Behind-the-scenes video of the beginning of Honkai.

With only his limited knowledge of magic, Archer, after understanding his own situation, had only one choice left.

"Just blast it open!"

Archer also summoned her greatsword again. She didn't want to go through all that trouble anymore, so she chose to break through the magic barrier by force.

You can't do this!

The raven's voice also appeared in the space. She originally planned to use the space to temporarily suspend the two of them before calling for reinforcements to deal with the eighth servant. However, this servant did not abide by the rules of the game and planned to blow up the entire barrier, which is why the raven chose to speak up to stop her.

"Why not? After all, we are enemies. Why can't we leave? If you don't want me to destroy this barrier, then let us out."

"You're here to rescue these children, right? If you're not afraid I'll kill them, then go ahead and try!"

Raven also made a direct threat, after all, she had hostages in her hands.

"I believe you wouldn't, after all, Raven, you're the one person who would never lay a hand on a child!"

Archer also directly dismissed the raven's threat, as if she knew her very well.

"...Do you know me?"

Ravens would never use children as a shield; what they said was merely a threat to prevent them from directly breaking through the barrier.

However, this time Archer did not choose to reply. Instead, he took action, gathering energy in his greatsword to break the barrier.

"I won't let you succeed!"

Raven also began to use its own methods.

"Meow~"

A stray cat suddenly appeared and jumped in front of the two of them. Archer was fine, but it startled Tohsaka Mei, though she quickly recovered.

"This is?"

Mei Tohsaka discovered that her magic pointer was spinning continuously, eventually pointing to the kitten.

"Oh no, Archer, there's something wrong with this kitten!"

When the kitten appeared, Archer chose to attack directly, engulfing it in flames with his greatsword. However, following the principle of "no harm without smoke," things changed.

"Roar!!"

A gigantic Honkai Beast appeared on the spot, its two blood-red eyes staring at the two of them, and launched an attack directly at them.

"Oh no, it's an Emperor-class Honkai Beast! Mei, get out of the way!"

Archer was also afraid of accidentally hurting Mei in the battle, so he directly told Mei to stay away.

"it is good!"

After Mei Tohsaka dodged, Archer directly engaged the Honkai Beast in battle. The battle was one-sided, after all, Archer was the future Kiana, and as someone with the power of a multi-core Herrscher, her strength was naturally not bad. Even as a Servant, an Emperor-level Honkai Beast was far from being her match.

Unfortunately, the raven wasn't one to follow the rules, and several more animals were thrown into the barrier by the raven, instantly turning into Emperor-level Honkai Beasts.

With Raven's occasional sniper shots and her protection of Mei Tohsaka, Kiana was also caught in a tough battle.

Meanwhile, as Kiana battles Raven, the video feed switches again.

This time, they moved to Kotomine Church in Changkong City, where Kotomine Joyce, as the supervisor, was pondering something.

"This Holy Grail War is so chaotic, I wonder when it will end?"

After all, Joyce helped Ryoma Tohsaka in order to end the Holy Grail War as soon as possible, but now it seems difficult!

"Wait a minute, I'll be right there!"

Just then, someone knocked on the door, and Joyce walked over without any suspicion. Although she was a little surprised that someone would come here so late, she didn't pay any attention to it.

After all, ordinary people are no match for him. Even if they are participants in the Holy Grail War, he is the supervisor, and no one would take such a big risk to attack him, the referee.

However, when Joyce opened the door, what came into view was a clown mask.

"You are……"

"boom!"

Before Joyce could finish speaking, a gunshot rang out, and a bullet pierced through Joyce's body.

Fortunately, Joyce's intuition, honed over many years, prevented him from sustaining a fatal injury, though blood was still flowing from his chest.

"Who are you, and why are you attacking me!"

Joyce also retreated directly into the Kotomine Church, trying to create distance between the two.

As Joyce retreated, the blond man wearing a clown mask walked in and casually closed the door.

"Joyce, I didn't expect that after all these years, you wouldn't recognize me. You know, we used to have some connections!"

The Joker muttered to himself, offering no answer to Joyce's question.

"Do we know each other?"

Joyce carefully recalled past events, trying to find the other person's identity from her memories, perhaps someone she had known before.

"Clown Alpha!"

"You're Otto! You really didn't die!"

At this moment, Joyce also remembered that Otto had been communicating with him under the pseudonym Clown Alpha. Later, he met Clown Alpha (Otto) in a bathhouse, and the two of them finally got to know each other completely after they had been honest with each other.

After their conversation, Joyce realized that the two had different beliefs, so she broke off their relationship.

Learning that Otto was participating in the Holy Grail War was one of the reasons he was willing to help Ryoma Tohsaka obtain the Holy Grail. After all, he knew Otto was a madman, and who knew what a madman would do if he got the Holy Grail?

"So you came here to get rid of me, Otto?"

Chapter 125 Joyce, the Herrscher of Reason, and Otto, the False God

"Since you chose to cooperate with Ryoma Tohsaka, you should know the consequences of opposing me!"

Otto also took off his clown mask, his eyes were very cold.

"Well, you'll have to see if you have the ability!"

Joyce also went all out, unleashing a massive amount of Honkai energy. Strange patterns appeared in her eye sockets, and a thing with numerous patterns engraved on its surface appeared in her hand—the very Star of Eden.

Furthermore, Joyce conveniently used the power of the Herrscher of Reason to heal her previous injuries as well.

"The Herrscher of Reason plus the Ninth Divine Key—Star of Eden? It seems you've been hiding your abilities quite well, Joyce?"

Otto was also slightly surprised by Joyce's hidden strength, but only slightly.

"Then let's find another place to fight, Joyce!"

"Ok?"

The moment Otto spoke, the surrounding environment began to change dramatically.

"Is this a Reality Barrier?"

Joyce was startled to see that the surrounding environment had transformed into a distorted church.

Otto emerged from nowhere, stood before Joyce, and stepped forward, offering a gentlemanly greeting: "As the master of this inherent barrier, how could Joyce allow me—not to extend the proper hospitality?"

With outstretched arms, his body rose into the air, enveloped by a golden dark current, and then covered with a new suit of clothing that resembled armor.

Otto, now in a completely new form, looked down at Joyce and chanted: "Annihilation returns here, and new stars are born from here..."

"This power belongs neither to mortals nor to the Lawgivers."

"It is the original form of the power of imaginary numbers, and the embodiment of the truth of the universe."

"Come and savor the power of this 'false god.'"

Otto's graceful, leaping dance steps concealed an arrogance that looked down upon everything.

This is also Otto's last trump card. Many years ago, Otto unintentionally joined an organization called the Peace of the Multiverse, and later he obtained a tiny bit of power from the Imaginary Tree in this organization.

(Note: Here, the author sets up Otto to obtain a wisp of essence extracted from a branch that fell during the battle between the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of ​​Quanta, and it was a branch that was about to be absorbed by the Sea of ​​Quanta. Therefore, Otto was not very strong at this time, and his combat power may be inaccurate. Please do not make irresponsible comments.)

Otto, who absorbed this trace of origin, could also become a false god. However, unlike the original false god, he had no powers, and the Honkai could not be used infinitely or reborn infinitely.

The only good thing about the original version is that this power belongs to oneself, and one can use a portion of the power of imaginary numbers.

"Otto, you actually have such power!"

Joyce felt very suspicious of Otto at this time, and he felt a strong threat from Otto.

"Joyce, I've been pretty good to you, haven't I? This is your final resting place!"

The battle between Otto and Joyce has officially begun.

"Grandpa can actually transform!"

Theresa was extremely surprised to see that the grandfather in the video had turned into birdman mode!

"Otto from a parallel universe has such power; I wonder if Otto from this world knows this move!"

Fu Hua frowned as she looked at Otto in the video. Although Otto's current strength was not as good as her peak, he should still be stronger than the six-core West Core of the Second Honkai Impact. As Fu Hua was now, unless she used Feather Crossing to restore herself to her peak and use the Void Sword God, she would definitely not be a match for Otto in the video.

However, she can no longer use the Taixu Sword God.

"Not bad!"

This is Kevin's evaluation of Otto in the video. Otto's strength should be comparable to the Herrschers of the first half of the previous civilization, although for him, it would only be a matter of one strike of Heavenly Fire Calamity to destroy him.

"Otto from a parallel world actually possesses this ability! It seems Senior Joyce is in danger!"

Walter Yang saw the false god Otto above compare his strength with his own and realized that if he were to encounter him, he would only have the option to run away, as he was no match for the false god Otto.

However, Joyce is a different story. Unlike Joyce, the first Herrscher of Reason, Joyce can perfectly use the power of the Herrscher of Reason and is not affected by Honkai energy at all.

"The false god Otto?"

When Otto saw the false god Otto above, for some reason he thought of the Honkai consciousness he had seen during the Second Honkai Impact giving him instructions.

Countless golden chains appeared and attacked Joyce. This was the embodiment of the skill "Obsession" in the game. However, unlike the static version of the skill in the game, Otto had more flexible control over the chains.

Joyce's eyes narrowed, and the Star of Eden in his hand floated above his head. He immediately released a large number of black arcs of electricity around him. Countless arcs of electricity intertwined to form a shield that completely enveloped him. Moreover, Joyce used anti-gravity to make himself float up directly, so as to better avoid Otto's attack.

As the sound of air being torn apart continued, a series of chains slammed into the surface of the arc shield. With a deafening roar, the impact unleashed a destructive aura that seemed capable of tearing everything apart, overturning the earth within the inherent barrier.

Joyce didn't wait for Otto to attack her and prepare to be hit. The Star of Eden above her head blazed red, and extremely high energy began to be compressed around it. Rampaging arcs of electricity stirred up a storm around it, accompanied by strange crackling sounds. Numerous red spots of light and countless red energy rays blasted toward her target with highly irregular trajectories, directly shattering many chains.

"Not bad? How about this move?"