After a round of conversation, Durandal accepted her new identity and was also prepared to shoulder the fate that belonged to her.
However, before that, Durandal corrected the Adjudicator's statement.
In the eyes of the Adjudicator, Durandal, who possessed both the Kaslana Stigmata and the Schariac holy blood, was far more valuable than most of the Kaslanas he had encountered before.
But Durandal felt that even Siegfried, who died with regret, and Kallen, who was shackled by fate...
Their lives were not dim and worthless.
To this, the Adjudicator did not respond, instead shifting the topic, "Siegfried Kaslana, he lost to his own recklessness."
"Kallen Kaslana, she lost to the fragility within her heart."
"They didn't even touch the starting point of their ancestors..."
"To conquer yourself, to bid farewell to the past, that is what you should do next."
At this point, people in the real world realized again that "winning with talk" only existed in novels and anime.
Now, everything still had to be settled through real combat.
And so, Durandal, just like countless Kaslanas before her, welcomed her own Stigmata trial.
In battle, while fending off the opponent's attacks, Durandal articulated her beliefs, "Perhaps they indeed lost to themselves at certain moments."
"But that doesn't mean they were weak, it just means they walked ahead of history."
"In a moment of crisis in the past, I once secretly made a vow in my heart..."
"For the one I love, for the world these people love..."
"I am willing to offer up everything to protect it!"
With Durandal's resolute words, the power of the World Bubble surged through her again, and the golden armor called Immortal Star Anchor covered her body.
With the strength of the Star Anchor as support, Durandal, carrying her determination, launched her final attack on the Adjudicator.
Her spear drew golden arcs in the air, each strike bursting with blazing sparks.
Although the Adjudicator, who had taken Van's form, attacked faster and faster, Durandal, instead, grew braver the longer the battle went on.
"There was once someone who taught me one thing, and that is..."
"Winning or losing doesn't matter, what matters is why you fight!"
With a sidestep to dodge the opponent's attack, Durandal's spear suddenly burst with dazzling light.
"This strike, pierces through the stars!"
After a massive rumble that shook heaven and earth, the clone created from the Stigmata consciousness was destroyed and dissipated.
Right after that, Durandal suddenly sensed a silent will hidden within this space.
That will was none other than a remnant of Kevin Kaslana, a shadow he had left behind here.
From that shadow, Durandal learned many key pieces of information.
Among them, Otto's true goal, and the real reason why she had been banished to this place.
Upon seeing this part, people in the real world immediately felt like their CPUs were melting down.
They had always assumed Otto's earlier words were just smoke and mirrors meant to distract from his real plans.
But now, the Stigmata Will was telling them, it was all true?!
———
[So Otto is really going to die later?]
[Seems like it]
[But this feeling of being outplayed by Otto... really sucks!]
———
[Back to the Video]
After a brief exchange, the Stigmata Will activated the power inside Durandal's stigmata, and then vanished.
At the same time, Durandal gathered her full strength, ready to walk her destined path.
She felt her body freezing, and her blood boiling.
The path of fate extended, leading Durandal to the empty edge of space.
There, only a single voice echoed again and again in her mind, [Kill the Honkai!]
The overwhelming obsession brought Durandal pain, but also curiosity.
What kind of experience must one endure to give rise to such a powerful will?
But soon, Durandal had no time to keep thinking.
Because she could feel that as time passed, her own consciousness was being influenced by this obsession.
If she couldn't forcefully suppress it, she feared she would soon become a mindless puppet that hunted the Honkai.
Just then, a fire-red glow flashed across Durandal's body.
Right after, that familiar voice rang out beside her ear, "Bianca, resisting the Honkai isn't a burden you must carry alone."
"Sometimes, it's okay to rely a little on the people around you~"
"After all, it's only by supporting each other that an unbreakable bond can form."
Under the glow's embrace, Durandal immediately felt the obsessive voice in her mind beginning to fade.
Then, a powerful energy began to surge from within her body.
Encased in this power, Durandal revealed her full combat form.
She wielded a deep-blue spear, donned pure-white armor, and rode a warhorse named Klishina.
Upon obtaining the complete Origin Celestial power, the Kaslana family's Stigmata Space began to collapse.
Durandal returned to the real world, and caught the falling Theresa in time.
Using Black Abyss White Flower's creative ability, she healed the badly wounded Theresa.
After that, Durandal prepared to enter the cathedral.
But at that moment, Kiana suddenly blocked her path.
"Wait, Durandal. Are you really planning to go find Otto all by yourself?"
If this interaction had happened earlier, it probably wouldn't have triggered any strong reaction online.
But now, after learning that Durandal was actually the real Kiana, netizens naturally wouldn't let this opportunity to joke slip by.
———
[What do you mean "Durandal"? Kiana, hurry up and call her sis!]
[Didn't notice it before, but now I suddenly think Durandal's stunned expression looks exactly like Kiana's]
[LMAO, Durandal is becoming Worm-worm too!]
———
[Back to the Video]
After a simple conversation, everyone learned what had happened to Durandal during her disappearance.
They also felt puzzled about the other Van's decision to send Durandal into the Stigmata Space.
Clearly an enemy, so why help Durandal awaken her full power?
Of course, all of this would have to wait to be explained later.
For now, what they needed to do was stop Otto and save the world.
After a round of discussion, Kiana and Durandal learned that Otto had already merged with the Imaginary Authority, and now possessed near-limitless Honkai energy.
If they wanted to defeat him, they needed to draw him, who now existed in the "infinite" domain, back into the structured "finite" world.
In short, If they wanted to kill Otto, they would have to rely on Kiana's Herrscher of the Void powers.
———
[So the one who gives Otto the final blow has to be Kiana, huh?]
[Damn Otto, go die well!]
[Is this karma? Otto gave Kiana life, and now he's going to lose his life to her]
[What goes around comes around, the heavens spare no one!]
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