Chapter 111: "Making a deal with Gray Serpent's spies"

Someone once said that growing up was painful.

Most people grow up because of the circumstances in their environment. They need to change themselves to adapt to their surroundings.

Of course during this growing up process some parts will be lost, and will never come back.

When you look back, you will see that your past self will be very different from who you are now.

This is the price for growing into an adult.

But...

Is it all worth it?

Yes, it's worth it.

Thea at least thought so.

She grew up because she wanted to protect her family from a tragic ending. They had given her love, and she would also return them with love.

She wanted to protect them.

Protecting the smile that made her like them all.

Protecting what she thinks is most valuable.

That night, under the moonlight. She had once toasted her old self that she would protect their family.

This was a promise she made to her past self.

She will prove that all the sacrifices she has made are worth it.

"A new day, with a new problem. It's a really great start." Thea closed her eyes bitterly.

Sitting in her office pensively, and thinking about the problem she is currently facing. Thea, who saw Bianka memories, couldn't help but let out a very long sigh.

The Stigma project is currently in a stable condition. Apart from the first day which was full of chaos, the second day was arguably a very peaceful day.

With the help of members of the Immortal Blade squad, and several valkyrie teams like as Captain Ragna's Stormtrooper Squad who has just been called back to headquarters. Chaos was suppressed, and order returned to normal.

In the Stigma project, Thea has divided her artificial stigma into two types.

Ordinary stigma, and Valkyrie stigmata.

The ordinary stigma are based on the special stigma of the Kaslana family which have very high honkai energy resistance, and will be given to all ordinary people around the world.

This artificial stigma only allows its owner to increase resistance to honkai energy to the scale of honkai energy present in the scene. Which meant, humans who died from being corroded by the honkai energy would no longer exist in this world, unless the honkai energy there was truly extremely densely concentrated to the level where Herrscher was naturally born.

If there really was such a place, instead of worrying about dying from the honkai energy, then it was better to worry about Herrscher's sudden birth.

For valkyrie stigmata, this type of stigmata will be given to valkyries who have flawed stigmata as compensation, and also given out in the event of a promotion among valkyrie warriors.

Although these two stigmas can give the owner a very high honkai energy resistance. Of course they both have a difference.

The ordinary Stigma is a castrated version of the Valkyrie Stigmata.

Apart from increasing resistance to honkai energy, ordinary stigma have no other abilities. Moreover, to increase the strength of the owner's body. All the honkai energy stored in the body will instantly leak like a sieve full of holes.

As for the Valkyrie Stigmata, they have the function of enhancing their own body's fitness using honkai energy, and makes them especially suitable for fighting honkai beast.

Now the lower limit to being a valkyrie has been negated, and whoever has the stigmata she gives, will immediately become a super strong valkyrie.

Everyone in this world can be Superman if Thea wants to.

However, with an increase in power, chaos will also continue to increase. After all, the human heart is the most difficult thing to guess.

In order to maintain world peace, Thea must get rid of the principle that everyone has equal rights first.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, in the end I also became a capitalist. I'm really really great."

Thea praised herself shamelessly.

"Also, it looks like the Stigma project I'm running managed to get some of the hiding snakes out of their comfortable nests. Was it all worth it to steal some of the terminal stigmata device I made in exchange for their hidden spies?"

Look at the report that Bianka gave. Thea shook her head in disbelief.

The stigmata terminal device was a device she created with the help of Herrscher of Reason's power she borrowed, and also augmented the knowledge from the previous era of civilization stored in the stigmata inheritance of the kaslana family.

The source of the stigmata terminal device is Thea's own main body that is in the Imaginary space as a connecting point with the help of the Herrscher of Void stigmata that can control space.

In simple terms, her stigmata terminal device had almost the exact same function as the second divine key, the cosmic juggernaut, which had been modified by Schicksal, which could send a message regardless of distance, or space.

The thing that is different from the two of them, the cosmic juggernaut has a function to send a message, and while her stigmata terminal device can send an artificial stigma that she has made to people she has approved.

Thus, stealing the terminal stigmata is a pure waste of time. After all, who would get the stigma, and who could use it, was always under her eyes.

They will get nothing.

"Amber, please help Maria to compose a list of valkyries that have achievements. I'll read it later."

"Yes, Saintess Thea. By the way, where are you going?"

"Go see our spy prisoners. Don't worry about me, I'll be right back."

Waving her hand, and walked out of her office. Thea teleported briefly to the prison room, and she immediately saw the spy she was currently looking for.

"Gray Serpent?"

"Ah? What?"

Looking at the girl with short, orange hair, looking at her surroundings in confusion, and finally looking at Thea who suddenly appeared doubtful. The girl looked at Thea with a little suspicion, but also with a little fear.

"Saintess Thea, I'm not a spy! This is all a conspiracy! I didn't do anything wrong! Look, I've served Schicksal for 8 years, how could I be a spy!"

Hearing this, Thea sneered.

"I told you that you are a Gray Serpant, so I also know who you really are. Time is truly worthless to you half bionic beings."

"Although I must thank you for your selfless dedication during these 8 years, your identity right now is not Beatrice from the maintenance department, but only the spy who has the name Gray Serpent."

"So can we stop pretending?"

Beatrice who heard Thea's analysis, was silent for a moment, before she stroked her chin, as if she was thinking.

"Hiding a secret in front of the existence of stigmata like you is really very difficult. Do you have the same [transcription] ability as the Hare?"

"No, but my skills are better than her."

Oh... I see."

Stop acting, because it's all useless when fighting enemies who know who you really are. Beatrice Lasentra, who was one of the Gray Serpent, shrugged her shoulders helplessly.

"So after my suspicions of being a spy are dispelled, can I become [Beatrice] again?"

Thea shook her head: "No, but because of your service and dedication so far, I will not kill you on the spot. You will be deported to a place far from Schicksal's headquarters."

"Ah? Then aren't you afraid that I will leak Schicksal's classified information to the opposite party? An example of Anti-Entropy?"

"You are connected to the World Serpent network. Why should I be afraid for something that has leaked out long ago?"

Listening carefully to Thea's every word, and realizing that this Saintess seemed to know her very well. Gray Serpent could only let out a long sigh.

"You stigmata really are very hard to deceive. Is omniscience the foundation of all of you?"

"I don't think so, Welt Joyce not..."

"You have a point."

The Gray Serpent frowned, and she finally nodded her head in agreement with Thea's words. Welt Joyce was utter trash compared to the existence of the stigmata she had encountered so far.

"Then what are you looking for me? Since you already know my identity, then you should know my other identity as an information merchant. Do you want to buy something from me?"

Beatrice sat down on the bench in her prison cell politely, and she wore a relaxed smiling expression on her face.

"Yes, let's make a transaction."

Thea nodded her head seriously.

"I'll be bringing back your master from the sea of ​​quanta, and you guys have to help me do a few little things."

"What do you think?"