Chapter 153

Siegfried shook his head.

"Kiana, you don't need to do this at all. I can protect you. Xiao Er... Freya won't hold this against you."

"Dad, you couldn't protect Mom during the Second Eruption War, and you couldn't protect me after the war ended... Now, you've failed to protect Freya as well."

"..."

Faced with the facts Kiana spoke, Siegfried fell silent, clutching his head in immense pain.

Yes, just as my daughter said, what exactly have I protected?

I failed to protect my wife, I failed to protect my daughter...

"Although those things weren't Dad's fault, Dad, there are many things in this world that you can't do just by having the will."

"Kiana, are you saying that your desire to reclaim World Serpent isn't solely based on your will?"

Welt took a deep breath.

Before Siegfried could voice his opposing opinion, Kiana's explanation made him fully understand the culprit behind the cataclysmic event—

As if favored by Honkai, the massive Honkai Energy drawn by her anger, not by strength, but simply by the Great Honkai caused by her emotions.

The situation was so terrible that Welt dared not say it outright.

Fortunately, Ryoma and Einstein, noticing this detail, also chose to remain silent at his signal.

"Yes, I did not subdue the World Serpent solely on my will, but with genuine confidence."

In fact, Kiana really wanted to say that none of the people present were her match.

As long as you rely on Honkai Energy to fight, you will be countered by her black flames. Of course, the man named Ryoma is indeed troublesome. From his steady and rhythmic steps and the calluses on his hands, you can tell that he must have practiced some kind of swordsmanship or knife technique.

But Kiana believes in the skills passed down to her by her Great Ancestor.

"... Let me go with you, Kiana."

After saying that, Siegfried turned to Welt and said, "I'm sorry, I may have to leave Anti-Entropy."

"It's nothing, it's just that your daughter seems to have the opposite opinion."

Kiana?

"I'm sorry, Dad, you can't go... You're too conspicuous. I didn't originally intend for you to know about this, but there was a problem in the process of persuading Freya."

Kiana never expected that she could talk that little sister away, and for some reason, she wanted to make a victory V sign.

169. Siegfried at this moment had an expression of giving up the struggle.

Not long after, Ryoma, Einstein, Welt, Tesla and the others left the house, Aurora had already fallen asleep with Mei and Iserin in her arms.

Siegfried and Theresa remained in the living room.

After all, what follows is Kiana's family matter, and it's not something that outsiders like Welt should get involved in.

Kiana explained to them what had happened, simply because they were allies with Freya.

As for revealing himself as the acting leader of the World Serpent Organization, it was also for the sake of making this alliance more stable.

Otherwise, since they have just formed an alliance with Freya, and she, as the eldest sister, secretly ran away to the World Serpent Organization, if the World Serpent Organization goes against Anti-Entropy and Schicksal, both Freya's and her positions will become very complicated.

The most crucial point is that this will put Freya in a very difficult position.

Kiana had no intention of making her sister feel awkward.

While Welt and the others could understand why they left, they were still genuinely troubled.

It's worth noting that not long ago they were engaged in a full-scale war with Shencheng Medicine, which is a subsidiary of the World Serpent Shencheng Medicine. In other words, Schicksal had already fought a contest with the World Serpent Organization.

Welt also thought that someone had disregarded the danger and ended the war in less than ten days, which indeed had another deeper meaning.

For example, starting a full-scale war before the World Serpent is ready for war and can react in time.

Thinking about it this way, some of the recent developments from Anti-Entropy's intelligence department are quite interesting.

This ancient organization, which had always kept a low profile, was almost driven to the brink of destruction by a child.

Of course, if we're talking about the MVP, it has to be Jackal, the traitor.

The premature end of the all-out war between Schicksal and Shencheng Medicine was merely the last straw that broke the camel's back. What truly dealt a heavy blow to World Serpent was the list of members provided by Jackal and the World Serpent -related bases.

Even if the list provided by Jackal only represents one-third of the more than 700,000 members of World Serpent, as long as this one-third of the members are captured by Schicksal, it will only be a matter of time before the remaining two-thirds are captured as well.

As a senior researcher in the World Serpent Jackal, the base she provided must be of considerable importance.

Welt sighed silently as he left.

If Kiana hadn't revealed it herself, Welt would never have been able to connect the intelligence he had gathered during this period. Many people of extremely high status in various countries, even those who were highly influential in high society, had mysteriously disappeared during this time.

Some even surrendered to Schicksal and were temporarily imprisoned, forbidden from meeting with anyone.

"They really shouldn't be underestimated. Our Acting Grand Bishop might be even more terrifying Otto..."

Otto is troublesome mainly because he has too many trump cards, but Welt, who actually fought Otto, said... Otto's fighting ability is a bit weak.

The battle is not simply about how many trump cards you have or how powerful your abilities are.

Rather, it's about on-the-spot performance, combat intelligence, combat skills, terrain utilization, and enemy/ally analysis, etc.

Welt doesn't consider himself the best in this area, but he's certainly more than capable of completely outclassing Otto.

However, Welt suddenly discovered that the Acting Grand Bishop Otto had prepared for Schicksal was likely Otto's replacement for himself.

Subconsciously, she constantly imitates Otto's behavior and way of thinking. At the same time, she is extremely powerful in combat and is deeply worshipped by the Valkyrie.

This is a perfect Grand Bishop is slightly immature in his scheming but has great potential, and whose combat power and popularity are all superior.

Welt grew increasingly frustrated.

With such a perfect Grand Bishop, the Schicksal will naturally become stronger and will truly become the protector of humanity.

Welt increasingly felt that this perfect Grand Bishop was very likely to be on the same side as Otto.

He now realizes that Anti-Entropy's situation is no better than World Serpent's; Cocolia, as a multi-faceted spy, must have exposed Anti-Entropy's important base.

When Welt became a special advisor, he naturally noticed that Schicksal had a stockpile of three thousand Honkai Energy fission bomb.

If the launch order for these three thousand Honkai Energy fission bomb were in the hands of this perfect Grand Bishop created by Otto.

In other words, as long as the other party is willing.

Anti-Entropy can disappear in an instant.

"Welt, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, Tesla. I just regret misjudging the situation..."

Welt could only be thankful that he had accepted their recruitment immediately and become a special advisor.

The Anti-Entropy Reformists are currently in a state of division and will not have any impact on the ruling position of Schicksal. Otherwise, Anti-Entropy would likely be Schicksal's next target to be overthrown by that perfect Grand Bishop.

"... Lord Freya is different from Otto. Otto is indifferent to everything. As long as Anti-Entropy does not affect his plans, he will not pay any attention to Anti-Entropy. But Lord Freya wants to protect the world that the important people value. She is not our enemy."

"You're right. I can't doubt her just because she's close to Otto, enjoys Otto favor, and is even becoming more and more like Otto ..."

Although numerous suspicious points, including emotional Great Honkai, led Welt to suspect that the other party might have already become Herrscher and was only pretending to be human, excessive vigilance was not conducive to his relationship with the other party.

After all, he will be serving as a special advisor for a long time.

Meanwhile, neither Theresa nor Siegfried could persuade the stubborn Kiana.

Kiana had long been aware of this and had made up her mind.

The Kaslana Family's stubbornness was on full display at this moment.

Of course, when it comes to stubbornness, Siegfried doesn't think he's inferior to anyone.

Even if he is too conspicuous and not suitable to go to World Serpent with Kiana.

"It's okay, I'll take care of protecting you, I'm fine with being your bodyguard... I think Freya Aurora should be able to understand."

Siegfried sighed.

The three daughters all have very distinct personalities.

And now his daughter, whom he feels most indebted to, has her own ideas.

Siegfried could not allow his daughter to go to the World Serpent alone, which also meant that he had to give up on winning over his other two daughters.

"I hope they won't blame me, but Aurora probably won't mind. She prefers Tesla and Welt to me..."

Siegfried looked like he had given up struggling.

"..."

Kiana nodded silently.

Kiana was somewhat moved by Siegfried's decision, and Kiana also knew that Siegfried wanted to improve his relationship with his two younger sisters.

But now, for his own sake, he has to give up this option.

"I'll go with you too."

Theresa also offered her opinion, but it was immediately opposed by Kiana and Siegfried.

"No."

"Can't."

"Aunt Theresa, your situation is different from Dad's, and... Freya needs you."

"Hmm—"

Just as Kiana said, Theresa, as the Grand Bishop's Aide, has a different position from Siegfried, the enforcer of Anti-Entropy.

In fact, the system is lenient with those who implement Anti-Entropy.

Neither cooperating with Schicksal nor cooperating with the World Serpent constitutes betrayal.

Cocolia's identity as a multi-faceted spy has been exposed, but no one will bother her. After all, the Anti-Entropy Executors have extremely high authority, and the freedom granted by Welt allows them to act independently. Cocolia is a multi-faceted spy or a subordinate of Schicksal, as long as her actions are in the interests of Anti-Entropy, the other Executors will naturally not interfere with her actions.

Of course, those who deserve contempt will still be contemptuous.

When they occasionally met, the other executors would often make sarcastic remarks about her.

To put it more bluntly, it could be something like "climbing into the Grand Bishop's bed" or "a filthy whore."

Cocolia didn't care at all and insisted that she had climbed into the bed of the Acting Grand Bishop.

Siegfried, as an enforcer of Anti-Entropy, was no different. Other enforcers didn't care what Siegfried was doing in the World Serpent; as long as his actions weren't too obviously a betrayal of Anti-Entropy, they wouldn't be considered a betrayal.

For example, the Reformists who attempted to clone the first First Herrscher Welt Joyce, were ultimately only criticized, but were not driven out of Anti-Entropy.

However, the Reformists were also divided at this time because Welt became a special advisor to Schicksal.

Some people disagreed with Welt's actions, while others felt it was a betrayal. However, there were also those who agreed with his approach, who were mostly interested in obtaining Honkai's research and technology related to Schicksal.

However, the power system of Schicksal is different from that of Anti-Entropy. If Otto suddenly dies, Theresa, who is the Grand Bishop's Aide, will immediately become the Grand Bishop of Schicksal, and someone who is the acting Acting Grand Bishop will become the Grand Bishop's Aide.

Theresa is the first in line to the throne.

Although Otto appears to have handed over all power to Freya, Theresa actually has the right to veto any of Freya's policies.

Otto had a considerable fondness for Theresa.

Theresa's position further determined that she was fundamentally unsuitable to act alongside Kiana.

"I understand... Siegfried, you must take good care of Kiana."

Theresa said somewhat dejectedly after realizing she wasn't suited to working with Kiana.

"Ah, of course."

Siegfried quickly agreed.

"Thank you, Dad, Aunt Theresa."

Kiana expressed her gratitude, and then she went to the consciousness space to persuade the most difficult person to persuade.

After Siegfried and Theresa left, Kiana returned to her room.

She stroked the wall of the underground shelter room, her eyes filled with reluctance. Although she had enjoyed living here for a while, she would soon have to say goodbye.

"Freya..."

After sighing, Kiana drifted off to sleep.