Chapter 298 Aqua's Power
Of course, it's also very courageous of Chelsea to make the choice of risking everything.

After all, she didn't sign the contract out of reluctance after being interrogated by Esdeath, but accepted Alexia's invitation. It can be said that both sides achieved mutual success.

As for why Chelsea was willing to give up her freedom, it was not because Alexia had threatened her with Esdeath.

Although Alexia did think so, she did not have the time to put it into practice.

Chelsea made her decision after careful consideration.

Born in the world of Killer Z, Chelsea was originally a maid in the mansion of a city lord. She embarked on the path of a killer after finding Gaia Foundation in the warehouse.

Because she was born in the empire and worked in the City Lord's Mansion, Chelsea had the most direct understanding of the darkness of the empire.

It was also because of this that she was grateful to Li De and his group for restoring order.

For her at that time, becoming a killer meant being a tool of a certain force, so being anyone's tool was just a tool.

So strictly speaking, Chelsea's decision was more about repaying a favor rather than fear of death or the pursuit of eternal youth.

In other words, among the fourteen captains at that time, except Esdeath, she would agree to any of the others.

However, compared with the orc Zeta, the human Alexia is definitely easier for her to accept, which is why Alexia was able to intercept.

But it is an indisputable fact that her strength depends entirely on her acting skills and imperial tools. Fortunately, after the blood transformation, Chelsea's hard power has been improved.

In addition, her acting skills are surprisingly well matched with Beta's abilities. It can be said that among the second-generation secondary contractors, Chelsea's overall evaluation is definitely very high.

It was no surprise that Elizabeth felt a little envious, after all, Chelsea had been praised by Reed himself.

If Li De had not praised her personally, she would not have been qualified to obtain a share of the Outer Path Statue's body to devour after returning to the Naruto world.

About two hours later, the blue-haired soldier who had previously talked to Mitarashi Anko came to the outside of the mansion with his wife and two daughters.

"Lan, Aoko, what is the physical condition of our target, Maine?" Li De asked the two women inside the mansion.

"Your Majesty, the girl's health has reached a critical state. Of course, this is not a difficult problem for us. As long as we use the technique of extracting magic crystals from her body, her body will naturally heal without medicine." Nakamori Aoko answered first.

"Do you think so too?" Claire, who was beside Reed, looked at Mao Lilan and asked.

"Master, I don't think it's necessary to go through so much trouble. We can just use the sealing technique to block the child's body from absorbing the magic power from the outside world, and then use up all the magic power in her body. Her body will naturally turn to extracting the magic power from the crystals in her body because it cannot absorb the magic power from the outside world.

If I do this a few more times, the magic crystals in her body will naturally disappear. In addition, the magic power will not be wasted. My idea is not to use magic tools to release the magic power, but to teach her the skills of strengthening her body with magic power.

This way, when she recovers, her strengthening skills will be at a certain level. Then we can teach her combat skills and some magic in a targeted way, so that she can have the ability to protect herself."

After hearing Mao Lilan's answer, both Claire and Reed nodded.

You have to know that as soon as Maine arrived and left the city, she fell into the sight of everyone in the mansion. With the blessing of her eyes' ability to see through things, everyone could see clearly what was going on inside Maine's body.

To be honest, if people present hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed that a child's meridians were almost blocked by magic crystals.

After all, this is something that is impossible for everyone.

This can only be achieved by combining the special rules of this world. It cannot be achieved in other worlds filled with magic.

It was precisely because he saw clearly the condition of Maine's body that Li De gave the two girls some time to consider treatment and teaching plans.

After all, whether it is Nakamori Aoko or Mouri Ran, it probably doesn't matter who contacts Maine.

They all spoke with a dark Kanto accent, just like fellow villagers meeting each other.

So even if Li De had announced in the world of the Book of Friends that Ran Mouri would be in charge, if Nakamori Aoko's plan was better, Li De would not mind changing the leading person.

In fact, both women's answers were not bad. Nakamori Aoko's plan was to treat first and then teach, which was absolutely standard and there was definitely nothing wrong with it.

But there is a disadvantage that can easily cause trouble, that is, the fact that Maine's advanced treatment skills will be exposed, which adds additional risks.

In contrast, Mao Lilan's plan did not involve any treatment process. Instead, she relied on sealing techniques to allow the magic crystals in Maine's body to be automatically absorbed.

Doing so would definitely prolong the time it takes to restore Maine's body, but it was still within the normal range of cognition.

On the contrary, it would not arouse suspicion. After all, the local nobles knew very well what kind of disease "body devouring" was.

Naturally, I understand that it is impossible to cure such a disease in a short period of time.

In fact, in the original work, in order to absorb some of the crystalline magic power in her body, Maine slept for two full years after taking a potion that dissolved the magic crystals.

Therefore, Mao Lilan's method of prolonging body recovery is more suitable for the situation in this world.

This is also the reason why Reed and Claire recognize Mao Lilan more.

"Let's follow Xiaolan's plan. Xiaolan's plan is very thoughtful." Li De nodded immediately.

"Thank you for your compliment, Your Majesty." Mao Lilan said immediately.

"Is the master leaving now?" Elizabeth understood the meaning of Reed's question.

"We won't stay long. We can't do anything if we stay." Li De nodded. After all, he and his men wouldn't be able to do anything if they stayed for a few days.

In addition, this task is a difficult task worth 50 points, which really makes Li De not take it seriously.

So instead of wasting time here, it is better to leave and get involved in the third most important task as soon as possible.

And it's not convenient to stay. After all, he didn't show his face just now. Among the remaining people, there is a male leader of An Ning Dao in Victoria's team, and there is Morino Ibiki on Esdeath's side. It is indeed inconvenient to live together.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Li De did not allow the people who were leaving to show up before, so that he could leave after confirming the plan here.

Elizabeth didn't know what to say after hearing this, because this mission was really not taken seriously.

After saying this, Li De and the remaining personnel disappeared into the mansion.

When the surrounding environment changed again, Li De and his party finally arrived at the Suqing world.

After a quick glance, Li De found that the place he arrived at was exactly the abandoned castle he had stayed in before. This castle was located outside the city of Axel and was said to be the family seat of the previous lord of the surname.

Of course, who it belongs to has nothing to do with Li De, and Li De has no intention of using this place as his base camp.

Looking at the people around her, apart from Reed, the only person from Claire's Squad Zero who was still following her was Mei Terumi.

Then there are all the members of Miyano Shiho's second team, namely Miyano Akemi, Tsunade-hime and Shizune.

The reason why the second team was able to appear here was because Miyano Shiho applied for it herself. In addition, before Li De left the world of the Book of Friends, he considered a problem that he might need to face, so he brought all of Miyano Shiho's second team here.

In fact, as far as the problem that might be faced is concerned, it is more appropriate to bring Ita than Miyano Shiho. It’s just that Miyano Shiho and Ita have been partners for a long time, and the problem that can be solved does not require advanced technological support, so Miyano Shiho was chosen.

After all, the monster genes in the world of Suqing may be stronger than the monsters in the world of the Book of Friends. In addition, there may be an opportunity to study the bloodline of the goddess. Miyano Shiho applied to Li De because she didn't want to miss this opportunity.

Apart from the Second Division, there is Victoria from the Ninth Division and her contractors, namely Berlick, Ma Tou, and Tao who was later intercepted by Beta.

Then there is the 12th Division without Riva, namely Esdeath, Suzuka and Ibiki.

Finally, there are Alexia, Alice and Chelsea.

In total, there are currently 16 people available for Li De to use.

"Such a strong magic power!" Claire spoke first after looking around.

"Yes, the concentration of magic in this world is much higher than that in our world." Victoria on the side couldn't help but nodded.

After all, the demon army in Suqing's world is a powerful force that can fight with the goddess who has come down to earth and leave a cut on her face.

This is also the reason why Li De is unwilling to be high-profile. After all, he does not want to confront the Demon King's army.

It’s not that we are afraid of losing the battle, it’s mainly because there is no benefit and it is very conspicuous.

"Master, what should we do next? Should we go to the nearest city or stay here?" asked Miyano Shiho.

As for the question she asked, it was not actually about the next step of action, but where to establish the base?
"The city of Axel in the distance and the territory it contains are indeed the target this time, but we don't have to rush to establish a stronghold. Because before that, we have more important things to do." Li De shook his head.

"Master, what's the matter?" Alexia came over and asked.

"Take a hot spring bath!" Li De said with a smile.

"Hey, wouldn't it be a bad idea to take a vacation right after arriving in this world?" Alexia asked with a little surprise after being stunned for a moment.

"What are you thinking about? It's impossible to take a vacation. The real purpose is the city where the hot springs are located, the hot spring town of Alcanretia, the base camp of the Axis Cult, so soaking in the hot springs is just a side job." Li De shook his head again.

"Going straight to the headquarters of the Axis Cult, is it for the identity of the Axis Cult?" Esdeath on the side said thoughtfully.

"That's right. After all, the mission this time is to help the goddess of water expand her territory. Therefore, the first thing we need to do is to become an internal member of the Axis Cult." Li De did not mention believers here. After all, believers are at most missionaries.

Only by obtaining the status of a member of the church can one expand with justification.

As for why the identity of an internal member is sufficient, it is because the main members of the Axis Cult are more unreliable than each other.

Zesta, the highest leader of the Axis Cult, is an incurable super perverted uncle who is not responsible for any work other than his position.

If even the archbishop, who holds the highest position, is like this, it is not difficult to imagine how weird the people below him would be.

It can even be said that the fact that the Axis Cult has been able to exist for so many years is a miracle beyond miracles.

"Sid, I remember you said before that the goddess would descend in Axel not far away. Isn't there a branch of the Axis Cult in that town?" Claire suddenly asked.

"We do have branches, but the heads of the branches are all sent by the headquarters." Li De stopped talking here.

At this moment he also realized that he had been thinking in the wrong direction.

After all, Aqua landed in Axel, and Axel had a branch of the Axis Cult, so why would he go to Alcanretia?

The branch heads are easy to deal with and it is also very easy to get promoted.

Plus, the people at the headquarters don't care about anything, so it's easy to become the head of a branch of the Axis Cult.

Even if a priest like Cecily came later, with Victoria's means, there would be no possibility of being captured.

All we have to do next is take over this territory, find some negative information about the Axel Eris Church branch, launch a propaganda war and uproot the Eris Church branch from Axel. By then, we will probably be able to achieve the mission standards.

"Let me think about it carefully." Li De said before anyone else spoke.

Then Li De began to think about it. After all, he had already thought about how to take over the territory.

However, when it comes to the construction of the religious group, there are still some shortcomings that need to be supplemented.

For example, Li De believed it was necessary to establish the Inquisition to ensure the church's military support.

After all, since it involves a task worth 500 points, we have to do it to perfection and not be perfunctory.

It’s not about being worthy of the 500 points, but the more perfect it is, the greater the possibility of completing the task.

It is even possible that because the structure has been perfected, the bosses who issue tasks will not care too much about the increase in the number of believers.

After all, the believers in that boss's mind might have to be like the fanatical believers in Alcanretia to be considered qualified.

However, fanatics are the most difficult to obtain among all believers. After all, the majority of believers in general churches are ordinary believers.

In fact, as long as the Axis Cult gives more benefits, it will not be too easy to compete with the Eris Cult for ordinary believers.

But it is not easy to find more devout believers, otherwise the goddess Eris would not have noticed Dachris.

As for the fanatics, when Li De came to the Suqing world last time, at least he did not find such existence in the Eris Cult.

So in a sense, Aqua, the mentally retarded goddess, is really amazing.

(End of this chapter)