkyries.

...

In the sky, the observation room.

Amber raised her head from the operation window and reported:

“The Light of Eulalia has consumed 70% of our reserve energy. We cannot launch the same attack again, Your Excellency.”

“No matter, I just wanted to see if that device can create some fireworks for me to enjoy. I didn’t expect such a cumbersome device to be of any significant use in the first place. The real show is about to begin!”

Otto sipped his tea, smiling contentedly as he pressed a button.

...

“I’ll be gentle, just endure it.”

Siegfried said to them.

Although these clones were likely lifeless bodies, he still showed tenderness and a slight smile on his face.

Then he moved, like a shadow in the wind, quickly rushing into the enemy camp.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Dah! Dah! Dah!

The clones began to attack, pouring their bullets and firepower toward Siegfried’s direction, completely disregarding the presence of their own comrades.

As he knocked out a few “Cecilias,” Siegfried’s face changed.

He could easily avoid these attacks, but the consequence of doing so would be that the clones would kill each other.

“Otto, you-!”

Before he could finish his curse, Siegfried chose to physically withstand the bullets.

Boom!!!

In this way, he braced himself against all the attacks. Siegfried knocked out all the clones one by one and placed them carefully on the ground.

By the time the last clone fell, Siegfried was covered in dust and looked exhausted, sitting beside a “Cecilia.”

The Vanguard Valkyrie was just an appetizer, nothing significant.

But resisting the bombardment and beam attack had depleted over half of his energy, even though he had suppressed his emotional fluctuations with great force.

Now, feeling deeply fatigued after performing a series of fine movements, Siegfried was ready to identify the different “Kianas” among them.

Bang!

Then, an explosion occurred, splattering blood and flesh all over his face.

Siegfried stared in shock at the ground. The previous “Cecilia” had turned into a mess of exploded flesh, no longer the beautiful and charming appearance she had before.

Afterward, all the clones, including the “Cecilias” and “Kianas,” struggled in a state of unconsciousness, as if enduring some kind of pain.

“No... Otto... don’t do this, please!”

Siegfried mumbled with fear and helplessness in his voice.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Sounds of flesh bursting continuously echoed.

In just a short moment, the land within several hundred meters of Siegfried had turned into a hellish scene of blood and flesh.

Siegfried stood still, his whole body covered in the blood and flesh of the “Cecilias” and “Kianas.” He clutched his head, collapsed, and cried in despair.

“Ah... Ah... Ahhh!!!”