Chapter 256
Then, Stan, who was about to launch an attack, suddenly heard a voice entering its brain.
"Little kitty, don't move, or else—I can't guarantee what might happen."
That girl finally made up her mind. If your interference causes any unexpected problems... well, you know what I mean.
Law, the Herrscher?!
Yes, that's right. Only those Herrscher can exude such a terrifying sense of oppression from those in power.
I'd heard Jackal say before that Herrscher can control Honkai Beast within a designated area, but...
—Can this person even threaten me by having a conversation in their head?
Damn it, the boss has treated me well, even if it costs me my life, I will...!
Then, Stan suddenly felt weak.
I heard that the Herrscher of Thunder was defeated by the boss, so even if the boss faces her, he shouldn't have any problems, right?
Moreover, this little girl, the Herrscher of Thunder, usually seems very docile, but now...
—Even if I don't intervene and just watch, boss, you should be fine, right?
With this in mind, Stan chose to continue crouching in the corner, trembling with fear.
Then a few minutes later—Holy crap, there's movement again!
Moreover, this sense of oppression even made me feel a hint of malice for a moment?
No, what, what exactly is going on?
The girls in this dorm are even scarier than I imagined!
Meanwhile, in Himeko's room
After the banquet, Himeko, unlike the others, did not go into a resting state. Instead, she wearily took out her terminal and began to deal with some unfinished tasks from the day.
In fact, it wasn't just Himeko; apart from Lin Yu, who was forcibly placed under house arrest by Otto, everyone else had to go to class or go on missions tomorrow, so they didn't have much free time.
Even Stan, who is now a member of the St. Freya Academy patrol team, will probably have to work an early shift tomorrow, working day and night.
As for why St. Freya Academy is now exploiting even the cats for labor, let's be blunt, it's all because of the World Serpent.
Although Cocolia caused trouble in her daily life before her death, the Anti-Entropy anti-entropy faction under her command was not well-established.
The Anti-Entropy- entropy faction didn't have many resources to begin with, and then...
Cocolia got her hands on ME Company, Cocolia didn't cherish it and just spent it recklessly.
This resulted in ME Company's resources being taken away by Schicksal, and after Raiden Ryoma managed to get the other branches back, they had nothing to do with her anymore.
As for Cocolia's fighting force, Titan was almost completely destroyed by Himeko and Lin Yu in Changkong City and Nine Nether.
While Herrscher- class clones possess impressive combat abilities, Cocolia clearly cannot find many Herrscher Clone capable of direct combat.
Both are enemies with Quantum Teleportation System, but her threat level is vastly different from that of the World Serpent.
After messing up Singapore, World Serpent made a killing.
Originally, Singapore's top management planned for World Serpent to provide them with technology in return for financial support, with the intention of then discarding World Serpent once they had mastered the technology.
In reality, World Serpent used the money from those high-level executives to work overtime to build an assembly line, and then dutifully placed it in Singapore.
Originally, this result should have been very satisfactory to Singapore's top management.
However, during this period, a rather minor problem occurred— the Fourth Honkai Outbreak broke out near Singapore.
After Lin Yu's battle with the Herrscher of Death, the Herrscher Soldier dispatched by Gray Serpent were mostly soldiers it had promised to deliver to Singapore.
When Singapore's top brass realized something was wrong, Gray Serpent and Jackal used the Quantum Teleportation System to send away the entire clone production line and related technologies, and then used bombs to blow up their base where they were making clone soldiers.
According to Himeko's analysis afterwards, she felt that after Singapore suffered a setback in this matter, under the suppression of Schicksal, the high-ranking officials of other countries would probably not dare to openly ally with the World Serpent.
In this situation, the fat World Serpent simply went all out and started playing dead.
In the end, World Serpent traded its reputation for a short-term gain, and it didn't leave its technology to Singapore, instantly reducing the probability of Schicksal acquiring this technology to zero.
To others, this approach might not be considered entirely short-sighted, but it is certainly full of drawbacks.
After all, you broke your promise, betrayed your allies, and then collapsed. Who would dare to team up with you in the future?
However, in the eyes of those in Schicksal who knew about the Stigmata Plan, the situation was not right.
World Serpent's reckless actions are clearly aimed at a lose-lose situation.
For the World Serpent, who wants to 'save' all of humanity with the Stigmata Plan, if they really intend to fight to the death, then the one who will suffer is still Schicksal.
Before Schicksal's researchers develop a device to counter the Quantum Teleportation System, World Serpent can freely use its Herrscher Soldier to attack other branches.
Even Rita, the S-rank Valkyrie with the God-Slaying Armor, was defeated by the Herrscher forces. In this situation, if the opponent intends to launch a major attack, they could use this tactic to wipe out all of Schicksal's branches.
So now, not only St. Freya Academy, but all branches of Schicksal are under martial law.
In this situation, not to mention Stan, who is considered a relatively strong Emperor-class combatant, even ordinary B, C, and D-Class combatants were scheduled to fill their schedules.
If Theresa and Himeko hadn't known that Siegfried was watching the Anti-Entropy conservatives, they wouldn't have taken advantage of the situation at this time. Schicksal now has to constantly guard against Anti-Entropy and World Serpent, two hostile organizations that can airdrop powerful units from a distance, while also trying to fight against the Honkai.
To be honest, in this situation, not only is Himeko, who is in charge of analyzing the battle and handling affairs, feeling overwhelmed, but even Theresa, who is only partially in charge, feels a headache just hearing about it.
As for some deeper matters, Himeko didn't tell Theresa.
Otto arranged for Lin Yu to return to the Far East Branch for confinement, rather than letting him stay at headquarters to rest, partly because of Theresa.
Like Theresa's Oath of Judah, Siegfried's Flame-Chaser's Judgment, once activated at its zeroth power level, will also harm herself.
Furthermore, the Divine Prayer Barrier, a special ability that prioritizes targeting [Honkai], will clearly deal [Special Attack] damage to Theresa, significantly amplifying its effect.
Originally, more than twenty days had passed since Theresa used the Divine Prayer Barrier in the Nine Nether Netherworlds. If she had any injuries, they should have healed long ago, but it shouldn't have dragged on until now and she was still feeling very uncomfortable.
However, during this period, because the enemy could attack the branch at any time, Theresa could no longer stay in the office reading comics, and she spent most of her time patrolling outside with Judah.
Otto arranged for Lin Yu to return, clearly hoping that Lin Yu could help Theresa relieve some of the pressure and allow her to rest for a while longer.
Sigh, putting aside other aspects of the bishop's life, in terms of Theresa... he really values Theresa.
Although the task he gave Lin Yu certainly didn't include 'routine patrolling,' Lin Yu was a restless and sentimental person.
If he just asks a little bit about what everyone has been doing lately, he will definitely take the initiative to join the patrol.
That's absolutely terrible.
The World Serpent says they'll use the Stigmata Plan to save the world, but what they're doing now, does it even have anything to do with saving the world?
Because of their misdeeds, ever since the attack on the Oceania Branch, the entire Schicksal has had to allocate more troops than usual for routine defense.
In this situation, even with Bianca out there dealing with the Honkai every day, the existence of World Serpent still delayed our efforts to fight the Honkai.
Moreover, although Bianca didn't have the opportunity to intervene in the problems caused by these large-scale Honkai, it doesn't mean that her status as a high-level combatant is unimportant.
Lin Yu's growth rate is indeed very strong, but he is not as powerful as the outside world claims, that he is 'stronger than Durandal '.
In fact, the reason he was able to achieve such outstanding results in these few matches is indeed because of his high personal qualities.
However, on the other hand, his survival was also related to his good luck.
In the end, when it comes to high-level matches, the most suitable candidate is still Bianca, not Lin Yu.
In this situation, the highest-level combat forces were exhausted, while the lower-level combat forces could only remain to protect their respective branches.
The end result is that when a large-scale Honkai occurs, Bianca may not be able to adjust to her best condition and arrive at the battlefield to eliminate the enemy in the first instance.
It's strange, Bishop Otto should have been able to think of this, but he still let Bianca do as she pleased.
I actually had the thought that 'he might be expecting a new Herrscher to be born.'
Moreover, if we really look back, this isn't the first time Bishop Otto has done something like this.
Last time I was pretty sure that Bishop Otto sent Yuno to participate in the mission to retrieve the Tranquility Gem, most likely to promote the Herrscher of Death's outburst, while also setting up Singapore to slap him in the face.
And now...
I was so stupid.
This was no coincidence; long before Yuno, Wendy had already been the previous victim.
I had some doubts before, but now I'm certain that Bishop Otto is indeed trying to create Herrscher.
And, ironically, he succeeded.
Looking back now...
The Second Herrscher, Sirin, was born in Schicksal Herrscher of Babylon Tower.
The Fourth Herrscher, Yuno, was secretly propelled by Bishop Otto to absorb the gem and awaken.
Meanwhile, the Desire Gem within Wendy was injected into her body by Bishop Otto himself.
Even the Third Honkai Outbreak, which seemed to be caused by Cocolia...
Cocolia was indeed the driving force behind Raiden Mei's awakening.
But now, looking back at that woman's actions and Bishop Otto's actions, Himeko felt that the two of them were not even in the same league.
It can be said that if Lin Yu hadn't turned the tide with the HSN Serum, many more people would have died in Changkong City because of Cocolia's misdeeds.
If we consider individual ability, Himeko believes that Bishop Otto certainly had the ability to stop it at the time.
However, he seemed very enthusiastic when the Third Honkai Outbreak was about to erupt, but the final result...
He was overpowered by Cocolia... If I actually believed that, my PhD would have been a waste.
Moreover, everyone in the dormitory now...
Kiana obtained the God-Slaying Armor from Bishop Otto.
Fu Hua also explained why she was able to defeat the Simulated Herrscher — Bishop Otto had also had her test the new God-Slaying Armor during that time.
Lin Yu not only obtained the God-Slaying Armor, but Otto was also frantically promoting it for him.
Yuno and Mei, as Herrscher, were invited by Bishop Otto to join Schicksal.
On Bronya's side, Otto had personally agreed to Bronya's request to Cocolia's life.
Even on Xiola's side, Bishop Otto pardoned her crimes.
Almost everyone in this dormitory has received benefits from Bishop Otto.
Even Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Yuno, the four little girls, clearly showed great trust in Bishop Otto.
This should be the norm, but considering my previous analysis, this situation is even more unusual.
Schicksal, if I told Herrscher that I was crazy, they would probably think I was crazy.
To be honest, if the bishop is hoping to bring Herrscher- level combatants into our side, then his actions...
The problem remains serious.
Mei and Yuno were saved by the HSN Serum for various reasons, but no matter what, their cases cannot be used as a reference for normal situations.
A miracle is a miracle. Bishop Otto is gambling with the lives of civilians in other regions, betting on what will happen after the Herrscher awakens.
They are truly ruthless.
But... even if I guessed all this, there was nothing I could do.
After I told Theresa about that last time, I don't know if the bishop guessed that I was the mastermind behind it all.
But if I were to delve deeper into this matter now...
Either I've wronged the bishop, or the bishop is definitely planning to kill me.
It doesn't matter if I die, but others must be prepared for these things.
But these young girls can't even act properly; telling them will only make them give themselves away.
As for telling Lin Yu this—whether he would believe me or Otto, who stood at the pinnacle of Schicksal for five hundred years and gave him equipment and an extremely high status, I think there's no need to even think about it.
At that moment, Himeko suddenly felt that Rita's current coma might also be related to her conjecture.
Rita's promotion to S-rank was not due to Bianca's terrifying talent and strength.
Therefore, the amount of behind-the-scenes work she assisted Bishop Otto in accomplishing was probably not small.
But because of this, she also knows far too much.