Their commission was suspicious.

This is what Otto taught her.

"Sigh, fine then, just watch these people die in front of you. I told you, you'd regret it," Chen Luo said with a sigh.

"I will not surrender my soul to a demon!" Kallen said firmly, then dragged her weakened body toward the Honkai Beast.

"No, no, no, you might have misunderstood. What I meant by 'you'll definitely regret it' wasn't that, but rather that you didn't let me treat your injuries. I told you in prison, right? I could treat your injuries for free, but you refused because you were going to die."

"So you regret it now? If you had let me help you heal your injuries back then, most of the people in front of you now, while not all of them would be alive, would certainly be far fewer."

"So all these civilian deaths are because of you."

Chen Luo's words were like a demonic whisper, piercing Karen's heart like the sharpest blade.

"Look at your frail body compared to usual. You almost used all your strength just to take down the smallest Honkai Beast. Are you really confident you can resolve this before these Honkai Beasts cause greater casualties?"

Chen Luo floated beside Karen, casually saying things that were fatal to Karen.

"Ha...ha..." After finally defeating a Honkai Beast with all her might, Kallen was deeply shaken upon hearing Chen Luo's words.

"Listen to these ordinary people's cries and screams. Compared to these lives, is your soul really more important?" As if sensing Karen's wavering, Chen Luo chuckled softly.

"Okay, I promise you. As long as you help me kill these Honkai Beasts and stop them from hurting everyone, I'm willing to sell my soul to you!" Hearing the screams echoing in her ears, Kallen gritted her teeth and finally made her decision.

"That's great. But it's a pity it's too late." Chen Luo clapped lightly, but his face was full of regret.

"What...does that mean?" Karen, who had already resigned herself to having her soul sold to the devil, was stunned for a moment.

"That means I'm not going to make this deal. These things happened completely unexpectedly. So the deal is off. Good luck, Saintess Kallen, keep destroying these Honkai Beasts!"

"And we need to hurry, otherwise even more people will die," Chen Luo said casually.

"You!" Kallen roared in fury, throwing a punch at Chen Luo, but finding that Chen Luo was still like a reflection in a mirror and could not be touched at all, she ran towards another Honkai Beast at top speed.

Otto released more than one Honkai Beast.

"However, since you've worked so hard, I can help you send the people who are already dead and those who will die soon to heaven, to another world's heaven. I have a pretty good relationship with the God there."

"..." After hearing Chen Luo's words, Karen, who was originally full of energy because of anger, suddenly became a little deflated.

Ascending to heaven doesn't seem like such a bad choice.

"Thank you, Mr. Devil..."

"But only 100 spots are available. After all, I only have 100 spots left this year. So you still need to deal with these Honkai Beasts as quickly as possible, otherwise the extra 100 people might die completely."

"!!!"

"Mr. Devil!"

“That’s right, I planned this all along. What can I do? I’m a demon, hahaha. Besides collecting souls, what I enjoy most is seeing others struggle in pain, like you right now,” Chen Luo said with considerable pleasure.

"Hmph!" After experiencing the ups and downs, Kallen felt even more motivated to kill Honkai Beasts. At least after her anger subsided, she wanted to find a way to beat up this devil in front of her.

Seeing Kallen so full of energy, Chen Luo floated beside her while watching the ordinary people being slaughtered by the Honkai Beasts.

It wasn't that Chen Luo didn't want to save them, but rather that he couldn't.

If he saves someone and the butterfly effect causes a huge change in the world, Chen Luo will regret it.

Furthermore, if one person survives, the threat level will increase by 10 increments. If too many people are saved, the threat level will explode. What will Chen Luo do then?

Kill them? But I just saved them.

If we don't kill them, the timeline will be altered again.

So it's better to just stand by and do nothing.

However, Chen Luo was not lying.

Chen Luo said he would take them to heaven.

For an ordinary person of low social standing in the Middle Ages, a modern civilized society would undoubtedly be paradise.

Especially since this modern civilized society is also a utopia that has achieved communism.

This is the only meager contribution Chen Luo can make.

"Sigh, this world is never beautiful." Chen Luo looked up at the overcast sky.

The thousand-person law-teller is right.

Every time a Honkai Beast kills someone, Chen Luo will turn that person into a puppet before they are killed.

If the other party is just an ordinary person, the transformation can happen in an instant.

This kind of work was neither simple nor difficult for Chen Luo, to the point that Chen Luo even had the leisure to observe Otto's whereabouts.

This was true for both Ottos.

Chen Luo could sense that the doll mark he had given to Otto had been used, but it had not yet been triggered because the user was not yet dead.

The Otto of the past still stands beside the gallows, but now holds a knight's blade, his gaze constantly shifting with each flash of Kallen's figure.

This blade is actually a sharp weapon, not a manifestation of the vast emptiness.

Otto wasn't just going to stand by and watch.

The problem is that Otto can only watch helplessly now.

Because now the Void Treasury has raised the banner of rebellion.

Void Treasury is trying to use the condition of helping now to fight for greater freedom, or even Otto's body.

Void Treasury, which has not granted Otto full access, still has the resources to trade with Otto.

Otto isn't the kind of person who would give up his body for an ordinary person. He could be ruthless enough to do it for Kallen, but he wouldn't make that decision for an ordinary person.

At the same time, Otto believed that as long as Kallen didn't do anything foolish, even though she was currently weak, she wouldn't be killed by the Honkai Beasts.

As long as Kallen doesn't do anything like standing in front of a Honkai Beast to save the little girl, theoretically, Kallen shouldn't die.

Therefore, Otto will not compromise with the Void Archives now.

Without the Void Treasury, Otto is just an ordinary person. How could he possibly defeat a Honkai Beast? Therefore, Otto naturally cannot participate.

But, unfortunately...

Things often turn out the worst.

Chapter 531 Chen Luo: You might not believe it, but I want to be a good person now.

"You're back." Chen Luo casually crossed his legs in the air, watching Karen's valiant resistance.

"Hmm." Otto nodded.

"It seems you've controlled your emotions. At least you didn't go for the kill," Chen Luo said, glancing at the threat level bar, which hadn't increased much.

"Of course I didn't kill anyone. What do you take me for? Actually, looking back at what happened 500 years from now, while it's not enough for me to let go of the past, it's not worth causing such a huge impact on the future world for the sake of that power-hungry sister."

“I’m satisfied with the current situation. If things change, I might not be able to stay in the same world as Kallen, who is about to be reborn,” Otto said with a smile.

"But since you've planted the puppet mark on the other party, that means you definitely didn't just sit idly by, right?"

"Perhaps," Otto said, not denying it.

"And it seems you killed a Honkai Beast." Chen Luo said after glancing at the threat level bar again.

“Since Karen says her mission is to protect the people, then I will naturally help her fulfill that mission.”

“After Kallen died at the hands of that Honkai Beast, some did escape, which had a fatal impact on some ordinary people. So, taking care of some of the escapees shouldn’t change history, right?” Otto said after turning the Void Archives, which had transformed into a greatsword, back into a pistol.

"No. Probably... Fortunately, you didn't kill many, and the impact on history wasn't significant. The current threat level is only 30%." Chen Luo sighed.

Otto killed a Honkai Beast, which means that Honkai Beast would have killed more people in its original destiny.

The consequences of this are far-reaching, to the point that Chen Luo's threat level has reached 30.

This mark represents that if Otto were to kill another Honkai Beast, Chen Luo would need to personally kill those Honkai Beasts failed to kill in order to prevent history from being rewritten.

“I had 50 scales in total, and I wasted 5 on Karen, which was necessary. Then you cut off 20 of my scales in one go. Xiao Shi cut off 5. Why did I bring you two troublemakers with me this time?” Chen Luo was completely puzzled.

"You've really had a hard time," Otto said rather casually.

"If you really want to thank me for my hard work, then please don't cause trouble, okay? There are only 20 usable increments left." Chen Luo said helplessly.

This point in time is like a lake with self-purifying capabilities.

The threat level is the pollutants inside.

When the pollutants in a lake do not exceed a certain limit, the lake can absorb the pollution through its own self-purification ability. However, if the pollutants exceed this limit, the lake's ecological environment may face large-scale destruction.

The convergence of the world can probably solve the problem to a certain extent, and the upper limit of this is 50.

Chen Luo was always cautious, but not entirely so, because there was a 50 mark available.

The markings on Karen's body were necessary, while Shi Bao and Otto did it entirely out of willfulness.

Fortunately, Chen Luo deliberately avoided wasting these points, which allowed him to withstand the extravagance of these two people.

Chen Luo suddenly had the feeling that he was being thrifty and hardworking while his two spendthrift sons were throwing money away like crazy.

"By the way, if I were to beat up my past self, how many gauges would I waste?" Otto pointed the Judgment of Heavenly Fire, which was transformed from the Void Treasury, directly at the Otto of the past.

"Generally speaking, if you handle it perfectly, it won't affect your progress. But if you don't handle it perfectly, it might explode, or it might only increase slightly," Chen Luo said.

"But why would you beat up your past self?"

“I was just curious. I wasn’t thinking about the time,” Otto said, shaking his head.

“No, I always feel like you really want to put it into practice.” Chen Luo looked at Otto suspiciously.

"I may think about it, but I won't actually do such a thing, right?"

“That’s true. Oh, I should head over now. By the way, if you really want to take action, you must tell me in advance so I can make preparations.” Chen Luo repeatedly emphasized to Otto.

Working with Otto is definitely not a hassle-free experience.

"Don't worry, don't worry," Otto nodded.

Seeing that Otto seemed to have a slightly more sincere look, Chen Luo drifted towards Karen.

"Ha...ha..." Karen was clutching her arm, panting heavily, and looked very weak.

My body hadn't been properly cared for; it was constantly on the verge of injury without receiving treatment, which made me very weak.

After taking down several more Honkai Beasts this time, Kallen was even more shaky.

Without the Oath of Judah and the Valkyrie Armor, it is indeed very difficult to defeat the Honkai Beast.

"Congratulations, you've taken down another Honkai Beast."

“Mr. Devil, are you here to make sarcastic remarks?” Karen glanced at Chen Luo.

"No, I'm here to tell you that all 100 spots are already filled." Chen Luo said, taking out a crystal ball.

Countless illusory images were reflected in that crystal ball. When Karen saw the crystal ball, it was as if she saw countless real human figures.

"This is... the souls of 100 people?" Kallen asked Chen Luo while searching for traces of the Honkai Beasts.

“That’s right, but their souls are all without any special qualities, while yours are.”

"Is this why you want my soul, Mr. Devil?"

"Hmm. What demon wouldn't be attracted to a beautiful soul?"

"By the way, since the quota has already reached 100, if anyone dies, then I'm really sorry, there's nothing I can do."

“…Understood.” Karen, walking weakly through the streets ablaze with flames, nodded silently.

"what!!!"

The next moment, Karen heard a childish scream.

Kallen looked in the direction of the sound and saw a huge Honkai Beast raising its massive, thick arm and smashing it down on a little girl who had fallen to the ground, with a few pieces of bread in a flower basket next to her.

"Be careful!" Recalling Chen Luo's advice, Karen dragged her weak body and rushed forward quickly.

Karen's superhuman strength is no joke.

Despite her weakened state, Kallen actually managed to withstand the massive and thick arm of the Honkai Beast for the little girl, and even struggled to push the arm back.

Once she pushes it back, that will be the moment for Kallen to launch her counterattack...

"puff!"