Chapter 402
Whether they were former World Serpent cadres or those from Schicksal and Anti-Entropy who originally rejected World Serpent members, none of them seemed willing to say a word to him.
Why?
Gray Serpent couldn't understand it at all, and even started to lose his composure.
460. In fact, even Freya initially thought so.
Sand sculptures have existed in every era; the only difference is the degree of their absurdity.
Simply put, birds of a feather flock together; in other words, those who are "silly and silly" tend to attract each other.
Freya did not regret letting her father join the alliance and even arranging a position with considerable privileges for him. After all, unlike most wise rulers, Freya did not usually assign positions based on personal ability, but rather placed her own people in positions so that they could hone their skills in those roles.
This is not to say that this approach is wrong. If Freya hadn't been there to back them up, and if the alliance hadn't had such a strong foundation, this approach would have backfired.
Freya underestimated Siegfried's power, or rather, she underestimated her father's unparalleled talent for leading others astray in art styles—
Siegfried in the past had a background of great suffering and hatred.
Especially during the Second Eruption, he lost his beloved, and later, he was deceived by Otto, even losing his important daughter.
Now, he has regained his beloved, and his daughters have increased from one to three.
To put it simply, he's a true winner in life!
The increasingly happy life allowed Siegfried's previously suppressed goofy nature to be unleashed.
In fact, I've never heard of any user of Divine Key it as a kitchen utensil.
That being said, Freya couldn't comment on Siegfried's behavior, after all, she had eaten very well yesterday.
In order to please Kiana and make up for the years of neglect he had caused her, he devoted almost all his energy to things that would make her happy.
He had basically forgotten that he was a double agent and a member of the World Serpent Organization codenamed 'Black Serpent'.
As the remnants of the World Serpent surrendered to the Alliance, Aurora, disguised as Freya, directly assigned Siegfried to the position Freya had originally reserved for him.
After gaining immense power over the transportation and distribution of the entire alliance, Siegfried happily used his privileges to purchase rare ingredients from all over the world every day, and even learned culinary skills from Freya's exclusive chef team.
Even now, few members of Freya's in-house culinary team dare to claim they can rival Siegfried in grilling.
To be honest, Kevin wanted to punch someone after he found out about this.
Freya had no doubt that her father was the culprit who had distorted the overall style of the alliance's top brass.
Looking at a group of people, I realized that the silly names they came up with would definitely not be used, and that everyone's names were not very serious, or they were just randomly chosen. As a result, the more people provided names, the more nonsensical they became.
Freya had no intention of giving the organization a silly name. Just like her previous decision, she wanted the organization to be referred to as the Alliance for the time being.
Ignoring the pitiful-looking, isolated Gray Serpent, Freya led the group of high-ranking officials to discuss a new topic.
Freya was unaware of Gray Serpent's situation, but she found it strange that the other party's attention was not focused on the exchange meeting at all.
After all, the purpose of having the senior executives attend this meeting was to improve the relationship between each department, and Freya even prepared a banquet for them.
Silently taking a sip of water, and while Tesla was comforting the withdrawn Einstein, the meeting finally came to an end.
This is also the reason why Freya abandoned the defense lines in various places and asked the Valkyrie to return.
Freya truthfully explained her suspicions about the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast to Tesla, Welt, Kevin, and others sitting around her, as well as to the executives sitting below.
That was a target, a target to attract the alliance's attention, but the other party's true purpose remained unknown.
However, considering that the Alliance sent Valkyrie to contain the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast, Freya had reason to suspect that the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast's purpose was to lure someone in the Alliance away from the Alliance.
After hearing Freya's explanation and suspicions, the higher-ups put away their silly faces and began to seriously analyze the situation. The Valkyrie who held high positions were even more murderous towards the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast.
Considering the 'damage' the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast inflicted on the Valkyrie, or rather, the fact that it had indeed drawn a lot of hatred, Freya couldn't stop the Valkyrie from looking like she wanted to kill it.
After some analysis, the higher-ups decided to target Bianca as the object of their scheme, using the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast as a focal point.
At only 12 years old, she possessed the potential to be the strongest Valkyrie, second only to Freya. Almost all the Valkyrie regarded her as Freya's successor.
After all, the thought of Freya giving up the title of the strongest Valkyrie to become a researcher in order to find a way to solve the problems of the Valkyrie made all the Valkyrie feel both regret and deep emotion.
The older Valkyrie could still treat Freya, who only looked 14 years old, like a daughter, but the Valkyrie who were close in age, or even two or three years older Freya, all called her 'Big Sister' according to the custom of the St. Freya Academy.
The sisterhood between Valkyrie has existed in Valkyrie squad for a long time.
Because of the Valkyrie' astonishing attrition rate in the past, the surviving Valkyrie will soon have a group of younger members to serve as their teammates. Some Valkyrie will become indifferent to these younger members because they will soon be sacrificed, but some Valkyrie will place all their affection on these younger members.
Just as they survived only because their predecessors in the squad risked their lives to protect them, these surviving Valkyrie will also work hard for their successors.
They were comrades-in-arms, seniors and juniors. In the end, this relationship transformed into a simple sisterhood, yet it was incredibly complex.
The older sisters poured their hearts and souls into protecting their younger sisters and ensuring their survival. In battle, they always stood at the forefront, ultimately sacrificing themselves to ensure their sisters' survival.
As equipment is upgraded, more and more Valkyrie are able to survive the battlefield. The relationship between Valkyrie seniors and juniors has gradually spread from the military to the rear training bases. In addition, Valkyrie whose bodies have been strengthened are difficult to satisfy ordinary men. Furthermore, they are unsure how many battles they can survive. Therefore, they prefer to place their affections on their comrades or juniors.
Freya continuously improved the Valkyrie's treatment and enhanced Valkyrie strength, allowing more and more Valkyrie to survive.
The relationships that originally existed only among the Valkyrie also spread like an explosion as the Valkyrie's life level completely surpassed that of normal people.
Basically, during the Second Eruption, Valkyrie were still looking for boyfriends, but nowadays, Valkyrie have virtually no intention of finding boyfriends.
After all, the transformation brought about by the level of life is all-encompassing, especially for Valkyrie in terms of physical enhancement. It is said that their defenses are extremely strong, and it would be difficult for a normal man to penetrate them. Moreover, given the physical abilities of Valkyrie, if she were to accidentally squeeze too hard... she would probably end up as a widow.
For example, Captain Lewis, who has a boyfriend, is Valkyrie with enhanced physical abilities. Fortunately, she gave birth to a daughter for her boyfriend a long time ago. However, they haven't had time to get a marriage certificate yet, otherwise, she wouldn't be called a boyfriend, but a husband.
After all, Captain Lewis's situation is too complicated. She is not only a titled Valkyrie, but her strength is also among the top of the Sealed Rank Valkyrie.
Yes, it mainly focuses on defensive and protective capabilities.
After all, Freya couldn't solve the problem of not being able to find a boyfriend after her life level transformation. As a representative figure among the Valkyrie, Lewis couldn't reveal anything that would cause the other Valkyrie to lose their composure at this time.
Of course, the Valkyrie who have been transformed into Type-B Valkyrie are all from the new generation. Many of the Valkyrie the same period as Lewis, or even several generations later, did not live to see Freya's reign.
During Freya's reign, the Battle of the Abyss, which broke out with the World Serpent Organization, also resulted in the sacrifice of many elderly Valkyrie.
Many of the Valkyrie hadn't had time to be transformed into Type-B, so they were completely unable to stop the endless ocean Honkai Beast. Even the powerful Type-B Valkyrie could only save a portion of them, and they themselves quickly became trapped due to exhaustion.
Therefore, the main force of the alliance is almost entirely composed of Valkyrie from Freya's generation or those who came a few generations later.
Among them, Aurora, Bianca, and other students from the 13th class of the St. Freya Academy were the most outstanding.
Although many of the 13th cohort of students are still studying at the St. Freya Academy, there are also quite a few Valkyrie who graduated early and took on important positions in the Alliance.
The most famous of these is the Immortal Blade Squad, which earned its title in just two years. Although the squad only has two members because Freya wanted to hone their skills, both Bianca and Sophia have potential that surpasses Lewis and Laguna.
After Freya was no longer on the front lines, many Valkyrie desperately longed for the strongest Valkyrie to whom they could place their hopes.
Of course, in their opinion, it would be best for Freya to take charge herself.
But the Valkyrie also knew that Freya became a researcher so that more Valkyrie could survive the battlefield. The number of Valkyrie she protected as a researcher was far greater than the number Valkyrie protected as the strongest Valkyrie.
Bianca is undoubtedly the most popular Valkyrie to succeed Freya.
Although Bianca is a bit impetuous, who hasn't been young?
What's important is Bianca's potential and strength; she's the strongest among the new generation, and even Aurora was quickly surpassed by her.
Of course, this is also related to Aurora's distraction in pursuing scientific research. If we talk about overall performance, then Aurora, who ranks first in both combat and scientific research, is naturally the top student of the 13th class of the St. Freya Academy.
Therefore, when the Valkyrie in high positions heard Freya's explanation and suspicions, their first reaction was that Bianca had been targeted by the 'mastermind'.
In fact, even Freya initially thought so.
Among the new generation of Valkyrie, Bianca is the Valkyrie adapted to the Type-B modification surgery the fastest; her adaptation speed is even faster than Aurora's.
It's important to know that Aurora inherited the Stigmata of the Kaslana Family, and when Sirin's personality gradually awakened, she also obtained the Stigmata belonging to Sirin. After becoming the Herrscher of Finality, the Stigmata belonging to the two of them formed a brand new Stigmata.
It would be impossible to determine the outcome of a discussion about the two's adaptability to Honkai Energy now, but Bianca was indeed better than Aurora in terms of adaptability before.
Moreover, Bianca possesses Honkai Energy manipulation abilities that are no less than those of previous Schariac Saintess.
Freya also wondered why Bianca possessed such strong Honkai Energy resistance and why she could manipulate Honkai Energy so easily.
However, after the actual investigation, no connection was found between Bianca and the Kaslana Family and the Schariac Family.
This is similar to Aurora from a parallel world, but Kiki and Aurora are completely different individuals, and no kinship can be detected between their DNA.
Freya initially suspected that Bianca was also a clone of Kiana, but after failing to detect any connection between her and Kiana, she abandoned this hypothesis.
However, with the differences between Kiki and Aurora, Freya once again kept her old questions in mind.
To verify her hypothesis, Freya secretly tested the connection between Kiki and Bianca from her original world, and found an answer that surprised her.
That answer gave Freya a few more guesses.
If Freya hadn't harbored these suspicions, she might have shared the same doubts as these Valkyrie, suspecting that the Honkai's target was Bianca.
But after these speculations, Freya discovered someone even more valuable Bianca.
In fact, when Freya realized that the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast was a decoy, she was worried about Kiana's safety while she was wandering outside.
As the vessel for the Herrscher of Finality, Kiana's value far exceeds that of Bianca, and even surpasses that of Freya herself.
Both Freya and Welt only claim to the outside world that they wield the power of Herrscher with a mortal body, rather than that they have become Herrscher themselves.
Freya has already had the Dark Rose Squad of the Artificial Herrscher appear multiple times, which is also to give the Valkyrie the impression that 'the Alliance has the technology to give Valkyrie the same power as the Herrscher'.
This would prevent them from imagining Freya and their sisters as Honkai creature like the Second Herrscher.
After all, Herrscher born through conventional means are indeed prone to misunderstanding.
Therefore, the Alliance has actually been educating Valkyrie about the difference between Herrscher power and Herrscher.
Artificial Herrscher are excellent targets for publicity.
Even Aurora reveals her identity as Herrscher in the future, it can be explained as Artificial Herrscher. In addition, Welt, as the First Herrscher, possesses rationality, which can also clear the name of the Herrscher.
In fact, Freya has recently been considering whether to publicize the reason for the birth of the Second Herrscher.
Although this would tarnish the image of the Alliance's predecessor, Schicksal, Freya's purpose was not to whitewash the Herrscher, but to whitewash her own sister.
Compared to Herrscher who may not necessarily be born in the future, Kiana is the vessel for the Herrscher of Finality, and the Herrscher of Finality is undoubtedly the ultimate enemy of human civilization.
Although Freya did not intend to reveal Kiana's identity, as the vessel for the Herrscher of Finality, Kiana could not think of anyone in the Alliance who was more valuable to the Honkai Freya Kiana.
461. You could very well just be a girl named Bianca.
However, the reason why Kiana was targeted could not be made public, just as the league's top brass had their eyes on Bianca.
If Freya hadn't known some inside information, she would have thought, like the higher-ups, that Bianca was the target of the 'mastermind'.
Ultimately, Bianca was ordered not to leave Changkong City for the foreseeable future.
Although Bianca was very dissatisfied with this arrangement, she still obeyed Freya's orders.
After the important discussions were completed, Freya arranged a banquet for the senior executives. Siegfried even showed off his skills, making up for the regret of those executives who hadn't had his honey-glazed chicken wings the day before. In the more harmonious atmosphere of the exchange, Gray Serpent was unable to fit in several times.
After all, Siegfried discusses cooking skills and the hardships of raising daughters with others. The Father's Sorrow Alliance, which he formed with Ryoma, is now a small organization with a considerable number of members. The Valkyrie who hold high positions naturally revolve around which Valkyrie is cute, or which girl their 'Saintess Lord' likes.
Since the Saintess Lord is also Valkyrie, what's so strange about her liking girls?
Most Valkyrie hold this view and never doubt that their Saintess prefer boys.
The research team naturally focused on the new technologies brought by Freya. These technologies from parallel worlds, as well as those from Previous Civilization in those parallel worlds, have also provided great inspiration to the current alliance.
Gray Serpent, completely unable to participate in the conversation, began to question his very existence.
Meanwhile, Bianca and Kiana, who were left behind by Freya, also learned who Freya truly suspected.
"Was it me all along?"
Kiana was indeed somewhat surprised, but after learning the answer, she felt it was only natural.
The unique Trinity Herrscher of Finality form of the three sisters is due to the mental network between Freya and the other two, a connection unique to the three sisters.
Even Kiki, who comes from a parallel world, cannot establish a mental link with Freya.
It was because of this spiritual link that Freya was able to steal the authority belonging to the Herrscher of Finality from Kiana.
However, because of this mental link, if Kiana loses control, Freya, who is mentally linked to her, will also be affected, which in turn will affect Aurora is mentally linked to Freya.
The unexpected event Battle of the Abyss three years ago was Freya's awakening as a backup vessel for the Herrscher of Finality, and her awakening triggered the awakening of the true Herrscher of Finality.
As Kiana awakened as the Herrscher of Finality, the consciousness of the Herrscher of Finality flowed backward through the mental link, causing Freya to lose control of her body, and Aurora was also transformed into the Herrscher of Finality.
Although Aurora was the least affected, and because the three of them fought against the Herrscher of Finality's consciousness together, they eventually regained control of their bodies and drove out the Herrscher of Finality's consciousness. However, this does not mean that Kiana, as the person involved, was unaware of her situation at the time.
She knew very well that the consciousness of the Herrscher of Finality had been dormant within her body.
Just as Mei can digitize the knowledge and technology of Previous Civilization and input them into a person's genetic material, the Herrscher of Finality can also input their own consciousness into a person's genetic material.