The Girls Are All Coveting Me

"I need to find an opportunity to deal with this."

The Saint's Right Wrist should have changed hands quite a few times after being severed.

Chloe doesn't know what his enemies have done with the remaining limb left behind, but he certainly understands Annie's personality.

Annie undoubtedly projected her power after detecting his aura.

For no other reason, except she feared that hesitating could impact Chloe's safety.

Even though she knew there might be a trap, she'd make the same choice.

Because she won't allow any threat to herself.

Chloe acknowledges the opponent's relentless efforts to stop him.

If he were in their position, he'd make the same choice.

But that doesn't stop Chloe from planning to kill them.

Just like Lord Wu An, a warrior even Chloe praises, so as an enemy, he only has one response for this group—

Kill!

The more valiant, the less chance he leaves them.

Chloe's team began accelerating towards the depths of the Maze.

There's a temporary safe zone at the back, so once they delve into the Maze and achieve short-term goals, they can return for a brief respite.

During this break, quickly absorb Extraordinary Traits, always ready to breakthrough.

After resting, continue delving deeper until everyone's strength reaches the current level's limit.

The 21st level of Abyss of Woe is a very rare Maze site.

The floor named [Giant Land Lake] is filled with Water Element Maze Monsters.

Most places don't even have a footing.

According to the plan, levels 23, 24, and 25 are the locations where Chloe and his team need to acquire Extraordinary Traits.

They shouldn't linger on this level.

But the key task for their journey in Abyss of Woe is for Fufu, Rephya, Fratiss, and Miseria to adapt to their powers.

The simple task is to accumulate combat experience.

Although Fratiss and Miseria have improved over the years, they're still far from Chloe and his team.

Fratiss's talent is actually a sign of the Blood Angel's presence.

By devouring other Maze Monsters, obtaining part of their Extraordinary Power, compensating for intrinsic deficiencies, is the best way for the little glutton to grow.

So each level cannot be left directly.

Lilith is determined to compile a complete [Abyss of Woe Recipe Guide] for the little glutton.

As for Miseria, it's needless to mention.

"So, from now on, my main tactic is using this?"

The Fantasist path is inherently the most imaginative.

Strictly speaking, if a Fantasist has enough Mythical Templates, they can surpass common understanding to obtain innumerable tactics and methods.

But in reality, gathering so many Mythical Templates is impossible.

Yet, it's not without a cunning possibility.

The essence of the Mythical Template is akin to inviting a spirit to possess oneself.

The technique of possessing is important, but more crucial than the technique is [the spirit's permission].

"So what's the deal with this Martial Monk's Mythical Template, the method is too complicated!"

Miseria muttered, but Chloe knocked on her head and said:

"Don't complain, this Mythical Template contains too much power you're not good at using, and you only need to do one thing, which is to use the inherent talent of Child of the Ocean in this Mythical Template."

"... Okay."

Miseria sighed.

Actually, when she first gathered this Mythical Template, she was very discouraged.

Because it was too easy.

Still remember how much preparation Miseria made for the Fantasy Show?

At the time, the preparations were first to climb Sequence Seven, and second to condense the [Emperor] Mythical Template using Fantasy Show.

This much effort was devoted to make the [Emperor] Template as a trump card, but she hadn't even used it before Chloe vetoed it.

"So, what's the Mythical Template that requires sealing the [Emperor] Template to have a chance to summon collaboratively?"

Miseria was very surprised.

If the Mythical Template is simply understood as a card, then the Emperor Card is equivalent to the Blue Eyes White Dragon from the first generation of Yu-Gi-Oh.

Essentially, in its regular state, it can be used as the strongest monster card without paying any cost.

If other conditions are met, the Blue Eyes White Dragon can also fuse and evolve.

With Blue Eyes White Dragon, many fitting card sets can be developed, giving first-generation card masters plenty of clever plays.

[Emperor Card] is such a precious asset.

Whether it is to use collaborative summoning to summon the template of the Fearless Warrior under the Emperor extensively for student usage,

or directly evolve to [Destruction Black Sun Card] to maximize the combat power, both are viable options.

But Chloe tells her not to directly use the Emperor Template, nor to further evolve the template.

What she needs to do is to [seal the Emperor Template as a cost to try summoning a Mythical Template closely connected to the Emperor].

Such operation is standard for Fantasists.

The summoned closely connected entity must have a close blood relationship with the Mythical Template's body.

Once it exceeds three generations, it becomes almost impossible to summon it anymore.

Miseria had heard of such methods before.

When a Fantasist possesses a particularly strong Mythical Template, they can use it in a sacrificial manner to temporarily summon a weaker template that targets specific domains more effectively.

However, few people in reality adopt this method.

Firstly, the Mythical Template itself has suitability requirements.

Secondly, if the sacrificed Mythical Template has a high rank, it often represents a six-sided Warrior.

Thirdly... even if we don't consider the above situations, the probability of failure through the method of bloodline summoning by sealing templates is significant.

"Is this the true foundation of the Fantasy Association? Although the probability of failure is high, it succeeded in one go."

Miseria looked at the frantically fighting Fratiss, unsure of what to say.

The sacrifice of sealing a certain Mythical Template to summon a template of a mythological figure within three generations.

But the higher the level of the summoned Mythical Template, the greater the probability of failure.

There's no choice.

Mythical Templates also must follow certain conservation laws.

High-level Mythical Templates are relatively easier to summon than lower-level ones.

Although the probability of failure is still high, there might be one or two chances out of ten.

However, at the time she was creating the Fantasy Show, Lilith clearly stated that Fratiss had to play a specific role.

Moreover, she insisted on incorporating the "Emperor" template into the performance.

Back then, Lilith explained to her: "I am doing this to summon the Emperor's granddaughter, the template of the Red Moon Princess through the Emperor template."

At that time, Miseria was very surprised: "But the Red Moon Princess has such a high rank, very close to the Destruction Black Sun, the probability of such a summon might not even reach ten percent...

It would be better to choose to summon other relatives within three generations with less power."

It would be better to choose to summon other relatively weaker relatives within three generations.

Just didn't know why mentioning this matter made Lilith's expression a bit odd.

This made Miseria very puzzled.

Perhaps perceiving Miseria's anomaly, Chloe sent the Maze Monster close to her flying.

"Senior, focus on the fight."

"Ah, sorry, I was just confused, still haven't figured it out."

"Like?"

Miseria resumed attacking, and during the pause, shared her confusion with Chloe.

Chloe couldn't hold back when hearing that, he said:

"That way, it will only summon the templates of two specific people, which doesn't really help Fratiss."

"Why?"

"There are many secrets during the King of Redemption's era that were not directly recorded in history books, so you might not know, to summon the Emperor's relatives within three generations, apart from two people, everything else is equally difficult."

"Huh?"

"You cannot summon the Emperor's daughter."

"I know who you're referring to, the King of Redemption's wife, Divine Empress Beatrice, but I heard Beatrice has a sister, she has considerable strength as well."

"... Ahem, let me explain this matter."

Originally watching the spectacle, Lilith couldn't help but speak.

Miseria continuously pulled out water columns from the lake, sweeping the Maze Monsters into the sky.

While supporting her, Lilith added:

"Due to various reasons, many people on the continent aren't actually aware that both daughters of the Emperor are the lovers of the King of Redemption."

"..."

"And besides Beatrice, there is another daughter, or is it two? Their combat power is stronger."

"Huh? Wait a second, is it one or two?"

"Don't ask about the specifics, it concerns the secrets of the Ensar Empire."

Lilith blushed a little when questioned by Miseria.

[The Emperor you respect had two daughters, the younger one is the holder of Laziness Uniqueness.

This young master split a clone from her body, inheriting the memory of the Queen of the Shadow Realm, which eventually led to the independence of the clone.

... Then all three daughters were devoured by my dad as if they were meals.]

If she were to say it like that, wouldn't it ruin her dad's esteemed reputation?

"In summary, among the Emperor's daughters, Beatrice is the easiest to summon, the other two are more troubling."

Summoning the holder of Laziness Uniqueness would be even harder than summoning one's own mother.

No other reason, simply because the two aunts are stronger.

"What about the next generation?"

"In the third generation, the first one is the Princess of the Red Moon... The King of Redemption didn't lack other children, but there was only one born through the Emperor's relatives."

Lilith felt a bit helpless.

It's not that the two aunts were unwilling to have children.

But considering their mother's sentiments early on, they didn't plan on having children to compete for favor.

Later, due to the chaotic wars in the World Group, they intended to consider children only after the war.

In other words, tracing the Emperor's lineage down three generations, she alone is the only offspring.

"Is there no one that can be summoned from previous generations? I've heard rumors among civilians that the Emperor's ancestors were also powerful..."

Lilith cast a contemplative gaze towards the two individuals.

Chloe turned his head.

Fufu charged into the group of monsters.

Nini shyly hid behind Chloe.