Chapter 412

Most of those tasks were dirty and tiring, and the pay wasn't great.

For example, the task of cleaning the sewage pipes of Changkong City is basically prepared for the Valkyrie squad with the worst performance each month. If any Valkyrie squad goes into negative assets, then congratulations, they will have to take on this type of task for the next period of time.

Aisha was almost devastated at that moment.

Of course, the base was indeed very beautiful after Huohuo decorated it, like a young girl's carefully decorated boudoir, and certainly not like a base used for office work.

They also used the large screen in the center of the hall to watch variety shows, and the visual experience was even better than that of high-priced home theater sets.

When Aisha thought about how the Radiance Squad had to take on the task of cleaning the sewage pipes in just the second month after its formation, she wished she could travel back in time and beat up her past self who had so easily handed over the job of decorating the base to Huohuo.

The timing of their formation of the Valkyrie squad was not good; there was only one week left before the review.

To avoid failing the review, the Radiance Squad took on and completed a large number of missions overnight.

After all, the way tasks are accepted is that you can only accept the next task after you have completed the current one.

Aisha almost rushed Huohuo, Delta, Wendy and others to complete a large number of tasks, and finally turned the negative assets around on the day of the review.

The Valkyrie squad developed smoothly afterwards, but most of the members were rather lazy. Apart from the main combat force, the other Valkyrie, being students, focused more on their studies.

Although they were all trainees from the 13th class, who were known as monster trainees, even the worst one was not much worse than the current top freshman. However, when compared with the other trainees from the 13th class, their mentality was basically broken.

The Valkyrie who are beginning to emerge in the research department all have the talent to be specially recruited by the research institute in advance. For example Bianca and Sophia have such outstanding combat talents that they were granted titles by Freya in less than two years.

It's important to understand that for most Valkyrie today, the so-called 'title' is the goal they strive for their entire lives.

Of course, there were a few students in the 13th cohort who graduated early because they had connections, but their ability to graduate early was also related to their own capabilities.

Those students who failed to graduate early, such as Bronya, Huohuo, Aisha, and Wendy, were even more overshadowed by their fellow students.

It can only be said that the 13th cohort was quite special; the courses they received were more rigorous, and Freya had higher expectations for them.

Aisha looked at these classmates who didn't seem to care much about their grades with a headache. She had originally planned to join the Apocalypse Knights with her friends after graduation.

But her friends weren't interested in these things, or rather, her friends knew that the 13th cohort of students had a special course, so they cherished the time they were still in the academy.

On the contrary, they lacked enthusiasm for the Valkyrie squad's mission because their squad's evaluation level was too low, making it impossible for them to get any decent work. In addition, the squad's vice-captain was an extremely extravagant person, which even influenced Wendy and Delta, not to mention the other more ordinary students.

Aisha was having a headache, but she had to admit that the base, decorated by Huohuo, had a relaxing atmosphere. Whether sitting on the soft sofa, the bouncy yoga ball, or the soft mats covering the floor, the base constantly eroded the team members' enthusiasm.

Even Aisha, while staying at this base, would occasionally have the thought of taking a break before considering how the Valkyrie squad should develop. This base's ability to demotivate people was terrifying.

"... Huohuo, Delta, Wendy, and the others, did you all hear what I just said?"

Aisha coughed lightly and spoke earnestly to the group.

However, Huohuo, whose body was almost sunk into the beanbag chair, was snoring softly, while Wendy and Delta were clearly engrossed in the variety show. The other members were gossiping more and more intensely about the two executives, especially since one of them had been promoted to one of the Seven Archons.

"...It's time to get down to business, Wendy."

Aisha tries to divide this group of lazybones, planning to start with Wendy, who is the most serious and youngest among them.

When everyone is lazy and lacks motivation, a serious and dedicated person is naturally more likely to be ostracized.

However, as long as everyone puts in the effort, the lazybones will naturally get moving too.

However, Aisha underestimated the extent to which the Huohuo corrupted the squad members.

Wendy, who was munching on potato chips and drinking a certain brand of soda while watching a variety show with Delta, had absolutely no motivation.

"Sister Aisha, haven't we already met this month's target? Continuing to do tasks now won't increase our scores. Since that person set a cap on the monthly task targets, it's probably to prevent us from pushing ourselves too hard..."

"However, even without points, you can still earn rewards by completing tasks, and the number of tasks completed will be counted in your performance record."

Aisha tried to explain, but she could only watch as a languid, Huohuo clung to Wendy like a vengeful ghost.

Wendy, who was once well-behaved, serious, and ambitious, now let out a lazy yawn.

"Aren't graduates of the St. Freya Academy given priority for recruitment by the Knights? At worst, we can work hard after joining the Knights."

"That's right, that's right..."

"Aisha, it's not good to work too hard."

"Sister Aisha, people shouldn't work too hard; they should know how to enjoy life."

"..."

Aisha looked utterly desperate. She had a feeling that behind every member of the Radiance Squad was a vengeful spirit called Huohuo.

476. Aisha, I heard that if you work too hard, your hair will fall out more.

Aisha realized she had underestimated the debuff aura of the Huohuo. Wendy, who was originally positive, motivated, obedient, and serious, had become a lazy bum under her influence.

"I think this is very wrong..."

"Sister Aisha, you can't blame us. With everyone's grades in the Radiance Squad, graduation is equivalent to employment, promotion and salary increase. There's really no need to work so hard."

Wendy spoke frankly about her feelings.

She and several other team members were among the top performers in the 13th cohort. Even the other trainees, who were the worst performers in the 13th cohort, were not much worse than the current top trainee.

In fact, the most recent batch of students have already elevated their impression of the 13th Monster Students to that of Monster Students.

In particular, the newest class's top student, leading an entire class of students, challenged Fu Lixue, who was relatively unknown in the 13th cohort. Fu Lixue then defeated him by taking on a hundred students at once, almost causing the newest class's top student to lose his composure.

Let's assume that Fu Lixue belongs to the category of monsters in the 13th issue.

Like Aurora and Mei, she had powerful connections, which allowed her to graduate early and join the diplomatic department of Shenzhou. Her reputation was indeed not prominent, but that was only in the eyes of outsiders. When she was studying at the St. Freya Academy, she did not have any particularly outstanding performance, or rather, she was quite low-key.

If it weren't for her name, most people wouldn't know that she was actually Immortal Fu Hua's mother. Although Fu Lixue was just Immortal Fu Hua's adopted daughter, with such an adoptive mother, her strength couldn't possibly be much weaker than Sophia's Bianca's.

It can only be said that this year's freshmen are too reckless. Although it is a recent tradition for freshmen to challenge the previous year's seniors, challenging Fu Lixue, who is also a monster among the 13th batch of students, is really just asking for trouble.

Although the other students in the 13th cohort were comparable to the real monsters of the 13th cohort, for the new students, these senior female students could easily defeat any student except the chief student in a one-on-one match.

With such performance, they were naturally reserved by the Apocalypse Knights early on, and even if their performance was not good at the beginning, they would still enter the Apocalypse Knights's training camp.

In other words, all the students in the 13th Combat Department have already been reserved by the Apocalypse Knights. Forming Valkyrie squad to take on and complete missions to increase their achievements is naturally to make their personal resumes look better.

After all, the Apocalypse Knights had many vacant positions, and Aisha wanted to be able to obtain a position in the Knights like Bianca.

Of course, she also knew that relying on the achievements of the Radiance Squad to obtain a Knight Order membership was wishful thinking. With her achievements and the Radiance Squad's achievements, she could only be equivalent to a Knight Squad membership.

Bianca and Sophia were assigned to a Knights Order, which allowed them to either incorporate multiple squads of knights into the Order or recruit Valkyrie to form their own Knights Order.

Aisha's goals were ambitious, but Huohuo, Wendy, and others felt they were unrealistic.

Although they were among the top performers in the 13th cohort, Aisha had even clashed with Aurora several times and had suppressed Aurora on several occasions. While not as good as Fu Lixue, in the eyes of Delta and the other members, she, Huohuo, and Wendy were monsters among the monster trainees.

In the words of the new batch of students, they are monster-level students.

The Radiance Squad has three monster-level students and is considered one of the most powerful Valkyrie squad formed by the 13th batch of students.

Many veteran B-rank Valkyrie squads are no match for the C-rank Radiance Squad.

However, they were only at the monster level, while Bianca and the others were top-tier monsters, or even beyond the concept of monster level.

The league's rules can make concessions for them, and can be changed for them again and again, but Wendy doesn't think the Radiance Squad has that ability.

In other words, even if you continue to work hard, you won't be able to reach Bianca's level of treatment, and you don't have the powerful connections of Fu Lixue who already has a job lined up for you, nor can you graduate early like those in the research department.

After Huohuo's explanation, even the originally enthusiastic Wendy lost her motivation.

After hearing Wendy's explanation, Aisha's first reaction was to look at Huohuo. She herself knew that it would be difficult to obtain a position in the Knights Order. Rather, obtaining a position in a Knight Squad was her initial goal.

However, she underestimated her own performance, the performance of Wendy and Huohuo, and the overall abilities of the 13th cohort of trainees.

After all, a significant number of the trainees in the 13th cohort were clones created by Otto through cloning historical figures or heroes.

Freya provided the 13th cohort with the best educational environment, and even arranged for Immortal Fu Hua to teach several lessons specifically for them, a benefit that the current cohort of students does not enjoy.

Based on this, once the 13th cohort graduates, joining the Apocalypse Knights will be no problem at all.

As long as the students who form the Valkyrie squad complete their monthly task targets, obtaining a Knight Squad membership upon graduation is not a problem at all.

For the current Radiance Squad, they are like college students who have already received job offers from big companies, but the companies hope that they will join the company after they graduate.

When they can't improve their treatment no matter how hard they try, it's easy for them to lose their motivation.

Aisha glanced at everyone with a headache. She was now regretting that she had chosen Wendy and Huohuo, who had good grades, when she formed the Valkyrie squad.

Huohuo, in particular, was part of Aurora's team. However, her Wuse Family had no power to grant her a position early, so she could only wait to graduate and then be recruited by Aurora.

"Ugh... This mission was issued by Kiana."

"!!!"

"Huh?!"

"Sister Aisha, why didn't you say so sooner!"

"That's right, why didn't you say so sooner!"

"Huh???"

Faced with the surprised shouts of Wendy, Delta, and the others, Aisha suddenly seemed at a loss. Even Huohuo, who was snoring softly, suddenly sat up as if he were dying.

"Was this mission assigned to us by that lord?"

"Wait a minute, let's check the community. It seems that Kiana has issued recruitment missions to the Silver Wolf Squad and the Radiance Squad. Now we're just waiting for the two squads to confirm their acceptance... The whole community is in chaos."

"Ah, the Silver Wolf Squad has confirmed it. Sister Aisha, what are you doing? Hurry up and accept the mission."

"That lord didn't force the Valkyrie to accept missions they didn't like. Only Valkyrie squad that performed poorly were forced to accept punishment missions. Hurry up and confirm! What if we're misunderstood and thought we didn't want to accept missions?!"

Surrounded by Wendy, Delta, and Huohuo's accusatory tone, Aisha was completely stunned, looking at her Radiance Squad with a mixture of embarrassment and annoyance.

If I had to pick the most regrettable thing in my life, it would probably be choosing this group of rather unreliable teammates.

"Yes, I'll confirm it right away."

Aisha took out her communicator, clicked to confirm and accept the mission, and then looked at her Radiance Squad with a complicated expression.

"He clearly had no motivation at all just now..."

"How can they be the same? No matter what the reward is, we must accept that person's mission."

Huohuo rolled his eyes at Aisha, but Aisha really had no choice but to suffer in silence. Faced with a group of unmotivated slackers, she had no desire to show such a lazy team to the other party.

Aisha still hopes to get a position in the Knights before graduation, but she worries that Freya will question her management skills if she sees such a slacker squad.

She had initially considered giving up on the mission, but ultimately she was still somewhat unwilling, because accepting the mission personally assigned by Freya would bring her closer to her distant goal if she could complete it.

Unjustly scorned by Huohuo, Aisha was so angry that she wanted to take her twin swords and pierce a hundred holes in everyone present.

"In any case, we've accepted the mission, but you all must perform well in front of that person. This is related to our future. If anyone acts like a lazy bum in front of that person, I won't be polite."

"Sister Aisha is so serious."

"Aisha is so energetic."

"... Aisha, I've heard that if you work too hard, you'll lose a lot of hair. Apparently, some people are only twenty years old and already have only a thin layer left on top of their heads."

Huohuo retorted expressionlessly, causing Aisha to subconsciously reach for the two swords at her waist. Huohuo was startled and instinctively drove away quickly in his wheeled and engine-equipped beanbag chair.

"Oh no, Aisha is angry!"

"Run, Huohuo!"

"Go, Aisha!!"

The Radiance Squad's base was naturally thrown into chaos, becoming quite lively, which led to complaints from the Valkyrie squad on both sides of the base.

After all, Freya specifically designated several areas to establish bases for the Valkyrie squad. As the Valkyrie squad level up or the team grows, different facilities will be built in the bases.

Of course, the Valkyrie base area is composed of modules similar to shipping containers. When the base needs to be expanded, it will be combined with other modules, and the internal space will naturally double.

It has to be said that Ryoma's design is quite interesting, and the different modules can also move, which is also a technological reserve for building a mobile city in the future.

This technology was also used in the Space Fortress project led by Ryoma, where movable modules can protect several important areas to the maximum extent.

In the event of any accident in space, the Space Fortress can immediately eject its critical modules and send them directly back to Earth.

Freya gave the two Valkyrie squad a day to prepare, while she herself spent the entire day in the laboratory. After all, the spherical quantum computer contained a lot of data, and Jackal, unlike Freya, was not a consciousness-based being with powerful computing capabilities, so it was clear that he could not apply the technology in a short period of time.

The most crucial aspect was the modification to better suit her physique. Because many changes were needed, Freya ultimately only made minor adjustments to herself, which resulted in a slight increase in her combat power.

477. Everything feels so dull and tasteless.

"Jackal, the laboratory will continue to be in your care while I'm away."

"... Yes, I will definitely take good care of this laboratory."