# Chapter 40: The Battle Takes a Drastic Turn for the Worse
[Otto carried the unconscious Fu Hua and retreated behind the wall of a ruin, hiding from the sight of the Honkai Beasts. Otto first briefly checked Fu Hua's condition. Most of Fenghuang Down's feathers were gone, and her body and consciousness had reached their limits. He feared that even if she woke up, she wouldn't be able to continue fighting.
Otto's own condition wasn't much better. After coming into contact with the Second Herrscher, Void Archives had become unusable. He only remembered one image, an important one, but he still couldn't figure it out. Why did the 'god' stab itself in the chest with a sword?!
*"This feeling of being powerless to do anything but run... it's truly hateful."*
The camera shifted. Cheng Lixue, who had stayed behind to buy time for Otto and Fu Hua to retreat, was already kneeling on the ground, lifeless. Sirin looked at the golden feather in her palm.
*"Next, let's try out this new toy. Let's see, who should I use it on☆."*]
"Lixue-er is gone just like that?" Theresa said, shocked. She had thought Yàqīng would use a ton of special effects to express Cheng Lixue's heroic sacrifice, but she was written off in a single scene transition. It was so simple and brutal.
Cheng Lixue's departure was not unexpected. After all, no one would think an A-rank Valkyrie could defeat a six-core Herrscher.
But this was too brutal! To die in a single scene transition, without even describing the battle!
[The camera cut to the southern battlefield on the Siberian plains. Four separate shots depicted Cecilia's valiant and heroic fighting style. Shigure Kira noticed a black hole behind Cecilia, from which two giant white hands emerged.
*"Lady Cecilia! Watch out!"*
Even with Shigure Kira's warning, under the control of Fenghuang Down's consciousness manipulation, Cecilia was still grabbed by the giant hands and pulled into the black hole, leaving only Abyss Flower on the ground.
The camera cut to the northern battlefield on the Siberian plains. A stumbling Benares coughed up blue blood, its wings tattered and burned.
Siegfried, having used the activator, his body already undergoing Honkai Beast transformation, knelt on the ground, completely exhausted after unleashing {An-Utu}. Behind him, a large white hand emerged from a void and grabbed him by the cape. The greatsword of An-Utu fell to the ground and reverted back to its dual gun form.]
"It's over. Stinky old dad and Mama have both been captured by Sirin," Kiana said. The two main DPS have been crowd-controlled. Who can they rely on now? Don't tell me it's Theresa?
"Not surprising at all," Bronya said, unfazed. "Based on the plot so far, it's highly likely that Sirin got arrogant again, then Siegfried and Cecilia seized an opportunity, and then she'll go crying to her 'god'."
***
"Why does Kirara always appear with Director Cecilia?!" Shab was indignant.
"Give it a rest, Shab. At least you're still alive. The rest of us are already gone," Patrick said irritably.
Of the members of Director Cecilia's team, only Shab and Shigure Kira were still alive in the story. But after this movie, only Shigure Kira would be left.
"Is Lixue really gone just like that?" Salome asked, puzzled. "Wasn't there another part? I remember a scene where her lines were really climactic. Why was it cut?"
When Cheng Lixue was pierced by the Lance of the Void, Patrick and the others had discussed it for a long time and worked together all night to create it. It was rare for a single line to be recorded a hundred times, but Cheng Lixue's line was recorded several hundred times until even the supervisors were moved.
But this scene didn't appear in the movie, and they didn't know why.
"This is bad. If they don't show this part now..." A sense of foreboding grew in the women's hearts. They couldn't believe Yàqīng would cut such a tear-jerking scene so simply.
"Is he not afraid of the viewers sending him death threats?" Thinking about the later plot, Shab ground her teeth in anger. Even she wanted to sneak up and stab Yàqīng.
"How do you know he'll write his own name in the screenwriter credits?"
"Whoa, he seems so serious. He wouldn't be that much of a scumbag, would he?"
"Serious?" Rita laughed. "Just kidding."
[At the Schicksal HQ command center, Amber received several reports from the front lines one after another.
After Cecilia's disappearance, the southern Valkyrie forces began to collapse.
After Siegfried's disappearance, with only Shab Niggurath holding back the enemy, the battle was also taking a turn for the worse.
According to the plan, they should retreat, but given the current situation, even the retreat route could not be guaranteed to be safe. Even Overseer Otto had lost contact.
Under the barrage of bad news, Amber was stunned, flustered, and didn't know what to do.
*"Amber!"*
Amber turned her head.]
"Hahahaha!" Theresa stood with her hands on her hips, laughing exaggeratedly. "Next, watch the Principal make her grand entrance!"
"Don't tell me we really have to rely on Great-Auntie?"
"Kiana, do you have a problem with your Great-Auntie?"
"No, no!"
Bronya said, "Principal, has your character in the story already mastered the Zeroth Power of the Oath of Judah?"
"Uh, probably..." Theresa suddenly became less confident.
Fu Hua suddenly spoke up, "Principal, you're stronger than me, right?"
"Ah, ha... haha... w-well, of course!" If she hadn't seen Fu Hua's performance, Theresa might have had some confidence. But after seeing Fu Hua almost single-handedly defeat the Second Herrscher, to say she was stronger than Fu Hua...
Theresa really couldn't bring herself to say it.
***
"Next, it's my little Theresa's turn to show her power," Otto said with satisfaction.
"After so long in the movie, little Theresa is finally going to do something," Kallen said happily, opening another bag of chips, which was then confiscated by Otto. She glared at him, puffing her cheeks.
"Kallen, this is your fortieth bag..." Otto said helplessly. If he didn't stop her, she could finish the entire stock in the mini-fridge in one day.
At this thought, Otto patted Kallen's flat stomach.
Kallen slapped Otto's hand away irritably.
***
"The situation has taken a drastic turn!" Pardofelis said. "Cecilia and Siegfried have both been captured by the big boss!"
"Not a single moment of sadness for Cecilia and Siegfried," Su joked. "Next up is Schicksal's default heir, Theresa."
"If Theresa has completely mastered the Oath of Judah, can she fight Sirin?"
"I don't know, but she definitely won't lose to Benares... right?"
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