Volume 5, Chapter 35 – Conversation

Time passed very quickly.

Before she knew it, Tianyin had already spent quite a long stretch of time in the Fortress Faction’s stronghold.

Of course, the days in the Fortress Faction felt a bit dull and monotonous to Tianyin, but through this period of smithing and battling the Fortress Emperor, she could clearly feel that she was constantly getting stronger.

Yes, Tianyin was getting stronger.

And that change was obvious. In her repeated battles with the Fortress Emperor, Tianyin began to understand how to use her own advantages in combat.

Tianyin also started to understand how to launch attacks faster and more efficiently.

Not only that, as time went by, Tianyin began learning how to control her strength, and gradually came to understand the reason why she wanted to fight in the first place.

Learning smithing from the Fortress Emperor did more than just teach Tianyin forging techniques. During the process of learning how to smith, Tianyin also learned corresponding techniques for controlling her own power in fine detail.

Not only that.

In the process of forging weapons, Tianyin also activated a passive skill that was exclusive to the Loli race.

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❀ Passive: Super-Strength Loli (SS) ❀

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Loli may have a delicate body and are easy to push down, but if you think all lolis are like that, then you are making a huge mistake! From today on, the adorable loli will let you understand what it means to both act cute and also have the overwhelming power to beat up a Black Dragon!

✿ Effect: Strength attribute doubled!

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“…”

Looking at the skill she had obtained, Tianyin did not know whether to laugh or cry.

After all, that Light Body, Easy to Push Down skill was sitting right there already. Although once the Seven Original Sins state was activated, the negative impact brought about by that passive skill could basically be ignored.

But something like Strength being doubled… for a loli like Tianyin, whose specialty was speed, it honestly was not all that useful.

「Well… even though I don’t know why your strength has gotten higher, Xiaoyin, having more strength is still a pretty good thing. After all, to a certain extent, it makes up for your weak point, Xiaoyin~」

After Tianyin obtained the Super-Strength Loli skill, Samael immediately sensed the change in Tianyin’s body.

Of course, even though that change could not be explained clearly in a short time, in the end Samael still concluded that it was an amplification effect brought about by the smithing skill.

『Wuu… Samael, say, between the me right now and the me from before, which one is stronger?』

Hammering the ingot before her with a rhythmic clang, Tianyin calmed herself down and asked Samael.

Well, as for that question… of course it is the current you, Xiaoyin~」

Inside her mind, the girl’s voice rang out softly.

「No matter what, all of Xiaoyin’s progress is something I have seen with my own eyes. I believe in the current Xiaoyin, and I also believe that one day, Xiaoyin will become even more amazing than me~」

『Wuu… Samael, you don’t need to say it like that… At least for now, I still need Samael, you know~ Of course, even if, even if in the future I really do become more amazing than Samael… I still will not abandon Samael.』

As if she had suddenly thought of something, the expression on Tianyin’s face turned a little flustered.

「It is alright~ I believe in Xiaoyin. I have always believed Xiaoyin is a good child that one can believe in and trust~」

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『Wuu… Samael, say, when do you think we will be able to get the power of Sloth from the Seven Original Sins?』

The ingot in front of her slowly cooled. Tianyin stopped hammering and let out a helpless sigh.

『The Fortress Emperor is too strong… even though I can use Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense to put myself in an undefeated position, I still have no way to do anything to the Fortress Emperor… and the day when I can beat him, I really feel like… it is going to be such a long time away…』

「You have to be patient, Xiaoyin.」

It was perfectly normal for Tianyin to have this kind of worry.

After all, for the Tianyin of now, she actually did not have that much time.

The death of the King of Knights.

The cooperation between the Abyssal Lord and Yunchou.

And the game world’s baffling update.

Although she did not know what kind of connection there was between this series of events, or what kind of truth or reality was hidden behind them, Tianyin still instinctively felt that gathering the Seven Original Sins was something truly urgent.

So, with a sense of crisis already born in her heart, Tianyin could not help developing the thought that time was far too tight.

「This kind of thing cannot be rushed, Xiaoyin.」

In Tianyin’s mind, the girl named Samael spoke softly, trying to soothe Tianyin’s slightly anxious heart.

「A powerful warrior does not just appear all at once. Every powerful existence… is forged through countless trials, and has gone through innumerable suffering and tempering.」

「No matter how much of a genius they are, no matter how gifted, it is impossible to be an existence that never loses from the very beginning. Xiaoyin, I know you are really anxious, but… this kind of thing really cannot be rushed…」

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『Wuu… I… I know…』

Tianyin lowered her head and stared blankly at her small hands.

『But… Samael, I want to get stronger faster, I want to obtain the power of Sloth, I want to protect Sister Xiaomu, protect the people around me…』

『Hey… Samael.』

Tianyin’s voice grew a little miserable, as if she had remembered something.

「I am here, Xiaoyin?」

『Samael… actually, actually I have been scared all along.』

『After I saw the Undead Grand Duke die for the Graveyard, I started vaguely having this thought… and after I personally killed that Throne-tier Prophet the Stronghold, then personally witnessed the deaths of the Black Dragon King, Heavenly Father, and the King of Knights… this thought in my heart only grew more and more certain…』

『Samael… tell me… could it be that Throne-tier is not truly strong?』

「…」

Tianyin’s sudden question left Samael in silence.

She could not answer.

For Samael, who was a Blood Knight and also the girl who was the manifestation of the Seven Deadly Sins’ Wrath, Tianyin’s question was also something far beyond her imagination.

「Throne-tier… Throne-tier is the strongest…」

In the end, Samael could only answer Tianyin’s question in a muttering tone.

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『Is it really the strongest? But Samael, I don’t know why, I am getting more and more scared now…』

It was like she was talking to herself, and at the same time, a deep violet light flickered faintly in Tianyin’s eyes.

『I am scared… I am so scared…』

『Samael, as Throne-tier, Heavenly Father died, Sargus died, the King of Knights died…』

『Why is it like this?』

『In such a short span of time, right before my eyes, even people as strong as Throne-tier just lost their lives like that… then will there… will there be a day when I also…?』

「No.」

Before Tianyin could finish speaking, Samael’s voice suddenly cut her off.

「If I say no, then it is no, Xiaoyin.」

「Absolutely not. On this point, Xiaoyin, you have to believe me.」

Letting out a barely audible sigh, the girl’s voice in Tianyin’s mind slowly fell quiet.

「As the Original Sin of Wrath, the power of the Original Sins… I can guarantee it.」

「Xiaoyin, no one can hurt you…」

「Not even the Abyssal Lord…」