Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Ella's answer surprised the old pope.

“My sister said that if the strength of the Holy Church members is 130, then I am only 100, and there are more of them than me.”

What?

“However, if you can give me lots and lots of metal to eat, I should become powerful very quickly,” Ella said seriously.

"..."

Tan Tang also revealed the premise that eating metal makes you stronger.

She was expressing doubt.

Ella gave a definitive answer.

The Pope stared at Tan Tang, then at the person behind the hole in the wall.

"What's going on here must not be revealed."

"Yes, yes, yes." Tan Lu nodded repeatedly.

It would be bad if the news got to the Mech Tribe.

As for having designs on Ella...

The old pope did not have this idea.

He was very clear-headed.

With a formidable enemy at hand, there's no time to think about such things.

Even without enemies, an enigmatic "old-fashioned" person like Ella should not be underestimated.

She also has an older sister, but nobody knows how capable that sister is.

Keeping Ella and making her the Pope would be the greatest benefit.

"Time is running out, we need to have a proper discussion."

The old pope frowned; the Holy Communion would arrive in two or three days.

Without proper preparation, the Vatican won't last more than a few days.

Even if you've made all the preparations...

The old pope glanced at Ella.

Ella brought news.

Perhaps they are counting on Ella and her sister.

The old pope has taken his entourage to another location for a meeting.

At this moment, only Tan Lu and Ella remained in the room.

Looking at "this sir," Tan Lu was momentarily conflicted.

It's impossible to view this with a normal mindset anymore.

But in terms of both appearance and behavior, she's just a normal little girl.

Watching Ella holding the crown and looking around listlessly, Tan Lu felt a strong urge to join in.

She must eat metal.

It's food, isn't it?

"Want some?"

Tan Lu took action.

She was holding a piece of metal in her hand.

"..."

Ella nodded.

Do not eat white do not eat.

"good……"

Tan Lu gave the metal to Ella.

Upon noticing that she kept pulling out metal to tempt her, Ella asked, "How do you have so much metal?!"

"The current pope is my great-grandfather."

"..."

You're really amazing!

Ella gave Tan Lu a thumbs up.

The meeting shook the Mechanical Church.

They are also very powerful in the Tetana region.

Therefore, it was quickly discovered that the "Go Forward" would soon arrive in the Tetana region to carry out a patrol mission.

Although this doesn't guarantee that the Holy Church will definitely come, they have to take precautions.

Since the Void was sealed again on Origin Star, the Mechanical Church realized something was wrong; otherwise, they wouldn't have reduced their forces and recalled most of their missionaries who were preaching outside.

"Prepare for security in all areas, and prepare to activate the core beneath the main cathedral. Their goal is to find a way to break the seal, that is, a method for refining etheric power. This is our foundation, and we absolutely cannot hand it over to those lunatics of the Holy Church."

In addition, the old pope also discussed Ella with his most trusted confidants.

Perhaps this is a manifestation of our ancestors.

The arrangements were made, but those within the Mechanical Church were actually quite vain and indifferent.

They are severely lacking in advanced combat capabilities.

So, can we bet our money on Ella?

Even if it doesn't work, we have to try first.

And so, the "Plan to Feed the Next Pope" was decided.

As a high-ranking member of the Vatican, he could secretly move those metal resources from the warehouse without his subordinates knowing for a while.

"These are all mine?"

Ella's eyes truly lit up when she looked at the mountain of metal piled up in front of her.

It's actually scanning the quantity.

"That's right, all of these are yours. You can eat as much as you want."

Then Ella won't be polite.

……

After emerging from the Star Gate, An Ran and her companions finally arrived in Tetana.

An Ran disembarked from the spaceship upon arriving at the first stop.

The two members of the Holy Church did not leave.

An Ran came down so early because she knew the people from the Holy Church wouldn't let her come along, so she figured it was better to come down early and meet up with the people who came from beyond the timeline.

She has made ample preparations.

Although it's impossible to send messages out directly, with Ella around, none of that is a problem.

She instructed the transdimensional beings to make thorough preparations, and the fleet changed course to the Black Tide, having recently arrived at the edge of Tetana.

The Tetana region is not far from the Kuroshio and Nagoria, which is why the Go-Ahead patrols here.

"Although it's dangerous, it can still be used in critical moments."

"If we really can't save them, let Ella take the blueprints and run away."

Chapter 31 It won't take that long

The fleet commander sent by the transdimensional space-time continuum was not Heloise.

Heloise is currently handling various cooperation matters with the rabbit-eared tribe.

Although they temporarily repelled the probing attack of the Commercial Network Group in the Dust Territory, the Commercial Network Group did not completely give up. They continued to send people over to collect intelligence.

If they find out that the Rabbit-Eared Clan's mysterious reinforcements aren't that strong, they'll probably take action the very next day.

Therefore, we still need a calm and composed person to keep an eye on things over there.

The fleet commander in Leittana was Giovanna.

Given the current strength of the members of the Time-Space Dimension, apart from Anran and Ella, none of the others can even move around in deep space, so there's no need to worry about whether to send someone with stronger individual strength.

The key lies in whether one can command small-scale fleet battles.

In this respect, Giochina is qualified.

They're not exactly amazing, but they also don't make common-sense mistakes.

Where is the target this time?

[Sigh, I leveled up one and a half levels during the last raid on Black Tide, and some lucky people leveled up two levels.]

My greatsword has been itching for a fight for a long time.

[I feel like ANR looks a little better?] (Edited)

Now that you mention it, it does seem to be true.

Most of the crew members in the fleet are players.

Players are full of anticipation, but if they knew that they would be facing bosses that are generally level 100 or higher, their expressions would probably be less than pleasant.

The probability of death was definitely over 90%, so Anran didn't send those NPCs out to get themselves killed.

The current position of the Time-Space Rift is rather awkward, neither high nor low, making it difficult to recruit powerful NPCs.

There are solutions, though.