Chapter 425
Although Rita had suspected the other person since then, the other person acted like an ordinary human being and had a very close relationship with Kiana, so she quickly removed the other person from her list of suspects.
From the Valkyrie's perspective, Kiana and Jana's close relationship isn't particularly strange. Since Freya retrieved the Stigmata Terminal five years ago, the Alliance has gained the upper hand in various areas, and under this stable situation, the number of couples among the Valkyrie has suddenly exploded.
It's not uncommon for two or even Valkyrie form a couple, but Freya couldn't publicly acknowledge her relationship with Rita because of her idol image.
After all, as a popular Saintess, Freya has many Valkyrie admire her. Even though Freya has not made her relationship public, Rita, as her adjutant, has received many similar threatening letters.
In Rita's eyes, it was no surprise that Kiana had gained an adjutant; it was just like Aurora's situation of having two women on either side.
Aurora's adjutant and research assistants... well, there are too many to count.
However, at this moment, Rita was confused by the enormous amount of information Freya had revealed.
In fact, Freya's melancholy stemmed from this.
"Just as you analyzed, if the Honkai's Whitelist refers to civilizations that help the Honkai Entropy Decrease in the universe, then for us, it means throwing ourselves into the Honkai's arms and destroying the existing human civilization on this planet... or finding other civilizations in the universe to wage war, or even destroying human civilizations in parallel worlds."
However, no matter which choice is made, it goes against the Valkyrie's wishes.
The Valkyrie who fought against the Honkai ultimately became the agents of the Honkai Consciousness.
During the Alliance era, Valkyrie were encouraged to develop a sense of mission and responsibility, while also respecting their wishes. Valkyrie who wanted to fight were encouraged to fight, while Valkyrie who did not want to fight were encouraged to serve as supporters.
Besides a sense of mission and responsibility, the Valkyrie who choose to fight may have other reasons, or perhaps it's their hostility towards the Honkai.
The Alliance's main military force is almost entirely composed of these Valkyrie who harbor strong hostility towards the Honkai, and even Freya cannot change their will.
Forcibly reversing the situation would only cause them to break down, and Freya, who cherishes the Valkyrie, naturally could not accept such an outcome.
Rita immediately understood the reason for Freya's distress and depression.
"Lord Freya, I remember you... seemed to have envisioned Honkai Civilization."
"That's right, I did consider it, but my idea was to put the Alliance under the name of Honkai, so that the Alliance and the Valkyrie could be removed from the Honkai's targets."
At this point, Freya, who had just noticed her communicator ringing, had no choice but to get up. Her self-care skills were still quite limited, so she casually leaned into Rita's arms.
"The method I envisioned before was merely a theoretical way to avoid continuous Honkai. But that girl named Jana gave me a real way to become a member of the Honkai. But, will it really be that smooth? What if it's just a lie?"
There aren't many things that can trouble Freya, especially for someone like Jana who views humans as ants. Even with the truth within the Imaginary Tree Authority as a reference, Freya would find it difficult to judge whether the human civilization that destroys this planet could save the Alliance from a Honkai attack.
However, for the alliance that has been fighting against the Honkai, becoming an agent of the Honkai is enough to tear the organization apart.
"Lord Freya, I don't think any Valkyrie in the Alliance would choose to become an agent of Honkai. Even I still hate Honkai and see everything related to Honkai as an enemy. However, the Valkyrie have to use the Honkai Energy they despise the most, because they can only fight Honkai Beast Honkai Energy..."
Rita gently smoothed Freya's long white hair and said calmly.
For Freya now, the Honkai is no longer an enemy in her eyes, but for most Valkyrie, the Honkai has always been an enemy that has taken away their families and lives.
In reality, Honkai is just a natural disaster; the real enemy is the Honkai creature that arise alongside Honkai.
Whether it's Honkai Beast or Herrscher, they are humanity's only true enemy.
However, as long as human civilization continues to exist, Honkai will continue to bring disasters with the aim of destroying human civilization.
"Lord Freya doesn't want the Valkyrie to engage in a meaningless war with the Honkai, but for those Valkyrie, even if they perish together with the Honkai Beast, it would be exactly what they want."
Ultimately, there is an irreconcilable conflict between Honkai and Valkyrie.
Valkyrie were created to fight against the Honkai; their only purpose is to fight against Honkai Valkyrie.
"We can't become the agents of Honkai. Of course, Lord Freya's approach of using the name of Honkai might be feasible. We can eliminate those Honkai Beasts and Herrscher while using the name of Honkai. Whitelist and Blacklist are meaningless to us. Lord Freya has been troubled for a long time. Perhaps she lacks confidence in us?"
Freya had considered what Rita said.
But in the end, she struggled to choose between upholding her belief in the Valkyrie and protecting their lives.
Should the Valkyrie be made to suffer a fate worse than death, or should they be allowed to choose to live a wretched life, for it is better to live a miserable life than to die a good death?
Rita answered from her perspective as Valkyrie, while Freya had always considered things from the standpoint of protecting the Valkyrie, had her five years of melancholy swept away by Rita's words.
Just as Rita said before, Freya really didn't have confidence in the Valkyrie. Even though she kept creating new systems and raising the Valkyrie's ceiling, she still couldn't see a future where the Valkyrie would defeat the Honkai.
Seeing the wry smile on Freya's face, Rita suddenly grinned mischievously and ruffled Freya's long, smooth white hair.
After being comforted by Rita, Freya couldn't help but feel lustful. Even so, she didn't want to be disturbed while she was enjoying herself. Just thinking about the increased political affairs at the beginning of the New Year made her head feel like it was going to explode.
With Rita's help, Freya changed into a neat uniform and first went to the Valkyrie Diner alone to have breakfast, while also getting to know the young Valkyrie. Afterward, she went with Rita to the top-floor conference hall to handle government affairs.
As soon as Freya entered the conference hall on the top floor, she saw a group of people with haggard faces, which was a stark contrast to her and Rita's radiant complexions.
"What's going on? How come there's a bunch of zombies in the conference hall? When did you start doing this...?"
Freya's eyes twitched slightly as she looked at the mountain of paper documents.
She suddenly felt she should take a sick leave and then smash the communicator. However, for Freya, whose life structure was completely beyond that of humans, it was impossible for her to contract a normal disease.
"..."
Everyone in the conference hall rolled their eyes at Freya. After all, many of them had been pulled in to handle government affairs since yesterday, and yes, they hadn't slept since yesterday.
Especially in the last two years since the situation has stabilized, the number of Valkyrie's couples has gradually increased, which has led to various problems, such as cheating on someone, or being a time management master. In short, problems similar to those in White Album have emerged one after another.
Therefore, even if the same gender is involved, it cannot prevent such a scumbag woman from appearing. The plot of White Album can not only be applied to one man and two women, but also to three women.
The Valkyrie are still incredibly powerful now; even non-combat Valkyrie could easily defeat several of their former selves from five years ago.
Some high-ranking members even proposed designing a marriage law for the Valkyrie. However, the Valkyrie with higher strength in the alliance were obviously very popular. As the ones who had wives on both sides, they naturally resisted the so-called Valkyrie marriage law. In short, the matter naturally reached a stalemate.
Theresa, the Head of Administration, pointed irritably at a small mountain of documents and said to Freya, who was more than an hour late.
"Those are the 130 cases of facility damage caused by emotional entanglements that occurred at the end of last year. You handle them. Hmm, put those who should be locked up in solitary confinement in solitary confinement... Don't think about going easy on them. They're all spoiled by you."
492. To put it simply, they just have too much free time...
Theresa's sigh quickly resonated with everyone, even Jana, who was forced to work alongside them, showed agreement on her haggard face.
Jana, Planetary Honkai Beast, was originally uninterested in humans, and in fact, she didn't even consider current human civilization a threat. If she were to unleash her true power, she could destroy the civilization of this planet in just a few tens of minutes.
However, she now feels a fear of humans.
Human beings are creatures that can easily cause conflict for reasons such as "because my older sister glanced at her too much, that Xiao San must have deliberately seduced my older sister" or "that bitch only pretends to be well-behaved in front of my older sister every day, and has no idea how much trouble her behavior is causing her."
She struggles to comprehend the thought processes of humans, especially since the damage caused by such a conflict instantly translates into countless tasks falling on her shoulders.
Kiana is in charge of the Alliance's foreign trade and procurement work. However, the Alliance itself is not a producer, and many raw materials and facilities need to be purchased from outside.
As Kiana's adjutant, Jana naturally had to deal with various forces that maintained trade relations with the Alliance. For Jana, who was not good at communicating with people other than Kiana... or rather, had no interest in communicating with people other than Kiana, it felt like someone was deliberately making things difficult for her.
Of course, after conducting her own investigation, Jana discovered that many Valkyrie actually fought each other for such trivial reasons.
She completely failed to understand the thought process of humans—no, the thought process of Valkyrie.
Even though Jana has lived in this so-called human society for five years, she still cannot understand the emotions that lead to arguments or even physical fights over reasons such as "you're Xiao San" or "you're a bitch."
Sometimes, fights break out just because someone glanced at you in a crowd.
Jana couldn't describe the despair she felt when she received a huge list of supplies from Raven, especially since Raven was also holding an equal number of lists in his arms.
There were relatively few casualties, since the areas where the Valkyrie were active were mostly occupied by groups of Valkyrie, so the damage was usually to objects and facilities.
Faced with the unanimous approval of the crowd, Freya subconsciously reached for her pipe, but remembering the image she had always maintained in front of everyone, she silently stopped her little action of opening the spatial portal, even though her hand almost reached for the pipe in the room through the portal.
In fact, Freya was also troubled by this problem.
In the years since Jana asked her to take the Stigmata Terminal with her, the Alliance has once again entered a period of rapid development. In addition, the Alliance's researchers have been very capable, and various new technologies have emerged one after another. At present, the Alliance has the upper hand in the war against the Honkai, and many Valkyrie have suppressed a battlefield by themselves.
This has left many Valkyrie with a lot of free time. But it is precisely because the Valkyrie have so much free time, and because of the achievements the Alliance has made, that they are full of expectations for the future and have begun to think about their own future.
In the past, Valkyrie didn't have time for sentimentality. Most of Honkai Beast were crushed like insects by Valkyrie, so they had no interest in discussing the future.
It is precisely because the Valkyrie are so strong right now, and the Alliance is so strong right now, that the Valkyrie have more time to think about these things.
Although Freya knew how these problems arose, she couldn't suppress the Valkyrie's potential just to solve them. After all, the fact that the Valkyrie could think about the future showed how strong the current alliance was, which was a good thing.
However, these kinds of emotional entanglements are indeed a headache.
Even Rita couldn't help but chuckle to herself. She and Freya hadn't dared to go public with their relationship because Freya knew she was quite popular. If they did, Rita was sure she'd receive several boxes of razor blades.
The younger generation of Valkyrie are not only fervent fans of Freya, but also quite ambitious, especially the latest batch of students at St. Freya. Because they underwent the latest modification surgery and were perfectly matched with the new power system, their combat power has exceeded common sense.
This year's students are even more extraordinary than the original 13th cohort.
Of course, while the 13th cohort is still considered the most monstrous, the starting point of the 16th cohort is indeed higher than that of the 13th cohort. However, their future potential is not solely determined by their current combat strength.
Freya scratched her head, looking somewhat helpless.
"Simply put, they're just too idle..."
The Alliance's technology was developing at an incredibly fast pace, but the Honkai's offensive did not become more intense, as if they had lost synchronization.
However, Kevin and SU, who have been fighting against the Honkai for many years, know that this is just the calm before the storm.
The Honkai's offensive will not stop just because the human resistance is too strong. Right now, the Honkai is just accumulating the power to counterattack in places they cannot see.
That being said, it cannot be said that the Honkai's offensive was not fierce. Apart from the Alliance, even countries that had Valkyrie trained by the Alliance still needed to seek assistance from the Alliance in their defense.
Especially after the Valkyrie of the Key has demonstrated even more overwhelming power, several nations have directly abandoned their own Honkai battlefields and chosen to wholeheartedly cling to the Alliance.
Freya shrugged at everyone, looking like she couldn't do anything about it.
Since she acquired the Stigmata Terminal, the Alliance has successfully created a large number of Key of Reason. These Key of Reason have the function of collecting Honkai Energy, and under Key of Reason suppression, the Honkai Energy intensity on this planet is naturally not high. Except for a few large Honkai Beast gathering areas and a few areas of strong Honkai Energy that cannot be cleared, the Honkai Energy intensity in other countries has long since decreased to normal levels, greatly reducing the frequent Honkai events in various countries.
Generally speaking, these frequent small-scale Honkai are difficult to detect, and by the time they are noticed, tragedy has often already occurred.
The Valkyrie of the Alliance did indeed suffer many victims of the Second Great Honkai, but their homelands were also destroyed by this smaller Honkai event.
Sometimes, Honkai Beast that slip through the Honkai battlefield and wander into a nearby town can cause a small-scale Honkai event that catches everyone off guard.
Humans have absolutely no ability to resist monsters like Honkai Beast.
Rita, who is next to Freya, is a typical victim of a small-scale Honkai event that happened to her hometown. She lost her family and hometown, joined Schicksal on Laguna's recommendation, and by chance, she got close to Freya. In the end, they became lovers.
Let's say that if Rita were to experience another small-scale Honkai event in her hometown, she could still deal with the Honkai Beast that break into her home, even with her hands and feet bound.
While the Key of Reason cannot be said to have eliminated minor Honkai events, it has certainly reduced the frequency of such Honkai, which is why the younger generation of Valkyrie have become fervent fans.
Of course, it wasn't just the younger generation of Valkyrie who were madly infatuated with Freya; those Valkyrie who were Freya's age or a little older had also expressed their love for Freya quite a few times.
Freya's answer left everyone in the conference room speechless. Jana, who was staring at the tall list in front of her, suddenly glared at Freya with nihilistic eyes, which sent a chill down Freya's spine.
"Alright, alright, I've already made arrangements. We can speed up the School Cup we mentioned before. Oh, right, Kiana, there are still some things that 'Ice-bound Serpent' needs to purchase."
"Yes, send us a list later."
Kiana, who had been dragged over to help with the work, didn't look up. In front of her was a huge pile of documents, even higher than those in front of Raven and Jana.
Of course, the piles of documents in front of Raven and Jana are still within their work scope, while the piles of documents in front of Kiana are Theresa's administrative affairs.
In particular, several countries chose to join forces with the alliance, and even voluntarily handed over several rare metal mines in their countries to the alliance. How to mine and transport the metals also needs to be considered in terms of cost and cost-effectiveness. Most importantly, the alliance itself does not have a metal processing plant, so whether to build a plant locally or in Changkong City, issues such as land, distance, and efficiency must be considered.
After watching all night, Kiana felt her eyes were getting blurry.
"There will probably be a lot of them, which will be used to build the equipment for the Academy Cup and the group stage."
As soon as Freya finished speaking, Kiana's body stiffened slightly, and the Raven next to her immediately let out a mournful cry like an animal on its deathbed. Jana stared wide-eyed at Freya, as if she had encountered a dead person who had died with a great injustice and could not rest in peace.
Feeling flustered by her gaze Freya quickly surrendered.
"By managing the Academy Cup and the group stage well, we can redirect the Valkyrie's attention and reduce their damage to the facilities."
Hearing this news, which could be considered good news, Jana and Raven's expressions improved somewhat.
Freya walked to her seat and looked at the huge pile of Theresa's documents, as well as the various disturbances caused by the Valkyrie, and immediately felt a headache coming on.
It's important to understand that she, as the Saintess, was in charge of propaganda; it was Theresa, the bishop and Head of Administration, who was actually in charge of the Valkyrie.
However, while Theresa is quite popular, Freya's popularity is overwhelming among the Valkyrie.
If the Valkyrie of the Alliance were to choose a leader between Freya and Theresa, almost 99% of Valkyrie would choose Freya.
Of course, if the vote were conducted across the entire alliance, Freya and Theresa would be very close in votes, since there are quite a few ordinary staff members in the alliance, and those unsung heroes are also important to the alliance.
Although the main fighting force of the alliance is the Valkyrie, the number of Valkyrie is less than one-tenth of the total number of members in the alliance. The male-to-female ratio in the alliance is about 7:3, so it can be said that Theresa is quite popular among the male members.
493. It's like trying to fit Mao's number into Mao's seat! It would be strange if it didn't match at all!
Freya didn't care whether Theresa was popular or not, since she was the leader of the alliance and popularity was a good thing.
Although Theresa's popularity in Valkyrie is not as high as her own, it can't be said that she is unpopular. It's just that Theresa hasn't grown in the past few years and is still the same short person.
Even though Theresa has developed some authority over the years due to her high position, most people find it difficult to sense her authority just by looking at her appearance.
Freya was originally styled as a cute Saintess, but as she grew up to look like a 19-year-old, her body became more curvaceous and shapely. She also grew taller by about 15 or 16 years old, and is now about 165cm tall. Both her temperament and figure are becoming more and more like Cecilia Schariac.