Chapter 212
"Cecilia, you absolutely do not want you to continue sacrificing yourself," Theresa said firmly.
Freya smiled slightly; Cecilia indeed hoped so too.
That's why, apart from talking to Black Abyss White Flower in her room every night, she doesn't bring Black Abyss White Flower to her office or laboratory.
"I know that's why I chose to work with him... To put it simply, Otto is a sophisticated egoist who will pay any price to achieve his goals."
Freya continued, "Similarly, I am also an egoist. The most important people to me are my sisters, then my mother... then Theresa and you. The Schicksal is just a tool to me, so... that's why I chose that bastard bishop as my partner."
During Freya's tenure as acting Acting Grand Bishop, she had many options. Even without Otto's protection, relying on the scientific and technological resources in the Schicksal's database, even if Schicksal were suddenly knocked down from its top position, Freya could still lead Schicksal back to the top from the bottom...
Otto left Schicksal with many trump cards.
Three thousand Honkai Energy fission bomb were aimed at the defense ministry buildings of several major countries, the cities where the ruling class lived, and the locations of the governing bodies and main military forces of those countries.
Freya's constant talk about how her heart was pounding with fear wasn't without reason.
Once the three thousand Honkai Energy fission bomb left by Otto are launched, they will be a key strike against several major powers, targeting their economies, military strength, food production, and so on.
Freya felt that the worst thing she could do was send Emperor-class Honkai Beast to attack the economic cities of a major power, and this plan had only crossed her mind once; she had never actually taken any action.
But Otto did target important locations around the world.
He casually harbored the idea of dragging the whole world down with him.
Of course, Freya has now reset hundreds of Honkai Energy fission bomb, setting their target range to Europe, which can be considered a signal she sent to Otto.
The meaning of this signal, translated, is: You damned bishop, have you arrived in Europe yet?
Otto's attendance at Welt's wedding was the answer to this signal from her.
"Developing the Schicksal to its current state, and even getting Schicksal to cooperate with Anti-Entropy, is not solely my achievement."
Freya spoke very calmly.
Within the Anti-Entropy organization, Welt, Otto's nemesis, roughly guessed Otto's plans and ideas.
But he understood better than anyone that Otto's 'concession' could bring peace to the world.
"This is actually a play about three people. On the surface, I am the main character... However, without the trump card left by that bastard bishop, it would take me more than ten years to accumulate enough talent and resources. The other main character, on the other hand, is to play dumb and cooperate to successfully turn what was originally a play about two people into a wonderful play about three people."
You thought it was a two-person comedy? No, it's actually a three-person comedy.
245. Perhaps he eloped with Cecilia long ago.
Otto's departure was indeed paving the way for Freya to take control of the Schicksal.
Her desire for Welt to serve as a special advisor was itself a signal of cooperation to the Anti-Entropy organization, but Welt did not believe at the time that Otto would give way to a clone taking over.
But when he led the Anti-Entropy organization to cooperate with the Schicksal, he discovered that Otto's 'concession' was not a concession at all.
They then began to work with Freya and Otto to gather together the living forces in this world to fight against the Honkai.
In this play, Freya becomes Grand Bishop with real power.
As the supreme ruler, and because she understood Otto's thoughts and had the magnanimity to cooperate with Otto... to be honest, Otto himself admitted that he was too easy to attract hatred.
Even if Welt wanted to cooperate with Otto, it would be based on the common front of fighting against the Honkai.
However, he could not cooperate with Otto, who only wanted to revive Kallen, and the Anti-Entropy organization to which Welt belonged would not cooperate with Otto either.
Therefore, it is most suitable for Freya to serve as Otto Grand Bishop, and it is also most suitable for Welt.
After elevating Freya to the position of Grand Bishop, Otto successfully distanced himself from all worldly affairs, even taking a vacation to relax, and then focused all his attention on the experiment of resurrecting Kallen.
Freya would provide him with both funding and scientific research technology. In fact, by relying on the relationship between the three sisters and the traitor Jackal, she successfully obtained most of the World Serpent's scientific research technology, many of which even Otto couldn't help but covet.
Freya was ultimately not Otto Apocalypse.
Compared to Otto, her approach and style of doing things would be more moderate.
She was more attentive to the girls who became Valkyrie and to the general public who were threatened by the Honkai, than Otto, who was only focused on reviving Kallen.
For Welt, even if Freya maintained a cooperative relationship with Otto, it would benefit the Schicksal, the Anti-Entropy organization, and the world, so Welt had no intention of interfering.
Ultimately, the things they are protecting are completely different.
Even though Otto and Freya are incredibly similar, the person Otto wanted to protect... is no longer there, so he has no feelings for this world.
But Freya still has people she wants to protect... One ran away from home to the World Serpent, while the other, under the title of the Anti-Entropy Little Princess, is 'making friends' at the affiliated elementary school of the St. Freya Academy.
Welt understood this perfectly, which is why he pretended to be naive and cooperated. He knew very well that he was not good at managing an organization, while Freya met all the requirements.
Because of the opponent's outstanding performance, Welt did have a lot more time to think about other issues.
Of course, at that time he hadn't yet thought about achieving the feat of 'the rebellious son rebelling against his mother'.
Welt had been wondering what Otto's purpose was... When he learned that Otto's purpose was to resurrect his beloved, he suddenly found that many illogical things from the past became explained.
After all, with the Schicksal possessing such a powerful force, Welt had considered that Otto's ultimate goal might be to rule the world.
The most extreme speculation is that Otto is a traitor, Welt considered the possibility that Otto might have Honkai to the Honkai forces.
After learning Otto's true purpose, Welt became one of the main actors in this play.
Theresa was unaware that Welt already knew about her collaboration with Otto and tacitly approved of Otto maintaining this relationship. He even actively sought to get the Anti-Entropy organization to cooperate with her.
Theresa was unaware that Freya's true purpose in telling them about Otto was to get Welt involved in the scheme.
Theresa was unaware of Otto's departure, simply because it was the best choice for him—someone whose way of thinking was similar to his and who was more suited to the position of Grand Bishop. When he left the Schicksal to focus on his own experiments, only Freya would choose to maintain a cooperative relationship with him.
Since the three parties knew how to play this game that was good for everyone, even without meeting face-to-face, Freya, Welt, and Otto all began to play their roles.
Freya still maintains an irreconcilable relationship with Otto on the surface, which is true, as she values her sister Kiana more than Otto. However, Freya will choose to cooperate with Otto until Otto's true form is exposed to Freya.
The overly powerful Schicksal would only bring endless trouble. Otto didn't want to be distracted by managing Schicksal, or rather, he didn't want to face those troubles at all. How could Otto not know the benefits of Schicksal's strength? Giving Schicksal to Freya, who could lead Schicksal to become even stronger, was the best and most suitable choice for Otto.
If I had to say something, Otto's only regret was that Freya lacked 'ambition'.
If one considers oneself a refined egoist, then Freya is an absolute sisterhood enthusiast; all her actions are solely for the happiness of Kiana and Aurora.
To be honest, it's quite impressive that Theresa could guess that she had a cooperative relationship with Otto; perhaps this is the Kaslana Family's intuition.
Freya wanted to complain about the hyperintuition.
"My lovely and hardworking Theresa..."
Theresa was suddenly at a loss for words in the face of Freya's Otto -like sentence structure and exaggerated smile.
Faced with such an obvious hint, Theresa realized that she seemed to have missed something.
"The Judas' Oath is not something that cannot be taken back, but... for the current Schicksal, the Judas' Oath is not necessary."
Freya's double-standard anti-Honkai wave are similar to the barrier ability used by Judas' Oath Zero Quota Power.
They all possess the property of reducing various energies and the characteristic of neutralizing Honkai Energy.
Freya's anti-Honkai wave are less a decrease than a continuous disappearance of energy within their coverage area... Just as matter and anti-Honkai wave cancel each other out, her anti-Honkai wave can cancel out all Honkai Energy.
Their abilities are highly overlapping, and Freya's anti-Honkai wave is a passive skill. Of course, large-scale offsetting of Honkai Energy will greatly deplete Freya's stamina, but on the Honkai battlefield where the average Honkai Energy concentration is high, her anti-Honkai wave can be maintained for more than half an hour.
Judas' Oath Zero-rated Power 'Divine Grace Barrier' can only be activated for one minute. Although its coverage area is wider than Freya's anti-Honkai wave, in terms of suppressing Honkai Energy, apart from Kiana's black flames that burn using Honkai Energy as fuel, Freya's anti-Honkai wave is the most effective force against Honkai Energy.
Of course, compared to Kiana's black flames, all of Freya's abilities are closely related to Honkai.
That's why Otto wasn't entirely unprepared for her.
He even specially dispatched an immortal.
That immortal was clearly not particularly good at lying.
Even though she had a private agreement with Otto, she was indeed unable to help Freya with her main plans due to her amnesia.
Freya could only hope that the deep consciousness stealth device from the Schicksal would work its magic.
At the same time, we hope that the immortals can find a place to store their memory backups as soon as possible.
Bringing her wandering thoughts back to reality, Freya continued speaking to Theresa.
"Theresa, that bastard bishop is not trustworthy, but the Divine Key is really not that important to us... If the Judas' Oath is truly meaningful to you, then I'll leave the task of entrusting the Judas' Oath Otto you... Theresa."
"Wh-what?"
"You're in charge of delivering the Judas' Oath to that bastard bishop. If you're unhappy, just smash his head in. If he has any intention of destroying the Divine Key, you can also just terminate the deal. Hmm, good idea. This way, we can preserve the Divine Key for the Schicksal, and our deal with that bastard bishop can proceed smoothly... At the same time, you can also monitor the bastard bishop's actions."
In fact, Freya was really curious about how far Otto's experiment had progressed.
If the Schicksal truly possesses resurrection technology, then... the Schicksal's development will be unstoppable, and any attempt by any country to obstruct it will be futile.
By rallying the ancestors and resurrecting the scientists of the Previous Civilization, even if the Honkai suddenly increases the difficulty or even sends in several Herrscher, there are still ways to fight back.
Freya's initial goal was not to defeat the Honkai, but to help the people of the current civilization survive. Therefore, finding a way to coexist with the Honkai may not be a bad choice.
Just like carrying over save data across multiple playthroughs, if the current civilization's era is the second playthrough, then the third playthrough is the next era.
In this world, achieving immortality is not actually a difficult thing.
The Great Ancestor and the Immortal Red Kite both proved that the Previous Civilization possessed scientific technology that could grant immortality.
If the third playthrough isn't enough, try the fourth; if the fourth isn't enough, try the fifth.
Ark Project is Freya's most important project. She is very curious... If this planet is transformed into a giant spaceship, then taking this planet on a journey, as long as it can outrun the Herrscher sent by the Honkai, it might be possible to buy time for development.
Even if planetary-level Herrscher, galaxy-level Herrscher, or cosmic-level Herrscher appeared at that time... at worst, the counterpart would be a planetary-level space jump device, or jumping from this universe to another universe, or perhaps... directly heading to a parallel world.
All of these plans are built on one crucial foundation: how to prevent the deaths of brilliant scientists like Einstein and Tesla.
If the Honkai is targeting human civilization, then scientists like these will be the first to be attacked.
Theresa, who had no idea how big Freya's plans were, was completely dumbfounded, because she never expected Freya to send her to deliver the Judas' Oath.
Uh, aren't you worried that she'll run away with the Judas' Oath?
But Theresa thought about it carefully and realized that if she had that kind of courage, she might have eloped with Cecilia long ago.
"Kiana, is this alright? Let me go?"
"Anyway, before Mr. Welt and Ms. Tesla return, the main plan of the Schicksal is to move the buildings off the Floating Island and find out the various problems with the turret-type Titans."
Freya shrugged. Although she also wanted to take a vacation this month, she still had a lot of things to deal with.
At most, he would accompany Rita for tea, occasionally take some time to read a romance novel, or visit the 13th class of freshmen at the St. Freya Academy.
246. Then I'll have my dinner at your place...
The main plan of the Schicksal is to relocate the various facilities on the Floating Island and the Valkyrie's dormitories to the ground.
During this period, the skies above Changkong City were filled with Floating Battleship bearing the logos of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, creating a spectacular scene that directly demonstrated the terrifying military power resulting from the cooperation between the Schicksal and Anti-Entropy organizations.
Freya explained to her Theresa why she was asked to make the delivery.
Theresa, who rarely puts her mind to something, still feels somewhat uneasy, but she understands that Freya's mind is unshakeable.
Rather than having Freya send someone else to transport the Divine Key, thus destroying the Judas' Oath, Theresa was more willing to accept the task of transporting it.
After understanding, Theresa became very Freya's experiment.
Freya did not refuse her viewing, and then put on the helmet connected to the consciousness link device.
"Kiana, this looks like a consciousness connection device. It's used to read the records of Soul Steel."
"Hmm, that bastard bishop used this device to analyze the Divine Key..."
In her previous conversation with Theresa, Freya had already tested the device, and after putting on the helmet and activating the consciousness connection device...
Countless rays of light shone backward through the helmet's visor, as if her consciousness were trying to pass through some kind of passage.
Freya really wanted to say 'Link start!', it felt so atmospheric.
However, the security level of the Divine Key is too high, so even she cannot directly read the records stored within Divine Key.
Although Freya used this device not actually to read the records stored within the Divine Key, but rather to use her talent to awaken the consciousness dormant within the Divine Key.
"Although I was certain the first attempt wouldn't succeed, such a complete failure is still not something to laugh about..." Freya smirked, then began the second connection.
"Kiana, what happened? Did you fail?"
Theresa, as a spectator, couldn't quite understand Freya's actions.
Freya, wearing a special helmet, sat in the device chair and typed commands on the virtual keyboard in front of her. After fine-tuning the parameters, Freya once again connected her consciousness to the Divine Key, the Judas' Oath.
Although I sensed that the Divine Key was somewhat relaxed this time, I still couldn't read any records from Divine Key.
Freya's main objective was also not achieved.