I Became a Saintess at Schicksal: World Serpent's Surrender

Perhaps having seen through this, Otto was no longer as nonchalant as before.

"Lady Kevin Kaslana, if you've come here to mock us, then this negotiation is over..."

"My dear grandfather, the ancestor was just being sarcastic," Freya interrupted Otto.

Otto's actions are indeed despicable; from the perspective of civilization as a whole, he failed to fulfill the responsibilities of a leader.

However, the reason why the Previous Era was able to unite was because humanity was badly defeated by the Herrscher and had no choice but to unite.

Because the current civilization has emerged victorious due to Schicksal, its people are generally well protected, resulting in an overall inferior quality compared to the Previous Civilization.

Of course, humans have an innate tendency to fight amongst themselves, and even Kevin cannot deny that power struggles existed in Previous Era as well.

"Our ancestors said so much, and they even looked down on humanity in the current civilization era, but it didn't seem like they were denying the main points of this negotiation..."

"The World Serpent agrees to cooperate, but in exchange for that cooperation, I need you to eliminate other national ruling systems and unify the current human civilization..."

Like a mine detonating in calm lake water, the three people besides Kevin were shocked.

324. There wasn't even a mouse hole, let alone a door.

Freya and the others were indeed shocked to hear Kevin's request.

But after the initial shock, I found it quite comical.

Neither Freya nor Welt took Kevin's request seriously.

"Unify the current civilization... Ha, how interesting. If we have the ability to unify all the countries of the current civilization, wouldn't it be much easier to take over the World Serpent? There's absolutely no point in cooperating with the World Serpent," Otto said, shrugging.

Although Otto's lips were slightly upturned at this moment, there was not a trace of a smile in his eyes.

Otto didn't consider himself magnanimous after Kevin's earlier teasing, and at this moment, he didn't hide his sarcasm either.

"My lovely Freya, if I fully support you, are you confident you can destroy the World Serpent?"

"Of course I'm confident."

Having understood the meaning behind Otto's words, Freya immediately cooperated with his performance.

Kevin's attitude during the negotiations was ultimately somewhat condescending, which made Freya unable to ascertain the true situation of the World Serpent Organization.

Even excluding Kevin, the strongest fighter from the Previous Civilization, the World Serpent Organization remains a formidable opponent.

It's important to know that Freya was extremely serious when she suppressed the World Serpent Organization, yet the World Serpent Organization still managed to hold on.

"Ancestor, let us begin the Second Abyssal War."

Freya and Otto worked together so well that Kevin couldn't tell the truth of their words.

After all, Freya had a crazy habit of refusing to communicate and just going straight to action, while Otto was very self-interested and might not compromise for the sake of this world.

At this point, Kevin realized that his probing seemed to have been unnecessary.

As for sowing discord between Otto, Freya, and Welt, it also had no effect.

Freya and Welt never considered Otto as a comrade from the beginning.

Freya would not miss the opportunity to kick the World Serpent while it was down.

My own probing felt like shooting myself in the foot.

After a moment's thought, Kevin took out a metal sphere and tossed it onto the table. This was Soul Steel quantum computer from the Previous Civilization, containing a vast amount of Previous Civilization scientific and technological reserves, as well as records of its battles against the Herrscher.

In fact, Kevin initially suspected that the three people in front of him might have undue ambitions.

Even among the Fire Moth of the Previous Era, there were internal power struggles.

The Previous Civilization that experienced the Honkai's arrival and the birth of the Herrscher was forced to unite in the face of the powerful Honkai.

Even as all members united to fight against the Honkai, some still held different ideas, and some even fought against the Honkai simply out of fear.

The birth of the Twelfth Herrscher was one of the few regrets in his life.

Although a violent Honkai Energy reaction was detected in the girl, she still retained human consciousness. People who were terrified of the Herrscher eventually took the weak and helpless girl away and imprisoned her in the 'base'.

Dr. MEI was tasked with investigating the girl's secrets, but to no avail. The girl kept begging the doctor to let her go and return to her sister. MEI was also filled with confusion, but she could not let the 'Herrscher' leave until the truth was uncovered.

In the pitch-black cell, the girl, who still retains her human consciousness, constantly experiences loneliness and fear.

Then an unexpected incident occurred that Kevin hadn't anticipated.

Kevin never expected that the lower-ranking soldiers would disobey Dr. MEI's order not to harm the girl. People's fear of the girl grew stronger day by day, and perhaps even the fear itself was affected by the Honkai. When the disobedient soldiers rushed into the cell and brutally murdered the unarmed girl, no one expected that the power of the Twelfth Herrscher would manifest at the moment of the girl's death.

The girl's corpse slowly decomposed into a black mist carrying intense Honkai Energy. People near the cell were infected by this black mist and turned into Deadman, who began attacking the others in the base.

Of course, the Deadman do not pose a threat.

At that time, only three cities remained of the Previous Civilization humans.

The 'base' where the girl was imprisoned contained a large number of nuclear bombs, which were originally intended as the ultimate weapons against the Herrscher. The Twelfth Herrscher's ability, or rather, the Twelfth Herrscher's true form, is an ultimate virus with self-awareness. This virus, carrying the girl's hatred for humanity, completely took control of the base's defense system.

The girl began her revenge.

All the nuclear missiles in the base were launched at the three remaining human cities, and then the three cities were destroyed in an instant.

People and buildings were instantly vaporized by the intense heat of the nuclear explosion.

At that time, only about 31,000 people remained in the entire world, living in the base.

Who could have imagined that a weak and helpless girl would become the super trigger that destroyed Previous Civilization?

In Kevin's eyes, it was precisely because the Previous Era had handled the Twelfth Herrscher carelessly and underestimated the horrors of the Herrscher and the Honkai that it finally ended up in that state.

The battle with the Twelfth Herrscher also sealed the Previous Era, which would be defeated by the Herrscher of Finality.

Like a chess endgame, the mistake made by the Previous Era in dealing with the Twelfth Herrscher led to the game being decided early on, and the subsequent struggles were only to prolong the game.

Kevin doesn't want the present civilization to repeat the mistakes of the Previous Civilization.

"Ancestor, what is this?"

"The Soul Steel Quantum Computer from the Previous Civilization contains the Previous Civilization's scientific research technology, as well as precious video recordings of the Previous Civilization's battles with the Herrscher."

Perhaps confused by his act of throwing out the Soul Steel Quantum Computer, Freya had just looked like she was about to flip the table and start a war, asked him a question.

"... No, I know this metal sphere is the Soul Steel Quantum Computer from the Previous Civilization. I'm asking you, Ancestor, what do you mean by this?" Freya leaned back, resting her weight on the chair back.

After the little Herrscher of Finality transformation, Freya's abnormal weight returned to normal.

The reason for the previous abnormal weight was mainly the excess energy generated during the body's evolution. The accumulation of that excess energy in the body caused the abnormality, which is similar to the anti-Honkai wave automatically emitted by the Holy Blood.

Freya no longer needs to have a custom-made office chair, nor does she have to worry about crushing her sisters one day.

Freya, leaning back in her chair, looked up at her ancestor from a superior perspective.

"Should we surrender, or admit defeat?"

The negotiation process inevitably involves the question of who should be promoted and who should be demoted.

Negotiations that achieve a win-win situation are rare. In fact, a so-called win-win situation often means reducing the benefits that could have been gained by the party that could have won more, or having to concede benefits in order to make the negotiations go smoothly.

Freya has no interest in any win-win situation with World Serpent.

In her eyes, the World Serpent only has two paths to choose from.

One path is to be directly destroyed by her, and the other is to submit.

Of course, Freya also knew about the World Serpent and that her ancestor would never choose either of these two paths. He would inevitably concede some benefits in order to achieve a so-called win-win situation.

The Soul Steel quantum computer that Kevin has now thrown out is World Serpent's bargaining chip.

However, that's not enough.

For Freya, new scientific research technologies were meaningless.

Just as money is merely a number to the wealthy, even with the current scientific and technological capabilities, Schicksal and Anti-Entropy are incapable of digesting the current scientific and technological advancements. Acquiring more scientific and technological advancements from Previous Civilization would be useless.

At least for now, the league doesn't need too many new technologies.

"Grandpa, the bishop's meaning is my meaning. You don't need to test me. To be honest, the three of us are on the same side this time."

"As for the Soul Steel quantum computers of the Previous Civilization, we also have many of them, some of which contain video recordings of the battles Previous Civilization and the Herrscher."

Welt added something to emphasize that the three belonged to the same side.

Of the three from the current civilization, Otto possessed a large number of Soul Steel Quantum Computers. Apart from some Soul Steel Quantum Computers that only had the function of managing shelters, he hid all the remaining multifunctional Soul Steel Quantum Computers or those that stored video records.

Freya only found a few unimportant Soul Steel metal spheres at the Schicksal Headquarters.

One of them also records the human history of the Previous Era.

A palm-sized metal sphere, weighing about 0.5 kilograms, records the Previous Era from its birth to its destruction.

Although the content was not detailed, it made Freya feel the lament of the Previous Civilization.

Freya actually agreed with what her ancestor's close friend said: people of the present civilization can accept cooperation with these 'forerunners' of the Previous Civilization, but they will never accept the rule of the 'forerunners'.

"Cooperation requires sincerity, but we haven't felt that sincerity from our ancestors."

Freya looked at Kevin, waiting for him to offer new terms for the exchange.

Although Freya loathed war from the bottom of her heart, she understood better than anyone else that sometimes, war could be a means to reduce death.

She does not regret instigating the Abyssal War.

The Abyssal War not only exposed that her mental connection with Kiana and Aurora could be exploited by the Honkai Consciousness, but also revealed her identity Herrscher of Finality in the current civilization era.

After confirming that she was merely a backup body for the Herrscher of Finality, Freya no longer needed to worry about becoming the Herrscher of Finality one day.

Kiana Kaslana is currently the top candidate to become the Herrscher of Finality.

This relieved Freya of some worries.

Similarly, she also showed her fist to Kevin. Although something unexpected happened, this unexpected event became a bargaining chip in the negotiations.

Freya's act of brandishing her fist at Kevin also served as a demonstration of the power of modern civilization.

Only by proving that the current civilization possesses the power to protect itself and to realize its chosen path can the 'forerunners' of the Previous Civilization cease to be aloof and superior.

Admittedly, this was true for Previous Civilization.

The mediocrity of modern civilization is like that of a good-for-nothing child.

As a result, Kevin doesn't believe that the current civilization can fight against the Honkai.

Of course, Freya didn't want to take the blame.

To be fair, if that bastard bishop hadn't caused trouble, and with the ruins of the Previous Civilization and the 'precursors,' the current civilization wouldn't be so incompetent in fighting the Honkai, and wouldn't even need to treat the Valkyrie as expendable resources.

Compared to Previous Civilization that could only start from scratch, the current civilization stands on the shoulders of giants.

It's obviously a bit of hindsight to say all this now, but Freya's original plan was to kill her own ancestor in order to completely dismantle the World Serpent Organization. But that goal failed, so she could only make use of the results of the Abyssal War.

At least allow the Previous Civilization to treat the current civilization as an equal.

"Sincerity, do you understand?"

Freya tapped the round table with her finger, but her tone remained unyielding.

She did feel guilty for the innocent people who died in the Abyssal War, and she really didn't want to start another war, but Freya didn't reveal her true thoughts.

Perhaps my own girlfriend can see through me.

But in the eyes of outsiders, she is not a gentle Little Princess. Her 'foolish' and cute little sister is more suited to the image of Little Princess, while she herself is destined to be a cruel and ruthless demon king and evil dragon.

"Sincerity? Then... the World Serpent's unconditional surrender is our sincerity."

Kevin once again threw out an exchange condition that caught Freya and the others off guard.

Even the usually composed Otto was stunned for a few seconds, while Freya was negotiating directly with Kevin, was somewhat flustered.

But she quickly adjusted her mindset, looking at her ancestor with a mocking smile.

"It's ridiculous. Even if the World Serpent surrenders unconditionally, it doesn't mean that the World Serpent can be trusted."

Just as Freya never intended for the World Serpent to submit in the first place, even when she demanded that the World Serpent surrender and admit defeat, it was only to make the negotiations more favorable to their side.

She just didn't expect Kevin to take this impossible request seriously.

"Once World Serpent unconditionally, a massive purge awaits its members, from high-ranking officers to low-ranking members; no one will be able to escape..."

"That's right, including the disciples of the World Serpent Leader." Kevin's calm reply cut off Freya's words that were about to spill out.

Welt glanced at Freya with concern, and then Freya, unable to answer, replied.

"We have plenty of ways to protect Kiana Kaslana. Trying to threaten us with this method won't work. World Serpent's unconditional surrender is doomed to destruction."