Chapter 221
This led to the postponement of Operation Nagoya, but the Far Eastern government didn't utter a single word.
Although the Floating Island complex of the Schicksal Headquarters is being dismantled, hundreds of Floating Battleship still hover in the sky. Some belong to the Schicksal, some to the Anti-Entropy organization, and some even to the World Serpent organization, which the Schicksal has confiscated and is now using as waste.
There were so many Floating Battleship, not to mention the smaller Escort Ship. The Senate, which was in charge of diplomacy, was very cooperative with Freya's requests. In short, they continued to make trouble for the Far Eastern government and even allowed the Far Eastern government's people to visit the Giant Floating Battleship of the Schicksal.
They were informed of the various parameters of the Giant Floating Battleship, the number of missiles they carried, and even that each Giant Floating Battleship carried a Honkai Energy fission bomb warhead. They were also told how many minutes it would take for a Giant Floating Battleship to capture a country's capital and suppress the local government forces. In short, the Schicksal maintained a friendly attitude.
Anyway, the Far Eastern government stopped harassing Freya after that, acting as if the Schicksal could do whatever it wanted, whenever it wanted, since several cities, including Nagoya City, had already been leased to the Schicksal as concessions.
It took another half month before replacements were found for the twelve scrapped new Titans.
Operation Nagoya officially began in mid-April, when it was almost over.
"In any case, Nagoya City is the experimental site reserved by Schicksal and Anti-Entropy. We should take it as soon as possible..."
Freya was dressed in full regalia as usual, and although it was the attire of Acting Grand Bishop, she looked more imposing than Theresa.
Even though Theresa's Grand Bishop's Aide was dressed in the style of Grand Bishop, there was no reason why Theresa looked silly in her clothes.
"Kiana, were you looking down on me just now?"
Theresa asked curiously, just as her adjutant Amber was adjusting her skirt, which had accidentally flipped up. Theresa hadn't noticed that the back of her skirt had flipped up, revealing her unromantic cotton boxer shorts.
Of course, Freya was also wearing safety shorts, so she had no right to say that Theresa lacked romance.
Just now in the locker room, she saw Tesla wearing overly sexy red lingerie while changing clothes, and Freya couldn't help but look at Welt with a teasing gaze.
"Children are indeed an obstacle to married life, aren't they, Mr. Welt?"
"Acting Grand Bishop, please stop teasing me about this. You've been doing it for days."
Welt replied listlessly.
Newlyweds returning home after their honeymoon are bound to be deeply in love and wish they could spend more time together.
Welt finally ate the 'Sister Tesla' he had long admired and finally fulfilled his wish to marry Sister Tesla. As a young man... or at least an old man who looks young on the outside, Welt certainly had many desires.
Most importantly, Tesla could give him sisterly care, allowing him to abandon thinking and act spoiled.
But once they got home, all those intimate moments—the role-playing between the husband and wife, the lingering affection that even led to them breaking the bed—gone.
As Freya said, children are an obstacle to married life.
As soon as Tesla got home, he was immediately occupied by Aurora.
Aside from school hours, Aurora would stick to Tesla all the time.
Aurora's school hours coincided with Welt and Tesla's office hours, so they wouldn't dare to show affection in front of Freya and Theresa.
That would really get you beaten up by Freya.
"Yes, yes, just as you said, Your Acting Grand Bishop, my life is very hard now, just like a poor father who is hindered by his children."
Welt replied with a hint of happiness in his voice.
In fact, the happy life he is living now is something he has only ever dreamed of.
He never imagined that such a blissful life would actually come true, to the point that Welt even wondered if his happiness was Death Flag, a sign that he would die in the final battle against the next Herrscher...
Freya scrutinized the ugly face of that self-proclaimed winner in life for a while, then deeply despised the despicable man.
His wish came true; he married the woman he loved most and slept with her.
Moreover, this most beloved woman is someone who will never expire, a petite girl who can be held in someone's arms like a little girl, an ageless beauty who not only has older sister attributes but also childhood sweetheart and mother attributes...
Freya pouted unhappily.
"I can tolerate the sickeningly sweet atmosphere you guys exude in the office every day, but this is the front line, the highest platform, with a bunch of soldiers, Valkyrie, and freshmen from the 13th class all watching you. Is it appropriate to put on such a silly face?"
Freya once again expressed her contempt for Welt.
Although the other party has not yet had a child with Tesla, Aurora, whom the two adopted, has started calling them Dad and Mom, and Welt has officially become a member of the Father's Sorrow Alliance along with Siegfried and Ryoma.
Yes, because Aurora is too cute, and her father is distressed because she is too clingy to his wife.
To Siegfried and Ryoma, Welt was not a father who worried about his daughter at all. Where was the worry on his face? And where was the worry about his daughter?
With a smile on his face, Welt forced Siegfried and Ryoma to help each other suppress their anger, otherwise the two fathers would really hit each other.
Especially Siegfried ... In his eyes, Welt's adorable, angelic daughter was someone he had stolen from him.
Ryoma, on the other hand, thought that his little cabbage would probably be taken by that little angel, and figured he should be at odds with Welt.
"... Ahem, sorry, it's because my wife and daughter are just too adorable."
Welt quickly straightened his posture and adopted the expression one would expect on the battlefield.
To be honest, most of the soldiers who charged into the battlefield with those silly faces were just cannon fodder. It's a good thing Welt wasn't a soldier, but a high-ranking leader standing on a high platform.
"Mr. Ryoma is still preparing, after all, he needs to gather twenty test machines. That accident at the end of March was really terrible."
"Yeah, he didn't expect that the Type-B Valkyrie would be able to enhance his output, and as a result, it exceeded his output limit... The explosion at that time really stunned him."
"The Type-B Stigmata only draws out a portion of the true Stigmata's power. It must be said that the Stigmata are a gift from the previous civilization..."
Although Honkai Energy Type-B Valkyrie energy is not as strong as that of Herrscher, based on the best data currently available, namely the data from Himeko's tests, a four-star awakened Type-B Valkyrie is equivalent to Simulated Herrscher on the Honkai side.
It can be said that before the next Herrscher is born, neither the Honkai Emperor Honkai nor the Emperor-class Honkai Beast on the Type-B Valkyrie.
Moreover, Freya and Ryoma are also developing combat vehicles and equipment specifically for the Type-B Valkyrie.
However, the Honkai side has already begun to play its cards. The Humanoid Honkai Beast is its probing card. Whether humanity can survive this 'judgment' depends on the outcome of this operation.
259. Would you like a banana?
The freshmen of the 13th cohort, dressed in their pretty white school uniform dresses, watched the war zone through an LCD screen from the safe zone.
They were there for an extracurricular activity, just like a school trip in the Far East.
Currently, the Schicksal only has a little over one hundred Type-B Valkyrie. Of course, this is just the surface number; Freya could never actually reveal how many Type-B Valkyrie the Schicksal has.
The old-style Valkyrie were also fully armed and stood in two square formations of ten thousand men each.
Even though the main purpose of this operation is the practical test of the new Titan, the recapture of Nagoya City is still a necessary condition for this operation. Even if the Far East government does not dare to ask the Schicksal to carry out the clearing operation of Nagoya City quickly, they have already rented so much land from them and are still recklessly expanding artificial islands in their waters. They should at least give them some face.
The two 10,000-person formations were just a backup plan. The most important thing was to seal off the war zone. Otherwise, the Honkai Beast in Nagoya City would flee to other cities, causing even greater chaos.
In addition to the 20,000 Valkyrie here, Freya has also set up roadblocks on the roads of several recent cities and deployed several Valkyrie squad with heavy firepower and high mobility.
The operation to clear out Nagoya City was also Freya's way of demonstrating her military power to various countries.
The freshmen of the 13th class were specially invited to participate in this operation, and since they were just a group of students, they naturally did not have the right to participate in the battle. Even if they were to visit, they could not appear on the main battlefield.
Bianca searched among the freshmen for a while but did not find any members of the Special Class, which made her feel disappointed.
Although the Special Class is jokingly referred to as the "super aristocratic class" by the Aristocratic Faction freshmen, there are actually conditions for advancement in the Special Class.
Those who rank first in the combat power ranking, scientific research ranking, or comprehensive ranking eight times consecutively each year can enter the Special Class.
Although the ranking competitions on the three leaderboards are held at different frequencies, on average each leaderboard is updated about once a month, and achieving first place eight times in a row is actually very difficult.
However, the privileges of the Special Class are indeed enviable. Most importantly, if she wants to get close to the evil dragon princess, she must become a student in the Special Class.
Bianca couldn't help but sigh, especially since the Special Class's grades were also included in the rankings.
The current number one in combat power is Mei from the Special Class, the current number one in scientific research is Iserin from the Special Class, and the current number one in overall strength is Aurora from the Special Class...
A month has passed since the Acting Grand Bishop visited the Combat Class, and the students in the Special Class have all distinguished themselves.
The most surprising of them all was Bronya Zaychek, who ranked second overall in the Special Class.
In addition to sparring, the Combat Class also included practical exercises based on a tactical battle royale game called "Battle Royale".
Although they were divided into many groups, Bronya took care of them all by herself. By the way, even though they were supposed to be in groups of four, Bronya's three teammates were only responsible for shouting "666".
Bianca and Sophia were both driven to despair by Bronya's torment.
The two were shot several times before they could even react, and by the time they realized what had happened, they were covered in paint.
The more complex the environment of the live-fire exercise, the better Bronya can perform.
Even Aurora ranked first overall, could only suffer setbacks in the live-fire exercise.
If Bronya's performance in Combat Class hadn't been only mediocre, her score might have even surpassed Aurora's...
After all, Aurora had been careless many times in Combat Class, losing to Mei or Aisha.
Although she seems to have cheat codes in every aspect, Aurora's combat talent is not particularly high, her combat experience is not rich, and most importantly, she often misses important opportunities, while agile people will never let her seize those opportunities.
This resulted in Aurora losing to Aisha, who was incredibly fast at escaping, in addition to Mei, who had exceptional swordsmanship.
Aisha never directly confronted Aurora, but with speed far exceeding Aurora's, she would immediately create distance Aurora, accumulating points little by little... and managing to earn effective attack points from Aurora.
Even in a real battle, Aisha's attacks are actually useless against Aurora, but they can be counted as effective attacks and critical hits in Combat Class.
There are quite a few monsters in the Special Class, which leaves Bianca helpless, since she can only target the number one on the combat power ranking.
The combat power rankings, from top to bottom, Mei in first place, Aurora in second, Sophia in third, and her turn coming in fourth...
Although they managed to push Wendy down to fifth place, the others were also catching up very closely, and there weren't many weaker newcomers in the 13th batch.
Of course, the bottom-ranked student in the 13th freshman class was mediocre at other times, but compared to the geniuses and monsters of the 13th class, they all became insignificant and became the bottom-ranked student...
In particular, the spending by the Acting Grand Bishop on the 13th class of new students can be described as a truly significant effort to nurture all the new students in the 13th class.
Scientific training methods, a high-quality educational environment, outstanding teaching staff, and cutting-edge medical technology.
This is why even the worst student in the 13th cohort was better than the best student in the 12th cohort.
Although some people may think that the Acting Grand Bishop is biased, what can be done when the Acting Grand Bishop's sister is in the Special Class of the 13th freshmen?
The Acting Grand Bishop spared no effort in nurturing the 13th class of new students, which also greatly benefited some of the so-called Commoner Faction students in Bianca.
Of course, Bianca was unaware that she and Sophia had been placed on Freya's special training list.
At this moment, she was watching with curiosity as the red and blue Titan Mech marched forward in formation. Although there were only twenty experimental machines in total, the sight of twenty Titan Mech marching in formation was still quite impressive.
Delta, who was standing nearby, handed her a bag of potato chips.
It's been two months since Bianca enrolled. Even if she's not a sociable person, as a freshman in the 13th term, she must have gotten to know one or two people. After all, the 13th term's courses often involve teams, and without a certain level of trust, it's difficult to get high scores in Combat Class that require teams.
"Thanks..."
Moreover, Bianca is a person who likes to make friends, so she naturally has more than just one or two friends.
"Atagina, do you think Aurora is on that high platform?"
"Probably not... but they should be quite close to each other."
The new students all envied the Special Class's privileges, being able to stand next to the Acting Grand Bishop.
During this period, the freshmen of the 13th class learned about the changes that the Acting Grand Bishop brought to the Schicksal through the content of their cultural classes, and understood that the Acting Grand Bishop was raising the status of the Valkyrie.
Furthermore, they plan to categorize Valkyrie into two types: research-oriented and combat-oriented, while granting them different permissions and statuses. Most importantly, Valkyrie can operate independently or form Valkyrie squad with close friends.
Just like adventure guilds in some novels, the Schicksal, as a guild, will issue missions to adventurer teams, and the adventurer teams can accept missions according to their own strength.
Of course, the privileges of such an independent Valkyrie squad are certainly not as great as those of the Acting Grand Bishop's direct legion, but this composition is more flexible.
More importantly, this configuration is more in line with the interests of all countries.
Having a high degree of autonomy does not mean that the Valkyrie squad is no longer affiliated with the Schicksal. Rather, it means that they are not required to accept missions from the Destiny Organization to a certain extent. However, they must accept mandatory missions issued by the Schicksal. In exchange for performing mandatory missions, the Schicksal will provide extremely generous rewards.
The biggest feature of this independent Valkyrie squad is that it prevents the Schicksal from using Valkyrie as cannon fodder and expendable resources as it has done in the past.
The Valkyrie squad can also focus on reconnaissance and intelligence gathering, depending on their own strengths, and then sell the collected intelligence to Cocolia, the intelligence agency's vice-official.
Most importantly, these Valkyrie squad can seek sponsorships. Of course, Valkyrie squad formed by Aristocratic Faction Valkyrie will definitely choose this method.
However, while the Valkyrie squad gained a great deal of autonomy, they also lost the right to be promoted to higher levels of the Schicksal.
Only Valkyrie units directly under the Acting Grand Bishop can be promoted one by one. Secondly, research-oriented Valkyrie cannot form squads; they are more often organized as laboratories. Whether it's seeking sponsorship or applying for funding, only research laboratories belonging to the Acting Grand Bishop can conduct research on projects related to Previous Era technologies.
In short, the advantage of this arrangement is that the Schicksal doesn't have to spend money to support Valkyrie who belong to other people's families. Instead, they can use 'forced missions' to assign dangerous tasks to these Valkyries, or choose to demote them...
The Acting Grand Bishop's actions can be seen as being for the good of the Valkyrie, and also to prevent many Valkyrie with complicated stances from being caught in the middle.
However, Valkyrie who choose to form independent Valkyrie squad are destined to be unable to enter the political core of the Schicksal.
Bianca had already made her own plans for the future. She certainly wouldn't choose to form Valkyrie squad with her friends, but rather participate in the selection process for the Acting Grand Bishop's direct forces.
It is said that the Acting Grand Bishop plans to relaunch the former Apocalypse Knights of the Schicksal, with positions categorized as members and leaders of the Order.
Bianca's goal is to obtain the title of Grand Master of the Knights.