NOVEL NEXT Chapter 34: CH 34: Secret Art of Puppetry – Undead Puppet
A light door appeared out of nowhere, and the Dark knight stepped out.
In the palace, the queen, who usually enjoyed herself, was not in her room at this time. Fortunately, the queen's maids were familiar with the Dark knight and quickly guided the him to a more secret room.
As soon as he entered, a strange atmosphere enveloped him. The room was mysterious and oppressive, with flickering, multicolored lights appearing sporadically. It exuded an eerie, otherworldly aura.
"Yes, this feels a bit like a witch."
Witches are a branch of wizards, so how can they not be a bit mysterious.
Hearing Rock's familiar voice, the seductive queen walked out with a snake-like waist twisting.
"My Lord, you are finally back."
"I encountered some problems, so I was a little delayed."
Rock did not continue to explain, but asked with interest:"Are you making potions now?"
Hearing this, Queen Grimhilde sighed, with a hint of frustration in her tone. "Yes, I've been studying potion-making. Although it's just basic formulas, the success rate is much lower than I expected."
"Why did you suddenly think of studying potions?"
This time, the queen looked a little solemn.
"Because I've discovered something wrong with this world."
"Something wrong?" Rock raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"The so-called supernatural power, regardless of sequence, ultimately relies on absorbing special components from the air to grow stronger. I call these components magic factors."
Rock's expression grew serious. In the East, this concept was known as spiritual energy.
Without him interrupting, the queen continued:
"The concentration of magic factors in our world is very low, very very low!"
"I'm not sure why, but based on my research, I estimate that no matter how talented one is, it's nearly impossible to breakthrough to the professional level in this world."
"This is the conclusion I have drawn after summarizing all the Supernatural information marked by the devil. In this world, there is no inheritance above the professional level."
"So, I set my sights on potions. The concentration of magic factor is too low, so I can only use some special potions to speed up my promotion."
Rock nodded. The queen's idea was completely correct. As for the problem of magic factor concentration, the cause was unclear, but it was very likely true. After all, this world was a special world for obtaining Supernatural seeds, similar to a novice village.
However, Rock looked the queen up and down.
"Since you didn't succeed, why do I feel that your life force is much stronger than before?"
The queen before was only equivalent to a half-crippled junior apprentice, but now, it feels that she is only one step away from the devil, close to a intermediate apprentice.
Queen Grimhilde's beautiful eyes showed some uncertainty:"I'm not sure why,but after you entered the Mirror World, I suddenly grew much stronger. Not only that, but my ability to absorb magic factors has doubled."
"If it weren't for this reason, I wouldn't have noticed the problem of low magic factor concentration."
Rock's eyes were filled with surprise. She became stronger for no apparent reason, and even her aptitude also became stronger?
Suddenly, Rock seemed to have thought of something.
"Homotope? True self?"
In parallel universes, identical individuals are called homotopes. By eliminating homotopes, one can absorb their power and consolidate their essence into a singular, stronger true self. It was a common concept in novels of his past life.
Perhaps, it was because Rock killed the reversed individual in the mirror world that the queen became much stronger.
If this is true, Rock may have underestimated the queen's potential. Snow White, as one of the most famous fairy tales, has formed a series of derivative works, including some derivative works with a high force index.
In this case, by constantly killing those queen homotopes, the growth limit of the queen in front of him may be enhanced to a very amazing degree.
Rock stroked his chin. In the past, at most The queen was considered a very charming witch. She was of sexual interest, but that was all. It would be an exaggeration to call her a plaything, but she was not far off that mark either.
But now,she seems worth cultivating.
The witch was only a ordinary level Supernatural sequence. If she continued to grow like this, it would not be impossible for her to transform into a rare or even legendary grade sequence. A legendary sequence would definitely become a legend if it did not perish, but legend was not the limit, and there was still a chance to reach the level beyond legend.
As for the divine legend sequence, it would probably take transformation into the witch king to have a glimmer of hope.
After a moment of contemplation, Rock extended his hand. With a gesture, a bloodied corpse dropped to the floor before the queen.
The queen studied the corpse intently. At first, her expression was indifferent, but gradually, it turned solemn.
"What a powerful body," she murmured. "It feels much stronger than the prince's."
The prince was a Senior knight apprentice, and can be regarded as the strongest fighting force in this world, but that's it, he was just the tallest among the short people.
But Kingpin is different.
With a human body, he has been tempered to the point where he can challenge Spider-Man!
With more than 30 tons of strength and various superpowers, Spider-Man is definitely a professional-level fighter and not an ordinary one at that,he is at least in the upper-middle level among the professional level.
This is certainly because Spider-Man is a novice and Kingpin has extremely rich combat experience, but Kingpin's physical strength is also unquestionable. He fought Rock head-on for ten moves without getting much weaker.
If we use a level to describe it, pseudo-professional level, or quasi-professional level, is more appropriate, and it is naturally much stronger than the Senior apprentice of the prince who is the tallest among the short people.
Rock did not explain the origin of Kingpin in detail, but just said:"Is there a way to refine a puppet? I want to refine this guy into a puppet."
Once the refining is successful, and the Supernatural seeds of the giant series are injected into it, Kingpin will definitely be able to transform into a true professional-level combat force, enough to compete head-on with the Superhumans known for their strength, such as the power man.
Queen Grimhilde thought for a while, then suddenly ran to the side and began to search through a pile of books.
"found it!"
[Secret Art of Puppetry – Undead Puppet]
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T/N: if you find any mistakes please point it out. I have added queen's name from the snow white, because saying the queen in every sentence feels weird.