Chapter 190
"I've tried my best to block the intelligence, but if Kiana hadn't turned off her communicator, she should have noticed it in another hour."
"I asked Einstein and Ryoma to help me erase Amber's traces as much as possible... Can you move her to a safe place?"
"The Schicksal Headquarters is not safe right now..." Theresa said, shrugging.
That being said, Welt was also troubled by the appearance of such delicious bait as Amber.
Just as Theresa said, it wouldn't be a problem if only Amber returned, since no force would dare to lay a hand on Otto's lieutenant. As long as Otto is alive, his influence is immense.
The problem is that the one who returned was an adjutant abandoned by Otto. Even if Theresa tries to cover it up, there's no guarantee that the matter won't leak out. In fact, if Otto really wanted to cause them trouble, he might even spread the news.
"Is there any way to get Otto's whereabouts from her?"
"Don't think about it. Even though she was abandoned by her grandfather, she is still loyal to him."
Theresa was well aware of the Kallen clone's personality.
They are not without self-awareness, but their self-awareness is too weak or too simplistic, so they completely obey Otto's orders, no matter how absurd the order is.
Theresa was once ordered by Otto to fight against other clones.
But Theresa firmly refused Otto's order to kill the defeated clones.
She didn't kill the defeated clone, but the other clones fighting each other killed the other defeated clones under Otto's orders.
Clones like Amber, whose numbers were earlier, were even more steadfast in their obedience to Otto.
Even if Otto abandons her, she will never betray Otto.
Theresa wasn't actually worried about Amber leaking secrets and information after being taken away. Even if Amber's limbs were broken and she was whipped and tortured, Amber would not betray Otto. However, Theresa couldn't stand by and watch Amber face the crisis she was about to face.
Once it's discovered that Amber has lost Otto's protection, there will definitely be many people eyeing her.
"By the way, let her become my adjutant."
As Grand Bishop's Aide, Theresa said she does not yet have an adjutant.
Although she only had one official seal, it was perfectly reasonable for her to have the Grand Bishop of Schicksal's adjutant as her adjutant, since she was the one who would succeed the Grand Bishop of Schicksal according to the law of Schicksal.
So isn't it perfectly normal for her to inherit the adjutant position from her grandfather?
"Lady Theresa, this will only make this matter come to light faster. In fact, the best option is to let this matter cool down first. Remember to arrange guards for her."
Welt knew very well that this must have been Otto's doing, and that Otto would probably spread the word later.
"Otto is definitely carrying out some important plan, but he doesn't want it to be hindered, so he's discarding Amber to divert our attention—"
"Yes, given Grandpa's personality, he would probably do that."
Theresa had a special sympathy for Amber.
She was afraid that Otto might lose interest in her one day and abandon her.
But the nightmare she experienced fell on Amber, who had devoted herself to Otto for decades without complaint.
She didn't know how to comfort Amber.
For Amber, a life not needed by Otto was meaningless.
Fortunately, the current Schicksal is not the same as the Schicksal of the past. The Schicksal leadership and the Senate have been troubled by Freya, so this matter can be kept secret for a while.
Even without the same level of intimidation as Otto, Freya still wields considerable power over Schicksal's leadership and the Senate.
"By the way, who are the new students they brought?"
"It must be the suitable candidate that Grandpa found. Perhaps there's something special about him."
"What's your name?"
Welt's attention quickly shifted to the new life that the Amber brought.
"Hmm, her name is Sophia... She's a pink-haired girl, very suitable, but she doesn't talk much."
Theresa had an image of a red-eyed girl with pink braids flashing through her mind.
For some reason, she felt a vague aversion to the other person.
"Send someone to keep an eye on things... Sigh... I'm marrying Tesla tomorrow, how come so many things are happening all of a sudden..."
Welt began to suspect that Otto didn't want him to get married, so he deliberately caused trouble for him the day before the wedding.
It wasn't easy for him to be with Tesla, which gave Welt a strong urge to punch Otto in the face.
"In any case, we need to be more careful lately."
Theresa agreed with Welt's remark.
They were already busy enough lately, but Otto seemed to think they weren't busy enough, and even abandoned his adjutant, Amber.
However, Theresa and Welt were unaware that this young girl named Sophia was a clone of the leader of the Schicksal War Knight Order of Schicksal, one of the Four Horsemen of the Schicksal five hundred years ago.
When Kallen defected from Schicksal with the "Black Box," it was Sophia leading the War Knight Order in pursuit of Kallen.
Of course, Sophia, who dared to do such a thing to Kallen, was buried by Otto after failing to fight the Honkai Beast.
After Otto carefully examined Sophia's remains, he preserved the extracted DNA, which is now being used for cloning.
Having Amber bring Sophia to the current St. Freya Academy was also a way to divert attention.
Of course, the reason for abandoning Amber is that Amber is no longer important to Otto. With the technology he has now mastered, he can try to revive Kallen as Artificial Herrscher.
He simply wanted to conduct the experiment, or rather, to increase its success rate, he needed to retrieve all of Theresa's Divine Key, the Judas' Oath.
The reason why Otto was able to master the technology of creating Artificial Herrscher is naturally because Otto never gave up researching the experimental subject K422 that he created.
This refers to Freya, the current Acting Grand Bishop of Schicksal.
Freya provided Otto with blood several times, Otto used the blood provided by Freya to create the experimental subject K422-1. Although K422-1 was uncontrollable, it did not mean that the experiment had failed.
Freya is unable to become Herrscher for some reason, but K422-1 is a hybrid form of Honkai Beast and Herrscher. It can be said that it is both Honkai Beast and Herrscher, and it also has the characteristics of Deadman and a human.
Otto continued his research and naturally mastered new technologies.
Of course, because of K422-1's rampage, Otto had no intention of creating new experimental subjects.
In any case, in order to prepare for the upcoming resurrection experiment, Otto decided to give the rising star Schicksal and its partners something to do... Whether it was the clone Sophia or the abandoned lieutenant Amber, they all existed to attract attention.
Moreover, the adorable hero he had prepared for the evil dragon princess successfully enrolled in school through the proper channels.
"I can't wait... for the hero to meet the princess."
216. Let's just conduct... enhancement experiments first.
Freya was unaware that Otto had caused some trouble for her Schicksal.
She also arranged for a dragon-slaying hero, who was worthy of her being evil dragon princess, to enroll in the school.
At this time, Freya had not yet received the news that Amber had been ruthlessly abandoned by Otto because she had turned off her communicator. Even though her adjutant Rita was trying her best, Theresa, whose authority she had elevated, could indeed prevent Freya and Rita from obtaining information in the short term.
Freya, unaware of the major events that had occurred at the front-line headquarters, was curiously watching the Deadman had just quietly approached her.
Ordinary humans become Deadman after being infected by the Honkai.
However, most of the humans who become Deadman are young girls. During the process of becoming Deadman, the skin and hair of the young girls will gradually turn white, and their bodies will be covered with a layer of skin similar to clothing.
Yes, clothes are attached to the skin.
"As expected, I couldn't take it off."
Because Freya did not show any hostility, the Deadman approached her naturally did not harbor any hostility towards her either.
This assassin, wielding a massive scythe and dressed in black clothes with gold trim that revealed his long, white legs, was Deadman.
Freya kneaded the other person's body with her hands while tugging at their clothes.
The Deadman Laboratory at Schicksal Headquarters naturally contains a large number of Deadman corpses, as well as Deadman captured from cities where Honkai events have occurred. Freya is very interested in Deadman, but her area of expertise is ultimately the Type-B Stigmata, Freya never meddles in areas she does not understand.
Moreover, the more dedicated the researchers were, the more stubborn they became; they refused Freya a visit to their laboratory.
She was clearly the sugar daddy and also his boss.
"That's really strange..."
Freya lifted her skirt, revealing two long, white legs, and discovered that she was wearing safety shorts underneath.
That really disappointed her!
Freya coughed twice, then seriously pinched the arm of Deadman guard in front of her, and even tried to take the scythe from him, but the scythe seemed to be attached to his hand.
"Speaking of which, why are there Deadman?"
Since the purpose of Honkai is to eliminate humanity, neither the highest form of Honkai Apostle, the Herrscher, nor the basic monster- Deadman we see now should exist.
With a humanoid appearance and a certain level of intelligence, the Deadman can be considered a superior and more intelligent Honkai creature than the Honkai Beast.
Freya once speculated that the Honkai, which was hostile to humanity, might be an attack launched by an anti-matter civilization against a material civilization.
Let's set aside this completely unfounded speculation for now.
The Honkai's complete hostility towards humanity is valid.
However, the Herrscher, who are more like a new kind of humans who have evolved and adapted to the Honkai, seem to have a more distinct difference from humans.
The Herrscher clearly possesses a complete mind.
However, the Deadman have low intelligence and are more like wild beasts that rely on instinct.
"Speaking of which, I remember there was a similar argument in the database that those who adapt to Honkai Energy and survive are Herrscher, while the corpses of those who adapt to Honkai Energy but die will become Deadman."
Therefore, the difference between Herrscher and Deadman should be the relationship between being alive and being dead.
Freya open the mouth of the Deadman.
This action seemed to displease the Deadman, who shook her head and made some noises, then moved her nose as if sniffing Freya's scent.
When he secretly followed her earlier, the guard was Deadman her scent.
"It must be a corpse turned into Deadman, how come it still retains its sense of smell?"
Freya pinched the Deadman's nose, but the Deadman himself did not need to breathe, although the pinched nose made her frown.
"The Deadman are probably a byproduct of the failed Herrscher Transformation, while the Herrscher are the ultimate masterpiece of the Honkai, since only humans can defeat them..."
After checking the data in the Schicksal database, Freya discovered that although the Honkai Beast were powerful, they were not insurmountable enemies.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that Honkai Beast, possessing the instincts of wild beasts, also have the same weaknesses as wild beasts; the loud noises and blinding fire can scare away Honkai Beast.
This is an ancient method used by humans to defend against Honkai Beast.
Although this method has diminished with the progress of civilization, countries still station a large number of tank units on the Honkai Battlefield.
Since Honkai Beast without intelligence cannot truly destroy humanity, the Honkai transformed the humans they originally intended to exterminate into Herrscher.
"Hmm, that makes sense... but it's not very useful to draw such a conclusion, since the gap between Deadman and Herrscher is too big."
Perhaps Honkai was acting on the idea of making use of waste, turning the corpses that had adapted to Honkai Energy but died into Deadman, and then using Honkai Energy to shape them into bodies and weapons suitable for combat.
Thinking about it this way, it becomes clear why the Deadman look so similar and their weapons are almost identical.
The difference in strength between Honkai Beast and Deadman is also quite significant.
"Let's focus on studying Honkai Beast instead."
Freya acted like a scumbag, cruelly abandoning the guard after using Deadman body.
However, the abandoned Deadman seemed to really like Freya's scent and continued to follow Freya.
"Honkai Beast, Honkai Beast, speaking of which, Knight-class Honkai Beast are a combination of Warhorse-class Honkai Beast and Knight Deadman Knights, right? The Honkai are consciously imitating ancient human knights... It's possible that there will really be situations where Deadman wield Honkai Energy weapons or pilot Titan Mech."
In terms of combat power alone, the Deadman are definitely inferior to the Honkai Beast.
After all, Deadman are just moving corpses, but Deadman highly malleable, and Freya cannot rule out the possibility.
Since the Honkai can create Herrscher based on the civilizations that humans possess, and even create Herrscher of Binding specifically to counter the Fusion Warrior of Previous Civilization, the basic monsters like the Deadman might continue to be developed.
"Is the so-called Honkai truly linked to human civilization, or does it increase the difficulty of the Honkai Civilization that is hostile to it as human civilization progresses?"
In this city overrun by a large number of Honkai Beast, Freya easily found other types of Honkai Beast.
Freya took a few samples, but when she turned around, the Deadman of guards behind her had increased to five, all of them obediently following behind her.
To be honest, the feel of the Deadman isn't very good.
It should be said that because the Deadman were transformed from corpses, they felt hard to the touch. Freya had previously rubbed the assassin's chest, but the bulges on the Deadman's chest felt like they were filled with silicone.
"It's increased? Oh well, it won't affect my research."