Let them print cards, not slay gods 111

Chapter 111: Alice, Use Crushing Strike on Him! (45)

Shen Sui watched the on-screen prompt, suddenly feeling like Alice was even more overpowered than him.

He now had a pretty good idea of what was behind Alice’s sudden boost in status.

In *Dawn Link*, one of the most prominent features of the War God’s Domain is its magic suppression. Any magic is unusable within it, forcing those who enter into a contest of pure physical strength with the War God.

On the game forums, there’s a legend: if you possess a means to use magic within the War God’s Domain, you’ll gain the recognition of the ghosts within, receiving immense power.

However, because no player has yet found a way to use magic in the War God’s Domain, this legend has never been verified.

Alice, it seems, can use power within the War God’s Temple due to the influence of Vivian’s hair clip.

But what’s the deal with Vivian’s hair clip?

Why can it let Alice ignore the War God’s Domain’s effects?

Shen Sui found it odd. After all, the hair clip’s equipped magic card didn’t show such power.

Could it be…

Shen Sui suddenly remembered Vivian’s abilities.

Vivian, in the game’s lore, is the most powerful enchantment specialist and support class in *Dawn Link*. While she’s best known for her formidable combat strength, her setting clearly defines her as a support character.

Vivian can transfer her power to any item she crafts.

The hair clip’s unusual abilities are likely due to some of Vivian’s power being imbued into it.

Is Vivian inside?

Or is something of hers inside?

Shen Sui immediately felt excited.

Unfortunately, his skills couldn’t be used in the War God’s Domain; otherwise, he would have already tried to investigate.

Hurry up, Alice!

Shen Sui was now even more excited than Alice, completely forgetting his earlier complaints about her reckless behavior.

With the added power of the ghosts, Alice’s speed increased.

However, she still couldn’t grasp the true nature of Vivian’s hair clip.

[After an unknown amount of running, a bright light suddenly appeared at the end of Alice’s vision.]

[The light appeared so abruptly, like a flashlight in the dead of night.]

[Alice hesitated for a moment. Experience told her that such moments are often the most dangerous.]

[Vivian’s hair clip finally stopped, at the entrance of the light.]

[Alice went up and retrieved the hair clip.]

[Looking up, she realized she was standing at the entrance of a huge courtyard.]

[Looking inside, Alice saw a gigantic statue of the War God standing in the center of the courtyard. Surrounding the statue were nine warrior statues, the War God’s most prized subordinates.]

[At the foot of the statue, Alice saw something familiar.]

[Claude’s treasure chest?]

[Alice instinctively went inside, her heart leaping.]

[However, nothing happened. The warm light of the courtyard bathed Alice, as if she had stumbled into a poorly maintained garden.]

[Alice looked around, not rashly opening Claude’s chest, but carefully exploring.]

[This seemed to be a sacred place of the War God’s Church, meticulously maintained. However, Alice couldn’t compliment the aesthetics of these war-mongering brutes.]

[Alice was getting bored; she hadn’t found anything related to the supernatural.]

That’s obvious, the War God wouldn’t use such things.

[Is it because I’m opening it wrong?]

[Alice recalled how heroes in those knightly adventure novels handled seemingly ordinary hidden realms.]

Shen Sui suddenly had a bad feeling.

In these stories, it’s usually either water or fire.

[Without hesitation, Alice set the temple ablaze.]

Whoa! Alice, what are you doing?! Are you this reckless when I’m not around?!

[This act was undoubtedly a blatant disregard for the War God’s presence.]

[Ding! You obtained the magic card: Defiance.]

Good! Recklessness is good!

Seeing the new Fate Card, Shen Sui felt that this recklessness wasn’t so bad after all.

He had her back, after all.

Those madmen of the War God’s Church couldn’t do anything to Alice.

So what if my Alice burned down your temple?

[Pure white flames instantly ignited everything around. Statues, flowers, offerings… everything that could burn and couldn’t burn was engulfed in flames.]

[The ghost’s cold flames returned some of the power of the burning objects to Alice, slowly restoring her mana.]

Whoa, this skill allows for infinite mana regeneration?

Shen Sui felt a pang of jealousy. If he had obtained such a passive skill during his newbie phase, how awesome would that have been?

Although he didn’t need to worry about mana consumption now, thanks to a bunch of buffs. Even if he continuously cast fifteenth and sixteenth-rank magic, his mana consumption wouldn’t keep up with its automatic regeneration.

[The second hidden realm Alice expected didn’t appear; she was slightly disappointed.]

[Alice decided to open the treasure chest.]

[At the foot of the War God statue, there seemed to be not only the Dusk Bishop’s treasure chest, but also a seemingly ordinary staff.]

[These were the War God’s most prized possessions.]

[Stepping on them was like stepping on that hateful couple.]

[Alice picked up the staff.]

[Ding! You obtained the equipped magic card: Vivian’s Holy Authority Staff]

Damn!

Victory through mental gymnastics, huh? This chest wasn’t obtained elsewhere; it was only after I obliterated you that I used this place as a warehouse and put the chest here!

The War God, using mental gymnastics!

While Shen Sui scoffed, he was also a little disappointed. Just Vivian’s Holy Authority Staff…

[Alice reached out to open the treasure chest.]

[You have lost access. Alice failed to open it, and the chest gave Alice the reason for its failure.]

The treasure chest in the War God Temple’s hidden realm might be useless to Shen Sui, but it holds the most precious treasures on the entire Dawn Continent. While Shen Sui wanted Alice to encounter more things to get more Fate Cards, he didn’t want to be constantly interrupted in his real life by endless problems. It’s better to let Alice have the strength to protect these treasures before letting her open this chest.

[Alice received feedback from the chest, feeling somewhat disheartened.]

[Her strength wasn’t enough to open the chest.]

[She looked up at the towering statue of the War God.]

[From this angle, Claude’s chest and Vivian’s staff seemed to be crushed under the statue’s feet, the War God seemingly flaunting his spoils of war.]

[Alice’s mind flashed with the War God Church’s numerous slanders against Claude.]

[That bastard! He must be jealous of Claude’s better relationships with women, that’s why he’s spreading such malicious rumors!]

[Alice was furious.]

Wait! Alice! What are you trying to do?!

Shen Sui suddenly had a bad feeling.

Alice doesn’t know that this statue is Baragas’ true form!

[Alice decided to retaliate.]

[The War God slandered Claude as being driven by lust; she would make the War God lose his lower body!]

[Alice used a crushing strike targeting the groin on the War God statue.]

[A fireball enveloped in pure white flames shot towards its target.]

[The flames scorched the War God’s body. In Dawn Continent’s history spanning thousands of years, no one had ever done such a thing. This was the ultimate desecration of divine authority.]

[Ding! You obtained the magic card: Desecration]

One more chapter, currently writing.

(End of chapter)

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