Chapter 229
Otto, with his hands resting on the glass dome, became more and more excited as he spoke.
He turned around excitedly to Theresa: "Freya must also be looking for the Divine Box, right? Did she find it? Does she have any clues? The last place the Divine Box appeared should be Yae Village in Shinano Province, yes, it should be somewhere in the Far East now!"
Theresa pursed her lips, increasingly worried about Otto's mental state.
Otto seemed to read Theresa's thoughts from her face, and his expression was like that of someone elegantly sipping red tea, only to find a dead fly in the cup when they put it down.
"I shouldn't have relied on you, you stupid child!"
That stupid granddaughter is truly a stupid granddaughter!
Otto was about to contact Freya, but the next moment, he stopped his attempt to reach her.
"Well, speaking of which, my lovely Freya isn't exactly an easy child to deal with either."
Otto felt helpless.
The reason we can maintain a cooperative relationship with Freya now is entirely because neither side interferes with the other and there is no substantial conflict.
However, if he were to set his sights on the Divine Box, it would mean a conflict with Freya.
And the other party would definitely be interested in tying him up and sending him to her lovely sister.
While he could afford to lose a Soul Steel clone, Otto wasn't about to do something as foolish as giving away a Soul Steel clone for nothing in return...
Freya was willing to give him the Judas' Oath simply because the power of the Judas' Oath was like a chicken rib to Freya. Freya, who possessed the power of the Herrscher of Reason, had already copied a copy of the Judas' Oath long ago, so Freya handed over the Judas' Oath so readily.
"The Divine Box, given that child's personality, she's definitely eyeing Divine Box. Unless I can give her items or technology worth more than four times the Divine Box 'Divine Box, I won't get it from her..."
The problem is that the value of the Divine Box is difficult to determine.
The Schicksal studied the so-called Divine Box for a long time, but couldn't figure it out.
However, Otto had obtained the First Divine Key, Void Archive, through the golden Divine Box, and he speculated that the black Divine Box that Kallen took away should be Divine Key.
Based on the currently undiscovered Divine Key, the Herrscher of the Void corresponds to the Second Divine Key, the Herrscher of Ice corresponds to the Fifth Divine Key, the Herrscher of Corruption corresponds to the Twelfth Divine Key, and the Thirteenth Herrscher identity is unknown, corresponds to the thirteenth Divine Key...
"The twelfth or thirteenth place is more likely, but this answer will definitely not satisfy my lovely Freya."
Otto grew increasingly distressed. Only at times like this did he realize how much he had left the other party, leaving them with nothing to lack...
As for robbery...
Otto immediately abandoned this foolish idea.
The current Schicksal is not the Schicksal he knew when he was the Grand Bishop.
Compared to the global deployment of the Schicksal, the Schicksal has now shrunk its defenses. Apart from branches that cannot be relocated, Freya has concentrated almost all of the Schicksal's combat power in one place.
As for the idea of taking advantage of the situation to wipe them out in one fell swoop, that's too naive. You have to know that the Schicksal Headquarters is right there. What was demolished was mainly the buildings that were added on the Floating Island. In fact, the Schicksal's defense system on the Floating Island was not demolished. Even if the ruler of a country suddenly had a brain fart and decided to give the Schicksal a few nuclear bombs, it would be blocked by the defense system of the Schicksal Headquarters.
Otto, as the builder, was well aware of just how powerful the defense system of the Schicksal Headquarters on the Floating Island was.
He certainly has the ability to disable the defense system.
However, once he disables the defense system, Freya will surely see through his intentions.
At that point, let alone forcibly seizing the Divine Box, it will be questionable whether he can even escape from Freya's clutches.
"Theresa, what do you think are the chances that I... tricked Freya into giving me a new Divine Key?"
When Otto asked her a question, Theresa rolled her eyes.
"Grandpa, you talked a lot with Grandma Kallen today, maybe you should rest."
"... Okay, as expected, it's impossible. To make a deal with the lovely Freya, you have to be prepared to bleed a lot."
Otto shook his head helplessly.
He decided to find a time to meet with Freya, and at the same time, he was mentally prepared to send a Soul Steel clone to Kiana to vent her anger.
However, this meeting was delayed for a month.
And many things happened during that month.
The biggest event was that Freya perfected the modification surgery, giving ordinary girls a 90% chance of becoming Valkyrie, and they would not die even if they failed, while girls with adaptability would become Valkyrie 100% of the time.
The following month was an eventful time for Otto and for the long-dormant World Serpent.
Epilogue of Volume Two
Alright, it's time to wrap up Volume Two.
I must lament the dragging plot of Volume Two. Well, I tried to write in detail, but I didn't manage the pacing well. The significant drop in subscriptions shows that the plot was too bland and failed to maintain its freshness. So... I apologize for that. (I'm truly sorry.)
To summarize Volume Two, it's about Welt's marriage and the relocation of Schicksal Headquarters.
Compared to the first volume's focus on the three Kiana sisters ending up in different families, the second volume is indeed quite boring. As the author, I have to admit this. Yes, I continue to apologize for failing to make the setup and details interesting. (I'm very sorry.)
Volume 3 mainly focuses on increasing Bianca's storyline. I know you're all into lolicon, so you'll definitely enjoy stories featuring cute lolis like Bianca. I'll try to add as much yuri content as possible in Volume 3, since this novel is primarily yuri. However, I always subconsciously pay attention to the settings.
I still want to complain about Kevin's need for the Divine Key. The Eden Star Shattered, the withering effect of the Black Abyss White Flower was useless, and the Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment directly froze him. It feels like he's not even on the same level as the other warriors. Even if SU is just a scientist and not one of the eight warriors who fought against the Fire Moth of the Herrscher of Finality, are two Divine Key really that unimpressive? No, we also need to add the Spatial Key. If Kevin hadn't shown mercy, SU wouldn't have been able to trap Kevin at all.
I have a feeling that the original Bianca is going to become increasingly weak in the main storyline of the game. Is it really okay for the comic to hype her up so much? Most importantly, there's going to be a battle between 15-year-old Bianca and Kevin later on.
Bianca lost, and the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal lost face, but Kevin lost, and the entire Previous Era lost its prestige along with him.
Well, anyway, I need to work hard on Volume 3.
270. This will be a groundbreaking product.
"Congratulations..."
"Congratulations--"
"That's amazing!"
The praise from those around her caused the young girl with white hair, blue eyes, and long hair tied in a single ponytail that draped over her left shoulder to give a wry smile.
This was originally just an ordinary gathering, a nice meal for close friends and relatives in the top-floor hall of the Schicksal Headquarters, so she wore a very casual dress and denim shorts. Luckily, it was a gathering of acquaintances, otherwise she would definitely have been caught and lectured by the maids for dressing like this.
However, this imposter was quite adept at playing the fool, and inadvertently let slip something she hadn't planned to announce.
Amidst these praises, that helpless smile gradually turned into one of pride.
"I didn't expect such a big surprise. I admit I was taken aback," the well-dressed man in a suit said with a smile.
I thought that the battle three days ago was the biggest event that had happened recently, enough to affect the Schicksal's next strategy.
In reality, regardless of whether the Schicksal carried out that operation, they had no intention of returning the occupied sites to the Far East government, so... that operation cannot be considered a major event that affected the Schicksal.
Three days later, or rather, three days after the end of the battle, the young girl finally created a Honkai Energy antibody without any side effects.
The biggest risk of the original modification surgery by the Schicksal was that the original artificial antibodies were completely unable to resist the erosion of Honkai Energy, and could only temporarily slow down the rate at which Honkai Energy eroded the human body.
Once the dose of Honkai Energy injected exceeds the resistance limit of the artificial antibody, the injected artificial antibody will quickly become ineffective. After the artificial antibody becomes ineffective, injecting Valkyrie becomes Honkai Energy injecting poison.
Now, she has completed the creation of a true Honkai Energy antibody, which can provide the human body with a certain degree of immunity against Honkai Energy erosion.
During these three days, she was only able to conduct a limited number of experiments, including injecting a large number of experimental animals with the new artificial antibodies and conducting environmental simulation tests.
The large number of experimental animals injected with the new artificial antibodies did not undergo any mutations in the heavily polluted environment of Honkai Energy; it was just that their biological instincts made them want to stay away from such heavily polluted environments.
In order to obtain important experimental data, she even increased the dosage of Honkai Energy and used a Honkai Energy Reactor to simulate the harsh environment of the Great Honkai center.
However, the experimental animals performed normally and did not exhibit any abnormalities due to the large amount of Honkai Energy contained in the air.
Another batch of experimental animals used the original artificial antibodies from the Schicksal, but this batch of experimental animals could not survive for an hour in the heavily polluted Honkai Energy environment; they either died on the spot or turned into Honkai Beast.
Since the imposter had let it slip, the young girl didn't hide anything and explained the progress of the ongoing experiment. The children, who looked about the same age as her, were completely confused, while the adults all looked thoughtful.
"It's not perfect for me yet, especially since it hasn't been tested on humans. It's too early to talk about that now. The experimental animals also need to be observed for a while longer... There's also a sample that was sent to the central area of Honkai Energy Reactor that's still being tested, but so far the artificial antibodies in the sample have only shown a slight weakening reaction."
At this point, the young girl couldn't help but smile.
Although no volunteer experiments have been conducted yet, she is very confident in the 'K422-1 Honkai Energy antibody' she has developed.
If the Stigmata are a gift from the Previous Era to the current civilization, then she believes that the 'K422-1 Honkai Energy Antibody' is a gift left by K422-1 to humanity.
Although she completed the new artificial antibody in these three days, her preliminary preparations had been going on for several months. She had conducted many studies on the inactive blood of K422-1 and first discovered that the inactive blood had a neutralizing effect. She had injected K422-1's blood into the body of Honkai Beast, and the result of that experiment was the birth of Humanoid Honkai Beast after the Honkai Consciousness intervened.
However, the ability to convert K422-1 into serum and then into Honkai Energy antibody was not her achievement alone.
She is willing to award the prize to a brilliant researcher who betrayed his original organization for the great contribution to the development of the new antibody.
"Freya, don't get too cocky... You must examine it carefully, lest something unexpected happens. The new antibody is a matter of life and death!"
"Of course, I'm always very careful, Sister Tesla, and the biggest contributor this time should be the Jackal."
As she spoke, Freya raised the glass of red wine containing a black carbonated beverage and swirled it, gesturing towards the woman in the corner who was gnawing on a chicken wing.
Following her gaze, the others naturally noticed the brown-skinned beauty in the corner wearing a researcher's uniform with the Schicksal logo.
Those who attended this gathering were all insiders. The ruling class of the two organizations were naturally present, followed by the close associates of the four individuals, as well as their relatives. It was an extremely private banquet. Initially, some people were indeed wondering why this MVP was there, and even worried that he might have some kind of conspiracy...
After observing for a while, I realized that the other person was just there to freeload, so I gave up on spending time on them.
"Acting Grand Bishop... you said the Jackal is a great contributor? In other words, she also deserves credit for the new artificial antibody?" Ryoma asked curiously.
"Of course, I would never steal credit from my subordinates. As you all know, I am the only one in charge of the technology related to Type-B Stigmata. But artificial antibodies are ultimately a matter of biology or medicine, and in this field, Jackal's level is indeed far beyond all of us."
Despite her seemingly incompetent appearance, Jackal possesses genuine talent. Otherwise, why would the World Serpent Organization have chosen her as their top leader, entrusted her with managing such a large multinational pharmaceutical group as Shencheng Medicine, and even put her in charge of Stigmata Project?
"I asked her a lot of questions, um... so Jackal deserves credit for completing the new antibody." Freya brought her to this gathering to announce to everyone that Jackal could be officially registered as a Schicksal researcher.
Moreover, the Jackal was not under the management of Tesla and Einstein, but was directly under her research group as the Acting Grand Bishop.
Of course, at present, this research group consists of only her and Jackal.
"I see. But congratulations anyway. Stable artificial antibodies can improve the success rate of the infusion of Honkai Energy."
Tesla investigated the reasons for the high failure rate of the modification surgery.
She investigated this reason in order to provide some assistance to Freya in perfecting the modification surgery.
However, the main reason for the failure of the modification surgery is that the process of infusing Honkai Energy activate the added artificial Stigmata after injecting artificial antibodies often goes wrong. Either the artificial antibodies fail, or the burden brought by the artificial Stigmata is too great. Of course, the dosage of infused Honkai Energy exceeding the standard is also a reason.
Freya smiled slightly and decided to humbly accept the praise from Tesla, Welt, and the others.
During the three days following the end of the battle in Nagoya City, she seized the opportunity to gain inspiration.
The knowledge accumulated through past learning and seeking guidance, along with the skills gained from repeated failures, form the equation leading to victory.
Although Freya has not yet selected volunteers to participate in the experiment, they are confident in Freya's results. When Freya does not directly deny it, it proves that the matter is indeed true.
Even though they were still halfway to success, they believed that Freya would definitely perfect the new antibody.
The new antibody, as the most important part of the modification surgery, can indeed be said to be a major event affecting the Schicksal.
Freya, who loved being praised, was led by Tesla and Welt.
"As expected of the Acting Grand Bishop! No, the Acting Grand Bishop title is completely superfluous."
"Exactly, can Otto do that? He can't even get a traitor in the World Serpent Organization."
"Why don't we just let Lord Freya succeed as Grand Bishop!"
"Exactly! Compared to Lord Freya, Lady Theresa is like a fake heir!"
"Aurora's older sister is amazing!"
"Your master is so amazing!"
"Cookie-sama is amazing!!"
"I also agree that my second sister should be the Grand Bishop."
"... The adults just love this kind of simple and crude boasting." Amidst the chaotic praise, Rita uttered a helpless sound.
But she didn't hold back her praise, as the completion of the new antibody meant that she was finally able to undergo the modification surgery.
Freya found it quite amusing; in fact, she preferred this kind of mindless boasting to bragging about her expertise.
It would be even better to add the line, "Bishop of Schicksal, unify the world! Punch the Herrscher, tread on the Finality!"
To be honest, Freya knew her preferences were a bit strange, but who doesn't have a bit of chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur)?
Oh, it seems she's only 10 years old now, and that 10 years old is fake; she hasn't reached the age of having chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) yet.
Freya patted her little sister's head and then pinched the cheeks of A-Lynn Sisters.
Only these two little ones could come up with such strange titles as "Big Big One" and "Cookie Lady," while their parent Cocolia, bowed and apologized to them.