Chapter 416

The Saintess's journey was very high-profile. Although the Saintess could create an invisibility effect by refracting light, Freya proceeded openly this time, without even asking Rita to apply for entry.

In the past, after the Saintess entered the country, it usually operated in stealth mode to move quietly in order to avoid causing a disturbance.

Although this was merely self-deception, the rulers of the various nations clearly did not want to see any of the Alliance's Floating Battleship fly over their heads, especially the Saintess and the Bishop.

Therefore, the entry inspections for the Saintess and the Bishop were the most troublesome.

When the Saintess ignored the Far Eastern government's inquiries and directly rejected the communications sent by the United States government, Freya on the bridge felt very pleased.

"... Hmph, let you continue to disgust me, I'll disgust you back in kind."

Simply put, Freya didn't think there was anything unreasonable about the rulers of various countries doing what they did.

Rather, if they, as rulers, didn't possess this level of scheming and vigilance, Freya wouldn't mind cleaning up some of the trash.

Stupid people like this only hold others back, have no value in living, and are of no benefit to the group.

If the leader of a faction is incapable of using any means necessary to secure their power, and instead talks about dreams and peace, Freya can only pity the faction under such a leader.

Even those old guys in the Senate, because they had some special skills, Freya spared their lives because they had relatively few scandals. After all, as long as you have some special skills, you will be able to use them someday. At the very least, you still have the value of your life, right?

As for the old guy with too many scandals, Freya naturally wouldn't be polite.

The idea that the rulers of various countries want to restrict her and the Alliance in the same way they previously restricted the Schicksal is not entirely wrong. However, from her perspective, Freya naturally has to do more for the Valkyrie.

The ruling classes of various countries still regard Valkyrie as tools to be used at will, but in the current Alliance, Valkyrie have gained their rightful status. At the same time, they have more paths to choose from, unlike in the Schicksal era when becoming Valkyrie meant either dying in battle or fighting until retirement.

Considering the average age of demobilization of the Schicksal at that time, it is clear how many Valkyrie died in battle.

If we calculate based on the average age of demobilization, then for the Valkyrie in the Schicksal, they were probably only 15 or 16 years old when they first went to the battlefield. They had already lived half of their lives, and the second half of their lives was about constant fighting.

Freya lowered her head, trying to fathom the thoughts of the rulers of various countries. With her current mental strength, she could completely simulate a highly realistic virtual personality in her mind. However, Freya did not like this approach.

With the support of her powerful mental strength, the virtual personality was too realistic and prone to causing trouble. Freya had no intention of making herself mentally split and then fighting against her split personality in the space of consciousness.

After all, there's no guarantee that her Herrscher Persona won't awaken under these circumstances. In that case, she'll have to fight against her own Herrscher Persona while also battling against the messy personalities that have split off from her in her own consciousness space.

Freya knew that she had to be careful with any power that was too great, especially the Abyssal City an accident happened three years ago. She had only unleashed her true power, but was instantly controlled by it, which then prematurely triggered the arrival of the Herrscher of Finality.

Fortunately, the current environment is not conducive to the complete awakening of the Herrscher of Finality's consciousness. Neither Kiana nor her backup vessel has grown to the point where they can contain the full Power of Finality.

But Freya couldn't guarantee that such luck would happen a second time; she wasn't one of those high school students with superpowers who could turn luck into a special skill.

Since she couldn't guarantee a second stroke of luck, Freya was naturally cautious about her power. Rather, her unbridled use of her consciousness in the parallel world was a test of her limits. Even if she lost control, it would only mean that she was completely trapped in that world.

At this time, the Saintess was heading very high-profile towards the Devil's Triangle Sea Area.

The United States government again requested to communicate with the Saintess, but Freya once again refused the United States' request.

After all, among the rulers of various countries, the rulers of the United States are definitely the most active. The key is that the United States is a direct beneficiary of the Anti-Entropy Organization. Compared with other countries with ancient histories, the United States is the youngest and has no civilizational foundation.

Today, however, the United States is the most technologically advanced country in the world, which is related to the fact that the Anti-Entropy Organization has been active in North America and has strongly supported the development of various countries in order to restrain the Schicksal.

Although it's not really a matter of betrayal, for the then-weak Anti-Entropy organization, befriending various countries was a strategy to stall the Schicksal.

The two sides were merely collaborators, but at present, there is no longer any need for cooperation, which is why they have become so bitter enemies.

The crew and captain on the bridge of the Saintess were on high alert because Freya's illegal entry had put the United States on high alert, and surface-to-air missiles were aimed directly at the Saintess.

"Your Saintess Lord..."

Bronya, as adorable as a puppy, strode up to Freya, her tail wagging rapidly behind her, her eyes fixed on her.

"What you up to?"

Freya naturally knew that the cute little dog wanted to show off its skills, so she shook her head and said.

"I won't be stingy with rewards and praise. I know how hard you usually work. Although you've always aimed for Sophia and Bianca, their styles are quite different from yours."

After all, Bronya has an extremely high talent for shooting, while Sophia is good at close-range combat and Bianca is more versatile with no obvious weaknesses. However, because of this, neither of them has any particularly outstanding features.

Sophia's fighting style can be summed up in one sentence: she wields a giant battle blade and hacks her way from the north gate of Changkong City to the south Changkong City without taking a breath—a berserker style. Of course, her personality is quite calm.

As a so-called all-around fighter, Bianca can easily handle any fighting style, whether it's Sophia's, Kiana's skill-based, or her overwhelming style of using sheer power.

Ironically, she truly has no weaknesses. With a giant battle blade, she can hold her own against Sophia; with a katana, she can go toe-to-toe with Mei; in close-quarters combat, she's only slightly inferior to Bronya Fu Lixue and Aurora; with a sniper rifle, she can go toe-to-toe with Bronya; and with dual rapiers, she can leave Aisha questioning her existence. Furthermore, her resistance to Honkai Energy is almost on par with Aurora's, and even increases with exposure. Moreover, her precise control over Honkai Energy surpasses even the candidate Saintess of the Schariac Family ...

Generally speaking, a hexagonal warrior can do a little bit of everything but is mediocre at everything. On the contrary, a hexagonal warrior like Bianca, who is proficient in everything, is, in gaming terms, overpowered.

Even if her mysterious background makes her seem like a hero from a fairy tale, it's still wrong to use cheat codes so mindlessly.

The so-called "monster-level" students of the 13th class are those who possess a level of skill in their respective fields that is difficult for ordinary people to match.

Simply put, they are super-level snipers, super-level dual-sword users, super-level giant battle blade users, and so on.

However, Bianca seemed to possess the talents of these people.

It's a pity that her talent leans more towards combat, or rather, Bianca devoted all her energy to honing her combat skills, so much so that when she and Aurora graduated early, her score in the combat department was even higher than Aurora's.

Unfortunately Aurora was a double genius. Even though her performance in the combat department was slightly inferior to Bianca's, who was first, she still achieved second place. In addition, her performance in the research department was much higher than Bianca's. As a result, Aurora graduated early with the highest overall score.

It is precisely because of Bianca, this monster among monsters, that those monster-level students who have always aimed at her never miss any opportunity to compete with her.

Bronya clearly intended to use her dedicated sniper cannon from the Saintess to preemptively detonate all the anti-air missiles.

This idea is quite bold.

Bronya stubbornly remained silent after hearing Freya's words, meeting her gaze with her bright eyes.

"I know you want to show off, Bronya. To be honest, you're really good. Even if I were to use a sniper rifle, I couldn't possibly be better than you."

Freya wanted to hug the girl in front of her who acted like an adorable puppy, but the girl's stubbornness gave her a headache.

To be honest, Bianca was really ruthless in her pursuit of credits, which was incredibly discouraging for many students who had worked hard to get high scores in their areas of expertise.

Although St. Freya students are not prohibited from taking multiple minor courses in addition to one major course, the grades of minor courses are only considered as bonus points added to the major grade.

Including the additional credits, Bianca was far ahead of Aurora. Unfortunately, Aurora's achievements in scientific research were considerable, and she eventually managed to surpass Bianca. That was the only chance for Bianca to suffer a setback, since Aurora herself admitted that Bianca had high combat talent and that it wouldn't be long before she could completely catch up with her.

It's important to understand that Aurora's body served as the vessel for the Herrscher of the Void's revival, making her inherently more compatible with Honkai Energy. Especially after she acquired a portion of the Power of Finality, her body continued to grow in a direction more suited to Honkai Energy. Aurora still openly stated that she would soon be left behind by Bianca.

Freya naturally knew that Aurora wanted to seriously pursue scientific research, just like she had done before. However, Freya had entered her growth period at that time, and even without continuing to hone her combat skills, her strength was gradually improving. On the contrary, the combat skills she had honed earlier might not be suitable for her fighting style after she grew up.

As it turns out, Freya was quite prescient.

Who would have thought that she, who could tear Honkai Beast apart with her bare hands and possessed the soul of a wild warrior, would ultimately choose to act like a mage, directly converting Honkai Energy into various attacks and unleashing them?

However, Freya now has to change her fighting style, since her physical strength, which was originally an advantage, has now become a weakness that is holding her back.

Bronya was naturally one of those who were discouraged by Bianca, after all, she had been playing with guns for several years. But Bianca, in order to get the extra points for this course, took a little over a month to get Bronya to a 20/80 split, and then took two months to get her to a 40/60 split. It was originally expected that she would be on par with Bronya at the end of that semester, but unexpectedly, she and Sophia both graduated early and were directly recruited into the Apocalypse Knights.

Bronya has always wanted to get her revenge. Despite her lack of facial expressions, the Bronya in this world is different from the Bronya Two from the parallel universe. She did not burn down the Emotional Corridor because of the X-10 experiment.

Freya felt a headache coming on.

To be honest, most of the students in the 13th cohort were young and hot-blooded. After Bianca blew up their credits like that, everyone wanted to get revenge.

If it weren't for the fact that Bianca had to handle a lot of affairs every day after becoming the captain of the Immortal Blade Knights squad, constantly rushing to Honkai battlefields around the world to provide assistance, or accepting commissions to explore the traces of Honkai Beast deep in the mountains, those hot-blooded young students would definitely have gone straight to Bianca.

They didn't want to cause Bianca any trouble. Among the Valkyrie, strength is the only truth. Although they were driven to the brink of madness by the high score, it didn't stop them from admiring Bianca just the same.

However, this method of finding a place to hold a fight has become a tacit understanding among the 13th cohort of trainees.

Bianca herself, who is also quite young and impetuous, was happy to see this situation.

482. The enemy is coming soon.

St. Freya Academy, the highest-level academy designated by the Alliance, has one headmaster and two vice-headmasters.

Freya is one of the vice principals, but she doesn't like to interfere with the St. Freya Academy's teaching methods, let alone meddle in situations that could promote students' growth.

To be honest, Freya also enjoys watching the students of the St. Freya Academy compete with each other. Competition promotes development, allowing students to constantly break through their growth speed and limits. That being said, competition among students needs to be kept in check to form healthy competition, rather than resorting to any means necessary, including despicable and dirty off-field tactics, to get first place.

Bianca's practice of racking up points wasn't exactly a malicious competitive tactic; it's just that if she aimed for a double genius like Aurora, she would have to master all the combat-related courses.

To be honest, Aurora is also skilled in various fighting styles. Whether it's twin rapiers, a giant battle blade, or a katana, she can handle them all with ease. However, she focuses more on scientific research, otherwise she could also rack up points like Bianca.

However, if Aurora were to rack up points like Bianca, the other trainees in the 13th cohort would definitely be driven to despair.

They wouldn't resort to despicable and dirty tricks, but secretly putting sacks over Aurora and Bianca and beating them up might not be out of the question.

After all, there were quite a few problem children among the 13th cohort of trainees.

"Don't worry, they won't dare to launch it."

Although Bronya was eager to prove herself and did have the idea of competing with Bianca, her true intention was still to share her burdens, which made Freya feel great, and she happily patted the little head of the puppy in front of her.

I appreciate your kindness, but don't worry, you'll have your chance to shine.

"Yes, Your Saintess Lord."

Bronya replied somewhat dejectedly, clearly feeling down because she hadn't been able to demonstrate her abilities. Freya's unwilling expression made her want to hug her and comfort her.

Yeah, like rubbing your cheek against someone's.

The Saintess then entered the United States very smoothly without encountering any obstruction. Just as Freya had said before, although the United States locked onto the Saintess with anti-aircraft missiles, after several communication requests were rejected, they pretended not to see the Saintess enter the country.

The view from high above was fantastic, and there were several very energetic little ones in the group. Amidst laughter and cheerful conversation, Freya enjoyed a lovingly prepared lunch made by Rita.

For the time being, the Herrscher of the Void's abilities are indeed useful. Even if Rita cannot leave Changkong City for the time being, she can use the satellite network to project her mental energy into Changkong City and then directly open a portal there.

If it weren't for the fact that Rita hadn't finished her work, Freya would have invited Rita to go to the beach together.

That's right, for Freya, the area known as the Devil's Triangle was just a place to visit.

In fact, compared to the Sea of Quantum and parallel worlds, the so-called Devil's Triangle Sea Area is only a normal difficulty dungeon.

The powerful assimilation capabilities of the Sea of Quantum, combined with the complexity of parallel worlds, are enough to ensnare anyone.

SU felt comfortable Freya go to the parallel world because she had activated the Imaginary Tree Authority, so at least she wouldn't get trapped in the parallel world.

"The first person in modern human history to venture into the Devil's Triangle Sea Area was the world-famous navigator Christopher Columbus..."

Freya was heading to a sea area shrouded in mystery. Located in the western Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda, the Florida Straits, and Puerto Rico at the eastern end of the Greater Antilles, this area is dominated by tropical air masses year-round, with prevailing northeast trade winds. Summer and autumn bring frequent tropical hurricanes with howling winds, often creating walls of water over 10 meters high. Sea Dragon are also common, capable of sucking seawater thousands of meters into the air, casting a terrifying shadow over navigation.

Moreover, the Devil's Triangle Sea Area is located on the northern edge of a tectonic fault zone between North and South America, where volcanic and seismic activity is extremely intense, and the seabed topography is highly complex. Below the Devil's Triangle Sea Area lies mostly the North American Basin, which is over 6,000 meters deep; to the north is the Bermuda Triangle, rising above the surrounding deep-sea basin; to the west and southwest are a vast continental shelf close to the mainland and islands; and to the south lies the Puerto Rico Trench, reaching a depth of 9,215 meters.

Although it cannot compare to the Mariana Trench, the world's deepest trench where Sea Abyss City is located, its harsh natural environment has nurtured a rich variety of species, naturally making it a gathering place for marine Honkai Beast.

Freya had also considered where Mei might have hidden the Stigmata Terminal, whether it was the Mariana Trench, the deepest trench in the world, or the Devil's Triangle Sea Area, which has many mysteries, both of which were within her suspicions.

However, after carefully searching Sea Abyss City, she could not find any relevant information.

Although a lot of information about the Devil's Triangle Sea Area was collected, no useful clues were found. In addition, a large number of marine Honkai Beast gather here, so it is not surprising that planes and ships have accidents here.

The number of Honkai Beast the ocean far exceeds that on land. Compared to the large Honkai Beast gathering places on land, there are hundreds of similar Honkai Beast gathering places in the ocean. In addition, the ocean itself can block Honkai Energy reactions. After investigating several places where Honkai Beast gathered abnormally in the ocean but found nothing unusual, Freya abandoned the exploration of the Devil's Triangle Sea Area and turned her attention to the moon instead.

Based on her incomplete understanding of "Truth," Mei constructed a massive structure on the moon, which is now a ruin shrouded in enormous Honkai Energy.

However, this massive structure and the vast amount of Honkai Energy exist on the far side of the moon, invisible to humans on Earth.

It wasn't until October 7, 1959, that the Soviet Union's Luna 3 satellite transmitted back the first blurry photograph of the far side of the moon. Bishop Otto obtained the photograph immediately, and upon seeing it, he classified it as top secret and immediately devoted a great deal of resources to lunar exploration.

On the other side of the Earth, the Anti-Entropy organization, having learned of Otto's bizarre actions, also began its research on the moon.

In the 10 years that followed, both sides launched a large number of lunar probes, but still failed to unravel the mysteries of the far side of the moon.

Finally, on July 20, 1969, after countless failures, two astronauts successfully landed on the moon aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft.

A month later, the Schicksal's probe, carrying three astronauts, also arrived on the moon. Both sides discovered large amounts of Honkai Energy on the far side of the moon, which they had previously believed to exist only on Earth.

Afterwards, both sides ceased lunar exploration, did everything in their power to block information about the far side of the moon, and fabricated the illusion to the general public that 'there is nothing on the far side of the moon.'

Whether within the Schicksal or the Anti-Entropy Organization, the massive structures on the far side of the moon and the vast amounts of Honkai Energy are top secret.

After learning about this, Freya would naturally suspect that the Stigmata Terminal was located in a huge building on the far side of the moon.

Unexpectedly, this was just a feint by Mei. Although the huge building on the far side of the moon contained a large amount of her knowledge, she knew the principle of not putting all her eggs in one basket, and instead hid the Stigmata Terminal on Earth.

Only a few people, including Miu Miu, knew about this. In fact, even the higher-ups of the Fire Moth believed that she had placed the Stigmata Terminal in a building on the far side of the moon.

Freya didn't feel like she had been tricked by Mei; she just felt that this arrangement was indeed more reasonable.

Once the moon is completely lost, the Stigmata Terminal existing on Earth will be the trump card to fight back.

"... As expected of the Devil's Triangle Sea Area, it's still the same as always."

Although she couldn't experience it directly from inside the bridge, judging from the images displayed on the screen, Freya felt from the bottom of her heart that this place was truly eerie.

In fact, this was not Freya's first time in the Devil's Triangle Sea Area.

However, she found no clues here at the time, and the huge structures on the far side of the moon were obviously more worthy of her attention.

The wind howled and the hurricane whipped up waves, making it an unusually severe weather event no matter the time of year.