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"She is Clotilde."

Fangran: "..."

Σ(??Д??)What! ! ! !

"What, what, what... Sharon is Ling you said... the 2nd Zero Rider!?"

He found out that the head maid who had been yelled at by him and entrusted with various tasks including shopping and walking was actually the No. 20 Rider of the Nightless Palace. Fangran, who was dumbfounded, suddenly became confused and panicked.

He finally realized how Meng Lang felt when he found out that Trinity, who came to buy shaved ice that day, was the executive officer.

That feeling is like feeling that you are just a little bit away from the dog leash...

"Pfft...she...she doesn't have the ability of a tsk...tsk...assassin..."

Fangran felt that he couldn't help but ask with twitching in the corners of his eyes. To be honest, a hundred years ago, he felt that he had been careful enough to consider all aspects, but he still failed to prevent all accidents, and He actually let an A-level sneak up on him and Ling!

It was obvious at a glance what this coward was afraid of. Remembering how this guy once stared at the other's maid lustfully, Ling gritted her teeth slightly and turned her head and said calmly:

"Her ability is the reorganization of spells. By splitting the magic, magic and other mysterious abilities she has mastered, she can reconstruct stronger spells with more effects, just like Schmidt among the technologists. It is also a special existence that is not limited by the ability framework,"

"And it was she who helped Schmidt develop the magic technology that represents the characteristics of the Nightless Palace."

Fangran, who had been stunned since just now, swallowed his saliva, looking speechless and surprised.

Spell reorganization... The ability to freely split and construct stronger magic with various effects. This is a nonsense ability that sounds like it is exclusive to the protagonist...

"You only met her who hadn't become Zero Rider for a hundred years. She was already A-level at that time and she could give you that feeling. Do you think you have a chance of winning when facing her now?"

Hearing Ling's words, Fangran looked at the nearly one hundred meters of air under his feet and scratched his cheek with his fingertips in recognition:

"Um... I feel like I might be confused by the opponent's various mysterious and bizarre spells..."

"You're smart."

Sitting on the shoulders of 'Yu Ye', under the slender legs of black stockings are a pair of old-fashioned cowhide short boots. Ling actually didn't want to say it so harshly. Although she relied on 'infinite' power, she had only been awake for a few days. Fangran is definitely the only participant in the history of night battles who can reach this level of power in just a few months.

But it was precisely because of this speed and the coincidence that even she felt that Ling felt worried, so she tried her best to let Fangran know the dangers of the night war world, know those who were not his opponents, and help him Get rid of the hidden danger of not having a heart,

Don’t be like that little girl who couldn’t do anything in the war and could only listen to the man and woman laughing and comforting the little girl who asked her to go first.

Because she was afraid that when she turned around, even this idiot who was always smiling in front of her would be gone.

"Well... Ling, you are not just telling me this today..."

Hearing Fang Ran's question, Ling suddenly raised her light golden eyes to look at him hanging in front of her, and then she snapped her fingers and her telepathy suddenly relaxed.

The feeling of falling was heard. This height of nearly 100 meters, which should have allowed a normal person to turn into ketchup while screaming, did not panic Fangran but made him stunned for a moment.

The air flow flew past his ears quickly. He looked at the moment when he was about to hit the ground rushing towards him. Fangran flicked the silver-cut dragon's teeth, and the silver-white chain blade drew a half arc in front of him, [Floating Card] 】The light shines in the groove of the dragon's spine,

The moment before landing, her body stopped and landed gently on the ground. She was a little surprised that Ling let herself down so easily.

Ling looked at the guy who had also screamed in fright when he was dropped from a hundred meters in the air.

Before I knew it, I was able to be calm.

He sensed Ling's movements, but tried hard to control himself not to look over there, otherwise he felt that he would be labeled as obscene again. However, remembering the memory of waking Ling up and sleeping together in the carriage, he endured it. I couldn't help but sigh at the thought of being beaten to death.

Alas, my daughter has grown up. She obviously didn’t care about these things when she was a child...

The hem of the Gothic skirt swayed slightly, revealing an inch of whiteness on the slender legs wearing black stockings. The heels of the cowhide short boots hit the ground. When she saw the changed shape of the silver dragon tooth in Fangran's hand, Ling's delicate expression He raised his eyebrows:

"It seems that you still know how to study your abilities."

"Ah ha ha..."

Looking at the ferocious silver-white chain blade with dragon spine in his hand, Fangran scratched his head in embarrassment and laughed.

"The values ​​of participants' exclusive weapons are basically fixed, but they can obtain rare reward increases by winning scenes, and can be liberated when the cap is reached, although only a few people can do it."

Ling frowned slightly and pursed her lips. Standing on the ground and relying on her body to control her movements, she felt a little uncomfortable after not doing this for a long time.

"Um...but isn't it possible to select the full appearance value as soon as it comes up? Hasn't there been so many participants in the world of night battles in the past and present who have not chosen this way?"

After hearing Ling explain this matter to him, Fangran frowned and asked about the reason he had always been curious about.

"I remember I should have told you that your assignment template at that time was what I simplified for you. The situation of normal participants involves hundreds of numerical variables to consider and choose. There is no force or leader to provide the best result based on past experience. In the case of optimal formulas, it is enough effort not to make redundant and useless options,”

"Who would consider that you can't notice the appearance value when you are in a corner, and even if you notice the appearance value of liberation, there will be no effective improvement in combat power. It is far inferior to other options. Compared to this..."

After a little adapting to her physical condition, Ling once again used her mind power to control her body to float off the ground, making herself one point taller than the young man holding the silver-white dragon spine chain blade in front of her and asked:

"Did you fuse into the core that Midnight gave you when we were in the North Pole?"

"Ah...yeah..."

Hearing Ling ask about this, Fangran raised the liberated silver broken dragon tooth in his hand. The broken dragon spine formed a completely different blade from before.

"In fact, if it hadn't helped me share part of the 'infinite' pressure, my endurance might have been shorter."

In the Arctic, instead of integrating the core into the heart in the past, Fangran, who had liberated the appearance of his exclusive weapon, could change the form of the Silver Broken Dragon Fang. Through it, he could activate the external magic energy core and at the same time reduce some of the direct burden on the body.

The slender and delicate girl floated in front of him, looking at the young man calmly holding the Dragon Spine Chain Blade in his hand. He was completely different from when he first met. The majestic and magnificent 'You Ye' was sleeping quietly behind them. , like a giant sleeping on one side.

"Fangran, do you know what you lack most as a participant now?"

Suddenly, the girl looked at him calmly and seriously and asked this question.

When he was suddenly asked this question, Fangran's face was stunned for a moment, and then he thought for a moment in silence. He held his broken hair on his forehead and sighed helplessly, looking down at the silver broken dragon tooth in his hand.

"Probably better and more powerful abilities and more precise and economical use of magic energy..."

The very simple truth that has been explained is that the other A-levels must not have the same magic energy that Fang Ran can squander. How can they use the magic energy value of over 10,000 to be sufficient and perform as well as or even far better than Fang Ran? What about the power of tens of thousands of mana invested?

It's just these two reasons.

No one’s ability is strong from the beginning, and no one’s energy is sufficient from the beginning.

Fangran has long known that he neither has the superior 'means' like a witch who combines countless abilities to create a doll, nor does he have the sophisticated use of energy value of any A-level person.

Squandering 'infinite' magic energy to make up for the gap between the two was just a shortcut he thought of.

But Ling looked at him and denied firmly and softly in a calm voice.

"No, it's not."

His eyes widened slightly, Fangran raised his gaze and looked at the girl in front of him unexpectedly.

Not these?

"Better abilities and more detailed energy use are certainly things you lack, but according to this rigid standard, you don't know how many things of the same level you still lack."

Light golden eyes glanced at Fangran's position, Ling looked away and spoke softly and calmly:

"E-class adapts to and believes in abilities, D-class strengthens its unilateral abilities and complements its weaknesses, C-class integrates its all-round combat power, and B-class explores and develops its own path with the strongest abilities until it breaks through A Super power sublimation..."

Speaking of this, Ling looked at Fangran without a joke in her eyes, making him really feel at this moment that she was not facing an ordinary girl, but an A-level leader who was as powerful as the names she mentioned!

"All this has been experienced is something that a participant cannot achieve in ten years, a hundred years... or even a lifetime,"

"The fusion and advancement of ability effects, the precise strike of mental control, the energy reduction of excess power, the minimization of energy use...the optimization of these abilities and the use of energy are all the things that are at least the most important in this experience. Year by year, you can only have things that you can gain by gradually becoming familiar with and trying.”

Trying hard to calm down the feeling of wanting to be hugged in her heart, she put her gaze on Fangran's eyes. Ling looked at him and took a deep breath and said calmly:

"Don't be too ambitious. You have only been awakened for a few months."

How should I put it? When Fangran heard these words from Ling's mouth, he felt particularly convincing. After being reminded like this, he was stunned and smiled bitterly. He seemed to have been comparing those A-levels. .

It's quite a novel feeling, because no one has ever taught Fangran these things, and no one has ever told him how to do it. Everything he has done so far has been figured out by himself.

It felt like on the road of being a participant, he suddenly had a teacher to guide him. Fangran felt safe and reliable and at the same time felt a strange feeling that it was Ling who taught him now.

So this is what the queen said...

In a daze, Fangran thought of that great and gentle figure like light again.

"Then Ling...what I lack most right now is...?"

Suddenly curious, Fangran asked Ling, and received an idiotic look from Ling and an answer that he hummed and looked away for some reason.

"Whether it's the optimization of abilities or the use of energy, it's just a factor reflected in combat power. But you already have the power to touch that level, why should you consider this kind of qualitative change that can only be fermented in a subtle way? The icing on the cake?”

Returning to her usual aloof queen appearance, Ling looked at Fang Ran with her peripheral vision and said coldly and disdainfully:

"Since there is something beyond common sense like 'infinity', the top priority is to consider the options with the highest returns and to use its power to solve those two problems. Who told you that participants must follow the rules honestly."

(￣д￣;)Um....

Damn, that makes so much sense!

For a moment, the whole person's eyes were blank. After listening to Ling's words, he felt like he was enlightened and seemed to have found the direction.

In the past, he had always felt in his heart that the strength of his Liberation Core was enough, and he had never considered how to become stronger. But on the ice sea, facing that light and shadow, everything showed up in the past and now. ,

Fangran knew that he was far from enough.

So when he really had to think about ways to become stronger, he suddenly found that he had turned back into that ordinary college young man again, not knowing what to do at all.

"At the same time that you lost your heart as the center of magic energy, you also gained the ability to use the core of external magic energy. Since you can obtain the 'infinite' state in advance with A-level magic energy exceeding ten thousand in this way, then you What needs to be considered now..."

"How to maintain that state."

The moment he heard Ling's words, Fangran seemed to vaguely understand what Ling was going to say and asked softly:

"So Ling, you are saying..."

Breathing softly, Ling's light golden eyes narrowed slightly, she raised her swan-like white neck, and finally revealed Ling's true purpose of leaving Fang Ran behind just after she came back today.

"Yes, what you lack most now is a way to deal with the burden of 'infinity' on your body."

"Just like the way you used the forbidden black magic summoning ritual of the witch on the ice sea to connect your own life and magic energy with those undead dolls and the internal medium, and finally faced that person."

Listening to Ling's words, Fangran recalled the moment when he emerged from the thousands of meters of sacrifice array on the ice sea and once again had the power called 'Demon King'. His expression was slightly startled, and then he rubbed it with a wry smile. Rubbing his face and sighing:

"But that's all the power that that person lent me. I don't want anyone to do it for me anymore..."

"You don't need someone to take your place."

Ling interrupted Fang Ran's words softly and calmly. Her eyes were filled with the pride of a 'night-walking angel' and she spoke coldly:

“An approach that requires the strength of others to solve is simply not sustainable in the long term.”

His eyes froze after hearing such a sentence, and his thinking was interrupted. Fangran asked blankly in confusion:

"Then are there other ways to solve the burden of 'infinity' on the body?"

Hearing his question, Ling looked at the silver broken dragon tooth that was freed from his hand.

"Didn't you use that sword to share part of the pressure from 'infinity'? In that case, we only need to replace you with a 'powerful thing' that is a part of you and can bear more burdens to bear those burdens." Already...."

In the empty underground A-level training ground, the young man saw the unrealistically slender girl in front of him. He raised his gaze and looked at the mechanical angel sleeping in this extremely huge space, as dark and magnificent as the night sky, and spoke calmly and softly:

"Such as creating your own ultimate power."