Chapter 48: Let Me Go Back!
[Event concluded, intrusion completed, the host will return to reality in five seconds.]
[On a certain night, the girls from the orphanage stopped you together. They hoped you would give up your ideas. In the face of the requests made by your younger sisters, you smiled and declined their plea. As you looked at everyone before you, the years of a good life have made your sisters grow into beautiful young women. Unlike you, who is destined to die, their lives have just begun, and you feel the need to save them.
On that night, your three sisters, Seele, Sin Mal, and Bronya, ambushed you. They revealed your relationship with Cocolia and expressed their admiration for you. After that night, the bond between you and your sisters deepened. You felt the burden on your shoulders becoming heavier, and you vowed to save your sisters and everyone at the orphanage!]
Lu Yu: "I'm angry!..."
[Age 22: You joined Schicksal...]
"I said, I'm angry!!!"
[Age 22: You joined...]
Ah, I see. Thank you for clarifying the character names. In that case, here's the revised translation:
"I'm damn angry, you stupid system!"
[Age 22:...]
"Send me back, damn it! Send me back! Sob, my Seele, my Sin Mal, my Bronya!"
[System:...]
No more twisted apricots (Seele), lively and lovely Sin Mal (Sin Mal), and Banya (Bronya), who looked at him with affection. All gone!
Lu Yu wasn't tempted by Cocolia's body, but he sure was tempted by the female protagonists!
During the previous simulation, he never felt so close to the female protagonists. And this time, there were three of them! What's the concept of three? It's like having a hundred chances!
Lu Yu regretted it. He had only a few seconds, and he had just barely seen a bit of the three girls' bodies. He hadn't even had the chance to savor it when he was thrown back. Sob, it felt like when he stayed up until 3:59 am on the weekend, and on Tuesday morning, he woke up with only 0.21% of his memory left from the battle.
Despair!
[Please adjust your mindset and continue the simulation rationally!]
"Alright, alright, you are the system, and you are the boss. Continue, continue."
[Age 22: You joined Schicksal, and you quickly stood out. Despite being young, your skilled combat techniques and the continuous supply of Honkai energy in your body make you seem like a Grim Reaper.
During Honkai missions, you can single-handedly accomplish objectives that would require entire teams otherwise. In training with your colleagues, you can easily take down dozens of A-Rank Valkyries with full firepower.
Even all the S-Rank Valkyries admitted they are not your match in a life-or-death battle. Your fighting style emphasizes a reckless approach, earning you the nickname "Madman" in Schicksal.
What's even more terrifying is that you not only possess great strength but also have exceptional tactical acumen. Every suggestion you make regarding missions turns out to be correct, and as a result, Schicksal's losses in large-scale missions have been significantly reduced.
Your outstanding performance quickly gained Otto's recognition. Otto understood your intentions and assembled a special team to study how to dispel Honkai energy from ordinary people. You are grateful to Otto, as he never lied to you.]
[Age 24: Two years later, Schicksal's top researchers produced a research result – a potion called "Honkai Suppressor." It can significantly slow down the expansion of Honkai energy in ordinary people's bodies. Otto told you that this potion could extend the lives of the children in the orphanage by ten years. Unfortunately, it doesn't work for you, as you are a natural Honkai host, and such elixirs have no effect on you.
Otto promised to continue the research until they find a way to completely eliminate the Honkai energy from the children in the orphanage. In gratitude to Otto, you worked even harder for him. That same year, you led a team and sniped a Queen-level Honkai beast. Though you were powerful, facing such a formidable enemy was still challenging. You successfully killed the Queen-level Honkai beast, but you suffered severe injuries. Combined with your reckless use of Honkai energy, your body reached its limit. Otto granted you a year's vacation for recovery.]
"This time, I couldn't handle a Queen-level Honkai beast? That's not right. We both have four-star talents. The Crimson Impulse's negative effect should be better than the Starlit Astrologos' Stellar Vortex effect. I remember in the simulation with Yae Sakura, I easily defeated a Queen-level Honkai beast at the age of 21. Why, at 24, with a stronger talent, I got beaten by one?"
Thinking back carefully to the previous simulation, Lu Yu finally understood the difference.
"Oh, I get it! It's the difference in talent development!"
Last time, his parents were members of Schicksal – his father a researcher, and his mother a Valkyrie. He had been trained by his mother since childhood to combat Honkai. This time, he was trained by Cocolia, and their goals for his training were different, so the difficulty of training must have been different as well.
Additionally, last time, he received significant cultivation and various delicacies as a member of Schicksal. He was even equipped with the Hyperion Knight - Moonblade, a god-killing armor. But this time, he only had a cooperative relationship with Otto, who didn't consider him a true Schicksal member and didn't provide him with better equipment.
So, currently, his Crimson Impulse talent was not fully developed, while the Stellar Vortex talent from the previous simulation was complete. This time, he was at a mature stage.
As a result, facing a formidable enemy, he found it challenging.
"I underestimated the power of the Queen-level Honkai beast."
After that previous simulation, Lu Yu had thought that with a four-star combat
talent, he could easily defeat a Queen-level beast. Now, he realized he had underestimated the strength of these creatures.