Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

When Elsa put it on, she felt that her chest, abdomen and buttocks were... how should I put it, very tight-fitting. Compared with the loose nun's uniform, it was really a far cry from the others, which made Elsa very uncomfortable.

But this would be more suitable for action, and Elsa thought it was a good idea.

While Elsa was changing her clothes, Mary reported their plans to Bishop Pittman.

"Letting Sister Faris pretend to be a priest? Wouldn't that be a good idea..." Pittman was a little worried. "What if she gets hurt?"

"This one……"

Mary recalled how Elsa had punched through a torrent of three or four hundred monsters, and then replaced those three or four hundred monsters with black-robed attackers...

"Probably there won't be any problem. Sister Faris's strength is recognized by the Sage."

"Well, since you are so sure, then just do it as you envision. I will let others cooperate with you. Oh, by the way—"

Pittman thought about it and said to Mary.

"How are Sister Faris's preparations going? Does she have suitable priest robes and weapons?"

"I do have a priest's robe... but as for weapons, Sister Faris told me to just prepare one for her..."

Originally, Elsa wanted an iron one. Although it couldn't compare to the spear given by the old priest, it was at least more convenient to use than wood.

However, in order to ensure the smooth flow of magic power, most shepherd's staffs will choose the wood that is most suitable for magic power transmission as the staff body, or use magic devices with good magic power conduction efficiency and staffs forged with mithril. Very few are forged directly with iron.

So Mary was a little troubled, and finally Elsa chose the lowest quality shepherd's crook used for training novices.

"That won't do. If you're going to act like one, you have to make it real. I happen to have a nice shepherd's staff, and I won't be able to use it anyway. Go ahead and give it to her. Also, considering she might need her own weapon, go get her a piece of spatial equipment that can at least hold that gun."

Pittman spoke righteously, and Mary understood that Bishop Pittman wanted to take this opportunity to do Elsa some favors. After all, with the special appointment from the Sage, Elsa would probably have a lot of room for promotion in the future, so Pittman also wanted to build a relationship with her as soon as possible.

One of the simplest and most crude ways to win over people is to give them something as a gift, but since Elsa is a nun and Pittman is a bishop, it would be somewhat inappropriate to give Elsa something for no reason. However, it would be a rare opportunity to "give" something to her openly by taking advantage of the convenience of the mission.

Mary sighed. She could actually understand Pittman's approach, but she just felt that if Elsa liked those things, then with her demonstrated strength, she would naturally not lack them. If Elsa didn't like them, then no matter how much she gave her, it would be useless.

But no matter what, the attitude must keep up.

Mary responded and left.

On the other side, Vivian looked at Elsa who had changed her clothes, and her eyes were full of stars - Elsa was now wearing a white priest coat. Since most of the priests in this operation were not directly from the church, Elsa's priest coat did not adopt the loose and solemn style of the church, but was more compact and capable.

The nuns of the church have to renounce the secular world, so most of the nun's uniforms do not emphasize the body shape, unless it is the special uniform of the combat nuns, which is modified for the convenience of movement and combat. In comparison, the priest's coat is similar to the uniform of the combat nuns. Although it is a long robe, it is made very close-fitting to be more suitable for combat, which also shows the figure.

Elsa is a tall woman with straight and slender legs and fair and tight skin. She looks very elegant in this uniform. Although Elsa's overall figure is not as curvy as Vivian's, her rounded lines are just right, giving people a coordinated and beautiful feeling, and all of this is perfectly outlined by this white coat.

Elsa also took off her headscarf, and her golden hair was simply tied into a ponytail at the back of her head. Some hair naturally hung down on both sides of her temples, making Elsa look very heroic.

She was completely different from the gentle and lovely Elsa who usually wore nun's clothes, which really fascinated Vivian.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Aisha felt a little uncomfortable with Vivian's fixed gaze. "Isn't this dress... inappropriate?"

"No, no!" Vivian quickly shook her head, as if she was afraid that Elsa would change back. "Elsa is...very beautiful now!"

Filia's injuries have recovered, and she has changed into clean clothes and is waiting for Elsa here. Even she couldn't help but be amazed by Elsa's transformation.

"It suits you very well," Filia commented.

At this time, Mary also came here. When she saw Elsa, she almost didn't react for a moment.

But she was not here to observe Elsa's new outfit. She took out a leather buckle and handed it to Elsa. The buckle was made of tough enchanted earth dragon leather, and the inside was inlaid with solid magic stones, engraved with space storage magic. The buckle can be directly buckled on the wrist, arm, or even leg, which is very convenient. More importantly, the internal space is very large, not only can it hold Elsa's spear, but even a carriage.

Elsa was a little surprised. She didn't expect Bishop Pittman to be so generous.

Because this thing is undoubtedly a strategic-level equipment, a top-level product that is difficult to obtain even if you have money.

Then Elsa understood.

Perhaps Bishop Pittman wants to invest.

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68. Footprints [Part 3]

Elsa held a snow-white pastor's staff, which was also given to her by Bishop Pittman. It was pure white, smooth-polished wood, and very light. The top was closed like a growing branch and inlaid with an emerald green gem. Elsa could almost smell the rich fragrance of plants from the staff.

Even Elsa, who knew nothing about a shepherd's staff, could feel that it was of great value.

As for the spear given by the priest, it was temporarily placed in the space gem, and the buckle was worn by Elsa on her knees. Now Elsa has two space equipment, and the space is very large.

Aisha followed Mary and Filia. She was currently role-playing the role of a weak priest.

Filia put down the torch and lit the magic device to illuminate the place. Then she pointed ahead and said:

"The front is where we were attacked."

Elsa followed Filia's gaze and saw some monster corpses lying around the cave. It seemed that these monsters were defeated by the expedition team. Then, when the expedition team was fighting with the evolved species, they were attacked by the group of black-robed men, and then the following events happened.

Mary and Filia easily dealt with the wandering dead monsters, and they came to a collapsed cave.

Aisha held the shepherd's staff and imitated Vivian's standing posture, observing the area.

Similar to other caves, this one seemed to be formed due to the expansion of congested earth veins, but the problem was that, logically, the underground palace should have been in a relatively stable state after its formation. In fact, as far as Elsa knew, there were rarely any changes in the terrain inside the underground palace. However, this time the collapse inside the underground palace occurred too frequently.

Elsa remembered the words of the sage Serilihilda, "The underground palace is collapsing frequently, and the ground veins are moving abnormally" - could it be because the demon general is about to be born? Elsa did not understand such profound magic, so she could only guess.

Filia walked to the corpse of a monster, squatted down, and pulled out an arrow that pierced the monster's head - that was the arrow she shot in the previous battle, but the arrow head was still as smooth as new except for being stained with the monster's blood. However, the exposed arrow body had some signs of corrosion. It was the corrosive effect of the miasma. After she fell into the cave, the miasma surged up and caused this phenomenon. The miasma at that time also brought them a lot of trouble.

She sniffed. There was no trace of miasma in the air now. Only the smell of blood remained, part of which came from the cave below.

Elsa looked carefully for a moment, but found nothing.

She turned her gaze to Filia, who seemed to be contemplating something. "Where did those black-robed men come from? And where did they attack you?"

"This side."

Filia said, pointing to the other side of the catacombs, but it couldn't be seen from this angle because there was a corner.

"We were fighting the evolved species here at the time. The monster corpses here were left behind. Then, those of us in black robes appeared around the corner and attacked us with magic."

She kicked the ice crystals on the ground, and judging from the angle of the ice crystals embedded in the ground, they seemed to be coming from the corner.

Mary also came to Filia's side and roughly measured it with her eyes. "It seems we should go over there to see - is there another way to get there?"

"The terrain here is complex, and the map doesn't mark such a long distance."

Elsa estimated that it would take about thirty or forty steps to get from this side of the cave to the corner, and another ten or twenty steps to the other side. But it wasn't a big deal; it could be easily jumped over.

"Let's go over and take a look."

Mary took out the rope.

Elsa went straight to the edge of the cave and slowly bent her knees, which made Mary and Filia's eyes jump.

"-Wait, Elsa, what are you going to do!" Mary shouted.

"Jump over and take a look."

"But... you are a pastor now!" Mary reminded quickly.

If the priest could jump dozens of meters in one step, crush the ground with one foot, and shatter the rock wall with one punch, would those men in black robes be likely to come out and attack them if they saw them?

"Oh, right," Aisha remembered. She was role-playing now. If she continued to act the same as before, it would not conform to the general setting. She couldn't help but smile awkwardly. "Sorry, I almost forgot."

Mary coughed lightly to hide her expression.

"Anyway, let's use the stupid method. I'll go first. Filia, I'll leave this rope to you."

After saying that, Mary handed the rope to Filia, and she took the lead and jumped directly on the rock wall. Mary ran quickly along the inclined rock wall like an athlete starting to run. With one last big step, she jumped to the opposite side. The horse spikes in her hand flew out, and she hammered her fist into the solid rock wall.

She held onto the horse's nails with one hand and waved over here.

Filia had also tied the rope to the tail of the arrow, nocked it and shot it out - sparks flashed, and the arrow hit Mary's side very accurately, and Mary could reach it with just her hand.

Mary unhooked the rope from the quivering nock, threaded it through the saddle, threw it free, and disappeared around the corner.

"Come here!"

Mary's voice came from the other end.

"You go first, can you do it?"

Elsa said to Vivian, and Vivian nodded, put the staff on her back, carefully grabbed the rope and slowly moved over - Vivian's physical strength seemed good, much stronger than the average trained soldier. Elsa watched Vivian walk for a while, then she also put on the staff and climbed up the rope.

Filia is at the end, and as an archer she is often the last one left.

When Elsa reached the other side of the cave, Mary was squatting on the ground observing.

"What's wrong? What did you find?"

"There are traces of magical burning. This must have been a magic circle before. It looks like a trap set a long time ago."

Mary pointed to the ground, and Vivian and Filia came over. They saw Mary clearing away the mud on the ground. The ground was a whole piece of flat rock. Mary used lighting magic to get closer and could vaguely see a bluish-black circle on the surface of the reddish-brown rock. If you look closely, you can also see some crystal powder of different colors.

"The rocks within the underground palace are soaked in rich magical energy, and have taken on some of its properties. There must be a magic circle set up here. When the magic energy is burned, it changes the properties of the surrounding magic energy and absorbs it, which is why the colors here are different."

Mary pointed to the area of ​​different color, and then pointed to the crystal powder next to it.

"These are the powdered magic ore, but they must have been refined, so they are in powder form. It seems they use this stuff as a spring to supply the magic in the magic circle, and there is a lot of it."

"There are still footprints here."

Filia said, and Aisha looked over and saw several very inconspicuous footprints appear in her field of vision. These footprints showed signs of being sloppily processed, but it could be vaguely seen that they should be from three different people, and one of them seemed to have a disease in his left leg - each step of the footprint left an intermittent drag mark from the outside, and along with the left side of the footprint there was a mark left by a wooden stick leaning on the ground.

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69. The Black Robe Attacker [Fourth Update]

"It's not a huge gain, but we now know that the attackers were definitely well prepared—there were probably three of them, two of whom were spotted by Filia, and the other was probably maintaining the magic circle in the back."

Elsa squatted down and said, leaning her fingers on the rocky ground, and then forcibly drew a sloppy floor plan. Mary's eyes were dulled by this scene.

Vivian seemed accustomed to this.

Filia felt uneasy in her heart when she looked at Elsa, but nothing could be seen on her expression - she was very good at hiding her expressions, which she learned during her long journey.

"The terrain here is roughly like this. The expedition team appeared here, encountered the evolved monsters, and started fighting here."

Aisha said as she drew.

"—I've observed that this is the most suitable place for fighting around here. The terrain is relatively flat, and the two sides are open, making it very convenient for both assault and retreat. A rigorously trained knight captain would likely choose this as his target before the battle even begins."

Elsa poked a hole in the ground, which was like a burrow behind them.

"Of course, if it were me, I would choose to defeat it from behind. This is because we can take advantage of the terrain here and it's more conducive to the use of mages and archers. Although it may not be as safe due to the narrower terrain, it is more efficient. I think this is probably representative of some adventurers."

Because the combat training and way of thinking of the Knights are somewhat different from those of the adventurers. Adventurers focus more on efficiency, while the Knights focus more on discipline - generally speaking.

"Is this speculation inconsistent with your situation?"

Elsa asked and Filia shook her head.

At this time, Filia was still wearing a hood. Even though Elsa and the others already knew Filia's identity, Filia was generally used to this attire and had no intention of taking it off.

She said, "That's about it. Let's gather our forces and prepare to destroy it here."

"So I have a hypothesis," Elsa continued. "Filia, you and the others have walked right into the trap set by those black-robed attackers. It seems they have some understanding of the knights' tactical training. If we continue to analyze our previous speculation, those black-robed attackers probably have some knowledge of the Knights, or at least have had contact with them. In the worst-case scenario, they're actually members of the Knights."

"Besides, there aren't many places that can refine magic ore. I think we can start here," Filia added. "But before that, I think we might find something different if we search in the direction where the footprints disappeared."

Aisha crushed the crystal fragments on her fingertips. "I've memorized the smell of these things. If there's something similar nearby, I should be able to smell it."

"Ah?" Mary looked at Elsa strangely, "Can this be done?"

"I can vaguely feel the flow of magic, like the wind," Elsa said. "And the crystal powder has some minerals added to it. Powdered things have a certain smell, which I can roughly distinguish."

Mary believed Elsa and didn't ask any more questions.

"Let's go—if you encounter those attackers, your priority is to protect yourself."

Mary led the way as the vanguard, carrying a magic lighting device. Vivian walked in the middle, and Elsa and Filia walked behind. Elsa deliberately held the wooden staff in her hand to make it as eye-catching as possible.

Along the way, they encountered some monsters, ran into other teams, and exchanged information. The underground passages were connected to each other, and they also crossed several collapsed caves, but they did not see that kind of magic circle again. Looking down, they found that there were no living monsters below. Those monsters were cut in half and died. It looked like they were directly swept to death by some sharp and powerful attack. It can be seen that it was the work of the sage.

After walking for a long, long time, Aisha suddenly stopped.

"Wait! There's a monster ahead!" Filia, who was beside Elsa, was the first to react. He glanced at Elsa and saw her wink meaningfully. He immediately understood what Elsa meant and added, "Be careful! Prepare for battle!"

Vivian and Mary immediately understood - this was the secret code they had agreed on long ago, which meant that Elsa smelled that smell and might encounter the attackers ahead, or even fall into a "trap".

The hearts of several people were slightly tense, and they started fighting against those monsters.