Chapter 377
Kiki thought Freya was teasing her, and to prove it, Freya walked with a smile to the sofa in the room that hadn't been damaged.
Freya simply sat down casually, without making a sound, but the corners of her mouth seemed to curve into a barely perceptible arc.
Freya was very quiet, and it was precisely because she was quiet that everyone in the room fell silent.
Otto even covered his face with his hands, trying to avoid eye contact with the other people in the room.
Freya didn't smile, but the faint smile at the corner of her mouth and her hairstyle naturally reminded Kiki, Welt, and the others of a man named Otto Apocalypse.
Yes, just as Freya said, when she remained silent, she looked very much like a bad person.
"Yes, he really looks like a bad guy."
"It really looks like her. So she wasn't lying after all."
"Come to think of it, she seems to have mentioned the name Kiana Apocalypse to us before."
"...I'm sorry, Freya- neechan, I misunderstood."
Welt, Tesla, and Einstein initially thought Freya's comment that she "looks like a bad person when she's quiet" was just a joke. However, they didn't expect that Freya was not joking at all—in fact, when she was quiet, she really did resemble the temperament of a certain bastard blond bishop.
Kiki, who had initially thought her Freya was joking, now apologized sincerely.
Freya shrugged; she didn't mind such a small thing.
To figure out Otto's thoughts and tactics, Freya often honed her acting skills on her own. Now, whenever she relaxes, she subconsciously imitates Otto's actions.
Fortunately, after becoming the Herrscher of Finality, the powerful aura of the Herrscher of Finality was enough to suppress his original villainous nature.
"Okay, let's not talk about that. It's just that he looks a lot like a certain jerk."
Freya didn't dislike Otto for sacrificing so much for Kallen; however, she chose to stand by Kiana and Aurora's side.
For Freya, who came into this world innocently, Otto, who created Kiana's clone, could not only be considered her 'father,' but the resources he invested in nurturing her when he used her as bait were an amount that an ordinary person could never repay in a lifetime.
As she grows up, Freya becomes more and more able to understand Otto's behavior.
Ultimately, she and Otto are the same kind of people.
Otto has lost what he once 'gained'.
Freya, having just 'gained' it, naturally had no experience of 'losing' it.
In fact, both Otto and Freya put the people who were important to them before the world; as long as the people who were important to them were safe, they didn't care at all whether the world was destroyed or humanity was wiped out.
Freya clapped her hands twice to draw everyone's attention back.
She also knew that because she was so deeply involved, she liked basically everything Otto liked, such as Kaslana, who had white hair and blue eyes and was full of a sense of justice. She and Otto were very different, but they also had a lot in common.
"What kind of education did you receive in your original world...?"
Otto in this world is completely unable to understand the actions of his counterpart in the parallel world.
After all, in his eyes, no matter how well Freya performed as a child, she was nothing more than bait to attract attention. If it were him, he would only pretend to nurture Freya and then find an opportunity to have Siegfried take Freya away.
Of course, there are more suitable candidates for Otto in this world.
Therefore, he prepared a clone, K423, for Siegfried, which was Kiana Kaslana, a nickname Freya, and Siegfried fell for it just like that.
Freya didn't answer Otto's question. Instead, she went to Kiki's side and continued to comfort the somewhat uneasy girl.
Even though Kiki looks older, Freya's sudden appearance, when she needed to experience setbacks to grow up faster, made her dependence on Fu Hua and Freya increase dramatically.
Simply put, Kiki has developed a slight Freya dependency and Fu Hua dependency.
Faced with Fu Hua, the Herrscher with three personalities, Kiki was also confused. She didn't know how to tell if the Fu Hua in front of her was the same friendly class monitor she knew.
Although initially, because Fu Hua and Otto were in a cooperative relationship, Kiki, who was captured by Fu Hua, was very resistant to Fu Hua, who existed as a spirit, after she was reawakened.
However, in the face of Sirin's personality suppression, it was Fu Hua who ultimately helped her.
In the following months, Fu Hua not only taught Kiki a lot of things, but also seemed to act as a guide in place of Himeko, whose fate was unknown.
For Kiki, Fu Hua, who had been her ghost for several months, had become an irreplaceable and important person to her.
"Don't worry, generally speaking, after becoming Herrscher... your inner self will gradually be replaced by the Herrscher Persona. But whether it's the Herrscher Persona or the original personality, it's still you. The reason why there are such big changes after Herrscher Transformation is mainly related to the conditions for becoming Herrscher."
Freya could only sigh as she finished speaking.
The conditions for the birth of Herrscher are nothing more than immense despair and hatred.
In fact, in the original world, this traditional rule for the birth of Herrscher is no longer applicable.
Freya created many Artificial Herrscher. Although these Herrscher are very different from real Herrscher, their actual combat power is not much different. And these Artificial Herrscher do not need great despair and hatred at all.
This is similar to how Super Saiyan 0 initially needs extreme anger to transform, but later on, extreme anger is no longer necessary; a little anger is all it takes to become a Super Saiyan 0.
Traditional Herrscher are very weak when they are first created, while Artificial Herrscher, although their potential is not high, develop their combat power much faster than traditional Herrscher.
Perhaps for this reason, Freya's original world's Honkai Consciousness preferred to create more powerful Humanoid Honkai Beast rather than create new traditional Herrscher.
"If Herrscher because of despair and anger, then the emotions amplified by the Honkai will inevitably be the despair and anger they themselves hold. Under such circumstances, how can you expect a newly born Herrscher to speak properly? Basically, you can only beat them up first to calm them down."
"..."
After being beaten up and calming down, Fu Hua had a lot to say.
Kiki thought her older sister Freya made sense, but something still seemed off.
"Sister Freya, do you mean... as long as we defeat the Herrscher and give them time to calm down, the Herrscher will calm down?"
"Yes, as long as you give a newly born Herrscher a personality correction punch, basically, the Herrscher who has calmed down will definitely reflect on his or her behavior."
Freya closed her eyes and started making things up. Perhaps it was because she had beaten up Fu Hua, and the Herrscher Fu Hua was now very well-behaved, which inadvertently increased the credibility of her statement.
Kiki recalled that she had fought Mei, who had transformed into the Herrscher of Thunder, and Wendy, who had transformed into the Herrscher of Wind. Just as her older sister Freya had said, after the battles, both of them had calmed down considerably.
Especially after he defeated Mei recovered from her Herrscher state.
Wendy could have recovered, but she was cruelly killed by Cocolia. The core Gem of Desire that was extracted eventually ended up in Kevin's hands after several changes of ownership.
Freya was talking nonsense with her eyes closed. After all, in her original world, the existing Herrscher of the Herrscher were Welt and Aurora.
Welt is the one who inherited the core of the previous generation because he was not the original Herrscher. Aurora hand, reached a consensus with Sirin within her body, and the two shared the power of the Herrscher of the Void. This is like the Herrscher Persona not only did not replace the original personality, but even fought alongside the original personality.
Of course, although the Herrscher Persona itself is like a 'hidden personality', with similar functions to a special card-playing spirit, it is often summoned to play in place of the user when the user is unable to handle the situation.
However, the spirit behind the card player only fights in place of the original personality for the sake of playing cards, while the Herrscher Persona fights in place of the original personality mostly to protect the original personality from harm that the original personality does not want to bear.
Mei's Thunder Queen personality is merely an outer shell that exists for her because of her weakness.
The proud Thunder Queen shielded her from gazes and sneers. Mei, who was originally a celebrity in the academy because of her background and appearance, had a huge impact on Mei worldview after her father was imprisoned for economic corruption and almost all of his family's assets were frozen.
The lack of new clothes and delicious food is not something Raiden Mei can't tolerate.
However, the sneers and stares from those around her were like knives cutting into Mei's heart time and time again. It was because she couldn't withstand the pressure from those around her that she eventually awakened a personality similar to the Herrscher Persona, the Thunder Queen, under the influence of Conqueror Gem.
But the Raiden Queen personality is also part of Mei, representing her pride and strength.
Freya smiled slightly. From Kiki's reaction, she realized that although she was making things up, it was like a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse.
Perhaps thinking that Kiki would have a lot to say to Fu Hua, Freya then asked Kiki to take Fu Hua away first, and also asked Otto to help arrange an excellent maid to guide Kiki.
After all, she had already taken over the actual ownership of the Schicksal Headquarters. The reason she allowed Otto to continue issuing orders was just to give this collaborator some face.
At least until the Valkyrie of Schicksal are mentally prepared, let them believe that the current Schicksal Headquarters is still under Otto's rule.
That being said, the excellent maid was clearly someone who knew the inside story.
Before long, Rita arrived as Otto had ordered.
Upon seeing Rita from a parallel world, Freya's face couldn't help but show a complex expression.
To be honest, she missed Rita.
"Ahem, thank you for your trouble, Miss Maid. Please prepare a room for my lovely sister and her not-so-lovable ghost."
"Yes, Miss Herrscher."
Rita, who had been summoned by Otto, quickly responded.
Although she had just been cleaning up the mess with her captain, her priority right now was to complete Otto's orders.
Even though Rita and her captain already know who the real master of Schicksal Headquarters is, it doesn't mean they will immediately change their ways. Rita is even worried that her captain will fight Freya to the death.
Although it was clear from Freya's previous display of strength that the Radiant Knight Armor and conventional weapons alone were no match for Freya, their captain also possessed a special armor that surpassed the Shining Radiant Knight Armor in every aspect.
However, using that special armor requires a lot of her strength.
Before they were certain that Freya's displayed strength was all she had to offer, their captain had no intention of activating the special armor to fight Freya to the death.
Especially since Freya hadn't crossed her bottom line yet.
"Sister Freya..."
"You should have a good talk with the spirit behind you. She's calmed down a lot now, and don't worry, even if she wanted to do something, she couldn't actually do anything."
Although Fu Hua became Herrscher, she was brutally defeated by Freya not long after becoming Herrscher. Even though she tried to hinder Freya's progress by destroying and detonating buildings, she was ultimately defeated by Freya due to the huge difference in strength.
While Freya was reading Fu Hua's memories, she also eliminated the Honkai Energy that Fu Hua possessed, so that Fu Hua wouldn't be able to squeeze out any more Honkai Energy cause trouble for at least a short period of time.
The power of the Schariac Family is inherently able to counter Honkai Energy, not to mention that Freya's Holy Blood is of an even higher level and possesses the ability to eliminate Honkai Energy.
The anti-Honkai wave setting is Freya's true trump card.
Although the ability to erase Honkai Energy is not very effective for Kevin, and enemies that are still very powerful even without Honkai Energy are quite troublesome, it does not mean that anti-Honkai wave and Freya's holy blood are useless.
At least in the face of the Holy Blood she possesses, no Herrscher is any match for her. Even though the Herrscher of Binding has the property of weakening energy, it still cannot resist the power of the anti-Honkai wave.
Without Honkai Energy, Herrscher is just an ordinary person.
Of course, Fu Hua is not an ordinary person. She is Fusion Warrior from Previous Civilization. Freya eliminated a large amount of Honkai Energy, but she must have left enough to maintain the Honkai's bodily functions.
After all, having lived from the Previous Civilization to the present, their physical structure is already different from that of ordinary people, and they even need to rely on Honkai Energy to maintain their bodily functions.
Compared to food and water, the Fusion Warrior of the Previous Civilization actually depended more on Honkai Energy.
Even if Fu Hua only has enough Honkai Energy left to maintain her physical functions, she can still easily deal with three Kiki. Therefore, Freya would naturally prepare some insurance for Kiki.
In any case, the reason why the world did not give birth to Herrscher might be because she, Honkai Killer stronger than her mother who held the title of Herrscher Killer, led the Honkai Consciousness to choose to give up creating Herrscher.
431. This gift is too precious; she simply cannot refuse it.
Simply put, in Freya's original world, even if a new Herrscher were to be born, it would only be an ordinary single-core Herrscher.
In the original world where "no one could hold their own against a single-core Herrscher," the status of a newly born single-core Herrscher was basically reduced to that of a minor monster providing Herrscher Core.
No, if I had to say, they are elite monsters that can drop Herrscher Core fragments.
The difference is whether the dropped item is a green-level fragment, a blue-level piece, or a large purple-level chunk. Of course, it's also possible to drop a complete gold-level core, which might be used to break through the Valkyrie's power ceiling.
Let's stop joking about treating Herrscher like elite monsters that drop ascension materials in a game.
Freya truly didn't know what the Honkai Consciousness was thinking.
However, for that world that has deviated considerably from its original trajectory, the newly born Herrscher is no match for the knight squad led by the Titled Knight of the Apocalypse Knights. Even Laguna and Lewis can now hold their own against the Herrscher.
It should be noted that these two are not among the strongest in the Sealed Rank, and their potential has been almost fully developed. Freya bestowed titles upon them more as role models, but they still have the strength to make it difficult for nascent Herrscher to deal with them.
It is evident how difficult the survival situation was for newly born Herrscher in Freya's original world.
Not only is Freya, the 'Honkai Killer,' the grand finale, but also Kevin Kaslana, who had an outstanding record against Herrscher in the Previous Civilization.
If the Second Herrscher, Sirin, had been born during this period, she probably wouldn't have had a chance to become one of the Five Herrscher.
After all, compared to the enemies Sirin encountered back then, the Herrscher who are born now will inevitably face the elite forces of the two major organizations, the Alliance and World Serpent. Moreover, even if the elite forces fail, neither Freya nor Kevin will allow the Herrscher to live for long. In that case, they will definitely have to take action themselves.
After getting rid of the frustrated Fu Hua, Freya turned her attention back to the others present.
Fighting Fu Hua, Herrscher Transformation, alone was not simply to help Kiki bring Fu Hua back, but also to demonstrate her power to Welt and Otto.
Only in this way can she prevent both sides from thinking about such nonsense.
Although Freya didn't mind being hostile towards Welt and Otto in this world, she didn't want to waste time dealing with the mess they had made.
Therefore, Freya decided to share more details of the plan with the two of them.
After Kiki led Fu Hua away following the maid, Freya also led Welt and Otto to the Schicksal Headquarters conference room.
In the somewhat familiar conference room, Freya naturally plopped down in the Grand Bishop's seat. Otto, observing Freya's familiar actions, couldn't help but ponder, trying to deduce information from Freya behavior.
Freya clapped her hands twice, once again using applause to attract their attention.
Otto, Welt, Tesla, and Einstein, who were in the conference room, all looked at her at the same time.
The Raven and Jackal stood obediently at the door of the conference room, as if to prevent anyone who entered from escaping.