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Divination

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Where Otto was currently situated was Schicksal Headquarters not the usual grounded base but a group of floating islands by the use of the Previous Era's Anti Gravity technology and powered by Honkai Energy.

Each island was divided into many sections, Honkai Reactors to keep the island afloat, training grounds for the Valkriyres with several accommodations for them, research labs to progress their current technology, storage of weaponry, and mechs.

Where Otto was working exclusively at is the Overseer's Sanctum in the Headquarters's Chamber of Seers...It being the largest island was not a very bright idea but it had the most defenses and of course it did...A sure sign of trying to hit me! I have 100 Layers of Barriers.

In the Sanctum, a tall, handsome blonde man with piercing emerald eyes was closely handling his papers at his desk and had an increasingly baffled face. Countless floating screens surrounded him as he kept working. Having physical copies of records was a momentary backup just in case the Schicksal Maindata base was breached

"100 Million in yearly property damage...Theresa's monthly Bitter Melon Juice Spending and her Gacha Spending quartering up to 10,000...At least she's following my footsteps."

Not in the Bitter Melon department though, Lin tried it once before it didn't taste any good only the taste of bitter soggy green filled his mouth when he drank the stuff.

It was quite easy to quickly work through the piles of paper and screens since with Otto's memories it was a breeze and his enhanced memory from the Seer Potion made it more relaxing.

Finishing the last paper he stopped for a moment as it was a familiar woman with bright red hair.

A Class Valkryire Himeko Murata.

Schicksal Candidate for Captain of Hyperion.

Combat Record: Excellent: Able to hold off multiple Templar Class Honkai Beasts and with a team consisting of B Rank Valkriyes defeat and severely wound an Emperor Class Beast before retreating.

Academic Record: Excellent: Has graduated with multiple degrees in Mathematics, Reading, and English and has a vast fascination with Space exploration but that dream has completely died out since joining Schicksal.

Having seen all of Himeko's records which were outstanding in various aspects except for some behavior of drinking a bit of alcohol he signed her for the position of Captain of Hyperion.

Hearing that title brought back some memories both fondness from having played Honkai Impact 3rd, seeing the story unfold as he saw his Valkriyes, and now unpleasant since most of the tragedies started with Otto but also ended with him achieving his goal of 'reviving' Kallen.

With the papers sorted Lin thought about what he should do or more importantly his goals.

He wanted to change the character's tragic fate into a better possibility.

Bronya being crippled down to her legs and having her emotions cut off from her brain.

Seele trapped in the Sea of Quanta and then becomes one with the Sea of Quanta in the later chapters.

Kiana's gruesome journey toward Godhood as the Herrscher of Finality or possibly an Emantor of Finality now.

Raiden Mei's isolation in school and eventual transformation to a Herrscher when her father, Ryoma Raiden was framed for illegal embezzlement.

Fu Hua's 50,000 years of loneliness and Otto shooting her in the head (he knew that she'd live)

Himeko's last lesson and her eventually tumble into the endless void.

He wanted to save them...But not dictate their entire lives.

Birds should be born without shackles and so should Valkyries.

A Overseer can guide them not force them.

And now with this System of his, he could make it happen and...He had plenty of plans to make it happen.

He didn't have a mental breakdown when he got transported here...He could only suck it up and grit his teeth through this but...He sometimes wanted to bawl his eyes out.

He could do that later but firstly he had to review what happened when he took his Sequence 9 Potion.

Firstly he unlocked his Spirit Body which is also everybody's Spirituality, a sort of mana bar to use Beyonder Abilities, forms of magic, and cast spells in LOTM. Every living being has a Spirit Body and Spirituality in the LOTM Universe.

'The Concept of Souls exists in the Honkai Universe and its surrounding games but it was entirely different in LOTM where a Soul is split into four levels, Spirit Body, Astral Body, Body of Heart and Mind, and Ether Body.

The innermost soul body, or spirit body, is at a soul's core and is also everyone's basic spirituality.

Outside the Soul Body is the Astral Projection. It is the means for the Spirit Body to communicate with the spirit world and with stellar space. It's considered an external manifestation of the Soul Body.

Further out will be the Body of Heart and Mind. From this point forth, it will combine with the physical body. It involves a person's brain and is an overall manifestation of their inferential, analytical, observational, and identification abilities.

The outermost layer is the Ether Body. It is a manifestation of a person's vital energies and physical form.

The System or Potion must have forced the laws of LOTM into my body and if I can see other people's Ether Body or any other aspect of their Souls it must be that I can perceive in a different way than normally in this Universe.'

Another subject was that now Otto was a Beyonder he assumed his body would follow the same Laws as well.

Whenever a person drinks any potion their Astral Projection (Astral Body) will wander one of the Realms in LOTM called the Spirit World.

The Spirit World is a higher dimensional plane of existence that one's Astral Projection can connect to and receive all sorts of information because the past, present, and future intersect or overlap with one another in that place.

'It shouldn't exist in the Honkai Universe unless...' Using his Enchanted Memory from the Seer Potion he recalled one sentence about the Spirit World.

The Spirit World didn't distinguish between directions, and the past, present, or future could even intersect there. It was like infinite knowledge, information, and illusions were spiritually gathered and compressed into a strange sea. It was different from the "world" as one would imagine according to usual concepts or logic.

'...So what I saw was the Sea of Quanta. Those bundles of light must have been near Bubble Worlds. The sound of the seas roaring was the sea itself, and it was trying to bind me to it, but luckily, my Astral Projection returned to my body.

That Gray Fog as well...I have to test something. Wait if I die do I drop Beyonder Charactertics? If so I am free loot unless they want to go instantly mad and they don't know any potion formulas so I am fine...At the least'

Standing up Otto was going to test out the abilities he gained from his Sequence 9 Seer Potion plus he needed to get used to it before drinking his Spectator Potion.

He acquired Spirit Vision, and Enhanced Memory, and gained access to Danger Intuition, in which he can now intuitively detect danger using his Spirituality.

Now, he was going to perform Divination Arts and Ritualistic Magic.

In most stories, these forms of Magic couldn't be used with a wave of his hand; they needed to be chanted with words that stirred up nature or items that needed to be cast alongside.

Luckily there was one breeze of Divination Arts called Dream Divination and so Otto repeated to himself seven times.

"What will Rita bring me for lunch,

What will Rita bring me for lunch,

What will Rita bring me for lunch,

What will Rita bring me for lunch,

What will Rita bring me for lunch,

What will Rita bring me for lunch,

What will Rita bring me for lunch."

When finished he entered Cognition and imaged a golden cube with distorted lines he then closed his eyes laying on the nearby comfy sofa.

With his eyes closed a familiar sense of darkness engulfed his entire vision and the noise of a roaring stirring sounds of the sea hit his ears.

Soon the scenes of a maid waking through the halls of the base were seen with his eyes in a third perspective view and was carrying a plate of steak sandwiches soon stopping at a closed door just as Rita was about to knock on the door the vision ended with a flash.

Otto opened his eyes once the Dream Divination was finished and noting it took a bit of his Spirituality.

His office space reflected against his eyes and he clinched his hand with a smile at his success. It seemed his Beyonder abilities weren't a scam if it was he might have died from embarrassment or worse crashed out from being tricked and bamboozled having his favorite power system being all a joke.

A sense of wooziness overtook his awakeness, having his Spirituality drained made him lightheaded and his eyes were slowly heading toward darkness. He didn't fight back against slumber and closed his eyes again.

Otto thought of what he did before he Transmigrated...All he remembered was pulling for a banner in one of his gacha games, Honkai Star Rail...He did a ten-pull on when the Fate Crossover came out plus he had set up a ritual for everything and the words he screamed were so profound he vividly remembered them.

'SABER PLEASE HAVE MY BABIES.'

Then he hit the button the proceeded with a 10-pull equating to 1600 Stellar Jades the Premium currency of his beloved Gacha Game. The screen flashed as the Astral Express parked at a station and the fluffy train conductor, Pom-Pom opened the door to reveal a white light starting to engulf his room.

...

'Fuck...Me, Did my words cause a Divine Being or a Random Omnipotent Being to cause my Transmigration?'

Otto thought of the prospect of Divining the reason why he Transmigrated but he immediately dismissed that thought entirely.

He was afraid of the backlash of looking at the Eldtrich Being that gave him his ability to act along the 22 Path of Divine plus a single quote lingered in his Spiritual Intuition warning him not to act on his curiosity.

"Do not stare at God!"

Otto made up his mind and decided to pursue this matter any longer not until he was fully prepared and strong enough to uncover this mystery.

For the rest of the time, Otto rested in his seat as he looked through the various paperwork. Turned his Spirit Vision off and on to get more accustomed to the sensation of being overwhelmed by the constant surge of lights.

He stopped his cycle of actions as the noise of faint heels silently stepped outside.

It was Rita, one of his S-Rank Valkyrie and his "maid". A daughter of a flowerist from Manchester that was until in 2007 when an Honkai Outbreak occurred in her hometown and when she was about to be eaten by an Honkai Beast a Valkriye dressed in a maid outfit named Ragna saved her.

After being inspired and saved by Ragna she decided to become a Schicksal Valkyrie and rising up the ranks to become a powerful asset to Schicksal and a Deputy to the Immortal Blades, the most powerful Schicksal Valkyrie Squad.

From his memories with Rita, Otto knew the way she walked was completely silent from the training as a Valkyrie but thanks to his Spiritual intuition he could "hear" her footsteps. Otto didn't have to worry about anyone sneaking up on him in battle but he'd still keep his guard up.

A crisp sound knocked on his door and a gentle sweet voice called out to him.

"Master, I have brought you lunch. May I come in?"

Otto soon responded with his usual casual tone.

"It's open..."

The door to Otto's office opened and a graceful figure dressed in a maid outfit stepped in, her face was softly toned by the sun, and her reddish eyes stared at the blonde-haired man with a gentle demeanor.

Otto was taken aback by Rita's appearance...The experience of seeing her looks and beauty in real life made him slightly stop for a second but he recomposed himself and smiled toward the maid.

Rita wasn't a character, this Maid of Schicksal was now a real living person...Someone who had dreams, aspirations, experiences, and most importantly a Soul. Still, he was gonna appreciate her as a person...After all, she had been his "Maid" for quite some time even if it was a facade.

After gazing at the maid, Otto took a look at what she was holding.

A silver plate was laid on her gloved hand and top was softly baked bread on top of the layers of lush lettuce, crimson tomatoes, and gently cooked sizzling wagyu steak cushioned by another piece of bread and steak sauce. Several sandwiches were lined on the plate facing upward and sliced up into quarters.

Rita presented the dish with a bow and let it down softly atop his desk, away from the now finished small piles of paper.

"I thought you were busy in the morning from all the loud laughter...So I brought extras for you." She slightly smirked at the last part and stood in front of his desk, peering down at him with her eyes awaiting his reaction.

Otto lightly chuckled at this action, "I made a breakthrough on one of my matters...Sorry if it disturbed you...Would you like to have lunch together to make up for it?"

"I wouldn't want to bother you, Master."

"It's not a problem, I insist." He waved his hand to join this scrumptious meal.

Rita merely smiled at the proposal with scrutinizing eyes and responded intently.

"Who's the target that requires assistance...espionage or assassination? I'll do whatever you command." Her demeanor took a turn, and that once warm expression turned into the frigid cold of a merciless reaper.

"When did my maid have the capacity to joke around with her Boss?" Otto asked amusingly.

The Maid went silent before responding with a burst of slight laughter, "When did my Master have the capacity to be considerate."

"I always was...I didn't have the opportunity to be."

"Hmmm...Your mannerisms, actions, tone, and voice seemed to have changed, Master is it because you're one step closer to your goal? I wouldn't be your maid if I hadn't noticed this...I am touched you're letting down your guard towards me." She put a hand on her heart acting as if her heart was indeed the case.

"Half and Half...I do trust you to an extent but not fully as literature goes beware of the maid who knows everything."

"Ha...Where should I sit Master...You wouldn't your dear guest to be eating while standing."

Otto waved his hand and a yellowish-gray fog converged into an illusionary mass constantly changing shape, unknown symbols covering it until it the form of a white-goldish plastic chair.

The Herrscher of Reason of the PE can recreate anything it understood as its core ability but since it was turned into a Divine Key it was severely weakened and restricted in that aspect.

Though it could still be simple objects such as a chair, and with the use of his Spirituality its creation turned out vastly different.

Rita's eyes were blank seeing such a specular sight...'This wasn't Honkai...Was this the breakthrough, Master Otto made?' She thought in her mind and curosity filled it but she held back from asking anymore.

"Thank you for the chair." Soon Rita sat down and faced the emerald-eyed Seer with a perplexed gaze.

Otto moved his hand took a bite out of the hearty prepared plate of sandwiches and savored the taste of the fatty juices gushing with each bite all while staring at his maid with innocent eyes.

Rita's face was still firm to this sight but in the Seer's sight, he saw the eyebrow of his maid twitch. She took a breath deeply and soon took a sandwich as well eating it as elegantly as possible...She was partaking in her Master's lunch and wouldn't want to be rude, even though she was the one who made it.

The Overseer and Maid dined together in a silent atmosphere, Rita knew her Master but not on a personal level...Even if his face showed a smile it was uncrackable developed masked to hide every single thought of his but right now he was chewing down on her cooking with a warm genuine smile.

That expression was reserved for those the Overseer truly cherished...His granddaughter Theresa Apocalypse, a clone of his beloved childhood friend Kallen Kaslana...Rita didn't how to comprehend this...Confusion, suspicion, and wariness but there was a little bit of hope in her heart, a feeling she didn't know why she had.

Her thoughts were interrupted when her Master's voice was heard in a contentful demeanor.

"Rita, I am going to ask you a hypothetical question and you'll have to answer to the best of your idea... I'd like to know your insights on a matter that can provide a substantial way of defeating the Honkai."

She wiped her face off with a handkerchief she brought and nodded. Her eyes took a sharp look and the demeanor around her transformed into that of a S-Rank Valkirye.

"I have a business partner who has a high standing, a good reputation, and a moral compass akin to a Kaslana...They are willing to help achieve a goal of mine but I have to do certain actions that aren't sound in the eyes of sane people...Not in the sense of it being morally corrupt but on a tightrope of absurdity."

Rita took a moment to digest his words and replied with a stern tone.

"Considering the moral compass you have, Master I am surprised you're asking me of this but...Since you're giving me your vulnerability of trust. I'd say when you have a choice of deciding what to do...Make one that you won't regret."

Silence engulfed Otto as his eyes closed hearing Rita's response before flashing an appreciated smile toward the brunette.

"A wonderful response as expect of my dear Maid."

Rita waved her hand in a flattered manner, "It was my pleasure...Oh, it seemed we finished my cooking faster than I expected...Would you like some more?"

Seeing as the plate was empty she stood up from the glowing chair and was prepared to depart again.

"Sure...Can you bring me four plates of food...It can be your choice what you pick...To the cheapest of bread or a tub of ice cream. To put it plainly it's an investment." Otto asked while gesturing four fingers counted on his hand and a cheeky smile on his face.

"Gluttonous are we...It'll be done in five minutes unless you want to make me use my strength to hasten it." Rita accepted the order and took a few steps toward the door.

Otto lightly chuckled, "Rather not have more potholes in HQ to pay for. So take your time I wouldn't want the island to suddenly fall down because of someone's carelessness of strength."

Before Rita reached her exit, she glanced back at her Master and asked, "May I know who you're business partner is?"

"...His name, is Mr. Simpleton."

Rita smiled upon hearing this and softly remarked with a teasing tone.

"What a foolish name."

"That is indeed the point...He is a Fool after all."

Rita returned to the Overseer's Sanctum holding a tray cart of food. Similar to that of room service she pushed it into the room without any effort and put each plate on his desk.

"May you have a wonderful second lunch, Master."

"Wait."

She bowed, preparing to leave, but Otto stopped her for a bit and stared intently at her body. His eyes deepened as he used Spirit Vision to examine Rita's Ether Body.

Various colors flashed in his eyes before landing on the Maid's entire body slowly having a blackish gray color, meaning that particular body part has turned problematic...The source of it was a glowing chromatic mark on her back, a Stigmata.

Valkriyes were female warriors who could use Honkai to strengthen themselves to superhuman levels by a Stigmata, a design plastered on an individual's skin as a visual indicator that this human has mutated to allow for the adaptability of Honkai.

The Natural Stigmata was crafted in the Previous Era by Dr. MEI and Dr. Mobius...To pass it to the Current Era they implanted the genome in numerous women who were headed for cryosleep so that their descendants would have the potential to develop Stigmata.

It works to some extent with the creation of House Kaslana and House Schariac, wielding Stigmata and genes to combat the Honkai...There was a Third Noble House, House Apocalypse which didn't create warriors(except for Little Theresa) but made natural leaders to command both houses as Overseers.

The Stigmata used for Schicksal's Valkyries were Artificial Stigmata a product to mimic Natural Stigmata and their abilities.

The cost of using an Artificial Stigmata was it would damage one's body and lower their lifespan. That is mainly the reason why there weren't any Valkyries older than 30 as most of them would die in the war with the Honkai or overuse of Honkai leading to their demise.

They're used on Valkyries who haven't awakened a Stigmata. In Rita's case, she was engraved with an Artificial Stigmata, but thanks to her natural talent of controlling Honkai, she was able to rise up the ranks and had a slow rate of her body deteriorating.

A normal person wouldn't want to have such an engraving pasted onto their skin but those who witnessed or experienced the Honkai would gladly take the risk of an Artificial Stigmata to avenge their loved one or simply extermine it altogether.

Not wanting anyone to witness the tragedy of their family and friends being devoured by Beasts that defy normal logic, or their flesh ripped away as they are corrupted into Zombies.

Rita's crimson eyes stared at Otto's shifted pupils with a slightly curious expression, noting how they suddenly changed.

Otto wasn't the type of person to act this way, and every action her Master took had a meaning, especially if it was gazing at her body...Even more, seeing the worry in her Master's eyes was quite weird but it wasn't bad if only he looked at every Valkryie like that instead of tossing them away like discarded tools.

Well, Rita couldn't talk after all she was a maid who followed all of her Master's orders...Even the morally gray ones.

After a moment Otto called out to her and asked. "Your last vacation was three months ago wasn't it?" His gaze turned to her softened face.

She nodded in response. 'What is Master planning...He's been acting...Thoughtful and mindful of me. Is this "business partner" of his a sort of Deity wielding absolute power to fulfill the Overseer's desire or simply a matter of figurative language?'

"Well since you've been acting so diligent as a Schicksal Valkryie for years now, I've decided to give you a vacation...A week off to energize again before anything happens."

Rita's tilted her head in surprise, "Ara ara, a vacation?... You're planning something aren't you Master or is it another Birthday Gift for me?...I'll accept the week off. Do you have any suggestions on where I should visit?"

Otto quickly replied "Why not visit the Sea of Okhotsk...It's a beautiful beachside but quite freezing. Make sure not to swim too deep in the water I heard there's a lost ruin in there. If you feel too cold be sure to visit the nearby town of Magadan."

"I'll keep note of that. When am I authorized to take my vacation...I hope it whenever I am done with my tasks, I don't want anyone to be implicated because of my absence."

"You may go after a month or earlier if you choose so."

"By you're will, Master..."

Rita gracefully bowed and situated herself towards the door. After reaching it she looked back with a concerned stare and asked.

"If you have the time or care...Visit Bianka she's isolated herself in training too much."

"It's natural...She doesn't want to lose anyone anymore especially the fate of an entire Bubble World in her hands...But if you suggest a simple visit will help her, I will. On second thought though aren't you the better candidate to visit her...You're much closer to her than you think."

The Maid's face brightened higher with his words, "I'd say the same thing as well...You choose to ignore it but she values your words more than mine." Rita waited for his response in anticipation hopeful that her Master would accept.

Hope is indeed something you can rely on and for Rita, her wish was answered.

"Alright, I'll visit my Valkyrie after my investment. I do miss her bashfulness and bold word choices." Otto turned toward the four plates of food and waved goodbye to Rita.

"Master, I am sure those mix well but I am sure she'll be "delighted" to hear such things from you...I'll leave you to your investment now...Otto."

He softly chuckled hearing this, "You should leave, Miss Maid...Before I order you to bring me more plates of food, one hundred shall do for your transgressions."

"Now I see why Theresa calls you Grandfather...Strict indeed."

The sound of a click resounded in her ears as Rita closed the door and left, leaving Otto wondering in his thoughts.

"A first name basis already...I can't too if that's Fate playing a cruel joke on me or Lady Luck simply adores me...Ha."

Meeting a beloved character in real life is truly a wonderful experience...'I Wonder what her skin routine is?... Even her outfit looks extravagant but a bit revealing...What was Otto's mind thinking when creating such Valkyrie outfits?'

Otto shook those thoughts out of his head and prepared to set up a Luck Enhancement Ritual...To get free luck!

He took the first plate of food, a loaf of bread goods to the corner of bookshelves on the upper right.

Next, he took another top with fruits adjutant to the right then repeated the process until each corner of the room had a plate of food.

He moved the comfy sofa toward the door so it wouldn't become an obstacle plus it provided a useless barrier for the metal door designed to tank the hardest of hits.

"Thankfully Otto made it where he can speak any language because of his unique body...I love you Previous Era! Thank you for letting me reverse engine your designs."

His foot shifted toward the plate of bread and he chanted a sentence in Chinese with a tone filled with worriness and wrenching excitement.

"The Immortal Lord of Heaven and Earth for Blessings. (Fúshēng xuánhuáng xiānzūn.)"

Otto took a heavy breath and stepped toward the bottom right where a plate of pastry lay on the ground.

"The Sky Lord of Heaven and Earth for Blessings. (Fúshēng xuánhuáng tiānjūn.)"

Next to the plate of steaming white clam chowder positioned on the bottom left the smell of the sea filled his nose as he took his position.

"The Exalted Thearch of Heaven and Earth for Blessings. (Fúshēng xuánhuáng shàngdì.)"

Lastly, the plate of fruits in his upper left, their colors responding to his dazed eyes and he took the final step of the ritual...His mouth uttering the chant.

"The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings. (Fúshēng xuánhuáng tiānzūn.)"

An eerie silence filled the room as Otto finished the Ritual and proceeded to stand in the middle of the room awaiting his investment...His eyes closed and the familiar sight of darkness engulfed his entire view.

1 Minutes...

Sunlight reached his eyes, glowing upon his figure as time ticked in his mind.

2 Minutes...

He clenched his hand in anticipation and trepidation.

3 Minutes...

His senses toned into his pumping heartbeat as it resonated into a harmonious beat.

4 Minutes...

5 Minutes...

The once calm steady stream of sounds suddenly a roar of mysterious murmurs wormed into his ears...Veins started to surge on his forehead as they forced their way in.

"...This is already the second time I am going to be knocked unconscious onto the floor."

Otto clinched his hands tightly and braved himself through it. He experienced this familiar sensation already when drinking his Seer Potion, and was ready to face it again with more experience under his belt.

After a few moments the pressure of his head being caved in and the buzzing mysterious voices pounding at his head stopped.

Otto opened his eyes to a scene that could be described as majestic...An ancient mysterious space that was infinite in size beyond the eye could see and below the white clear space was an unending gray fog with shimmers of blues intersecting until they spilled apart and appeared in numerous positions simultaneously.

His gaze peered onto a closed door made of light high in this mysterious space. A single step made from the same light was made toward the door, and it was incomplete but it had a sense of being the only way towards it.

The door was formed by countless clear transparent tentacles overlapping with each other forming spherical light that squirmed around like maggots and a grayish-white fog was constantly being produced from it.

The mysterious space above the gray fog...Its true name was the Sefirah Castle and the golden finger of the main protagonist of Lord of the Mysteries.

This same Luck Enhancement Ritual transmigrated Zhou Mingrui to an alternate Victorian Era world and into the body of Klein Moretti. Once he tried to do the Ritual again to return back to Earth he was transported in the same place where Otto was.

'...Ha, that worked! If it didn't I would be crying in embarrassment if I was caught doing that Ritual...Social Death indeed. Oh, Mr. Mingrui how do you do such a thing with a straight face? He truly is Mr. Fool!'

The true nature of this place was simply...A Sefriot is one of the pieces to ascend beyond a True God of a Sequence Pathway, an Above the Sequence.

It was a space infinitely above the Spirit World but in the Honkai Universe or the Imaginary Tree to be more specific there was no such thing as the Spirit World in this Universe and the closest thing to it...The Sea of Quanta and both were reflections of the World that housed infinite information.

Based on his speculation, when he drank the Seer potion he resonated with the Sea of Quanta but now that he had the Sefirah Castle, he could use it as a sort of substitute for the Spirit World, slowly creating one on this Earth or dominate over the Sea of Quanta...The Former it is...

He didn't want to mess with a fundamental force of the Honkai Universe, not until he had several Pathways and High Sequences under his belt.

Now that he had Sefirah Castle...He had many plans to bring to action. The Sefirot brought many benefits and buffs to his current combat power.

His Divination couldn't be interfered with while in Sefirah Castle unless his target was experienced with such matters, a low chance but not impossible, or a being of high status, like an Aeon that can track him but not pinpoint his location.

Along with that, any high being couldn't sense he had this Sefirah engraved into his Spirit Body unless he showed it off arrogantly, but he wasn't stupid enough to do that.

He can use Sefirah Castle to store items in it akin to an inventory by the use of a Sacrifice Ritual...Sacrificing his desired object into the Sefirot.

It could also answer prayers by using an Honorific Name and save such calls in the form of red stars floating in gray fog for him to later see and hear. Otto can interact with the stars and bring them up here. Whenever someone prays to him he can see their surrounding position by viewing them through the red star.

Upon entering manifesting inside the Gray Fog, Otto had knowledge of Ancient Languages that can stew up the force of nature engraved into his brain, Elvish, Dragonese, Jotun, and most importantly Ancient Hermes...They were all used to conducting rituals, but the more common ones couldn't.

Otto suspected the same individual who transmigrated him gave him this privilege and a free Sefirot. He shivered upon this thought after all there is no such thing as a free lunch. But it was clear that "They" didn't have any malicious intentions towards him...

Maybe he was their only entertainment...A toy to play with on their whim. Even if he was just a Clown meant to amuse them, he might as well put on the greatest show...Who knows maybe they'll be so infatuated by his acts they won't one-shot him into oblivion once they get bored...

'What a Dogs*it situation!' Otto lampooned to himself.

He shook his head of these depressing thoughts and stared long at the endless gray space...He snapped his fingers, and soon, the gray space filled with an ancient grand hall made of white marble with colors the same as the fog surrounding it.

Pillars were erected from the ground and held up the ancient hall with crafted marbled patterns inlaid in it.

An ancient bronze table lay under the ceiling of the palace, and a singular chair was directly on the host's position. A small symbol of a pupilless eye and distorted lines was plastered onto its backside and constantly flickering Tyrian Purple, the symbol of the Fool (Seer) Pathway

Otto took that seat with shifting eyes at the newly appearing mark on the seat he created...As the owner of Sefirah Castle, he wished the Sefirot to change its interior design, and in honor of Klein Moretti, he made it strike a bare reassembles to that of what Klein manifested for its design.

The long table was supposed to have seats aligning with it, but he wasn't so sure if he wanted to bring others up here.

The Tarot Club was an organization formed by Klein in an accident when touching those red stars floating by in the Sefirot, he mistakenly pulled up two individuals and had to pretend to be a God known as Mr. Fool...Very funny.

Otto would want to do a similar situation, but considering he didn't find any practical reason to create a Tarot Club...Finding information was easy with Divination, and gaining more hands to help would be negated by future Sequences and Pathways.

In the future, though, if the opportunity presents itself, he will create one...It will be nice to talk to people in other 'Worlds' and light years away from Earth.

'There's a possibility I can meet people with the same face as me...Playing cards with a group of Otto Apocalypse sounds like hell and, simultaneously, a lot of fun.' Otto fantasized with a chuckle

Before he returned to his physical back, as the Sefirah Castle only pulls in your Spirit Body, he had one last thing to do.

He imagined a pendent within his hand as he sat on the ancient chair, constantly glowing purple on its back. The palace answered his call, and now he was grasping a tear-shaped topaz gemstone attached to a white pendant.

It was a projection made from the Sefirot, only a copy of an item, and couldn't be brought into the Real World.

Otto was going to perform another Divination Method, Spirit Dowsing. He switched the pendant into his left hand, closed his eyes, and chanted seven times in his mind.

"Is Raiden Mei the Third Herrscher."

The pendant started to move clockwise, symbolizing success or good. This method of divination is normally used to visualize if a situation is dangerous or not, but currently, it can be used to answer yes or no questions.

"The Will of the Honkai didn't change its Herrscher Host and is still a high school girl."

The Honkai had a "Will" of its own, not in the Previous Era, but instead in the Current Era. "It" chooses what Herrscher appears anytime, anywhere, and allows a most suited human to be chosen as a Herrscher.

The Host it chose was Raiden Mei, a high school student attending Chiba Academy, the daughter of the CEO of a famous electric company, and most importantly...One of the three main protagonists of Honkai Impact 3rd Part 1.

Otto speculated on why the Will of the Honkai would choose young ladies as Herrscher Candidates. Their affinity toward Herrscher Authorities, Mental State, Stigamata Potential, and Honkai Adaptability.

One thing for sure is that males tend to have extremely low Honkai Energy adaptability, with some rare expectations, like the First Herrscher of the Current Era being male.

Each Herrscher can manipulate a fundamental law of the universe called an Authority. It's limited by the Herrscher's imagination or mindset, leading to the bare uses of it and the inability to grow it than its main concept.

The First Herrscher, Reason manipulates Matter to construct any creation that human civilization has crafted ranging from thousands of weaponized vehicles to replicate a Divine Key and they also gain analytical and logical reasoning at a superhuman level to do such feats of mimicry.

The Second Herrscher, Void, manipulates Space and Imaginary Space to create unbreakable barriers, and portals that can redirect attacks, bypass any obstacles, and even crossover to other 'Worlds' lightyears away.

Manipulating a law of the universe doesn't mean a Herrscher can destroy a Universe...They can only use it as a tool to manipulate reality. The only beings who can achieve such a feat are those who embody universal concepts and have complete authority over that concept...An example would be Finality or a Calamity of Destruction.

The source of a Herrscher's Authority was its Herrscher Core, which acts like a beacon to draw power from a higher dimension called the Imaginary Space. An Honkai Eruption is when Honkai Energy gathers until its breaking point, but its true nature is an Imaginary Singularity that allows the Imaginary Space to seep into reality in the form of Honkai Energy (Imaginary Energy).

Otto clicked his tongue in confirmation of his Divination of the current status and made another one with his pendant and thought in his mind seven times.

"Will the Third Honkai Eruption occur in Nagazora?"

The topaz gem swung clockwise, signifying a yes. He was getting used to having his Spirituality drained after each Divination and becoming more and more accustomed to the Seer Potion.

He did one more Divination with his eyes locked on the gem.

"Will the Third Honkai Eruption occur within a Year?"

It answered a clockwise and Otto took a breath of relief.

"It seemed that event was the same, but I can't be complacent and rely on the Knowledge from the source material. Every action I take will inevitably change things for the worse or the better. Hopefully, the latter...One step at a time, one step."

Noting that the Herrscher Host was still the same he would soon descend back into the real world.

His Spirit Body returned to his body still on his office floor and stood up to shake the feeling of spiritual and mental exhaustion.

He took off his right glove and didn't seem to be surprised as four black dots appeared on his hand in the shape of a square and after a few seconds, it disappeared.

A sign that he was now the owner of Sefirah Castle.

'Within a couple of hours, I became a Seer and unlocked a Sefirot is this not the definition of a speedrun?

I'll unlock the Spectator potion once I am mentally prepared and well-rested to not lose control and become a humanoid abomination of a Dragon...

I don't want to even try what would happen if I took the potion in Sefirah Castle, and the fewer abnormalities the better.

Doing back-to-back Divination was being like lightly tapped on the soul for a bit and it consumed