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"That's more or less what it ans," Nian said, nodding. "But authority isn't sothing you can just obtain because you want it. Even a nearly useless authority is enough to let a human step beyond the bounds of humanity and reach the level of a god. As for authorities like death or destruction… I've never even heard of one appearing."
She acknowledged Steven's understanding, but knowing this alone was of little practical use. If anything, this third thod was even harder to achieve than the first. Nian might believe that Steven had the potential to truly bring down Ursus itself, but she absolutely did not believe that anyone could obtain an authority over death.
And even if such a thing really did exist, it would inevitably draw the joint wrath of all gods.
A power so dangerous, one that threatened every divine being, would never be tolerated—whether by gods or by nations.
"Is that all?" Steven asked.
Compared to Nian, who had gone deep into gloomy speculation, Steven instead felt as though a light had suddenly turned on in his head.
If they were talking about authority… then didn't his commands count as a form of authority as well?
Seen from that angle, he had already possessed sothing akin to the authority of death for a very long ti now.
The price, however, was probably a bit on the steep side.
Given Hypergryph's temperant, if he actually used the /KILL command, the World Acknowledgent Point consud would definitely be an absurdly high number.
And if the target was a god, that cost would naturally skyrocket even further. At the very least, Steven could tell that with the points he had just about finished squandering, it definitely wouldn't be enough.
"That's all I know," Nian said with a shrug. "At the end of the day, I'm just a fragnt. It's not like I'm so truly omniscient, omnipotent deity. You'll have to figure the rest out yourself."
This really was the limit of her knowledge. If not for Steven himself, there was no way she would have said this much just for the sake of two chunks of ore.
"Thanks, then. Sorry for interrupting your work—and thanks for the trouble," Steven said.
At least he had confird what he needed to know. This trip hadn't been wasted. After offering a clean, decisive farewell, Steven turned and headed for the door.
"Do you know what you're about to do?" Nian's voice ca from behind him. "Even if you succeed, it'll basically an making an enemy of every god in this world. When that happens, those monsters hiding in the shadows won't let soone like you go—a human who threatens them and isn't bound by any restraints."
She had a premonition that Steven might really be able to accomplish the feat of godslaying. But at the sa ti, he would inevitably face a fate similar to that of her original body.
On this matter, she had more right than anyone else to speak.
Those who slay gods will inevitably suffer backlash. That was an unavoidable truth.
"Thanks for the warning," Steven replied, waving his hand without turning around. "But there's nothing I can do about it. After all… once I've made a promise, there's no room for regret."
He understood perfectly well what Nian was saying.
But he had already given his word—to that future Talulah.
And to him, a promise once made was sothing that could no longer be changed.
Besides, godslaying was hardly new territory for him.
He had done it plenty of tis before. Testing how resilient the gods of this world were didn't sound like a bad idea at all—in fact, it sounded rather interesting.
After leaving Nian's room, Steven casually tried entering a command into the input bar.
[/kill Deathless Black Snake]
Ding!
[Executing this command will consu 2,000,000 World Acknowledgent Points. Insufficient points. Force execution?]
Just as expected, the warning for insufficient points popped up.
If he wanted to forcibly erase Black Snake from this world—kick it out of existence altogether—the amount of points required was far beyond what he currently had in stock.
Sure, force execution is technically an option. But honestly speaking, Steven wasn't in a hurry to completely tear things apart with Hypergryph just yet. Since he was playing in soone else's world, as long as she didn't cross his bottom line, he was still willing to follow her rules for the ti being.
"So where am I supposed to get those points from…?" Steven muttered. "I don't even know what the original plot of this ga looks like. How I'm supposed to intervene is already a problem. Don't tell I have to dig out the protagonist first?"
He pinched his chin and pondered for a long while, seriously considering this century-old dilemma of how to farm points—much like how seagulls forever ponder where to steal fries.
After careful thought, Steven ultimately decided not to rush things.
If the protagonist showed up too early, who knew how badly it might ss with the subsequent plot? And any changes triggered by the protagonist—there was no guarantee Steven could even extract points from them.
In truth, the situation wasn't that urgent anyway. As long as he kept an eye on things, even if that Black Snake had so sche in motion, it likely wouldn't be able to carry it out smoothly.
After all, both Nian and Kal'tsit had said it before: what made that thing truly disgusting was its immortality and how hard it was to eradicate. In terms of raw power, it wasn't actually top-tier.
At the very least, the fact that it could be solo-killed by Talulah already proved that its combat strength probably wasn't even comparable to a single Ursus Emperor's Blade.
Once he thought it through, Steven shook his hands lightly.
Right now, the most pressing matter was clearly the ominous premonition coming from Alina's side.
"Let think… if I need a bodyguard, who on Rhodes Island would actually be reliable?"
He searched through his mories for candidates suitable to act as Alina's personal protector, then rubbed his temples with a headache.
Turns out there really weren't many good options.
Among the people he knew and trusted, most were dics or frontline guards. They were absolutely reliable when it ca to fighting, but protecting soone was another matter entirely, and it would be pushing their skill sets a bit.
If he had to na soone, Ace wasn't bad. But first, he was a grown man, and second, he clearly had other duties to attend to. There was no guarantee he could spare the ti.
Thinking it over again and again, Steven realized there was only one truly suitable candidate left.
Strictly speaking, that girl didn't fully count as a Rhodes Island operator yet—but if he stepped in personally, given the favor she owed him, making a small request shouldn't be a problem.
Having made up his mind, Steven directly took out a Warp Stone and initiated his next teleport.
. . .
The Nearl Family Estate, in the Grand Knight Territory of Kazimierz.
With the complete collapse of the K.G.C.C and its reorganization into what was now the Block Consortium, Kazimierz Major—competitions riddled with shady dealings behind the scenes—had finally co to an end.
As a result, the Grand Knight Territory had, for once, lost an activity that had practically involved the entire population. Yet because of that, the city itself also shed a layer of its forr noise and urgency. Its residents were no longer consud solely by work; they finally had the ti to pause and experience life for what it was.
Maria, for instance, had recently been considering whether she should learn a bit about gardening. If she did, she could help tidy up the greenery in her aunt's newly purchased estate so it wouldn't look quite so much like a haunted house.
Just as she was about to practice on the flower by the front gate—an expensive plant her uncle had apparently spent a small fortune on, though she had no idea what species it was—a figure suddenly appeared before her.
Startled, Maria's hand slipped.
Snip
The blossom, which had been in full bloom only a mont ago, fell cleanly to the ground.
Like a child who'd just been caught doing sothing naughty, she hastily pulled her scissors back, then stared at the boy who had appeared out of nowhere with wide, shocked eyes.
"Uh… did I co out at a bad ti?" Steven asked awkwardly, pointing at the flower lying on the ground. "This, uh… it's fine, right?"
Using black-hole teleportation for convenience had its downsides. Scaring people half to death was one of them.
"Phew—so it's Mr. Steve." Once she recognized him, the wariness on Maria's face quickly lted away. She was quite fond of the young man who had helped both her and her aunt so much, and her tone naturally grew lighter.
"But this is your fault, you know. What are we supposed to do now~?"
As far as the flower was concerned, she fully intended for Steven to take at least so responsibility.
"Eh, that's easy," Steven said, deliberately lowering his voice as if they were conspiring about sothing. "If you don't say anything and I don't say anything, then as long as nobody saw it, it never happened. The flower just fell off naturally. What does that have to do with us?"
His expression made him look exactly like a shady uncle trying to lead a child astray.
"But… what if Uncle Młynar finds out?" Maria asked hesitantly, her index fingers nervously poking at each other. For such a pure-hearted girl, lying was still a bit too advanced.
"Mr. Steve, please don't tease my sister like that," a clear, heroic voice ca from inside the estate. "And what if you really end up teaching her sothing bad?"
A mont later, Margaret stepped out of the doorway, dressed in simple white casual clothes. She looked at Steven with a helpless expression and gently admonished him.
"Oh, co on. I trust that a good girl like Maria would never actually do sothing like that," Steven replied with a smile. "I was just joking with her."
After ruffling Maria's dazzling golden hair, Steven finally turned his gaze toward the girl he had co here specifically to find.
With the Radiant Knight as a bodyguard—no matter how you looked at it—that was about as reassuring as it got.
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