Chapter 161

In the room that Gray Serpent had arranged for her, Kiana threw the mask off her face.

When she first appeared, she naturally covered herself up completely with a mask and black clothes, as did Siegfried beside her. In his sister's words... if you don't intend to rule the country with cooking skills, then disguise yourself and create an air of mystery and majesty. That way, you'll be a little small, and as long as you have enough ability, no one will object. You'll even need to be tough when necessary.

"... I really don't know how the Xiao Er manages to do this kind of thing so well."

This is too difficult for the Kaslana Family.

Siegfried was also completely bewildered.

"Yes, how did she do that?"

178. The unreasonable female dragon is the real formidable enemy.

Freya, a young girl who was being admired by the White Serpent, the new supreme leader and Viceroy of the Sovereign Lord of the World Serpent, and her father, the Black Serpent, had just finished a nap.

"Hmm? She's asleep... Is that blanket on Rita or Sister Liv?"

Freya touched the blanket she was wearing and smiled.

After taking a short nap, Freya was now full of energy and realized that she had overdone it.

She has been cutting back on her sleep to study the forbidden techniques left by Otto, and trains for no less than six hours a day in her private training room, so that she now only gets four hours of sleep a night.

Freya was unaware that her 'runaway' sister was missing her. She narrowed her eyes and stared at the plan for the relocation of the Schicksal Headquarters on the table. Twilight shone through the protective shield into the St. Fountain, where the streetlights were gradually brightening. Many Valkyrie sat on the grass in the garden, chatting and laughing.

Of course, some of the things that happened in the corner were not suitable for children.

Freya flipped through the headquarters relocation plan and continued making revisions before her nap. Several of the plans were unreasonable and needed to be revised.

Although most of the high-ranking officials and the Senate disagreed with her relocation of the headquarters, Freya lacked confidence in holding on to the land that Otto had managed for hundreds of years.

Does anyone know what arrangements Otto made in Europe? What backup plans did he have in place?

Freya didn't think she had a chance of winning.

But in the Far East, she can still get support from Anti-Entropy.

The main reason she moved to the Far East was because the Far East is a region where Honkai events frequently occur, and she speculated that cities with frequent Honkai events might be some kind of singularity.

After all, about one-fifth of the Honkai events worldwide occur in the Far East, which Freya has to take seriously. Perhaps there is a source of Honkai events in the Far East, and to defeat the Honkai, one must first understand the Honkai.

Fortunately, Schicksal has now 'convinced' the Far East government and secured lease agreements for several towns, including Changkong City, where the Honkai events occur most frequently.

Of course, in exchange, the Far Eastern government did not refrain from imposing harsh conditions.

One of the conditions was that Schicksal should eradicate a Honkai Beast gathering place in the far east.

That Honkai Beast gathering place was a Far Eastern city that was captured by Honkai Beast eight years ago, during the Second Eruption War.

However, it can only be considered a small to medium-sized gathering place.

There are many such places around the world that are not particularly difficult to conquer.

Even if the Honkai Beast are wiped out, these cities cannot be recovered; they can only serve as experimental sites for some dangerous research.

Freya would never agree to a large settlement like the Sahara Desert, which has existed for hundreds of years.

At most, there is one Emperor-class Honkai Beast in a small to medium-sized settlement. She, along with dozens of Type-B Valkyrie, is enough to reclaim such a settlement.

Large gathering places may involve Judgment-class ...

However, compared to the possible existence of Judgment-class Honkai Beast, the near-infinite number of Honkai Beast makes reclaiming such a settlement a waste of time and resources.

To eliminate the Honkai Beast entrenched in such a large settlement, one must use a weapon of extraordinary power. Such a weapon would essentially wipe the entire city off the map. Even if Schicksal eliminated all the Honkai Beast in the city, all that would be left would be a wasteland that is completely unusable.

Yes, whether it's bombed by nuclear weapons or by Honkai Energy fission bomb, the value of that land will be completely reduced to zero.

In this way, the cost of nuclear weapons or Honkai Energy fission bomb cannot be recovered.

If the Far Eastern government wanted Schicksal to destroy large settlements, Freya would naturally turn against the Far Eastern government. Of course, there are no large settlements of Honkai Beast in the Far Eastern region.

However, as a region where Honkai events frequently occur, there are countless small and even small-scale settlements in the Far East. Apart from the Assault Team stationed on the Honkai battlefield, the Valkyrie of the Far East Branch generally have low combat power and weak fighting spirit, so they have not been able to reclaim the land.

The places where such large gatherings exist are mainly the main battlefields of the Great Honkai. In fact, many Honkai Beasts are migrating to the Siberian Plains. If Schicksal hadn't set up a warning line, it might not take more than a few years for those places to become large gathering places for Honkai Beast.

Honkai Beast are not mindless; their animal instincts are amplified after they transform into Honkai Beast.

They also know how to lie low and wait for the right opportunity. When the Great Honkai arrives, they will respond to the Herrscher's fluctuations and gather together to attack humanity under the will of the Honkai.

Freya rubbed her slightly swollen brow.

That small to medium-sized settlement was not a problem hindering the development of Schicksal.

Funds are the key.

The Schicksal does not have sufficient funds. Even if it acquires Shencheng Medicine, it will take a considerable amount of time to convert it into Schicksal's assets.

Most importantly, the Senate has started jumping around again.

"As expected, we still need to deal with those old fogies first, but we should still make use of them."

"Kiana..."

At that moment, Liv came to her side, interrupting her thoughts.

"As per your orders, all the senators of the Senate have been summoned to the conference room."

"Really? I'll be right there."

Freya got up and pulled a thick cloak from the chair next to her and put it on.

To be honest, this deep red cape is beautiful.

The symbol of Schicksal printed on her back gave her a powerful presence, but somehow, Freya felt as if she were wrapped in a blanket.

The protective shield of the Floating Island blocks out the cold air from the outside, and with the internal circulating heating, the temperature is actually not that low.

She thought it was incredibly silly to wear such a cloak.

But the Valkyrie thought she looked great in that pose, St. Fountain when they saw Valkyrie get up to leave, they all stood up and saluted her.

Although Freya only works in the St. Fountain for a few days, and working in the St. Fountain is a way for her to win people's hearts or get closer to her fans, the Valkyrie feel more and more heartbroken when they see how hard she works.

So... her Mom fan increased.

Recently, even girls her own age have been showing her maternal instincts.

Although she holds the title of the strongest Valkyrie in the Schicksal and is also known as the Merciful Saintess among the Valkyrie, her youthful appearance overshadows her many achievements in the eyes of the older Valkyrie.

It's not that this is bad; in fact, Valkyrie who become "Mom fan" are more willing to undergo more cruel human experiments.

However, now that Freya is in power, the researchers who dared to conduct human experiments on Valkyrie in the past have either been purged or secretly imprisoned by Freya.

Since they enjoy experimenting on Valkyrie, Freya doesn't mind letting them use each other as research subjects, and she'll continue to provide funding. If the research yields results, Freya also promises to restore their treatment.

Of course, if they actually discover something that Freya should pay attention to, she would not only restore his original treatment, but she would also apologize to Freya.

After all, sometimes scientific progress is indeed built on brutal experiments.

Freya wouldn't deny whether those actions were right or wrong, but if the research findings really were that valuable.

However, Freya also played a little trick in her promise.

Ultimately, whether the research findings are valuable or not is up to Freya to decide.

The Valkyrie's morale is higher than before, but Freya does not want to immediately increase the Valkyrie's combat power. Dozens of Type-B Valkyrie represent the combat power of dozens of A-rank or above and several S-rank Valkyrie.

The difference between them and Theresa is not combat intelligence or experience, but powerful weapons like the Divine Key.

Freya had no intention of reducing Schicksal's military strength. She could target those researchers simply because there were many alternatives for them.

Anti-Entropy has a bunch of researchers who want to switch jobs, and the World Serpent researchers who surrendered to Schicksal can be chosen by her at will. Many researchers who were persecuted by Otto before, or who resented Otto's monopoly on technology, also sent applications to Schicksal to join the research as Freya came to power and shared the Previous Civilization and technological research monopolized by Schicksal.

Ultimately, Otto used Schicksal as a tool to revive Kallen, and he cared nothing about anything else except reviving Kallen.

The Schicksal was stable in his hands, but he didn't let everyone see the real benefits.

Therefore, those who oppose Schicksal, or rather, those who oppose Otto, mainly dislike Otto's greedy behavior.

In Freya's hands, Schicksal is radical and full of youthful energy. The reforms she promotes are not yet clear in terms of good or bad, but researchers and Valkyrie alike have an inseparable interest in Freya.

No Valkyrie would refuse to live. After replacing her with the Type-B Stigmata created by Freya, she can more or less recover the lifespan lost due to the artificial Stigmata modification.

This is especially true for researchers. Schicksal has more research equipment, ample research funding, and now access to Previous Civilization research technologies.

Honkai will gradually increase as civilization grows stronger, but even if civilization stops developing, Honkai will still occur.

Therefore, Freya does not believe that stopping the development of civilization would be the right choice.

Accompanied by Liv, Freya arrived at the conference room, where all the old men of the Senate were gathered, not one missing... making her really want to throw a bomb into the conference room.

Just when one of the old men in the Senate had lost his mind or been bribed by the World Serpent to assassinate her, the Acting Grand Bishop, he successfully blew up all the senators.

As the surviving Acting Grand Bishop, she swore an irreconcilable hatred towards the World Serpent terrorists.

Great, I've found another excuse to criticize World Serpent.

Seemingly sensing her malice, the elders of the Senate all chose to remain silent, watching the small figure in front of them plop down in the main seat.

Now none of them dare to underestimate this little girl.

After all... they always believed that after the old lion left, it would be two cubs guarding the throne.

Who would have thought that the one guarding the throne was not a lion cub but a young dragon.

As it turns out, the cunning old lion was not the real enemy; the unreasonable female dragon was.

179. Why did I have to reach out and do it?

Although it is a young dragon, it is definitely an evil dragon.

The senators trembled, some out of anger, others out of fear.

They are not stupid; in fact, when it comes to playing political games, these old men are more cunning Otto.

But if you want to use tricks or schemes, you need a solid foundation to support you.

Otto directly undermined the foundation of the Senate, and as a warning to the senators who had previously acted so arrogantly in front of him, he nearly wiped out their second-generation descendants.

"Acting Grand Bishop..."

The elderly man at the head of the table bowed his head to Freya was sitting in the main seat.

Yes, Your Acting Grand Bishop.

Previously, she was referred to as either "Young Miss" or "Kiana," which implied a lack of recognition that she was replacing Otto in wielding the power of Schicksal.

However, after several months of the outbreak of the full-scale war with Shencheng Medicine, and after the destruction of the black market that supported their actions, they completely lost the resources to fight against Freya.

The elderly already knew that the culprit who had cut off their funding was the cute Young Evil Dragon in front of them.

"Old patriarch of Cavendish, please don't be so formal. You can call me Kiana affectionately. Hmm, your granddaughter is very cute. I've met her once before, and I feel we could become friends."

Freya smiled at the other person.

The old man clutched his chest, nearly fainting.

"It is my granddaughter's good fortune to be favored by His Acting Grand Bishop. I will make sure my granddaughter serves His Acting Grand Bishop well... I wonder what advice His Acting Grand Bishop has for me."

The pitiful state of the old patriarch of the House Cavendish caused the other elders to turn their faces away, unable to bear to look at him.

Otto once spent hundreds of years concentrating all the power of Schicksal in his hands. Then, in order to resurrect Kallen, he relinquished some power to maintain the normal operation of Schicksal. Even if he was engrossed in research for several years, he would prevent problems from arising within the Schicksal.

However, when Schicksal could function normally even without Otto, and Otto gradually became obsessed with his experimental plan to resurrect Kallen, the sons of the Senate, who were the heroes who had helped Otto conquer the world, began to rebel.

After their fathers began to step down and they became the most powerful members of the Schicksal's Senate, they set their sights on the power of Schicksal.

At that time, Otto was busy with his experiments to revive Kallen.

Then he learned that the Senate was up to something, had blocked his research resources, and was supposedly going to remove him from office.

Otto was furious but laughed. Of course, he was in a relatively good mood because the experiment had made some progress, so he killed the offspring of these people.

Of course, the Senate was, after all, the old heroes who had helped him conquer the world. Apart from the Kaslana Family and the Schariac Family, Otto naturally relied heavily on the Senate's family power.

Therefore, Otto still made sure that his children produced grandchildren as heirs first, and then killed them one by one.

Some elders had just lost their excellent successors, and before they could even finish grieving, Otto's men, accompanied by several pregnant women from the sex industry, told them not to worry, because the successor of their deceased heir was already in the wombs of these women.

It was a blatant slap in the face, but they dared not speak out against it.

Otto had connections with their ancestors, but not with their descendants, and he didn't mind killing them all.

The Senate didn't completely collapse because Otto was in a good mood at the time.