Chapter 828: Chapter 494: No Mutiny Means No Objections (Part 2)
As the war-time pope, as long as she doesn’t do anything too excessive, the Thunder Church won’t risk removing her from her position. Meanwhile, as the war-time pope, Alice begins to quickly consolidate power within the Thunder Pope.
"Is Alice still playing her power games?" Upon entering the hall, Vivian saw Shen Sui having breakfast and opened her mouth to ask.
"Yeah, she seems to be enjoying it."
"That child." Vivian sighed, "Doesn’t she know how to train properly? All core power comes from strength. As long as her strength is strong enough, she can get anything she wants."
"Uh, I feel for Alice, this is training."
Traditional meditation training isn’t entirely useless for Alice, it’s just that it yields minimal effects. She trained hard for a month but might not even gain as much experience as she does from testing new magic by killing stray dogs.
This isn’t a metaphor.
Alice really encountered such a situation.
Later, she found out that the stray dog she casually killed was the first prototype of the Thunder Church’s Magical Beast Fusion Project, possessing the bloodlines of three divine beasts. It was just released for a walk and was casually killed by Alice.
The church’s clerics naturally sought trouble with Alice.
Alice was very angry.
So she donned Adoma’s alias, and in the name of the Thunder Pope, she stopped the project, sending all responsible clerics to the front lines.
"I am not joking." Vivian was very serious, "Alice should quickly improve her strength. She’s already touched the realm of Divine War, being only at the ninth rank is far from sufficient."
Vivian paused and looked seriously into Shen Sui’s eyes, "I know, as long as you’re there, even if Alice faces the gods directly, there won’t be any problem, but I think Alice, this child, has the ability to face the gods herself. It would be a shame if she wasted her talent because of our relationship."
Shen Sui thought Vivian made a lot of sense, but there’s a little problem.
Who knows what kind of price the world Alice belongs to would have to pay for her to ascend to the tenth rank?
["I plan to go to the Dragon Princess’s world." Alice suddenly said to you, "Sun City will probably have many matters waiting for me, my current strength might not manage the situations then."]
Alice’s meaning was quite similar to Vivian’s thoughts.
She is no longer the initially unaware and clueless girl.
Having faced the gods, she knew well that ninth-rank strength counts as nothing in front of the strongest forces on this continent.
Of course, Alice also knows there’s no effective and quick way to make herself breakthrough within a short time.
But who said that increasing strength must be one’s own?
Can’t recruiting more powerful allies also be considered a way to increase strength?
Since she thought of recruiting people, Alice naturally thought of Claude’s Dragon Princesses.
Among so many Dragon Princesses, she only conquered three.
Shen Sui saw Alice’s thoughts and didn’t know how to comment.
If it’s just about the ability to recruit, you’re unrivaled right now.
Freymia, Martina, Qishala, and Qishala’s Dragon Maids—looking at Alice’s Magic Guidebook’s Treasure Cards, even if not an apocalypse, it’s more than enough to destroy a few countries.
Doesn’t Alice know the strength her Treasure Cards grant?
She probably knows, because she’s participated in many real combats with Qishala and them.
We can only say Alice, like myself, suffers from a strength insufficiency syndrome, always feeling her composition isn’t strong enough and needing more new members to join.
Wait...
Shen Sui suddenly thought of another possibility.
After all, if it’s just dealing with factions within the Daylight Church, the quality of Alice’s Magic Guidebook’s Treasure Cards is more than sufficient.
But if Alice has a grander target, she indeed needs to seek more helpers.
"What’s wrong?" Vivian, noticing Shen Sui’s odd expression, asked from the side.
Shen Sui shared his thoughts with Vivian.
Vivian was stunned by Shen Sui’s idea, "You mean, Alice going to Sun City this time might have her target set on Daylight?"
She initially thought it was impossible but became silent when thinking it was Alice.
Looks like Alice probably doesn’t know Daylight is likely the real Baris.
"Should we tell Alice?" Shen Sui was a bit hesitant.
"No." Vivian gave a firm answer, "Let Alice execute according to her ideas."
Shen Sui gave Vivian a slightly odd look.
You know if Alice really goes after Daylight, she’s likely to involve Baris.
"Use this opportunity to test Baris’s current state." Vivian said, "The Four Source Powers each have their peculiarities. Daylight isn’t that easy to kill, I’m worried Baris might fall into Daylight’s trap, wasting a thousand years’ effort for Daylight’s harvest."
Dawn, Daylight, Twilight, Star Night.
Shen Sui has already seen the two of Dawn Continent’s Four Source Powers manifested.
Due to the buggy abilities shown by Dawn and Twilight, after past experience, Shen Sui puts some trust in Vivian’s spoken changes.
If someone else were hoodwinked by Daylight, Shen Sui wouldn’t even care to look.
But Baris is different, Shen Sui doesn’t want Baris tainted by Daylight.
However, besides Delia and the other two, each Dragon Princess has their challenges, due to that damn game production team, Shen Sui was "forced" due to many very excessive actions with them, leading to many Dragon Princesses having lingering resentment despite still being loyal to Grafa.
Though the Dragon Princess’s contract remains in Shen Sui’s hand, Alice, as the contract executor, can forcibly issue commands, but she isn’t the true contract subject, and those Dragon Princesses might act recklessly towards Alice because of Grafa’s past actions.
But considering the gains from conquering the Dragon Princesses, Alice can still undertake this risk.
As Alice prepares to return to the Dragon Princess’s world, Vivian’s raven messengers are already seeking the residences listed.
"I say, what precisely did you ask me to investigate yesterday?"
Shen Sui was awaiting news from Vivian, unexpectedly first getting information from Xinyuan Tanchun.
In the afternoon, Xinyuan Tanchun came knocking angrily on Shen Sui’s house door.
"What’s up?"
"The Exploration Bureau found me early morning, asking the purpose behind gathering such information."
It seems the Exploration Bureau has always been monitoring Freymia’s situation. Perhaps to avoid Freymia’s annoyance, they continue to keep some distance from her, which leads to their somewhat delayed response.
"It’s nothing, just some interesting folks." Shen Sui smiled, "Did the Exploration Bureau bother you?"
"Not really." Xinyuan Tanchun plopped down.
"Rua! Long time no see, Shen Sui!" Barely had she sat down when a small shadow leapt out from Xinyuan Tanchun.
Turns out it’s Isabella, who happily crawled out from her embrace, skillfully making her way onto Shen Sui’s lap.
Yet when she planned further mischief, secretly provoking Shen Sui, Qishala’s icy gaze appeared.
"Toys should stay where they’re supposed to." Qishala coldly lifted Isabella off Shen Sui’s lap, tossing her into the fish tank maintained by Martina.
"Hey! Not only am I not a toy, but this isn’t where toys should go!" Isabella angrily slapped the glass.
"You’re mistaken, Miss Isabella." Martina, squatting and fishing, smiled at Isabella, "I sometimes take dips in here too."
"What’s that got to do with you?"
"Huh? Last time you said I was merely Claude’s toy while you are the true mistress?" The little mermaid blinked innocently.
Isabella felt the chilling gaze from upstairs.
Looking up, Vivian leaned against the stair railing, watching coldly.
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