Chapter 385 Power and Protection
"Hahaha, I didn't expect you can cook, that's amazing!"
In front of the big pot, the orc leader of the Iron Fang Mercenary Group, Ricardo, laughed heartily and patted Xia Yu on the shoulder: "The object of cooking is still the white whale that fought fiercely not long ago. Brother, you are really awesome!"
"Indeed, although I have already heard from Phyllis about Mr. Xia Yu's extraordinary qualities, I never expected that he has such great skills. I am very grateful for your hospitality."
Next to Ricardo was Julian who had just arrived. He was holding a bowl and nodding to Xia Yu in thanks.
Although Yurius is a knight of the Lugnica Kingdom's Royal Guard, he also chose to be loyal to Anastasia Hussin, one of the candidates for the King's Choice, so he is also considered a member of the Iron Fang Mercenaries.
But Julius was also quite miserable. In the Minato City chapter in the later part of the novel, Julius had his name taken away by Gluttony because of the battle against the Archbishop of Sin Gluttony.
The fate of having one's name taken away by gluttony is very tragic. Either the whole person loses his memory, or he is forgotten by the whole world. Julius is the latter.
He was forgotten by the whole world, even Reinhard, the world's own son, was not spared, and he also forgot Julius.
It can also be seen from here that the power brought by the witch factor is indeed more important than the world's protection.
Therefore, Julius went from being the "best knight" admired by everyone to being the "unknown knight" that no one remembered.
Only Natsuki Subaru, who has immune powers, still remembers Yurius, which prompted Yurius to temporarily join Natsuki Subaru's team and become one of Natsuki Subaru's helpers.
Hearing the two people's praise, Xia Yu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked: "Well... haven't you noticed that your physical fitness has become stronger?"
Could it be that these people are just like him, because their physiques are already very strong, so they can hardly feel the effects of dietary supplements?
It was quite obvious from Natsuki Subaru's side. The boy drank a bowl of soup and was now doing push-ups while screaming. Although he didn't count, judging from the frequency, there should be hundreds of them.
"Physical fitness?" Yulius touched his chin and closed his eyes to sense it. The next moment, his eyes suddenly opened and he looked at Xia Yu in disbelief: "Indeed... it has improved. Could this be the effect of the white whale meat? It's amazing."
"Oh oh oh! I feel it too. It seems that the strength is indeed a bit stronger. Awesome, bro!" Ricardo laughed, then drank the broth in the bowl in one breath, and then raised his voice and shouted loudly.
"This is such an awesome soup, how can you not drink it up? Hey, everyone listen up, drink up the soup! This soup can make you stronger!!"
After yelling, Ricardo grinned, picked up the spoon, and scooped himself another full bowl.
"Although food supplements can indeed make you stronger, they are not always effective. The more you eat, the weaker the effect. It also has requirements for the ingredients. Ordinary ingredients do not have such a powerful effect," Xia Yu added.
"It's thanks to the white whale that I was able to cook this pot of nourishing broth."
Hearing this, Yurius showed an understanding expression: "I see, but just by eating, you can enhance your physique and strength. This technique called food supplement is really amazing."
"Hehe, I was right, Xia Yu is such an amazing person. Fortunately, Xia Yu chose Lord Crusch, otherwise it would be Felix who would have a headache." At this moment, Felix suddenly jumped out from the side and smiled at the two people who were talking.
“That’s true. When I think about Master Crusch having the help of Master Xia Yu, I’m beginning to worry about Master Anna.”
Julius smiled bitterly. Originally, Crusch was the one with the greatest hope of becoming king, and now it seemed that this possibility was even greater.
"Hahaha, don't underestimate Miss." Ricardo suddenly squeezed in the topic and laughed: "The stronger the opponent, the happier Miss will be. After all, the thing Miss is least afraid of is a challenge."
"Wow, I'm starting to worry about Emilia-tan." Natsuki Subaru, who had just finished exercising, happened to hear the discussion and couldn't help but come over and interrupt.
"But I won't back down. No matter how strong the enemy is, I will definitely let Emilia ascend the throne!"
Hearing this, Julius smiled and said, "Haha, me too, I will definitely let Lady Anna ascend the throne."
"Me too, I will definitely let Lord Crusch ascend the throne, meow!" Felix also hurriedly expressed his opinion.
"Hehe, I'm not afraid of you!" Natsuki Subaru smiled confidently, with his hands on his hips: "I have become very strong now, and I will never be ashamed of Emilia-Ah!"
Looking at Natsuki Subaru who was squatting down screaming, Xia Yu retracted his fist, noticed the strange looks from everyone, shrugged and said, "He said he got stronger, I just made him face the facts."
"Too...too despicable, Senior!"
Natsuki Subaru was in so much pain that tears were coming out. He covered his sore nose and stared at Xia Yu with resentment in his eyes.
"Hmm?" Xia Yu said in three tones: "Do you still want to become stronger? This broth is just the first step to becoming stronger."
"I was wrong, senior, please forgive me!"
Natsuki Subaru immediately changed his posture and shamelessly got up to apologize. This scene made everyone laugh.
Before long, the whole pot of broth was eaten up, and even though everyone wanted to eat more, they really couldn't eat any more.
The stomach is limited, and there is no hot-blooded stupid big eater in this world.
Xia Yu chose to collect the remaining white whale flesh and blood, preparing to use it as reserve food for the future. Of course, it was also mainly for other Xia Yu to taste.
After all the rest was completed, the warriors set out on the journey to defeat the Witch Cult.
The destination is Roswaal's territory. In the last reincarnation, Subaru Natsuki met the Witch Cult on the way back to the mansion.
At that time, Rem fought to death with the witch cultists in order to save him.
"Rem, I will never let you die this time..."
On the ground dragon, Natsuki Subaru silently placed his hands on his chest and made a secret vow.
"Hey, Xiaocai, what were you mumbling just now?" While moving forward, Xia Yu suddenly came to Natsuki Subaru on a ground dragon.
"Ahaha, I was just talking to myself just now. We're about to encounter the Witch Cult, so I'm a little nervous." In order to prevent Xia Yu from noticing anything, Natsuki Subaru scratched his head and laughed.
He cannot talk about his death flashback, so Natsuki Subaru tries not to reveal his special abilities as much as possible.
If he tried to force himself to say it, a devilish hand covered in black mist would tightly grip his heart, and it would be as painful as if his heart was being crushed.
If he forced himself to tell the truth at the risk of death, then the people closest to him would die. He no longer wanted to suffer that kind of pain, so he could only hide it as much as possible.
Looking at Natsuki Subaru like this, Xia Yu didn't say anything, although he had just heard Natsuki Subaru's muttering.
"In that case..."
Xia Yu suddenly smiled: "Then let's start the second stage of becoming stronger!"
"Eh? So fast?"
Natsuki Subaru was a little surprised. He thought that after the first stage, he would rest for a while before starting the second stage. After all, he needed time to get familiar with his power.
Now that his strength has increased dramatically, it still feels a little unreal.
As if seeing through Natsuki Subaru's thoughts, Xia Yu teased, "Yo yo yo, someone is getting carried away again, so tell me, who here can you beat?"
"Um……"
Natsuki Subaru was silent. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that he could not beat anyone. Even Emilia, whom he wanted to protect, was actually stronger than him.
"Please, senior, please let me become stronger!" After figuring it out, Natsuki Subaru clasped his hands together and asked sincerely.
"Okay, since you've asked sincerely , I will mercifully help you. In order to change the regret in your heart and to maintain world peace, the powerful and handsome mentor, Xia Yu..."
Looking at Xia Yu who suddenly became a middle school student, Natsuki Subaru was speechless. Don't think he doesn't know, this is clearly the classic villain in Pokémon, the classic line of Team Rocket.
When he was tired of studying, he watched a lot of these animations. After all, he was also a otaku.
"Ahem, that's enough, senior. I already know that you are a powerful and handsome mentor, so can I help your disciples become stronger?"
"Why are you so anxious? I'm not anxious at all, so why are you so anxious?"
Xia Yu rolled his eyes at Natsuki Subaru, which made Natsuki Subaru feel unhappy. The senior characters in the game were all steady and reliable, so why were the seniors he met like this?
Tsk, it turns out that games and animations are not trustworthy. The seniors are clearly people who enjoy watching the juniors make fools of themselves.
Natsuki Subaru was silently venting his resentment in his heart, while Xia Yu was thinking about how to make Natsuki Subaru stronger.
Borrow the status of God from Neil Xiayu, then communicate with the world consciousness, and let Natsuki Subaru become the son of the world like Lai Aotian?
No, no, one Son of the World is enough. If there is one more, the world will not be able to bear it.
Then teach Natsuki Subaru a curse-based prayer? After all, Natsuki Subaru has a yin attribute, so he should be very suitable for dark-based prayers, or dark-based magic.
Well... it is feasible, but it would be very troublesome, time-consuming and laborious to learn, and not cost-effective.
The Xia Yus are mainly the same person, so if one person learns, then after copying the memory experience, the other Xia Yu who receives the memory experience will naturally learn it as well.
Once you receive the power of sharing, you can use the power of other worlds seamlessly.
Their sharing of power is not restricted by the rules of the world. Even in a world without magic, they can use magic with the support of their own magic power.
There is absolutely no situation where this world does not support the magic system, so magic cannot be used at all.
Instead of teaching Natsuki Subaru the power of other worlds, it would be better to let him tap into the power of the Re-Zero world.
How about letting him make a contract with the witches and directly borrow their power?
Although this method is also possible, among the eight witches, six witches do not know Natsuki Subaru, the Witch of Jealousy is a crazy woman, and the Witch of Hypocrisy is full of malice.
The Witch Cult and the Archbishop of Sin were created by the Witch of Falsehood, who is a real witch in the literal sense of the word.
…Let him develop his own witch factor power.
In fact, Natsuki Subaru has always possessed power, and his ability to rewind death is his own power.
And because of the strong lingering scent of the witch on his body, every time Natsuki Subaru sees the Archbishop of Sin Sloth, Sloth will mistake him for the Archbishop of Sin Pride.
Among the seven archbishops of the deadly sins, only the Archbishop of Pride has not yet appeared.
In addition, Natsuki Subaru can also use the powers of other bishops, such as the "Invisible Hand" of the Bishop of Sloth, which Natsuki Subaru used after killing the Bishop of Sloth.
However, this is not the power of plunder, but because Natsuki Subaru carries a large amount of witch factors. After the death of the Archbishop of Sloth, the witch factors of sloth in his body entered Natsuki Subaru's body first.
After drinking Dona Tea, which is the body fluid of the Greedy Witch Echidna, in the Sanctuary chapter, the Sloth Witch Factor in Natsuki Subaru's body was activated, allowing Natsuki Subaru to finally have the ability to use the Invisible Hand.
It’s just that due to his weak constitution, he looked half dead every time he used it. Now that he has improved his constitution through food supplements, he has been able to get rid of the title of a man with kidney deficiency.
But he hasn't encountered Laziness and his group yet, and Xia Yu can't conjure up the witch factor out of thin air, so he can only wait for the time being.
Because the soldiers of the expeditionary team suffered almost no injuries in the expedition against the white whale, they did not stop and headed straight for the Mezas Territory.
Before leaving, Xia Yu gave everyone more buffs, which made the battle atmosphere more intense again.
After riding for most of the day, the expedition team finally reached the border of Mezas Territory. Ahead was the territory of Border Count Roswaal.
It’s just that Roswaal, the phantom god of the civil war, is never present whenever a major event occurs, or all the major events are handled by him alone.
Therefore, when the Witch Cult attacked this time, he was still not there. In the original work, he could only rely on Natsuki Subaru to make a comeback.
Speaking of which, Subaru Natsuki is really miserable. All his teammates are guys who mess up people's mentality, including the phantom god of civil war, the perverted clown, the weak and venomous, and the depressed loli. The only helper, Rem, fell into a long sleep because of the Bishop of Gluttony.
With such a group of teammates, Natsuki Subaru can still rely on the power of death rewind to make a comeback time and time again, which is really admirable.
Because the local perverted clown lord is away, the followers of the Witch Cult are wandering around the forest openly.
The expedition team rode for a while when they suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the forest.
The rustling sounds came from far away and from all directions, as if they were there and not there, as if they were blended into the wind, making people feel a little nervous.
"alert!"
Wilhelm, the leader, shouted loudly, drew his sword first, and listened carefully to the source of the voice with a cautious look on his face.
The next moment, a hundred meters away, Witch Cult members who looked like the FFF group appeared from the hazy black fog. They wore pointy hoods that hid their entire bodies in the darkness, but their scarlet eyes were clearly visible even from a distance.
“Drink!”
Wilhelm shouted loudly and jumped out from the back of the earth dragon. In the blink of an eye, he closed the distance of a hundred meters. Then, with a cold light flashing from the sword in his hand, he rushed straight towards the leading witch cultist.
“Puff!”
A tearing sound was heard, and before the witch cultists could react, the leading cultist was cut in half.
It was not until the scarlet blood splashed on the black clothes that the witch cultists reacted and fled in all directions.
