Chapter 365
Being able to control the beast mode with reason and suppress its madness is indeed impressive.
But that's all.
Because of the huge gap in strength, he had to make up for the gap in other ways.
Freya sighed in disappointment.
Whether it was the flames unleashed by the An-Utu or the 'Demon God' engulfed in a sea of fire, they were gradually frozen by the merciless Ice power.
Not only the members of the World Serpent Base's underground shelter and this battlefield, but even the continent on which the World Serpent Base is located has not been spared.
On this continent, which is neither the North nor South Pole, a vast snowfield has appeared.
Freya froze half a continent single-handedly. No, not single-handedly. In fact, Kevin from this parallel world also contributed greatly to freezing himself.
"When facing a mental ability user, you should doubt everything you see."
Kevin, who was frozen in ice, was unaware that the power that had frozen him was coming from himself.
"... The other you, once you discover that I'm letting you destroy the barrier, will definitely doubt everything you're seeing."
Ultimately, Kevin in this world doesn't have a single friend named FU.
After saying that, Freya deactivated her transformation.
415. Shall we eat together later?
Although both are Kevin Kaslana, Kevin from this parallel world is clearly inferior in many aspects.
If we're talking about madness and extremism, nothing Kevin, the one Freya knows.
In terms of both strength and caution, he is not as good as the Kevin that Freya knows.
The difference between this world and the original world is not only that he himself is missing, but also that of a person who had a profound influence on Kevin.
"A close friend..."
Although Freya loathed Kevin from the bottom of her heart, when she closed her eyes, she seemed to see the afterglow of dusk shining into the classroom after school, and the scene of three close boys laughing and joking. It was just a pity that she would never see such a dusk again.
She is herself, and FU is FU.
Furthermore, FU severed his close friendship with Kevin because of Himeko.
Kevin in this world is quite powerful, but when compared to the Kevin that Freya is familiar with, the gap between the two becomes increasingly obvious.
There is no K422 in this world, nor is there a FU.
Although she defeated Kevin, defeating Kevin from this parallel world did not bring Freya peace of mind.
One reason is that it's not the same Kevin, and another reason is that the Kevin in this parallel universe performs too poorly.
To put it simply: You are the worst Kevin I've ever seen.
Although Freya had only met the second Kevin, considering that she would often travel to other parallel worlds in the future, her behavior of beating Kevin like today might not be a one-off occurrence.
However, regardless of what the future holds, Freya is now somewhat disappointed and regretful.
She still couldn't see any possibility of defeating Kevin from the original world. Even if she fought Kevin from the original world again, it would only end in a draw once more.
However, given Freya and Kevin's current level, if they were to engage in battle, the aftershocks alone would be enough to crush a large number of innocent civilians.
Freya no longer cares about the lives of those unrelated to her, but her battle with Kevin will inevitably involve the Alliance, and the Valkyrie will also be drawn into the fight.
Their sacrifices were a price Freya could not possibly afford.
"Ultimately, one still has room for growth, while the other is still in the recovery phase. It was wrong of me to compare the two," Freya sighed.
She longed to fight a powerful Kevin, hoping to dispel her concerns through the battle.
However, while Kevin in this parallel world is powerful, he is far from powerful enough to dispel Freya's concerns. In fact, after she transforms into the Herrscher of Finality, he falls into the illusion she has created without any resistance.
Freya didn't even glance at Kevin, who was frozen in ice.
He was not only frozen by his own power, but also, under the psychological suggestion implanted by Freya, he continued to release power to maintain the power that had frozen him.
Freya was like someone who had knitted a wool sweater and then put it on a sheep, while Kevin, still trapped in the illusion, had no idea that the power that had frozen him, the frozen World Serpent Base, and half the continent originated from him.
In Freya's illusion, Kevin is constantly releasing the flames of An-Utu to counteract Freya's Ice power, but in reality, he is releasing Ice power.
Kevin in this parallel world never imagined that his power would be used in such a way.
Ultimately, it's because Freya knows Kevin too well. However, the Kevin she knows is the Kevin from the original world. Although the Kevin of this world is inferior to the Kevin of the original world in many ways, their personalities are ultimately very similar.
Freya left the continent where the temperature wouldn't drop anytime soon, and she wasn't worried that anyone could wake Kevin Kaslana.
As long as Kevin's power is not exhausted, the power he continues to unleash will protect him and the World Serpent base from external threats.
Similarly, he and the members of the World Serpent Base were also completely trapped here.
Freya wasn't worried about the World Serpent members being trapped and dying. After all, judging from Kevin's current rate of power release, it would take at least a month from when he was exhausted and frozen to when he regained consciousness and broke free of the ice.
A month may be a short time for some people, but it is quite enough for Freya.
Freya was worried that the bastard church in this world might take the opportunity to do something.
After all, she had already determined that Kevin posed no threat to this world.
In the original world, Otto and Kevin were the two major obstacles in Freya's path forward. The two, one intellectual and the other martial, were locked in a stalemate with her, forcing Freya to compromise time and time again.
In this parallel world, Kevin is not a threat in terms of physical strength. On the contrary, Otto Apocalypse is not known for his strength, but rather for his cunning and scheming.
Although Freya's strength makes her unafraid of any danger, it doesn't mean she won't be schemed against by Otto.
In the original world, Otto personally taught his own child, who was only a few months old, a practical lesson, calculating her actions and thoughts from beginning to end, leading her to her own doom.
He's such a scoundrel, yet when he's scheming against others, he somehow manages to factor in uncertainties like emotions.
They believed in miracles brought about by love more than anyone else—
The first stop after leaving the continent where the World Serpent Base is located is the Schicksal Headquarters in the skies above the Mediterranean Sea in Europe.
Freya dared not let Otto leave her sight.
It turns out that Otto of the original world may have used the assassination to go into hiding, allowing Theresa and Freya to inherit his entire fortune openly. However, leaving Otto in a state of uncertainty, with his whereabouts and fate unknown, is not a good thing for either Freya or Kevin.
Freya only wants to protect the Valkyrie and safeguard the Alliance and its vassals, while Kevin is willing to do anything to destroy the Honkai.
Although their goals were different, their objectives did not conflict. Therefore, Freya and Kevin had always turned a blind eye to the secret cooperation between the Alliance and the World Serpent Organization.
During the ceasefire talks three years ago, Kevin tacitly approved Kiana's assassination attempt, indicating that he and Freya shared the same stance at the time, both deciding to eliminate Otto as an unstable factor first.
In fact, Freya and Kevin, including Otto, were well aware of this. They knew very well that among the three, the one who was most likely to become Honkai lackey was not Freya, who had stood on the Honkai Side since birth, nor Kevin, who went to extremes in his desire for revenge against the Honkai, but Otto Apocalypse, who had been obsessed with resurrecting his lover for five hundred years—he was the most likely to side with the Honkai and become Honkai lackey.
Rather than let Otto become a traitor, Freya and Kevin both participated in that assassination attempt.
Compared to Freya's overt and undisguised actions, Kevin's subtle movements were naturally more understated.
It has to be said that Otto of the world is actually quite troublesome; his intelligence is not actually top-notch.
Five hundred years of accumulation and the Previous Civilization technology that Schicksal possessed made him an indispensable figure in this era. If such time and the technology Schicksal possessed were given to geniuses like Tesla and Einstein, they could have produced even more outstanding results.
Otto's wisdom was not reflected in his knowledge and skills, but in his understanding of human nature and his unwavering belief in emotions, a factor devoid of logic, which made his schemes invincible.
Freya had no idea how different Otto the original world in this parallel world.
However, just as she did not underestimate Kevin at first, after extremely serious consideration, she finally made an extremely careful decision—to force her way into the Schicksal Headquarters.
"..."
Otto, who was eating lunch, looked a little stiff. He turned his head and asked the 'maid' next to him.
"Rita, please say it again, what just happened?"
The woman in the Maid Dress calmly repeated, "Your Excellency, we just observed a powerful Herrscher reaction. Subsequently, the Valkyrie squad we dispatched discovered a suspected World Serpent base. Not long after, we lost contact with that Valkyrie squad, and the place they had gone to has turned into an ice field, which is gradually spreading across the entire continent."
"... Next, a figure suspected to Herrscher from another world is flying towards the Schicksal Headquarters. It is estimated that the target will collide with the Schicksal Headquarters' protective shield in about three minutes. Judging from the energy intensity captured by the Schicksal satellite, the Schicksal Headquarters' protective shield is simply unable to withstand it."
"In fact, as we were talking, the target was rapidly approaching the Schicksal Headquarters. The patrolling Floating Battleship were unable to lock onto it. Therefore, please prepare for the impact, Your Excellency. A fierce battle will take place at the headquarters. I request that 'Heavenly Father' be invited to participate in this battle."
"Huh??"
Otto suddenly felt that his lunch didn't taste good anymore.
He had no idea what the Herrscher of this other world was up to. At first, the Herrscher tested Bianca by having a brief exchange with Bianca. Then, under the pretext of a fair fight, the Herrscher ordered Bianca to take refuge in Sky City, and subsequently destroyed Sky City completely.
On one hand, it exposed the relationship between Shencheng Medicine and the World Serpent Organization; on the other hand, it also announced the arrival of her Herrscher from another world.
However, just as Otto was on high alert, the other party suddenly disappeared, and he searched for a long time but could not find the target.
Then came a host of troubles, and his daily workload increased tenfold.
The files that used to form a wall on his desk every day are now piled up to ten walls. Otto is sure that the otherworldly Herrscher has no idea how desperate he's been these past few days.
However, the opponent's attack method was indeed interesting, using the control of innocent people to disrupt logistics.
Even the smallest things can indeed influence the Schicksal.
Just two days ago, a transport ship arrived at the Schicksal Headquarters' airport. When the Valkyrie went to the airport to receive the cargo, who could have imagined that the cargo delivered by the transport ship contained a large number of canned Canned Food, and that all of these Canned Food of herring had leaked...
The Valkyrie squad that went to receive the goods must have felt utterly hopeless.
This is like mixing shit into rice, and then mixing poison into the shit.
Of course, Otto didn't think there was anything despicable about what the Herrscher of Another World did. After all, the Herrscher Another World could clearly and definitively say that they were enemies of Schicksal. Since such a relationship could not be changed, then no matter how despicable the means, as long as they could attack Schicksal and cause trouble for Schicksal, then they were good means.
Otto thought the Herrscher from another world's shameless attack methods were very commendable, but he felt that he himself could not do such a bottomless thing.
The most crucial point is that only a few Valkyrie enjoyed the herring Canned Food. They ate Canned Food with relish, but due to the leaking odor, many normal supplies were contaminated by the smell. For several days in a row, the Schicksal Headquarters was in a state of shortage of supplies.
Of course, since they couldn't find where this otherworldly Herrscher was hiding, Otto suspended his plans targeting Herrscher.
Because of the other party's shameless attack method, Otto felt that there was a big difference between the Herrscher of the other world and the real Herrscher, which made him want to communicate with the other party and hope to establish an equal relationship. After all, if he was not curious about information about parallel worlds, Otto was naturally extremely curious.
Unfortunately, before Otto could find the other party and find an opportunity to communicate, Freya had already taken care of Kevin. Afterwards, fearing that Otto would be on guard if things were exposed, she rushed straight to the Schicksal Headquarters without hesitation.
Just as Rita told Bishop Otto, after only three minutes, the protective shield of the Schicksal Headquarters was as fragile as a piece of paper, unable to stop a purple meteor.
Freya had smashed a hole in the protective shield of Schicksal Headquarters but had no reaction whatsoever, now charged directly toward Otto's laboratory based on her memory.
To take a shortcut and save time, she moved forward while materializing a spear infused with Herrscher power to break through the wall.
This method of breaking through barriers and moving in a straight line can undoubtedly solve all the mazes in the world.
Of course, they would also be considered unwelcome by all the creators of the maze.
Even if they are dead, they might push open their coffins and jump out to fight Freya to the death.
However, the advantages of taking a straight path and demolishing walls quickly became apparent.
From Freya making a hole in the protective shield of Schicksal Headquarters to Freya smashing through hundreds of walls and breaking directly into Otto's laboratory, it only took two minutes.
The moment Freya broke through the laboratory wall, she saw Otto having lunch. Without any hesitation, she descended from the sky and landed directly on the dining table.
"Hello, Otto Apocalypse," Freya greeted him, her gaze sweeping down from above with a hint of teasing.
As for the M9 Ribeye Steak Freya had trampled under her feet, and the 1988 Chateau Latour Red Wine had been knocked over and spilled all over the floor, Otto naturally couldn't take a second bite.
Otto never expected that the Herrscher from another world would appear in front of him in this way, and he was stunned for a moment.
While Otto was still in a daze, Freya looked at the maid who had been in the office earlier. She was also momentarily stunned, and then subconsciously said something.
"Rita? What are you doing here? By the way, have you eaten? Want to eat together later?"
"OK..."
Rita was momentarily stunned by Freya's intimate words, and of course, she subconsciously responded.
416. Heroine, we meet again.
Otto was stunned when Freya suddenly barged into the Schicksal Headquarters. Freya was also stunned when she met Rita at Otto's place. Rita was equally stunned when Freya invited her to dinner.
After the three of them took a while to recover, the scene became quite awkward.
The trampled ribeye steak, the spilled expensive red wine, the damaged walls, the piercing alarm, and the chaotic Schicksal Headquarters all reminded Otto that the other side was not following the rules at all, and the previously formulated plan was obviously a waste of effort.
Just then, a blonde girl wielding a pure white lance and wearing a white battle dress stormed in through the passage Freya had cleared. Her imposing figure was just like that of a Valkyrie from Norse mythology.
This also broke the awkward atmosphere between the three of them.
Freya smiled and said, "Miss Hero, we meet again."