The goddesses attempted to gain my salvation.

The Papacy of Besma.

Orina arrived at the Holy See two days ago, and Ars, who was sealed in the rock, was also sent to the Knights of the Morning Star.

Elsa, the leader of the order, expressed her gratitude to Olina and told her that she would come to the Knights' headquarters the next day at noon to discuss important matters with her.

Ideally, all the core members of the Vatican should be brought along.

Of the three major knightly orders, Lydia, the leader of the Moonlit Knights, has been taken away to recuperate and will be unable to participate in missions for the time being.

After the calamity befell the Knights of the Moon, the remaining members, under the command of Philin, began to collect magical artifacts from the Holy See and arranged secret training for each of them according to the properties of the artifacts.

Film was also unable to participate.

Those who could step forward were the leaders of the four major battle groups of the Sun, with Fiona leading the team.

There are also three high priests: Shug, Charlotte, and Ziel.

The following morning, led by Orina, the group arrived at the headquarters of the Morning Star Knights.

The well-behaved girl, Elsa's assistant, was in charge of receiving them.

"Please follow me." The girl gestured for you to enter. "What you are about to see is the most authoritative research result on extraterrestrial life on the entire continent."

"At the same time, this will also change our understanding of the world."

"If you have any questions, you may ask the Commander of the Morning Star Knights, Lady Elsa."

Orina nodded slightly, while the others looked serious.

"Lead the way."

"As ordered."

Chapter 261 Three Reports

"Today's report will be divided into three stages."

Elsa, with her long, wavy blonde hair and wearing loose white clothes, walked at the front. In her hand was a slender staff about half a meter long, with a textured metal ball at the end.

When tapped on the ground, it produces a very crisp sound.

Amidst the rhythmic tapping sounds, the group ventured deeper into the headquarters.

The headquarters of the Knights of the Morning Star is a massive laboratory. To allow members to focus on experiments and research, the headquarters is located on the outskirts of the Papacy.

Inside the headquarters, there are intricate corridors where researchers constantly rush about, carrying thick stacks of documents.

After passing through several gates, the group arrived at a heavily guarded area.

On both sides, there are huge glass walls that extend all the way to the roof.

After walking a short distance, Elsa stopped and gently tapped the thick glass wall on one side with the small ball at the end of her short cane, signaling everyone to stop.

Several researchers immediately followed, holding the documents and beginning to take notes.

Elsa looked around at everyone and spoke in her uniquely melodious and pleasant voice.

"Next, the first report."

"What exactly are extraterrestrial life forms?"

The things on the other side of the glass wall were very familiar to everyone present.

That was a spider that hatched from the stone statue Nina during the Scarlet Eyes incident, and was later torn to pieces by Olivena. After being stitched together using a series of water-based magical techniques, it became a complete specimen.

Hanging from the ceiling by huge ropes, suspended in mid-air.

They looked so real, it was very oppressive.

Inside the room were many researchers dressed in white coats, each holding various experimental instruments, awaiting Elsa's orders.

Elsa nodded to the researchers inside.

Then, a researcher swung an iron rod and activated magic. A small magical blade appeared at the tip of the rod.

The researcher first scratched the spider's exoskeleton, which remained intact.

Immediately afterwards, another researcher activated a different type of magic and made a mark in the same spot.

This time, obvious cuts appeared on the outer shell.

"Captain Elsa, this is..." Charlotte frowned slightly and asked.

"This is the weakness of extraterrestrial life."

Over the next period of time, the researchers conducted several more experiments, all with largely the same content. Elsa gestured for the researchers to leave, then turned around to face the crowd.

"Based on the existing experimental materials, it can be concluded that extraterrestrial life forms possess a shell capable of resisting magic."

"This shell can be understood as a means of resisting predators that life developed during the process of evolution and selection; it is a form of self-protection."

"As for why this evolutionary direction occurred, it may be traced back to the world where extraterrestrial life originally lived."

"If we were to expand on this topic, it would probably take more than a day to cover it all. Today, I'll just focus on the key points."

Elsa tapped the glass wall lightly with her cane, signaling everyone to focus their attention on the spider specimen, and then continued to explain.

"However, this shell can only resist magic of one attribute for a short period of time."

"Based on my deduction, the principle behind this is that the outer shell of extraterrestrial life forms possesses some kind of special defense mechanism. This mechanism allows extraterrestrial life forms to automatically generate powerful defensive capabilities against magical attacks."

"However, this mechanism becomes cumbersome once an attack of a different attribute is detected. Under the influence of the mechanism, the original attribute defense must be completely cleared before a new attribute defense can be generated."

"And the clearing process takes three minutes."

Elsa held up three fingers.

"The defensive mechanism originally intended to protect alien life from magical harm has become their greatest weakness."

"In short, to defeat extraterrestrial life forms, you must first bombard them with magic of a single attribute to activate their internal defense mechanisms. Then, within three minutes, attack them with a different attribute."

Orina nodded thoughtfully.

This conclusion is exactly the same as what Ryan told him back then.

In other words, this theory is correct.

The others stared intently at the spider corpse that had been made into a specimen, mentally simulating the actual process of fighting against extraterrestrial life.

"In other words, when facing extraterrestrial life forms, multi-attribute coordinated combat will be the most effective method?"

On one side, Ziel spoke up and stated his conclusion.

Elsa nodded.

"you are right."

"Multi-attribute cooperative combat can mean that mages of multiple attributes fight together, or that a single-attribute mage uses magical tools with different attribute modules to fight."

"The specific implementation method will be determined flexibly based on the on-site situation."

"In short, this is the first report."

Elsa led the group forward down the corridor and then stopped in front of the second glass wall, which was about 100 meters away.

A large number of researchers stood in front of the glass wall, unable to see what was inside.

Elsa's voice rang out again.

"Next is the second report."

"How extraterrestrial life forms fight."

As soon as he finished speaking, the researchers immediately took up positions on both sides.

Behind the glass wall was the guy Sugar would never forget.

Disaster striker.

Even though he had lost his life, the corpse, stitched together only by water-attribute magic, still made Shug's breathing quicken.

His eyes burned with barely concealed rage.

There were no researchers around the body of the Calamity Walker, only a small number of black particles.

That was collected when researchers collected air samples earlier.

"These black...particles. To make it easier to understand, we can think of them as some kind of special magic."

A researcher handed Elsa a document, and Elsa took a black quill pen from her bosom and began writing something rapidly on it, while saying something.

"This magic can be understood as originating from another realm. At the same time, it exhibits characteristics that are completely opposite to the magic of our world. It's like two sides of the same coin."

"It is currently known that the ability to deprive and absorb life is a characteristic of this magic. Therefore, it is best to prepare targeted defenses in advance when fighting against extraterrestrial life forms."

"As for the fighting style of extraterrestrial life... it's the same as ours, absorbing magic, casting spells, strengthening themselves, and so on."

"At the same time, experimental data shows that extraterrestrial magic and the magic we know have a high degree of similarity. In terms of evolutionary theory, they share a common ancestor."

"Oh, I almost forgot, there's one more thing."

Elsa flipped through the documents rapidly until the last page, then stroked her chin.

"Outer-world life forms can only survive in the magic of the outer realms. Once they are deprived of the nourishment of outer-world magic, their body tissues will age and decay at an extremely rapid rate."

“Besides that, there is another point worth noting.”

After speaking, Elsa handed the document she had finished reviewing back to the researcher. Then, she took an even thicker document from another researcher.

After flipping through it a few times, he continued.

"These magical powers can pull out the souls of the dead... well, that might not be the most accurate way to put it. It's more like they can pull out the traces of the dead who ever existed and make them tangible."

Upon hearing this, even Orina's eyes widened in surprise.

The others were even more shocked, exchanging glances, unsure of what to say.

Traces of the existence of the dead...

This was the first time they had ever heard of this concept.

What does that mean?!

Elsa noticed their confusion and her expression became unusually serious.

"Don't worry, I'll explain it to you step by step."