Chapter 368

"... That's about it."

Bianca was getting a little hoarse from talking, Freya, aside from being slightly distracted, was indeed a very good listener, much better than Otto, who kept trying to interrupt Bianca.

Whenever Bianca got to the crucial point, Otto would always wink, but unfortunately, Bianca couldn't develop a rapport with him.

Of course, she may have understood what Otto meant, but Bianca ultimately chose to answer truthfully.

"It was amazing, much more impressive than I expected."

As Bianca picked up the water glass in front of her to quench her thirst, Freya pushed her own water glass towards her and sincerely applauded Bianca's adventure story.

"Miss Hero is truly remarkable, experiencing such a magnificent adventure at the age of 12."

At this point, Freya glanced at Rita in this world.

Clearly, Rita in this parallel world has a very close relationship with Bianca, considering that such relationships are quite common within the Valkyrie universe.

Freya suddenly had the idea that she would look great with a green hat on her head.

But she quickly came to her senses that this world, like her original world, belonged to Class B worlds, which were worlds where predecessors of Previous Civilization existed.

But this world has neither her nor FU.

Freya subconsciously looked at Bianca again, and then looked at the top of Bianca's head with a strange expression. She felt that there was a very nice green hat there.

"???"

Bianca stared at Freya with a puzzled expression, but soon realized that she was not making eye contact with Freya. Instead, Freya's gaze was strangely directed at the top of her head.

Bianca instinctively touched the top of her head, but she found nothing there.

"Miss Herrscher, is there something strange above my head?"

"Oh, of course there is. There's a flag that only I can see. If I break it, our friendship will break down," Freya said, her eyes wide open in a blatant lie.

She would never admit that she was looking at a beautiful hat that only she could see.

"Really? Then please don't break her so easily, Herrscher. I hope to maintain this good friendship with Herrscher."

Bianca answered calmly, and even though she knew Freya was making things up, she was able to continue Freya's line of dialogue.

At the same time, she was constantly analyzing in her mind her chances of winning after engaging in battle with her opponent.

No matter how many times she reviewed the game, Bianca couldn't see any hope of victory.

(This is terrible. The only possibility is that she was hiding her strength during the battle in Sky City.)

Considering that half the continent where the World Serpent base is located has turned into an ice field, and World Serpent members around the world have lost contact with the base, Bianca understands that the leader of the World Serpent organization has been defeated.

Although Bianca has never fought the leader of the World Serpent Organization, she understands that the leader of the World Serpent Organization must be a being at the 'strongest' level.

However, such a person was defeated by the opponent in a short time, giving the Schicksal no time to react. In fact, after defeating the leader of the World Serpent Organization, the opponent immediately flew towards the Schicksal Headquarters. It can be seen that her battle with the leader of the World Serpent Organization ended almost without any casualties.

Freya gave Bianca a deep look. Although she didn't use her Herrscher of Consciousness abilities to pry into her privacy, she sensed a melancholy in Bianca.

It was clear that Bianca's inner world was not as calm as she appeared.

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. After all, my behavior has always been like that of an unreasonable child, without any strategy or purpose. Such people are usually the most dangerous, since they are no different from so-called madmen.

Freya didn't think anyone would believe her earlier claims about her purpose... Well, only Kiki, that silly girl, would believe such a joke about saving the world.

Freya sensed Bianca's distress, while Rita remained completely calm.

"Well then, we've eaten and heard Bianca's adventures, so let's get back to the main topic, you damned bishop... I want the Void Archive."

After Otto of the original world disappeared, the Void Archive also vanished along with him.

The value of the First Divine Key goes without saying, but the most crucial thing is the knowledge contained within it. Even though Freya now possesses a considerable amount of mature technology from Previous Civilization, the knowledge contained in the Void Archive is by no means limited to these.

From the very beginning, Freya had the idea of robbing all the Divine Key in this world.

She doesn't care what SU's true purpose is, whether it's to use external forces or to let her test methods to defeat the Honkai, Freya will do it.

419. She had a very, very, very, very awful guy who had set her up.

Upon hearing that Freya was asking for the First Divine Key, the Void Archive, Otto's lips unconsciously curled into a smile.

Seeing the familiar smile on Otto's face, Freya wanted to cover her face and sigh.

She spent a long time imitating Otto's style of action and way of thinking. In order to be able to guess all of Otto's intentions as much as possible, she thoroughly imitated everything from his hairstyle and tone of voice to his slightly sarcastic smile.

Freya spent a long time in front of the mirror, constantly rubbing her face to make her smile more and more similar to Freya's.

For Freya, a feeling of looking in a mirror suddenly arose.

Otto revealed a slightly mocking smile, clearly intending to use the Void Archive for his schemes.

Although the Void Archive is the First Divine Key, it was not the first Divine Key to be created. On the contrary, apart from a few unfinished versions, the Void Archive can be considered the last Divine Key created in the Previous Era.

Freya didn't know much about the Void Archive. Even though she possessed the abilities of the Herrscher of Reason, which allowed her to analyze and copy the First Divine Key, she didn't believe that the Void Archive created by Dr. Mei only had this function.

Simply put, all researchers in the world can be divided into two categories: those who are Dr. Mei and those who are not Dr. Mei.

Even though she had a good relationship with Tesla, Einstein and others, and also recognized Otto's abilities, compared with Dr. Mei from the Previous Civilization, even the top researchers of this era would pale in comparison.

The more Freya studied the Previous Civilization situation, the more amazed she became by Dr. Mei's unimaginable wisdom.

Even if all the researchers of this era were combined, they wouldn't have done as much research as Dr. Mei alone.

Fusion Warrior, Hyper-mutation Factor, Chimera Project, Stigmata, Divine Key, etc.

These technologies from the Previous Civilization still influence the present civilization. In fact, without the scientific research achievements left by Dr. Mei, the present civilization probably wouldn't have lasted much longer.

In fact, Freya discovered that the Previous Civilization had given Dr. Mei too little time, and Dr. Mei was leading the remaining humans in a counterattack against the Honkai almost from scratch. Under these circumstances, she also frequently faced assassination attempts from other forces...

If Dr. Mei had been born in the current civilization era, and possessed the resources of the Alliance or the World Serpent Organization, she might have been able to directly rewrite the fate of the Previous Civilization.

Of course, this statement inevitably sounds like a denigration of geniuses like Tesla and Einstein, but Freya believes that there are significant differences between geniuses.

Whether it's the information SU left her, the records of Kevin's previous transactions with her, or the information found in the records of the Previous Civilization kept by Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, all of them prove that the Previous Era. It's just a pity that there were still many fools in the Previous Era who didn't know how to cherish it.

Even though the current civilization has many rare SRs, no amount of SRs can close the huge gap between them and SSRs.

In Freya's original world, there was a genius girl who once said something.

That quote is now often used as motivational rhetoric to encourage others, or rather, people only use the first half of the quote while ignoring the second half.

Of course, because many of the people Freya knew were also familiar with that genius girl, it was from their mouths that Freya understood the true meaning of the words that were used as motivational quotes to encourage others.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, but sometimes that one percent inspiration is more important than that ninety-nine percent perspiration.

The prodigy named Nancy Thomas Alva Edison acknowledges hard work, but ultimately values inspiration more.

Incidentally, she also used her own words to encourage Tesla.

However, in Tesla's eyes, the nouveau riche lady from the inflated company was just provoking him in an unconventional way.

In any case, Dr. Mei's wisdom was far ahead of its time, so the Divine Key she created were definitely not just for the purpose of gaining a few hours of power comparable to Herrscher.

In fact, Dr. Mei originally designed the Divine Key to fight against the Honkai, and in a very simple way, she used the power of the Honkai to fight against the Honkai. Therefore, she developed a series of God-Slaying Weapon driven by the Herrscher Core.

Of course, before the Divine Key project, humanity had also used Honkai Energy to develop a series of general-purpose weapons; that is, weapons that the current civilization excavated from ruins and named 'Holy Relics'.

A closer look reveals that the later the Divine Key was manufactured, the more its function deviated from the concept of a weapon.

The Second Divine Key and Fourth Divine Key are already functional items.

In fact, even the First Divine Key is a functional item, but it is its special ability to copy that gives it corresponding combat capabilities.

Regardless, as the last Divine Key created by the Previous Civilization, the Void Archive is far more necessary than any other Divine Key.

However, needless to say, Otto of the original world was not someone Freya believed she could shake Otto of this world with threats.

Freya didn't ask for the whereabouts of the real Kiana in this world because she was worried that Otto would discover her 'weakness'.

In the original world, Freya only slightly concealed the mental link, but Otto immediately saw through her intention to help Kiana, and then Otto orchestrated everything for her.

If it were the current Freya, she naturally wouldn't fall for the same trick. But back then, she had only recently developed self-awareness. She wasn't the FU from the Previous Era who dared to confront Kevin, nor was she the experienced and superb actress Kiana Apocalypse she is now...

Freya immediately saw that Otto was trying to scheme against her, but she was powerless to do anything about it.

However, while Otto was plotting against her, Freya had already hacked the entire Schicksal Headquarters system.

After all, she had served Acting Grand Bishop and the Schicksal Saintess for several years. Even though there were some differences between different worlds, the system as a whole had not changed much. It was obvious what would happen if Freya, who possessed the abilities of the Herrscher of Thunder and the Herrscher of Erosion, was placed in Schicksal Headquarters for so long.

Freya knew that Otto would not cooperate with her honestly. Even if she took over the Schicksal Headquarters, he still had many secret bases. However, losing the Schicksal Headquarters would indeed bring him considerable trouble.

After Otto finished his calculations, his slightly mocking smile became incredibly bright.

"Since Miss Herrscher desires the Void Archive, I am naturally willing to offer it to you with both hands..."

Faced with such a textbook example of a 'smiling face on the outside, cursing inwardly' smile, Freya suddenly realized that she was indeed still far from perfect.

"As they say, old ginger is indeed spicier. This 500-year-old ginger is definitely not something I can catch up with in a short time..." Freya muttered to herself.

Although my growth rate has increased rapidly, it's like I'm using a cheat code, but ultimately only my combat power has improved. Experience and knowledge cannot be made up for in a short time.

Just like if she were to compete with Kevin in skill or combat experience, she would definitely be pinned to the ground and beaten up by Kevin.

419.5 The second half of the chapter

Putting the topic of smiles aside for now, Freya knew she was still far from reaching the level of Otto's cunning and ruthless ways, but she didn't feel any pressure because of it. After all, she was imitating Otto simply to avoid being manipulated like she had been when she was a child.

When Freya heard Otto say he was willing to offer up the Void Archive with both hands, her first reaction was that Otto was lying.

Then her second reaction was that Otto was indeed lying.

This man's mouth has never been honest.

Even if someone insists they are not lying, they are inevitably concealing crucial information.

Despite this, Freya responded, "Since the Grand Bishop of Schicksal is willing to offer the Void Archive, I also promise that after receiving the Void Archive, I will absolutely not harm any members of the Schicksal, and I will also remove the Mind Plague from all members."

As she spoke, she reached out her hand to Otto, giving Otto no chance to continue.

If it comes to shamelessness, she doesn't think she'll lose. Most importantly, she looks only 14 years old. Using that appearance to compete with Otto in shamelessness, she has the advantage no matter how you look at it.

If Freya really can't win, she can flip the table.

"..."

Otto let out a soft sigh. He had underestimated his opponent. The opponent in front of him, who was like a decoy version of himself, was even more troublesome than he had imagined.

Most importantly, she can be extremely shameless.

Otto started to think he should shout "Long live the Apocalypse Herrscher!" but he didn't know if shouting that would influence the other person's judgment. Of course, he could be shameless, but he couldn't be more shameless than the other person; he lost because of the other person's age.

Moreover, this opponent is just like my alternate account, yet his combat ability is ridiculously strong.

This also made Otto worry that the other party might flip the table at the slightest disagreement.

This kind of opponent is the most troublesome. After all, she'll try to reason with you, but if she can't win the argument, she'll resort to fists. And if she encounters an opponent who's stronger than her in fists, she'll try to reason with that person...

Otto felt there was a very high chance Freya would eventually overturn the table, and not only that, she would definitely find a way to make him lose control of the Schicksal Headquarters.

As for the other party's previous statement that they would never harm members of the Schicksal, Otto didn't intend to believe a single word of it.

Just kidding, this is an opponent who is about the same level as his alt account. Even Otto doesn't believe him when he suddenly makes a serious promise, let alone an opponent who is like his alt account.

On the contrary, the more seriously someone makes a promise, or the more they say they will never harm anyone, the more likely they are to be playing word games.

In particular, she promised that she could harm members of the Schicksal after obtaining the Void Archive, but before obtaining Void Archive, she was certain that she would not hand over the Void Archive to her.

In fact, Otto did intend to hand over the Void Archive, but definitely not at this time.

By the time he hands over the Void Archive to the other party, the other party may have already wiped out the Schicksal. At that time, there will naturally be no members of the Schicksal, and she will naturally not need to remove the Mind Plague from all the members.

"Tsk tsk..." Otto smacked his lips, making a sound of admiration.

To be honest, Otto admired Freya. After all, only someone with such a personality and fighting ability was suitable to be his successor.

Otto had searched for a suitable person to replace him as Grand Bishop, but unfortunately the person he chose had completely incompatible ideas with his own, forcing him to eliminate the person himself.

Otto was indeed sincere in choosing his successor, but in the end, things didn't go as planned.

He once greatly admired a young man named Welt Joyce. He was not outstanding; he was neither a mathematical genius like Newton nor a great writer like Shakespeare, nor did he possess the talents of historical figures. Apart from his identity as the First Herrscher, this young man was just an ordinary person who could be found anywhere.

But it is precisely this ordinariness that reveals his true qualities. Facing Einstein, the smartest person in recorded history, Tesla, the most destructive inventor in history, Planck, the most unconventional physicist of our time, Leanna, the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, and Fu Hua, whom he had just met, the young man not only received high praise from these individuals, but was also able to chat and laugh with them...

Otto deeply regretted that such an excellent successor was ultimately killed by him.

Otto is now somewhat envious of his parallel world self. Of course, he hasn't forgotten how the girl in front of him took advantage of his misfortune in his parallel world self.

However, only someone with such a personality could become Apocalypse.