Chapter 218

Freya had researched the process by which Otto rose to the position of Grand Bishop of Schicksal.

Although it was difficult to investigate the situation back then, Freya was, after Schicksal, the Acting Grand Bishop of Schicksal. With the combined effect of monetary rewards and orders from the organization, Freya quickly obtained the information she wanted.

When Otto became Grand Bishop of Schicksal, his father and brothers all died of illness for unknown reasons.

Freya knew this must have been Otto's doing.

It was also his revenge.

"What a pity... In the end, he was just a clone, not the real Sophia, the War Knight Order."

Watching the adorable Sophia interacting with the other little girls, Freya sighed deeply.

Freya wasn't worried that Sophia wouldn't reach the same level as in life. Under the cooperation between Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, the best teachers and the best educational environment were enough to cultivate any clone to far surpass the level in life.

Unfortunately, the missing Divine Box can no longer be found.

Freya only remembered this matter when she looked at the adorable little girl Sophia, which made her regret that the Judas' Oath had already been traded to Otto.

254. What are you doing, Mr. Ryoma!

There are many clones that resemble Sophia, but Sophia is indeed the most unique one.

She was involved in many important events, including the Divine Box, which was crucial to Schicksal, and only Sophia knew its whereabouts...

The only record of the Divine Box in the Schicksal database is that it was taken to the Far East by Kallen, and there have been no further clues about the Divine Box since.

If this account is false, the Divine Box would inevitably fall into Otto's hands.

But if Otto also failed to find the Divine Box, then this Divine Box, which is crucial to Schicksal, should still be in the Far East.

Freya chose to relocate the Schicksal Headquarters to the Far East for many reasons, one of which was because the Far East was a region where Honkai events frequently occurred and was therefore identified as a Singularity.

Freya even believes that the Divine Box may be related to the frequent Honkai events in the Far East.

Finding the Divine Box was no easy task, so Freya could only assign her unused pawns to investigate the matter.

Or we could turn it into homework for these kids, and maybe we'd get some unexpected benefits.

Thinking of Aurora's pained expression as she investigated the location of Yae Village in the library, Freya couldn't help but smile with delight.

Yes, it's very pleasant.

Freya observed the afternoon classes, which were Combat Class designed to develop the new students' basic combat skills. In fact, St. Freya Academy wasn't a dance school, but rather a training institution for Valkyrie.

Theresa's original educational style was too mild, which was very different from the military-style management and teaching model of the Schicksal Headquarters. However, the latter's training method was more like an assembly line, producing expendable products in a fast and stable way.

Laguna believed that an overly lenient teaching method was meaningless for the Valkyrie, but an overly strict military management would stifle their individuality. In the end, Laguna came up with a solution that satisfied him and submitted it to Freya, Theresa, and others for review. After Theresa approved it, St. Freya Academy now operates under a semi-military management system, but on this basis, it places even greater emphasis on cultivating individuality and sensibility.

Freya did not regard Valkyrie as soldier units, or rather, treating Valkyrie as soldier units would be an extremely wasteful use of human resources.

Human resources refer to the group of people in a country or region who possess extensive scientific knowledge and strong labor skills and play a key or important role in the value creation process.

Human resources are a part of human resources, specifically high-quality human resources.

As the group most likely to awaken Stigmata, Valkyrie cannot guarantee that the Stigmata they awaken will become the key to triggering change.

In an era before electricity, a girl Stigmata suddenly awakens to manipulate the power of lightning might very well become a key figure in propelling the era into the electrical age.

Stigmata are gifts left over from the previous civilization era; in gaming terms, they are the 'abilities' inherited from the previous playthrough in New Game Plus.

The real task of this era is to utilize this 'ability' to strengthen this era and preserve better 'ability' and 'equipment' for the next era.

Simply put, it's impossible to achieve a perfect ending on the first playthrough, and you can't defeat the final boss on the second playthrough either. However, as long as you keep inheriting the 'legacy' left from the previous playthrough, defeating the final boss is not a difficult problem.

Freya doesn't actually completely reject the Stigmata Project; she simply rejects Kevin and Jackal, who carried out the project...

Okay, Jackal is on our side now, so Freya won't badmouth her anymore.

In short, it is a mistake to simply rush through the Stigmata Project without researching how to increase the chances of awakening Stigmata.

Most importantly, the implementation of the Stigmata Project should be selective. Suitable and unsuitable people should be identified in advance. For example, if you forcibly activate Stigmata on researchers, even if it is successful, they may not be suitable for combat. Moreover, even if ordinary people awaken Stigmata, they may not be suitable for fighting.

Combat Class are conducted in a gymnasium that has all the functions of Valkyrie training room.

Freya went up to the second floor and watched a group of cute little girls throwing wild punches, but her gaze quickly fell on the three little girls who were fighting the most fiercely.

The teacher next to her noticed her gaze and quickly said, "Your Excellency, Raiden Mei from the Special Class is the strongest fighter among the freshmen. Among the freshmen of the 13th class, only Sophia, who is ranked first, and Aisha, who is ranked fourth, can fight her."

After all, many of the new students are still children who have never received Combat Class, and Otto will not provide clones with full combat skills.

"Actually, at the beginning, Sophia and Aisha were far behind Raiden Mei, but Sophia had extremely high combat talent and quickly adapted to Raiden Mei's combat rhythm."

The teacher was generous with her praise, and many little girls were watching the three of them fight.

Raiden Mei wielded a wooden sword, while Sophia held two wooden swords only arm-length long. Zofia was using the two wooden swords to parry Mei's attacks.

Unlike Mei, who has a distinct swordsmanship style, Sophia's movements are somewhat unorthodox. Aisha, standing beside her, thrusts at Mei with a wooden rapier, saving Sophia from being cut by Mei.

The battle between the three was clearly a team effort between Sophia and Aisha. Sophia was responsible for holding off Mei, while Aisha moved around to help Sophia out of trouble.

"These two work well together..."

Freya was generous with her praise.

Among the new students, there are not many who have obviously received combat training from a young age, and even fewer who have received sword master training from a young age, like Mei.

The Special Class, as a backdoor class, or rather... an even more Aristocratic Faction class than the Aristocratic Faction class, clearly has the core members being the sister of the Acting Grand Bishop of Schicksal, the daughter of the Anti-Entropy Executor, and the 'adopted daughters' of the intelligence officer directly under the acting Acting Grand Bishop of Schicksal.

After the Schicksal Headquarters moved to the Far East, Cocolia officially became a member of the Schicksal. As Rita's direct subordinate, she was also considered to be directly under Freya.

Freya originally set up the Special Class to accommodate exceptional talents, designating it as an elite team for each term.

As a result... it turned into this kind of elite class without us even realizing it.

Therefore, Huohuo, whose family is very ordinary and who can only be considered Aurora's little follower, is particularly hated. For example, although Iserin is also a member of the Special Class, her presence is very low. In addition, since she is engaged in scientific research, Freya also approved a laboratory for her, and she would spend time in the laboratory when she had time...

"To be honest, I still don't know why these three little guys are fighting together."

In response to Freya's question, the teacher in charge of receiving her quickly became serious and said...

"Your Excellency, it's like this. Because you require the Valkyrie to develop not only as warriors but also along the research path, in addition to regular classes, we require each student to possess a certain level of combat ability. Students will decide whether to choose a combat course or a research course based on their Combat Class grades over several years..."

"Oh, it's similar to choosing between arts and sciences, so it's not just about academics, but also combat skills. I see. So the reason these three little guys fight together is to get good grades in Combat Class?"

"Raiden Mei and the others' battle was just an exhibition match to encourage the new students. The grades in Combat Class are not determined by the performance in Combat Class, but by a ranking competition held every two weeks. Only the top 30 students can get a score higher than the maximum, while the middle 50 students can get a maximum of a perfect score, and students who are not in the top 80 can only get a general score."

"Most?"

"Yes, according to Vice Principal Laguna, we shouldn't limit the potential and future of freshmen with a simple percentage or 150-point system. That's why the top 30 students are allowed to break through the perfect score requirement," the teacher said slowly.

"Besides Combat Class, research-related courses also have similar evaluations and ranking competitions. However, the assessment method for research-related courses is to rank students through bi-weekly quizzes, bi-monthly major exams, and a semesterly academic ability test."

Clearly, this was initiated by Laguna, the vice principal, who hoped to stimulate healthy competition among students through ranking.

Of course, neither she, the vice-principal, nor Theresa, the principal, knew about the ranking competition between Combat Class and research classes.

Freya is now starting to feel sorry for her little sister.

Clearly, even without her assigning the 13th cohort of students the extracurricular task of researching archaeological books, the 13th cohort was still extremely busy.

Freya remained silent for a moment, then suddenly realized that this seemed to be her fault.

After all, the composition of the 13th batch of freshmen is very special, so Freya had already issued an order to provide elite education to the 13th batch of freshmen.

Welt and Tesla thought that their adopted daughter Aurora, was the class monitor of the 13th Special Class. Although she was not among the 13th freshmen, she received the same education as the freshmen. Therefore, it was definitely a good thing to let the students in the Special Class receive elite education.

Theresa also thought that elite education was a good thing, and as the official headmistress of the St. Freya Academy, she hadn't done anything for the St. Freya Academy for a long time, so she waved her hand and stamped the document that Freya had asked Rita to draft, and thus the 13th batch of freshmen received the best teaching staff and the best educational environment.

"Ah, it's Teacher HOMU..."

Hearing the teacher's exclamation, Freya's gaze fell on HOMU, who had burst into the gymnasium.

When Freya arrived at the gymnasium, the Combat Class had already been going on for more than ten minutes. She then watched Raiden Mei fight with two other people for another ten minutes. It was only at this point that the real teacher of the Combat Class made his official appearance.

"..."

Freya recognized it immediately as HOMU doll coat.

Although dressed as a master swordsman, she quickly deduced his true identity from his movements and gait.

Then, out of curiosity, he sent a message to Rita, asking her to investigate where someone was.

Rita quickly replied. Freya looked at Rita's message and then at 'Teacher HOMU' who was surrounded and welcomed by many little girls in the gymnasium. A smirk crept onto her lips.

What are you doing, Mr. Ryoma!

255. Aurora vs. Bianca looks like it'll be quite an interesting match.

Raiden Ryoma is a swordsman of a school called 'Hokushin Itto-ryu'. In the Far East... the skills of using swords and knives are all called swordsmanship.

The Hokushin Itto-ryu is said to have originated from a famous swordsman during the Warring States period in the Far East, who traveled all over the country in search of a defeat.

Legend has it that after becoming invincible, he retired to the mountains and changed his surname to Raiden, and devoted all his life's learning to a sword style called Hokushin Itto-ryu -Hokushin Itto-ryu, which is also the Raiden Family's traditional swordsmanship.

Raiden Mei trained in the Hokushin Itto-ryu from a young age, which gave her physical strength far exceeding that of ordinary people. However, after being attacked and hospitalized for three years, she completely neglected her swordsmanship.

Ryoma, dressed in Humo mascot costume, sighed softly.

His HOMU outfit was just an ordinary HOMU doll coat, not the fake identity 'Humo Swordsman' he used to teach Mei Hokushin Itto-ryu.

With Mei's strength at age 8, let alone overwhelming Sophia, even the top ten freshmen of the 13th generation combined might not be her match.

As Mei's mentor, Ryoma knows Mei's strength best.

Of course, the truth behind Mei's attack has also been revealed. In short, Cocolia, under the influence of World Serpent, attacked Ryoma's daughter and planted the core of the Herrscher of Thunder inside Ryoma's daughter, Raiden Mei, in order to sow discord between Ryoma and the Anti-Entropy organization later.

After all, the core of the Herrscher of Thunder was a spoil of war of the Anti-Entropy organization, and the theft of the Herrscher of Thunder Core also resulted in many high-ranking members being stripped of their executor status.

At this moment, Ryoma continued to HOMU"HOMU" and then taught the little girls basic knowledge.

Incidentally, to prevent his daughter from recognizing his voice, Ryoma also installed a voice changer inside his HOMU jacket.

Having experience teaching his daughter, Ryoma naturally found it easy to teach a group of children the basics of combat. If it weren't for the fact that these 13th-term freshmen were still too young and their bodies hadn't fully developed, with his mastery of swordsmanship, he could even have assigned them the most suitable weapons...

In fact, Ryoma is currently serving as the head instructor of Freya's direct subordinate Apocalypse Knights.

Of course, Freya allowed the Valkyrie to form their own teams and divided the Valkyrie squad into four levels: A, B, C, and D. Above level A, there is naturally level S, but S-rank Valkyrie teams are a special level that Freya prepared for Valkyrie squad that were wiped out.

She has currently classified her mother Cecilia's Snow Wolf Squad as an S-rank Valkyrie Squad.

Getting back to the main point, Freya grants the Valkyrie a great deal of freedom, but that doesn't mean she has to give up her own power.

Nothing is more important for maintaining power than having military authority in one's hands. That's why Freya planned to reorganize the Apocalypse Knights and even found Raiden Ryoma to be the head instructor. However, her Apocalypse Knights currently only has Valkyrie from the secret force, who are just there to make up the numbers. She didn't plan to build four separate knight orders like before, but instead to unify them into the Apocalypse Knights, managed by four knight commanders.

The Apocalypse Knights, directly under Freya's command, are pure soldiers who will relinquish all rights and act solely for Freya's purposes.

Freya continued watching Ryoma train the new students from the second-floor corridor.

Among the new students, there are indeed many exceptionally talented girls with amazing combat skills, and many young girls who have never fought before are also progressing at a rapid pace.

Ryoma could clearly feel that they performed better today than he had during training a few days ago.

For them, who are too young, Combat Class is not their whole life. As they are still in the lower grades, it is more important for them to learn knowledge and improve their physical fitness.

"Wendy, watch your back. You have a lot of talent with your legs. Try using them to kick the opponent away more often."

"Yes, Teacher HOMU!"

The green-haired girl shouted excitedly, then kicked the blonde girl in front of her back with a high kick. Just as she was about to raise her hands happily, the blonde girl, who was pressing her body forward, rushed into her arms. The next second, the green-haired girl was thrown to the ground by the blonde girl with an over-the-shoulder throw.

Fortunately, the gymnasium floor was covered with a soft mat, so the green-haired girl wasn't seriously injured, but she was definitely stunned by the fall.

Freya, standing on the second-floor platform, raised her eyebrows.

The teacher who was greeting her praised the blonde girl Bianca Atagina, once again.

The quality of the new students in the 13th class is too high. Especially after the deal with Otto, those clones who initially chose to keep a low profile are now gradually showing their talents, and the clones with scientific research geniuses are shining in scientific research classes.

Currently, the ranking of freshmen is still based on their overall academic performance upon enrollment, excluding the dozen or so students in the Special Class.

However, Freya's gaze quickly fell on Aurora.

Seeing Aurora easily subdue her opponent, Freya's lips curled into a slight smile.

She never underestimated her cute little sister, even though Kaslana sister was dull and stupid compared to her, and immature and prone to tears compared to Kiana. But she was Freya Schariac 'Kiana sister.

"Aurora's is even more so..."

"Alright, no need for your praise. The 13th batch of freshmen are indeed outstanding."

Aurora is not the best, she is still a clone successfully created by Otto. The core of the Second Herrscher is buried in her body. Since Freya's outbreak half a year ago, in addition to Freya's rapid growth, Aurora and Mei, who were in the house at the time, also benefited greatly.

Just like Mei can now manipulate weak electric currents, she can stimulate her muscles through electricity and magnetism to maximize their strength, allowing her to unleash power comparable to the old Valkyrie even at a young age.