Elena smiled and nodded, then tilted her head to one side:

"Defeat me after you return to reality, sister... Remember what I told you before, don't even think about defeating me head-on, that's impossible... Your only chance of winning is to use your supreme control over your own body to take over my body and banish my consciousness from this world."

"...Understood, see you outside."

Valensa's consciousness returned from the depths of her mind and took over her body once more.

then……

Bang!

She felt a sharp pain in her face, her whole body spun around, the wind howled in her ears, and she fell at an extremely fast speed, her head hitting the ground hard.

Before Valensa could even catch her breath in the field, her exposed black-stockinged legs were grabbed by the ankles, and her waist and buttocks were kicked violently by a storm of toes, giving her the feeling that her body was about to be kicked in half.

The pain was excruciating, almost to the point of numbness.

And faintly, one could hear Elena's manic and excited laughter.

If Valensa weren't so confident in her memory, she might have even thought that the well-behaved and adorable Elena she had just seen deep in her mind was just her own fantasy and illusion...

brush!

Just as she was thinking this, Valensa was pulled out of the ground by Elena like a radish, and then she was swung around and smashed around like the Hulk smashing Loki, making Valensa's head buzz and her whole body feel like her bones were breaking.

This won't do! I have to break free from Elena's combo attacks first; I can't take any more hits!

Valensa initially thought so, but after trying, she found that it was simply impossible... Her strength was far inferior to Elena's, and even the effect of her super-fast regeneration had weakened considerably; the rate at which her injuries were worsening was now faster than the rate at which they were healing.

We absolutely cannot engage in a head-on confrontation! There's absolutely no chance of winning!

Valensa fully realized this and could only separate her body and consciousness once again... letting her body rely on instinct to deal with Elena's one-sided beating, while her consciousness pursued that only chance of victory.

Take back control of your own blood within Elena's current body, expel Elena's consciousness from her current body, and banish her from this world!

But... how exactly do I do it?

Elena originally intended to teach Valensa some methods, but Elena's methods were something she had gradually figured out while being captured by technological civilization and subjected to experiments involving cutting flesh and bleeding every day. They had a kind of ineffable quality that Valensa couldn't learn.

Valensa must find her own way to take control of that body.

Her first thought was the vampire method of controlling blood that she had learned from Fran... after all, the core material of Elena's current body was Valensa's blood.

However, after several attempts, Valensa found it wouldn't work.

She could indeed sense the connection between herself and Elena's bodies, but that was all she could do; she couldn't do anything more than that.

Just like a computer novice who only knows how to watch videos and play games facing a hacker intrusion... Even if you hold the invoice and have the highest legal ownership of the computer, the computer has long been remotely controlled by the hacker and can only obey the hacker's instructions, while the real owner can only watch helplessly and do nothing.

...Well, actually it's still possible. Most hacker intrusions can be defended by physically disconnecting from the internet, formatting the hard drive, and reinstalling the system... Hmm?

Reinstall the system? Reinstall? Reset? Refactor? Reforge? Re-craft?

During her divergent thinking and association, Valencia had a sudden flash of inspiration.

Then she thought of something else.

It was Fran's sudden promotion.

That time, Friggia needed Fran's blood to refine Frostmourne, and Fran was going to fight the cultists to ensure her fighting strength, so Fran drank a lot of blood from Valensa before setting off.

As it turned out, the cultist Fran encountered was a remnant of the Abyss Spirit Society... At the last moment, the cultist sacrificed many bandits, including himself, but activated Valensa's blood in Fran's body, almost turning that blood into a new evil god with independent consciousness.

It was Fran's quick thinking that allowed her to use the power of the sacrifice to advance her own level and refine the blood of the evil god within her into a treasure, thus averting a disaster.

Fran shared the process of crafting her Noble Phantasm with Valensa in detail... Valensa felt that she could try it too.

The crafting of a Noble Phantasm by a Radiant Warrior, simply put, involves fusing a long-used weapon or rare material with a part of one's own spirit, transforming it into something akin to a part of one's own body.

If Elena's current body could be refined into a new Noble Phantasm... that would be considered taking control of this body, right?

Valensa wouldn't be able to remotely seize control of a body by separating her spirit from it, but she had already done a lot of training in separating a part of her spirit and fusing it with the target to create a magical artifact.

She decided to give it a try.

Chapter 41 New Noble Phantasm - Nana

When Elena once again beat her up with her small fists at close range, Valensa didn't try to futilely dodge or retaliate. Instead, she pounced on Elena and hugged her legs, which were encased in crystal stockings.

Of course, this is not to satisfy the XP system, but because when crafting a Noble Phantasm, there must be direct physical contact or deep mental connection with the core materials.

Valensa cannot currently establish a deep mental connection because Elena has firm control over that body. Valensa can only sense Elena's presence mentally, but cannot connect directly.

It's like being able to find the router's name on Wi-Fi, but not knowing the password so you can't connect.

In this situation, if a connection still needs to be established, the only option is to physically connect the network cable... which means direct physical contact.

If Elena were truly an enemy, this method would definitely not work; she could kick Valensa away at any time.

Fortunately, Elena is one of our own. Her beating of Valensa was necessary for her position, and she will definitely go easy on her when it matters most.

And indeed, after noticing her sister's little actions of hugging her legs, Elena raised her eyebrows and a smile appeared on her lips.

The other white-booted foot, which was originally intended to kick Valensa horizontally, immediately changed its posture and stomped down on Valensa's back.

He even stepped on it while cursing with a look of disgust:

"What's wrong, you good-for-nothing sister? Finally realized the huge gap between you and me, so you want to beg me to let you go? Heh~~ Too late!"

Clap clap clap clap!

With the force of a white-booted foot, Valensa relentlessly pounded on her back, crushing her ribs to a comminuted fracture. Her internal organs bled profusely and were dislocated, causing Valensa to be in excruciating pain. Tears and blood streamed down her face, completely staining her beautiful face.

Despite the excruciating pain, Valensa wasn't angry with Elena; instead, she was secretly delighted.

The sincere exchange in the mental space just now has made Valensa fully understand the necessity for Elena to appear evil and ferocious.

Now that Elena hasn't kicked him away, but instead looks like she's about to give him a good beating, it means she understands his thoughts and is deliberately giving him a chance.

We can't waste this opportunity!

Valensa gritted her teeth, ignoring the blood gushing from between her teeth and the corners of her mouth, and the intense pain in her body. She focused her mind and began to refine Elena's body with all her might, starting from her calves!

At first, the refining process seemed to have no effect at all. As soon as Valensa's mental power entered, it was automatically countered by an unimaginably strong force, almost causing her mind to go blank.

Fortunately, Elena seemed to realize this. Although her stomping on Valensa became increasingly violent, she actively withdrew the powerful force that would automatically counter the fusion of their spirits. She even used that force to actively guide Valensa's spirit to accelerate the fusion process.

One focused all their energy and exerted all their strength to enter, while the other actively guided the fusion; naturally, the entire refining process was quite rapid and smooth.

"Haha, you useless little fish sister~~ Why can't you move?"

While cooperating with Valensa's fusion from within, Elena didn't forget to put on an act from the outside, continuing to mock and stomp on Valensa with a rather effeminate attitude:

"Move! Move! Move! Ugh!"

Just like the little devil in those weird comics who gets killed in a counterattack, Valensa's little tricks finally paid off at the very moment when Elena was at her most arrogant and smug.

Valensa's spirit has already merged with most of it... Although it's not yet possible to completely expel Elena from this body, it can already influence her, just like 360 ​​fighting against PC Manager... It's not possible to completely delete the other party for the time being, but it can make the computer freeze.

As a result, Elena's body suddenly went limp, and she could no longer stomp on Valensa's body. Instead, she fell to the ground and ended up sitting on Valensa's head.

"Goo~~"

If you're going to act, you have to go all the way. Even though she knew perfectly well what was going on, Elena still pretended to be angry, regretful, and furious.

"Damn paladin! How dare you ambush me... Ugh! Get out of my body! This is the body I finally managed to get... Aaaaaaah!"

No matter how loudly she shouted, she couldn't hide the gradual defeat of her mental state... Elena soon couldn't even sit up, and she half-collapsed, rolling her eyes, sticking out her tongue, and screaming in agony.

Of course, all of this was meant for the Abyss Lord and the other Spirit Maidens who were likely watching this place through the clan link. In reality, the spiritual world within Elena's body was a completely different scene.

There was no life-or-death struggle at all, only the deep affection between the sisters.

"Hmm... the progress is almost there, I'm about to be expelled from this body."

Elena's consciousness lingered reluctantly on Valensa's spiritual body:

"Don't worry about me, sister~~ because I'm already a very powerful evil god. You should try harder, sister, and hopefully you can play with me longer next time~~"

"Oh? You're coming to play again?"

Valensa complained irritably:

"This planet really can't withstand your constant disruptions..."

"Then you'll have to work hard to investigate and resolve what I mentioned earlier, sister."

Elena shrugged:

"Otherwise, given the level of attention Eve Star is currently receiving from the Overlord, sooner or later another Spirit Maiden will descend... When that time comes, I will definitely find a way to snatch another descending spot, hmph!"

"Don't worry, I will never let that happen!"

Valensa made another serious promise, then gritted her teeth again, her eyes filled with reluctance:

"But... besides sending you to devour the world, is there really no other way for me to see you and Mother again, Elena? I miss you so much..."

"I miss you so much, sister!"

Elena hugged Valensa even tighter, and after a moment of silence, she said:

"Actually... there is a way, but this way can't be rushed, because it may take a very, very long time to accomplish... not a very, very long time in the human sense of time, but a very, very long time in the evil god's sense of time, enough for hundreds of millions of Tias to turn into old women and die."

“Tia won’t turn into an old woman and die! She has gradually gained the power of time and can transcend the limits of lifespan to stay with me forever!” Valensa quickly corrected her.

"……cut."

Elena visibly grimaced in displeasure, and without waiting for Valensa to press further, she revealed the method that would take a very long time:

"Remember what I said before? According to my current understanding, the various gods in the endless void can be divided into two major levels and four categories... The level division is True God and below True God, and I only briefly mentioned False God, True God and Evil God in terms of categories. There is one more category that I haven't mentioned, right?"

"Ah."

Valensa nodded and asked curiously:

"Could that last kind of god be the way for us to finally reunite?"

"You could say that."

Elena sighed, then hesitated for a moment before saying:

"The last kind of god is called a demon god... The freest of all gods. Unlike false gods who must conform to their own concepts, unlike true gods who are limited by their own world, and unlike evil gods who act out of their obsession with origin... Demon gods do things entirely according to their own preferences, without restraint, roaming freely in the endless void, and can even trick some naive girls into signing contracts to become magical girls to enjoy themselves."

"Being a demon god must be really awesome... So, Elena, you mean we need to find a way to become demon gods in order to truly reunite and see each other freely?"

Valensa then asked:

"Then how can one become a demon god?"

"do not know."

Elena shook her head decisively:

"There are no exact records about the origin of the Demon Gods among the Abyss Spirit Clan, only some speculations... Some say that human cultivators with enough talent and opportunity will become stronger and eventually become Demon Gods, because although humans are fragile, they have infinite possibilities."

Another theory suggests that if a true god can break free from the limitations of their own world, or if an evil god can completely relinquish their obsession with origins and act according to their own will, they can become a demon god... but the specifics of how to do so remain unclear.

Moreover, these are all just speculations... Perhaps the Demon God was born from the endless void?

But this can indeed be a thought... If, a very long time from now, my sister and I can both become free demons, perhaps we can meet freely and play together as we please.

"The Demon of Freedom... Hmm, can we make it our ultimate goal for now? Anyway, we have long lives, so we can work on it slowly."

Valensa comforted Elena and wanted to pat Elena's head again, but suddenly found that Elena's consciousness was much more ethereal than before and no longer had a physical form. Valensa's hand passed right through it.

"Elena, what's wrong with you...?"

"Looks like it's time, sister. I should go back to the negative space."

Elena, however, laughed again with remarkable magnanimity and gave Valensa a kiss on the cheek that Valensa could never feel again:

"Like you just said, sister... Anyway, we live long lives, so we can work hard and we'll definitely find a way to meet again in the future. So don't be too sad... Although you're super awesome when you cry, I'm the only one who can make you cry~~"

"Elena! Ugh..."

Goodbye, sister!

Elena's consciousness faded faster and faster, and soon disappeared completely, leaving only her last words in Valensa's ears:

"Silly sister, don't always show off your love with Tia, and don't sneak off to drink at brothels and bubble tea all the time... Think of me sometimes, I think I'm super cute... Hmm, this body is what I look like now, so let her stay by your side for now... Be sure to use this new Noble Phantasm carefully, silly sister~~"

"Elena!"

"Elena!"

"Elena, Elena, Elena, Elena... um~~"

No matter how she called out, Valensa never received a response from that longed-for voice again; only her own spirit sat alone on the ground.

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