Chapter 437

Now that he has achieved his goal, selling those people off is simply a way to increase Freya's leverage on his side.

This means that you have to pay extra.

What do you want?

Freya didn't mind Otto raising his price. Since she had already agreed to send such a dangerous person as Otto to the Sea of Quanta, she didn't care if Otto continued to raise his demands.

Even so, a hint of displeasure still lingered on her face.

"Don't be so impatient, my lovely Freya. I've brought you a solution to your problem. Even if you don't thank me, you shouldn't be so dismissive."

"In fact, it doesn't matter what those rulers think..."

After experiencing a period of order, Freya's way of looking at problems also changed significantly.

It's like a swarm of wasps suddenly moving into one of her villas in Europe, and she has no interest in outsmarting them. After all, she has more than one villa in Europe, and besides, she hardly ever goes out in Europe anymore, so that villa has been basically vacant for seven or eight years.

"You should know that if I really wanted to deal with them, I could easily replicate everything I did in the parallel world on a small scale."

Conflict can be said to be the essence of humankind, but because of the lack of enemies, humans have devoted most of their energy to internal strife.

Of course, Freya didn't do that simply to maintain her image in the eyes of her family, friends, and Valkyrie.

As for how Otto obtained this confidential information about the Alliance, Freya really didn't want to comment.

She had already suspected that one of Theresa's two adjutants was definitely Otto planted as a backup. To test this, she split some information she knew into two parts and let Theresa's two adjutants know them separately.

However, judging from some information revealed by Otto, those two adjutants were Otto's backup plan. Whether they did it voluntarily or not, the two passed on a lot of secrets to Otto.

Freya had no intention of making things difficult for the two of them.

Putting aside the adorable Kagemusha, Amber is practically her second mother, and no matter how harsh she is with her words, she would never hand her over.

Thinking of this, Freya pouted unhappily. Otto never hesitated when he betrayed his own people.

Amber, who had followed Otto for so many years, even though she was originally just a clone of Kallen and had developed her own heart, was still treated as a tool by him and discarded at will.

You won't do that.

Otto wore a gentle smile, completely unconcerned by Freya's words.

In this world, she placed too much importance on how others perceived her.

The Schicksal Saintess, the guardian deity of the Valkyrie, the strongest Valkyrie, and one of the Seven Archons —these are her titles and powers, but they are also her constraints.

"Heartlessness is not necessarily true heartlessness. My lovely Freya, you are indeed very similar to me."

"Oh, really? That's the most tragic situation in the world."

Freya closed her eyes, completely ignoring Otto's somewhat tender words. Just as Otto had said, being heartless is not necessarily being truly heartless, and being affectionate is not necessarily being truly affectionate.

Otto's current display of tenderness is meaningless; his affections have always been solely focused on Kallen Kaslana.

His feelings for others were merely remnants of what he had for Kallen.

Perhaps in his eyes, if he had children with Kallen, whether daughters or granddaughters, they would be like her and Theresa.

That's why he was able to project some of his emotions onto her and Theresa.

But that's all.

What do you want?

Freya repeated the previous question. Although, as Otto said, she would not damage her image in the eyes of her family, friends, and Valkyrie, Otto had kindly marked the addresses of several of the most boisterous rulers of the United States, and Freya did not mind personally going to their homes to give them a brainwashing.

Moreover, these rulers who exist in the shadows are like sweet potatoes growing in the ground; you can pull out a whole bunch of them at once.

Even though Freya had captured several rulers before, they were all rulers of small countries, and they were particularly foolish and didn't hide themselves well enough, which is why she was able to capture them. As for the list provided by Otto, almost all of them were big shots who lived in seclusion in the city.

That's right, any one of them could bring down the United States.

Freya only needed to go to the addresses on the list and brainwash them one by one to secretly control the United States. It can be said that Otto did solve some of her problems.

"The Stone of Order".

"Tsk! Who let it slip? I didn't tell Sister Amber and Theresa No. 2 the details about the Order Stone."

Within the Alliance, only Tesla, Einstein, Planck, Jackal, Welt, Kevin, and the Seven Archons possess information related to the 'Order Stone'.

The three sisters in the Seven Archons are naturally unlikely to leak information. Ryoma and Su each have one gram of Order Stone, but neither of them would reveal information about the Order Stone to the outside world. Laguna spends most of his time on St. Freya's Academy Island, so he has no one to leak information to.

"Could it be my silly Theresa?"

Freya smacked her lips. She felt she should remind Theresa that although Theresa, as the Head of Administration, did have the authority to access information about the Order Stone, given Theresa's personality, she found those research reports very troublesome.

Theresa has plenty of experience in handling government affairs or organizational operations, but she could switch careers to become a researcher. This illiterate woman who resorts to violence to fix a TV wouldn't understand a thing like research reports.

"Don't underestimate the lovely Theresa. She's on your side this time, even though she has no idea about the relationship between you and me. It can't really be described as 'hostile'."

Otto replied with a smile.

"Don't forget, my lovely Freya, quite a few people in your organization owe me favors."

"For someone like you, personal connections have no value whatsoever, and no one in the organization will do you a favor..."

Freya frowned. She didn't doubt that there was a traitor among the core of the alliance. After all, she was a being with superhuman consciousness. No one could hide their emotions from her. Anyone who betrayed her would inevitably feel fear of being discovered, unless they believed that such behavior was not betrayal at all.

"Actually, there is one. The founder of the Kaslana Family whom I rescued using the Herrscher of Ice that I dismantled, your ancestor and Kallen's ancestor— Kevin Kaslana."

"Kevin! You son of a bitch! #!@%#@!#@!#"

Freya was so angry that she started cursing.

508. Otto! You bastard, how dare you show your face in front of me!

In fact, Kevin and Otto didn't have any real relationship. Even when Otto rescued Kevin using the Herrscher of Ice Core he had taken from the Divine Key during the 'Battle of the Abyss', it was only based on a certain deal.

However, SU, who is almost inseparable from Kevin, knows Freya's attitude towards Otto.

Otto wanted to know the classified information Freya had withheld from him, so SU naturally went along with it and asked Kevin to do Otto a favor. In his view, since Otto had voluntarily taken the risk of going to the Sea of Quanta, it was well worth doing him a favor.

That's right.

SU's goal is to find Mei at the Sea of Quanta.

At least in his eyes, the chances of Otto encountering Mei in the Sea of Quanta were greater than the chances of him finding Kallen in the Sea of Quanta.

Freya unconsciously burst into curses, but she quickly realized who the real bastard was behind it all.

To be honest, there are just too many jerks around me.

In a sense, this is what is meant by birds of a feather flocking together.

After vaguely guessing SU's purpose, Freya still didn't stop talking. Although she had no memories of her past life, or rather, she was just a remnant of FU and didn't know Mei at all, she was able to get a glimpse of Mei from the clues she discovered.

This woman, who was in a relationship with Kevin while being held back by her incompetent teammates, ultimately led the survivors to face the War of Finality.

It's like a master player leading four stubborn bronze players to the master level, and even reaching the finals of the international cup.

Even though he lost the finals, it doesn't mean this champion lost.

Although Freya was reluctant to be a Mei fan, Mei left behind too many legacies for modern civilization.

The current civilization is like licking the box of the Previous Civilization, instantly obtaining max-level armor and weapons, greatly reducing the time needed for exploration.

Unfortunately, the current civilization has also failed to encounter a good human leader. Without a leader who can suppress everyone with his own power, even if they share the idea of fighting against the Honkai, their methods and styles are completely different.

It's impossible for any country not to fight against Honkai. No matter how much the rulers behind the scenes disregard the lives of the common people, once the country is destroyed, all their power will lose its foundation.

To those rulers, the lives of the lower classes are nothing more than a herd of cattle and sheep they graze. Losing a few dozen or a few hundred is nothing to them as long as it generates profit. But once all their cattle and sheep die, they will fall from noble 'ranchers' to beggars.

However, the hunting dogs they raise are not enough to protect their cattle and sheep.

The alliance's extraordinary power is precisely what makes them so resentful of these 'ranchers' because it threatens their rights.

Exposing scandals, smearing others, and creating public opinion are the three old tricks. Not to mention the former Schicksal, even the three major organizations that have long since merged into one are still never idle.

In her earlier years, Freya would retaliate and suppress, but later she increasingly gave up on engaging in so-called battles of wits with these rulers.

In a true political struggle, Freya was no match for these rulers.

These rulers, with their rich experience in political struggle, judged her mere child's talent as utterly insufficient to contend with her.

Winning brings no benefits, while losing brings a host of disadvantages.

In this situation, Freya was too lazy to deal with the officials of various countries. However, if she were to discover the rulers' addresses, she wouldn't mind personally visiting them to offer her assistance.

To be honest, if the rulers hadn't been so well hidden, preventing Freya from contacting them online, she would have found a chance to teach them a lesson long ago.

Don't assume she doesn't hold grudges just because she's too lazy to deal with officials from various countries.

Freya, who has always been stingy, would never let this opportunity slip by.

"My dear Freya, that person is, after all, an ancestor of the Kaslana Family. Let's show some respect for him."

Watching his adopted granddaughter spew out Schicksal, Otto inexplicably regretted not having arranged more etiquette lessons for her.

Freya had no idea what Otto was thinking, but she 'politely' greeted Kevin's mother, father, wife, and husband.

Well, she mainly just politely greeted Kevin's 'husband'.

Although this wasn't the first time SU had tricked her, it still made Freya unhappy. Rather than saying it was a favor done for her by using the Herrscher of Ice Core in the Battle of the Abyss, it was more like she was deliberately doing Otto a favor as he headed to the Sea of Quanta.

"Yes, I have great respect for those two old men."

It's not hard to guess SU's reasons for doing this.

He was always thinking of Kevin; if he were a girl, Mei probably wouldn't have had a chance in the Previous Civilization.

Of course, if he were a girl, his interpersonal relationships in his past life would probably be more complicated, since from a certain perspective, SU and his past self were childhood friends who grew up together.

Just thinking about this made Freya's expression suddenly turn strange.

If SU in her past life was a girl, then after meeting Kevin, who was her childhood friend, she would obviously prefer this boy who was more compatible with her personality. Thinking back to when she dressed up as a blonde religious person with a single ponytail in the later stages of the Previous Civilization, this development unexpectedly feels very familiar.

After internally complaining about the complicated interpersonal relationships of the Previous Civilization, Freya exchanged some other information with Otto, and then took him and Rita back to the Alliance headquarters.

To avoid causing panic due to Otto's death in society several years ago, Freya did not use the usual passage.

She secretly brought Otto into Changkong City and summoned the core members of the alliance, especially SU and Kevin.

"Huh?"

SU, who came to the conference hall with Kevin, was surprised when he saw the bishop with the golden ponytail.

He truly hadn't expected Freya to bring the other person directly back to the Alliance.

Kevin, standing next to SU, merely glanced at the blond Grand Bishop; he didn't take this junior too seriously.

Kevin had seen too many egoists and self-righteous individuals in the Previous Civilization, which is why he didn't actually like this man very much.

If he could, he would even like to just kill the other person to end it all.

According to SU, doing the other party a favor would help ease the tension between him and Freya.

Moreover, this favor is also an investment in the future.

Kevin, who mostly uses SU as an external brain, also chose to trust his arrangements without hesitation. All he had to do was leak some information related to the 'Order Stone'. Otto would discuss the rest of the information with Freya.

"Is everyone here?"

Freya asked while looking around.

Ryoma, who was building a base on the moon, was still participating in the meeting remotely. When he saw the blond Grand Bishop in the meeting room, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression.

Theresa nodded, and after entering the conference hall, her gaze remained fixed on the blond Grand Bishop.

The Alliance publicly announced that Otto had died after the assassination attempt, Freya had even organized a lavish funeral for him. Even if Otto were to reveal his identity now, it would be meaningless, Otto no longer had the ability to interfere with the Alliance's re-establishment of the access control system.

Some people were surprised by Otto's appearance, while others were delighted, and still others showed Otto and impatience.

Amber, standing beside Theresa, and her clone A-374 couldn't help but shed tears of joy.

Kiana did show a hint of displeasure when she saw Otto, but she quickly composed herself. Her revenge was already over, and she didn't want to put her younger sister in a difficult position.

Even though Kiana is rather oblivious to other people's feelings, and it took her several years to realize that her two young female adjutants were expressing their affection for her, she is not completely unaware of anything. She naturally noticed the complicated 'family relationship' between her second sister and the other party.

"Otto! You bastard, how dare you show your face in front of me!!"

However, in the conference hall, the man who harbored the greatest hatred for Otto, or rather, who was currently the most qualified to seek revenge, was none other than Siegfried Kaslana, who roared in anger.

Although Welt dislikes Otto because he has been tricked by Otto several times, he is destined to never get along with Otto because of Joyce Welt. They can only cooperate under the guise of righteousness.