Chapter 406
Beside her are other Type-B Valkyrie who possess the Lightning Stigmata Power.
They were very interested in the Key of Reason system created by Freya. After Freya returned to this world, she handed the data over to Tesla. Tesla created three prototypes in just two days, which naturally attracted the attention of all the Valkyrie.
Ultimately, the Type-B Stigmata can only draw out a portion of the Stigmata's power, rather than allowing the Valkyrie to awaken the complete Stigmata.
At the same time, just as Freya has emphasized before, the Stigmata that Valkyrie possesses may not necessarily be compatible with Valkyrie fighting style.
Just like the Valkyrie is good at long-range weapons, the power of the Stigmata guided by the Type-B Stigmata is actually the power of the Stigmata that enhances close-range combat ability. Even if she awakens the complete Stigmata, she will only gain stronger close-range combat ability, which will conflict with her original fighting style...
Well, not all archers are willing to go and fight others.
Even though the power of the Stigmata grants her powerful close-range combat abilities, her combat style, honed through extensive training, is primarily a ranged support style focused on manipulating long-range weapons. For her, even if she were to awaken and obtain the complete Stigmata, it would be nothing more than a useless talent.
It's like in a game, where a character needs to have high health points to maximize their abilities, but if the character's growth is enhanced by other attributes, it seems a bit incongruous.
The character clearly needs to attack, but leveling up increases defense; clearly needs to survive, but leveling up increases attack. It seems like this is to compensate for weaknesses, but in reality, it makes the character proficient in everything yet mediocre in everything.
Of course, Freya wasn't criticizing any particular game character. After all, she likes to play what she likes and is willing to pay for what she loves. If she's going to pull, she'll definitely pull for her 'waifu' from the gacha pool.
The conflict between the Valkyrie's Stigmata and her own fighting style is the real big deal for her.
Compared to conflicts between long-range and close-range combat, the conflicts between research and combat systems are even more absurd.
The Key of Reason and the Resonance Array are designed to eliminate this factor. Most importantly, as some high-level officials who reacted quickly guessed, the Key of Reason does indeed have the potential to be used by 'ordinary people'.
However, the Key of Reason itself also has standards, or rather thresholds, for use, since a single Key of Reason is comparable to the artifact series developed in the later stages of the Previous Civilization.
The Divine Key goes without saying; ordinary people can't even hold onto Divine Key that artifact weapons can't be mass-produced to arm lower-ranking soldiers is also related to the artifact series' requirements for its owners.
Therefore, it cannot be said that just any ordinary person can control the Key of Reason. At the very least, those who cannot control their mental power to resonate with the Key of Reason should not expect to receive Key of Reason blessing.
To utilize the buffs from the Key of Reason, one must also possess a certain level of Honkai Energy resistance.
Of course, everyone in the league meets the latter requirement.
As Mei resonated with the three prototype Key of Reason and exclaimed in surprise while holding a purple spear wrapped in lightning, Freya's gaze shifted to Kevin.
In essence, the Resonance Array is a system that uses basic Stigmata to create more powerful Stigmata. With the Alliance's current technological level and the Stigmata styles it possesses, it can only analyze three basic complete Stigmata and dozens of incomplete Stigmata.
Ultimately, to fully perfect the Key of Reason and the Resonance Array, Freya must find the Stigmata Terminal that Mei hid.
Fortunately, she now knows the location of the Stigmata Terminal from Kevin and SU.
Mei and her companions, who possess the Lightning Stigmata Power, are astonished by the surprise brought by the prototype of the Key of Reason.
The prototype of the Key of Reason can only lock onto the mental fluctuations of one person at a time. Therefore, when Mei resonates with the prototype of the Key of Reason, no one else can disturb her resonance with it.
Of course, a mental-type character like Freya can still crush Mei with a huge difference in strength.
Meanwhile, Mei was having a great time playing with her friends, and Siegfried was discussing the prospects of the Key of Reason with his colleagues, while Gray Serpent remained excluded.
After all, he wasn't Valkyrie. Even though he became a high-ranking member of the Alliance after joining, not being Valkyrie meant he wouldn't receive Freya's favoritism and had no special channels to obtain information.
The fact that almost all the Valkyrie in the Alliance knew about the Key of Reason was known immediately.
This was also Freya's way of comforting the Valkyrie who were saddened and frustrated because the power of the Stigmata they possessed conflicted with their own.
It's not that the Valkyrie didn't receive such preferential treatment, but Gray Serpent missed the opportunity to learn about it, and because she failed to join the power circle of the League's top brass, she became an object of exclusion.
Just as shouting the slogan of fighting against the Honkai is politically correct, forming an alliance with Siegfried within the League is also considered correct.
After all, the true power behind the alliance is a young girl who practices nepotism.
Seeing Freya looking over, Kevin, who had been nudged by SU, shrugged and lowered his head to speak.
"I admit, this is an unexpected surprise. It can not only solve the problems that the Herrscher of Finality might have left over from the Stigmata system, but also make the Alliance's combat power stronger..."
Freya tilted her head slightly and said with some displeasure.
"... Oh? So you're going to keep looking down at me? Or you're going to keep being stubborn with me? If you've chosen to bow your head, then squat down. What's the point of being so tall? Don't you know I'm only 7 years old? Just pretend I'm 14. How tall do you expect me to be?"
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Kevin and SU were both amused and exasperated.
When Freya looked over, it was clear that she wanted to discuss the matter of finding the Stigmata Terminal with them, but as soon as she opened her mouth, her tone suddenly became sarcastic.
Kevin realized he had underestimated Freya's vengeful nature; perhaps the suffering would last longer than he had imagined.
SU had no choice but to speak up in support.
"Alright, Miss Freya, it won't be easy to get this 'old' stubborn man to admit defeat and bow his head. Since he's willing to be your pawn, we can arrange things however we want..."
"SU, you!"
Kevin stared in disbelief at his best friend who had betrayed him.
The other person simply shrugged and said with an innocent expression.
"After all, the outcome of your battle with Miss Freya is a draw and a loss for her. Isn't it only natural for the loser to submit to the winner? The loser loses everything, and the winner gains everything; this is an immutable law."
"Hehe, whatever arrangements we make won't make a difference, right? You're really good at betraying your teammates."
Freya smiled with delight.
SU remained silent, but also laughed.
Kevin sighed, rubbing his forehead, and then marveled at the sudden sense of déjà vu.
The test of the Key of Reason came to a perfect end. Freya also posted an announcement on the Valkyrie's dedicated communication channel. With the addition of messages from Mei and others, the enthusiasm of all the Valkyrie was immediately ignited.
Valkyrie who struggled with a lack of talent, whether they were research, combat, or logistics Valkyrie, finally had the freedom to choose.
Many Valkyrie planned to change their fighting style based on the power of the Stigmata also gave up such ideas after learning about this.
The Valkyrie, who was initially worried about wasting her talent, became even more diligent in her daily training.
They knew that while the Key of Reason had very demanding requirements for talent, it was not a problem for them, the Valkyrie. On the contrary, they could reap what they sowed.
The most important point is that each person can resonate with more than one Key of Reason; it could be three, six, or even more... Considering the production of Type-B Stigmata in the past, they felt that if they didn't work hard now, they didn't know how long they would have to wait in line when it came time to Key of Reason.
Just as the production of Type-B Stigmata has doubled, many Valkyrie are still of the old type. Even though their treatment is the same as that of Type-B Valkyrie, and the new Honkai Energy antibody has eliminated the negative effects of the Valkyrie modification surgery, it does not mean that they do not want to become Type-B Valkyrie.
With Mei and her companions who possess the Lightning Stigmata Power endorsing her, the Valkyrie naturally paid close attention to the future of the Key of Reason.
Meanwhile, Freya's airship arrived on another continent and retrieved the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast, which was being burned by Electromagnetic Cage every second, from the ruins of a certain city.
467. The Jackal suddenly couldn't help but tremble with fear again.
The Electromagnetic Cage released by the Lightning Cage Gun that pierced through the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast, through continuous electric shocks and the barrier of the Electromagnetic Cage, rendered the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast immobile, forcing it to stay obediently in place and wait to be retrieved.
Meanwhile, the Lightning Cage Gun was increasing in power every second. Even though the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast could initially resist with its regenerative abilities, its resistance did not last long and it was quickly overwhelmed by the continuously increasing electric shocks.
After the Alliance's airships arrived at their destination, they didn't even dare to descend. They could only use a special glass cage to enclose the entire Electromagnetic Cage that bound the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast.
Because the special glass cage isolates Honkai Energy, the Lightning Cage Gun that pierced through the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast and the Electromagnetic Cage that bound its body are both gradually weakening.
However, the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast showed no intention of resisting. Even after the power of the Lightning Cage Gun and the Electromagnetic Cage diminished, it remained lying motionless on the ground.
Honkai Beast rarely experience fear, so much so that they are often mistakenly believed to be fearless.
But at this moment, the Humanoid Honkai Beast felt fear and could only let out continuous wailing sounds of terror.
The Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast, which had previously infuriated almost all the Valkyrie, trembled like an abandoned cub in the face of Freya's Key of Reason system.
For Freya, capturing this Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast would not only allow her to probe the mastermind's target, but also give the Valkyrie a chance to vent their anger.
The latter is even more important.
Of course, although the Humanoid Honkai Beast look very similar to humans, they are only imitations of human torso and limbs. In reality, the Humanoid Honkai Beast do not look like humans.
Just like the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast that Freya defeated, its head looked like a lizard's head, and it also had a long tail. If you didn't know better, you might think it was King Frieza's third form that had wandered into the wrong movie.
Of course, that Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast is now in a terrible state.
However, Freya had no intention of learning anything from it.
Ultimately, all Honkai Beast lack intelligence.
Even the Honkai Beast have humanoid forms are the same; they only have human-like torsos and limbs. In essence, they are still a group of beasts without any intelligence.
Just like the Humanoid Honkai Beast that Freya kept as a pet in her laboratory.
That Humanoid Honkai Beast belonged to the first generation and was more intelligent than the second generation and enhanced species, which focused more on combat power. After a period of training, it was able to understand some of Freya's commands and cooperate with Freya and the Jackal's experiments.
Unfortunately, too much information about the Fusion Warrior has been lost. Even all the records Freya has collected related to the Previous Civilization are incomplete, making it impossible for Freya to create the fusion potion using the DNA of Humanoid Honkai Beast.
Even the worst Humanoid Honkai Beast is Emperor Honkai- level Honkai Beast.
Enhanced species can almost possess the destructive power of Emperor-class Honkai Beast. Of course, this does not mean that enhanced species are stronger than Emperor-class Honkai Beast. After all, each Emperor-class Honkai Beast is a unique individual with its own characteristics.
Even though they look very similar, the Emperor-class Honkai Beast, or even the same type of Emperor-class Honkai Beast, possess completely different special abilities.
For example, those that are good at charging, those that are good at tearing, those that are good at jumping... and those that can eat a lot, etc.
It's like monsters in some games whose names have prefixes.
Prefixes in the game, such as 'extra strong', 'extra huge', and 'fire enhanced', indicate the unique abilities of those monsters.
Emperor-class Honkai Beast are still a unit of combat power that can be used to measure strength, but the number of Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast is far greater than that of Emperor-class Honkai Beast.
Even though the current level of Honkai in the world is so high that even small-scale Honkai events in certain regions can result in the emergence of an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, the number of Emperor-class Honkai Beast is still extremely small.
It seems that Honkai is deliberately concentrating Honkai events in areas with high concentrations of Honkai Energy, allowing the Honkai Energy intensity in remote areas to continue to increase, thereby transforming Honkai Beast into Humanoid Honkai Beast in a more stable way, and then deploying them to Honkai battlefields in various locations.
The several large Honkai Beast gathering places that the three major organizations had been unable to eliminate in the past have now been completely turned into frontline bases for the Honkai in this world.
Currently, the Honkai and the Alliance are vying for supremacy on Honkai battlefields across various regions, which can be considered a tacit agreement. The two sides are now silently competing, and once the Alliance's improved technology and strength are unable to suppress the Honkai Beast, it will hasten the destruction of this human civilization.
Of course, Freya put these issues aside for the time being.
Freya knew from the beginning that advancing civilization would invite an even fiercer attack from the Honkai, but without advancing civilization and researching technology, there was only one way out: death.
Even if they become Nomadic Race like the Xugs, they will still be besieged by the Honkai.
Freya initially planned to launch a Nomadic Planet Plan, but of course, this plan has to be put on hold for now, since terraforming a planet is no small matter.
However, the Nomadic Planet Plan itself is also intended to allow the current civilization to enter the next civilization, just like saving a game and entering a second playthrough, so that the next civilization can inherit the knowledge accumulated by the current civilization.
But ultimately, that was because Freya lacked confidence in whether the current civilization could defeat the Honkai.
But now, she is confident that even if she doesn't win, she won't lose.
The airship brought back the Enhanced Humanoid Honkai Beast, which gave the Valkyrie a sense of relief. Coupled with the attention drawn by the Key of Reason, the entire alliance is now unusually lively.
Soon, however, each country sent diplomats to contact the Alliance's diplomats. After all, Freya had withdrawn all the Valkyrie deployed in various places to guard against the mastermind behind the scenes.
Except for a few Valkyrie on the Honkai battlefields who hadn't had time to retreat, Freya called almost all the Valkyrie outside back.
As soon as the Valkyrie of the Alliance left, people everywhere began to complain.
Originally, the conventional armies of various countries could play a role in suppressing the Honkai Beast on the Honkai battlefields in various places with firepower, and powerful countries could use conventional armies to stop the Honkai Beast from advancing.
However, right now, with the return of the Alliance's Valkyrie, the only combat forces that various countries have deployed on the Honkai battlefield are their currently ineffective regular armies and National Valkyrie whose armor and weapons are relatively outdated.
The so-called National Valkyrie are the Valkyrie that Freya trains for various countries.
Unlike the Valkyrie who belong to the alliance, the National Valkyrie are selected by each country and provided with a large amount of funding, which is why Freya spends a lot of money to train those Valkyrie.
Of course, if Freya's statement were known to those who knew the inside story, they would definitely say that Freya was shameless.
After all, Freya didn't put much effort into training National Valkyrie. The so-called huge investment was just Freya's joke. The resources used by those National Valkyrie were less than one-fifth of those of the Alliance Valkyrie. In fact, they didn't even have a dedicated Valkyrie channel.
Many National Valkyrie are also troubled by the power of the Stigmata guided by the Type-B Stigmata, which clashes with their own fighting style. However, they have no idea about the Key of Reason.
After announcing at the exchange meeting that the alliance would implement Seven Archons governance model, Freya completely lost interest in all this messy stuff.
Her role as Saintess primarily involves overseeing the medical field within the alliance.
So, after finishing the tests on the Saintess, Freya handed over all the research data on the Key of Reason to Tesla. Naturally, she would then have to find a way to obtain the Stigmata Terminal. But as the saying goes, sharpening the axe doesn't delay the work, Freya planned to strengthen herself before starting.
Although the Biological Enhancement Technology obtained from Kevin and SU has not yet been fully researched, Freya herself only intends to borrow some of the technology, since her life level has long surpassed that of the Type-B Valkyrie.
The Biological Enhancement Technology obtained from Kevin and SU might make the Type-B Valkyrie stronger, but its effect on Freya herself would be very limited.
"Lord Freya..."
As soon as Freya entered her laboratory, she saw that the Jackal, who had returned long ago, had finished feeding the cat, the dog, and other animals, and finally fed a well-behaved Humanoid Honkai Beast.