"The situation now is that she does not want to go with you, so what are you going to do?"
Caelus gazed at the blonde man not far away and the women behind him who had already picked up their weapons, ready to fight. If a battle were to truly begin, he could kill everyone in front of him within five seconds.
In his heart, there was no empathy for his own kind, nor was there a cruel desire for slaughter. He simply followed a basic principle. Since they were hostile, the battle must determine life and death.
Otto silently stared at Caelus in front of him. In this icy, snowy weather, the other party was not carrying any luggage, and his attire consisted only of a white long sleeved shirt underneath and a black coat. Both pieces of clothing were very thin and could not possibly withstand the wind and snow. Yet under these circumstances, the other party remained composed, and his body showed no symptoms of hypothermia.
At the same time, this child Kiana had fallen from an altitude of ten thousand meters. Based on Otto's exploration of the scene just now, it could be seen that the child was very lucky. The impact had been slowed by tree branches and thick snow, allowing her to survive. Although it sounded somewhat unbelievable, regardless, she was the child of Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie. It was understandable that she possessed such strong physical fitness from a young age.
But regardless, in this situation, it was absolutely impossible to be completely unscathed. Yet now, apart from the memory loss, the child did not seem to show any physical discomfort. Judging by how she ran directly behind Caelus to hide just now, one could determine that there should not be any signs of fractures.
From the above situations, it was very obvious that this man definitely had huge secrets, and he was fearless in the face of the strength they were currently displaying.
Otto quickly reviewed the current intelligence in his mind. His face still wore that gentle smile as he said, "It seems this child's memory loss is indeed quite severe. She cannot even remember who I am. How could I be your enemy? I am your godfather, and your mother was a student I highly approved of. I taught her many things and even witnessed her walking down the aisle."
Even while he said this, Bianka still felt from the bottom of her heart that the blonde man in front of her was problematic. She did not know whether the Panacea had added something when it repaired her brain tissue damage, but in short, Bianka felt that her inexplicable intuition was warning her that this man's smile was very fake.
Therefore, Bianka did not answer Otto's words. She simply shrank behind Caelus and refused to look at him.
"1 hour, 23 minutes, and 18 seconds. From the time I found this child until you arrived, within this extremely short period, what is the reason you were able to find us so quickly? This child fell from high altitude, which means it was highly likely a plane crash. So did this plane crash occur due to an accident, or due to some form of human interference?"
"And why is it you who came? What about this child's parents? Did they also meet with an accident on that plane?"
Caelus looked at Otto. This man had a very strong obsession in his heart. After devouring all the darkness within the Great Holy Grail, Caelus had gained the ability to perceive other people's emotions. Otherwise, he would not have been able to lock onto the confused Omacido so accurately in the previous world.
"It seems I cannot gain your trust. I am truly sorry."
After apologizing, Otto walked outside, and the Valkyries behind him began to walk toward the two of them.
Even though Otto saw Caelus's extraordinary nature, he would not leave just like that. Instead, he intended to see what kind of methods this young man, who seemed wrong in every way, possessed. Furthermore, knowing that the real Kiana Kaslana was still alive, for Otto this card had to be obtained.
When the women walked in and Otto walked out, Caelus understood their choice. Regarding the impending battle, Caelus did not stand up but continued sitting in his original place, flipping through the book in his hands and learning the cooking knowledge within.
Bianka could tell that the women walking over were not to be trifled with, but she had no choice. As just a little girl, what ability did she have to resist? She could only watch the performance of this Big Brother who still had time to read a book even now.
When Otto stood outside the cave, preparing to see what kind of performance this young man would display, he suddenly heard the sound of something squirming.
Then his eyes narrowed slightly. He saw that the shadows behind the Valkyries walking toward the campfire were actually squirming.
Tentacles of black, viscous oil like substance quickly pierced out from the shadows, instantly binding several of the Schicksal Valkyries. Before those Valkyries could even react, their minds were struck by a huge impact.
Countless malicious intentions flooded into their minds at that moment. Anger, despair, jealousy, hatred, pleasure, greed, gluttony.
A series of negative emotions from human baseness surged up, causing their rationality to be directly swallowed. Without any ability to resist, they were pulled into the shadows by those thick, oil like black tentacles.
And those shadows did not disappear because the main bodies had vanished. Instead, they continued to exist and even became darker. From within came the sound of gnawing, like the scalp tingling crunch of bones mixed with flesh, echoing throughout the cave and making the atmosphere suddenly become extremely eerie and terrifying.
When the gnawing sound stopped, those pitch black shadows disappeared, like monsters that had finished hunting and retreated back into the darkness, waiting for the next prey to walk directly into the trap.
Otto silently watched this scene. After taking a deep look at Caelus inside the cave and memorizing this person's appearance, he turned and left without hesitation.
He needed to return and search through the Void Archives database. Regarding unknown abilities and existences he did not understand, Otto decided it was best not to provoke or interfere with them for the time being. After all, the main subject of the plan was not the real Kiana, but the already captured K-423.
Bianka shrank back fearfully, looking at Caelus who was calmly flipping through a book. She swallowed hard before asking, "What... what kind of monster was that?"
"That is a certain manifestation of human sin from another world."
Caelus answered without hiding anything.
"Another world? What does that mean?"
"Hmm. To understand another world, we should first explain the concept of a world itself. This is the first time I am teaching someone about this, so if there is anything you do not understand, you must ask. That way I can explain it to you. Otherwise, I will not know where my explanation might be unclear."
Caelus pulled out a small stool from somewhere and placed it beside him. Bianka, seemingly having already forgotten the terrifying scene from moments ago, sat on the stool and listened with keen interest as Caelus began to explain and introduce the concept of the multiverse.
The atmosphere shifted from the eerie horror of before to something more like an older sibling explaining a science fiction story to their younger sibling in a casual daily life manner.
(To be continued.)
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